Martin's insightful booklist

This is a summary of recent books read by Martin Davie, compiling his evaluations and the commendations of others. This time Martin has not focused on newly published books, but on five books he has been reading recently and which he thinks are very valuable.

In this edition:

What Is Marriage?: Man and Woman: A Defense by Sherif Gergis, Ryan T. Anderson and Robert P. George.

This a hugely important piece of Christian philosophical apologetic that Christians need to be aware of and make use of in seeking to defend the traditional understanding of marriage in today’s world.

A Change of Heart: A Personal and Theological Memoir by Thomas Oden

A Change of Heart is a book that is well worth reading by anyone who wants to understand the history of the Church during the period which it covers. This book gives an insider’s view of liberal Protestantism and consensual Christian orthodoxy and shows how it was by the unexpected grace of God that the second movement arose to challenge and correct the errors of the first.

Classic Christianity: A Systematic Theology by Thomas Oden

A book which should be owned by every serious student of theology and by everyone with responsibility for teaching theology. Oden shows you that orthodox Christianity does actually exist and what it teaches. A must buy.

Return of the Strong Gods: Nationalism, Populism, and the Future of the West by R R Reno

A brilliant piece of Christian political and social analysis and critique. Reno explains that the way to combat autonomous individualism and the growing dissolution of Western society is to return to the two historic pillars of Western civilisation: the traditional family and religious faith. Highly recommended.

Resurrecting the Idea of a Christian Society by R R Reno

Reno’s book is a powerful challenge to speak up for God in a society that has become increasingly pagan, and one that that as many Christians as possible should read and act upon.

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Martin Davie is a Latimer Trust Research Fellow. He teaches at Wycliffe Hall and is the author of various books, some of them can be found here. He writes regularly on his blog Reflections of an Anglican Theologian.

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