15 must-read religion books like The Sources of Christian Ethics by Servais Pinckaers

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The Sources of Christian Ethics

By: Servais Pinckaers

4.47

Format: 489 pages, Paperback

First published in 1985 as Les sources de la morale chrétienne by University Press Fribourg, this w…

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1. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #3)

By: C.S. Lewis , Pauline Baynes

4.09

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

NARNIA... the world of wicked dragons and magic spells, where the very best is brought out of even … read more

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  • christian
"Courage, dear heart."

-C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #3)

"Adventures are never fun while you're having them."

-C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #3)

"Extraordinary things only happen to extraordinary people."

-C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #3)

"There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it."

-C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #3)

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2. An Echo Of Things To Come (The Licanius Trilogy, #2)

By: James Islington

3.80

Format: 184 pages, Hardcover

The second book in a glorious new fantasy trilogy by the next major force in commercial epic fantas… read more

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3. Jesus the Bridegroom: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told

By: Brant Pitre

3.69

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In Jesus the Bridegroom, Brant Pitre once again taps into the wells of Jewish Scripture and traditi… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • catholic
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4. The Divine Comedy

By: Dante Alighieri , Eugenio Montale , Allen Mandelbaum

4.29

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

The Divine Comedy, translated by Allen Mandelbaum, begins in a shadowed forest on Good Friday in th… read more

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  • philosophy
  • religion
Cover of I Believe in Love: A Personal Retreat Based on the Teaching of St. Thérèse of Lisieux by None, Jean du Coeur de Jésus d'Elbée

5. I Believe in Love: A Personal Retreat Based on the Teaching of St. Thérèse of Lisieux

By: None , Jean du Coeur de Jésus d'Elbée

4.65

Format: 282 pages, Paperback

A personal retreat based on St. Therese of Lisieux. A wondrous distillation of the teachings of St.… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • catholic
"How can we not ask at every turn, 'What is going to happen? How will this turn out?' The main thing is not to consent consciously to anxiety or a troubled mind. The moment you realize you are worryin…"

-None, I Believe in Love: A Personal Retreat Based on the Teaching of St. Thérèse of Lisieux

"I assure you, we are bathed in love and mercy. We each have a Father, a Brother, a Friend, a Spouse of our soul, Center and King of our hearts, Redeemer and Savior; bent down over us, over our weakne…"

-None, I Believe in Love: A Personal Retreat Based on the Teaching of St. Thérèse of Lisieux

"Then keep your confidence in the infinite mercy of the Savior. Say, like one mother I know who was distressed by the conduct of her children, 'Jesus, You love them too much not to save them.' Thank H…"

-None, I Believe in Love: A Personal Retreat Based on the Teaching of St. Thérèse of Lisieux

"I have often thought, during these conferences, about the comment that Maurice Maignan, one of the first companions of Ozanam, made after a retreat: "One thought strikes me. All the means of sanctifi…"

-None, I Believe in Love: A Personal Retreat Based on the Teaching of St. Thérèse of Lisieux

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6. Confessions

By: Augustine of Hippo , Henry Chadwick , Albert Cook Outler

3.41

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Augustine's Confessions is one of the most influential and most innovative works of Latin literatur… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
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7. The Last Battle (Chronicles of Narnia, #7)

By: C.S. Lewis

4.01

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

For the first time, an edition of Lewis's classic fantasy fiction packaged specifically for adults.… read more

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  • christian
"My sister Susan,"

-C.S. Lewis, The Last Battle (Chronicles of Narnia, #7)

"Do you think I care if Aslan dooms me to death?"

-C.S. Lewis, The Last Battle (Chronicles of Narnia, #7)

". . .[W]e have all been blind. We are only beginning to see. . . ."

-C.S. Lewis, The Last Battle (Chronicles of Narnia, #7)

"But courage, child: we are all between the paws of the true Aslan."

