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The Christian Tradition 5: Christian Doctrine & Modern Culture since 1700

9 best books like The Christian Tradition 5: Christian Doctrine & Modern Culture since 1700 (Jaroslav Pelikan): The Republic, Confessions, The Divine Comedy, The Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Science, On the Holy Spirit, Locke: A Very Short Introduction, The History of the Church: From Christ to Constantine, The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming, Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God's Plan for the World

The Republic
AuthorPlato
ISBN0140449140
Presented in the form of a dialogue between Socrates and three different interlocutors, this classic text is an enquiry into the notion of a perfect community and the ideal individual within it. During the conversation, other questions are raised: what is goodness?; what is reality?; and what is knowledge?...
Confessions
AuthorAugustine of Hippo
ISBN0192833723
Augustine's Confessions is one of the most influential and most innovative works of Latin literature. Written in the author's early forties in the last years of the fourth century A.D. and during his first years as a bishop, they reflect on his life and on the activity of remembering and interpreting...
The Divine Comedy
AuthorDante Alighieri
ISBN0679433139
The Divine Comedy describes Dante's descent into Hell with Virgil as a guide; his ascent of Mount Purgatory and encounter with his dead love, Beatrice; and finally, his arrival in Heaven. Examining questions of faith, desire and enlightenment, the poem is a brilliantly nuanced and moving allegory...
The Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Science
AuthorEdwin Arthur Burtt
ISBN0486425517
After spending a summer at the cottage on Lake Michigan with my little brother, Fin, my co-parent, Martin, and I drove his Galaxy 500 up to the area of Hayward, Wisconsin to spend a week visiting Bill and his girlfriend, Terry, who had spent their summer at the cottage of his parents and had invited us, months...
On the Holy Spirit
AuthorBasil the Great
ISBN0913836745
St Basil, much like St Gregory of Nazianzen, begins his work with a dense discussion of the terminology. It is easy for today's reader to miss what is important in the debate. St Basil spends the first few chapters sparring over the use of prepositions as they are applied to Father, Son, and Holy Spirit....
Locke: A Very Short Introduction
AuthorJohn Dunn
ISBN0192803948
John Locke (1632-1704) one of the greatest English philosophers of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century, argued in his masterpiece, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, that our knowledge is founded in experience and reaches us principally through our senses; but its message...
The History of the Church: From Christ to Constantine
AuthorEusebius
ISBN0140445358
Eusebius's account is the only surviving historical record of the Church during its crucial first 300 years.

Bishop Eusebius, a learned scholar who lived most of his life in Caesarea in Palestine, broke new ground in writing the History and provided a model for all later ecclesiastical historians....
The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming
AuthorHenri J.M. Nouwen
A chance encounter with a reproduction of Rembrandt's painting, The Return of the Prodigal Son, catapulted Henri Nouwen into a long spiritual adventure. In his highly-acclaimed book of the same title, he shares the deeply personal meditation that led him to discover the place within which God has...
Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God's Plan for the World
AuthorTimothy J. Keller
ISBN0525952705
New York Times bestselling author of The Songs of Jesus Timothy Keller shows how God calls each of us to express meaning and purpose through our work and careers.

In a work world that is increasingly competitive and insecure, people often have nagging questions: Why am I doing this work? Why...
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