I wish to especially thank my Internet friend Jim Moore, from the Christian Apologetics Bookshelf (at http://www.bookshelf.jwmnet.com). Jim has been a delight to get to know through Email, and I am indebted to him for making some useful suggestions and for taking the time to correct my English (I am French). I would also like to thank Rich McGee, Director of Research & International Scholars at Leadership University, for providing me with his list of resources on Intelligent Design and Origins, and especially for his friendly encouragements.
This list is destined to help Christians defend their faith and develop their mind by bringing to their knowledge the existence of some resources. I pray that it may help them equip themselves with some spiritual weapons (2Co 10:4-5) , renew their mind (Rom 12:2) and be ready (1Pe 3:15). This list deals mostly with intellectual issues and apologetics. Another possiblity could be to do a correspondence study of apologetics at Southern Evangelical Seminary at http://ses.digiweb.com/index.htm or at the ISOT on the LU site (Email class).
1. This list does not deal with the practical aspects of apologetics. For such practical considerations, I can recommend the book of McGrath, Alistair "Intellectuals Don't Need God & Other Modern Myths: Building Bridges to Faith Through Apologetics". Another useful book may be "Dialogical Apologetics"by Clark, David.
2. I selected resources I find (or assume are) the best , and set side those I like less. Another person may have chosen other resources. This would be very much the case of someone who holds the views of Reformed epistemology. I also tried to choose up-to-date works instead of "classicals" (such as the books of C. S. Lewis).
3.This list does not cover all resources (journals, associations...) neither all topics. I also have a very limited knowledge of the resources existing for some given topics. Those who are not satisfied with this list may consult the list drawn by Moreland, James at the end of his book "Love your God with all your Mind" or by Groothuis, Douglas at the end of his book "Christianity that Counts".
3. Concerning the rating of the materials from simple to difficult, I tried to remain consistent in assigning ratings for all these various materials and subjects. It is however difficult to make abstraction of one's educational background. Another person may have given different ratings.
I have rated the materials herein on a scale of "1" (simple, fun) to "5" (difficult, advanced). A question mark "?" indicates that I could not rate the material for diverse reasons, but still listed it because I assume it is a valuable resource.
Even if one has a university education they may consider acquiring a selection of level "1" resources for use by Christians who have not had the benefit of higher education, non-Christians, or persons who are not predisposed to reading books for intellectual stimulation or curiosisty. For example, this is the case of the level "1" books of Peter Kreeft which employ enjoyable dialogues.
Many of my categories include recommendations for a few resources which I suggest Christians should read or, at least, possess. These are usually level "3" books: that is, they are written with an academic style. These recommended resources are usually followed by a selection of "Additional" resources, which are either easier, more advanced, completementary or more specialized.
In addition to books, I refer to articles published on the World Wide Web or to audio tapes (and to a few CD-ROMs) that can be ordered through the Web. When unspecified, the materials refer to books. The store where most of these various books can be found is Amazon (at http://www.amazon.com/). One can also find some additional information (contents, reviews, commentaries) at Amazon's Web site. Just enter [last name, first name] (e. g. Geisler, Norman) in the author field of the search screen at Amazon's "Search" page. (Amazon is a secular bookstore). However, I recommend buying these books and others not listed here through the Bookshop of the Christian Apologetics Bookshelf where you will also find an increasing list of reviews. Purchasing your books through CAB's "Bookshop," an associate of Amazon.com, would insure that the referral fee profits are used exclusively for a Christian apologetic ministry goal.
For you convenience, all of the books listed in this index that are available for purchase through Amazon.com have been linked directly to Amazon's page for that book. Thus, you may purchase any of the books listed here directly from Amazon.com (just be sure to return to this page (using your browser's "back" button [you will not "loose" your Amazon.com shopping cart]) for the link to your next book at Amazon until you have completed all of your purchases).
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Moreland, James P "Love your God with all your Mind"4 Sproul, Robert C "Classical Apologetics" (Parts 1 and 3 of Sproul's book lay down the theological and philosophical foundations for apologetics and a Christian mind, dealing with views such as blind faith or the total depravity of the human mind. Those who do not have such problems might skip this book, and directly start with apologetics, and may come back later to it).
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Johnson, Phillip E "Reason in the Balance" (the influence of Darwinism in ethics, law, education and public policy)2 Kennedy, D. James "What if Jesus had never been born?"
3 Geisler, Norman L: article of "The Need for Defending the Faith" at http://ses.digiweb.com/index.htm
4 Moreland, James P: article of "Philosophical Apologetics, the Church, and Contemporary Culture" at http://www.public.usit.net/capo/premise/archive.html
4 Swinburne, Richard "Faith and Reason"
? Bellah, Robert "The Closing of the American Mind"
? Habermas, Gary "Dealing with Doubt"
? Horton, Michael "Beyong Culture Wars"
? Horton, Michael "Made in America: the Shaping of Modern American Evangelicalism"
? Horton, Michael "Where in the World Is the Church?: A Christian View of Culture and Your Role in It"
? Hunter, James "Culture Wars"
? Marsden, George "The Outrageous Idea of Christian Scholarship"
? Noll, Mark "The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind"
? Olasky, Martin "Whirled Views: Tracking Today's Culture Storms"
? Schlossberg, Herbert "Turning Point: a Christian Worldview Declaration"
? Sproul, Robert & Gerstner, John: tape "Is Christianity Based on Fact or Fantasy?" at http://www.ankerberg.com/ankcattr.html
? Veith, Gene "Modern Fascism: Liquidating the Judeo-Christian Worldview"
? Veith, Gene "Loving God With All Your Mind: How to Survive and Prosper as a Christian in the Secular University and Post-Christian Culture"
? Wells, David "No place for Truth"
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Palmer, Donald "Looking at philosophy" (Palmer is a Skeptical/Postmodern, but his historical presentation of philosophy is very good)3 Geisler, Norman L & Feinberg, Paul "Introduction to Philosophy: A Christian Perspective" (systematic discussion of knowledge, reality, the ultimate, the right)
