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The Four Loves: Featuring the Vintage BBC Recordings of C.S. Lewis
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The Four Loves: Featuring the Vintage BBC Recordings of C.S. Lewis Mp3 cd - 2017

by C. S. Lewis; Read by C. S. Lewis; Read by Charles Colson


About this book

“Today, love is overused and undervalued at the same time. We love everything from various foods to cars, from movies to retailers, from people to God himself. We may not consciously distinguish one use of love from another, in part because our speech is becoming more and more informal, but it’s important to be intentional about the differences. As we know, Scripture tells us that love is the highest attribute. So let’s look at the four types of love found in the Bible, and that Lewis helps to draw out in The Four Loves, published in 1960, and based on a radio series he did with the BBC a few years prior to the book’s release.” -C.S. Lewis


C.S. Lewis contemplates the essence of love and how it works in our daily lives in one of his most famous works of nonfiction. Lewis examines four varieties of human love: affection, the most basic form; friendship, the rarest and perhaps most insightful; Eros, passionate love; charity, the greatest and least selfish. Throughout this compassionate and reasoned study, he encourages readers to open themselves to all forms of love.

From the publisher

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 an audio introduction and commentary by Chuck Colson.

First Edition Identification

Geoffrey Bles published a First Edition hardcover in London, 1960. 


Details

  • Title The Four Loves: Featuring the Vintage BBC Recordings of C.S. Lewis
  • Author C. S. Lewis; Read by C. S. Lewis; Read by Charles Colson
  • Binding MP3 CD
  • Edition MP3 UNA
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Thomas Nelson on Brilliance Audio
  • Date 2017
  • ISBN 9781531877538 / 1531877532
  • Weight 0.15 lbs (0.07 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.7 x 5.3 x 0.4 in (17.02 x 13.46 x 1.02 cm)
  • Dewey Decimal Code 241.4