{"id":55,"date":"2024-08-07T22:52:36","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T22:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/religion\/?page_id=55"},"modified":"2024-10-15T22:08:59","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T22:08:59","slug":"books","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/religion\/books\/","title":{"rendered":"Books"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<main class=\"wp-block-group constrain-md\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Books<\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"hailed-books \" data-frequency=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/wp-json\/signal\/books?&count=20&category=religion&format=div&orderby=date&order=DESC&refresh=3600\" refresh-needed=\"1\" echo-since=\"26288\"><article class=\"hailed tease fi publisher-discovery-institute-press published\" data-frequency=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/wp-json\/signal\/books?&count=20&category=religion&format=div&orderby=date&order=DESC&refresh=3600\" refresh-needed=\"1\" echo-since=\"26288\" id=\"book_120639\" style=\"--background-image: url('https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/2026\/01\/eboc-back-lighterer-1600x900.jpg')\" category=\"Religion and Civic Life\"><figure class=\"article-figure \" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/2026\/01\/Endowed-Front-Cover-667x1000.jpg)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/b\/endowed-by-our-creator\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/2026\/01\/Endowed-Front-Cover-667x1000.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/figure><header class=\"article-header\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/b\/endowed-by-our-creator\/\"> Endowed by Our Creator<\/a><\/h3><sub><dl class=\"article-meta\"><dd class=\"article-author author-prefix\" data-by=\"By \">John G. West<\/dd><dd class=\"article-date date-prefix\">March 3, 2026<\/dd><dd class=\"article-category\">Religion and Civic Life<\/dd><\/dl><\/sub><\/header><center class=\"article-center\">In this timely book, political scientist John G. West explores the original meaning of the Declaration and shows how its propositions drew support from both the Bible and early modern science. He then documents how science was later misused to overturn the Declaration\u2019s teaching on equality, subvert its understanding of liberty, and justify the creation of a technocratic state that regulates us from cradle to grave. Finally, he reveals new scientific discoveries that are pointing us back to the truths expressed in the Declaration \u2014 and he explains why it is urgent that our culture recover them.<\/center><footer class=\"article-footer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/b\/endowed-by-our-creator\/\" class=\"\"><span class=\"text-default\">Read More ...<\/span><\/a><\/footer><\/article><article class=\"hailed tease fi publisher-discovery-institute-press published\" data-frequency=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/wp-json\/signal\/books?&count=20&category=religion&format=div&orderby=date&order=DESC&refresh=3600\" refresh-needed=\"1\" echo-since=\"26288\" id=\"book_112156\" style=\"--background-image: url('https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/2024\/11\/close-up-background-wolfskin-small-gray-wolf-fur-natura-514256755-stockpack-adobe_stock-1600x1067.jpg')\" category=\"Religion and Civic Life\"><figure class=\"article-figure \" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/2024\/10\/scc-cover-667x1000.jpg)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/b\/stockholm-syndrome-christianity\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/2024\/10\/scc-cover-667x1000.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/figure><header class=\"article-header\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/b\/stockholm-syndrome-christianity\/\"> Stockholm Syndrome Christianity<\/a><\/h3><sub><dl class=\"article-meta\"><dd class=\"article-author author-prefix\" data-by=\"By \">John G. West<\/dd><dd class=\"article-date date-prefix\">February 3, 2025<\/dd><dd class=\"article-category\">Religion and Civic Life<\/dd><\/dl><\/sub><\/header><center class=\"article-center\">What if American culture isn\u2019t collapsing because of crusading secularists? What if it\u2019s failing because leading Christians identify more with secular elites than with their fellow believers? Those are the provocative questions posed by <em>Stockholm Syndrome Christianity<\/em>, which exposes how influential Christian leaders are siding with their anti-Christian cultural captors on everything from biblical authority and science to sex, race, and religious liberty. <\/center><footer class=\"article-footer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/b\/stockholm-syndrome-christianity\/\" class=\"\"><span class=\"text-default\">Read More ...