Christianity - well-rounded broad and eye opening
Explore a well-rounded Christianity reading list with eye-opening books from Thomas Cahill, Huston Smith, and Thomas Merton, offering broad spiritual and historical insights.
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The World's Religions
by Huston Smith
Introduction to the world's religions that has been completely revised and updated.
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Desire of the Everlasting Hills
by Thomas Cahill
From the bestselling author of How the Irish Saved Civilization and The Gifts of the Jews, his most compelling historical narrative yet. How did an obscure rabbi from a backwater of the Roman Empire come to be the central figure in Western Civilization? Did his influence in fact change the world? These are the questions Thomas Cahill addresses in his subtle and engaging investigation into the life and times of Jesus. Cahill shows us Jesus from his birth to his execution through the eyes of those who knew him and in the context of his time—a time when the Jews were struggling to maintain their beliefs under overlords who imposed their worldview on their subjects. Here is Jesus the loving friend, itinerate preacher, and quiet revolutionary, whose words and actions inspired his followers to journey throughout the Roman world and speak the truth he instilled—in the face of the greatest defeat: Jesus' crucifixion as a common criminal. Daring, provocative, and stunningly original, Cahill's interpretation will both delight and surprise.
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Oxford Annotated Bible
by MICHAEL D. COOGAN
The new edition includes a full index to all of the study material (not just to the annotations), and one that is keyed to page numbers, not to citations. And, to make certain points in the text clearer for the reader, there are approximately 40 in text, line drawing maps and diagrams.
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New Seeds of Contemplation
by Thomas Merton
On spiritual rebirth through encounter with God in an expanded version, by the author of Seven Storey Mountain.