3 Geisler, Norman L "Come, let us reason: An Introduction to Logical Thinking" (formal & informal logic, fallacies...)
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Kreeft, Peter "The Journey : A Spiritual Roadmap for Modern Pilgrims"1 article "Four Models of Western Religious Thought" at http://www.christiananswers.net/summit/sumhome.html
2 Sproul, Robert C: many tapes at http://www1.gospelcom.net/ligonier/
2 Moreland, James P: tape "How do we know?" at http://www.str.org/
2 Adler, Mortimer, Mortimer "Ten Philosophical Mistakes"
2 Adler, Mortimer, Mortimer "The Great Ideas: a Lexicon of Western Thought"
4 Geisler, Norman L & Corduan, Winfried "Philosophy of Religion"
4 Adler, Mortimer "Some Questions about Language"
? Adler, Mortimer "Six Great Ideas: Truth-Goodness-Beauty-Liberty-Equality-Justice"
? Adler, Mortimer "Adler's Philosophical Dictionary"
? Geisler, Norman L & Watkins, William "Worlds apart" (neutral presentation of the different worldviews)
? Geivett, Douglas (Ed.) "Contemporary Perspectives on Religious Epistemology"
? Gilson, Etienne "Thomist Realism and the Critique of Knowledge"
? Hastings, Adrian "Oxford Companion to Christian Thought"
? Miethe, Terry "A Christian's Guide to Faith & Reason"
? Moreland, James P "Universals, Qualities and Qualities-Instances: a Defense of Realism"
? Okholm, Dennis L "Invitation to Philosophy: Issues and Options"
? Swinburne, Richard "Space and Time"
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Gaarder, Jostein "Sophie's World" (novel teaching the history of philosophy)3 Geisler, Norman L "Thomas Aquinas: An Evangelical Appraisal"
4 Copleston, Frederick "A History of Philosophy", 9 volumes
5 Sennet, James "Modality, Probability, and Rationality: a Critical Evaluation of Alvin Plantinga's Philosophy"
? Adler, Mortimer "Aristotle for Everybody: Difficult Thought Made Easy"
? Brown, Colin "Christianity and Western Thought: A History of Philosophers, Ideas and Movements" (Vol 1)
? Brown, Colin "Philosophy and the Christian Faith : A Historical Sketch from the Middle Ages to the Present Day"
? Geisler, Norman L "What Augustine says"
? Kreeft, Peter "A Shorter Summa"
? McCool, Gerald A "The Neo-Thomists"
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Craig, William L "Reasonable Faith" (this book is a delight to read. It is definitevely written for Christians so one should be cautious about giving it to a "pagan")3 Geisler, Norman L "Christian Apologetics" (the most fundamental book: discusses the methodologies for finding truth, tests the worldviews, and argues that the Bible is the Word of God)
4 Moreland, James P "Scaling the Secular City" (the book no atheist can refute...)
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Kreeft, Peter "Yes or No"1 Kreeft, Peter "Between heaven and hell"
1 Kreeft, Peter "Socrates meets Jesus"
1 Kreeft, Peter "The Journey : A Spiritual Roadmap for Modern Pilgrims"
2 Craig, William L: book on tape "Reasonable Faith" (call 1-800-474-2167)
2 Geisler, Norman L & Brooks, Ron "When Skeptics ask" (the most complete introduction to apologetics)
2 Corduan, Winfried "No Doubt About It: The Case for Christianity" (a practical introduction to apologetics)
3 Kreeft, Peter & Tacelli, Ronald "Handbook of Christian Apologetics"
3 Nash, Ronald "Faith and Reason" (Theistic views on: religious belief; the existence of God; the problem of evil; the possibility of miracles)
3 CD-ROM "Answers" (contains the systematic and exhaustive book of Kreeft, Peter "Handbook of Christian Apologetics", and hundreds of articles) at http://www.reasons.org/
3 Zuck, Roy "Vital Apologetics Issues"
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Craig, William L: tapes of debate with atheists at http://www.leaderu.com/offices/billcraig/menus/resources.html or call 1-800-729-43513 Davis, Stephen T. "God, Reason, and Theistic Proofs" (Excellent exposition. Although Davis shows that the "proofs" are successful, he unfortunately has a somewhat negative attitude about their good and about the "God of philosophy")
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Beisner, Calvin "Answers for Atheists, Agnostics, and Other Thoughtful Skeptics: Dialogs About Christian Faith and Life"2 Swinburne, Richard "Is there a God?"
4 Moreland, James P (Ed.) "Does God Exist? The Debate Between Theists & Atheists" (debate between Moreland and the atheist Nielsen, with contributions of some other prominent philosophers)
4 Craig, William L: transcripts of debates with Atheists at http://www.leaderu.com/
4 Swinburne, Richard "The Existence of God" (I find Geisler, Craig and Moreland are more convincing than Swinburne)
? Adler, Mortimer "How to think about God: a Guide for the 20th Century Pagan"
? Adler, Mortimer "The existence of God"
? Miethe, Terry L "Why Believe? God Exists : Rethinking the Case for God and Christianity"
? Zacharias, Ravi "A Shattered Visage: The Real Face of Atheism"
? Zacharias, Ravi "Can Man live without God?"
