Christianity Today's 100 most spiritually significant books of the 20th century

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Christianity Today asked more than 100 of its contributors and church leaders to nominate the ten best religious books of the twentieth century. By best books, we meant those that not only were important when first published, but also have enduring significance for the Christian faith and church. We have included books which do not always prompt agreement, but which are important for evangelical Christians to read and contend with. A few "period" pieces also made the list of 90.

By far, C. S. Lewis was the most popular author and Mere Christianity the book nominated most often. Indeed, we could have included even more Lewis works, but finally we had to say: "Enough is enough; give some other authors a chance."

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  1. 52.
    The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
    by Thomas S. Kuhn

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  2. 53.
    To Kill a Mockingbird
    by Harper Lee

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  3. 54.
    A Sand County Almanac (Outdoor Essays & Reflections)
    by Aldo Leopold

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  4. 55.
    Christianity and Liberalism
    by J. Gresham Machen

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  5. 56.
    After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory
    by Alasdair C. MacIntyre

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  6. 57.
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    The Autobiography of Malcolm X
    by Alex; Handler, M. S. Malcom X; Haley

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  7. 58.
    Fundamentalism and American Culture (New Edition)
    by George M. Marsden

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  8. 59.
    Vipers' Tangle (The Loyola Classics Series)
    by Francois Mauriac

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  9. 61.
    The Naked Public Square: Religion and Democracy in America
    by Richard John Neuhaus

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  10. 62.
    The Gospel in a Pluralist Society
    by Lesslie Newbigin

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  11. 63.
    Christ and Culture (Torchbooks)
    by H. Richard Niebuhr

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  12. 64.
    The Cloister Walk
    by Kathleen Norris

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  13. 65.
    The Wounded Healer: Ministry in Contemporary Society
    by Henri Nouwen

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  14. 66.
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    Agape and Eros
    by Anders Nygren

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  15. 67.
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    Journey Inward, Journey Outward
    by Elizabeth O'Connor

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  16. 68.
    A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
    by Flannery O'Connor

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  17. 69.
    The Idea of the Holy
    by R. Otto

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  18. 70.
    Knowing God
    by J. I. Packer

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  19. 71.
    Cry, the Beloved Country
    by Alan Paton

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  21. 74.
    Personal Knowledge: Towards a Post-Critical Philosophy
    by Michael Polanyi

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  22. 75.
    The Chosen
    by Chaim Potok

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  23. 76.
    Christianity and the Social Crisis (Library of Theological Ethics)
    by Walter Rauschenbusch

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  24. 77.
    The Mind of the Maker
    by Dorothy L. Sayers

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  25. 78.
    The Quest of the Historical Jesus
    by Albert Schweitzer

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  26. 79.
    On the Beach
    by Nevil Shute

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  27. 81.
    The Gulag Archipelago: 1918-1956
    by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn

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  28. 82.
    One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich: A Novel
    by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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  29. 83.
    Basic Christianity
    by John R. W. Stott

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  30. 84.
    The Meaning of Persons
    by Paul Tournier

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  31. 85.
    The Pursuit of God
    by A. W. Tozer

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  32. 86.
    The Guns of August
    by Barbara W. Tuchman

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  33. 87.
    Mysticism
    by Evelyn Underhill

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  34. 89.
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    Old Testament Theology
    by Gerhard von Rad

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  35. 91.
    The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
    by Max Weber

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  36. 92.
    Waiting for God (Perennial Classics)
    by Simone Weil

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  37. 93.
    Night (Oprah's Book Club)
    by Elie Wiesel

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  38. 94.
    Descent Into Hell
    by Charles Williams

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  39. 96.
    Jesus I Never Knew, The
    by Philip Yancey

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  40. 97.
    The Man in the Mirror : Solving the 24 Problems Men Face
    by Patrick Morley

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  41. 98.
    The Eighth Day of Creation: Makers of the Revolution in Biology
    by Horace Freeland Judson

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  42. 99.
    Joni
    by Joni Eareckson Tada

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  43. 100.
    Born Again (Colson, Charles)
    by Charles Colson

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