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25 Books Every Christian Should Read

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What are the 25 essential books for the Christian devotional life?

In 25 Books Every Christian Should Read, Richard Foster, Dallas Willard, Phyllis Tickle, Chris Webb, and a diverse editorial board of leaders have identified the most helpful and historic books for Christian discipleship and created a resource that helps us make the most of them.  With sizable excerpts from each book, 25 Books helps individual readers and small groups get a taste of and work through the most important books for formation in Christlikeness.  It is a reader’s guide for the devotional history of the Church.  From On the Incarnation by St. Athanasius to Pensées by Blaise Pascal to The Return of the Prodigal Son by Henri Nouwen, this list and this resource will lead you on a journey of discipleship that few in the history of the Church have experienced and help you become like Jesus.   HarperOne, softcover, 416 pages.

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25 Books Editorial Board
Gayle Beebe  •  James Catford  •  Richard J. Foster  •  Emilie Griffin  •  Frederica Mathewes-Green
Michael G. Maudlin  •  Richard Rohr  •  Lyle SmithGraybeal  •  Phyllis Tickle  •  Chris Webb
Dallas Willard  •  John Wilson  •  Edited by Julia L. Roller

25 Books Contributors
Full list includes all that contributed to the project, including over 200 initial survey responders.
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LIST OF 25 BOOKS

Use goodreads to track your progress, and that of your friends, reading through the 25 books.  Extras and more full manuscripts available soon.

25 Books Every Christian Should Read

1.  On the Incarnation  by St. Athanasius Download Book Extras
2.  Confessions  by St. Augustine Download Book Extras
3.  The Sayings of the Desert Fathers Download Book Extras
4.  The Rule of St. Benedict  by St. Benedict Download Book Extras
5.  The Divine Comedy  by Dante Alighieri Buy Book Extras
6.  The Cloud of Unknowing  by Anonymous Download Book Extras
7.  Revelations of Divine Love (Showings)  by Julian of Norwich Download Book Extras
8.  The Imitation of Christ  by Thomas à Kempis Download Book Extras
9.  The Philokalia Buy Book Extras
10.  Institutes of the Christian Religion  by John Calvin Buy Book Extras
11.  The Interior Castle  by St. Teresa of Avila Download Book Extras
12.  Dark Night of the Soul  by St. John of the Cross Download Book Extras
13.  Pensées  by Blaise Pascal Download Book Extras
14.  The Pilgrim's Progress  by John Bunyan Download Book Extras
15.  The Practice of the Presence of God  by Brother Lawrence Download Book Extras
16.  A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life  by William Law
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17.  The Way of a Pilgrim  by Unknown Author Download Book Extras
18.  The Brothers Karamazov  by Fyodor Dostoevsky Buy Book Extras
19.  Orthodoxy  by G. K. Chesterton Download Book Extras
20.  The Poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins Buy Book Extras
21.  The Cost of Discipleship  by Dietrich Bonhoeffer Buy Book Extras
22.  A Testament of Devotion  by Thomas R. Kelly Buy Book Extras
23.  The Seven Storey Mountain  by Thomas Merton Buy Book Extras
24.  Mere Christianity  by C. S. Lewis Buy Book Extras
25.  The Return of the Prodigal Son  by Henri J. M. Nouwen Buy Book Extras


Available Soon . . .

•  Articles on many of the twenty-five books from www.renovare.us and other websites
•  Links to free, downloadable full manuscripts
•  Discussion groups and blog entries
•  Extended comments from members of the editorial board
•  Strategies for working through 25 Books as an individual or small group
•  More pointers on how to do spiritual reading
•  And more

 

25 BOOKS CHRIS WEBB INTERVIEW


 

25 Books Reviews and Blog Posts

Orgaizations/Publications

thebookparlor
Books and Culture with John Wilson and Stan Guthrie (MP3 audio)
Catholic Hearld (Archdiocese of Milwaukee)
Creative Resourcing: A Congregational Resource Guide Blog
Christian Today Australia
Daily Pilot
Englewood Review of Books
EthicsDaily.com
FaithWriters
Falmouth Public Library of Massachusetts
Guideposts
HarperAcademic
Hearts and Minds Books
The Huffington Post
Patheos.com Book Club
Pulaski County Public Library
St. Joseph Catholic Church, Plain City, Ohio
The United Methodist Reporter
WORLD Magazine


Indviduals

The Antiquarian Librarian Faithful Citizenship (Greg Garrett) Reading Theology
arielkprice Fr. Jonathan's Blog Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth
Ben Simpson. gettheword.org Rom Phra Khum: A Pastor's Blog
Bryan Sherwood James Emery White Second Jon
Carl Gregg Jesus Dust see-through faith
Christian Media Cross John Mark Ministries Shored Fragments
Chip's Thoughts and Ideas John Piippo A Sheltering Tree
City Brights (Bruce Reyes-Chow) Junkyard Wisdom slacktivist (Fred Clark)
The Daily Pilot Learning in the Grip of Grace Take & Read (Bruce Epperly)
DarienGabriel.com LightWriters Take & Read (Fred Schmidt)
The Deacon's Bench Mark Tindall THE3150
Dem Covaci melikereadgood Theoblogy (Tony Jones)
The Domestic Hermit Operation Actually Read Bible Thinking out loud
Elliott's Muses the Pangea blog (Kurt Willems) A Thinking Reed
The Epistle Year Pastor Scott's Thoughts VIEW FROM 80
Everyday Liturgy Pastoral Leadership for Dummies The View from This Seat
Flunking Sainthood (Jana Riess) Perspective VP3s Readings and Leadings...
From Genesis One to the Anthropocene PnP On the Road Walking on Water

 

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In 25 Books Every Christian Should Read, Richard Foster, Dallas Willard, Phyllis Tickle, Chris Webb, and a diverse editorial board of authors and speakers have identified the most helpful and historic books for Christian discipleship and created a resource that helps us make the most of them.  Including a sizable excerpt from each book, 25 Books is designed to help individual readers and small groups work through the most important books for formation in Christlikeness.  From Augustine’s Confessions to Thomas Kelly’s A Testament of Devotion, this list and this resource will lead you on a journey of discipleship that few in the history of the Church have experienced.


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