6 Best theology books like The Idol of Our Age: How the Religion of Humanity Subverts Christianity by Daniel J. Mahoney

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The Idol of Our Age: How the Religion of Humanity Subverts Christianity

By: Daniel J. Mahoney

3.78

Format: 184 pages, Hardcover

This book is a learned essay at the intersection of politics, philosophy, and religion. It is first…

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1. The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare

By: Jonathan Lethem , G.K. Chesterton

2.67

Format: 166 pages,

G.K. Chesterton's 1908 masterpiece, The Man Who Was Thursday, is a metaphysical thriller, and a det… read more

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  • philosophy
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2. The Belgariad, Vol. Two: Castle of Wizardry / Enchanters' End Game (The Belgariad, #4-5)

By: David Eddings

3.84

Format: 135 pages, Paperback

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3. Beowulf

By: Unknown , Seamus Heaney

3.49

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Composed toward the end of the first millennium, Beowulf is the elegiac narrative of the adventures… read more

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"Fate will unwind as it must!"

-Unknown, Beowulf

"Fate goes ever as fate must."

-Unknown, Beowulf

"Let whoever can win glory before death."

-Unknown, Beowulf

"We all know a boy can't daddy until his daddy's dead."

-Unknown, Beowulf

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4. Orthodoxy

By: G.K. Chesterton

4.11

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

Chesterton (The Man Who Knew Too Much) capped his brilliant literary career with this exploration o… read more

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  • theology
  • christianity
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction

5. The Heart Of Christ

By: Thomas Goodwin

4.03

Format: 606 pages, Paperback

The Heart of Christ in Heaven towards Sinners on Earthwas first published in 1651, and it soon beca… read more

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6. The Power of Silence: Against the Dictatorship of Noise

By: None , Nicolas Diat

3.95

Format: 145 pages, Paperback

In a time when there is more and more noise, and technology and materialism continue to exert their… read more

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7. On Liberty

By: John Stuart Mill

3.97

Format: 187 pages, Paperback

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780140432077 Published in 1859, John Stuart Mill's On Liberty p… read more

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  • philosophy
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • essays
"خير لى أن أكون سقراطا ساخرا , من أن أبقى خنزيرا راضيا"

-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty

"Both teachers and learners go to sleep at their post as soon as there is no enemy in the field."

-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty

"An objection which applies to all conduct can be no valid objection to any conduct in particular."

-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty

"Despotism is a legitimate mode of government in dealing with barbarians, provided the end be their improvement."

-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty

8. Two Treatises of Government

By: John Locke , Peter Laslett , Raymond Geuss

2.96

Format: None pages, Paperback

This presentation discusses the life of John Locke, the evolution of his ideas, and the political c… read more

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9. Death Comes for the Archbishop

By: Willa Cather

3.67

Format: None pages, Paperback

There is something epic--and almost mythic--about this sparsely beautiful novel by Willa Cather, al… read more

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10. The Abolition of Man

By: C.S. Lewis

3.97

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

Alternative cover for ISBN: 978-0060652944 The Abolition of Man, Lewis uses his graceful prose, del… read more

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11. The Guide for the Perplexed

By: Maimonides

4.44

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

This is the full, unabridged text of one of the greatest philosophic works of all time. Written by … read more

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12. Outer Dark

By: Cormac McCarthy

4.26

Format: None pages, Paperback

A woman bears her brother's child, a boy, the brother leaves the baby in the woods and tells her he… read more

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13. Pastors and Their Critics: A Guide to Coping with Criticism in the Ministry

By: Joel R. Beeke

4.39

Format: 188 pages, Kindle Edition

Every pastor knows what it’s like to be criticized. But how does he respond? And how does he offer … read more

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  • theology
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14. Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

By: Evelyn Waugh

4.00

Format: 452 pages, Paperback

An alternative cover for this ISBN can be found here. The most nostalgic and reflective of Evely… read more

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"Here my last love had died."

-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

"No one is ever holy without suffering."

-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

"I had been there before; I knew all about it."

-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

"My father greeted me with his usual air of mild regret."

