Top 25 Christian Thinkers
The most academically sound and historically orthodox books ever written by some of the greatest Christian thinkers and intellectuals of our time.
1 Mere Christianity
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4.26 of 5 stars 4.26 avg rating — 84,806 ratings
2 Institutes of the Christian...
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4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 2,422 ratings
3 Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by ...
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4.19 of 5 stars 4.19 avg rating — 32,905 ratings
4 Knowing God
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4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 10,603 ratings
5 The Screwtape Letters
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4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 108,613 ratings
6 The Case for Christ
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3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 26,103 ratings
7 Essential Truths of the Chr...
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4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 331 ratings
8 Miracles
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4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 5,625 ratings
9 Christian Reflections
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4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 177 ratings
9 The Hobbit & The Lord of th...
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4.56 of 5 stars 4.56 avg rating — 41,349 ratings
11 How Should We Then Live? Th...
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4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 4,026 ratings
12 An Introduction to the New ...
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4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 511 ratings
13 Till We Have Faces
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4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 20,866 ratings
14 Pilgrim's Regress
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3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 2,904 ratings
15 Sinners in the Hands of an ...
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3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 697 ratings
16 Out of the Silent Planet (S...
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3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 28,353 ratings
17 Perelandra (Space Trilogy, #2)
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3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 17,302 ratings
18 Bondage of the Will
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4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 1,937 ratings
19 Summa Theologica (5 Vols.)
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3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 1,104 ratings
20 The Case for a Creator: A J...
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4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 4,596 ratings
21 Baptism and Fullness: The W...
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3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 128 ratings
21 The Doctrine of the Word of...
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4.37 of 5 stars 4.37 avg rating — 46 ratings
23 The Everlasting Man
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4.26 of 5 stars 4.26 avg rating — 1,934 ratings
24 Confessions
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3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 14,859 ratings
25 Orthodoxy
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4.3 of 5 stars 4.30 avg rating — 8,528 ratings
26 The Man Who Was Thursday
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3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 11,117 ratings
27 The Great Divorce
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4.26 of 5 stars 4.26 avg rating — 37,808 ratings
28 That Hideous Strength (Spac...
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3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 13,088 ratings
29 Spiritual Disciplines for t...
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4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 1,957 ratings
30 The Doctrine of the Knowled...
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4.27 of 5 stars 4.27 avg rating — 333 ratings
31 HOLY: The Bible Companion -...
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4.75 of 5 stars 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
32 Heaven is for Real: A Littl...
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3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 93,426 ratings
33 Systematic Theology
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4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 711 ratings
33 The Cost of Discipleship
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4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 10,755 ratings
33 The Kingdom According to Jesus
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5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
36 The Divine Comedy
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 41,445 ratings
37 The Return of the Prodigal ...
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4.4 of 5 stars 4.40 avg rating — 4,937 ratings
37 The Imitation of Christ
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4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 5,642 ratings
37 God and Philosophy
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 48 ratings
40 Love and Respect
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4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 11,447 ratings
41 Lectures on Calvinism
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3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 339 ratings
41 The Last Gentleman
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3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 1,080 ratings
43 The Divine Conspiracy: Redi...
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4.19 of 5 stars 4.19 avg rating — 3,616 ratings
44 Crime and Punishment
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4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 192,485 ratings
45 Phantastes
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3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 2,873 ratings
45 The Basic Works of Aristotle
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4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 699 ratings
47 The Cloud of Unknowing
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4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 809 ratings
48 The Hound of Heaven
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4.37 of 5 stars 4.37 avg rating — 51 ratings
49 Paradise Lost
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3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 55,833 ratings
50 Rich Christians in an Age o...
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4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 992 ratings
50 The Essential Kierkegaard
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4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 805 ratings
50 Practice in Christianity (K...