<\/span><\/a><\/footer><\/article><article class=\"hailed tease fi publisher-salem-books published\" data-frequency=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/wp-json\/signal\/books?&count=20&category=religion&format=div&orderby=date&order=DESC&refresh=3600\" refresh-needed=\"1\" echo-since=\"26288\" id=\"book_103428\" style=\"--background-image: url('https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/2023\/10\/red-bandages-kick-boxing-1600x1068.jpg')\" category=\"Economics\"><figure class=\"article-figure \" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/2023\/10\/Fight-the-Good-Fight-663x1000.jpg)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/b\/fight-the-good-fight\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/2023\/10\/Fight-the-Good-Fight-663x1000.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/figure><header class=\"article-header\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/b\/fight-the-good-fight\/\"> Fight the Good Fight<\/a><\/h3><sub><dl class=\"article-meta\"><dd class=\"article-author author-prefix\" data-by=\"By \">Jay W. Richards<\/dd><dd class=\"article-date date-prefix\">February 13, 2024<\/dd><dd class=\"article-category\">Economics<\/dd><\/dl><\/sub><\/header><center class=\"article-center\">Hard choices lie ahead, Christians. The bestselling team of James Robison and Jay Richards show what\u2019s at stake in our post-Christian society, how to prepare, and why we must never forget that the battle, above all, is spiritual. Our rulers have kicked aside our Constitution and common sense. They have demonized our heroes. Now they\u2019re trying to erase the difference between male and female. All while running up unimaginable and catastrophic debt. What\u2019s left for Christians in such a society, where dissent invites ruinous retribution? Should they retreat? Fight back? Something else? God is not finished with us as a nation, but if we\u2019re going to get off the road to ruin, we must do more than slow down and conserve whatever good remains: We must repent. That means a hard, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/b\/fight-the-good-fight\/\"> &hellip; <\/a><\/center><footer class=\"article-footer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/b\/fight-the-good-fight\/\" class=\"\"><span class=\"text-default\">Read More ...<\/span><\/a><\/footer><\/article><article class=\"hailed tease fi publisher-baker-books published\" data-frequency=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/wp-json\/signal\/books?&count=20&category=religion&format=div&orderby=date&order=DESC&refresh=3600\" refresh-needed=\"1\" echo-since=\"26288\" id=\"book_100516\" style=\"--background-image: url('https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/2023\/06\/symbols-of-masculinity-and-femininity-on-a-brown-background-concept-stockpack-adobe-stock-1600x1067.jpg')\" category=\"Religion and Civic Life\"><figure class=\"article-figure \" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/2023\/06\/ToxicWarMasculinity-662x1000.jpeg)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/b\/the-toxic-war-on-masculinity\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/2023\/06\/ToxicWarMasculinity-662x1000.jpeg\"\/><\/a><\/figure><header class=\"article-header\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/b\/the-toxic-war-on-masculinity\/\"> The Toxic War on Masculinity<\/a><\/h3><sub><dl class=\"article-meta\"><dd class=\"article-author author-prefix\" data-by=\"By \">Nancy Pearcey<\/dd><dd class=\"article-date date-prefix\">June 27, 2023<\/dd><dd class=\"article-category\">Religion and Civic Life<\/dd><\/dl><\/sub><\/header><center class=\"article-center\">&#8220;Why Can&#8217;t We Hate Men?&#8221; asks a headline in the Washington Post. A trendy hashtag is #KillAllMen. Books are sold titled I Hate Men,&nbsp;No Good Men, and Are Men Necessary?How did an ideology arise that condemns masculinity as dangerous and destructive?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Bestselling author Nancy Pearcey has a knack for tackling the tough issues of our day. A former agnostic, Pearcey was hailed in The Economist as &#8220;America&#8217;s pre-eminent evangelical Protestant female intellectual.