CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHY_RECOMMENDED READING Books (texts)
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CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHY
RECOMMENDED READING Books (TEXTS)
Notice: The listing of books here does not constitute endorsement of the authors’ ideas by the professor. Students may find many of the books not “friendly” to the evangelical faith—including the course textbook!
Alston, William P. Perceiving God: The Epistemology of Religious Experience.
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1992.
Augustine, Aurelius. The Confessions. Trans. R.S. Pine-Coffin. London:
Penguin Books, 1961.
Ayer, A.J. Language, Truth, and Logic. New York: Dover Publications, Inc.,
1952.
Beaty, Michael, ed. Christian Theism and the Problems of Philosophy. Notre
Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press, 1991.
Berger, Peter L. The Sacred Canopy. New York: Anchor Books, 1969.
Berger, Peter L, and Thomas Luckman. The Social Construction of Reality.
New York: Anchor Books, 1967.
Brown, Colin. Philosophy and the Christian Faith: A Historical Sketch from the Middle Ages to the Present Day. Downers Grove: IVP, 1968.
Burrell, David. Knowing the Unknowable God: Ibn-Sina, Maimonides, and
Aquinas. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1986.
Cowan, Steve B. and James S. Spiegel, The Love of Wisdom: A Christian Introduction to Philosophy. Nashville: B & H Publishing Group, 2009.
Craig, William, ed. Philosophy of Religion: A Reader and Guide. Edinburgh:
Edinburgh University Press. 2002.
Davies, Brian. An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion. 3rd ed. Oxford:
Oxford University Press, 2004.
Davis, Stephen T. Risen Indeed: Making Sense of the Resurrection. Grand
Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1993.
Dewey, John. A Common Faith. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1934.
Evans, Stephen. The Quest for Faith. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press,
1986.
Evans, C. Steven and R. Zachary Manis, Philosophy of Religion: Thinking about Faith, 2nd ed. Downers Grove: IVP, 2009.
Evans, C. Stephen, and Merold Westphal, eds. Christian Perspectives on
Religious Knowledge. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing
Co., 1993.
Feinberg, Paul D. and Norman L. Geisler, Introduction to Philosophy: A Christian Perspective. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1980.
Feuerbach, Ludwig. The Essence of Christianity. Trans. George Eliot.
New York: Harper, 1957.
Etienne Gilson, Philosophy of Saint Augustine.
________. Philosophy of Thomas Aquinas.
Hester, Marcus, ed. Faith, Reason, and Skepticism. Philadelphia: Temple
University Press, 1992.
Hick, John. Disputed Questions in Theology and the Philosophy of Religion.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1993.
________. Philosophy of Religion. 4th Edition. Englewood Cliffs, NJ:
Prentice-Hall Inc., 1990.
Hoitenga, Dewey, J., Jr. Faith and Reason from Plato to Plantinga: An
Introduction to Reformed Epistemology. Albany: State University of
New York Press, 1991.
Hume, David. Of Miracles (1748). LaSalle, Illinois: Open Court, 1985.
James, William. Varieties of Religious Experience (1902). New York: NAL
Penguin, 1958.
Keller, Peter. The Reason for God: Belief in the Age of Skepticism. New York:
Dutton, 2008.
Kierkegaard, Søren. Practice in Christianity. Trans. Howard V. Hong and
Edna H. Hong. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1991.
________. Fear and Trembling. Trans. Howard V. Hong and Edna H. Hong.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1983.
________. Purity of Heart is to Will One Thing (1843). Translated by Douglas
Sterre. New York: Harper and Row, 1938.
Louis P. Pojman, Philosophy of Religion: An Anthology, 4th Edition. Belmont,
CA: Wadsworth Publishing Company, 2003.
Lundin, Roger. The Culture of Interpretation: Christian Faith and the
Postmodern World. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing
Co., 1993.
MacIntyre, Alasdair. Three Rival Versions of Moral Inquiry: Encyclopaedia,
Geneology, and Tradition. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame
Press, 1990.
Marion, Jean-Luc. God without Being: Hors-Texte. Trans. Thomas A. Carlson.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1991.
Moreland, J. P. and William Lane Craig, Philosophical Foundations for a Christian World View. Downers Grove: OVP, 2003.
Morris, Thomas V. The Logic of God Incarnate. Ithaca: Cornell University
Press, 1986.
Morris, Thomas V. Making Sense of it All: Pascal and the Meaning of Life.
Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1992.
