16 must-read religion books like The Forgotten Medicine: The Mystery of Repentance by Seraphim Aleksiev

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The Forgotten Medicine: The Mystery of Repentance

By: Seraphim Aleksiev

4.60

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

Every Christian feels a natural yearning of the heart towards God, a true desire to taste the sweet…

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1. 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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  • religion
  • christian
  • theology
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2. 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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  • religion
  • spirituality
  • christian
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Cover of Know the Faith: A Handbook for Orthodox Christians and Inquirers by None, Michael Shanbour

3. Know the Faith: A Handbook for Orthodox Christians and Inquirers

By: None , Michael Shanbour

4.39

Format: None pages,

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  • religion
  • spirituality
  • christian
  • theology
Cover of Father Arseny, 1893-1973: Priest, Prisoner, Spiritual Father: Being the Narratives Compiled by the Servant of God Alexander Concerning His Spiritual Father by Vera Bouteneff

4. Father Arseny, 1893-1973: Priest, Prisoner, Spiritual Father: Being the Narratives Compiled by the Servant of God Alexander Concerning His Spiritual Father

By: Vera Bouteneff

3.95

Format: 254 pages, Paperback

Gives stirring glimpses of Fr Arseny's life in a Soviet prison camp and tells the stories of whose … read more

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  • religion
  • spirituality
  • christian
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5. The Lives of the Desert Fathers: The Historia Monachorum in Aegypto (Cistercian Studies No. 34)

By: Norman Russell , Norman Russell

3.78

Format: 377 pages, Paperback

Eyewitness accounts of the lives and teachings of the fourth-century Desert Fathers from the Histor… read more

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  • religion
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6. 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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  • theology
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7. Reflections on the Psalms

By: C.S. Lewis

3.75

Format: None pages, Paperback

Lewis writes here about the difficulties he has met or the joys he has gained in reading the Psalms… read more

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8. Way of the Ascetics: The Ancient Tradition of Discipline and Inner Growth

By: Tito Colliander , None

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Written for lay persons living in the world, this is an excellent resource for daily meditation, sp… read more

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  • religion
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  • christian

9. The Chosen

By: Chaim Potok

3.89

Format: 384 pages,

Few stories offer more warmth, wisdom or generosity than this tale of two boys, their fathers, thei… read more

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10. The Way of a Pilgrim and the Pilgrim Continues His Way

By: Anonymous , Walter J. Ciszek , Helen Bacovcin

3.95

Format: 145 pages, Paperback

This enduring work of Russian spirituality has charmed countless people with its tale of a nineteen… read more

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11. The Epic of Gilgamesh

By: Anonymous , N.K. Sandars

3.74

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

Miraculously preserved on clay tablets dating back as much as four thousand years, the poem of Gilg… read more

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"As for man, his days are numbered, whatever he might do, it is but wind."

-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh

"Now let the gate of sorrow be closed behind me, and let it be sealed with tar and pitch."

-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh

"When all the illusions of personal immortality are stripped away, there is only the act to maintain the freedom to act."

-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh

"Gilgamesh was called a god and a man; Enkidu was an animal and a man. It is the story of their becoming human together."

-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh

12. The Gurus, the Young Man, and Elder Paisios

By: Dionysios Farasiotis

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

This powerful memoir tells the story of a Greek youth who, out of a desire to know the truth empiri… read more

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13. The Scent Of Holiness: Lessons From a Women's Monastery

By: Constantina R. Palmer

4.11

Format: 40 pages, Paperback

The Scent of Holiness: Lessons from a Women's Monastery Every monastery exudes the scent of holines… read more

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14. The Princess and the Goblin (Princess Irene and Curdie, #1)

By: George MacDonald , Arthur Hughes

4.02

Format: 241 pages, Paperback

A little princess is protected by her friend Curdie from the goblin miners who live beneath the cas… read more

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  • christian
"That's all nonsense," said Curdie. "I don't know what you mean." "Then if you don't know what I mean, what right have you to call it nonsense?"