-C.S. Lewis, The Last Battle (Chronicles of Narnia, #7)

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8. Rerum Novarum: On The Condition Of Working Classes

By: Pope Leo XIII

3.57

Format: None pages,

Rerum novarum(from its first two words, Latin for "of revolutionary change"), or Rights and Duties … read more

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  • theology
  • christianity
  • philosophy
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Cover of God Is Love: Deus Caritas Est by Pope Benedict XVI

9. God Is Love: Deus Caritas Est

By: Pope Benedict XVI

3.98

Format: 350 pages, Paperback

In today's high-tech, fast-paced world, love is often portrayed as being separate from Church teach… read more

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  • christian
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  • catholic

10. Introduction to Christianity

By: Pope Benedict XVI

4.12

Format: None pages, Paperback

One of Cardinal Ratzinger's most important and widely read books, this volume is a revised second e… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • philosophy
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  • nonfiction
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Cover of The Apostles: The Origin of the Church and Their Co-Workers by Pope Benedict XVI

11. The Apostles: The Origin of the Church and Their Co-Workers

By: Pope Benedict XVI

4.08

Format: None pages,

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  • theology
  • christianity
  • religion
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  • spirituality
  • catholic
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12. John Climacus: The Ladder of Divine Ascent

By: Norman Russell , John Climacus

3.20

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

John Climacus (c. 579-649) was abbot of the monastery of Catherine on Mount Sinai. His Ladder was t… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
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  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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13. Little Russian Philokalia (Vol. 1 St. Seraphim of Sarov: Spiritual Instructions)

By: Seraphim Rose

4.13

Format: None pages, Paperback

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  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • theology
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14. A Canticle for Leibowitz

By: Walter M. Miller Jr.

3.39

Format: 414 pages, Paperback

Winner of the 1961 Hugo Award for Best Novel and widely considered one of the most accomplished, po… read more

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15. The Life of Moses

By: Everett Ferguson , Abraham J. Malherbe , Gregory of Nyssa

4.31

Format: 1056 pages, Paperback

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16. The Practice of the Presence of God

By: Brother Lawrence

4.32

Format: 95 pages, Paperback

Alternative cover edition of ISBN 0883681056 can be found here Brother Lawrence was a man of hum… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
"We ought not to be weary of doing little things for the love of God, who regards not the greatness of the work, but the love with which it is performed."

-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God

"We must know before we can love. In order to know God, we must often think of Him; and when we come to love Him, we shall then also think of Him often, for our heart will be with our treasure."

-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God

" Prayer is so simple. It is like quietly opening a door and slipping into the very presence of God. There, in the stillness, to listen to His voice, perhaps in petition or only to listen. It matters …"

-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God

"That with him the set times of prayer were not different from other times: that he retired to pray, according to the directions of his Superior, but that he did not want such retirement. nor ask for …"

-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God

17. The Shadow Rising (Wheel of Time, #4)

By: Robert Jordan

4.04

Format: 176 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The seals of Shayol Ghul are weak now, and the Dark One reaches out. The Shadow is rising to cover … read more

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18. Morning Star (Red Rising Saga, #3)

By: Pierce Brown

None

Format: 525 pages, Hardcover

Darrow would have lived in peace, but his enemies brought him war. The Gold overlords demanded his … read more

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19. 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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  • christian
  • religion
"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)

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20. The Nicomachean Ethics

By: Aristotle , Jonathan Barnes , None , Hugh Tredennick

3.99

Format: 329 pages, Paperback

‘One swallow does not make a summer; neither does one day. Similarly neither can one day, or a brie… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
"Philosophy can make people sick."

-Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics

"A man without regrets cannot be cured."

-Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics

"Freedom is obedience to self-formulated rules."

-Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics

"The beginning seems to be more than half of the whole."

-Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics

21. Saved in Hope: Spe Salvi

By: Pope Benedict XVI

4.67

Format: 127 pages, Hardcover

Pope Benedict XVI's second encyclical, Saved In Hope, ("Spe Salvi" in Latin) takes its title from S… read more

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22. Leisure: The Basis Of Culture

By: Josef Pieper

4.32

Format: 210 pages, Paperback

One of the most important philosophy titles published in the twentieth century, Josef Pieper's Leis… read more

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23. The Innocence of Father Brown (Father Brown, #1)

By: G.K. Chesterton

0.00

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Chesterton portrays Father Brown as a short, stumpy Roman Catholic priest, with shapeless clothes a… read more

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24. The Long Loneliness: The Autobiography of the Legendary Catholic Social Activist

By: Dorothy Day , Daniel Berrigan

3.68

Format: 290 pages, Paperback

This inspiring and fascinating memoir, subtitled, "The Autobiography of the Legendary Catholic Soci… read more

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25. The Shadow of What Was Lost (The Licanius Trilogy, #1)

By: James Islington

4.15

Format: 447 pages, Paperback

It has been twenty years since the end of the war. The dictatorial Augurs - once thought of almost … read more

