Publication year 1670
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Religion & Spirituality, Trust & Doubt, Order & Chaos, Apathy, Death
Tags Philosophy, Religion & Spirituality, Christian, French Literature, World History, Philosophy, Classic Fiction
Christian Literature
This curated collection includes study guides featuring a broad range of expert analyses on the works of prominent Christian thinkers and writers, from the early philosophical writings of St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas to C.S. Lewis’s renowned books on Christianity.
Pensées
Perelandra
Phantastes
Prince Caspian
Purgatorio
Queen Mab
Radical
Reading While Black
Redeeming Love
Reflections on the Psalms
Revelations of Divine Love
Sacred Marriage
Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus
Shaken
Simply Christian
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
Soul Surfer
Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life
Summa Theologica
Surprised by Hope
Publication year 1670
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Religion & Spirituality, Trust & Doubt, Order & Chaos, Apathy, Death
Tags Philosophy, Religion & Spirituality, Christian, French Literature, World History, Philosophy, Classic Fiction
Publication year 1943
Genre Novel, Fiction
Tags Science Fiction, Christian, Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Classic Fiction, Religion & Spirituality
Perelandra is the second installment in author C.S. Lewis's science fiction Space Trilogy series. The 1943 novel is preceded by Out of the Silent Planet (1938) and succeeded by That Hideous Strength (1945). Plot SummaryLewis is summoned by philologist Elwin Ransom to his home in the English country. There, Lewis recounts the events of Ransom’s journey to Malacandra and becomes fearful of this visit. Along the way, he realizes he forgot his bag on the train. As he approaches... Read Perelandra Summary
Publication year 1858
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Good & Evil, Masculinity, Femininity, Coming of Age, Religion & Spirituality, Appearance & Reality
Tags Fantasy, Classic Fiction, Christian, World History, Fairy Tale & Folklore, Religion & Spirituality
Phantastes: a Faerie Romance for Men and Women (1858) by George MacDonald is an extended fairy tale in which Anodos, a youth just coming of age, enters a hauntingly beautiful fairy wood. Ever pursuing his ideal of beauty, he meets many of the inhabitants of the enchanted world, overcoming obstacles as he learns what it means to become not just a man but a good man, eventually achieving union with the divine.George MacDonald (1824-1905) was a... Read Phantastes Summary
Publication year 1951
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Good & Evil
Tags Fantasy, Classic Fiction, Action & Adventure, Christian, Children`s Literature, Religion & Spirituality
Prince Caspian is a young adult fantasy adventure novel by British author C. S. Lewis. Published in 1951, the novel was Lewis’s second addition to the popular Chronicles of Narnia series. In this story, the Pevensie children suddenly return to Narnia, where hundreds of years have passed since they defeated the evil White Witch and reigned as kings and queens at Cair Paravel. The children now confront the new challenge of helping their ally Prince... Read Prince Caspian Summary
Publication year 1316
Genre Novel/Book in Verse, Fiction
Themes Truth & Lies
Tags Classic Fiction, Italian Literature, Medieval, Christian
Purgatorio is the second of three poems that make up The Divine Comedy by Florentine statesman, poet, and philosopher Dante. In The Divine Comedy, Dante travels first through Hell (the poem Inferno), then through Purgatory (the poem Purgatorio), and finally through Heaven (the poem Paradiso). Purgatorio follows Dante on his journey from the shores of Purgatory, through the seven levels where penitents atone for the seven deadly sins, and into the Garden of Eden. The... Read Purgatorio Summary
Publication year 1813
Genre Poem, Fiction
Themes Religion & Spirituality, Death, Place, Environment, Future, Politics & Government, Power & Greed, War
Tags Narrative Poem, Christian, Poetry: Dramatic Poem, Mythology, Fantasy, Philosophy, Politics & Government, Military & War, World History, Science & Nature, Religion & Spirituality, Grief & Death, Romanticism, British Literature, Health, Philosophy, Food, Classic Fiction
Publication year 2010
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Community, Nation, Religion & Spirituality
Tags Christian, Religion & Spirituality
Publication year 2020
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Race, Justice, Religion & Spirituality
Tags Religion & Spirituality, Christian, Race & Racism, Social Justice, US History, World History
Publication year 1991
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Family, Love
Tags Romance, Christian, World History, Historical Fiction, Religion & Spirituality
Redeeming Love is a 1991 historical romance novel written by Francine Rivers. It is set in California in the 1850s, during the Gold Rush. Taking its inspiration from the Biblical Book of Hosea, it is built upon the foundation of the author’s Christian beliefs. Major themes include Direct Communication with God, The Strength of Family Bonds, and The Need for Redemption.Content Warning: The source material and guide feature depictions of sexual content, child sexual abuse... Read Redeeming Love Summary
