Thursday, February 21, 2008

A LIST OF SOME BOOKS I HAVE READ

A LIST OF SOME BOOKS I HAVE READ
This list is just for fun, to recall some of the many books I have read over the years; and is certainly not exhaustive. It includes books I have recorded in my journals as read or that remember having read. It is primarily limited to those I have completely read and omits the many other books that were only partially read, in some cases only certain portions or chapters of interest; and in others were simply never finished. But there are many books, I am sure, that I never recorded and do not now recall. Some categories overlap.

Prior to 1993
The Hardy Boys Mystery Series (vol. 1-50 approx)
Henry David Thoreau- On Walden’s Pond
Ralph Waldo Emerson- Essays
?- Shogun
Bruce Lee- The Tao of Jeet Kun Dao
Stephen King-
Pet Cemetery
The Eye of the Dragon
Misery
It
The Tommy Knockers
Anonymous- The Way of the Pilgrim
Thomas Merton- No Man is an Island
Benny Hinn- various books?
Kenneth Hagin- various books
Kenneth Copeland- various books
Urban T. Homes III- What is Anglicanism?
William Sydnor- Looking at the Episcopal Church (read ~1988)
The Little Russian Philokalia- St Herman of Alaska (1991)
The Little Russian Philokalia- St Seraphim of Sarov (1991)

1993-1997 (Books Read for B.A. degree at Eugene Bible College or during this time)
Fydor Dostoevsky-The Brothers Karasamov ( c. 1993-1997)
Brother Lawrence-Practising the Presence of God
Franky Schaeffer- Dancing Alone
Death of a Salesman
Lord of the Flies

1999-2005 (Books read for the M.Min. Degree program from St. Michael’s Seminary or during)
St. John of the Cross- The Collected Works
Dr. Thomas Oden- Systematic Theology
vol. 1
vol. 2
vol. 3
Fr. Alexander Schmemann-
For the Life of the World
Clenedin, Dr Daniel- Eastern Orthodox Theology
Bishop Kallistos Timothy Ware- The Orthodox Church
Moorman, JRH- A History of the Church in England
Some Incomplete Reads worthy of someday being finished
Gary Wills- A Necessary Evil: A History of American Distrust in Government
Daniel Boorstin- The Seekers
Robin Lane Fox- Pagans and Christians
T.W. Doane ( c. 1882)- Bible Myths and their Parallels in Other Religions
Fydor Dostoevsky- The Idiot
William James- Varieties of Religious Experience (finished most of it)

1997 to 2006/2007
J.K. Rowling- The Harry Potter series (vol. 1-6)
G.K. Chesterton-
Orthodoxy
Father Brown Mysteries
The Everlasting Man
J.R.R. TOLKIEN
The Hobbit
The Fellowship of the Ring
The Two Towers
The Return of the King
The Children of Hurin
Leaf by Niggle
Tom Shippey- JRR Tolkien- The Author of the Century
Ralph C. Wood- The Gospel According to Tolkien
C.S. LEWIS
Mere Christianity
God in the Dock (essays)
Out of the Silent Planet
Peralandria
That Hideous Strength
Till We Have Faces
The Abolition of Man
The Chronicles of Narnia (vol. 1-7)
The Problem of Pain
Miracles
The Great Divorce
Letters to Malcolm
The Screwtape Letters
Surprised by Joy
The Weight of Glory
George Sayer- Jack (bio about CS Lewis)
Sir Walter Scott- Ivanhoe
Louis L’amour
The Sackett series (vol. 1- ?)
Sensei Alan Dollar- Secrets of Uechi Ryu Karate and the Mysteries of Okinawa
Books on Eastern Orthodoxy
The Little Russian Philokalia- St Herman of Alaska
The Little Russian Philokalia- St Seraphim of Sarov
Fr. Alexander Schmemann- For the Life of the World
Clenedin- Eastern Orthodox Theology
Anonymous- The Way of the Pilgrim
Fr. Basil Pennington-
Centering Prayer
Centered Living
Obrien, Michael D- Father Elijah
Morton Kesley-
Tongue speaking
The Other Side of Silence
Thomas Merton- The Seven Story Mountain (10/05)

