How Christianity Makes Emotional Sense

 SELECT TOPICAL READING LIST

The following list does not include chapters dedicated to these topics in the seven books on the previous “basic” reading list. If you are working through these topics, please see the appropriate essays within those books, because they often offer the best treatments to the subjects. The following is a list of books, chapters and essays that supplement the previous “basic” reading list.

How Christianity Makes Emotional Sense

• G.K. Chesterton, Chapter 5 - “The Flag of the World”, in Orthodoxy: The Romance of Faith (Doubleday, 1990). Also see excerpt in G. Koloszyc, The Journey: Our Quest for Faith and Meaning (NavPress, 2001), pp.159-163.

• Issa, “The World is Dew” in G. Koloszyc, The Journey: Our Quest for Faith and Meaning (NavPress, 2001), pp.148-149.

• Dick Keyes, Beyond Identity: Finding Yourself in the Image and Character of God (Destinee, 1998).

• T. Keller, The Prodigal God (Dutton, 2008).

• T. Keller, Counterfeit Gods (Dutton, 2009).

• C.S. Lewis, “On Living in an Atomic Age”, in Present Concerns (Mariners Books, 2002).

• C.S. Lewis, “De Futilitate” in Christian Reflections, W. Hooper, ed. (Eerdmans, 1967).

• C.S. Lewis, “The Weight of Glory” [Available online]

• Thomas Morris, Making Sense of It All: Pascal and the Meaning of Life (Eerdmans, 1992).

• Rebecca Pippert, Hope Has Its Reasons (Harper, 1990).

• Dorothy Sayers, Creed or Chaos? (Harcourt and Brace, 1949).