Minimum List of Easy Books

 

(this list is still under construction, a few more books will be added)

 

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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

 

 

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Confusions and Clarifications : An Introduction to Philosophy for the Twenty-First Century.
By Centore, Floyd F.
Lanham, MD: Univ. of America, 1997.

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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

 

 

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Looking at philosophy: the Unbearable Heaviness of Philosophy made Lighter.
By Donald Palmer.
2nd ed.
Mountain View, CA: Mayfield, 1994.

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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

 

 

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A First Glance at St. Thomas Aquinas: A Handbook for Peeping Thomists..
By Raph M. McInerny.
Notre Dame, IN: Univ. of Notre Dame, 1990.

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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

 

 

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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.

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Difficulty: 2 (popular)

  • The biggest compilation of pragmatic apologetics: shows how much Christianity is needed

Contents; review by Name

 

 

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

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Difficulty: 2 (popular)

  • 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

Contents; review

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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When Skeptics ask.
By Norman Geisler & Ron Brooks.
Wheaton, Il: Victor, 1990.

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(Hardback: info. on the site is wrong)
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(Hardback)

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

 

 

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From God to us.
By Geisler, Norman L. & William E. Nix.
Chicago: Moody, 1974.

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Difficulty: 3 (academic)

  • Explains the making of the Bible and the doctrine of inspiration

Contents; review

 

 

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When Critics Ask.
By Norman L. Geisler & Thomas Howe.
Wheaton, IL: Victor, 1992.

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Difficulty: 2 (popular)

  • Excellent resources for Biblical difficulties and answering attacks on inerrancy

Contents; review by Bruno Granger

 

 

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Introduction to Biblical Interpretation. .
By William E. Klein et al.
Dallas: Word, 1993.

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Difficulty: 3 (academic)

  • The best introduction to Biblical interpretation

Contents; review

 

 

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Moody Handbook of Theology.
By Paul P. Enns
Chicago: Moody, 1989.

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Difficulty: 3 (academic)

  • A very clear introduction to Biblical and systematic theology and the different schools

Contents; review

 

 

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The Infiltration of the New Age.
By Norman L. Geisler, & J. Y. Amano.
Wheaton, IL:Tyndale, 1989.

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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

 

 

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Charismatic Chaos.
By John F.MacArthur.
Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1992.

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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

 

 

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Counterfeit Revival: : Unmasking the Truth Behind the World Wide Counterfeit Revival.
By Hank Hanegraaff.
Dallas: Word, 1997.

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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

 

 

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Cult Watch: What you need to know about Spiritual Deception.
By John Ankerberg & John Weldon.
Eugene, OR: Harvest House, 1991.

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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

 

 

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The Soul of Science: Christian Faith and Natural Philosophy.
By Charles B. Thaxton, & Nancy R. Pearcey.
Wheaton: Croosway Books, 1994.

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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

 

 

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Defeating Darwinism by opening Minds..
By Phillip E. Johnson.
Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1997.

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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

 

 

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Love is always Right.
By Josh McDowell & Norman L. Geisler.
Dallas: Word, 1997.

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Difficulty: 1 (easy)

  • succeeds in making the philosophy of Christian ethics (and some applications) accessible to everyone

Contents; review

 

 

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Beyond Good Intentions: a Biblical View of Politics..
By Doug Bandow.
Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 1988.

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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

 

 

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The Politics of Envy : Statism As Theology.
By Doug Bandow.
New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Pub., 1994..

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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

 

 

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Legislating Morality: Is it Wise, is it Legal? Is It Possible? .
By Norman L. Geisler and Frank Turek.
Minneapolis, Min.: Bethany House, 1998.

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Difficulty: 2 (popular)

  • The must book about politics, law and morality

Contents; review

 

 

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Saviors of the Earth? The Politics and Religion of the Environmental Movement..
By Michael S. Coffman.
Chicago: Northfield, 1994.

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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

 

 

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The Early Church.
By Henry Chadwick.
The Penguin History of the Church 1. Rev. ed.
London: Penguin, 1993.

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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

 

 

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The Medieval Church : From the Dawn of the Middle Ages to the Eve of the Reformation.
By Carl A. Volz.
Abingdon, 1997.

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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

 

 

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Gothic Art : Glorious Visions.
By Michael Camille.
New York: Abrams, 1996.

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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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