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4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 214 ratings
50 Encore
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3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings
50 Nocturne, Opus 1: Sea Foam
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4.76 of 5 stars 4.76 avg rating — 17 ratings
50 The Annabran Rosary
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5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
56 The Good Life
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4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 197 ratings
56 White Theology: Outing Supr...
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3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 8 ratings
56 Works of Love (Kierkegaard'...
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4.38 of 5 stars 4.38 avg rating — 652 ratings
56 Spirit of Love: A Trinitari...
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
56 Some Understand 1 + 6 = 7: ...
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5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
56 Annabran Documents, The Hol...
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5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
62 Reformed Dogmatics
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4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 15 ratings
62 Jesus, Interrupted: Reveali...
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3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 2,942 ratings
62 The Theology of Henri De Lu...
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3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 26 ratings
62 Eighteen Upbuilding Discour...
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4.53 of 5 stars 4.53 avg rating — 49 ratings
62 A Theology of Liberation
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4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 565 ratings
62 The Chosen Fast and Prayer
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5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
62 Annabran Documents, The Hol...
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5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
62 Your Mind Matters: The Plac...
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4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 136 ratings
70 Misquoting Jesus: The Story...
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3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 6,251 ratings
70 The Splendor of the Church
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4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 30 ratings
70 Kierkegaard's Writings, XV:...
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4.44 of 5 stars 4.44 avg rating — 16 ratings
70 Ethics (Dietrich Bonhoeffer...
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4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 569 ratings
70 The Annabran Rosary
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5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
75 The Christian Faith: A Syst...
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4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 149 ratings
75 The Second Coming
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3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 1,042 ratings
75 Dark Night of the Soul
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4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 3,605 ratings
75 For Self-Examination/Judge ...
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4.34 of 5 stars 4.34 avg rating — 65 ratings
75 Letters and Papers from Prison
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4.26 of 5 stars 4.26 avg rating — 1,202 ratings
75 Two Logics: The Conflict be...
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
75 Annabran Documents, The Hol...
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82 The Spirituality of the Cross
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4.26 of 5 stars 4.26 avg rating — 170 ratings
82 Living Water: Daily Reading...
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5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
82 The Powers That Be: Theolog...
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4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 453 ratings
82 Biblical Preaching: The Dev...
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3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 504 ratings
82 Annabran Documents, The Hol...
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5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
87 How to Think About the Grea...
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3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 114 ratings
87 The Rule of Saint Benedict
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3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 1,393 ratings
87 Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia
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4.68 of 5 stars 4.68 avg rating — 78 ratings
87 Annabran Documents The Holy...
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5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
91 Of Human Life: Humanae Vitae
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4.63 of 5 stars 4.63 avg rating — 560 ratings
91 The Major Works
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3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 309 ratings
91 Cross in Our Context
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4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 52 ratings
91 Greek New Testament
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4.57 of 5 stars 4.57 avg rating — 239 ratings
95 Dogmatics in Outline
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3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 423 ratings
95 An Introduction to the New ...
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4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings
97 Introduction to the Devout ...
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4.39 of 5 stars 4.39 avg rating — 960 ratings
97 The Spirit of Life: A Unive...
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4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 50 ratings
99 The Universe Next Door: A B...
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3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 1,262 ratings
99 True Devotion to Mary
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4.41 of 5 stars 4.41 avg rating — 649 ratings
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message 1: by Warren (last edited Jun 13, 2012 10:06am) (new)

Warren Christianson The bais on this list is strongly toward Calvin, too bad.


message 2: by Bob (new)

Bob Why? You don't like good theology?


message 3: by Primavera (new)

Primavera I'm glad that CS Lewis' writings keep surfacing. What about Chesterton and John Newman? Also, has anyone heard of Ronald Knox?


message 4: by David (new)

David Schweitzer, Pannenberg, Tillich, Luther, Arminius, Anselm, Abelard, Augustine, John Knox, Schleiermacher, Kierkegaard, Thomas Helwys, on and on and on. Where are they?


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