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Johnson, Phillip B , "The Atheist debater's handbook"4 Mackie, John "The Miracle of Theism" (The best defense of Atheism?)
3
-5 Craig, William L: articles at http://www.leaderu.com/4 -5
Craig, William L "Theism, Atheism and Big Bang cosmology" (debate with the
Atheist Q. Smith)
3 Moreland, James P "The Creation Hypothesis"
3 Behe, Michael "Darwin's Black Box"
4 articles of Craig, William L at http://www.leaderu.com/ or http://www.mrccos.com/arn/ or http://www.origins.org/
? Dembski, William "The Design Inference" (1998)
? Lester, Lane & Bohlin, Raymond G "The
Natural Limits to Biological Change"
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Craig, William L: article "The Indispensability of Theological Meta-ethical Foundations for Morality" at http://www.leaderu.com/3 Geisler, Norman L: article "Any Absolutes? Absolutely!" at http://www.alumni.caltech.edu/~lin/files/absolute.html
? Geisler, Norman L: tape of debate with Kurtz
"Debate on Christianity vs. Secular Humanism" at http://www.ankerberg.com/ankcatwr.html
3 Geivett, Douglas & Habermas, Gary (Ed.) "In defense of Miracles", 1997
3 Craig, William L: article "The Problem of Miracles" at http://www.leaderu.com/
3 Geisler, Norman L "Miracles and Modern Thought"
3 Geisler, Norman L: article "Miracles and Modern Scientific Thought" at http://www.leaderu.com/
? Brown, Colin "Miracles and the Critical Mind"
? Swinburne, Richard "The Concept of Miracle"
2 Craig, William L: tape of debate with Crossan (Jesus seminar) at RTB at http://www.reason.org or call 1-800-474-2167 or 1-800-729-4351
2 Geisler, Norman L: tape "The Battle for the Resurrection" at CRI at http://www.equip.org/
3 Moreland, James P (Ed.) "Jesus under Fire" (refutation of the Jesus seminar)
2 Craig, William L: tape "Rediscovering the Historical Jesus" (call 1-800-729-4351)
2 McDowell, Josh "Evidence that demands a verdict I" (McDowell's book is defended against the critics of the "Internet infidels" at http://www.bookshelf.jwmnet.com/arguments/toc_frame.html)
2 Thiede, Carsten & D'Ancona, Matthew "The Jesus Papyrus"
3 D'Ancona, Matthew & Thiede, Carsten "Eyewitness to Jesus"
3 Geisler, Norman L: articles on the resurrection at http://ses.digiweb.com/nGeisler, Norman L.htm
? Blomberg, Craig, William L "The Historical Reliability of the Gospels"
? Boyd, Gregory "Cynic Sage or Son of God"
? Habermas, Gary R "The Historical Jesus: Ancient Evidence for the Life of Christ"
? Wenhan, David & Blomberg, Craig "Gospel Perspectives: The Miracles of Jesus"
? Wenham, John "Redating Matthew, Mark and Luke" (a good case for the historicity of the gospel of John is made by a French book: "Un homme nommé Salut" by Jacqueline Genot-Bismuth)
3 Davis, Stephen "Risen indeed: making Sense of the Resurrection"
3 Habermas, Gary & Moreland, James P "Immortality"
3 Miethe, Terry (Ed.) "Did Jesus raise from the Dead?" (debate between Habermas, Flew and some other scholars)
3 Habermas, Gary "Did Jesus rise from the Dead?: the Resurrection Debate" (debate with Flew, similar to above)
3 -5 Craig, William L: articles at http://www.leaderu.com/offices/billcraig/menus/historical.html
5 Davis, Stephen T (Ed.) "The Resurrection: An Interdisciplinary Symposium on the Resurrection of Jesus" (a few responses or articles are written by postmodern theologians).
? Copan, Paul (Ed.) "Will the Real Jesus please stand up?" (debate between Craig and Crossan of the Jesus Seminar and some other scholars)
? Craig, William L "The Son rises: Historical Evidence for the Resurrection of Jesus"
? Craig, William L "Knowing the Truth About the Resurrection: Our Response to the Empty Tomb "
? Geisler, Norman L "The Battle for the Resurrection"
3 Ferguson, Everett "Backgrounds of Early Christianity"
3 Golb, Norman "Who wrote the Dead Sea Scrools?" (refutes some speculations about the Essenes. also an overall treatment about Qumran, the scrolls and the controversies).
4 Danielou, Jean & Marrou, Henri "First Six Hundred Years" (Christian Centuries, Vol 1) (history of early Christianity)
? Nash, Ronald H "The Gospel and the Greeks: Did the New Testament Borrow from Pagan Thought?" (used to be called: "Christianity & the Hellenistic World")
? Wenham, David "Paul: Follower of Jesus or Founder of Christianity?"
3 Geisler, Norman L. & Nix, William E. "From God to us" (255 p., 1974) (inspiration, canon, manuscripts, translations...)
