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Resources for an Aspiring Christian Philosopher

By Douglas Groothuis, PhD


The Spirituality Needed for Philosophy and all of Life

 

1.      Francis Schaefer, True Spirituality

2.      J. I. Packer, Knowing God

3.      A. W. Tozer, The Pursuit of God

 

On Philosophy for Christ

 

4.      Paul Copan, A Little Book for New Philosophers

5.      Garrett DeWeese, Doing Philosophy as a Christian

 

History of Philosophy


6.      Gordon Clark, Thales to Dewey

7.      C. Stephen Evans, A History of Western Philosophy

8.      Groothuis, Philosophy in Seven Sentences


On the Intellect in the Christian Life


9.      J. P. Moreland, Love Your God With All Your Mind, 2nd ed. First edition has good material taken out of the second.

10.      John Piper, Think

11.     Os Guinness, Fit Bodies, Fat Minds

12.      Harry Blamires, The Christian Mind

 

On Worldview


13.  James Sire, The Universe Next Door, 6th ed. This is a classic I cut my teeth on as a young Christian and I have taught from it many times.

14.   David Naugle, Worldview: The History of a Concept

15.  Nancy Pearcey, Total Truth

16.  Francis Schaeffer, How Should We Then Live? Film series also, which is free on Amazon.

 

On General Apologetics

 

17.  Douglas Groothuis, Christian Apologetics, The Knowledge of God, Truth Decay, and Beyond the Wager

18.  Francis Schaeffer trilogy: The God Who is There, He is There and He is not Silent, Escape from Reason

19.  C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity, The Abolition of Man, The Problem of Pain.

20.   J. P. Moreland, Scaling the Secular City, The God Question

21.  Blaise Pascal, Pensées and the collection edited by James Houston, The Mind on Fire


Science and Christianity


22.  J. P. Moreland, Secularism and Scientism

23.  Stephen Meyer, Return of the God Hypothesis

24.  Francis Schaeffer, Genesis in Space and Time

25.  Best Intelligent Design web page: www.discovery.org

26.  Videos: Any from Illustra Media, especially “The Case for a Creator,” “The Mystery of Life’s Origin,” and “Privileged Planet.” Also “Expelled” (2008) on how Darwinists persecute people who challenge them.


Cults, World Religions and New Age Religions


27.      Walter Martin, Kingdom of the Cults

28.      Douglas Groothuis, Unmasking the New Age, Confronting the New Age, Jesus in an Age of Controversy, Deceived by the Light, World Religions in Seven Sentences

29.      Ronald Enroth, ed., New Religious Movements

30.      Wayne House, ed. The Evangelical Dictionary of World Religions. I have three entries: Christian, Monotheism, and Religion.

31.      Daniel McCoy, ed., The Popular Handbook of World Religions. I wrote the chapter on the New Age.

 
 
 

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Excellent reading list for anyone interested in Christian philosophy, apologetics, and worldview studies. Many timeless classics here.

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