| 1. Evil |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problem_of_evil
Wikipedia article on "The Problem of Evil."
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0806623144/sr=8-1/qid=1155730673/ref=sr_1_1/104-3979992-5359941?ie=UTF8
God & Human Suffering: An Exercise in the Theology of the Cross, by Douglas John Hall.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/080280294X/sr=1-1/qid=1155730787/ref=sr_1_1/104-3979992-5359941?ie=UTF8&s=books
Lament for a Son, by Nicholas Wolterstorff.
http://www.spck.org.uk/cat/show.php?0281057885
Evil and the Justice of God, by N. T. Wright. |
| 2. Religion and Science |
http://www.starcourse.org/jcp/books.html
Extensive on-line bibliography of John Polkinghorne's writings.
http://www.starcourse.org/jcp/bibliography.htm
A Bibliography of Science and Religion
http://www.home.earthlink.net/%7Ejjkeggi/SOSc/10_Articles_index.html
Ten sermons and articles about religion and science found on the "Society of Ordained Scientists" website.
http://www.fuller.edu/sop/integration/Symposium/Symposium%202005/Symposium2005.html
Warren Brown lectures on "Science, Faith, and Human Nature."
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1405125381/sr=1-1/qid=1154983985/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-6996593-9540618?ie=UTF8&s=books
Dawkins' God: Genes, Memes, and the Meaning of Life, by Alister McGrath.
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3. Other Religions
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0195651308/sr=1-2/qid=1155731142/ref=sr_1_2/104-3979992-5359941?ie=UTF8&s=books
Dalits and Christianity, by Sathianathan Clarke.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0802808298/sr=1-2/qid=1155731471/ref=pd_bbs_2/104-3979992-5359941?ie=UTF8&s=books
The Open Secret: An Introduction to the Theology of Mission, by Lesslie Newbigin
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0062508113/sr=1-1/qid=1155731249/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-3979992-5359941?ie=UTF8&s=books
The World's Religions, by Huston Smith
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060663421/ref=pd_sim_b_1/104-3979992-5359941?ie=UTF8
The World's Wisdom: Sacred Texts of the World's Religions, by Philip Novak
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4. Evangelism and Tolerance
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http://www.christianitytoday.com/leaders/features/evangelism.html
The journal Leadership has made available several articles on the subject of evangelism.
http://www.intervarsity.org/slj/fa00/fa00_is_evangelism_intolerant.html
"Is Evangelism Intolerant?," article by Denes House.
http://www.directionjournal.org/article/?495
"Evangelism without Intolerance," article by Elmer J. Theissen.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0802804268/sr=1-1/qid=1155731471/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-3979992-5359941?ie=UTF8&s=books
The Gospel in a Pluralist Society, by Lesslie Newbigin
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0802827683/sr=1-1/qid=1155731852/ref=sr_1_1/104-3979992-5359941?ie=UTF8&s=books
Evangelism in the Early Church, by Michael Green.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0802804330/ref=pd_sim_b_2/104-3979992-5359941?ie=UTF8
The Logic of Evangelism, by William J. Abraham.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0687412331/ref=pd_sim_b_5/104-3979992-5359941?ie=UTF8
Biblical Perspectives on Evangelism: Living in a Three-Storied Universe, by Walter Brueggemann
http://www.maryknollmall.org/description.cfm?ISBN=0-88344-686-3
Christian Uniqueness Reconsidered: The Myth of a Pluralistic Theology of Religions, by Gavin D'Costa.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1851680713/sr=8-1/qid=1155910329/ref=sr_1_1/104-2490037-6348763?ie=UTF8
God and the Universe of Faiths, by John Hick (more or less the opposite view of D'Costa, above).
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5. The God of the Old Testament
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14526a.htm
Catholic Encylopedia article on "The Old Testament."
http://www.religion-online.org/listbycategory.asp?Cat=2
Religion-Online links to articles about the Old Testament.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/068706676X/sr=1-17/qid=1155732477/ref=sr_1_17/104-3979992-5359941?ie=UTF8&s=books
A Theological Introduction to the Old Testament, by Bruce Birch, Walter Brueggemann, Terrence E. Fretheim, and David L. Petersen.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/013092380X/sr=1-11/qid=1155732320/ref=sr_1_11/104-3979992-5359941?ie=UTF8&s=books
Understanding the Old Testament, by Bernhard W. Anderson, Steven Bishop, and Judith Newman.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1893729079/sr=1-2/qid=1155732672/ref=sr_1_2/104-3979992-5359941?ie=UTF8&s=books
Who's Afraid of the Old Testament God?, by Alden Thompson.
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6. Jesus and Christianity
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http://www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft9405/revessay.html and http://www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft9410/correspondence.html
"The Corrected Jesus," article by Richard B. Hays.
http://theologytoday.ptsem.edu/oct1993/v50-3-article8.htm
"Jesus in Historical Context," by E. P. Sanders.
http://www.americancatholic.org/Messenger/Dec1997/feature3.asp
AmericanCatholic.org article, "Finding the Historical Jesus: An Interview with John P. Meier.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0195156315/sr=1-1/qid=1155732832/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-3979992-5359941?ie=UTF8&s=books
Hidden Gospels: How the Search for Jesus Lost Its Way, by Philip Jenkins.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0745942350/sr=1-1/qid=1155733066/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-3979992-5359941?ie=UTF8&s=books
The Human Christ: The Search for the Historical Jesus, by Charlotte Allen.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0800620615/ref=pd_sim_b_4/104-3979992-5359941?ie=UTF8
Jesus and Judaism, by E. P. Sanders.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0830815449/sr=1-1/qid=1155733251/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-3979992-5359941?ie=UTF8&s=books
The Jesus Quest, by Ben Witherington.
