Theology

[Anonymous No.22020766]

I want to start getting into Theology. Any good recommendations on where to start?

[Anonymous No.22020773]

>>22020766
The Bible.

[Anonymous No.22020791]

you should have a decent grasp of at least the NT before getting into its interpretations
read it and reference: gotquestions, bibleref and biblehub when you have questions
for more advanced material, check out bestcommentaries

[Anonymous No.22020801]

>>22020766
Origen - On First Principles

[Anonymous No.22020808]

>>22020766
Plato
Aristotle
Augustine
Aquinas

[Anonymous No.22020854]

>>22020766
along with everything else posted,
some apologetics might be good. the most entry level one is 'Mere Christianity' by C.S. Lewis.

and i recc St. Athanasius' On the Incarnation.

[Anonymous No.22020876]

https://vitrifyher.wordpress.com/2018/11/22/the-case-for-the-physical-existence-of-god/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxYbA1pt8LA

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>>22020766
Ed Feser’s Aquinas introduction is a good one for newbies

[Anonymous No.22021008]

>>22020766
The Pali Canon.

[Anonymous No.22021181]

>>22020766
St John of Damascus - Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith

[Anonymous No.22021200]

>>22020766
The CTMU if you're smart enough

[Anonymous No.22021209]

>>22020766
The Bible
St. Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologica
Alvin Plantinga's Warrant trilogy
NT Wright's Resurrection of the Son of Man
Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview by William Lane Craig and JP Moreland
God Over All: Divine Aseity by William Lane Craig

Also make sure to read William Lane Craig's systematic theology when it's finally published in a few years.

[Anonymous No.22021247]

>>22021209
I think you're a pseud and don't believe you've read all that

[Anonymous No.22021273]

>>22020766
here's the only good chart you'll see on /lit/

[Anonymous No.22021342]

>>22020766
You really do need to start with the Greeks. Plato, Aristotle, Plotinus (very important!).

[Anonymous No.22021448]

>>22020766
Religions are outdated anyway and the future of spirituality lies in NDEs as they are real and prove that there is an afterlife and that we are eternal and will go to heaven unconditionally when we die. And while the Bible and the Qu'ran convinces few people who do not already believe, the book in pic related is known to convince even hardened skeptics that there is an afterlife. So skip theology and go straight for the NDE literature.

Here is a very persuasive argument for why NDEs are real:

https://youtu.be/U00ibBGZp7o

It emphasizes that NDErs are representative of the population as a whole, and when people go deep into the NDE, they all become convinced. As this article points out:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mysteries-consciousness/202204/does-afterlife-obviously-exist

>"Among those with the deepest experiences 100 percent came away agreeing with the statement, "An afterlife definitely exists"."

Since NDErs are representative of the population as a whole, and they are all convinced, then 100% of the population become convinced that there is an afterlife when they have a sufficiently deep NDE themselves. When you dream and wake up, you instantly realize that life is more real than your dreams. When you have an NDE, the same thing is happening, but on a higher level, as you immediately realize that life is the deep dream and the NDE world is the undeniably real world by comparison.

Or as one person quoted in pic related summarized their NDE:

>"As my soul left my body, I found myself floating in a swirling ocean of multi-colored light. At the end, I could see and feel an even brighter light pulling me toward it, and as it shined on me, I felt indescribable happiness. I remembered everything about eternity - knowing, that we had always existed, and that all of us are family. Then old friends and loved ones surrounded me, and I knew without a doubt I was home, and that I was so loved."

Needless to say, even ultraskeptical neuroscientists are convinced by really deep NDEs.

[Anonymous No.22021674]

>>22021448
sneed

[Anonymous No.22021684]

>>22020766
Plato.

[Anonymous No.22021701]

Eastern Orthodox Biased
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akkQtzb_XzE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dD7isWTcDgU
They focus on the early church more than anyone else though so a lot of it can be applied generally.
There'll be stuff you read that's worthwhile that'll still disagree with any certain narrative and that's natural. Augustine says stuff that other church fathers disagree with but he's still a Saint. Just keep the individual biases in mind with the answers you want out of ypur study.

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>>22020766
unironically magic mushrooms or an ayahuasca ceremony

[Anonymous No.22022578]

Op here, thanks for these suggestions anons

[Anonymous No.22023056]

Presbyterian:
>The Holy Bible, ESV
>The Westminster Confession of Faith and Catechisms
>Confessing the Faith by Chad Van Dixhoorn

[Anonymous No.22023132]

Fr. Alexandr Schmemman's For the Life of the World

The Apocrypha

St. John Chrysostom (just all of his writings)

St. Simeon the New Theologian

St. George Palamas

t. Orthodox

Also, if you want a recent work on understanding Orthodox Christian theology in practice, Dr. Eugenia Constantiou's Thinking Orthodox

[Anonymous No.22023206]

>>22020808
correct answer.