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St. Augustine Confessions (Oxford World's Classics)
Saint Augustine
Oxford University Press, USA, 1998
An amazing look at the life of a spiritual giant
+ Wonderful
+ Augustine is great!
+ Confession as prayer
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The Praise of Folly and Other Writings (Norton Critical Editions)
Desiderius Erasmus
W. W. Norton, 1989
What a fascinating man!
+ Intelligent, Insightful, Witty
+ Amazing book by and amazing writer.
+ Renascence Man
+ "Great Guide to Enter the Mind and Times of Erasmus"
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Remembering the Faith: What Christians Believe
Douglas J. Brouwer
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1999
Honest and very readable summary of Christian thought
+ A very honest,and vivid summary of what christians believe.
The short chapters make this a great book for group study, but it's also great reading. It's a very readable, honest conversation on the things Christians care about. Highly recommended.
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The Splendor of Faith: The Theological Vision of Pope John Paul II, Revised and Updated
Avery Dulles
Herder & Herder, 2003
Splendor of Discipleship
+ Excellent Theological Condensation
Another Dulles masterpiece---clear, balanced, sympathetic to the pope's position but not without some critical questions. The book gets at the religious vision animating the moral and political positions. A dazzler.
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Christianity for Modern Pagans: Pascal's Pensees
Blaise Pascal
Ignatius Press, 1993
A pleasure to read
+ A must for every apologists bookshelf
+ Good.
+ Among the Best of Apologists
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Augustine: The City of God against the Pagans (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought)
Augustine
Cambridge University Press, 1998
Should be the new standard
+ What a slog...
It is hard to find recent work on De Civitate Dei in English that does not use this newest edition and translation of probably Augustine's most influential work (if not his most readable). I am convinced that this will be the translation that will be used for the foreseeable future. An excellent ...
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The HarperCollins Study Bible : New Revised Standard Version With the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books
Wayne A. Meeks
HarperSanFrancisco, 1997
Excellent translation- superb annotations- binding problems?
+ The very best study bible. Buy a cover. You'll need it.
+ great buy
The NRSV is a superlative translation of scripture with very few drawbacks. Unlike the writers of the dogmatic, Evangelical-doctrine-riddled NIV, the translators of the NRSV (and earlier RSV) made a real attempt to be literal, yet use modern language. When there is ambiguity or other difficulty ...
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Christian Theology: An Introduction 3rd Edition
Alister E. McGrath
Blackwell Publishers, 2001
as described fast shipping
+ Christian Theology
+ Great content, mediocre writing
+ reads like a textbook, but a balanced perspective on Christian theology
+ Christian Theology: An Introduction 3rd Edition
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Books & Culture
Christianity Today International, 2002
Not for non-thinking Christians!
+ Can't Do Without It
+ Is there a Christian mind?
+ Evangelicalism's Renaissance Begins
+ Great
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Basic Christian Doctrine
John H. Leith
Westminster John Knox Press, 1993
Very Compassionate Reformed Theology
If one is looking for a Reformed theology book that is very pastoral and compassionate in spirit then this book is it. Another bonus is that the book is easy to read so that lay people will find no trouble understanding what Leith is trying to say. In fact, this book can be a good resource for ...
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Catechism of the Catholic Church
USCCB Publishing, 2000
Great insite to the Catholic Faith
+ Profound yet readable view of the Faith
+ Must Have!
+ All the Answers
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Institutes of the Christian Religion (2 Volume Set)
John Calvin
Westminster John Knox Press, 1960
Calvin is the best personal theological trainer I have ever found. Don't listen to the naysayers!
+ The best available English translation of a classic
+ Concerning This Edition
+ Masterfully written, Christ-centered theology
+ Calvin Institutes
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The Cost of Discipleship
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Touchstone, 1995
A manifesto of love from the beyond
+ Cheap grace - same old heresy it always was
+ Christianity without cost doesn't exist!
+ "The Cost of Discipleship" - Relevant as Ever
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Orthodoxy
G. K. Chesterton
Ignatius Press, 1995
Defending the format
+ Orthodoxy
+ Prolix but worth the effort
+ I'll Be Brief
+ The Paradoxes of Christianity
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The Creed: What Christians Believe and Why it Matters
Luke Timothy Johnson
Doubleday, 2003
Timely explanation of Christianity's statement of faith in our post-modern and post-Christian times
+ Informative and inspirational
+ Makes the Creed live.
+ The reason to believe
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