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Saturday, December 23, 2006

John Paul II's biographer on five books for understanding Christianity

Here is an interesting list from George Weigel, a Catholic theologian and biographer of John Paul. Only two of the books are by Catholics.

Worth Saving OpinionJournal - Five Best

The only thing I've read of the five is a few brief sections from Dante's "Divine Comedy." Probably back in high school. However Jaroslav Pelikan and N.T. Wright are well-known scholars (I should read the recommended book of Wright's).

in fact, I just looked up Wright's book on amazon - here's some info and reviews:Amazon.com: The Challenge of Jesus: Rediscovering Who Jesus Was and Is: Books: N. T. Wright

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