3 Archer, Gleason "Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties"
3 Archer, Gleason "A Survey of Old Testament Introduction" (a defense of the Old Testament, with a general introduction and then a special introduction for each book)
3 Geisler, Norman L (Ed.) "Inerrancy"
2 Geisler, Norman L & Brooks, Ron "When Critics ask"
2 McDowell, Josh "The Best of Josh McDowell: a Ready Defense"
2 McDowell, Josh "Evidence that demands a Verdict" 2 volumes (McDowell's book is defended against the critics of the "Internet infidels" at http://www.bookshelf.jwmnet.com/arguments/toc_frame.html)
3 Geisler, Norman L & Nix, William "A general introduction to the Bible" (724 p., 1986) (similar to "From God to us", but more detailed, especially the part about inspiration)
3 Geisler, Norman L: article "The Concept of Truth in the Inerrancy Debate " at http://www.bible.org/journals/bibsac/bsacfr.htm
3 Kaiser, Walter "Toward Old Testament Ethics"
3 Maier, Gerhard "The End of the Historical-critical Method"
4 Swinburne, Richard "Revelation: from Metaphor to Analogy"
? Ankerberg, John & Kaiser, Walter "The Case for Jesus the Messiah : Incredible Prophecies That Prove God Exists"
? Geisler, Norman L "Biblical Errancy: an Analysis of its Philosophical Roots"
? Gleason, Archer: tapes at http://www.ankerberg.com/ankcatac.html
? Harris R Laird, "Inspiration and Canonicity of Scripture"
? Kaiser, Walter: tapes at http://www.ankerberg.com/ankcatac.html
? Longman, Tremper "God Is a Warrior" (on the metaphor of God as a warrior)
? Wenham, David "Christ and the Bible"
? Wolterstorff, Nicholas "Divine Discourse: Philosophical Reflections on the Claim That God Speaks"
2 Geisler, Norman L chapter on archeology in "When Skeptics ask"
? Currid, John "Ancient Egypt and the Old Testament"
? Hoerth, Alfred J "Archaeology and the Old Testament"
? Hoerth, Alfred J (Ed.) "Peoples of the Old Testament World"
? Livingston, G. Herbert "The Pentateuch in Its Cultural Environment"
? McRay, John "Archaeology and the New Testament"
? Yamauchi, Edwin M. "Persia and the Bible"
2 Craig, william "No Easy Answers" (the problems of evil, failure, unanswered prayer, etc)
3 Geisler, Norman L "Creating God in the Image of Man?" (the attributes of God, the coherence of Theism and a refutation of Neotheism)
4 Geivett, Douglas "Evil and the Evidence for God"
2 Craig, William L: tape "The Problem of Evil" at http://www.str.org/
4 Swinburne, Richard "The coherence of Theism" (fine book, but Swinburne favors the idea that God is temporal instead of eternal)
4 Swinburne, Richard "The Christian God" (fine book as well, except that I fear that Swinburne may be wrong in his of view of God as a temporal being instead of timeless one)
4 -5 Craig, William L: articles to defend divine foreknowledge (especially "Hasker On Divine Knowledge") at http://www.leaderu.com/offices/billcraig/menus/omniscience.html
4 -5 Craig, William L: articles to defend divine timelessness at http://www.leaderu.com/offices/billcraig/menus/eternity.html
5 Craig, William L "Divine Foreknowledge and Human Freedom"
? Boyd, Gregory "God at War: the Bible & Spiritual Conflict"
? Craig, William L "The Only Wise God: The Compatibility of Divine Foreknowledge and Human Freedom"
? Davis, Stephen T "Encountering Evil"
? Geisler, Norman L "The Roots of Evil"
? Geisler, Norman L: tapes and debates on the problem of evil at http://www.ankerberg.com/ankcattr.html
2 Thaxton, Charles "The Soul of Science" (very good historical introduction to science and its issues)
3 Moreland, James P, "Christianity and the Nature of Science"
1 Hearn, Walter "Being a Christian in Science"
1 Van Den Beukel, Anthony "The Physicists and God: The New Priests of Religion?"
2 Polkinghorne, John "One World: the Interaction of Science and Theology"
2 Polkinghorne, John "Quarks, Chaos & Christianity : Questions to Science and Religion" (caution about Polkinghorne's Neotheism: Polkinghorne believes that God is temporal and cannot know the future)
2 Polkinghorne, John "The Quantum World"
2 Ross, Hugh "Beyond the Cosmos"
4 -5 articles at http://www.nd.edu/Departments/Maritain/ti.htm
5 Lokajicek, Milos article "Quantum Mechanics and a Realistic View of Nature" at http://www.nd.edu/Departments/Maritain/ti/lokajice.htm
? Offner, David "Design Homology: an Introduction to Bionics"
? Ratzsch, Del "Philosophy of Science"
? Van der Meer (Ed.) "Facets of Science and Faith", 4 volumes
2 Johnson, Phillip E "Darwin on Trial"
2 Johnson, Phillip E "Reason in the Balance" (criticizes the influence of Darwinism in ethics, law, education and public policy)
2 Ross, Hugh "The Fingerprint of God" (early comoslogy, Kantian agnosticism, scientific cosmology, Biblical cosmology)
3 - 4 Moreland, James P (ed.), "The Creation Hypothesis" ( a panel of scholars argues for a designer of the universe: philosophy of science, astronomy, origin of life, species, human language)
1 tapes of Moreland, James P at http://www.str.org/
1 Johnson, Phillip E "Defeating Darwinism by opening Minds"
1 Johnson, Phillip E: tapes at http://www.mrccos.com/arn/
2 - 4 many articles at http://ic.net/~erasmus/RAZ15.HTM
3 Moreland, James P article "Is Science a Threat or Help to Faith" at http://www.leaderu.com/
3 Moreland, James P & Habermas, Gary, "Immortality"
4 Plantinga, Alvin: article "Methodological Naturalism" at http://id-www.ucsb.edu/fscf/library/plantinga/home.html
? Dembski, William "The Design Inference" (1998)
? Geisler, Norman L & Anderson, Kerby "Origin Science"
? Geisler, Norman L "The Creator in the Courtroom"
? Geisler, Norman L "Knowing the Truth about Creation: how it happened and what it means for us"
1 Ross, Hugh: comic book "Destination: Creation" at http://www.reasons.org/
1 tapes of Ross, Hugh at http://www.str.org/ and http://www.reasons.org/
2 Ross, Hugh, "The Creator and the Cosmos"
2 Ross, Hugh "Creation and Time"
2 articles at http://www.reasons.org/
4 Craig, William L "Theism, Atheism and Big Bang cosmology"
3 -5 many articles at http://www.mrccos.com/arn/ or http://www.origins.org/
2 Behe, Michael: tape at http://www.mrccos.com/arn/
2 Kenyon, Dean "Of Pandas and People" (a Theistic textbook on biology and geology. A vital complementary to atheist schoolbooks)
2 Lubenow Martin, "Bones of Contention:Creationist Assessment of Human Fossils"
2 Ratzsch, Del "The Battle of the Beginnings"
3 Denton, Michael "Evolution: a Theory in Crisis" (Denton is agnostic)
3 Behe, Michael "Darwin's Black Box"
? Demski, William & Meyer, Stephen & Nelson, Paul "Uncommon Descent" (1998?)
