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Love your God with all your Mind: the Role of Reason in the Life of the Soul.
By James P. Moreland.
Colorado Springs: NavPress, 1997.

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Difficulty: 2 (popular)

The book to start with for an authentic spiritual and intellectual revival

Contents; review by Bruno Granger

	Confusions and Clarifications : An Introduction to Philosophy for the Twenty-First Century. By Centore, Floyd F. Lanham, MD: Univ. of America, 1997.	Order in the US with Amazon US for $ 34.50 (Paperback)
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Difficulty: 2 (popular)	written with a thomistic perspective, this books excels in making serious philosophy very accessible and exciting by interacting with modern culture (ethics, politics, films, TV, natural science, etc.) and contemporaries philosophers and philosophies, as well as older ones. an impressive communication achievement (relating abstract and difficult issues to the (post)modern minds) the best introduction to philosophy? also very usefull for apologetics	Contents; review

	Looking at philosophy: the Unbearable Heaviness of Philosophy made Lighter. By Donald Palmer. 2nd ed. Mountain View, CA: Mayfield, 1994.	Order in the US with Amazon US for $ x.x: you save $x.x (x%) (Paperback)
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Difficulty: 2 (popular)	A historal introduction to philosophy with many funny illustration written by a postmodern, yet acceptably balanced	Contents; review

	A First Glance at St. Thomas Aquinas: A Handbook for Peeping Thomists.. By Raph M. McInerny. Notre Dame, IN: Univ. of Notre Dame, 1990.	Order in the US with Amazon US for $ 23.00 (Hardback)
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Difficulty: 2 (popular)	The thought of the Christian intellectual giant made easy and accessible for all! Indispensable for beginning Christian intellectuals! each chapter ends by a relevant text of St Thomas in easy English	Contents; review

	What if Jesus had never been born? The Positive Impact of Christianity on History.. By D. James Kennedy and Jerry Newcombe. Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 1994.	Order in the US with Amazon US for $ 13.29: you save $5.70 (30%) (Hardback)
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Difficulty: 2 (popular)	The biggest compilation of pragmatic apologetics: shows how much Christianity is needed	Contents; review by Name

God: The Evidence: The Reconciliation of Faith and Reason in a Postsecular World..
By Patrick Glynn.
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Rocklin, CA: Prima, 1997.

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The evidence that converted back the atheist and postmodern philosopher Glynn
covers design, NDEs, effect of religion on psychic, sociological and physiological well-being, and the meaning of life

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No Doubt About It: The Case for Christianity.
By Winfried Corduan.
Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 1997.

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Difficulty: 2

a thoughtful introduction with some formalism
very practical: each chapter is preceeced by a discussion, with answers/reflections at the end of the chapter
covers a lot in a coherent sequence, but sometimes the argumentation is not good (e. g. arguments for God...)
hardcover has a different title (Reasonable Faith : Basic Christian Apologetics)

Contents; review

	When Skeptics ask. By Norman Geisler & Ron Brooks. Wheaton, Il: Victor, 1990.	Order in the US with Amazon US for $ 19.19 (about x euros); you save $4.80 or 20% (Hardback: info. on the site is wrong)
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Difficulty: 2 (popular)	the most complete introduction to apologetics: a popular defense of theism, Christianity, etc. and a refutation of other views and religions	Contents; review by Bruno Granger

	From God to us. By Geisler, Norman L. & William E. Nix. Chicago: Moody, 1974.	Order in the US with Amazon US for $ 11.99: you save $3.00 (20%) (Paperback)
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Difficulty: 3 (academic)	Explains the making of the Bible and the doctrine of inspiration	Contents; review

	When Critics Ask. By Norman L. Geisler & Thomas Howe. Wheaton, IL: Victor, 1992.	Order in the US with Amazon US for $ 18.89: you save $8.10 or 30% (Hardback)
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Difficulty: 2 (popular)	Excellent resources for Biblical difficulties and answering attacks on inerrancy	Contents; review by Bruno Granger

	Introduction to Biblical Interpretation. . By William E. Klein et al. Dallas: Word, 1993.	Order in the US with Amazon US for $ 20.99: you save $9.00 (30%) (Hardback)
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Difficulty: 3 (academic)	The best introduction to Biblical interpretation	Contents; review

	Moody Handbook of Theology. By Paul P. Enns Chicago: Moody, 1989.	Order in the US with Amazon US for $ 23.09: you save $9.90 (30%) (Hardback)
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Difficulty: 3 (academic)	A very clear introduction to Biblical and systematic theology and the different schools	Contents; review

	The Infiltration of the New Age. By Norman L. Geisler, & J. Y. Amano. Wheaton, IL:Tyndale, 1989.	Order in the US with Amazon US for $ 9.39: (Paperback)
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Difficulty: 1	exposes the unsuspected influence of the New Age in modern media, healing, etc. refutes the tenets of New Age	Contents; review

