Bibliography
Stead, Christopher. Philosophy in Christian Antiquity. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 1994. Knowledgeable and scholarly study of
how the church fathers used philosophy, together with a helpful introduction
to the ancient philosophy they used.Sweeney, Douglas A. and Allen C. Guelzo. The New Haven Theology.
Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2006. A selection of writings from Jonathan
Edwards and his followers, including Charles Finney. The best single volume
for understanding how New England Revivalism developed from Edwards’s
Calvinism to Finney’s near-Pelagianism.Teresa of Avila. The Interior Castle. Translated by Kieran Kavanaugh and
Otilio Rodriguez. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1979. Contains her most
important descriptions of the spiritual marriage of the soul and God.———. The Life of Theresa of Jesus: The Autobiography of Theresa of
Avila. Translated by E. Allison Peers. New York: Doubleday, 1991. Contains
vivid descriptions of the variety of her mystical states as well as the four
levels of mental prayer.Tillich, Paul. Dynamics of Faith. San Francisco: HarperOne, 2001. Originally
published in 1957, this short book is an accessible introduction to Tillich’s
fundamental theological commitments.Tull, James E. Shapers of Baptist Thought. Reprint. Macon, GA: Mercer
University Press, 1984. The most helpful single volume I have found for
purposes of understanding the shape and intent of Baptist theology.Voltaire. Philosophical Dictionary. Translated by T. Besterman. New York:
Penguin, 1984. Not really a dictionary or very philosophical, this is actually
a collection of short essays, written in Voltaire’s inimitably vigorous satirical
style, providing a vivid introduction to the later Deists’ critique of revealed
religion and especially of the Bible.Watt, Jan van der. An Introduction to the Johannine Gospel and Letters.
Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 2008. A brief introduction both to the theology of
the Gospel and Letters of John and to recent scholarship on them.