&#8221; In this book, she takes readers on a fascinating romp through American history to discover how the secular script for masculinity turned toxic \u2014 and what action we can take to fix it.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We often hear that Exhibit A of toxic behavior is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/b\/the-toxic-war-on-masculinity\/\"> &hellip; <\/a><\/center><footer class=\"article-footer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/b\/the-toxic-war-on-masculinity\/\" class=\"\"><span class=\"text-default\">Read More ...<\/span><\/a><\/footer><\/article><article class=\"hailed tease fi publisher-post-hill-press published\" data-frequency=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/wp-json\/signal\/books?&count=20&category=religion&format=div&orderby=date&order=DESC&refresh=3600\" refresh-needed=\"1\" echo-since=\"26288\" id=\"book_72402\" style=\"--background-image: url('https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/2022\/03\/AdobeStock_65387388-1600x945.jpeg')\" category=\"Religion and Civic Life\"><figure class=\"article-figure \" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/2022\/03\/rediscovering-america-660x1000.jpg)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/b\/rediscovering-america\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/2022\/03\/rediscovering-america-660x1000.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/figure><header class=\"article-header\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/b\/rediscovering-america\/\"> Rediscovering America<\/a><\/h3><sub><dl class=\"article-meta\"><dd class=\"article-author author-prefix\" data-by=\"By \">Scott S. Powell<\/dd><dd class=\"article-date date-prefix\">March 8, 2022<\/dd><dd class=\"article-category\">Religion and Civic Life<\/dd><\/dl><\/sub><\/header><center class=\"article-center\">The only book ever written in the history genre that succinctly tells the progressive and redemptive course of America as revealed in the stories behind the American holidays. More than an account of people, dates, and events, this story is about the hidden hand of a purposeful historical development where the main actors are colorful characters, participating in an American drama of little known but remarkable events where overcoming incredible odds of failure is more unbelievable and engaging than fiction.<\/center><footer class=\"article-footer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/b\/rediscovering-america\/\" class=\"\"><span class=\"text-default\">Read More ...<\/span><\/a><\/footer><\/article><article class=\"hailed tease fi publisher-discovery-institute-press published\" data-frequency=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/wp-json\/signal\/books?&count=20&category=religion&format=div&orderby=date&order=DESC&refresh=3600\" refresh-needed=\"1\" echo-since=\"26288\" id=\"book_411\" style=\"--background-image: url('https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/2020\/05\/old-book-stockpack-unsplash-1600x1067.jpg')\" category=\"Intelligent Design\"><figure class=\"article-figure \" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/2019\/04\/NewMagicianCover_RGBampsm.jpg)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/b\/the-magicians-twin\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/2019\/04\/NewMagicianCover_RGBampsm.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/figure><header class=\"article-header\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/b\/the-magicians-twin\/\"> The Magician&#8217;s Twin<\/a><\/h3><sub><dl class=\"article-meta\"><dd class=\"article-author author-prefix\" data-by=\"By \">John G. West<\/dd><dd class=\"article-date date-prefix\">September 1, 2012<\/dd><dd class=\"article-category\">Intelligent Design<\/dd><\/dl><\/sub><\/header><center class=\"article-center\">In this wide-ranging book of essays edited by John G. West, contemporary writers probe Lewis\u2019s warnings about the dehumanizing impact of scientism on ethics, politics, faith, reason, and science itself. Issues explored include Lewis\u2019s views on bioethics, eugenics, evolution, intelligent design, and what he called \u201cscientocracy.\u201d<\/center><footer class=\"article-footer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/b\/the-magicians-twin\/\" class=\"\"><span class=\"text-default\">Read More ...<\/span><\/a><\/footer><\/article><article class=\"hailed tease fi publisher-ignatius-press published\" data-frequency=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/wp-json\/signal\/books?