Book/Theologian Recommendation

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One of the things that I think is most important is having a dialogue with people of different religious backgrounds since it promotes tolerance and understanding. Because of this belief, I often have theological discussions with my protestant and atheist friends. I have been trying to research some of the difficult topics such as the wrath of God in the OT, homosexuality, worthiness in the eyes of God, and symbolic/literal reading of the OT in particular. I have found books by Raymond E Brown to be good since they have a very analytical and scholarly approach to the Bible. However, he often does not go into the controversial topics very deeply. Who would be some good authors/theologians that address these controversial topics explicitly, but write in the same vain as Brown. Thanks.

 

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One of the things that I think is most important is having a dialogue with people of different religious backgrounds since it promotes tolerance and understanding. Because of this belief, I often have theological discussions with my protestant and atheist friends. I have been trying to research some of the difficult topics such as the wrath of God in the OT, homosexuality, worthiness in the eyes of God, and symbolic/literal reading of the OT in particular. I have found books by Raymond E Brown to be good since they have a very analytical and scholarly approach to the Bible. However, he often does not go into the controversial topics very deeply. Who would be some good authors/theologians that address these controversial topics explicitly, but write in the same vain as Brown. Thanks.

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One of the things that I think is most important is having a dialogue with people of different religious backgrounds since it promotes tolerance and understanding. Because of this belief, I often have theological discussions with my protestant and atheist friends. I have been trying to research some of the difficult topics such as the wrath of God in the OT, homosexuality, worthiness in the eyes of God, and symbolic/literal reading of the OT in particular. I have found books by Raymond E Brown to be good since they have a very analytical and scholarly approach to the Bible. However, he often does not go into the controversial topics very deeply. Who would be some good authors/theologians that address these controversial topics explicitly, but write in the same vain as Brown. Thanks.

I think that Scott Hahn has a book coming out that talks about Atheism. There are many Apologetics authors (former Protestant) that provide great resources…Rome Sweet Home by Scott Hahn; Crossing the Tiber by Steve Ray just to mention a few. And of course the Catechism. Also if you are not already watching…Marcus Grodi has a Journey Home series on EWTN that is great.

I also talk to many Protestant friends but sometimes it is nice not be the one always having to come up with the answers (of course you always can!). I often start off with the Big Picture and ask my Protestant friends to explain their Authority for intepreting the Bible. Most will say the Holy Spirit. The next logical step is for you to give examples of how most Protestant demominations get their intepretation from the Holy Spirit. The question becomes…How many Holy Spirit’s are there, and if thers is only ONE (and they will all agree that there is)…do you really think the Holy Spirit would allow hundreds of intepretations to be different (abortions, gay marriages, birth control, etc…)? Hope this helps a little.

God’s Peace

 

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Peter Kreeft’s “Handbook of Christian Apologetics” is by far the best apologetics book out there for talking with Atheists. He also has a lot of free audio that deal with contraversial subjects at www.peterkreeft.com

 

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Thanks for all the suggestions. After much research I discovered the works of Fr. John L. McKenzie. I have started reading The Two Edged Sword and I have found it to be perfect for what I am looking for. I look forward to reading his New Testament without Illusion, which also promises to be excellent.