? Gish, Duane "Evolution: the Fossils still say no"
? Lester, Lane & Bohlin, Raymond G "The Natural Limits to Biological Change"
? Thaxton, Charles "Mystery of Life's Origin"
? Young, Davis "Creation and the Flood: an Alternative to Flood Geology and Theisitic Evolution"
2 Groothuis, Douglas "Unmasking the New Age"
3 Geisler, Norman L & Clark, David "Apologetics in New Age" (exposition of Pantheism and New Age, followed by a devastating refutation)
1 many tapes of Hunt, Dave; Ankerberg, John; Weldon, John,. etc. at http://www.ankerberg.com/ankcatna.html
2 Alnor, William "UFOS in the New Age"
2 Ankerberg, John: article "What are some theological consequences of the NDE and its popular interpretation?" at http://www.ankerberg.com/
2 Snyder, Tom "Myth Conceptions"
2 Unger, Merril, "Demons in the World today"
5 Hackett, Stuart "Oriental Philosophy"
5 Yandell, Keith "The Epistemology of Religious Experience"
? Alnor, William "UFO Cults and the New Millennium"
? Ankerberg, John & Weldon, John "Encyclopedia of New Age Beliefs"
? Geisler, Norman L & Amano J "The Reincarnation Sensation"
? Geisler, Norman L "False Gods of our Time"
? Groothuis, Douglas "Deceived by the Light" (Near-Death Exepriences, etc.)
? Hillstrom, Elisabeth "Testing the Spirits" (Near-Death Exepriences, etc.)
? Hunt, Dave "Understanding the New Age Movement"
? Hunt, Dave "Peace Prosperity and the Coming Holocaust"
? Hunt, Dave "Death of a Guru"
? Hunt, Dave "America, the Sorcerer's New Apprentice: The Rise of New Age Shamanism"
? Hunt, Dave "The New Spirituality"
? Hunt, Dave "Principalities and Powers"
? Lucas E, "Science and the New Age Challenge",
? Montgomery, John "Principalities and Powers: a new Look at the Occult"
1 Hanegraff, Hank "Christianity in Crisis"
1 Marrs, Texe "Ravaged by the New Age" (the assault through children comics, games, Walt Disney productions...)
2 Ankerberg, John & Weldon, John "The Secret Teachings of the Masonic Lodge"
2 Geisler, Norman L & Amano J " The Infiltration of the New Age"
2 Hunt, Dave "The Seduction of Christianity"
2 Hunt, Dave "Beyond Seduction"
2 Unger, Merril "What Demons can do to Saints"
? Beisner, E. Calvin "Evangelical Heathenism? Examining Contemporary Revitalism"
? Corduan, Winfried "Mysticism: an Evangelical Option?"
? Hunt, Dave "Occult Invasion; The Subtle Seduction of the World and Church"
? Johnson, Phillip, Arthur "Faith Misguided: Exposing the Dangers of Mysticism"
? Rhodes, Ron, Ron "The Counterfeit Christ of the New Age Movement"
1 Hanegraff, Hank "Counterfeit revival"
3 Horton, Michael (Ed.) "Power Religion"
? Ankerberg, John & Weldon, John "Can you trust your Doctor? the Complete Guide to New Age medicine"
? Geisler, Norman L "Signs and Wonders: Healings, Miracles, and Unusual Events "
? Gumprecht, Jane "Abusing Memory: the Healing Theology of Agnes Sanford"
? Gumprecht, Jane "Holistic Health: a Medical and Biblical Critique of New Age Deception"
? Reisser, Paul "New Age Medicine"
3 Lewis, Gordon & Demarest, Bruce "Integrative Theology"
2 House, Wayne "Charts of Christian Theology and Doctrine"
3 articles at http://www.bible.org/ or http://home.earthlink.net/~ronRhodes, Ron/
3 CD-Rom "Biblical Studies Foundation CD" at http://www.bible.org/
? Erickson, Millard "Christian Theology"
? Ryrie, Charles, "Basic Theology" (I have on purpose listed only very few theology resources, assuming that Christians have usually no problem finding theological books, Bible commentaries, etc.)
