The Essential Works of Christianity : 50+ Works on Theology, Philosophy and Spirituality; Including Christian Fiction Classics

e-artnow presents the essential works of Christian faith - the scriptures, the history of Christianity, the most important philosophical works on religion & spirituality, as well as most famous Christian novels and stories:

Scripture:

Bible

First Clement

Second Clement

Didache

Epistle of Barnabas

Shepherd of Hermas

The Infancy Gospel of Thomas

Apocalypse of Peter

History:

History of the Christian Church

Creeds of Christendom

Philosophy of Religion:

The Confessions of St. Augustine

On the Incarnation (Athanasius)

On the Soul and the Resurrection (Gregory of Nyssa)

On the Holy Spirit (Basil)

Pastoral Care (Gregory I)

An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith (John of Damascus)

Summa Theologica (St. Thomas Aquinas)

The Imitation of Christ (Thomas à Kempis)

A Treatise on Christian Liberty (Martin Luther)

The Interior Castle (St. Teresa of Ávila)

The Practice of the Presence of God (Brother Lawrence)

The Age of Reason (Thomas Paine)

The Natural History of Religion (David Hume)

The Religious Affections (Jonathan Edwards)

The Essence of Christianity (Ludwig Feuerbach)

Beyond Good and Evil (Nietzsche)

All of Grace (Charles Spurgeon)

Humility: The Journey Toward Holiness (Andrew Murray)

Orthodoxy (Chesterton)

The Everlasting Man (Chesterton)

The Sovereignty of God (Arthur Pink)

The Kingdom of God Is Within You (Tolstoy)

Religious Fiction:

Divine Comedy (Dante)

Paradise Lost (John Milton)

The Pilgrim's Progress (John Bunyan)

Zadig (Voltaire)

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (Lew Wallace)

Quo Vadis (Henryk Sienkiewicz)

In His Steps (Charles M. Sheldon)

The Story of the Other Wise Man (Henry Van Dyke)

The Ball and the Cross (Chesterton)

The Enchanted Barn (Grace Livingston Hill)

The Grand Inquisitor (Dostoevsky)

Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship (Goethe)

Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Nietzsche)

Spirituality:

The Conduct of Life (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

Lessons in Truth (H. Emilie Cady)

As a Man Thinketh (James Allen)

Thoughts are Things (Prentice Mulford)

The Game of Life and How to Play It (Florence Scovel Shinn)

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