[Cynthia]

I recommend Scott Peck's, "People of the Lie" - very scary and I finally figured out why I see it that way. It reframes what I think of as fairly typical, if disappointing, human behavior such as selfishness and an unwillingness to consider the perspective of others as a form of evil. On a continum, of course. Anyway - great book.

Anybody read anything that really struck them lately????

[AletheiaRivers]

"God - A Guide for the Perplexed" by Keith Ward

The book is a tour of the development of theistic thought. It would be hard to nutshell it here, but overall, it discusses how ideas of God have morphed throughout the ages, from ancient Roman and Greek polytheism, to Jewish Monotheism, to Christianity. (It doesn't discuss other world religions, but Ward does have a book about that as well. It's called "The Case for Religion." I just started it.)

It pulls in the views of some of the greatest religious and philosophical thinkers over the ages: Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinas, Kant, Descartes, Kierkegaard, James, Spinoza, etc ...

It is more of a philosophy book than a theological book, but if you like philosophy, or want an introduction that is easier to follow than the average religious philosophy book, I highly recommend it.

This post has been edited by AletheiaRivers: 31 January 2006 - 09:12 AM

[bobve2]

"In the name of Jesus" by Henri Nouwen a one hour read worth the time

[Lee Tasey]

Yes, "The Flight of Peter Fromm." It's a novel about a young man's loss of faith in divinity school.

Highly recommended.

Lee