&count=20&category=religion&format=div&orderby=date&order=DESC&refresh=3600\" refresh-needed=\"1\" echo-since=\"26288\" id=\"book_87634\" style=\"--background-image: url('https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/2022\/12\/closeup-compass-copper-1600x1600.jpg')\" category=\"Religion and Civic Life\"><figure class=\"article-figure \" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/2022\/12\/what-we-cant-not-know-budziszewski.jpeg)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/b\/what-we-cant-not-know\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/2022\/12\/what-we-cant-not-know-budziszewski.jpeg\"\/><\/a><\/figure><header class=\"article-header\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/b\/what-we-cant-not-know\/\"> What We Can&#8217;t Not Know<\/a><\/h3><sub><dl class=\"article-meta\"><dd class=\"article-author author-prefix\" data-by=\"By \">J. Budziszewski<\/dd><dd class=\"article-date date-prefix\">December 11, 2011<\/dd><dd class=\"article-category\">Religion and Civic Life<\/dd><\/dl><\/sub><\/header><center class=\"article-center\">In this new revised edition of his groundbreaking work, Professor J. Budziszewski questions the modern assumption that moral truths are unknowable. With clear and logical arguments he rehabilitates the natural law tradition and restores confidence in a moral code based upon human nature.&nbsp; What We Can&#8217;t Not Know&nbsp;explains the rational foundation of what we all really know to be right and wrong and shows how that foundation has been kicked out from under western society. Having gone through stages of atheism and nihilism in his own search for truth, Budziszewski understands the philosophical and personal roots of moral relativism. With wisdom born of both experience and rigorous intellectual inquiry, he offers a firm foothold to those who are attempting either to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/b\/what-we-cant-not-know\/\"> &hellip; <\/a><\/center><footer class=\"article-footer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/b\/what-we-cant-not-know\/\" class=\"\"><span class=\"text-default\">Read More ...<\/span><\/a><\/footer><\/article><article class=\"hailed tease fi publisher-discovery-institute-press publisher-foundation-for-thought-and-ethics published\" data-frequency=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/wp-json\/signal\/books?&count=20&category=religion&format=div&orderby=date&order=DESC&refresh=3600\" refresh-needed=\"1\" echo-since=\"26288\" id=\"book_1634\" style=\"--background-image: url('https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/2020\/04\/h68w9ml9pam-1600x1067.jpg')\" category=\"Religion and Civic Life\"><figure class=\"article-figure \" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/2014\/04\/never-before-in-history-746x1000.jpg)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/b\/never-before-in-history\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/2014\/04\/never-before-in-history-746x1000.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/figure><header class=\"article-header\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/b\/never-before-in-history\/\"> Never Before in History<\/a><\/h3><sub><dl class=\"article-meta\"><dd class=\"article-author author-prefix\" data-by=\"By \">Gary Amos and Richard Gardiner<\/dd><dd class=\"article-date date-prefix\">January 1, 2011<\/dd><dd class=\"article-category\">Religion and Civic Life<\/dd><\/dl><\/sub><\/header><center class=\"article-center\">For bulk orders of 10 or more copies of this book, contact Pam Bailey. Accounts of the American founding often focus on its roots in Greek, Roman, and Enlightenment thought. In this textbook, Gary Amos and Richard Gardiner explore how the Protestant Reformation also influenced the thinking of America\u2019s Founders, supplying a foundation for core principles like the dignity of the individual, inalienable rights, government by consent of the governed, and the separation of church and state. This beautifully illustrated account of America\u2019s founding has been highly acclaimed and used in private and charter schools as well as homeschools. A teacher\u2019s guide is also available. Published under the imprint of FTE Books. About the Authors Gary Amos is an attorney, businessman, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/b\/never-before-in-history\/\"> &hellip; <\/a><\/center><footer class=\"article-footer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/b\/never-before-in-history\/\" class=\"\"><span class=\"text-default\">Read More ...<\/span><\/a><\/footer><\/article><article class=\"hailed tease fi publisher-doubleday-religion published\" data-frequency=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/wp-json\/signal\/books?