Publication year 1958
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Joy, Literature, Religion & Spirituality
Tags Religion & Spirituality, Christian
Publication year 1393
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Religion & Spirituality, Grief
Tags Religion & Spirituality, Medieval, Christian, Philosophy, Philosophy, Classic Fiction
Revelations of Divine Love, by Julian of Norwich (c. 1342 to after 1416), is a classic work of Christian spirituality from the late Middle Ages, as well as the first book written in English by a woman. Originally in Middle English, Julian's text has been translated numerous times into more modern forms of English, and its spiritual insights have attracted such admirers as T.S. Eliot and Pope Benedict XVI. Few details are known about the author's... Read Revelations of Divine Love Summary
Publication year 2000
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Marriage, Conflict, Forgiveness, Gratitude, Love, Religion & Spirituality
Tags Religion & Spirituality, Relationships, Christian
Publication year 2014
Genre Autobiography / Memoir, Nonfiction
Themes Religion & Spirituality, Conflict, Family, Friendship, Self Discovery, Trust & Doubt
Tags Religion & Spirituality, Christian
Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus: A Devout Muslim Encounters Christianity (2014) is a book of memoir and apologetics, written by Pakistani American author Nabeel Qureshi (1983-2017). It recounts his intellectual and spiritual journey from his Muslim childhood to an eventual embrace of Christian belief in his early adulthood. The book explores The Emotional and Relational Costs of Religious Conversion, The Balance of Intellectual Arguments and Spiritual Experience, Friendship as a Catalyst for Spiritual Transformation, and The... Read Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus Summary
Publication year 2016
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Mental Health, Self Discovery, Community, Religion & Spirituality
Tags Inspirational, Christian, Sports, Disability, Biography, Self-Improvement, Religion & Spirituality
Shaken is a 2018 book by NFL quarterback Tim Tebow. In his book, Tebow shares personal experiences, inspirational stories, and biblical scriptures and parables to encourage readers to develop a strong Christian faith. Tebow reveals how his faith has helped him develop a strong identity, find his life’s purpose, and remain hopeful throughout life’s challenges. He coaches the reader to remain open to God’s influence in their life by maintaining strong friendships and asking for... Read Shaken Summary
Publication year 2006
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Religion & Spirituality, Good & Evil, Place, Perseverance, Community
Tags Religion & Spirituality, Christian
Setting himself the task of authoring a modern-day apologetic, N. T. Wright offers Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense (2006) as a contemporary treatment of the same ground covered by C. S. Lewis in his classic Mere Christianity, published in 1952. Simply Christian attempts to lay out as clearly and simply as possible the fundamental manner in which Christianity makes sense, and why it is capable of answering the most important questions that the human... Read Simply Christian Summary
Publication year 1741
Genre Essay / Speech, Nonfiction
Themes Religion & Spirituality, Good & Evil, Fear
Tags Religion & Spirituality, Christian, Education, Education, World History, Classic Fiction
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God is a sermon written by Jonathan Edwards, pastor of the Congregational church of Northampton, Massachusetts, in 1741, during the period of the First Great Awakening. Edwards delivered the sermon to remarkable effect on July 8, 1741, in Enfield, Connecticut, during a revival tour, and it was published shortly thereafter in Boston. Though its hellfire-and-brimstone style is not typical of Edwards’s work, it quickly became his best-known publication... Read Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God Summary
Publication year 2004
Genre Autobiography / Memoir, Nonfiction
Themes Religion & Spirituality, Fate, Community
Tags Christian, Inspirational, Sports, Religion & Spirituality, American Literature, Biography
Publication year 1991
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Perseverance, Community, Religion & Spirituality
Tags Christian, Theology, Religion & Spirituality
Publication year 1274
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Religion & Spirituality, Good & Evil
Tags Religion & Spirituality, Christian, Italian Literature, Medieval, Philosophy, Philosophy, Classic Fiction
Summa Theologica (originally Summa Theologiae) is the principal work of Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), an Italian friar, philosopher, and theologian and one of the central figures in medieval Christian thought. Aquinas wrote the Summa between 1265 and 1273, intending it to serve as a summation of all known theological learning for seminarians. He never finished the massive Latin work, but what he completed has influenced Roman Catholic theology and Western thought in general. Aquinas’ central... Read Summa Theologica Summary
Publication year 2007
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Death, Future, Community, Religion & Spirituality
Tags Christian, Religion & Spirituality