Resources for an Aspiring Christian Philosopher
- Douglas Groothuis
- Mar 7
- 2 min read
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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