Recommend me books about Christianity/Religion

[Rick Nebiolo]

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The "Unabridged" note on top is pretty funny. I picked this book up in a Barn's and Noble and because it was so slim decided to wait until I had time for a cop of coffee so I could read the whole thing inside the store.

I think I could finish it while the coffee is still hot.

~ Rick

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It's an easy, quick read...but brilliant nonetheless.

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The other reason I skipped on it for now is that it seems to be more of a follow on to The End of Faith (which wasn't on the shelf).

~ Rick

[Rick Nebiolo]

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@ "Letter to a Christian Nation". I thought we had a book review thread 6 months or a year ago about it, but can't successfully search it.

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I think this is the thread you're looking for.

[Wynton]

The best book I may have read on religion is A History of God

The problem with the book is that it is very dense, with a lot more detail about a lot of religions than you might want. But many sections are fascinating. And Armstrong does a nice job of articulating a theory of how conceptions of God have changed according to the needs of the time.

I encourage anyone to read it, with the caveat that there are probably some parts that you will want to breeze through.

[Chaser8]

The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins

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Confessions - St. Augustine

Orthodoxy - G.K. Chesterton

[dragonystic]

God is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens is the best book on the subject I've ever read. Sam Harris' The End of Faith is a close second.

[jackflashdrive]

Bertrand Russel - Why I am not a Christian.

This was a really influential book in my life 10 or so years ago.

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Bertrand Russel - Why I am not a Christian.

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seconded.

[Keyser.]

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Bertrand Russel - Why I am not a Christian.

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seconded.

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yeah, I just read it a few days ago and found it interesting, although if I were a believer I don't think it would be enough to convince me otherwise (or even get close).

It's a lecture you can read here: http://users.drew.edu/~jlenz/whynot.html

[mike l.]

christian books: i like joyce meyer's stuff.

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