&count=20&category=religion&format=div&orderby=date&order=DESC&refresh=3600\" refresh-needed=\"1\" echo-since=\"26288\" id=\"book_104326\" style=\"--background-image: url('https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/2023\/11\/ten-commandments-stockpack-adobe-stock-1600x1056.jpg')\" category=\"Religion and Civic Life\"><figure class=\"article-figure \" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/2007\/08\/Shattered-Tablets-book.jpg)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/b\/shattered-tablets\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/2007\/08\/Shattered-Tablets-book.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/figure><header class=\"article-header\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/b\/shattered-tablets\/\"> Shattered Tablets<\/a><\/h3><sub><dl class=\"article-meta\"><dd class=\"article-author author-prefix\" data-by=\"By \">David Klinghoffer<\/dd><dd class=\"article-date date-prefix\">August 21, 2007<\/dd><dd class=\"article-category\">Religion and Civic Life<\/dd><\/dl><\/sub><\/header><center class=\"article-center\">Is morality based on some essential truth or is it defined by society? In this highly original critique of American social mores and popular culture, David Klinghoffer argues that the Ten Commandments are essential to maintaining a morally healthy society. With the meticulousness of a scholar, he begins by excavating the meaning of the Commandments. Drawing on the millennia-old rabbinical work Mechilta, he explains that the Decalogue was written on two tablets to show that when a country neglects the Commandments written on the first tablet \u2014 those having to do with the relationship between God and people \u2014 the interpersonal relationships described on the second tablet suffer irreparable damage as well. By shrugging off the Bible as a guide and turning toward secularism, America has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/b\/shattered-tablets\/\"> &hellip; <\/a><\/center><footer class=\"article-footer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/b\/shattered-tablets\/\" class=\"\"><span class=\"text-default\">Read More ...<\/span><\/a><\/footer><\/article><article class=\"hailed tease fi publisher-discovery-institute-press published\" data-frequency=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/wp-json\/signal\/books?&count=20&category=religion&format=div&orderby=date&order=DESC&refresh=3600\" refresh-needed=\"1\" echo-since=\"26288\" id=\"book_18276\" style=\"--background-image: url('https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/2020\/01\/gdq_az6cspo-scaled.jpg')\" category=\"Intelligent Design\"><figure class=\"article-figure \" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/2006\/11\/Darwins-Conservatives-667x1000.jpg)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/b\/darwins-conservatives\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/2006\/11\/Darwins-Conservatives-667x1000.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/figure><header class=\"article-header\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/b\/darwins-conservatives\/\"> Darwin&#8217;s Conservatives<\/a><\/h3><sub><dl class=\"article-meta\"><dd class=\"article-author author-prefix\" data-by=\"By \">John G. West<\/dd><dd class=\"article-date date-prefix\">November 14, 2006<\/dd><dd class=\"article-category\">Intelligent Design<\/dd><\/dl><\/sub><\/header><center class=\"article-center\">Dr. West addresses how Darwin\u2019s theory, contrary to its conservative champions, manifestly does not reinforce the teachings of conservatism. According to West, Darwinism promotes moral relativism rather than traditional morality. It fosters utopianism rather than limited government. It is corrosive, rather than supportive, of both free will and religious belief.<\/center><footer class=\"article-footer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/b\/darwins-conservatives\/\" class=\"\"><span class=\"text-default\">Read More ...<\/span><\/a><\/footer><\/article><article class=\"hailed tease fi publisher-inkling-books published\" data-frequency=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/wp-json\/signal\/books?