Mere Christianity vs The pilgrim's regress: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Doctrinal Theology, Apologetics, Theology, Christianity
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…
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The pilgrim's regress
One of Lewis's earlier works, this book is a similar parable to Bunyan's "The Pilgrim's Progress"; while "Pilgrim's Progress" describes the journey of a non-Christian coming into Christianity, "The Pilgrim's Regress"…
The verdict
- Readers rate Mere Christianity highest: Mere Christianity 4.4 · The pilgrim's regress 3.9.
- Mere Christianity has the widest readership — 472094 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Mere Christianity | The pilgrim's regress | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.4 (472094) | 3.9 (11063) |
| Hardcover | 5.0 (1) | 3.6 (24) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (374) | 4.5 (33) |
Reception
| Mere Christianity | The pilgrim's regress | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 472094 | 11063 |
| Editions | 109 | 32 |
| Citations | — | 18 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 366174 | 14759 |
| Reading it now | 36239 | 905 |
| Written reviews | 16870 | 928 |
| Wikipedia attention | 9857 | 1324 |
| Pages | 141 | 205 |