7 must-read history books like The Age of Paradise: Christendom from Pentecost to the First Millennium (Paradise and Utopia: The Rise and Fall of What the West Once Was Book 1) by John Strickland

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The Age of Paradise: Christendom from Pentecost to the First Millennium (Paradise and Utopia: The Rise and Fall of What the West Once Was Book 1)

By: John Strickland

4.60

Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition

“Before there was a West, there was Christendom. This book tells the story of how both came to be.”…

If you liked the history plot in The Age of Paradise: Christendom from Pentecost to the First Millennium (Paradise and Utopia: The Rise and Fall of What the West Once Was Book 1) by John Strickland , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy: Finding the Way to Christ in a Complicated Religious Landscape

By: Andrew Stephen Damick

4.37

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

This new edition of the bestselling Orthodoxy & Heterodoxy is fully revised and significantly expan… read more

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"Orthodoxy is marked by sobriety, not by emotional enthusiasm. It is also marked by a quite “ordinary"

-Andrew Stephen Damick, Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy: Finding the Way to Christ in a Complicated Religious Landscape

"Most of the time, we are concerned with the truth. A cashier has to make sure he knows the exact change he's giving. A nurse has to apply just the right amount of medication to a patient. A mathemati…"

-Andrew Stephen Damick, Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy: Finding the Way to Christ in a Complicated Religious Landscape

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2. Rock and Sand: An Orthodox Appraisal of the Protestant Reformers and Their Teachings

By: Josiah Trenham , Michael Monos , Nitsa McClatchey

4.20

Format: None pages, Paperback

This book has been written for three purposes. First, to provide the Orthodox reader with a compete… read more

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3. God's Revelation to the Human Heart

By: Seraphim Rose

3.63

Format: 353 pages, Paperback

What does man seek in religion, and what should he seek in it? How does God reveal Himself in order… read more

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4. The Orthodox Study Bible

By: Peter E. Gillquist , J.N. Sparks

2.50

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

The FIRST EVER Orthodox Study Biblepresents the Bible of the early church and the church of the ear… read more

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5. Malleus

By: Dan Abnett

3.83

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

In the 41st Millenium, the enemies of mankind are legion, omnipresent and utterly deadly. While the… read more

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6. Peter the Great: His Life and World

By: Robert K. Massie

4.14

Format: 909 pages, Paperback

Against the monumental canvas of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe and Russia, unfolds the… read more

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7. Our Thoughts Determine Our Lives: The Life and Teachings of Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica

By: Ana Smiljanic , None , Thaddeus of Vitovnica

3.87

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica was one of the most renowned spiritual guides of Serbia in the twentiet… read more

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8. The Power and the Glory

By: John Updike , Graham Greene

3.13

Format: 192 pages,

How does goodspoil, and how can badbe redeemed? In his penetrating novel The Power and the Glory, G… read more

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9. The Pilgrim's Progress

By: John Bunyan

4.06

Format: 324 pages, Paperback

This famous story of man's progress through life in search of salvation remains one of the most ent… read more

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"Follow your heart"

-John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress

"Dark clouds bring waters, when the bright bring none."

-John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress

"They are my fears of him, too. But who can hinder that which will be?"

-John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress

"Now, Mr. Great-heart was a strong man, so he was not afraid of a lion."

-John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress

10. Wounded by Love

By: Elder Porphyrios

4.57

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

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11. Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1)

By: C.S. Lewis

3.93

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

In the first novel of C.S. Lewis's classic science fiction trilogy, Dr Ransom, a Cambridge academic… read more

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"The love of knowledge is a kind of madness."

-C.S. Lewis, Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1)

"A pleasure is full grown only when it is remembered."

-C.S. Lewis, Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1)

"There I drank life because death was in the pool. That was the best of drinks save one."

-C.S. Lewis, Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1)

"And I say also this. I do not think the forest would be so bright, nor the water so warm, nor love so sweet, if there were no danger in the lakes."

-C.S. Lewis, Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1)

12. Nihilism: The Root of the Revolution of the Modern Age

By: Seraphim Rose

3.23

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

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13. Enemy of God (The Warlord Chronicles, #2)

By: Bernard Cornwell

4.41

Format: 397 pages, Paperback

The balance of King Arthur's unified kingdom is threatened by Merlin's quest for the last of Britai… read more

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"If you understand everything, then there is no room for magic."

-Bernard Cornwell, Enemy of God (The Warlord Chronicles, #2)

"Lord Derfel, you do insult a man so very easily. What was it to be? My head in a pit dunged by slaves? What a paltry imagination you do have. Mine, I fear, sometimes seems excessive, even to me."