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7. Resurrection
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http://www.ntwrightpage.com/
Website with numerous lectures, articles, sermons and video presentations by N.T. Wright.
http://www.gracecathedral.org/forum/for_20060514.shtml
"N.T. Wright and Anne Rice: Writing our Way to God" audio presentation.
http://www.pcusa.org/today/archive/believe/wpb9904.htm
What Presbyterians Believe? article on Resurrection.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12789a.htm
The Catholic Encyclopedia article on "Resurrection of Jesus Christ."
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-223005
Encylopedia Britannica article on "The Resurrection."
http://www.ntwrightpage.com/Wright_Historical_Problem.htm
"Christian Origins and the Resurrection of Jesus: The Resurrection of Jesus as a Historical Problem," by N.T. Wright.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0800626796/103-6996593-9540618?v=glance&n=283155
The Resurrection of the Son of God, by N.T. Wright.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0830815694/103-6996593-9540618?v=glance&n=283155
Jesus' Resurrection: Fact or Figment? A Debate between William Lane Craig and Gerd Ludemann.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385172567/sr=8-1/qid=1154981339/ref=sr_1_1/103-6996593-9540618?ie=UTF8
Resurrection: New Testament Witness and Contemporary Reflection, by Pheme Perkins.
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8. The Gnostic Gospels
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http://www.earlychurch.org.uk/article_gnosticism_yamauchi.html
"Pre-Christian Gnosticism, the New Testament and Nag Hammadi in Recent Debate," by Edwin M. Yamauchi
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06592a.htm
Catholic Encylopedia article on "Gnosticism."
http://www.slate.com/id/2139613/
"The Gospel of Judas," article in Slate by Larry Hurtado.
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2006/114/43.0.html
"The Judas We Never Knew," Christianity Today article by Collin Hansen.
www.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/national/judastxt.pdf
The text of the Gospel of Judas, with added headings (pdf file).
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/083083267X/qid=1111635774/sr=8-2/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/002-3577739-6170429?v=glance&s=books&n=507846
The Gospel Code, by Ben Witherington.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385478437/ref=pd_sim_b_4/104-3979992-5359941?ie=UTF8
The Gnostic Scriptures: A New Translation with Annotations and Introductions, by Bentley Layton.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0785212949/sr=1-1/qid=1155733986/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-3979992-5359941?ie=UTF8&s=books
The Missing Gospels: Unearthing the Truth Behind Alternative Christianities, by Darrell L. Bock.
See also Bock's Breaking the DaVinci Code (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0785260463/sr=1-2/qid=1155733986/ref=pd_bbs_2/104-3979992-5359941?ie=UTF8&s=books).
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9. The Sins of the Church
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/674246.stm
BBC article, "Pope Apologizes for Church Sins."
http://time.blogs.com/global_health/2006/03/church_apologiz.html
Time magazine article, "Church Apologizes for AIDS Stigma."
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/2877421/detail.html
TheDenverChannel.com article, "'Jews Killed Jesus' Sign Changed Outside Church."
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0310267137/sr=1-11/qid=1155737816/ref=sr_1_11/104-3979992-5359941?ie=UTF8&s=books
Adventures in Missing the Point: How the Culture-Controlled Church Neutered the Gospel, by Tony Campolo and Brian McLaren.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0310258030/sr=1-1/qid=1155736881/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-3979992-5359941?ie=UTF8&s=books
A Generous Orthodoxy, by Brian McLaren.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060834471/sr=1-2/qid=1155737170/ref=pd_bbs_2/104-3979992-5359941?ie=UTF8&s=books
God's Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It, by Jim Wallis.
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10. Forgiveness
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http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week438/cover.html
Religion & Ethics Newsweekly article on "Forgiveness."
http://www.pcusa.org/today/archive/believe/wpb9803.htm
What Presbyterians Believe website article on "Forgiveness."
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0802808611/sr=1-1/qid=1155737400/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-3979992-5359941?ie=UTF8&s=books
Embodying Forgiveness: A Theological Analysis, by L. Gregory Jones.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385496907/sr=1-1/qid=1155737471/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-3979992-5359941?ie=UTF8&s=books
No Future Without Forgiveness, by Desmond Tutu.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0310265746/sr=1-1/qid=1155737554/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-3979992-5359941?ie=UTF8&s=books
Free of Charge: Giving and Forgiving in a Culture Stripped of Grace, by Miroslav Volf.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0785261206/sr=1-2/qid=1155737302/ref=pd_bbs_2/104-3979992-5359941?ie=UTF8&s=books
Rebuilding Your Broken World, by Gordon MacDonald.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0787938831/sr=1-1/qid=1155737691/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-3979992-5359941?ie=UTF8&s=books
Practicing Our Faith: A Way of Life for a Searching People, by Dorothy C. Bass.
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