Wednesday, April 05, 2006

intro. books to the faith

1. God at the Ritz by Lorenzo Albacete S.T.D.

2. What Is The Church? by Regis Martin S.T.D.

3. Letters to a Young Catholic by George Weigel

4. Exploring the Catholic Church by Dr. Marcellino D'Ambrosio

5. Catholic and Christian by Dr. Alan Schreck

6. More Christianity by Dwight Longenecker

7. The Truth of Catholicism by George Weigel

8. The Essential Catholic Catechism by Dr. Alan Schreck

The two best intro. books on the history of the Church (in one volume each) are:
9. The Spirit of Early Christian Thought by Dr. Robert Louis Wilken

10. Beginning at Jerusalem by Dr. Glenn W. Olsen

3 comments:

Freeman Hunt said...

Thank you for your list. I'll have to check these out. Trackback

CS said...

You might toss a Frank Sheed work in there at 11.

bob jones said...

How about H.W. Crocker's one-volume history of the church, or then-cardinal Joseph Ratzinger's "Introduction to Christianity"?