-George MacDonald, The Princess and the Goblin (Princess Irene and Curdie, #1)

"But in the meantime, you must be content, I say, to be misunderstood for a while. We are all very anxious to be understood, and it is very hard not to be. But there is one thing much more necessary."…"

-George MacDonald, The Princess and the Goblin (Princess Irene and Curdie, #1)

15. Orthodoxy and the Religion of the Future

By: Seraphim Rose

3.89

Format: None pages,

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16. 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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17. The Spiritual Life and How to be Attuned to it

By: Theophan the Recluse , None

3.66

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

St. Theophan the Recluse, possessing a rare degree of patristic scholarship, combined with a thorou… read more

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18. The Orthodox Veneration of Mary the Birthgiver of God

By: Seraphim Rose , None , None

4.71

Format: None pages, Paperback

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19. Mattimeo (Redwall, #3)

By: Brian Jacques

3.88

Format: 496 pages,

The third addition to the beloved Redwall series takes place during the summer of the Golden Plain.… read more

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20. The Medieval Mind of C.S. Lewis: How Great Books Shaped a Great Mind

By: Jason M. Baxter

4.51

Format: None pages, Audio CD

C. S. Lewis had one of the great minds of the twentieth century. Many readers know Lewis as an auth… read more

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  • religion
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21. Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World

By: Cal Newport

4.06

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

Minimalism is the art of knowing how much is just enough. Digital minimalism applies this idea to o… read more

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"Who could justify trading a lifetime of stress and backbreaking labor for better blinds? Is a nicer-looking window treatment really worth so much of your life?"

-Cal Newport, Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World

"Digital minimalism definitively does not reject the innovations of the internet age, but instead rejects the way so many people currently engage with these tools."

-Cal Newport, Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World

"The thought process that went into building these applications, Facebook being the first of them, . . . was all about: “How do we consume as much of your time and conscious attention as possible?"

-Cal Newport, Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World

"For many people, their compulsive phone use papers over a void created by a lack of a well-developed leisure life. Reducing the easy distraction without also filling the void can make life unpleasant…"

-Cal Newport, Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World

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22. 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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Cover of The Crucifixion of the King of Glory: The Amazing History and Sublime Mystery of the Passion by Eugenia Scarvelis Constantinou

23. 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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  • religion
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24. 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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Cover of On Marriage and Family Life (Popular Patristics) (English and Ancient Greek Edition) by John Chrysostom

25. 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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26. My Elder Joseph the Hesychast

By: Elder Ephraim

4.82

Format: 705 pages, Hardcover

"Elder Joseph was a poor hermit who lived in caves far from society, yet he became one of the Ortho… read more

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27. Saint Nikiforos The Leper & Wonderworker

By: Simon the Monk

4.93

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Saint Nikiforos (1887-1964) is a saint of our time. He suffered from Hansen's Disease, leprosy, in … read more

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Cover of A Long Walk with Mary: A Personal Search for the Mother of God by Brandi Willis Schreiber

28. A Long Walk with Mary: A Personal Search for the Mother of God

By: Brandi Willis Schreiber

4.29

Format: 212 pages, Kindle Edition

The Orthodox Church's reverence for Mary the Mother of God can be a stumbling block for converts, a… read more

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Cover of Return [Paperback] by Metropolitan of the Argolid Nektarios (Antonopoulos)

29. Return [Paperback]

By: Metropolitan of the Argolid Nektarios (Antonopoulos)

4.79

Format: 86 pages, Paperback

None read more

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30. The Forgotten Medicine: The Mystery of Repentance

By: Seraphim Aleksiev

4.60

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

Every Christian feels a natural yearning of the heart towards God, a true desire to taste the sweet… read more

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Cover of Illness and the Believer by Hieromonk Grēgorios

31. Illness and the Believer

By: Hieromonk Grēgorios

4.86

Format: 46 pages, Paperback

2nd Edition.From the Today, despite the remarkable progress of medical science, the number of peopl… read more

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God's Revelation to the Human Heart

Seraphim Rose

3.63

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Know the Faith: A Handbook for Orthodox Christians and Inquirers

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4.39

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Father Arseny, 1893-1973: Priest, Prisoner, Spiritual Father: Being the Narratives Compiled by the Servant of God Alexander Concerning His Spiritual Father

Vera Bouteneff

3.95

Transform Your Habits

The Lives of the Desert Fathers: The Historia Monachorum in Aegypto (Cistercian Studies No. 34)

Norman Russell , Norman Russell

3.78

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Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C.S. Lewis

Michael Ward

4.33

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A Preface to Paradise Lost

C.S. Lewis

4.27

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George MacDonald

3.48

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3.94

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