Building a Core Library: 50 Recommendations

September 25, 2019March 23, 2020 The Areopagus

The following books are recommended for Christians who want to build a substantive core library that includes some of the best works in five key areas: (1) The Bible and Biblical Studies; (2) Christian History; (3) Christian Apologetics; (4) Cultural Apologetics and Contemporary Issues; and (5) Christian Spiritual Formation and Discipleship. All are highly recommended, as is the general order in which they are listed under each heading.

“Believers didn’t choose to live in an America that has become post-Christian, but to paraphrase Tolkien’s Gandalf, that was not for us to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. If we are going to work successfully to redeem the time, we first have to understand it. That’s why the Areopagus is so vital to the life of the local church in the Atlanta area. It calls Christians out of our complacency, and teaches us how to think well about the relationship among faith, history, culture, and the permanent things. If Christ’s people are going to endure, even thrive, in the coming darkness, we will need to gather around lighthouses like the Areopagus, to be enlightened by truth and warmed by fellowship.”

--Rod Dreher, Senior Editor at The American Conservative and author of The Benedict Option.

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