OCCA Reading List Apologetics and Evangelism 1. Apologetics and Evangelism +Barrs, Jerram. The Heart of Evangelism +Beckwith, and Craig. To Everyone An Answer (InterVarsity, 2004) +Green, Michael. I d Like to Believe But.. +Green, Michael. You Can t Be Serious +Gumbel, Nicky. Questions of Life +Keller, Tim. The Reason For God +Moser, Paul K. Why Isn t God More Obvious? RZIM Critical Questions Booklet Series +Pippert, Becky. Out of the Saltshaker Abraham, William. The Logic of Evangelism Bruce, F. F. The Apologetic Defense of the Gospel Campbell-Jack, W.C., and McGrath, Gavin. New Dictionary of Christian Apologetics Chesterton, G.K. Orthodoxy Chesterton, G.K. What s Wrong with the World? Cowan, Steven, ed. Five Views on Apologetics Craig, William Lane, and Moreland, James Porter. Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview Craig, William Lane. Hard Questions, Real Answers Craig, William Lane. Reasonable Faith Frame, John. Apologetics to the Glory of God Geisler, Norman, and Brooks, Ronald M. When Skeptics Ask Geisler, Norman. Christian Apologetics Geisler, Norman. The Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics Green, Michael. Critical Choices Green, Michael. Evangelism in the Early Church Green, Michael. Evangelism in the Local Church Green, Michael. The Meaning of Salvation Hunter, George. The Celtic Way of Evangelism Kreeft, Peter, and Tacelli, Ronald K. Handbook of Christian Apologetics Kreeft, Peter. Fundamentals of the Faith: Essays in Christian Apologetics Lewis, C.S. God in the Dock Lewis, C.S. Mere Christianity Loscalozo, Craig. Apologetic Preaching McDowell, Josh. New Evidence that Demands a Verdict McGrath, Alister. Bridge Building
Moreland, James Porter. Scaling the Secular City Newbigin, Lesslie. Foolishness to the Greeks Newbigin, Lesslie. The Gospel as Public Truth Orr-Ewing, Amy. But Is It Real? (US title: Is Believing in God Irrational?) Packer, J.I. Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God Pearcey, Nancy. Total Truth Philips and Okholm, ed. Christian Apologetics in the Postmodern world Piper, John. God is the Gospel: Meditations on God's Love as the Gift of Himself Plantinga, Alvin. Warranted Christian Belief Rookmaaker, H.R. Modern Art and the Death of a Culture Samples, Kenneth Richard. Without a Doubt Schaeffer, Francis A. Trilogy Sire, James. Naming the Elephant Sire, James. The Universe Next Door Stackhouse, Ian. The Gospel Driven Church: Retrieving Classical Ministries for Contemporary Revivalism Stackhouse, John G. Humble Apologetics: Defending the Faith Today Strobel, Lee. The Case for a Creator Strobel, Lee. The Case for Faith Tomlin, Graham. The Provocative Church Van Til, Cornelius. The Defense of the Faith Walker. Telling the story Wallis, Jim. The Call to Conversion Wells, David. God in the Wasteland Zacharias, Ravi. Can Man Live Without God Zacharias, Ravi. et al. Beyond Opinion: Living the Faith We Defend 2. Cultural Apologetics and Film Analysis +Copan, Paul. When God Goes To Starbucks Godawa, Brian. Hollywood Worldviews Keyes, Dick. Seeing Through Cynicism Lowman, Pete. A Long Way East of Eden Winter, Richard. Still Bored In A Culture Of Entertainment 3. Extra Biblical/Historical
ARCHAEOLOGICAL Benjamin, Don C. Stones and Stories: An Introduction to Archaeology and the Bible Finegan, Jack. The Archeology of the New Testament: The Life of Jesus and the Beginning of the Early Church Free, Joseph, and Vos, Howard. Archaeology and Bible History K.A. Kitchen. On the Reliability of the Old Testament McDowell, Josh. New Evidence That Demands a Verdict Price, Randall. The Stones Cry Out: What Archaeology Reveals About the Truth of the Bible Sailhamer, John H. Biblical Archaeology EARLY CHURCH FATHERS Aquilina, Mike. The Fathers of the Church Chadwick, Henry. Early Christian Thought and the Classical Tradition Chadwick, Henry. Heresy and Orthodoxy in the Early Church Chadwick, Henry. The Early Church Drobner, Hubertus R., et al. Fathers Of The Church: A Comprehensive Introduction Gavrilyuk, Paul L. The Suffering of the Impassible God: The Dialectics of Patristic Thought Hall, Christopher A. Reading Scripture with the Church Fathers Holmes, Michael W. The Apostolic Fathers: Greek Texts and English Translations Litfin, Bryan M. Getting to Know the Church Fathers: An Evangelical Introduction Louth, Andrew, and Staniforth, Maxwell. Early Christian Writings: The Apostolic Fathers McGrath, Alister. Historical Theology St Augustine. Confessions Willis, John Randolph, and Rouet De Journel, M. J. The Teachings of the Church Fathers HISTORICAL JESUS +Bock, Darrell L. Can I Trust the Bible? RZIM Critical Questions Booklet Series +McKnight, Scot. Who Was Jesus? RZIM Critical Questions Booklet Series +Moreland, J.P., and Wilkins, Michael J. Jesus Under Fire +Orr-Ewing, Amy. Why Trust the Bible? +Strobel, Lee. The Case for Christ Bauckham, Richard. God Crucified Blomberg, Craig. Historical Reliability of the Gospels Blomberg, Craig. Jesus and the Gospels Bruce, F.F. The New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable? Craig, William Lane. The Son Rises Green, Joel. Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels Green, Michael. The Books the Church Suppressed
