Christian days
The Tao - Lao Tzu
Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time – Dominic Crossan
Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time – Dominic Crossan
Something by
Marcus Borg
The Doors of
Perception -
Religious
America, Secular Europe? Peter Berger and Grace Davie. 2007
Iron John –
Robert Bly
The Gospel
of Inclusion – Carlton Pearson
The Great Emergence-
Phyllis Tickle
Mere
Christianity – C.S. Lewis
Abraham: A
Journey to the – Bruce Feller – Well researched look at how the 3 monotheisms
draw from one tradition.
Jesus for
the Non-religious John Shelby Spong
Not so Christian days
Blessed
Unrest Paul Hawken – about organizations working for peace and justice
Joseph
Campbell, The Power of Myth
The
Imitation of Christ Thomas Kempis
Dante's
Divine Comedy – actually, I couldn't finish it
Jonathan
Livingston Seagull – Richard Bach
The Meaning
of Life A Short Introduction – Terry Eagleton
The Story of
Philosophy Will Durant – excellent complete coverage
Reason, Faith,
and Revolution – Reflections on the God Debate by Terry Eagleton, 2009
Spinoza on
Ethics - Surprisingly strong emphasis on god and the impossibility of uncaused
events.
50 Voices
of Doubt
Definitely
not Christian days
If You Meet
the Buddha on the Road Kill Him – Sheldon B Kopp
The Pillars
of the Earth – Ken Follet – fiction, but paints a picture of the time when
there were two Popes
Siddhartha - Herman Hesse
What's So
Great About Christianity – Dinesh D'Souza – Terrible, complete cherry picking
of history, ignores anything bad about it. It was recommended by a liberal
Methodist Bishop so I include only as an example of something that a Christian
could be fooled by.
The Daily
Show and Philosophy – not that great
Fire, Water,
Spirit – Malidoma Some. A biographical story, not theology, some history,
mainly mythology.
Banned
Questions from the Bible – mostly for teens, a few high points.
Compassion –
Karen Armstrong (I think I read her History of God)
Critical
Thinking books recommended by Russell of ACA
Demon Haunted World – Carl Sagan
(read parts of it)
Innumerncy –John Allen Paulos
(ways people are fooled with math)
Who Wrote
the Bible - Friedman
Mistakes
were Made but not by Me – Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson About psychology of belief
Not the
Impossible Faith – Richard Carrier. Why Christianity flourished.
Tony Jones A
New Atonement
The Jesuit
and the Skull: Teilhard de Chardin – Amir D Azcel – this was more history of
the man and his political problems and not much about this religious
philosophy.
How the
Irish Saved Civilization – Thomas Cahill – fills in a few gaps in history
The
Liberation of Theology - Juan Luis Segundo – religion is politics
Introducing Liberation Theology – Leonardo Boff
Parables as Subversive Speech: Jesus as Pedagogue of the Oppressed - William R Herzog
The Botany
of Desire – Michael Pollan – has a great bit on the Genesis creation story as a
metaphor for the dangers of pagan rituals involving hallucinogenic drugs
Sir Gwain
and The Green Knight
Bertrand
Russell History of Philosophy – Comprehensive, reviewers have said it contains
inaccuracies
God’s
Philosophers – James Hannam – A rare look at early science in the Middle Ages,
but it has some historical errors and leaves a lot out.
Everything
Must Change – Brian McClaren
Thomas
Sheehan, The First Coming: How the Kingdom of God Became Christianity
Quest for
Jerusalem – about recent histiography on Columbus
Free Will –
Sam Harris
Infidel Ayaan Hirsi Ali amazing story of a woman
escaping Islam
I am Malala
– the girl who was shot in Afghanistan for going to school
Wittgenstein’s
Poker – A fun history of 20th century philosophy, including Karl
Popper
Sense and
Goodness Without God – Richard Carrier – rare idea for philosophy incorporating
all modern knowledge
Wild –
Cheryl Strayed – Not about religion, but a about a journey of healing.
And God Said
Billy – Frank Schaeffer – bizarre, but a look into the fundamentalist mind
Why I am an
Atheist Who Believes in God – Frank Schaeffer. Cherry picking, but at least he
admits it.
Snowy Tower
– Martin Shaw
Branch
from the Lightning Tree – Martin Shaw – these are about myth, they are
essential
American
Gods – fiction, but a fun play on mythology and how the European gods followed
people to the US
Think –
Simon Blackburn Descartes to modern era
A.D. 381
Charles Freeman – covers the history of the theology of the 4th
century. Amazing.
