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The Modern Era · 1952, from wartime broadcasts
Mere Christianity
C. S. Lewis · 1898–1963
In copyright
What it is
Radio talks given to wartime Britain and later gathered into one book: the moral law as a clue to the universe, then what Christians believe, Christian behaviour, and finally the doctrine of the Trinity — all in the plainest possible language.
Why it lasted
The most widely read work of Christian apologetics of the last century, and the book most often named by adult converts as the one that removed the intellectual obstacle.
Scripture it works from
Where to read it
Still in copyright. The Library describes it and points you at it; the text belongs to its publisher.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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