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The Weight of Glory features nine memorable addresses C. S. Lewis delivered during World War II. Considered by many to be his most moving address, the title essay, “The Weight of Glory,” extols a compassionate vision of Christianity and includes lucid and compelling discussions on forgiveness and faith. “On Forgiveness,” “The Inner Ring,” and the other much–quoted pieces display Lewis’ breadth of...

the dreaming world; the dreaming world is judged less real because it cannot contain the waking one. For the same reason I am certain that in passing from the scientific points of view to the theological, I have passed from dream to waking. Christian theology can fit in science, art, morality, and the sub-Christian religions. The scientific point of view cannot fit in any of these things, not even science itself. I believe in Christianity as I believe that the Sun has risen, not only because I see
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