/lit/ - Literature

>>16771540

A couple of anons suggested Mere Christianity. I second that; it's good.

My suggestion is to couple that A Severe Mercy by Sheldon Vanauken. Vanauken was a student of C.S. Lewis's at around the time Lewis wrote Mere Christianity. Vanauken was a staunch atheist (as Lewis had been as a young man). This memoir chronicles his gradual conversion. It's a very fine and charming book. Highly recommended.

I also recommend The Seven-Story Mountain by Thomas Merton. This is another conversion story, by a young skeptic who is gradually won over to belief in God, then Christianity, then the Chuch. Merton eventually became a monk, and he wrote most of his books while living a monastic life. He was a very gifted writer. This book surprised everyone by becoming a worldwide bestseller. It remains a wonderful book.

Last but not least, a short conversion story by Jean-Rodolphe Kars, a French pianist of Austrian Jewish origin, who became Catholic priest. Attached. Source: https://www.hebrewcatholic.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/THC90.pdf (p. 11 ff.)