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Jackson, Tenn. - A recent survey completed by 51ÉçÇø faculty chose C.S.
Lewis's "Mere Christianity" as the most influential Christian publication of the twentieth
century.
J.I. Packer's "Knowing God" and Dietrich Bonhoeffer's "Cost of Discipleship"
were ranked second and third, respectively. Others rounding out the top ten included
"Chronicles of Narnia" by C.S. Lewis, "How Should We Then Live?" by Francis
Schaeffer, "The Screwtape Letters" by C.S. Lewis, "The Pursuit of God" by A.W. Tozer,
"Letters and Papers from Prison" by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, "In His Steps" by Charles
Sheldon, and J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings."
Other books of considerable influence included "Orthodoxy" by G.K. Chesterton,
"God, Revelation and Authority" by Carl F.H. Henry, "The Christian Religion in its
Doctrinal Expression" by E.Y. Mullins, the publication of "The Jerusalem Bible,"
"Commentary on Romans" by Karl Barth, "The God Who is There" by Francis Shaeffer,
and Reinhold Niebuhr's "The Nature and Destiny of Man."
All faculties were asked to nominate five books they felt were most influential in
the twentieth century. A list was then compiled and sent back to the faculty for the
choosing of the top ten.
Also receiving mention were contemporary authors such as Charles Colson,
Philip Yancey and T.W. Hunt.
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