3 Carson, D. A. "Exegetical Fallacies"
4 Osborne, Grant R "The Hermeneutical Spiral : A Comprehensive Introduction to Biblical Interpretation"
? Blomberg, Craig "Introduction to Biblical Interpretation"
? Corley, Bruce "Biblical Hermeneutics"
? Kaiser, Walter C & Silva, Moises "An Introduction to Biblical Hermeneutics : The Search for Meaning"
? Longman, Tremper "Literary Approaches to Biblical Interpretation "
? Moises, Silva "Language, and Scripture: Reading the Bible in Light of General Linguistics"
? Osborne, Grant "3 Crucial Questions About the Bible" (deals with reliability, the possibility of understanding the Bible and deriving theology therefrom)
? Virkler, Henry "Hermeneutics: Principles and Processes of Biblical Interpretation"
2 Ankerbeg & Weldon, John "Cult Watch" (Mornonism, Jehovahs, Freemasonery, New Age, Channeling, Astrology, the Occult, the Third Wave)
3 Anderson, James N D "The World's Religions"
3 Geisler, Norman L. "Answering Islam"
1 many tapes at Ankerberg at http://www.ankerberg.com/ankcatwr.html or at CRI at http://www.equip.org/
1 Craig, William L: tape of debate with Badawi "The concept of God in Islam and Christianity" (call 1-800-729-4351) at http://www.leaderu.com/offices/billcraig/menus/resources.html
2 Geisler, Norman L & Brooks, Ron "When skeptics ask", p.128-141
2 Lewis, James "Religious Traditions of the World"
2 Sire, James W "Scripture Twisting: 20 Ways the Cults misread the Bible"
? Anderson, James N D "Christianity and Comparative Religion
? Anderson, James N D "Christianity and World Religions""
? Beckwith, Francis "Baha I "
? Beisner, Calvin "Jesus only Churches"
? Craig, William L: tape of debate with a Moslem "What is God like?"; other materials at http://www.answering-islam.org/Resources/
? Geisler, Norman L & Rhodes, Ron "When Cultists Ask"
? Hunt, Dave "The Cult Explosion"
? Rhodes, Ron "Reasoning from the Scriptures With the Jehovah's Witnesses"
? Rhodes, Ron "Jehovah's Witnesses : What You Need to Know Quick Reference Guide"
? Rhodes, Ron "Reasoning from the Scriptures With the Mormons"
? Rhodes, Ron "The Culting of America; The Shocking Implications for Every Concerned Christian"
2 McCallum, Dennis (Ed.) "The Death of Truth"
3 Geisler, Norman L "Apologetics in New Age", chapter on pluralism
2 Adler, Mortimer M J "Truth in Religion"
3 McGrath Alistair, "A passion for truth" (answers Postmodernism by opposing the coherence of evangelicalism
? Centore, F. F. "Being and Becoming: A Critique of Post Modernism"
? Ciapalo, Roman "Postmodernism and Christian Philosophy"
? Marsh, James "Modernity and its Discontents"
? Veith, Gene "Postmodern Times: A Christian Guide to Contemporary Thought and Culture"
? Watkins, William "The New Absolutes"
? Zacharias, Ravi "Deliver Us from Evil: Restoring the Soul in a Disintegrating Culture
3 Moreland, James P (Ed.) "Christian Perspectives on Being Human"
1 Cloud, Henry & Toensend, John "Boundaries: When to say Yes, when to say No to take Control of your Life"
1 tape of Cox "Moral Formation" at http://www.str.org/
3 Dickason, Fred "Demon Possession and the Christian"
3 Koch, Kurt "Christian Counselling and Occultism"
3 Vitz, Paul "Psychology as Religion"
3 Vitz article "The Psychology of Atheism" at http://www.leaderu.com/
? Benner David G, Hill, Peter C "Baker Encyclopedia of Psychology and Counseling, 2nd edition", (available in June 98)
? Malcom Jeeves, "Human Nature at the Millenium"
? Meier, Paul "Introduction to Psychology and Counseling: Christian Perspectives and Applications"
? Roberts, Robert C "Taking the Word to Heart: Self and Others in an Age of Therapies"
? Sproul, Robert C "The Psychology of Atheism"
? Swinburne, Richard & Shoemaker "Personal Identity"
3 Habermas, Gary & Moreland, James P "Immortality: the other Side of Death"
4 Swinburne, Richard "The Evolution of the Soul" (mental life, the soul, the human soul)
? Adler, Mortimer "The Difference of Man and the Difference It Makes"
? Adler, Mortimer "Intellect: Mind Over Matter"
? Ward, Keith "Defending the Soul"
? Weldon, John & Lewitt, Zola "Is there Life after Death?"
3 Geisler, Norman L "Christian Ethics"
1 Kreeft, Peter "The Best Things in Life"
1 McDowell, Josh & Geisler, Norman L "Love is always Right"
1 tape of Cox "Moral Formation" at http://www.str.org/
2 Wilkens S, "Beyond Bumper Sticker Ethics"
2 McArthur "The Ultimate Priority" (on worship)
3 Clark, David K "Readings in Christian Ethics", 2 volumes
3 Craig, William L article "The Indispensability of Theological Meta-ethical Foundations for Morality" at http://www.leaderu.com/
3 Feinberg John & Feinberg, Paul "Ethics for a Brave New World" (contrary to the title, this book does not especially deal with bioethics but with all kinds of issues, from a biblical point fo view).