	Charismatic Chaos. By John F.MacArthur. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1992.	Order in the US with Amazon US for $ 13.99: you save $6.00 (30%) (Hardback)
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Difficulty: 3 (academic)	important critical information about the recent and explosive revival in our times of an ancient heresy (montanism, which lead astray then a part of the second century church into occultism) unfortunately, in his critic, Mcarthur does not put much emphasis on the parallels with montanism nor on the occult nature of the experiences he mentions	Contents; review

	Counterfeit Revival: : Unmasking the Truth Behind the World Wide Counterfeit Revival. By Hank Hanegraaff. Dallas: Word, 1997.	Order in the US with Amazon US for $ 11.19: you save $4.80 or 30% (2 audio cassettes)
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Difficulty: 1 (very easy, fun)	very lively (esp. on audio) exposition of the latest charismatic revivals alarming news for Christians and great fun for non-Christians	Contents; review

	Cult Watch: What you need to know about Spiritual Deception. By John Ankerberg & John Weldon. Eugene, OR: Harvest House, 1991.	Order in the US with Amazon US for $ 10.39: you save $2.60 (20%) (Paperback)
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Difficulty: 2	exposition and critic of two major cults (Jehovah's and mormons), of esoterism (freemasonery, astrology) and the occult (New Age, charismatic third wave, spirit channeling and parapsychology)	Contents; review

	The Soul of Science: Christian Faith and Natural Philosophy. By Charles B. Thaxton, & Nancy R. Pearcey. Wheaton: Croosway Books, 1994.	Order in the US with Amazon US for $ 12.79: you save $3.20 (20%) (Paperback)
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Difficulty: 2 (popular)	introduction to natural science according to its historical development, from its beginning in the Middle Ages until now, and with many insights	Contents; review

	Defeating Darwinism by opening Minds.. By Phillip E. Johnson. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1997.	Order in the US with Amazon US for $ 11.19: you save $4.80 (30%) (Hardback)
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Difficulty: 1 (easy)	which religion (a view to which was commit, "bind" himself) does rule Western public policy nowadays? Johnson exposes the cultural domination and the fallacies of Darwinism.	Contents; review

	Love is always Right. By Josh McDowell & Norman L. Geisler. Dallas: Word, 1997.	Order in the US with Amazon US for $ 10.39: you save $2.60 (20%) (Paperback)
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Difficulty: 1 (easy)	succeeds in making the philosophy of Christian ethics (and some applications) accessible to everyone	Contents; review

	Beyond Good Intentions: a Biblical View of Politics.. By Doug Bandow. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 1988.	Order in the US with Amazon US for $14.99 (Paperback)
Difficulty: 2 (popular)	Some reflections on the relation between the Bible and politics and its applications covers also the views of the different churches throughout the ages	Contents; review

	The Politics of Envy : Statism As Theology. By Doug Bandow. New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Pub., 1994..	Order in the US with Amazon US for $ 39.95 (Hardback)
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Difficulty: 2 (popular)	a collection of essays in economics, politics, ethics, etc. a Christian, humane alternative to statism (totalitarism) Bandow's underlying contention is that a return to virtue is the solution and is possible	Contents; review

	Legislating Morality: Is it Wise, is it Legal? Is It Possible? . By Norman L. Geisler and Frank Turek. Minneapolis, Min.: Bethany House, 1998.	Order in the US with Amazon US for $ 11.99; you save $4.80 or 30% (Hardback)
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Difficulty: 2 (popular)	The must book about politics, law and morality	Contents; review

	Saviors of the Earth? The Politics and Religion of the Environmental Movement.. By Michael S. Coffman. Chicago: Northfield, 1994.	Order in the US with Amazon US for $ 10.39: you save $2.60 (20%) (Paperback)
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Difficulty: 2 (popular)	after a short look at the false science of modern environmentalism, Coffman exposes what lays behind it written in the spirit of F. Schaeffer	Contents; review

	The Early Church. By Henry Chadwick. The Penguin History of the Church 1. Rev. ed. London: Penguin, 1993.	Order in the US with Amazon US for $ 11.16: you save $2.79 (20%) (Paperback)
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Difficulty: 2 (popular)	An excellent and accessible introduction to the history of the church during the first century (although it somewhat downplays the key-role of the early apologists)	Contents; review

	The Medieval Church : From the Dawn of the Middle Ages to the Eve of the Reformation. By Carl A. Volz. Abingdon, 1997.	Order in the US with Amazon US for $ 15.16: you save $3.79 (20%) (Paperback)
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Difficulty: 3 (academic)	a well-thought book into the medieval world, its developments and achievements (our Western heritage) covers also the demise of scholasticism and the germination of modernity does not cover art	Contents; review

	Gothic Art : Glorious Visions. By Michael Camille. New York: Abrams, 1996.	Order in the US with Amazon US for $ 13.56: you save $3.39 (20%) (Paperback)
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Difficulty: 2 (popular)	a good introduction to Gothic art, with many color pictures (which are not so vivid as they could) unreliable about medieval philosophy (Aquinas, etc.)	Contents; review

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