Why not practice mere Christianity when relating to the non-Christian world?

[Carolyn_Lee]

Thank you for the tip

 

[commenter]

To understand C. S. Lewis, it helps to read Orthodoxy, by G. K. Chesterton. Lewis, and several like minded British apologists between 1910 and 1960, assumed a foundation of “orthodoxy”.
They were from Anglicanism and RCC, or similar.
They took for granted the basic traditions of Christianity, allowing for variations within that template. They were strong defenders of Reason.
Of course, after 1960, well …

England moved away from orthodoxy earlier than America, thus Mere Christianity was likely popular later here than in England.

 

[commenter]

But getting back to the original question yes we can and should practice Mere Christianity when dealing with non Christians.

Many persons have a great awareness of “justice” or fairness issues today. Well, Lewis uses this as a good lead on to evangelism.

 

[Carolyn_Lee]

I like Father Brown

 

[Hodos]

I think this is normally the approach taken in evangelism anyway. So for example, in order to evangelize to someone who is either unchurched, or maybe left the church, you would not normally go into a long theological treatise explaining the intricacies of the Trinity. We would tell them about sin, about Christ, and about justification through Christ. As people accept Christ and grow in faith we naturally go into deeper depth as we are able.