&count=20&category=religion&format=div&orderby=date&order=DESC&refresh=3600\" refresh-needed=\"1\" echo-since=\"26288\" id=\"book_105343\" style=\"--background-image: url('https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/2024\/01\/inspiration-from-movie-capture-the-tranquility-of-a-majestic-mountain-range-as-the-sun-rises-generated-with-ai-stockpack-adobe-stock-1600x1067.jpg')\" category=\"Religion and Civic Life\"><figure class=\"article-figure \" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/2024\/01\/celebratingme-Medium.png)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/b\/celebrating-middle-earth\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/2024\/01\/celebratingme-Medium.png\"\/><\/a><\/figure><header class=\"article-header\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/b\/celebrating-middle-earth\/\"> Celebrating Middle-Earth<\/a><\/h3><sub><dl class=\"article-meta\"><dd class=\"article-author author-prefix\" data-by=\"Edited by \">John G. West<\/dd><dd class=\"article-date date-prefix\">August 30, 2002<\/dd><dd class=\"article-category\">Religion and Civic Life<\/dd><\/dl><\/sub><\/header><center class=\"article-center\">Six talented writers and Tolkien scholars describe the role that J. R. R. Tolkien\u2019s The Lord of the Rings has in the literary, political, and religious traditions of Western civilization. Chapters include \u201cThe Lord of the Rings as a Defense of Western Civilization\u201d by John G. West; \u201cWartime Wisdom: Ten Uncommon Insights about Evil in The Lord of the Rings\u201d by Peter Kreeft; \u201cThe Literary Backgrounds of The Lord of the Rings\u201d by Janet Leslie Blumberg; \u201cTrue Myth: The Catholicism of The Lord of the Rings\u201d by Joseph Pearce; \u201cTheology and Morality in The Lord of the Rings\u201d; and \u201cThe Lord of the Rings and the Meaning of Life\u201d by Phillip Goggans. Excerpt \u201cThe book is too original and too opulent for any final judgement on a first reading,\u201d declared C.S. Lewis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/b\/celebrating-middle-earth\/\"> &hellip; <\/a><\/center><footer class=\"article-footer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/b\/celebrating-middle-earth\/\" class=\"\"><span class=\"text-default\">Read More ...<\/span><\/a><\/footer><\/article><article class=\"hailed tease fi publisher-crossway published\" data-frequency=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/wp-json\/signal\/books?&count=20&category=religion&format=div&orderby=date&order=DESC&refresh=3600\" refresh-needed=\"1\" echo-since=\"26288\" id=\"book_12839\" category=\"Intelligent Design\"><figure class=\"article-figure \" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/2006\/05\/The-God-of-Miracles.jpg)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/b\/god-of-miracles\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/2006\/05\/The-God-of-Miracles.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/figure><header class=\"article-header\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/b\/god-of-miracles\/\"> The God of Miracles<\/a><\/h3><sub><dl class=\"article-meta\"><dd class=\"article-author author-prefix\" data-by=\"By \">C. John Collins<\/dd><dd class=\"article-date date-prefix\">April 26, 2000<\/dd><dd class=\"article-category\">Intelligent Design<\/dd><\/dl><\/sub><\/header><center class=\"article-center\">Part of the debate over the existence of God centers on questions about the possibility and &#8220;provability&#8221; of miracles. In this groundbreaking work, Dr. C. John Collins, a Discovery Institute Fellow, provides a thorough exegetical foundation for discussing God&#8217;s action in the world within the framework of biblical Christian theology. Collins begins by presenting and contrasting the options within traditional Christian theism. Supernaturalism &#8220;affirms the reality of God&#8217;s action in both the &#8220;natural events&#8221; (created things upheld by divine preservation and concurrence) and the &#8220;supernatural&#8221; ones (qualitatively special divine action).&#8221; (pg. 123) God&#8217;s actions are typically not detectable until He performs miracles and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/b\/god-of-miracles\/\"> &hellip; <\/a><\/center><footer class=\"article-footer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/b\/god-of-miracles\/\" class=\"\"><span class=\"text-default\">Read More ...<\/span><\/a><\/footer><\/article><article class=\"hailed tease fi publisher-university-press-of-america published\" data-frequency=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/wp-json\/signal\/books?&count=20&category=religion&format=div&orderby=date&order=DESC&refresh=3600\" refresh-needed=\"1\" echo-since=\"26288\" id=\"book_46999\" style=\"--background-image: url('https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/2020\/02\/Soup-kitchen-AdobeStock_209358660-1600x1067.jpeg')\" category=\"Economics\"><figure class=\"article-figure \" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/2020\/02\/The-Theology-of-Welfare-West.jpg)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/b\/the-theology-of-welfare\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/2020\/02\/The-Theology-of-Welfare-West.