Faith vs Mere Christianity: Which Should You Read?
Faith
Prolific author Copeland kicks off another historical Western series with this pleasing tale of mail-order brides set in 1872. When their pastor father dies suddenly, leaving little money, three sisters realize that…
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Mere Christianity
“I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: ‘I’m ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don’t accept his claim to be God.’ That is the one thing we must not say. A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic — on the level with the man who says”
First broadcast as informal radio "talks" and later published as three separate books, The Case for Christianity, Christian Behaviour, and Beyond Personality are presented together in Mere Christianity. In his…
The verdict
- Readers rate Mere Christianity highest: Mere Christianity 4.4 · Faith 3.8.
- Mere Christianity is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 5 for Faith.
- Mere Christianity has the widest readership — 472094 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Faith | Mere Christianity | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.4 (472094) |
| Hardcover | 3.3 (3) | 5.0 (1) |
| Google Books | 2.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (23) | 4.5 (374) |
Reception
| Faith | Mere Christianity | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 23 | 472094 |
| Editions | 5 | 109 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 366174 |
| Reading it now | — | 36239 |
| Written reviews | — | 16870 |
| Wikipedia attention | 6291 | 9857 |
| Pages | 291 | 141 |