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- ONEWorld Publications
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Specs:
| Height | 7.8 Inches |
| Length | 5.1 Inches |
| Number of items | 1 |
| Release date | September 2016 |
| Weight | 0.8 Pounds |
| Width | 1.2 Inches |
Laurus is excellent.
He's good but no way I am I going to recommend him to someone new to philosophy. I actually really like Fr. Spitzer's The Souls Upward Yearning for a good holistic approach for intellectually approaching God. He uses anthropology, literature, and a few philosophical arguments to build a very convincing picture of why God is more likely than not. David Bentley Hart's The Experience of God is very good as well. While Anglican, I find C.S. Lewis to be very enjoyable and persuasive as well, so you should definitely check out The Screwtape Letters and The Abolition of Man.
But don't just read philosophy all day either or you will want to claw your eyes out. There's Catholic literature that did as much to shore up my faith than any argument. The best two are J.R.R Tolkiens The Silmarillion and Dante's Divine Comedy. A great book by a Russian orthodox author that came out last year is Laurus.
If you're in for some fiction I recommend The Brothers Karamazov which is a classic read and highly influenced by Dostoevsky's faith. Laurus by Eugene Vodolazkin is a short, modern work and also a great work of fiction influenced by faith.
Fiction: Laurus is a great story about God using a sinner to do good things.
Saint: I can think of two off the top of my head.
Mary of Egypt
Moses the Black
The book gets into mysticism of the Russian variety (the physician is in 16th century Russia)... but Laurus by Eugene Vodolazkin is probably one of the greatest international works on the art of physicianship.
https://www.amazon.com/Laurus-Eugene-Vodolazkin/dp/178074871X