Habermas, Gary R. Ancient Evidence for the Life of Jesus Habermas, Gary R. The Historical Jesus Habermas, Gary R., and Flew, Anthony. Did Jesus Rise from the Dead? McDowell, Josh. New Evidence That Demands a Verdict Morison, Frank. Who Moved the Stone? Pannenberg, Wolfhart. Systematic Theology Strobel, Lee. The Case for the Real Jesus Wenham, John. Easter Enigma Wright, N.T. Who Was Jesus? OLD TESTAMENT ETHICS +Copan, Paul. How Could a Loving God Command Genocide? In That s Just Your Interpretation +Geisler, Norman. If God is morally pure, how can he sanction the slaughter of innocent children as the Old Testament says he did? in Strobel, Lee. The Case For Faith +Orr-Ewing, Amy. What about all the wars? in Orr-Ewing, Amy. Why Trust the Bible? Copan, Paul. Is Yahweh a Moral Monster?, Philosophia Christi, EPS, 2008 (http://www.epsociety.org/library/articles.asp?pid=45&mode=detail) Kaiser, Walter C. et al. Hard Sayings of the Bible Kaiser, Walter C. Towards Old Testament Ethics 4. Inerrancy Geisler, Norman. ed. Inerrancy Wenham, John W. Christ and The Bible Wenham, John W. Christ s View of Scripture in Geisler, Norman. ed. Inerrancy White, James. R. Scripture Alone 5. Science +Koons, Robert C. Science and theism: concord, not conflict in Copan, Paul, and Moser, Paul K. The Rationality of Theism (Routledge, 2003) +McGrath, Alister. Science and Religion: An Introduction Alexander, Denis. Rebuilding the Matrix: Science and Faith in the 21st Century Barbour, Ian G. Issues in Science and Religion Barrett, Justin L. Why would anyone believe in God? Barrow, John, et al. The Anthropic Cosmological Principle Behe, Michael. Darwin's Black Box
Brooke, John Hedley. Science and Religion: Some Historical Perspectives Collins, Francis. The Language of God Craig, William Lane. Theism, Atheism and Cosmoloy Dawkins, Richard. The Blind Watchmaker Gould, Stephen J. Individual in Darwin's World (Edinburgh Medal Lectures) Johnson, Philip. Darwin on Trial Johnson, Phillip E. The Right Questions Lennox, John. Has Science Buried God? McGrath, Alister. Dawkins God: Genes, Memes, and the Meaning of Life McGrath, Alister. The Science of God Miller, Hugh, and Gould, Stephen J. Testimony of the Rocks: Or, Geology in Its Bearings on Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed (History of Paleontology) Moreland, J.P. Christianity and the Nature of Science Morris, Simon Conway. Life's Solution: Inevitable Humans in a Lonely Universe Nelson, Paul (Author), Newman, Robert C. (Author), J. Van Till, Howard (Author), Reynolds, John Mark (Editor), Moreland, J.P. (Editor). Three Views on Creation and Evolution Polkinghorne, John. Belief in God in an Age of Science Polkinghorne, John. One World: The Interaction of Science and Theology Polkinghorne, John. Science and Creation: The Search for Understanding Ratzsch, Del. Science & Its Limits: The Natural Sciences in Christian Perspective Ruse, Michael. Can a Darwinian be a Christian? The Relationship between Science and Religion Swinburne, Richard. The Existence of God 6. World Religions and Pluralism +McDowell, Josh. Concise Guide to Today s Religions +Orr-Ewing, Amy and Orr-Ewing, Frog. Holy Warriors +Zacharias, Ravi. Jesus Among Other Gods Bowker, J., ed. The Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Bunnett, David G. The Spirit Of Hinduism Carson, D.A. The Gagging of God Clark and Geisler. Apologetics in the New Age Esposito, J.L. Islam: the Straight Path Geisler, Norman, and Saleeb, A. Answering Islam Geisler, Norman, and Watkins, W.D. Worlds Apart Geisler, Norman. False Gods of Our Time Groothius, Douglas R. Confronting the New Age Groothius, Douglas R. Revealing the New Age Jesus Groothius, Douglas R. Unmasking the New Age
Halverson, D. The Compact Guide to World Religions Hick, John. God and the Universe of Faiths Hick, John. The Interpretation of Religion Humphreys, Christmas. The Buddhist Way of Life Langley, Myrtle. World Religions Mangalwadi, Vishal. When the New Age Gets Old McDowell, Josh. A Ready Defense McGrath, Alister. An Introduction to Christianity Neusner, J. The Way of Torah: An Introduction to Judaism Newbigin, Lesslie. The Gospel in a Pluralist Society Plantinga, Richard. Christianity and Plurality Rahula, W. What the Buddha Taught (Revised edition) Rippin, Andrew, ed. The Blackwell Companion to the Qur an Smart, N. The World s Religions Zaehner, R.C. Hinduism