References

The references listed here are arranged by topic, and include those which we have utilized in developing this site. We hope you will find them useful in your further investigation of Roman Catholicism, the Comprehensive Christian World View.

Reference Categories

  • Apologetics
  • Bioethics
  • Christian World View
  • Creation
  • Ethics and Moral Theology
  • General Theology
  • Science

  • Apologetics
    1. Chapman, Colin. "The Case for Christianity". Grand Rapids: Erdmans, 1984.

    2. Chesterton, G.A. "Heretics". The John Lane Company, New York: 1905.

    3. Chesterton, G.A. "Orthodoxy". The John Lane Company, New York: 1908.

    4. Chesterton, G.A. "The Everlasting Man". The John Lane Company, New York: 1925.

    5. Craig, William Lane, "Reasonable Faith": Christian Truth and Apologetics, Wheaton, Ill.: Crossway, 1994.

    6. Geisler, Norman. "Christian Apologetics". Grand Rapids: Baker, 1976.

    7. Halverson, William H., "A Concise Introduction to Philosophy" 3d. ed. New York: Random House, 1976.

    8. Krailsheimer, A.J., "Blaise Pascal, Pensees" New York: Penguin Group, 1995

    9. Kreeft, Peter, and Ronald K Tacelli, "Handbook of Christian Apologetics". Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1994.

    10. Lewis, C.S, "Mere Christianity". New York: Touchstone, 1952.

    11. Lewis, C.S. "Miracles": A Preliminary Study, Hammersmith, London: Fount, 1974.

    12. Nash, Ronald H., "Faith and Reason". Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1988.

    13. McDowell, Josh, "Evidence That Demands A Verdict": Historical Evidences for the Christian Faith.. Vols. 1 and 2. San Bernardino Calif.: Heres Life Publishers, 1990.

    14. Mc Dowell, Josh. "More Than a Carpenter". Wheaton, Ill.: Living Books, 1973.

    15. Moreland, J.P., "Scaling the Secular City". Grand Rapids: Baker, 1987.

    16. Morris, Thomas V., "Making Sense of it All": Pascal and the Meaning of Life. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1992.

    17. Pascal, Blaise: "Penses": Commentary by Peter Kreeft, San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1993.

    18. Schaffer, Francis. "Escape from Reason". Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1968.

    19. Sproul, R. C., John H. Gerstner, and Arthur Lindsley. "Classical Apologetics": A Rational Defense of the Christian Faith and a Critique of Presuppositional Apologetics, Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1984.

    20. Blomberg Craig, "The Historical Reliability of the Gospels". Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1987.



  • Bioethics
    1. Cameron, Nigel M. de S., Scott E. Daniels, and Barbara J White: "Bio Engagement": Making a Christian Difference Through Bioethics Today. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000.

    2. Kilner, John F., Nigel M. de S. Cameron, and David L. Schiedermayer. "Bioethics and the future of Medicine": A Christian Appraisal. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995.

    3. Kilner, John F., Arlene B. Miller, and Edmund D. Pellegrino. "Dignity and Dying": A Christian Appraisal. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1996.

    4. Kilner, John F., Paige C. Cunningham, and David Hager. "The Reproduction Revolution": A Christian Appraisal of Sexuality, Reproductive Technologies, and the Family. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000.

    5. Rae, Scott B. and Paul M. Cox. "Bioethics": A Christian Approach in a Pluralistic Age. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1999.

    6. Pellegrino, Edmund D and Thomasma, David C, "The Virtues in Medical Practice", New York: Oxford University Press, 1994.

    7. Beauchamp, Tom L and Childress, James F, "Principles of Biomedical Ethics" (3rd ed.), New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1989.



  • Christian World View
    1. Bellah, Robert. "The Good Society". New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991.

    2. Blamires, Harry. "The Christian Mind". Ann Arbor, Mich.: Servant, 1978

    3. Carson, D.A. and John D. Woodbridge, eds. "God and Culture": Essays in Honor of Carl F.H. Henry. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1993

    4. Colson, Charles, and Nancy Pearcey, "How Now Shall We Live" Wheaton Ill.: Tyndale House Publishers Inc., 1999.

    5. Dawson, Christopher. "Religion and the Rise of Western Culture". New York: Doubleday, 1991.

    6. Dembsky, William A. and Jay Wesley Richards. "Unapologetic Apologetics": Meeting the Challenges of Theological Studies. Downers Grove Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 2001

    7. Eliot, T.S. "Christianity and Culture". New York: Harcourt, Brace, and Javanovich, 1968.

    8. Geisler, Norman L., and Ronald M. Brooks. "When Skeptics Ask": A Handbook of Christian Evidence. Wheaton, Ill.: Victor, 1998

    9. Kuyper, Abraham. "Christianity": A Total World And Life System. Marlborough, N.N.: Plymouth Rock Foundation, 1996.



  • Creation
    1. Behe, Michael. "Darwins Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution. New York: Touchstone, 1996.