Mouw, Richard J. The God Who Commands: A Study in Divine Command
Ethics. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1990.
Niebuhr, H. Richard. Christ and Culture. New York: Harper and Row, 1951.
Niebuhr, H. Richard. The Responsible Self. San Francisco: Harper and Row,
1963.
Pascal, Blaise. Pensées. Trans. A. J. Krailsheimer. London: Penguin Books,
1966.
Plantinga, Alvin, and Nicholas Wolterstorff, eds. Faith and Rationality
Reason and Belief in God. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame
Press, 1983.
Plantinga, Alvin. Warranted Christian Belief. New York: Oxford
University Press, 2000.
Peterson, Michael, ed. Reason and Religious Belief. 2nd Edition. Oxford:
Oxford University Press, 1998.
Peterson, Michael, ed. Philosophy of Religion: Selected Readings. 2nd
Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.
Rowe, William L. and William J. Wainwright, Philosophy and Religion: Selected Readings, 3rd. ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1988.
Stump, Eleonore, and Thomas Flint, eds. Hermes and Athena: Biblical
Exegesis and Philosophical Theology. Notre Dame: University of Notre
Dame Press, 1993.
Thistleton, Anthony C. Interpreting God and the Postmodern Self: On
Meaning, Manipulation, and Promise. Grand Rapids: William B.
Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1996.
Torrance, T.F. Reality and Evangelical Theology: The Realism of Christian
Revelation. Foreword by Kurt Anders Richardson. Downers Grove,
IL: InterVarsity Press, 1982.
Weber, Max. The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. Trans. Talcott
Parsons. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1921.
Westphal, Merold. Suspicion and Faith: Religious Uses of Modern Atheism.
Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1993.
William L. Rowe, Philosophy of Religion: An Introduction, 3rd Edition.
Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Company, 2001.
Wolf, Robert Paul., ed. Ten Great Works of Philosophy. New York: Penguin
Books, 1969.
Wolterstorff, Nicholas. Divine Discourse: Philosophical Reflections on the
Claim that God Speaks. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
1995.
________. Reason within the Limits of Religion Alone. Grand Rapids:
William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1984.
Wuthnow, Robert. Rediscovering the Sacred: Perspectives on Religion in
Contemporary Society. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing
Co., 1992.
RECOMMENDED READING Books (TEXTS)
Notice: The listing of books here does not constitute endorsement of the authors’ ideas by the professor. Students may find many of the books not “friendly” to the evangelical faith—including the course textbook!
Alston, William P. Perceiving God: The Epistemology of Religious Experience.
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1992.
Augustine, Aurelius. The Confessions. Trans. R.S. Pine-Coffin. London:
Penguin Books, 1961.
Ayer, A.J. Language, Truth, and Logic. New York: Dover Publications, Inc.,
1952.
Beaty, Michael, ed. Christian Theism and the Problems of Philosophy. Notre
Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press, 1991.
Berger, Peter L. The Sacred Canopy. New York: Anchor Books, 1969.
Berger, Peter L, and Thomas Luckman. The Social Construction of Reality.
New York: Anchor Books, 1967.
Brown, Colin. Philosophy and the Christian Faith: A Historical Sketch from the Middle Ages to the Present Day. Downers Grove: IVP, 1968.
Burrell, David. Knowing the Unknowable God: Ibn-Sina, Maimonides, and
Aquinas. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1986.
Cowan, Steve B. and James S. Spiegel, The Love of Wisdom: A Christian Introduction to Philosophy. Nashville: B & H Publishing Group, 2009.
Craig, William, ed. Philosophy of Religion: A Reader and Guide. Edinburgh:
Edinburgh University Press. 2002.
Davies, Brian. An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion. 3rd ed. Oxford:
Oxford University Press, 2004.
Davis, Stephen T. Risen Indeed: Making Sense of the Resurrection. Grand
Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1993.
Dewey, John. A Common Faith. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1934.
Evans, Stephen. The Quest for Faith. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press,
1986.
Evans, C. Steven and R. Zachary Manis, Philosophy of Religion: Thinking about Faith, 2nd ed. Downers Grove: IVP, 2009.
Evans, C. Stephen, and Merold Westphal, eds. Christian Perspectives on
Religious Knowledge. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing
Co., 1993.
Feinberg, Paul D. and Norman L. Geisler, Introduction to Philosophy: A Christian Perspective. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1980.
Feuerbach, Ludwig. The Essence of Christianity. Trans. George Eliot.