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/figure><header class=\"article-header\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/b\/the-theology-of-welfare\/\"> The Theology of Welfare<\/a><\/h3><sub><dl class=\"article-meta\"><dd class=\"article-author author-prefix\" data-by=\"By \">John G. West and Sonja E. West<\/dd><dd class=\"article-date date-prefix\">January 19, 2000<\/dd><dd class=\"article-category\">Economics<\/dd><\/dl><\/sub><\/header><center class=\"article-center\">This book explores the theological basis for competing visions of welfare in the religious community by bringing together nationally recognized thinkers representing politically diverse strands of thought in Judaism, Catholicism, mainline Protestantism and evangelical Protestantism. <\/center><footer class=\"article-footer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/b\/the-theology-of-welfare\/\" class=\"\"><span class=\"text-default\">Read More ...<\/span><\/a><\/footer><\/article><article class=\"hailed tease fi publisher-oryx-press published\" data-frequency=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/wp-json\/signal\/books?&count=20&category=religion&format=div&orderby=date&order=DESC&refresh=3600\" refresh-needed=\"1\" echo-since=\"26288\" id=\"book_105315\" style=\"--background-image: url('https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/2024\/01\/beautiful-feast-flag-3d-illustration-digital-colorful-illustration-of-usa-flag-made-of-dots-waving-on-purple-with-space-for-your-text-stockpack-adobe-stock-1600x1067.jpg')\" category=\"Religion and Civic Life\"><figure class=\"article-figure \" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/2024\/01\/ERAPcover-Large-744x1000.png)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/b\/encyclopedia-of-religion-in-american-politics\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/2024\/01\/ERAPcover-Large-744x1000.png\"\/><\/a><\/figure><header class=\"article-header\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/b\/encyclopedia-of-religion-in-american-politics\/\"> Encyclopedia of Religion in American Politics<\/a><\/h3><sub><dl class=\"article-meta\"><dd class=\"article-author author-prefix\" data-by=\"Edited by \">John G. West<\/dd><dd class=\"article-date date-prefix\">December 14, 1998<\/dd><dd class=\"article-category\">Religion and Civic Life<\/dd><\/dl><\/sub><\/header><center class=\"article-center\">Today, such issues as abortion, capital punishment, sex education, racism, prayer in public schools, and family values keep religion and politics closely entwined in American public life. This encyclopedia is an A-to-Z listing of a broad range of topics related to religious issues and politics, ranging from the religious freedom sought by the Pilgrims in the 1620s to the rise of the religious right in the 1980s. Editorial Reviews Deserves inclusion in all collections. CHOICE Balanced, current, convenient&#8230; will prove useful to many high-school, public, and academic libraries. Reference &amp; User Service Quarterly Anyone investigating the nexus between these two powerful forces in American history and society will do well to turn this encyclopedia for a wealth of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/b\/encyclopedia-of-religion-in-american-politics\/\"> &hellip; <\/a><\/center><footer class=\"article-footer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/b\/encyclopedia-of-religion-in-american-politics\/\" class=\"\"><span class=\"text-default\">Read More ...<\/span><\/a><\/footer><\/article><article class=\"hailed tease fi publisher-rowman-littlefield-publishers publisher-university-press-of-america published\" data-frequency=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/wp-json\/signal\/books?