Take and Read: Spiritual Reading, An Annotated List

Year 1996
Type Other
Genre spiritual formation
Tradition Evangelical
Original language English

For For readers looking for a guide to the books worth reading on the spiritual life, with Peterson's short notes on each; not a book to read straight through.

Should I read this?

For the general reader: 3 of 5 worth your time
For the researcher: 3 of 5 worth your time
Difficulty: 1 of 5 light

An annotated list of the books Peterson found most formative, each with a short note. A guide to reading rather than a book to read through.

How it proceeds

Philosophic 1 of 5
Scriptural 1 of 5
Experiential 2 of 5
Sociological 1 of 5
Historical 2 of 5

Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.

An annotated reading list published by Eerdmans in 1996 and reissued jointly with Regent College Publishing in 2000. Peterson lists the books he had found most formative for the spiritual life, ancient and modern, theology, poetry and fiction among them, grouped by subject, each with a short note on why it is worth reading. The title takes up the words Augustine heard in the garden before his conversion, tolle lege. It is a reference work and a window on Peterson's own reading.

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Catalog IDW.421JRS.7

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