Book Suggestions

[Lotar]

Check out "Exploring Christian Thought" by Tony Lane

Also some of the best sources are reading why the EO believe the RC are wrong, and vice versa.

 

[Greeter]

Check out "Exploring Christian Thought" by Tony Lane

Also some of the best sources are reading why the EO believe the RC are wrong, and vice versa.

Thank You.

 

[Mephster]

BASIC CHURCH HISTORY

"Concise History of the Catholic Church" Thomas Bokenkotter
"Turning Points" Mark Noll
"A Short History of Christianity" Martin Marty
"History" Eusebius
"History" Venerable Bede

THEOLOGY

Alistair McGrath
"Church Dogmatics" K. Barth
"Summa Theologiae" St. Dr. Thomas Aquinas
SEE ALSO: Bonhoffer, Rahner, Otto, Scheilermacher, etc.

 

[Received]

'Unspoken Sermons' by George MacDonald by miles and miles and miles and miles. Here we have a latter day apostle John, yet not devoid of the zeal of Paul. Never have I found a book with an author more closely in line with the spirit of Christ. The writing is also phenomenal -- this is a Dickens who argues with such audacity and conviction, holding a priori judgments in line with a God of love, rather than the typical epistemic wishful thinking too common in Christian writing.

http://www.johannesen.com/SermonsSeriesI.htm
http://www.johannesen.com/SermonsSeriesII.htm
http://www.johannesen.com/SermonsSeriesIII.htm

Here are his works online. This is the man C.S. Lewis owed his spiritual debt to (other than the rational arguments produced by Chesterton); he commonly referred to him as his 'master', and rightly so. Chesterton held the same lofty opinion.

Blessings.

 

[Received]

Ah, I would also recommend anything by C.S. Lewis (Specifically 'The Four Loves', 'Mere Christianity', 'God in the Dock', and 'The Screwtape Letters'), G.K. Chesterton ('The Everlasting Man', 'Orthodoxy'), Soren Kierkegaard (anything and everything by this intellectual giant; from the little of him I have read, 'The Sickness Unto Death' reveals an excellent treatise on sin, and how it relates to ontology, apart from volition; if you can survive, go with 'Fear and Trembling' as well -- never have I read such poetic philosophy on faith before), and Dallas Willard ('The Divine Conspiracy', 'The Spirit of the Disciplines', 'Renovation of the Heart'). I would also recommend, if you are rationally strong in the faith, Friedrich Nietzsche's 'The Antichrist'. Why? As apologist Norman Geisler once eloqently stated, it is the advantage of atheologians to reveal the insufficient claims of religious creeds. Indeed, in order to argue our faith, we must be pruned of all superfluous and arrantly ludicrous theologies.

 

[JeffreyLloyd]

One of the greatest works of theology ever written was by Saint Thomas Aquinas: Summa Theologica.

http://www.newadvent.org/summa/

 

[SavedByGrace3]

Just to get this back on track I agree with SoC. I don't really want recommendations from the world faith movement, or those super out there charasmatic types....

Youch!!!
The poor slob takes the time and energy to share with you something that you asked for, and you give him the ol' kick in the butt!

Next time let us know beforehand what you do not want so we will not waste our time or yours, and we will not come away with a sore butt.

Read those theology books real close now!

 

[Peter]

How about the church fathers themselves? There is a 10 volume collection of the Ante-Nicene fathers (33AD-324AD). I've found it nice to read the fathers as opposed to reading about the fathers. If you are looking for someone specific I recommend:

1. "On The Incarnation" by ??? (Ignatius or Athinasius)
2. "Divine Images" by John of Damascus
3. The writings of St. John Chrysostom. He was the most quoted of the fathers by John Calvin.

If you have a christian college or university near you, you can check their library.

Peace.

Peter

P.S. BTW, for those who don't know the diff., Ante means "Before" and anti means "against." So Ante-Nicene means "Before The Council of Nicea."

 

[The Midge]

A note on McGrath:
Any Introduction that he writes is about 600 pages long!

A good starting place is
Christian Theology and Introduction

And the companion volume:
The Christian Theology Reader.

Published by Blackwell Publishing.
This web site www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk/RELIGION/ has links to tons of stuff and on line resources.

 

[ej]

Get your hands on some of Richard Holloway's work.

He's the retired Bishop of Edinburgh (Protestant) and his writing is amazingly intelligent. I've recommended his work to Catholics, Protestants, Methodists and atheists even - they've all loved it.

 

[BeanMak]

I have just finished John Piper's book "Desiring God". It was excellent.
An interesting book that I have read is "Becoming Orthodox, A Journey to Ancient Christianity" by Peter Gillquist

 

[Serapha]

Does anyone have any books on theology that they would suggest?

Hello Lotar,

I am not going to recommend any materials for you to read. I read your profile, and from that I did a search of your denomination and church, and it appears that there is a Bible college near you. Call them and see what theologians they recommend and whose books they use for "Doctrines" classes.


That way you won't be studying anything that contradicts your beliefs.


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Phone: 909.696.5944
Fax: 909.461.1796
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~malaka~

 

[Lotar]

Hello Lotar,

I am not going to recommend any materials for you to read. I read your profile, and from that I did a search of your denomination and church, and it appears that there is a Bible college near you. Call them and see what theologians they recommend and whose books they use for "Doctrines" classes.


That way you won't be studying anything that contradicts your beliefs.


Calvary Chapel Bible College[font=Verdana, Times New Roman]
39407 Murrieta Hot
Springs Rd.
Murrieta, California 92563[/font][font=Verdana, Times New Roman]

Phone: 909.696.5944
Fax: 909.461.1796
Email: [/font]ccbc@calvarychapel.com


[font=Verdana, Times New Roman]School of Correspondence
909.696.5944 Ext. 255 [/font]



~malaka~

My sister goes to school there

I don't really mind reading books that have a different view, though I would like to read books that I agree with as well.