Best adult christian education books according to redditors
We found 11 Reddit comments discussing the best adult christian education books. We ranked the 7 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 11 Reddit comments discussing the best adult christian education books. We ranked the 7 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We published a much lengthier catechism titles To Be a Christian published in a separate volume.
I read the book God and the New Atheism about a year ago. It did a good job of showing how Dawkins and kin haven't done a very good job of dismantling Christianity but gave just knocked down a poorly represented version. I disagreed with some the author's stuff on science, it was lacking much understanding of the philosophy of science.
But if you want just plain theism, there are a whole host of philosophers who attempted to argue for God as an objective truth. You could start with Aquinas or Augustine.
For what it's worth, I've read most of the major arguments for and against the existence God. They all seem to fall short in different ways.
Okay... larger list:
So the 39 Articles sketch out a good view of baptism, justification, salvation, etc.
John Esposito! This book is focused a little more politically than theologically, but is overall really, really helpful. The title What Everyone Needs to Know about Islam is wonderfully accurate.
EDIT: Also I really like the method used by this book to teach about world religions. I think the author's idea about "ultimate concerns" will be helpful to you. The book is really brief but infinitely useful.
>I'm looking for books or articles that are accessible to the educated non-specialist, and I would like them to be heavily sourced/footnoted so I can identify further reading.
These two:
https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Catholicism-Religion/dp/0521608554
https://www.amazon.com/Catholicism-Short-Introduction-Gerald-OCollins/dp/019954591X
At the end they offer lot of further reading material divided in topics.
>The Nature of God - especially as it relates to refutations of atheist arguments
Second one is written by Anglican priest, third one is more advanced.
https://www.amazon.com/God-New-Atheism-Critical-Response/dp/066423304X
https://www.amazon.com/Why-There-Almost-Certainly-God/dp/0745953301
https://www.amazon.com/Faith-Reason-Existence-Denys-Turner/dp/0521602564
>Philisophical/logical arguments for the existence of God. I find the cosmological arguments (at least at the basic level) the most compelling and interesting.
https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Philosophy-Religion-Cambridge-Introductions/dp/0521619556
>Catholic moral philosophy. I understand this will be related to Natural Law
http://www.staugustine.net/our-books/books/morality-the-catholic-view/
I actually just got this book today on the recommendation of this guy I talked to at an interfaith meeting. I've barely gotten through the first chapter so I can't give my full opinion, but the introduction did not impress me.
OK, so, here's what I did. I did some searching around and found that the essay is included in the book In the World: Reading and Writing as a Christian.
I then did some digging and found that my university's library has a copy in their archives. So I ran over there and found it. After some failures with scanners and pdfs, here's what the book says in the blurb before the essay:
"While many complain about the low quality of the language of American culture, few offer standards for its improvement. Henry Zylstra is one who does. A literary critic who until his death in 1956 wrote widely in Reformed and evangelical publications, Zylstra here treats two issues that he valued highly and wrote about often: language and the Christian life. In this essay we can see his endeavor, in the words of one biographer, 'to make all things subservient to the mind of Christ.'"
I have to run to class, but I'll be out soon. Let me know if that's not enough, and I'll figure out something else!
The catechism explicitly teaches that the seventh day is Saturday, the Sabbath. So if your "2 billion" figure is the Roman Catholic Church, then you might want to ask someone with knowledge there just what happened.
Letter from C.F. Thomas, Chancellor of Cardinal Gibbons on October 28, 1895:
Of course the Catholic Church claims that the change (to sunday) was her act… And the act is a mark of her ecclesiastical power and authority in religious matters. (clarity supplied)
Anglican? Alright.
Catechism online.
http://www.anglicanchurch.net/?/main/catechism
A Catechism to your home.
https://www.amazon.com/Be-Christian-Anglican-Catechism/dp/0986044121
You're looking for Gospel Shaped Outreach.
You could take a look at You Cannot Escape from God