-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

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15. Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

By: Abigail Shrier

4.06

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

In virtually every way that can be measured, Gen Z's mental health is worse than that of previous g… read more

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  • cultural
  • nonfiction
"Children’s and adolescents’ sense of self is still developing. They cannot correct the interpretations or recommendations of a therapist."

-Abigail Shrier, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

"When I agreed with my therapist, I told her so. When I didn’t, we talked about that. And when I felt I needed to move on, I did. Which is to say: I was an adult in therapy. I had swum life’s choppy w…"

-Abigail Shrier, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

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16. The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure

By: Jonathan Haidt

4.24

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

A timely investigation into the campus assault on free speech and what it means for students, educa… read more

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  • cultural
  • politics
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
"Virtues become vices when they are carried to an extreme."

-Jonathan Haidt, The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure

"Avoiding triggers is a symptom of PTSD, not a treatment for it."

-Jonathan Haidt, The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure

"Practice the virtue of "intellectual humility." Intellectual humility is the recognition that our reasoning is so flawed, so prone to bias, that we can rarely be certain that we are right."

-Jonathan Haidt, The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure

"The college admissions process nowadays makes it harder for high school students to enjoy school and pursue intrinsic fulfillment. The process "warps the values of students drawn into a competitive f…"

-Jonathan Haidt, The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure

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17. A Little Book on the Christian Life

By: John Calvin

4.54

Format: 126 pages, Paperback

For centuries, Christians of all ages have turned to John Calvin’s A Little Book on the Christian L… read more

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  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction
"If everything went according to their own plans, they would never know what it means to follow God."

-John Calvin, A Little Book on the Christian Life

"...We should always look to the Lord, that by His care we might be led to whatever lot in life He provides for us."

-John Calvin, A Little Book on the Christian Life

"Desire is bridled when we acknowledge that all thing given to us are given in order that we might know their author."

-John Calvin, A Little Book on the Christian Life

"So it will be that no matter what kind of cross is placed upon us, we will steadily maintain endurance even through the narrowest straits of the soul."

-John Calvin, A Little Book on the Christian Life

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18. Liberty in the Things of God: The Christian Origins of Religious Freedom

By: Robert L. Wilken

4.19

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

From one of the leading historians of Christianity comes this sweeping reassessment of religious fr… read more

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  • theology
  • christianity
  • politics
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
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19. Full-Time: Work and the Meaning of Life

By: David L. Bahnsen

4.28

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

We were created to work, and our work provides unique meaning and purpose in our lives. Yet today w… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • theology
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20. War in Heaven

By: Charles Williams

3.83

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

An alternate cover for this ISBN can be found: here A battle over the most sacred object in Chri… read more

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  • christianity
  • religion
"The telephone bell was ringing wildly, but without result, since there was no-one in the room but the corpse."

-Charles Williams, War in Heaven

"[...] the war between good and evil existed no longer, for the thing beneath the Graal was not fighting but vomiting."

-Charles Williams, War in Heaven

"An hour's conversation on literature between two ardent minds with a common devotion to a neglected poet is a miraculous road to intimacy."

-Charles Williams, War in Heaven

"There is no possible idea," Kenneth thought as he came onto the terrace, "to which the mind of man can't supply some damned alternative or other. Yet one must act."

-Charles Williams, War in Heaven

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21. The Idol of Our Age: How the Religion of Humanity Subverts Christianity

By: Daniel J. Mahoney

3.78

Format: 184 pages, Hardcover

This book is a learned essay at the intersection of politics, philosophy, and religion. It is first… read more

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  • faith
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  • religion
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Transform Your Habits

The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare

Jonathan Lethem , G.K. Chesterton

2.67

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Orthodoxy

G.K. Chesterton

4.11

Transform Your Habits

On Liberty

John Stuart Mill

3.97

Transform Your Habits

The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure

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4.24

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Transform Your Habits

Christianity and Liberalism

J. Gresham Machen

4.33

Transform Your Habits

The Bondage of the Will

J.I. Packer , Martin Luther , O.R. Johnston

3.91

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The Expulsive Power of a New Affection

Thomas Chalmers

3.00

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