    2. Corey, M. A. "God and the New Cosmology": The Anthropic Design Argument. Lanham, Md.: Rowman and Littlefield, 1993.

    3. Craig, William Lane, and Quentin Smith. "Theism, Atheism, and Big Bang Cosmology". New York: Oxford University Press, 1993.

    4. Davis, Percival, and Dean Kenyon. "Of Pandas and People": The Central Question of Biological Origins. 2nd. ed. Dallas: Haughton, 1993.

    5. Dembski, William A. "Intelligent Design": The Bridge Between Science and Theology. Downers Grove Ill.: InterVarsity Press 1999.

    6. Dembski, William A. "The Design Inference": Eliminating Chance through Small Probabilities. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998.

    7. Denton, Michael, "Evolution": A Theory in Crisis. Bethesda, Md.: Adler and Adler, 1985.

    8. Johnson, Phillip E. "Darwin on Trial". 2nd. ed. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1993.

    9. Johnson, Phillip E. "Objections Sustained": Subversive Essays on Evolution, Law, and Culture, Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1998.

    10. Moreland, J.P. "Christianity and the Nature of Science. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1990.

    11. Pearcy, Nancy R., and Charles B. Thaxton. "The Soul of Science: Christian Faith and Natural Philosophy. WHeaton, Ill.: Crossway, 1994.

    12. Ross, Hugh. "Creation and Time": A Biblical and Scientific Perspective on the Creation-Date Controversy. Colorado Springs, Colorado: NavPress, 1994.

    13. Ross, Hugh. "The Genesis Question": Scientific Advances and the Accuracy of Genesis, Colorado Springs, Colorado: NavPress, 1998.

    14. Thaxton, Charles B., Walter Bradley, and Roger Olsen. "The Mystery of Lifes Origin": Reassessing Current Theories. Dallas: Lewis and Stanley, 1992

    15. Wells, Jonathan. "Icons of Evolution": Science or Myth? Washington: Regnery, 2000.



  • Ethics and Moral Theology
    1. Sproul, R.C. "Christian Ethics". Orlando: Ligonier Ministries,1996.

    2. Bellah, Robert. "Habits of the Heart": Individualism and Commitment in American Life. Berkeley, Calif.: University of Calif. Press, 1985.

    3. Eberly, Don, ed. "The Content of Americas Character": Recovering Civic Virtue, New York: Madison Books, 1995.

    4. Kreeft, Peter. "Back to Virtue". San Francisco: Ignatius, 1992

    5. Law, William, "A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life". Edited and abridged for the Modern reader by John Meister and others. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1989

    6. Lewis, C.S. "The Abolition of Man". New York: Simon and Schuster, 1996

    7. MacIntyre, Alasdaair. "After Virtue": A Study in Moral Theology. 2nd. ed. Notre Dame, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Press, 1997

    8. Neuhaus, Richard John. "America Against Itself": Moral Vision and the Public Order. Notre Dame, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Press, 1992.

    9. Thielicke, Helmut. "Theological Ethics". Vol.2, Politics. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1969.

    10. Kreeft, Peter, "A refutation of Moral Relativism": Interviews with an Absolutist, Ignatius, San Francisco: 1999.

    11. Kreeft, Peter, "The Unaborted Socrates". Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1983.



  • General Theology
    1. Bromiley, Geoffrey W. "The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1979

    2. Coggan, Donald. "The Complete Parallel Bible". New York: Oxford University Press, 1993.

    3. Davidman, Joy. "Smoke on the Mountain": An Interpretation of the Ten Commandments. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1954.

    4. Dolen, Charles. "The Book of Catholic Wisdom". Huntington, Ind.: Our Sunday Visitor Inc. 1986.

    5. Geisler, Norman L. "Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics". Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1999.

    6. Smith, Huston. "The Worlds Religions": Our Great Wisdom Traditions. New York: Harper Collins, 1993



  • Science
    1. Ross, Hugh. "Beyond the Cosmos". What Recent Discoveries in Astronomy and Physics Reveal About the Nature of God. Colorado Springs, Colorado: NavPress, 1996.

    2. Ross, Hugh. "The Creator and the Cosmos": How the Greatest Scientific Discoveries of the Century Reveal God. Colorado Springs, Colorado: NavPress, 1995.

    3. Einstein, Albert. "The Meaning of Relativity". New York: MJF Books, 1956.

    4. Greene, Brian. "The Elegant Universe": Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the quest for the Ultimate Theory. New York: Vintage Books, 1999.

    5. Hawking, Stephen. "A Brief History of Time": From the Big Bang to Black Holes. New York: Bantam Books, 1988.

    6. Tarski, Alfred, "Introduction to Logic". And to the Methodology of Deductive Sciences. Mineola NY: Dover, 1995.

    7. Weinberg, Steven, "A Modern View of the Origin of the Universe". New York: Basic Books, 1993.

    8. Thaxton, Charles B., Bradley, Walter L., Olsen, Roger L. "The Mystery of Life's Origin": Reassessing Current Theories, Dallas: Lewis and Stanley, 1992.