Lists of Bests: Christianity Today's 100 most spiritually significant books of the 20th century http://www.listsofbests.com/list/15321 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." Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:55:31 GMT en-us 0 50 100 50 0 The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2144320 <div id="position">1</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Mere Christianity http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2141584 <div id="position">2</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by C.S. Lewis</div> The Chronicles of Narnia http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/857711 <div id="position">3</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by C.S. Lewis</div> Bonhoeffer's Cost of Discipleship (Shepherd's Notes. Christian Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1384505 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1384505"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0805491988.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Greg Ligon</div> J.R.R. Tolkien Boxed Set (The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7578 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7578"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345340426.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J.R.R. Tolkien</div> The Politics of Jesus http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24265 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24265"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0802807348.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Howard Yoder</div> Orthodoxy (Dodo Press) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2180581 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2180581"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1406510025.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by G. K. Chesterton</div> The Seven Storey Mountain http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3990 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3990"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0156010860.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056422641_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas Merton</div> Celebration of Discipline http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/310123 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/310123"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/034073521X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard J. Foster</div> My Utmost for His Highest http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2243755 <div id="position">10</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Incorporated Barbour Publishing</div> Moral Man and Immoral Society: A Study of Ethics and Politics (Library of Theological Ethics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/84879 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/84879"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0664224741.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Reinhold Niebuhr</div> Things Fall Apart http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2171001 <div id="position">12</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Chinua Achebe</div> Big Book Awakening - 12 Step Guide Book http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2264992 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2264992"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000H4QOV8.01-A2MGA6W3AOXOB._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Awakening</div> Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13999 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13999"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0452011469.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Roland H. Bainton</div> The Epistle to the Romans (Galaxy Books) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/58871 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/58871"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0195002946.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056423472_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Karl Barth</div> The Denial of Death http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/966646 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/966646"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0844669326.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ernest Becker</div> Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2265008 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2265008"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0520205685.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056450160_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert N. 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Hays</div> God, Revelation and Authority http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/842053 <div id="position">45</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carl Ferdinand Howard Henry</div> Hiroshima (Vintage) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18623 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18623"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0679721037.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Hersey</div> The Prophets (Perennial Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1393 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1393"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060936991.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Abraham J. 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