7 Books That Rocked the Church
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ISBN: 9781683071945
Type: paperback
7 Books That Rocked the Church, by Daniel Crane, explores
controversial books throughout history that the Christian church
has famously disavowed—and asks the question why?
Engagingly written and thoughtfully researched, this book explores
what the “fuss” was all about with books ranging in date from the
second century after Christ to more contemporary authors. Books
by Karl Marx, Charles Darwin, Galileo Galilei, and many others
profoundly upset the church by calling into question foundational
Christian doctrines or beliefs. Most of the books discussed here
were banned at some time by Christian authorities.
The author’s aim is to challenge Christians to respond critically
but open-mindedly to books that oppose a Christian worldview.
Readers of 7 Books That Rocked the Church will come away better
equipped to answer the charge that the church is intolerant of
competing ideas. They will also develop the ability to interact
with new and possibly dangerous ideas that comport with Jesus’
admonition to be wise as serpents but gentle as doves. This book
also includes discussion questions for further study.
1. Valentinus the Gnostic: Who Doesn’t Love a Conspiracy
Theory? (Think The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown)
2. Galileo Galilei: A Scandal of Religion, Science, and Politics
3. Voltaire’s Candide, Enlightenment Rationalism, and the
Church’s Thin Skin
4. Darwin’s Origin of Species: The Many Faces of Evolutionary
Theory
5. Marx’s Communist Manifesto: The Red Bull of the Masses
6. Sigmund Freud’s Ego
7. Joseph Campbell: Christianity as an (Almost) Enlightened
Myth (A book that strongly influenced George Lucas’s Star Wars films)
Author Bio
Daniel A. Crane, the Frederick Paul Furth Sr. Professor of Law at
the University of Michigan, is the author of several scholarly books
on law, especially antitrust law. He is also the author of the novel
Girl with Egg Basket. For more on the author, visit
https://profdancrane.com/.
Author currently resides in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
