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History of Philosophy

  • God, Philosophy, Universities: A Selective History of the Catholic Philosophical Tradition by Alasdair MacIntyre
  • A History of Philosophy, Volumes I-IX by Frederick Copleston
  • A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps, Volumes I-VI by Peter Adamson
  • A History of Western Philosophy and Theology by John M. Frame
  • How the World Thinks: A Global History of Philosophy by Julian Baggini
  • A New History of Western Philosophy, Volumes I-IV by Anthony Kenny
  • Sophie’s World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy by Jostein Gaarder
  • The Story of Philosophy by Will Durant
  • The World Philosophy Made: From Plato to the Digital Age by Scott Soames

Overview of Philosophy

  • Basic Teachings of the Great Philosophers by S. E. Frost
  • Christian Philosophy: A Systematic and Narrative Introduction by Craig Bartholomew and Michael Goheen
  • The Elements of Philosophy: A Compendium for Philosophers and Theologians by William Wallace
  • Four Views on Christianity and Philosophy by Oppy, Oliphint, McGrew, and Moser
  • The Great Philosophers: The Lives and Ideas of History’s Greatest Thinkers by Stephen Law
  • In Defense of Philosophy: Classical Wisdom Stands Up to Modern Challenges by Josef Pieper
  • An Introduction to Philosophy: Perennial Principles of the Classical Realist Tradition by Daniel J. Sullivan
  • Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview by J. P. Moreland and William Lane Craig
  • Philosophy: A Christian Introduction by James K. Dew Jr. and Paul Gould
  • Seat of Wisdom: An Introduction to Philosophy in the Catholic Tradition by James M. Jacobs
  • We Are All Philosophers: A Christian Introduction to Seven Fundamental Questions by John M. Frame
  • What Does It All Mean? A Very Short Introduction to Philosophy by Thomas Nagel

Philosophy for Theology

  • The Beginnings of Christian Philosophy: The Epistle to the Hebrews by James W. Thompson
  • Biblical Philosophy: A Hebraic Approach to the Old and New Testaments by Dru Johnson
  • Ecumenism & Philosophy: Philosophical Questions for a Renewal of Dialogue by Charles Morerod
  • Logic and the Way of Jesus: Thinking Critically and Christianly by Travis Dickinson
  • The Love of Wisdom: An Introduction to Philosophy for Theologians by Andrew Davison
  • The Philosopher and Theology by Etienne Gilson
  • Philosophy and Theology by John D. Caputo
  • The Philosophy of Jesus by Peter Kreeft
  • Primary Readings in Philosophy for Understanding Theology edited by Diogenes Allen and Eric Springsted