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Good Ideas from Questionable Christians and Outright Pagans by Steve Wilkins (retail price: $20.00) Our price is $17.95 An Introduction to Key Thinkers and Philosophies Using generous quotations from the original sources, Wilkens provides an introduction to the study of philosophy by exploring a single key issue from each of the following philosophers: Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinas, Descartes, Kierkegaard, Marx, Nietzsche and Sartre. Very helpful explanations of these important thinkers!! 
Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling by Andy Crouch - (Retail: $20) Our price is $17.95 Redeeming Law: Christian Calling and the Legal Profession by Michael P. Schutt - $21.90
About The Author: Rebecca Fraser has worked as a researcher, an editor, and a journalist, and has written for many publications, including Tatler, Vogue, The Times, and The Spectator. She is the daughter of the well known historian, Antonia Fraser, and is the author of a biography of Charlotte Brontk. She lives in England. October 2006 / trade paper / ISBN 10: 0-393-32902-X ISBN 13: 978-0-393-32902-5 / 848 pages  History of the Ancient World by Susan Wise Bauer - (Retail: $29.95) Our price is -- $23.00 
The Dream of Reason by Anthony Gottlieb -- $18.95 In a very engaging and thoughtful narrative, Gottlieb traces the history of philosophy from the Greeks to the Renaissance. He is planning a second volume. The author is the editor of The Economist and lives in London. 
Socrates Cafe by Christopher Phillips -- $12.95 Christopher Phillips is on a mission to revive the love of questions that Socrates once inspired in ancient Athens by starting up a special kind of discussion group in all sorts of places. In this book he describes how he started his itinerant program and recreates some of the invigorating discussions. Phillips also draws from his own academic background to introduce the thought of philosophers through the ages. Others from Intervarsity Press...
Journey by Peter Kreeft ---(retail $12) Our Price--Only $10.50 This is an "allegory of timeless wisdom as you travel along the road of true knowledge. Socrates, the thoroughly reasonable and wise philosopher of Athens, will accompany you much of the way. With sharp questions and canny wit he will coach you past the winsome, the wily and the half-wise spin-doctors of error posted along the ancient byways. Every tempting path will be exposed as a road best not taken. The Journey is an animated and topographical roadmap for modern pilgrims walking the ancient paths in search of reality." Answers questions such as: "Is there truth? Does meaning exist? Is there right and wrong?" Very needed book for young people--or even us adults--today! 
Philosophy Made Slightly Less Difficult by Garrett J. DeWeese and J. P. Moreland (retail: $15.00)..Our Price---$12.50 A Beginner's Guide to Life's Big Questions Written in remarkably straightforward language and with everyday examples. This book is "just what the doctor ordered" to help us understand philosophical concepts and thus bring more clarity to our discussions of life's big questions. 
From Achilles to Christ: Why Christians Should Read the Pagan Classics by Louis Markos (Retail $24.00) Our Price is $19.95 In this book Markos introduces readers to the great classics of Greece and Rome from a Christian perspective. The introduction alone, in answering the fears about the dangers of reading classical literature, is worth the price of the book. It offers a Christian approach to the interpretation and appropriation of these great literary works! There is a detailed analysis of all the great works from Hesiod to Virgil and so is an excellent resource for Christian students and teachers--or anyone who would like to be able to appreciate classical literature. The Best Things in Life by Peter Kreeft ---Our Price is $11.50 "In twelve short, 'Socratic dialogs' Peter Kreeft explodes contemporary values like success, power and pleasure. And he bursts the modern bubbles of agnosticism and subjectivism. He leaves you richer, wiser and more able to discern what the best things in life actually are." --The Publisher Two Classics by Francis Schaeffer: 
Escape from Reason: A Penetrating Analysis of Trends in Modern Thoughts by Francis Schaeffer (Reg $8.00) Our price $6.90 
Art and the Bible by Francis Schaeffer --Revised 2006 ed. of the 1973 Classic! (Reg $8.00) Our price $6.90 Two small books (IVP Histories) on medieval history with wonderful illustrations: 
Augustine and His World by Andrew Knowles and Pachomios Penkett (Reg $10.00) Our price $8.50 
Faith in the Medieval World by G. R. Evans (Reg $10.00) Our price $8.50 Colin Brown's books are wonderful intros to philosophy and its relationship to Christianity! 
Philosophy & the Christian Faith by Colin Brown -Ret.Price $19.00 --OUR Price is just $15.95
Christianity & Western Thought, Volume 1 by Colin Brown(hardbk) --ret.$34.00-- My price: $29.00 From the Ancient World to the Age of Enlightenment Christianity & Western Thought: Volume 2 by Steve Wilkens and Alan G. Padgett (hardbk) (reg. $34.00) -- Our price: $29.00 Faith & Reason in the 19th Century 
The Universe Next Door by James W. Sire - (reg price: $22.00) -- Our price is $16.80 The 4th Edition of this classic work on worldviews!  Naming the Elephant: Worldview as a Concept - by James W. Sire - retail $15.00 -- Our price is just $12.00 This is a fascinating study by the author of The Universe Next Door for those who have already read this classic and wish to delve deeper into the philosophic issue of worldview. Answers questions such as: Is a worldview primarily an intellectual system, a way of life or a story? What is the first question you should ask in formulating a worldview? What is the history of the concept itself? 
Habits of the Mind: Intellectual Life as a Christian Calling by James Sire -- retail $16.00-- Our price: $12.95 Shows us how to develop intellectual virtues and disciplines, so that we can think well to the glory of God. |
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