for this website and my class presentations are listed on this page, by topic. Books are linked to their Amazon.com page. By purchasing from Amazon, you'll be helping Jeff Bezos take over the world. Let's hope that turns out for the best. An asterisk (*) by a title indicates that the title is recommended. And yes, I've read at least part of every book on this list, and the recommended ones in their entirety. This is because I basically have no life.
Scripture
- Old Testament: General
- New Testament: General
- *Brown, Raymond, An Introduction to the New Testament, Yale University Press, 1997.
- Harris, Stephen, The New Testament: A Student's Introduction, Fourth Edition, McGraw-Hill Humanities, 2001
- Perkins, Pheme, Reading the New Testament: An Introduction; Third Edition, Paulist Press, 2013
- Powell, Mark Allan, Introducing the New Testament: A Historical, Literary, and Theological Survey, Second Edition, Baker Academic, 2018
- New Testament: Paul
- New Testament: Gospels
Foundations
- General
- Plato
World Religions
- General
- *Muesse, Mark W., Four Wise Men: The Live and Teachings of Confucius, Buddha, Jesus, and Muhammad, Cascade Books, 2017.
- Prothero, Stephen, God Is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World, HarperOne, 2011
- Smith, Huston, Forgotten Truth: The Common Vision of the World's Religions, HarperCollins, 1992.
- Smith, Huston, The World's Religions: Our Great Wisdom Traditions, HarperCollins, 1991.
- Smith, Huston, Why Religion Matters: The Fate of the Human Spirit in an Age of Disbelief, HarperCollins, 2006.
- Confucianism
- Daoism
- Judaism
- Christianity
- Islam
