A History of Christian Thought: From its Judaic and Hellenistic Origins to Existentialism
8 best books like A History of Christian Thought: From its Judaic and Hellenistic Origins to Existentialism (Paul Tillich): I Like to Watch: Arguing My Way Through the TV Revolution, The Second Mountain, The Age of Revolution, 1789-1848, Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness, The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels, Into the Silent Land: A Guide to the Christian Practice of Contemplation, A Sunlit Absence: Silence, Awareness, and Contemplation, A Politics of Love: A Handbook for a New American Revolution
I Like to Watch: Arguing My Way Through the TV Revolution
| Author | Emily Nussbaum |
| ISBN | 0525508961 |
From The New Yorker’s fiercely original, Pulitzer Prize–winning culture critic, a provocative collection of new and previously published essays arguing that we are what we watch.
From her creation of the first “Approval Matrix” in New York magazine in 2004 to her Pulitzer Prize–winning...
| Author | David Brooks |
| ISBN | 0812993268 |
In The Second Mountain, David Brooks explores the four commitments that define a life of meaning and purpose: to a spouse and family, to a vocation, to a philosophy or faith, and to a community. Our personal fulfillment depends on how well we choose and execute these commitments. In The Second Mountain,...
The Age of Revolution, 1789-1848
| Author | Eric Hobsbawm |
| ISBN | 0679772537 |
Having read this first in 2011, I decided to read it again. I've learned a fair bit about the period since then, and so better appreciate the virtues and limits of this volume.
It contains a great deal of condensed analysis - hence it is rich, but often dry. It is also very British -- not only in its...
Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness
| Author | William Styron |
| ISBN | 0679736395 |
This very small volume was not an easy read. Mr. Styron eases us into his own story by relating stories of other writers and artists who experienced deep depression. Some made it through but most did not. His stories are liberally laced with a depth of understanding that he acknowledged could only come...
The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham helps us understand the present moment in American politics and life by looking back at critical times in our history when hope overcame division and fear.
Our current climate of partisan fury is not new, and in The Soul of America Meacham shows us...
| Author | Martin Laird |
| ISBN | 0195307607 |
Sitting in stillness, the practice of meditation, and the cultivation of awareness are commonly thought to be the preserves of Hindus and Buddhists. Martin Laird shows that the Christian tradition of contemplation has its own refined teachings on using a prayer word to focus the mind, working with...
| Author | Martin Laird |
| ISBN | 0195378725 |
"The practice of contemplation is one of the great spiritual arts," writes Martin Laird in A Sunlit Absence. "Not a technique but a skill, it harnesses the winds of grace that lead us out into the liberating sea of silence."
In this companion volume to his bestselling Into the Silent Land, Laird focuses...
A Politics of Love: A Handbook for a New American Revolution
| Author | Marianne Williamson |
| ISBN | 0062874098 |
In this stirring call to arms, the activist, spiritual leader, and New York Times bestselling author of the classic Return to Love confronts the cancerous politics of fear and divisiveness threatening the United States today, urging all spiritually aware Americans to return to—and act out of—our...
