17 books like Resurrection

What to read after Resurrection — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Jesus, Interrupted Bart D. Ehrman · 2009 · ★ 4.3 · 292p · ≈ 9h · Moderate The problems with the Bible that New Testament scholar Bart Ehrman discussed in his bestseller Misquoting Jesus—and on The Daily Show with John Stewart, NPR, and Dateline NBC, among others—are expanded upon exponentially in his latest book: Jesus, Interrupted. This New York Times bestseller reveals how books in the Bible were actually forged by later authors, and that the New Testament itself is… Shares: Controversial literature, Jesus christ, Christianity

The Kingdom of the Wicked Anthony Burgess · 1985 · ★ 3.9 · 379p · ≈ 12h · Moderate A Roman saga, taking in the excesses of Tiberius, Caligula and Nero and an irreverent account of the early days of Christianity. Sadoc, a dying shipping clerk, sets down for future generations a tale of epic proportions: he is charged with recounting no less an event than the birth of Christianity. Shares: Origin, Jesus christ, Christianity

Prayers of the Cosmos Neil Douglas-Klotz · 1990 · ★ 4.4 · 91p · ≈ 3h · Moderate Neil Douglas-Klotz offers a radical new translation of the Aramaic words of Jesus Christ with Prayers of the Cosmos. Reinterpreting the Lord’s Prayer and the Beatitudes from the vantage of Middle Eastern mysticism, Douglas-Klotz, the Sufi Founder of the worldwide network of the Dances of Universal Peace, reveals a mystical, feminist, cosmic Christ. Prayers of the Cosmos is a spiritual… Shares: Jesus christ, Christianity

Orthodoxy Gilbert Keith Chesterton · 1874 · ★ 4.2 · 118p · ≈ 3h · Challenging Orthodoxy is G. K. Chesterton’s response to his critics’ assertion that his earlier collection of essays, Heretics, had “merely criticised current philosophies without offering any alternative philosophy.” In his intellectual journey from pagan to agnostic to positivist philosopher, he had attempted to build a philosophy “some ten minutes in advance of the truth.” But when he compared his modern… Shares: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

Saint Francis of Assisi Gilbert Keith Chesterton · 1923 · ★ 4.0 · 114p · ≈ 3h · Challenging G.K. Chesterton lends his witty, astute and sardonic prose to the much loved figure of Saint Francis of Assis. Grounding the man behind the myth he states "however wild and romantic his gyrations might appear to many, [Francis] always hung on to reason by one invisible and indestructible hair....The great saint was sane....He was not a mere eccentric because he was always turning towards the… Shares: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

The sacred mushroom and the cross John Marco Allegro · 1970 · ★ 4.2 · 349p · ≈ 11h · Moderate The book relates the development of language to the development of myths, religions, and cultic practices in world cultures. Allegro argues, through etymology, that the roots of Christianity, and many other religions, lay in fertility cults, and that cult practices, such as ingesting visionary plants to perceive the mind of God, persisted into the early Christian era, and to some unspecified… Shares: Origin, Christianity

Confessiones Augustine of Hippo · 1482 · ★ 4.0 · 383p · ≈ 12h · Demanding Garry Wills’s complete translation of Saint Augustine’s spiritual masterpiece—available now for the first time Garry Wills is an exceptionally gifted translator and one of our best writers on religion today. His bestselling translations of individual chapters of Saint Augustine’s Confessions have received widespread and glowing reviews. Now for the first time, Wills’s translation of the entire… Shares: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

Supernatural religion Walter Richard Cassels · 1874 · 920p · ≈ 30h · Demanding In "Supernatural Religion," Walter Richard Cassels presents a meticulous and critical examination of the origins and historical context of Christianity, particularly focusing on the concept of the supernatural within religious narratives. His literary style is characterized by rigorous analysis and a systematic approach, drawing heavily from a scholarly tradition that seeks to demystify religious… Shares: Controversial literature, Christianity

Androcles and the lion George Bernard Shaw · 1913 · ★ 3.6 · 158p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Based on the fable about a Greek tailor's conversion to Christianity, his befriending of a lion, and gladiatorial experience in Nero's Coliseum. Shares: Controversial literature, Christianity

The Power of Now Eckhart Tolle · 1997 · ★ 4.5 · 224p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Eckhart Tolle has emerged as one of today's most inspiring teachers. In The Power of Now, already a worldwide bestseller, the author describes his transition from despair to self-realization soon after his 29th birthday. Tolle took another ten years to understand this transformation, during which time he evolved a philosophy that has parallels in Buddhism, relaxation techniques, and meditation… Shares: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

Der Antichrist Friedrich Nietzsche · 1895 · ★ 4.1 · 92p · ≈ 3h · Challenging "Here is Friedrich Nietzsche's great masterpiece The Anti-Christ, wherein Nietzsche attacks Christianity as a blight on humanity. This classic is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand Nietzsche and his place within the history of philosophy ..."--Description from www.amazon.com Shares: Controversial literature, Christianity

Pensées Blaise Pascal · 1670 · ★ 4.0 · 297p · ≈ 9h · Demanding "Blaise Pascal, the precociously brilliant contemporary of Descartes, was a gifted mathematician and physicist, but it is his unfinished apologia for the Christian religion upon which his reputation now rests. The Pensees is a collection of philosophical fragments, notes and essays in which he explores the contradictions of human nature in psychological, social, metaphysical and, above all,… Shares: Controversial literature, Christianity

The Shaver's new sermon for the fast day Pasquin Shaveblock · 1795 · 23p · ≈ 46m · Demanding Shares: Controversial literature, Christianity

Summa Theologica Thomas Aquinas · 1467 · ★ 4.1 · 212p · ≈ 7h · Demanding Thomas's magnum opus, comprising a systematic integration of Aristotelian philosophy with Christianity. Covers topics such as the nature and existence of God, human nature, law and morality and the relationship of God, world and humans. Shares: Controversial literature, Christianity

Dieu et l’État Mikhail Aleksandrovich Bakunin · 1882 · ★ 3.8 · 84p · ≈ 2h · Challenging God and the State (called by its author The Historical Sophisms of the Doctrinaire School of Communism) is an unfinished manuscript by the Russian anarchist philosopher Mikhail Bakunin, published posthumously in 1882. The work criticises Christianity and the then-burgeoning technocracy movement from a materialist, anarchist and individualist perspective. Early editions contained rewrites by Carlo… Shares: Controversial literature, Christianity

The Age of Reason Thomas Paine · 1794 · ★ 4.1 · 95p · ≈ 3h · Demanding Thomas Paine who was a dynamic philosophical presence in the American Revolution of 1776 wrote his last book in 1795 on an investigation and commentary of organized religion with a focus on Christianity. Paine said that his "religious duties" included doing justice, loving benevolence, and attempting to make others happy. He called himself a deist which is a person who believes in the existence… Shares: Controversial literature, Christianity

The Everlasting Man Gilbert Keith Chesterton · 1925 · ★ 4.2 · 184p · ≈ 6h · Challenging The Everlasting Man is inspired by H. G. Wells’ The Outline of History, which explains the history of mankind and religion as solely a product of natural selection and other material causes. In contrast, G. K. Chesterton presents the case for Christianity throughout history, by illustrating firstly, the uniqueness of man amongst the animals, and secondly, the uniqueness of Christ and the Church… Shares: Jesus christ, Christianity

About the book Resurrection →