Here is the reading list for the St. Alphonsus Great Books group through April 2014.
Please note that the sessions in December and January will meet on the second Thursday of the month.
http://www.ccel.org/ccel/therese/autobio.html
Please note that the sessions in December and January will meet on the second Thursday of the month.
Thursday, December 12, 2013
C.S.
Lewis, The Four Loves. In this work, Lewis explores the differences
between four kinds of love: affection, friendship, romantic love, and Christian
love (agape).
An online
version may be found at:
Thursday, January 9, 2014
Charles
Dickens, A Christmas Carol.
There
are numerous versions of A Christmas Carol online, some with
illustrations, some without:
http://www.literature.org/authors/dickens-charles/christmas-carol/chapter-01.html
(no illustrations)
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/46/46-h/46-h.htm
(with illustrations)
Thursday, February 6, 2014
St.
Teresa of Avila, The Interior Castle. This is St. Teresa’s classic work on the
contemplative life.
An
online translation may be found at:
Thursday, March 6
David
Bentley Hart, The Experience of God:
Being, Consciousness, Bliss. In this
work, Hart critiques the demiurgic notion of God assumed or proposed by both
the advocates of mechanical Naturalism, the dominant worldview of our age, and,
often as not, even theists.
Thursday, April 3
St.
Thérèse of Lisieux, The Story of a
Soul. This is St. Thérèse’s classic
and hugely influential autobiography. A
recommended translation is The
Complete Therese of Lisieux (Paracle
Giants), translated by Robert Edmonson.
Online
versions may be found at: