Books and Audio Books Gabe Kinnaman & Gabe Lyons, Unchristian: What a New Generation Thinks About Christianity – and Why It Matters, Baker Books (2007) D. James Kennedy - Skeptics Answered, Multnomah Publishers (1997) Karen Armstrong - In the Beginning: A New Interpretation of Genesis, Ballantine Books (1996) Christopher Hitchens - God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, Twelve (2007) C. Stephen Layman - Letters to Doubting Thomas: A Case for the Existence of God, Oxford Press (2007) Bart Erhman – Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why, HarperOne (November 1, 2005) Jaroslav Pelikan – Whose Bible Is It? : A History of the Scriptures Through the Ages, Penguin Group (2005) Robert M. Price – The Reason Driven Life: What Am I Here On Earth For? Prometheus Books (2006) Bart Ehrman – God’s Problem: How the Bible Fails to Answer Our Most Important Question – Why We Suffer, Harper Collins (2008) Lee Strobel - The Case For Faith : A Journalist Investigates the Toughest Objections to Christianity, Zondervan (2000) Adrian Rogers – What Every Christian ought To Know: Essential Truths For A Growing Faith, Broadman & Holman (2005) Richard Dawkins – The God Delusion, Houghton Mifflin (2006) Jerry Bridges – Trusting God: Even When Life Hurts, Navpress (1988) Karen Armstrong - The Great Transformation: The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions, Knopf (2006) Dan Barker – Godless, Ulysses Press (2008) Elaine Pagels – The Origin of Satan, Vintage Books (1995) John W. Loftus – Why I Became An Atheist: A Former Preacher Rejects Christianity, Promethus Books (2008) Uta Ranke-Heinemann – Putting Away Childish Things, Harper Collins (1994) John F. Haught – God and the New Atheism: A Critical Response to Dawkins, Harris, and Hitchens, Westminster John Knox press (2008) 1 | P a g e Sam Harris – Letter to a Christian Nation, Alfred A. Knopf (2006) Timothy Paul Jones – Misquoting Truth: A Guide to the Fallacies of Bart Ehrman’s Misquoting Jesus, Intervarsity Press (2007) John Polkinghorne – The God of Hope and the End of the World, Yale Press (2002) Karen Armstrong - The Bible: A Biography, New York Atlantic Monthly (2007) Chris Hedges – I Don’t Believe in Atheists, Free Press (2008) Andrew Newberg and Mark Robert Waldman – Why We Believe What We Believe : Uncovering Our Biological Need for Meaning, Spirituality and Truth, Free Press (2006) Francis Collins – The Language of God : A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief, Free Press (2006) Sam Harris – The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason, W. W. Norton & Company (2005) Karen Armstrong – A Short History of Myth, Canongate Pub. (2005) N.T. Wright – Simply Christian , Harper SanFransico (2006) Josh McDowell – The New Evidence That Demands A Verdict, Thomas Nelson Publishers (1999) Read excerpts only – not entire book Chris Hedges – American Fascists: The Religious Right and the War On America, Free Press (2006) James D. Tabor – The Jesus Dynasty : The Hidden History of Jesus, His Royal Family, and the Birth of Christianity, Simon & Schuster (2006) Lee Strobel – The Case for Christmas, Zondervan (2005) Raymond E. Brown – The Birth of the Messiah (A Commentary on the Infancy Narratives in Mathew and Luke), Doubleday (1977) Read excerpts only – not entire book Raymond E. Brown – An Introduction to the New Testament, Doubleday (1997) Read excerpts only – not entire book Ravi Zacharias – The End of Reason ; A Response to New Atheists, Zondervan (2008) Stephen Hawking – A Briefer History of Time, Bantam (2005) C.S. Lewis – The Problem of Pain, Harper San Francisco (1940, restored 1996) James Dobson – When God Doesn’t Make Sense, Tyndale House (1993) Guy P. Harrison – 50 Reasons People Give For Believing In A God, Promethus Books (2008) 2 | P a g e Dr. Timothy Johnson – Finding God In The Questions, InterVarsity Press (2004) Rev. Oliver Buzz Thomas – 10 Things Your Minister Wants to Tell You (But Can’t, Because he Needs the Job), St. Marten’s Press (2007) Erwin L. Lutzer – Seven Reasons Why You Can Trust the Bible, Moody Press (1984) Stephen Prothero – Religious Literacy: What every American Needs to Know… and Doesn’t, Harper SanFancisco (2007) Albert Schweitzer – The Mystery of the Kingdom of God, Macmillan Company (1950) Christopher Hitchens – The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Non-believer, Phoenix Audio (2007) Lee Strobel – The Case for the Real Jesus: A Journalist Investigates Current Attacks on the Identity of Christ, Zondervan (2007) Bertrand Russell – Why I Am Not a Christian: and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects, Simon & Shuster Inc. (1957) Brennan Manning – The Ragamuffin Gospel, Multnomah Books (2005) Ayaan Hirsi Ali – Infidel, Free Press (2007) Fredrich Nietzsche – Beyond Good and Evil. Translated by Helen Zimmern (1886) Brian