The books behind the argument. Find them at your library, read them free where the law allows, or locate a copy near you through WorldCat.

The primary text behind everything on this site. Available in every major translation through Bible Gateway, and in print through any library or bookstore. The translations listed here represent the Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox traditions.

Protestant

English Standard Version

ESV — 2001

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Protestant

King James Version

KJV — 1611

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Protestant

New International Version

NIV — 1978

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Catholic

New American Bible Revised

NABRE — 2011

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Catholic

Douay-Rheims Bible

DRB — 1610

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Orthodox

Orthodox Study Bible

OSB — 2008

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George MacDonald

Most of MacDonald's work is in the public domain and freely available through Project Gutenberg and Open Library.

Phantastes1858
The Princess and the Goblin1872
The Imagination: Its Functions and Its Culture1867

G.K. Chesterton

Chesterton's major works are in the public domain. Gutenberg has excellent editions of Orthodoxy and Heretics.

Heretics1905
Orthodoxy1908
The Man Who Was Thursday1908
The Everlasting Man1925
Charles Dickens1906

C.S. Lewis

Lewis's works remain under copyright. Find them through your library via WorldCat or Open Library's lending program.

Mere Christianity1952
The Screwtape Letters1942
That Hideous Strength1945
Surprised by Joy1955
Till We Have Faces1956
An Experiment in Criticism1961

Dorothy L. Sayers

Sayers's theological essays and some fiction are available through Open Library's lending program.

The Mind of the Maker1941
Creed or Chaos?1947
Gaudy Night1935

Charles Williams

Some of Williams's novels are available through Open Library. The Descent of the Dove is his most accessible theological work.

Descent into Hell1937
The Descent of the Dove1939
He Came Down from Heaven1938

H.G. Wells

Wells's major fiction is in the public domain. All of it is freely available through Project Gutenberg.

The Time Machine1895
The Island of Doctor Moreau1896
The Invisible Man1897
The War of the Worlds1898
The New Machiavelli1911

Peter Kreeft

Orthodoxy (ed. Kreeft)1908/1994
The Philosophy of Thomas Aquinas1988
The Philosophy of Tolkien2005
How to Think: A Survival Guide1994

Alan Jacobs

The Narnian: The Life and Imagination of C.S. Lewis2005
How to Think2017
Breaking Bread with the Dead2020
The Year of Our Lord 19432018

Marilynne Robinson

The Death of Adam1998
Absence of Mind2010

Ron Hansen

Mariette in Ecstasy1991
A Stay Against Confusion2001

Eudora Welty

The Golden Apples1949
The Optimist's Daughter1972
The Eye of the Story1978
One Writer's Beginnings1984

Ralph Ellison

Invisible Man1952
Shadow and Act1964

Richard Matheson

The Shrinking Man1956
I Am Legend1954
What Dreams May Come1978
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