Really I'm just looking for options to grow and expand. If it is something you think needs a pre-established knowledge base, how about an intro book. Just a curious guy here.
If you want to include a brief synopsis or summary, please(but give plenty of room for my own personal interpretation)
Oh yes, any good science related books that also have good explanations for practical approaches to daily life.(sounds vague but anything really)
..even philosophy..
I appreciate any help
2006-08-16 09:38:40 · 13 answers · asked by Corey 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I agree with some suggestions. "Mere Christianity" by C. S. Lewis. Also "Miracles" by the same.
"Orthodoxy" and "The Everlasting Man" by G. K. Chesterton, which you can read for free here: http://www.catholicfirst.com/thefaith/catholicclassics/chesterton/orthodoxy/orthodoxy.cfm and here: http://www.dur.ac.uk/martin.ward/gkc/books/everlasting_man.txt
Also, St. John of the Cross' "Dark Night of the Soul," findable here for free: http://www.ccel.org/ccel/john_cross/dark_night.html
Thomas Merton's "The Seven Storey Mountain" and "No Man Is an Island."
2006-08-16 09:46:33 · answer #1 · answered by Gestalt 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Stephen Hawking, A Brief History Of Time.
Very well written book easy to understand. Explains the science version of the begining. Good luck in your searching.
2006-08-16 09:51:29 · answer #2 · answered by Joe P 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Book of Mormon.
get a free copy here:
http://www.mormon.org/freeoffers/1,17785,2069-1-1,00.html?src=tv
Intro:
The Book of Mormon is a volume of holy scripture comparable to the Bible. It is a record of God’s dealings with the ancient inhabitants of the Americas and contains, as does the Bible, the fulness of the everlasting gospel.
The book was written by many ancient prophets by the spirit of prophecy and revelation. Their words, written on gold plates, were quoted and abridged by a prophet-historian named Mormon. The record gives an account of two great civilizations. One came from Jerusalem in 600 B.C., and afterward separated into two nations, known as the Nephites and the Lamanites. The other came much earlier when the Lord confounded the tongues at the Tower of Babel. This group is known as the Jaredites. After thousands of years, all were destroyed except the Lamanites, and they are the principal ancestors of the American Indians.
The crowning event recorded in the Book of Mormon is the personal ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ among the Nephites soon after his resurrection. It puts forth the doctrines of the gospel, outlines the plan of salvation, and tells men what they must do to gain peace in this life and eternal salvation in the life to come.
After Mormon completed his writings, he delivered the account to his son Moroni, who added a few words of his own and hid up the plates in the hill Cumorah. On September 21, 1823, the same Moroni, then a glorified, resurrected being, appeared to the Prophet Joseph Smith and instructed him relative to the ancient record and its destined translation into the English language.
In due course the plates were delivered to Joseph Smith, who translated them by the gift and power of God. The record is now published in many languages as a new and additional witness that Jesus Christ is the Son of the living God and that all who will come unto him and obey the laws and ordinances of his gospel may be saved.
2006-08-16 09:47:38 · answer #3 · answered by John R 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Check out "Advanced Celtic Shamanism" by D.J. Conway
"The White Goddess" by Robert Graves is interesting
"Excavating the Authentic Self" can't recall the author
I have so many favorites...I'm drawing a blank......Read all you can....research everything and take nothing at face value.
Blessed Journey )O(
2006-08-16 09:49:46 · answer #4 · answered by Epona Willow 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would reccomend that you check out the works of C.S. Lewis and Henri Nouwen. A favorite C.S.Lewis book is "The Great Divorce" and a favorite Nouwen title is "The Return of the Prodical Son".
I appreciate you desire to grow and expand!
peace and grace my friend.
2006-08-16 10:00:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
C.S. Lewis is an excellent read for spirituality. As are the more transcendental philosophies of Ralph Waldo Emerson.
2006-08-16 09:43:59 · answer #6 · answered by Super Jules 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I recommend you to read and hear the song "Live Like You Were Dying" by Tim McGraw, by doing so you might see a different approach in life.
2006-08-16 09:56:48 · answer #7 · answered by Ya no estoy en Y!R por Facebook! 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Interior Castle, by St. Teresa of Avila.
St. Teresa is considered a Doctor of the Church by Catholics, mainly for her spiritual & mystic insights. Interior Castle is her main work relating to spirituality.
2006-08-16 09:53:47 · answer #8 · answered by terraform_mars 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
2006-08-16 09:43:27 · answer #9 · answered by Girl Wonder 5 · 0⤊ 4⤋
I always feel much better and a deep since of satisfaction and inner peace when I read Mad Magazine. That Alfred E. Newman is a Saint.
2006-08-16 09:47:11 · answer #10 · answered by EMAILSKIP 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