3 Geisler, Norman L: article "ANY ABSOLUTES? ABSOLUTELY!" at ttp://www.alumni.caltech.edu/~lin/files/absolute.html
3 Zuck, Roy (Ed.) "Vital Contemporary Issues"
? many tapes at Ankerberg at http://www.ankerberg.com/ankcatsi.html
? Adler, Mortimer "The Time of Our Lives: The Ethics of Common Sense "
? Adler, Mortimer "Desires, Right & Wrong: The Ethics of Enough"
? Adler, Mortimer "The Time of Our Lives : The Ethics of Common Sense"
? Hackett the entire book "The Rediscovery of the Highest Good" can be downloaded in HTML or PDF at http://www.accessone.com/~trcole/hackett/
? Pellegrino, Edmund "For the Patient's Good"
? Rae, Scott "Beyond Integrity: a Judeo-Christian Approach to Business Ethics"
1 tapes of Beckwith, Rae and Scott at http://www.str.org/
1 Kreeft, Peter "The Unaborted Socrates"
2 tapes of Beckwith and Rae at http://www.str.org/
2 Geisler, Norman L & Beckwith, Francis "Matters of Life and Death"
3 Moreland, James P & Geisler, Norman L "The Life and Death Debate"
3 Beckwith, Francis "Politically Correct Death: Answering Arguments for Abortion Rights"
? tapes of Feinberg, Beckwith at http://www.bioethix.org/
? Olasky, Susan "More Than Kindness: A Compassionate Approach to Crisis Childbearing"
? Rae, Scott "Brave New Families: Biblical Ethics and Reproductive Technologies"
2 Dallas, Joe “A Sstrong Delusion: confronting the Gay Christian Movement”
2 Satinover, Jeffrey "Homosexuality and the Politics of Truth"
2 Piper, John "Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood"
3 articles at http://www.cbmw.org/
3 articles at http://www.stonewallrevisited.com/menus/issues.html or http://www.narth.com/
? Ankerberg, John & Weldon, John "The Myth of Safe Sex : The Devastating Consequences of Violating God's Plan"
? Court, John "Pornography, a Christian Critique"
2 Bandow, Doug "Beyond Good Intentions: a Biblical View of Politics"
3 Nash, Ronald "Freedom, Justice and the State"
3 Geisler, Norman L: article "A Premillennial View of Law and Government" at http://www.bible.org/journals/bibsac/bsacfr.htm
2 Nash, Ronald "Why the Left is not Right"
2 Curry, Dean "A World Without Tyranny: Christian Faith and International Politics "
2 Beisner, Calvin "Prosperity and Poverty"
2 Olasky, Martin "Freedom, Justice and Hope: towards a Strategy for the Poor and the Oppressed"
3 Adler, Mortimer "How to think about war and peace"
3 Montgomery, John "Human Rights & Human Dignity"
? Adler, Mortimer "We Hold These Truths: Understanding the Ideas and Ideals of the Constitution "
? Adler, Mortimer " The Common Sense of Politics "
? Adler, Mortimer "The Idea of Freedom"
? Bauer, Peter "Equality, the Third World and Economic Delusion"
? Beisner, Calvin "Prospects for Growth: a Biblical View of Population, Resources and the Future"
? Fowler, Robert "The Greening of Protestant Thought"
? Griffiths, Brian "The Creation of Wealth"
? Montgomery, John "The Law above the Law"
? Montgomery, John "Law and Gospel: a Study in Jurisprudence"
? Nash, Ronald "Poverty and Wealth: the Christian Debate over Capitalism"
? Nash, Ronald "Environment and Americans : The Problem of Priorities"
? Olasky, Martin "The Tragedy of American Compassion"
? Rubin, Charles "The Green Crusade: rethinking the Roots of Environmentalism"
? Schlossberg, Herbert (Ed. ) "Christianity and Economics in the Post-Cold War Era: The Oxford Declaration and Beyond"
? Schlossberg, Herbert "A Fragrance of Oppression : The Church and Its Persecutors"
? Sproul, Robert C "In Search of Dignity"
3 Bebbington, David "Patterns in History: A Christian Perspective on Historical Thought"
3 Montgomery, John "The Shape of the Past"
3 Montgomery, John "Where is History going?"
? Cairns, Earle E "God and Man in Time: A Christian Approach to Historiography"
? Nash, Ronald "Christian Faith and Historical Understanding"
? Geisler, Norman L "Decide for yourself: how History views the Bible"
2 article of Lively, Scott, "Homosexuality and the Nazi Party" at http://www.leaderu.com/
3 Durnbaugh, Donald F "The Believers' Church: the History and Character of Radical Protestantism"
3 Lively, Scot & Abrams, Kevin "The Pink Swastika: Homosexuality and hte Nazi Party" (this book is difficult to find. Its ISBN is 0-9647609-1-6, it can also be ordered by phone at 800-828-2290 or 909.652.1006 or at Jeremiah@pe.net)
3 Russell, Jeffrey B "Inventing the Flat Earth: Columbus & Modern Historians" (on the machinations of Atheists who invented the myth of belief in the flat earth to ridicule Middle-Age Christians - the #1 historical myth)
3 Russell, Jeffrey B "The Prince of Darkness: Radical Evil and the Power of Good in History"
3 Russell, Jeffrey B "A History of Witchcraft: Sorcerers, Heretics and Pagans"
4 Danielou, Jean & Marrou, Henri "First Six Hundred Years" (Christian Centuries, Vol 1) (history of early Christianity)
? Cairns, Earle E "Christianity Through the Centuries: A History of the Christian Church"
? Russell, Jeffrey " History of Medieval Christianity"
? Russell, Jeffrey B: many articles at http://id-www.ucsb.edu/fscf/library/RUSSELL/home.html
? Young, Davis A "The Biblical Flood: a Case Study of the Church's Response to Extrabiblical Evidence"
2 Wilson, Douglas "Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning"
? Adamson, William "Empowering Disciples: Adult Education in the Church"
? Adler, Mortimer "Reforming Education: The Schooling of a People and Their Education Beyond Schooling"
? Adler, Mortimer "Reforming Education: The Opening of the American Mind"