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26. He Leadeth Me

By: Walter J. Ciszek , Daniel L. Flaherty , Walter Ciszek

4.63

Format: 202 pages, Paperback

He Leadeth Me is the deeply moving personal story of one man's spiritual odyssey and the unflagging… read more

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  • theology
  • christianity
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"Solo puedo describir la experiencia de conversión como una sensación de «dejarse llevar», de renunciar a todo esfuerzo o incluso a mi deseo de tomar las riendas de mi propia vida. Aunque suene demasi…"

-Walter J. Ciszek, He Leadeth Me

"La humildad significa eso: aprender a aceptar el desánimo e incluso la derrota como enviados por Dios; aprender a perseverar y seguir adelante con el corazón en paz y confiando en Dios, seguros de qu…"

-Walter J. Ciszek, He Leadeth Me

"Durante esos largos de años de soledad y sufrimiento, Dios me condujo a una comprensión de la vida y de su amor que solo quienes la han experimentado son capaces de entender. Me despojó de muchos de …"

-Walter J. Ciszek, He Leadeth Me

"Quizá Dios tenga que recordarnos con tremenda claridad que eso es exactamente lo que quería decirnos con esas palabras aparentemente tan simples del Sermón de la Montaña: «No estéis preocupados por v…"

-Walter J. Ciszek, He Leadeth Me

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27. Moby-Dick or, The Whale

By: Herman Melville , Tom Quirk , Andrew Delbanco

3.55

Format: 720 pages, Paperback

"It is the horrible texture of a fabric that should be woven of ships' cables and hawsers. A Polar … read more

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"Call me Ishmael."

-Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale

"Ignorance is the parent of fear"

-Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale

"Ignorance is the parent of fear."

-Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale

"Speak, thou vast and venerable head,"

-Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale

Cover of The Light of All That Falls (The Licanius Trilogy, #3) by James  Islington

28. The Light of All That Falls (The Licanius Trilogy, #3)

By: James Islington

4.40

Format: 864 pages, ebook

The Light of All That Falls concludes the epic adventure that began in The Shadow of What Was Lost,… read more

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"The old saying is wrong, you know--a common enemy does not a friendship make. You can only ever be as good as the people you are willing to fight beside. [...] Alliances made from convenience only ev…"

-James Islington, The Light of All That Falls (The Licanius Trilogy, #3)

"Faithful people suffer and evil people prosper all the time [...]. Besides, if our actions are driven only by reward or punishment--eternal or otherwise--then they are motivated by greed and selfishn…"

-James Islington, The Light of All That Falls (The Licanius Trilogy, #3)

"Faithful people suffer and evil people prosper all the time [...]. Besides, if our actions are driven only by reward or punishment--eternal or otherwise--then they are motivated by greed and selfishn…"

-James Islington, The Light of All That Falls (The Licanius Trilogy, #3)

"Evil men rarely convince others to their side by asking them to perform dark deeds for no good reason. They will always start with the lightest shade of gray. They so often use what seems like a good…"

-James Islington, The Light of All That Falls (The Licanius Trilogy, #3)

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29. The Sources of Christian Ethics

By: Servais Pinckaers

4.47

Format: 489 pages, Paperback

First published in 1985 as Les sources de la morale chrétienne by University Press Fribourg, this w… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • catholic
Cover of Deification through the Cross: An Eastern Christian Theology of Salvation by Khaled Anatolios

30. Deification through the Cross: An Eastern Christian Theology of Salvation

By: Khaled Anatolios

4.29

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A unified soteriology for the whole church.   It is commonly claimed that Western Christianity teac… read more

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  • christianity
  • theology
Cover of Called to Communion: Understanding the Church Today by Pope Benedict XVI

31. Called to Communion: Understanding the Church Today

By: Pope Benedict XVI

4.40

Format: 165 pages, Paperback

Rare Book read more

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6 Top philosophy books like The Sources of Christian Ethics by Servais Pinckaers

Transform Your Habits

The Divine Comedy

Dante Alighieri , Eugenio Montale , Allen Mandelbaum

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Confessions

Augustine of Hippo , Henry Chadwick , Albert Cook Outler

3.41

Transform Your Habits

Rerum Novarum: On The Condition Of Working Classes

Pope Leo XIII

3.57

Introduction to Christianity

Pope Benedict XVI

4.12

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Fides et Ratio: On the Relationship Between Faith and Reason

Pope John Paul II

4.40

Transform Your Habits

The Imitation of Christ

Thomas à Kempis , William Benham , Richard Challoner, D.D.

4.32

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Timaeus

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William Lane Craig

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