What books have inspired you the most?



Cheers,


Kendra

Someone from this site helped me to get hooked up with Brian McClaren's, "A New Kind of Christian". I really enjoyed "Stealing Jesus" by Bawer also.

"The Soul's Religion" by Thomas Moore

"The Mystic Heart" by William Teasdale

"Reaching for the Invisible God" by Yancey

It's me again Aletheia...

I have two of those three books on the book self behind me...they are great!
I also got to see Thomas Moore in person shortly after he wrote "The soul's religion.". And I have read almost every thing Yancey has written. His book
"Where is God when it hurts?" has helped me through some difficult times. And yet...I am still asking that question.
We seem to have much the same taste in books....tell me more.


Jerryb

Hi you guys -- I'm a fan of Moore and Teasdale also.

I got to see Teasdale at a conference the year before he died. He was wearing his peach-colored sannyasi robes -- and he spoke with a quiet passion about contemplation and action -- what a beautiful presence!!

Another book that has had a big influence on me is Thomas Keating's "Intimacy With God."

Peace --
Mary

"Seeds of Contemplation" by Merton

"Thou Art That" by Joseph Campbell

"Generous Orthodoxy" by Brian McClaren

"Living Buddha, Living Christ"


--des

I guess my own, "What the Church Does Not Want you to Know" by Kenneth C. Conrad online or in major book stores by title or authors name.

the most inspiring book that i've read this year is Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder. it is the story of Paul Farmer - one of the most Christ-like persons i've read about in a while

Behold The Spirit: A Study in the Necessity of Mystical Religion, Alan Watts

The Courage To Be, Paul Tillich

Psychology and Western Religion, C. G. Jung

The Road Less Traveled by M. Scott Peck
Peace is the Way by Deepak Chopra

THAT is on my reading list this year, for sure.

That reminds me of a book I discovered when I was in Seminary (I also worked in the library). The Dangers of growing up in a Christian home by David Sloat. I don't know how I'd feel about it now but at the time it was very healing.

http://www.alibris.com/search/search.cfm?S...MrD_RLQGSIrpX1w

Books I keep coming back to include:

THE BIBLE

THE SAYINGS OF THE DESERT FATHERS

A COURSE IN MIRACLES

THE PERENNIAL PHILOSOPHY by Aldous Huxley

MYTH & RITUAL IN CHRISTIANITY by Alan Watts

THE WAY OF ZEN by Alan Watts

THE HEART OF CHRISTIANITY by Marcus Borg

SPACE FOR GOD by Don Postema

HANDBOOK TO HIGHER CONSCIOUSNESS: THE SCIENCE OF HAPPINESS by Ken Keyes

QUANTUM THEOLOGY by Diarmuid O'Murchu

PLEASE UNDERSTAND ME II by David Keirsey

YOGA: THE SPIRIT AND PRACTICE OF MOVING INTO STILLNESS by Erich Schiffmann

AWAKENING THE BUDDHA WITHIN by Lama Surya Das

THE CELESTINE VISION by James Redfield

ZEN MIND, BEGINNER'S MIND by Shunryu Suzuki

SPIRITUAL GROWTH: BEING YOUR HIGHER SELF by Orin channeled by Sunaya Roman

Enough for now!

I have 2 shelves of favorites: about 50 are Christian or semi-Christian and about 50 are Another Wisdom Tradition & New Spiritual Movements. I have noticed this 50-50 split in my favorites for years now. I guess that's why I have one foot in the church and one foot in the New Age and hope to see The New Church for the New Age emerge more and more.

I sure would be interested if anyone has read "Think Again a Response to Fundamentalism's claim on Christianity" by Dr GaryCox, I've enjoyed it. -Bob