D. McLaren – A Generous Orthodoxy : Why I Am A missional + evangelistic + post/protestant + liberal/conservative +mystical/poetic + biblical + charismatic/contemplative +fundamentalist/Calvinist + Anabaptist/Anglican + Methodist + catholic + green + incarnational + depressed-yet-hopeful + emergent + unfinished Christian. Zondervan (2004) Dave Schmelzer - Not the Religious Type : Confessions of a Turncoat Atheist. Saltriver (2008) Michel Onfray – Atheist Manifesto: The Case Against Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. Arcade Publishing (2008) Gary Stern – Can God Intervene? : How Religion Explains Natural Disasters. Prager (2007) Charles Darwin – The Origin of the Species: By Means of Natural Selection of the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. (From London 6th edition 1872: Mentor books 1958) Leonard Sweet – So Beautiful: Divine Design for Life and the Church, David C. Cook (2009) David J. Linden – The Accidental Mind. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press (2007) George Barna – The Second Coming of the Church. Word Publishing (1998) Read excerpts only – not entire book Eric Maisel – The Atheist’s Way: Living Well Without Gods. New World Library (2009) 3 | P a g e Thomas Paine – Common Sense. Written by Thomas Paine and published January 10th, 1776, it was the first publication to openly ask for independence from Britain. James B. Twitchell - Shopping for God : How Christianity went from in your heart to in your face Simon & Shuster (2007) Timothy Keller - The Reason for God : Belief in an Age of Skepticism, New York : Dutton, c2008. Epictetus – The Enchiridion (The Handbook). The Enchiridion (or "Handbook") is a classic philosophical text that collects Epictetus' core ethical teachings. Audio book from Learn Out Loud. Bart Ehrman – Jesus, Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible (and Why We Don’t Know About Them), Harper One (2009) Alister McGrath – The Twilight of Atheism: The Rise and Fall of Disbelief in the Modern World. Doubleday (2004) Eugenie Scott – Evolution vs. Creationism : An Introduction. Greenwood Press (2004) Gary Greenburg - 101 Myths of the Bible: How Ancient Scribes Invented Biblical History. Sourcebooks Inc. (2000) Benjamin Franklin - The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is a personal account of the life of the famous American statesman, businessman, philosopher, inventor and scientist. It is widely acclaimed as one of the greatest portraits of an American historical figure, and is all the more compelling due to it's being written by the man himself. Franklin was (like so many other founding fathers) a deist, not a Christian. Audi Book. Timothy Williams – Even the Demons Believe. Audio book by Winepress (2001) C. S. Lewis – Spirits In Bondage : A Cycle of Lyrics. Harvest Books (1984) Published in 1919 as Clive Hamilton when Lewis was only twenty, these early poems give an insight into the author's youthful agnosticism. National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine – Science, Evolution and Creationism. The National Academic Press (2008) Colin Tudge – The Link: Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor. Little, Brown and Company (2009) Marcus J. Borg – The Heart of Christianity: Rediscovering a Life of Faith. Harper San Francisco (2003) Michael Shermer – How We Believe : The Search for God in an Age of Science. W.H Freeman and Company. New York (2000) Michael Shermer – The Science of Good and Evil : Why People Cheat, Gossip, Care, Share, and Follow the Golden Rule. Henry Holt and Company, New York (2004) Robert Wright – The Evolution of God. Little, Brown and Company (2009) 4 | P a g e Gerd Theissen and Annette Merz – The Historical Jesus – A Comprehensive Guide, Fortress Press (1996). Jerry Sittser – When God Doesn’t Answer Your Prayer, Zondervan (2003). David Plotz – Good Book : The Bizarre Hilarious, Disturbing, Marvelous, and Inspiring Things I Learned When I Read Every Single Word of the Bible, Harper (2009). James D.G. Dunn – A New Perspective On Jesus : What the Quest for the Historical Jesus Missed, Baker Academic (2005). Andrew Newberg M.D. and Mark Robert Waldman – How God Changes Your Brain: Breakthrough Findings from a Leading Neuroscientist, Ballantine Books (March 24, 2009) Greg Epstein – Good Without God – What A Billion Nonreligious People Do Believe, Harper Collins Publishing (2009) Jerry A. Coyne – Why Evolution is True, Penguin Books (2009) Richard Dawkins – The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution, Free Press; First Edition edition (September 22, 2009) Victor J. Stenger - The New Atheism: Taking a Stand for Science and Reason, Prometheus Books (September 22, 2009) Kenneth W. Daniels – Why I Believed: Reflections of Former Missionary, Kenneth Daniels (2009) Julian Baggini – Atheism: A Very Short Introduction,