In Faith and
In Doubt – Dale McGowan – for mixed secular/religious relationships, but also
has some interesting data on belief and how it doesn’t match the given
identified denomination
The Brothers
Karamzov – Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Brothers K - David James Duncan
The Brothers K - David James Duncan
Man's
Search for Meaning – Viktor E Frankl. Totally amazing.
Why I am Not
a Christian – Richard Carrier
Hitler Homer
Bible Christ – Richard Carrier
Is There a God - Richard Swinburne - read this for a class, don't recommend it
Is There a God - Richard Swinburne - read this for a class, don't recommend it
The Tao of
the Dude – Oliver Benjamin – fun, just sayings mostly
The
Christian Delusion – John Loftus, a collection, got it for the Carrier chapter
mostly
Eve –
William Paul Young (Author of The Shack), fiction. Uses Genesis creation
narrative to tell the story
The Way of
the Heathen – Greta Christina - 2nd only to Sense and Goodness
Flourishing:
Why We Need Religion in a Globalized World – Miroslav Volf, disagree with it,
but it's still interesting
Islam and
the Future of Tolerance – Sam Harris, Maajid Nawwaz
How to
Defend the Christian Faith, Advice from an Atheist – John F Loftus, very
sarcastic
Confessions
of a Secular Jesus Follower – Tom Krattenmaker. Disappointing, very religious.
On the
Historicity of Jesus – Richard Carrier
A Christian
and an Atheist Walk Into a Bar – Shieber and Rauser.
Doubt –
Jennifer Michael Hecht
Why I Left,
Why I Stayed – Tony Campolo, Bart Campolo
What Is the Bible - Rob BellWar on Science - Shawn Otto
Flourishing: Why We Need... - Miroslav Volf
Social Conquest of Earth - EO Wilson
The Bonobo and the Atheist - Frans de Waal
Misquoting Jesus - Bart Ehrman
How Jesus Became God - Bart Ehrman
Breaking the Spell - Daniel C. Dennett
The Brothers K - David James Duncan - fictional story that includes some amazing insight into the human psyche
How to Read the Bible - James L. Kugel - using it as a reference
The Sacred Depths of Nature - Ursula Goodenough
Ten Tough Problems in Christian Thought and Belief - David Madison
Jesus Mari and Joji - James C. Jensen
The G.K. Chesteron Collection
Jesus Interrupted - Bart D. Ehrman
Small God: Discworld #13 - Terry Prachett - a humorous interlude
The Man Who Knew Infinity - Robert Kanigal - interesting look about someone who came from the Hindu tradition and how that affected his view of the world, but the story is mostly about his understanding of physics
Consilience - Edward O Wilson - not all that much about religion
Sapiens - Yuval Noah Harari (I include this one to say I don't recommend it. He overuses the idea that things are myths. That idea is better developed elsewhere.)
The Righteous Mind - Includes some history of the evolution of thought as it relates to religion
Paradise Lost by John Milton
Love Your Enemies Arthur C. Brooks (for a Conservative's perspective on politics in the Trump era)
Science of Religion course on EdX - highly recommend this
How Jesus Became God - Bart Ehrman
Breaking the Spell - Daniel C. Dennett
The Brothers K - David James Duncan - fictional story that includes some amazing insight into the human psyche
How to Read the Bible - James L. Kugel - using it as a reference
The Sacred Depths of Nature - Ursula Goodenough
Ten Tough Problems in Christian Thought and Belief - David Madison
Jesus Mari and Joji - James C. Jensen
The G.K. Chesteron Collection
Jesus Interrupted - Bart D. Ehrman
Small God: Discworld #13 - Terry Prachett - a humorous interlude
The Man Who Knew Infinity - Robert Kanigal - interesting look about someone who came from the Hindu tradition and how that affected his view of the world, but the story is mostly about his understanding of physics
Consilience - Edward O Wilson - not all that much about religion
Sapiens - Yuval Noah Harari (I include this one to say I don't recommend it. He overuses the idea that things are myths. That idea is better developed elsewhere.)
The Righteous Mind - Includes some history of the evolution of thought as it relates to religion
Paradise Lost by John Milton
Love Your Enemies Arthur C. Brooks (for a Conservative's perspective on politics in the Trump era)
Science of Religion course on EdX - highly recommend this
Braiding Sweetgrass - Robin Wall Kimmerer
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