I do love books! Listed below are books I have picked up in the last week. Half were found downtown in London (Canada) and half were purchased yesterday at Baker Book House in Grand Rapids, Michigan. You’ll notice a theme – Reformation and Catholic history. That is about all I have read or written about in the last 6-7 months since the great debate on the Yeesh list.
HISTORY:
"The Church of Our Fathers" – Roland H. Bainton
“The Oxford Illustrated History of Christianity" An absolute steal at $10.00!
"Religion and the Rise of Capitalism" – R. H. Tawney
"A Century of Protestant Theology" – Alisdair I.C. Heron
"Protestantism" – Martin E. Marty
"Mennonites in Canada 1786-1920" – Frank H. Epp
"The Compact History of the Catholic Church" – Alan Schrek
"Papal Sin : structures of deceit" – Garry Willis
This is not a Protestant attack book as the title might imply.
"The Early Christian Church" – J. G. Davies
"Classics of Protestantism" – various
CATHOLIC / PROTESTANT ISSUES:
"A Reformation Debate" – John Calvin and Jacopo Sadoleto
Reformations : a radical interpretation of Christianity and the world 1500-2000" " – Felipe Fernandez-Armesto and Derek Wilson
"Roman Catholicism : evangelical protestants analyse what divides and unites us" – various, including Alister McGrath. I can’t find much info on this one but it appears to be a collection very well-written essays.
"Tales of Christian Unity : the adventures of an ecumenical pilgrim" – Thomas Ryan
"Mary : a Catholic – Evangelical debate" – Dwight Longenecker and David Gustafson
"That the World May Believe" – Hans Kung
OTHER:
"Between Heaven and Hell : a dialogue somewhere beyond death with John F. Kennedy, C.S. Lewis, and Aldous Huxley" – Peter Kreeft
"Eyes Wide Open : looking for God in popular culture" – William Romanowski
"The C. S. Lewis Index" – Compiled by Janine Goffar
"Heretic Blood : the spiritual geography of Thomas Merton" – Michael W. Higgins
"The Church at the End of the 20th Century" - Francis Schaeffer
"The Silent Life" – Thomas Merton
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What a wonderful way to spend 2 days of my 2 weeks of Christmas vacation.