? Adler, Mortimer "A Guidebook to Learning: For a Lifelong Pursuit of Wisdom"
? Adler, Mortimer "How to read a Book"
? Apps, Jerold "Toward a Working Philosophy of Adult Education "
? Apps, Jerold, "How to improve Adult Education in your Church "
? Astley, Jeff "The Philosophy of Christian Religious Education"
? Drushal, Mary "On Tablets of Human Hearts: Christian Education With Children"
? Horton, Ronald "Christian Education: Its Mandate and Mission"
? Kilpatrick, James "Books That Build Character: A Guide to Teaching Your Child Moral Values Through Stories"
? Neuhaus, John (Ed.) "Theological Education and Moral Formation "
? Nash, Ronald "The Closing of the American Heart: What is really Wrong with America's School"
? Pardy, Marion "Teaching Children the Bible: New Models in Christian Education"
? Peterson, Michael "Philosophy of Education"
? Rhodes, Ron "What Your Child Needs to Know About God"
? Wolterstorff, Nicholas"Educating for Responsible Action"
? Zuck, Roy "Youth Education in the Church"
2 Billingsley "The Seductive Image: A Christian Critique of the World of Film" (about the anti-Christian stance of Hollywood)
2 Olasky, Martin"Prodigal Press" (about the anti-Christian bias of the press)
1 MacDonald, Alan "Films in Close-up"
1 Reviews of movies at http://www.christiananswers.net/spotlight/
? Baehr, Ted "The Christian Family Guide to Movies and Videos"
? Fishwick, Marshall "Great Awakenings: Popular Religion and Popular Culture"
? Myers, Kenneth "All God's Children and Blue Suede Shoes: Christians & Popular Culture"
? "Movie and Video Guide for Christian Families" (last edition: 1988)
? Olasky, Martin "Telling the Truth: How to Revitalize Christian Journalism"
? Olasky, Martin "Central Ideas in the Development of American Journalism: A Narrative History"
? Patterson, Thomas "At a Theater Near You: Screen Entertainment from a Christian Perspective"
1 Mason Dale & Karen "How to get the Best out of TV before it gets the Best of you"
? Brown, Jim "From Ignorance to Blasphemy within the Church: Pentecostal Television Evangelists Exposed"
? Goethals, Gregor "The Electronic Golden Calf: Images, Religion and the Making of Meaning"
? Horton, Michael "The Agony of Deceit/What Some TV Preachers Are Really Teaching"
? Morris, Collin "God-in-a-box: Christian Strategy in the Television Age"
? Newman, Jay "Religion vs. Television: Competitors in Cultural Context"
? Peck, Janice "The Gods of Televangelism: The Crisis of Meaning and the Appeal of Religious Television"
? Schmidt, Rosemarie "Television Advertising and Televangelism: Discourse Analysis of Persuasive Language"
2 Veith, Gene "State of the arts: From Bezalel to Mapplethorpe"
2 Veith, Gene "Reading between the Lines: A Christian Approach to Literature" (the forms, modes and traditions of literatures, seen from an Augustinian perspective)
? Adler, Mortimer " Art, the Arts, and the Great Ideas"
? Best, Harold "Music Through the Eyes of Faith"
? Brown, Frank "Religious Aesthetics: A Theological Study of Making and Meaning"
? Faulkner, Quentin "Wiser Than Despair : The Evolution of Ideas in the Relationship of Music and the Christian Church"
? Gilby, Thomas "Poetic Experience: An Introduction to Thomist Aesthetic"
? Landa, Robin "Inspired by Faith: A How-To Guide to Religious Oil Painting"
? Landa, Robin "Religious Art"
? Martin, James "Beauty and Holiness: The Dialogue Between Aesthetics and Religion"
? Murray, Peter "The Oxford Companion to Christian Art and Architecture"
? Peterson, Patrick (Ed.) "More like the Master: a Christian Musician's Reader"
? Ryken, Leland "The Liberated Imagination"
? Ryken, Leland "Thinking Christianly About the Arts "
? Ryken, Leland "Christian Imagination: Essays on Literature and the Arts"
? Ryken, Leland "Culture in Christian Perspective: A Door to Understanding and Enjoying the Arts"
? Sennet, Herbert "Religion and Dramatics: The Relationship Between Christianity and the Theater Arts"
? Veith, Gene "The Gift of Art: The Place of the Arts in Scripture"
? Wilson-dickson, Andrew "The Story of Christian Music"
? Wolterstorff, Nicholas "Art in Action: Toward a Christian Aesthetic"
? Wolterstorff, Nicholas "Works and Worlds of Art"
2 Montgomery, John (Ed.) "Myth, Allegory and Gospel" (about the fiction works of Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, etc.)
? Fiddes, Paul "Freedom and Limit: A Dialogue Between Literature and Christian Doctrine"
? Ryken, Leland "Windows to the World: Literature in Christian Perspective"
? Ryken, Leland & Longman, Tremper (Ed.) "Contemporary Literary Theory : A Christian Appraisal"
? Ryken, Leland "A Complete Literary Guide to the Bible"
? Ryken, Leland "Realms of Gold: The Classics in Christian Perspective"
Bruno Granger is French. He studied in France and Germany, and holds several French
degrees in science. He works as a patent examiner at the European Patent Office, in the
city of The Hague, in The Netherlands. He and an Italian colleague have led a Bible study
group at their secular workplace for several years, and have recently organized a
philosophy group. Mr. Granger also helps Dutch students organize similar groups on secular
university campuses. He and a few friends have a ministry involving diverse small projects
to introduce Apologetics materials in continental Europe, in spite of the strong fideism
within Christianity and the perceived irrelevance of Christianity within the mainline
culture.