Recommended Readings of Christianity and Other Topics
Below are various readings which have shaped my beliefs over time. I do not agree with all perspectives and views within the books but are useful and helpful either way. Books may be added over time.
God and the Trinity
The Trinity: An Introduction (Short Studies in Systematic Theology) by Scott Swain
Two Views on the Doctrine of the Trinity (Counterpoints: Bible and Theology)
One God, Three Persons, Four Views: A Biblical, Theological, and Philosophical Dialogue on the Doctrine of the Trinity (Studies in the Doctrine of God) by C. A. McIntosh
Human Free-Will and God's Sovereignty
Perspectives on the Doctrine of God: Four Views by Bruce Ware
The God Who Risks: A Theology of Divine Providence by John Sanders
God and the Problem of Evil: Five Views by Chad Meister and James K. Dew Jr.
The Openness of God: A Biblical Challenge to the Traditional Understanding of God
Christ and His Reconciliation
The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions (Plus) by Marcus J. Borg and N.T. Wright
The Universal Christ by Richard Rohr
What Jesus Didn't Know: A Defense of Kenotic Christology by James Agnew
The Nonviolent Atonement, Second Edition by J. Denny Weaving
Evolution and Creation
Beyond the Evolution Vs. Creation Debate by Denis O. Lamoureux
Old Earth or Evolutionary Creation? By Kenneth Keathley, J. B. Stump and Joe Aguirre
Christian Living
- Searching for Sunday by Rachael Held Evans
Other Religions
Four Views on Salvation in a Pluralistic World (Counterpoints: Bible and Theology)
Heaven and Hell
- Varieties of Christian Universalism by David W. Congdon
- Heaven, Hell and Purgatory by Jerry L. Walls
Miscellaneous
- Francis of Assisi in His Own Words: The Essential Writings
- Across the Spectrum by Gregory A. Boyd and Paul Rhodes Eddy