2006
Diana Gabaldon- (The Outlander series)
Outlander
Dragonfly in Amber
Voyager
Drums in Autumn
The Fiery Cross
A Breath of snow and Ashes
Thomas Merton
No Man is an Island
The New Man
Contemplative Prayer
The Ascent to Truth
Fr. Thomas Keating
Open Heart, Open Mind
Robert Louis Wilken- The Spirit of Early Christian Thought
Francis Schaeffer
Christian Manifesto
How Shall We Then Live?
Helen Waddell, ed., The Desert Fathers
Urban T. Homes III- What is Anglicanism?
Scott Hahn- The Lambs Supper- The Mass as Heaven on Earth
Clive Cussler
Flood Tide
Inca Gold
Sahara
Dragon
Deep Six
Raise the Titanic
Valhalla Rising

2007
Robert Jordan- The Wheel of Time Series
The Eye of the World- vol 1
The Great Hunt- vol 2
The Dragon Reborn- vol 3
The Shadow Rising- vol 4
The Fires of Heaven- vol 5
Robert P. George- The Clash of Orthodoxies: Law, Religion and Morality in Crisis (5/17/07)
Rev. E.J. Quigley (1920)- The Divine Office
Dante- The Inferno
Joseph Campbell- The Power of Myth
Paolini, Christopher- Eragon
Melville, Herman- Moby Dick (5/25/07)
I Maccabees- 6/1/07
Daniel Defoe- Robinson Crusoe
Robert Loius Stevenson-
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Kidnapped
Treasure Island
Bram Stoker- Dracula (6/14-6/23/ 07)
St John- The Apocalypse (6/29/07)
Johnson, Alan F- Revelation, a Commentary (TEBC)- (7/27/07)
Scott Hahn- The End: A Study of the Book of Revelation (7/7/07)
Omer Engelbert- St Francis of Assisi (7/26/07)
J.K. Rowlings- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows vol 7, (9/28/07)
J.R.R. Tolkien- The Children of Hurin
Obrien, Michael D- Father Elijah (Nov ‘07)
Beowulf (12/26/07)
J.F. Bierlin- Parallel Myths (Dec ‘07)
Alexander Dumas- The Count of Monte Christo
Kyriacos Markides- The Mountain of Silence
Bp. Mark Haverland- Anglican Catholic Faith and Practice

2008
J.R.R. Tolkien- The Fellowship of the Ring (1/13/08)
Rev. Frank N. Wescott (1902)- Catholic Principles (1/17/2008) ****
Galatians (1/08)
Ephesians (1/08)
Ezekiel (2/8/08)
Bishop N.T. Wright- "Simply Christian- Why Christianity Makes Sense," (2/9/08)
Claude Beaufort Moss, D.D.- "THE CHRISTIAN FAITH: AN INTRODUCTION TO DOGMATIC THEOLOGY" (1943), [Anglican]- (2/21/2008 at 3:03am Byron, CA)

Reminders of Authors and Books to be recorded
Stephen Lawhead
The Pendragon series
???

Anglican Studies (books read or being read, regardless of date read)
George D. Carleton- "The King’s Highway: A Simple Statement of Catholic Faith and Duty" (1924)
Claude Beaufort Moss, D.D.- "THE CHRISTIAN FAITH: AN INTRODUCTION TO DOGMATIC THEOLOGY" (1943)
Rev. Frank N. Wescott (1902)- Catholic Principles (from an Anglican Perspective)
Bishop N.T. Wright- "Simply Christian- Why Christianity Makes Sense"
Bp. Mark Haverland- Anglican Catholic Faith and Practice
Moorman- The History of the Church in England
Urban T. Homes III- What is Anglicanism?
William Sydnor- Looking at the Episcopal Church
????- Commentary on the American Prayer Book
Works of C.S. Lewis (various)
Anglican Devotionals
1928 Book of Common Prayer
1979 Book of Common Prayer
The Daily Office Book (DOB)
The Anglican Service Book
The Monastic Diurnal
The Anglican Service Book

1 Comments:

Blogger Unknown said...

Hey Father! Interesting reading list. I am going to have to read some of these.

Randall Allen+

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