New York: Harper, 1957.
Etienne Gilson, Philosophy of Saint Augustine.
________. Philosophy of Thomas Aquinas.
Hester, Marcus, ed. Faith, Reason, and Skepticism. Philadelphia: Temple
University Press, 1992.
Hick, John. Disputed Questions in Theology and the Philosophy of Religion.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1993.
________. Philosophy of Religion. 4th Edition. Englewood Cliffs, NJ:
Prentice-Hall Inc., 1990.
Hoitenga, Dewey, J., Jr. Faith and Reason from Plato to Plantinga: An
Introduction to Reformed Epistemology. Albany: State University of
New York Press, 1991.
Hume, David. Of Miracles (1748). LaSalle, Illinois: Open Court, 1985.
James, William. Varieties of Religious Experience (1902). New York: NAL
Penguin, 1958.
Keller, Peter. The Reason for God: Belief in the Age of Skepticism. New York:
Dutton, 2008.
Kierkegaard, Søren. Practice in Christianity. Trans. Howard V. Hong and
Edna H. Hong. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1991.
________. Fear and Trembling. Trans. Howard V. Hong and Edna H. Hong.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1983.
________. Purity of Heart is to Will One Thing (1843). Translated by Douglas
Sterre. New York: Harper and Row, 1938.
Louis P. Pojman, Philosophy of Religion: An Anthology, 4th Edition. Belmont,
CA: Wadsworth Publishing Company, 2003.
Lundin, Roger. The Culture of Interpretation: Christian Faith and the
Postmodern World. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing
Co., 1993.
MacIntyre, Alasdair. Three Rival Versions of Moral Inquiry: Encyclopaedia,
Geneology, and Tradition. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame
Press, 1990.
Marion, Jean-Luc. God without Being: Hors-Texte. Trans. Thomas A. Carlson.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1991.
Moreland, J. P. and William Lane Craig, Philosophical Foundations for a Christian World View. Downers Grove: OVP, 2003.
Morris, Thomas V. The Logic of God Incarnate. Ithaca: Cornell University
Press, 1986.
Morris, Thomas V. Making Sense of it All: Pascal and the Meaning of Life.
Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1992.
Mouw, Richard J. The God Who Commands: A Study in Divine Command
Ethics. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1990.
Niebuhr, H. Richard. Christ and Culture. New York: Harper and Row, 1951.
Niebuhr, H. Richard. The Responsible Self. San Francisco: Harper and Row,
1963.
Pascal, Blaise. Pensées. Trans. A. J. Krailsheimer. London: Penguin Books,
1966.
Plantinga, Alvin, and Nicholas Wolterstorff, eds. Faith and Rationality
Reason and Belief in God. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame
Press, 1983.
Plantinga, Alvin. Warranted Christian Belief. New York: Oxford
University Press, 2000.
Peterson, Michael, ed. Reason and Religious Belief. 2nd Edition. Oxford:
Oxford University Press, 1998.
Peterson, Michael, ed. Philosophy of Religion: Selected Readings. 2nd
Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.
Rowe, William L. and William J. Wainwright, Philosophy and Religion: Selected Readings, 3rd. ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1988.
Stump, Eleonore, and Thomas Flint, eds. Hermes and Athena: Biblical
Exegesis and Philosophical Theology. Notre Dame: University of Notre
Dame Press, 1993.
Thistleton, Anthony C. Interpreting God and the Postmodern Self: On
Meaning, Manipulation, and Promise. Grand Rapids: William B.
Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1996.
Torrance, T.F. Reality and Evangelical Theology: The Realism of Christian
Revelation. Foreword by Kurt Anders Richardson. Downers Grove,
IL: InterVarsity Press, 1982.
Weber, Max. The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. Trans. Talcott
Parsons. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1921.
Westphal, Merold. Suspicion and Faith: Religious Uses of Modern Atheism.
Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1993.
William L. Rowe, Philosophy of Religion: An Introduction, 3rd Edition.
Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Company, 2001.
Wolf, Robert Paul., ed. Ten Great Works of Philosophy. New York: Penguin
Books, 1969.
Wolterstorff, Nicholas. Divine Discourse: Philosophical Reflections on the
Claim that God Speaks. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
1995.
________. Reason within the Limits of Religion Alone. Grand Rapids:
William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1984.
Wuthnow, Robert. Rediscovering the Sacred: Perspectives on Religion in
Contemporary Society. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing
Co., 1992.
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