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THE QUESTION
Tell us about a book (or books) that made a difference in your life.
On Faith Bookshelf
Tell us about a book (or books) that made a difference in your life.
» Readers: Add your choice to the On Faith Bookshelf
Posted by
Sally Quinn and Jon Meacham on June 25, 2008 4:11 AM
FROM THE PANEL
"Collaboration with Tyrrany"
On the book that has most influenced me, I think it is probably David Daube's "Collaboration with Tyranny," a short monograph I read when I was a rabbinical student. It discusses in great detail how people should behave when an...
Posted by Julia Neuberger, on July 1, 2008 8:34 AM
Three Books That Changed My Life
The Talmud is our chance to participate in a three thousand year-old conversation about life's biggest questions, and some of its most pressing details, too.
Posted by Brad Hirschfield, on June 30, 2008 8:44 AM
Old, New, Borrowed, Blue
Whatever my views on human relationships as a book lover I am definitely polygamous. I was asked for one book, but I love too many books to list just one.
Posted by John Mark Reynolds, on June 30, 2008 7:47 AM
Books That Nourish the Mind and the Soul
Reality history at its best: the moving letters that the soon-to-be martyr, Bishop Ignatius of Antioch, wrote to different churches on his way to Rome to be thrown to the lions.
Posted by Thomas G. Bohlin, on June 30, 2008 5:03 AM
A Few of My Favorite Books
Robinson relates how being associated with Reagan, the man, made Robinson a better husband, father, son, citizen, and employee. I think reading it made me a better man, too.
Posted by Richard Land, on June 30, 2008 4:34 AM
My All-Time Favorite Book
"Mere Christianity" is an enduring classic. Its effect on me was nothing less than life-changing. A friend gave it to me in the darkest days of Watergate and that, plus my friends’ witness, led to my conversion to Christ 35 years ago this summer.
Posted by Charles "Chuck" Colson, on June 26, 2008 10:51 AM
Islam and the Destiny of Man
This book was the lens through which I read the Qur'an and understood the Prophet's life, and was almost singlehandedly responsible for my conversion.
Posted by Pamela K. Taylor, on June 26, 2008 9:24 AM
"The People of Many Books”
The Jews are not just “The People of the Book.” Much closer to the fact, they are "The People of Many Books”.
Posted by Adin Steinsaltz, on June 26, 2008 6:39 AM
Books Can Be Formative Forces
Heading the list of “books that made a difference” in my life must be the BIBLE, which at age 12 I took to reading eagerly, intensely, daily, without either encouragement or discouragement from my family.
Posted by Willis E. Elliott, on June 26, 2008 5:12 AM
"What's So Amazing About Grace?"
My understanding of grace worked well for me until I read Philip Yancey's "What's So Amazing About Grace?" For the first time in my life, I understood that grace was something we receive so that we can use it in practicing forgiveness.
Posted by Susan K. Smith, on June 25, 2008 9:35 AM
The Most Unforgettable Books I Ever Met
The King James Bible, which is indeed the only great book ever written by a committee.
Posted by Susan Jacoby, on June 25, 2008 8:14 AM
"My Utmost for His Highest"
I have read it nearly every day since my wife gave it to me in 1974. It has encouraged, taught, humbled and given me insights into myself.
Posted by Cal Thomas, on June 25, 2008 7:47 AM
"Self Renewal"
Sometimes it makes sense to go back and reread what our founding fathers and mothers were trying to say to us that just may be relevant for our times.
Posted by Bob Edgar, on June 25, 2008 5:50 AM
Diary of a Country Priest
George Bernanos' Diary of a Country Priest had a profound impact on me. I have always looked for religious meaning far from centers or celebrations of power.
Posted by Martin Marty, on June 24, 2008 11:45 AM
"...an extraordinary gift for hope..."
Fitzgerald's novel is one I return to year after year. His writing is so sublime that individual sentences still stop me cold in their elegance and I have to read through them again.
Posted by Gustav Niebuhr, on June 24, 2008 10:10 AM
FEATURED COMMENTS
lepidopteryx: Everything I read, hear, see, or otherwise experience changes my life in some way, but a few of the majors:
Starhawk's "The Spiral Dance" -...
Mike (FVThinker) Burns: Arguably the most important book I read was "The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins. It is not the best of the breed (I prefer Dennett), but ...
