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| The Four Loves | 
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Sales Rank: 91610
Category: Book
Author: C.s. Lewis
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Studio: Thomas Nelson
Manufacturer: Thomas Nelson
Label: Thomas Nelson
Format: Abridged, Audiobook, Unabridged
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Audio CD
Edition: Unabridged
Number Of Items: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 8.6 x 6 x 1.5
ISBN: 0849963729
Dewey Decimal Number: 230
UPC: 023755023414
EAN: 9780849963728
ASIN: 0849963729
Publication Date: May 12, 2004
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Product Description
In his classic book The Four Loves, Lewis describes the four basic kinds of human love--affection, friendship, erotic love, and the love of God. Since this is the only commercial recording of C. S. Lewis that is available today, fans of his writing will desire to add this impressive recording to their collection. While Lewis's writings have impacted more evangelical Christians than perhaps any other writer, this audio product of the author's reading of this classic book will undoubtedly expand the theological understanding of the nature of love to a much wider audience. He explores the love between parents and children, the love of friends, the love of men and women for each other, and the love of God that may enrich all love. He also goes in-depth into questions of sex, possessiveness, jealousy, pride, false sentimentality, manners in loving, and the need for more laughter between lovers. Lewis's wise and candid reflections on the virtues and dangers of love draw on sources from Jane Austen to Saint Augustine. This recording features a new audio introduction and commentary by Chuck Colson. The CD will also include a study guide--perfect for individual or group use.
Amazon.com Review
The Four Loves summarizes four kinds of human love--affection, friendship, erotic love, and the love of God. Masterful without being magisterial, this book's wise, gentle, candid reflections on the virtues and dangers of love draw on sources from Jane Austen to St. Augustine. The chapter on charity (love of God) may be the best thing Lewis ever wrote about Christianity. Consider his reflection on Augustine's teaching that one must love only God, because only God is eternal, and all earthly love will someday pass away: Who could conceivably begin to love God on such a prudential ground--because the security (so to speak) is better? Who could even include it among the grounds for loving? Would you choose a wife or a Friend--if it comes to that, would you choose a dog--in this spirit? One must be outside the world of love, of all loves, before one thus calculates. His description of Christianity here is no less forceful and opinionated than in Mere Christianity or The Problem of Pain, but it is far less anxious about its reader's response--and therefore more persuasive than any of his apologetics. When he begins to describe the nature of faith, Lewis writes: "Take it as one man's reverie, almost one man's myth. If anything in it is useful to you, use it; if anything is not, never give it a second thought." --Michael Joseph Gross
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 a personal favorite June 17, 2009
Every once in a while, you come across a work that strikes a very personal chord. This is one of those books for me. I came across it as a young man with very real faith concerns. It contains a thorough exploration of the different forms of love and a plain-spoken critique of many timeless temptations and expressions of imperfect love.
Blessings,
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A great examination of Christian love and its misuses May 1, 2009
The Four Loves describes the increasing complexity and nature of love of men toward things than themselves. From the simplest types of love that center on mere feelings and general liking, to ones with a deep sense of sacrificial giving, Lewis explains the nature of the types love so that the reader can understand the appropriate love in the right situation, and understand how to express love more consistently.
By describing definitive types of love, Lewis argues that knowledge of love, particularly for believing Christians, will lead to a better experience in exercising the types of love in their right context. Lewis illustrates his teaching by using concrete examples for each of his definitive four types of love, while giving special note to loves directed towards sub-human things. Affection, friendship, eros, and charity are what Lewis lists as his types of loves going from leastt to greatest in significance.
Lewis, especially when examining love for things subhuman and eros, deeply attacked the sentimentality and nostalgia that mistakes pride for love for sacrifice. The modern split to love either the rational man or a pantheon of natural things is shown to be a deep misunderstandings of what love really is. Ultimately, man makes the mistake of trying to assign love to things that have value in them and to treat things that have no value in themselves, like a nation-state, with unnatural love. For eros, Lewis shows that since many modern men have rejected the call of the One who is love, erotic love has become a very serious, selfish thing. We would only have to look at the so-called sexual revolution to note than man has taken the most playful and needful type of love and turned it into something that is serious and that is treated as if it can be rejected as easily as if it were never needed in the first place.
For today's church, the four different types of loves call all believers to reexamine their feelings of love in their homes, ideas, families, communities and marriages in the light not only of the love of Christ, but of Christ as love.
 Good to read with friends April 14, 2009
I first encountered this book in a college Theology class - I'll be honest I didn't read as much as I was assigned. But I didn't forget it. Now I'm reading it with two of my friends and we're really excited about it. Lewis does a great job of outlining the different ways we 'love' things and each other. I highly recommend this to anyone who has ever found themselves trying to figure out someone else's actions or feelings. It helps to put things into a better perspective.
Subtly intricate March 28, 2009
This is a small nonfiction book or, more accurately, I should say, it's a short book. It's only about 140 pages long and at first it might seem like an easy read. Lewis categorizes the four types of loves as Affection, Friendship, Eros and Charity. He writes clearly and directly but there's a subtlety to his meaning that might easily be missed if you don't re-read, pause, consider, and then read again. There are so many wonderful `ah ha' moments and treasures to be found in this book. I'd highly recommend it.
Great! January 17, 2009
Went beyond accommodating! You should use this service. Thanks so much! The CD was a hit!
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