-Bernard Cornwell, Enemy of God (The Warlord Chronicles, #2)

"Mas quando você tem ordem, você não precisa dos Deuses. Quando tudo está bem ordenado e disciplinado, nada é inesperado. Se você entende tudo, não resta espaço para a magia. Só quando está perdido, a…"

-Bernard Cornwell, Enemy of God (The Warlord Chronicles, #2)

"But when you have order, you don't need Gods. When everything is well ordered and disciplined then nothing is unexpected. If you understand everything,' I said carefully, 'then there's no room left f…"

-Bernard Cornwell, Enemy of God (The Warlord Chronicles, #2)

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14. The Winter King (The Warlord Chronicles, #1)

By: Bernard Cornwell

4.26

Format: 431 pages, Paperback

Uther, the High King, has died, leaving the infant Mordred as his only heir. His uncle, the loyal a… read more

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"I do understand that you can look into someone’s eyes,"

-Bernard Cornwell, The Winter King (The Warlord Chronicles, #1)

"Mais tarde, muito mais tarde, aprendi que a alegria e o medo são exatamente a mesma coisa."

-Bernard Cornwell, The Winter King (The Warlord Chronicles, #1)

"Dizem que este Deus (deus cristão) é do perdão. Melhor ofender um desses do que qualquer outro."

-Bernard Cornwell, The Winter King (The Warlord Chronicles, #1)

"I don't believe he was as bad as you make him sound. Igraine protested. No, I think he was worse."

-Bernard Cornwell, The Winter King (The Warlord Chronicles, #1)

15. The Mountain of Silence: A Search for Orthodox Spirituality

By: Kyriacos C. Markides

3.88

Format: 96 pages,

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16. Orthodoxy and the Religion of the Future

By: Seraphim Rose

3.89

Format: None pages,

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17. Laurus

By: None , Lisa Hayden

4.17

Format: 510 pages, Hardcover

It is the late fifteenth century and a village healer in Russia is powerless to help his beloved as… read more

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18. The Way of a Pilgrim

By: Anonymous , Thomas Hopko , None

3.86

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Ova knjiga nije drugo nego upravo pokusaj opisati osobno iskustvo jednog ruskog poboznika - bogotra… read more

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19. Xenos

By: Dan Abnett

4.36

Format: 544 pages, Paperback

The Inquisition moves amongst mankind like an avenging shadow, striking down the enemies of humanit… read more

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20. The Soul After Death

By: Seraphim Rose

4.33

Format: 128 pages,

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21. Creation and the Patriarchal Histories: Orthodox Christian Reflections on the Book of Genesis

By: Patrick Henry Reardon

3.68

Format: 113 pages, Paperback

Subtitle: Orthodox Christian Reflections on the Book of Genesis The Book of Genesis is foundational… read more

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22. The Justice of Kings (Empire of the Wolf, #1)

By: Richard Swan

4.01

Format: 496 pages, Kindle Edition

Action, intrigue, and magic collide in this epic fantasy following Sir Konrad Vonvalt, an Emperor's… read more

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23. The Age of Paradise: Christendom from Pentecost to the First Millennium (Paradise and Utopia: The Rise and Fall of What the West Once Was Book 1)

By: John Strickland

4.60

Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition

“Before there was a West, there was Christendom. This book tells the story of how both came to be.”… read more

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24. The Whole Counsel of God: An Introduction to Your Bible

By: Stephen De Young

4.50

Format: 116 pages, Kindle Edition

In The Whole Counsel of God, popular writer and podcaster Fr. Stephen De Young gives an overview of… read more

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25. Thinking Orthodox: Understanding and Acquiring the Orthodox Christian Mind

By: Eugenia Scarvelis Constantinou

4.34

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

What does it mean to "think Orthodox"? What are the unspoken and unexplored premises and presumptio… read more

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26. Religion of the Apostles: Orthodox Christianity in the First Century

By: Stephen De Young

4.53

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

Rev. Dr. Stephen De Young, creator of the popular The Whole Counsel of God blog and podcast, traces… read more

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27. The Lord of Spirits: An Orthodox Christian Framework for the Unseen World and Spiritual Warfare

By: Andrew Stephen Damick

4.61

Format: 266 pages, Paperback

The modern world doesn't acknowledge but is nevertheless haunted by spirits-angels, demons, and sai… read more

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28. Arise O God: The Gospel of Christ’s Defeat of Demons, Sin, and Death

By: Andrew Stephen Damick

4.59

Format: 98 pages, Kindle Edition

The gospel of Jesus Christ is not about what Jesus can do for your life. It is not even the answer … read more

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29. The Crucifixion of the King of Glory: The Amazing History and Sublime Mystery of the Passion

By: Eugenia Scarvelis Constantinou

4.76

Format: 446 pages, Kindle Edition

The Crucifixion and Resurrection of Christ are central events in our salvation. Yet few Christians … read more

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30. God Is a Man of War: The Problem of Violence in the Old Testament

By: Stephen De Young

4.41

Format: 175 pages, Kindle Edition

Infanticide. Holy war. Divine wrath. Violence in the Old Testament has long been a stumbling block … read more

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31. On Marriage and Family Life (Popular Patristics) (English and Ancient Greek Edition)

By: John Chrysostom

4.43

Format: 110 pages, Paperback

Christian tradition often seems to give only grudging approval to the married life, particularly it… read more

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4.20

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3.63

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