maitri Posted November 12, 2005 Posted November 12, 2005 What books have inspired you the most? Cheers, Kendra Quote
bobve2 Posted November 12, 2005 Posted November 12, 2005 What books have inspired you the most? Cheers, Kendra <{POST_SNAPBACK}> 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. Quote
AletheiaRivers Posted November 13, 2005 Posted November 13, 2005 "The Soul's Religion" by Thomas Moore "The Mystic Heart" by William Teasdale "Reaching for the Invisible God" by Yancey Quote
jerryb Posted November 13, 2005 Posted November 13, 2005 "The Soul's Religion" by Thomas Moore "The Mystic Heart" by William Teasdale "Reaching for the Invisible God" by Yancey <{POST_SNAPBACK}> 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 Quote
curlytop Posted November 13, 2005 Posted November 13, 2005 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 Quote
AletheiaRivers Posted November 13, 2005 Posted November 13, 2005 "Seeds of Contemplation" by Merton "Thou Art That" by Joseph Campbell "Generous Orthodoxy" by Brian McClaren Quote
kconrad Posted December 3, 2005 Posted December 3, 2005 What books have inspired you the most? Cheers, Kendra <{POST_SNAPBACK}> 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. Quote
jasn Posted December 5, 2005 Posted December 5, 2005 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 Quote
FredP Posted December 5, 2005 Posted December 5, 2005 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 Quote
maggie Posted January 16, 2006 Posted January 16, 2006 The Road Less Traveled by M. Scott Peck Peace is the Way by Deepak Chopra Quote
AletheiaRivers Posted January 16, 2006 Posted January 16, 2006 The Courage To Be, Paul Tillich <{POST_SNAPBACK}> THAT is on my reading list this year, for sure. Quote
October's Autumn Posted January 16, 2006 Posted January 16, 2006 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. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> 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 Quote
Cynthia Posted January 31, 2006 Posted January 31, 2006 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???? Quote
AletheiaRivers Posted January 31, 2006 Posted January 31, 2006 (edited) "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. Edited January 31, 2006 by AletheiaRivers Quote
bobve2 Posted February 19, 2006 Posted February 19, 2006 "In the name of Jesus" by Henri Nouwen a one hour read worth the time Quote
mystictrek Posted February 20, 2006 Posted February 20, 2006 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. Quote
bobve2 Posted March 20, 2006 Posted March 20, 2006 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 Quote
Lee Tasey Posted March 22, 2006 Posted March 22, 2006 Yes, "The Flight of Peter Fromm." It's a novel about a young man's loss of faith in divinity school. Highly recommended. Lee Quote
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