suggested reading on liberalism

This is just the beginning of a list which consists of some important books that are worth reading in regards to understanding liberalism. Scott, a contributor of this blog, was gracious enough to begin it.

For RO:
James K.A. Smith. Introducing Radical Orthodoxy.
He does a great job laying out the RO critique of liberalism and situating RO in 20th century theology. The first chapter is fantastic.

John Milbank. Theology and Social Theory.
Every possible reason you would ever want to hate liberalism is explored here. Hauerwas states that Milbank managed to gore everyone's ox with this book.

Milbank, et al. Radical Orthodoxy.
The first chapter spells out the goal of RO with regards to liberalism and modernity.

For Hauerwas/Yoder:
Stanley Hauerwas. A Community of Character.
A great chapter from this book with regards to liberalism can be found here.

Stanley Hauerwas & Will Willimon. Resident Aliens
It is very readable and outlines in simple terms much of his lengthy critique of liberalism.

Stanley Hauerwas. Unleashing the Scripture
This is Hauerwas' critique of solo Scriptura, and a call for Protestants to read the Bible in community. Again, this is easy to read and provides a thorough critique of how liberalism views the Bible. Really unmasks fundamentalist conservative evangelicals as closet liberals.

Stanley Hauerwas. The Hauerwas Reader.
A good collection of articles and essays. Often, Hauerwas' short essays that carry on a polemic against liberal excess are among his best works.

Stanley Hauerwas. Sanctify Them With the Truth
There is a section, "Christians in the Hands of Flaccid Secularists" that is really interesting.

Stanley whips on liberalism every time he gets a chance. Most of his work contains some critique of liberalism. The two classic Yoder books, though, are excellent. They are The Politics of Jesus and The Royal Priesthood. Both are very good.

Christopher has also worked very hard to continually update the book-list on his website, The Church and The Liberal Tradition. For Alasdair MacIntyre's books, go to this post or Blosser's webpage. I'm working with Chris on developing a recommended Catholic book-list on liberalism, which will include authors such as David L. Schindler, Tracey Rowland, Robert Kraynak, etc.