&count=20&category=religion&format=div&orderby=date&order=DESC&refresh=3600\" refresh-needed=\"1\" echo-since=\"26288\" id=\"book_105359\" style=\"--background-image: url('https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/2024\/01\/federalist-papers-and-the-birth-of-the-united-states-of-america-concept-with-tricorn-hat-candle-feather-quill-musket-gun-the-betsy-ross-american-flag-and-aged-paper-with-copy-space-stockpack-adobe-stock-1600x1067.jpg')\" category=\"Religion and Civic Life\"><figure class=\"article-figure \" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/2024\/01\/nfedpapers-Medium.png)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/b\/the-new-federalist-papers\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/2024\/01\/nfedpapers-Medium.png\"\/><\/a><\/figure><header class=\"article-header\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/b\/the-new-federalist-papers\/\"> The New Federalist Papers<\/a><\/h3><sub><dl class=\"article-meta\"><dd class=\"article-author author-prefix\" data-by=\"Edited by \">John G. West<\/dd><dd class=\"article-date date-prefix\">October 1, 1998<\/dd><dd class=\"article-category\">Religion and Civic Life<\/dd><\/dl><\/sub><\/header><center class=\"article-center\">With over sixty contributing authors, this volume brings together the best of American constitutional scholarship for a comprehensive and provocative discussion of the Constitution\u2019s history, its principles and its current meaning. Contributing authors to the book range from historians and political scientists to Congressmen and Supreme Court Justices. Some of the better-known contributors include former Speaker of the House Tip O&#8217;Neill, former Chief Justice Warren Burger, Congressman Philip Crane, lawyer Phillis Schlafly, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Leonard Levy, former United States Senator Eugene McCarthy, and the venerable dean of United States historians, Henry Steele Commager. Most of the articles published in this volume appeared originally as part of the acclaimed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/b\/the-new-federalist-papers\/\"> &hellip; <\/a><\/center><footer class=\"article-footer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/b\/the-new-federalist-papers\/\" class=\"\"><span class=\"text-default\">Read More ...<\/span><\/a><\/footer><\/article><article class=\"hailed tease fi publisher-university-press-of-kansas published\" data-frequency=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/wp-json\/signal\/books?&count=20&category=religion&format=div&orderby=date&order=DESC&refresh=3600\" refresh-needed=\"1\" echo-since=\"26288\" id=\"book_46737\" style=\"--background-image: url('https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/1996\/06\/church-flag-AdobeStock_1399606-1600x1066.jpeg')\" category=\"Religion and Civic Life\"><figure class=\"article-figure \" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/1996\/06\/politics-of-revelation-and-reason-cover-663x1000.jpg)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/b\/the-politics-of-revelation-and-reason\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/m\/1996\/06\/politics-of-revelation-and-reason-cover-663x1000.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/figure><header class=\"article-header\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/b\/the-politics-of-revelation-and-reason\/\"> The Politics of Revelation and Reason<\/a><\/h3><sub><dl class=\"article-meta\"><dd class=\"article-author author-prefix\" data-by=\"By \">John G. West<\/dd><dd class=\"article-date date-prefix\">June 1, 1996<\/dd><dd class=\"article-category\">Religion and Civic Life<\/dd><\/dl><\/sub><\/header><center class=\"article-center\">In recent years, controversies over abortion, school prayer, and religious cults have raised new questions about the delicate balance between church and state, between true believers and civic authority. John West shows that America&#8217;s Founders had already anticipated and answered such questions by carefully defining religion&#8217;s proper role in politics.<\/center><footer class=\"article-footer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/b\/the-politics-of-revelation-and-reason\/\" class=\"\"><span class=\"text-default\">Read More ...<\/span><\/a><\/footer><\/article><\/div>\n<\/div><\/main>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Books<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":266,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"wholes\/center.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/religion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/religion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/religion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/religion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/266"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/religion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/religion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/religion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/religion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/religion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}