In his book Why Should Anyone Believe Anything At All, James Sire recommends the following books on Alternatives to Christian Faith:
Christianity and World Religions, by Norman Anderson
Disarming the Secular Gods, by Peter Moore
Christian Faith and Other Faiths, by Stephen Neill
Dissonant Voices, by Harold A. Netland
The Universe Next Door, by James Sire
In his book Why Should Anyone Believe Anything At All, James Sire recommends the following books on The Rationality of Christian Faith:
Orthodoxy, by G. K. Chesterton
Quest for Faith, by C. Stephen Evans
Philosophy of Religion, by C. Stephen Evans
The Best Things in Life, by Peter Kreeft
Handbook of Christian Apologetics, by Peter Kreeft and Ronald Tacelli
Mere Christianity, by C. S. Lewis
Miracles, by C. S. Lewis
Belief in God, by George Mavrodes
Scaling the Secular City, by J. P. Moreland
Making Sense of it All: Pascal and the Meaning of Life, by Thomas V. Morris
Lost in the Cosmos, by Walker Percy
Faith and Rationality: Reason and Belief, by Alvin Plantinga and Nicholas Wolterstorff
The Coherence of Theism, by Richard Swinburne
The Concept of Miracle, by Richard Swinburne
The Existence of God, by Richard Swinburne
Ronald Nash taught an introduction to the history of philosophy and Christian thought at Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, Florida during the fall semester of 2001.
Recommended books for Ronald Nash’s class on the History of Philosophy & Christian Thought included:
Augustine, Confessions
Ron Nash, The Gospel and the Greeks
Ron Nash, The Word of God and the Mind of Man
Ron Nash, Life’s Ultimate Questions: An Introduction to Philosophy
Ron Nash, The Meaning of History
Plato, Phaedo
Danny Akin, President of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, has recommended the following books for the study of Philosophical Theology / Philosophy of Religion.
Allen, Diogenes. Philosophy for Understanding Theology. Atlanta: John Knox, 1985.
Brown, Colin. Christianity and Western Thought. 2 Vols. Downers Grove: IVP, 1990.
________. Christianity and Western Thought. 2 vols. Downers Grove: IVP, 1990.
Dockery, David, ed. The Challenge of Postmodernism. Wheaton: Bridgepoint, 1995.
Evans, C. Stephen. Philosophy of Religion: Thinking About Faith. Downers Grove: IVP, 1985.
Geisler, Norman L., and Winfried Corduan. Philosophy of Religion. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1988.
Hunnex, Milton D. Chronological and Thematic Charts of Philosophies and Philosophers. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1986.
Magill, Frank. Masterpieces of World Philosophy in Summary Form. New York: Salem Press, 1961.
Moreland, J.P. and William Lane Craig. Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview. Downers Grove: IVP, 2003.
Nash, Ronald H. Faith and Reason. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1994.
________. Worldviews In Conflict. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1992.
________. Life’s Ultimate Questions: An Introduction to Philosophy. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1999.
Noebel, David. Understanding the Times. Manitou Springs: Summit, 1991.
Peterson, Michael. et al. Reason and Religious Belief: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.
Plantinga, Alvin, and Nicholas Wolterstorff, eds. Faith And Rationality. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1983.
Solomon, Robert C. A Short History of Philosophy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996.
Taliaferro, Charles. Contemporary Philosophy of Religion. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 1998.
Urmson, J. O, ed. The Concise Encyclopedia of Western Philosophy and Philosophers. 2nd ed. London: Hutchinson, 1975.
Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen, Professor of Systematic Theology at Fuller Theological Seminary, has endorsed Gerald McDermott’s new book God’s Rivals: Why Has God Allowed Different Religions?: Insights from the Bible and the Early Church.
“While in recent years the theology of religions has risen to the center of theological reflection and there is a steady flow of publications on various aspects of the topic, McDermott is writing about an issue so crucial that it can be easily missed, namely, Why has God allowed religions? This is the first major work on the topic essential to all interested in the relation of Christian faith to other faiths. Building on a careful scrutiny of biblical and some patristic sources, McDermott has produced an intriguing book meant not only for specialists but for everyone wanting to know more about religion’s role in a Christian perspective.”
The following books on Philosophical Theology are recommended in the publication Beginning Your Theological Library published by the Criswell College.
