My 2023-2024 Reading List

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NOTE: Today is October 20, 2025. This is a repost from my old blog, "Ang Blog ni McJeff," for archival purposes. I have retained the original date and timestamp.

Started: January 1, 2023. Finished: February 15, 2024.

  1. A New History of Christianity — Vivian Green [started: 01/01/2023 | finished: 02/05/2023]
  2. After Jesus: The Triumph of Christianity — ed. Gayla Visalli [started: 02/07/2023 | finished: 02/23/2023]
  3. The Orthodox Church — Timothy Ware [started: 02/25/2023 | finished: 03/04/2023]
  4. The Church Can Handle The Truth: Mercy-Healing Of Historical Wounds — Jose Mario Bautista Maximiano [started: 02/05/2023 | finished: 02/06/2023]
  5. The Lion Companion to Christian Art — Michelle P. Brown [started: 03/17/2023 | finished: 04/06/2023]
  6. Jesus: The Great Debate — Grant R. Jeffrey [started: 04/09/2023 | finished: 04/19/2023]
  7. Faith on Trial — Pamela Binnings Ewen [started: 06/09/2023 | finished: 06/11/2023]
  8. Crossing the Tiber: Evangelical Protestants Discover the Historical Church — Stephen K. Ray [started: 03/05/2023 | finished: 03/16/2023]
  9. Priesthood: A Re-examination of the Roman Catholic Theology of the Presbyterate — Patrick J. Dunn [started: 09/24/2023 | finished: 09/30/2023]
  10. Peace at the Last: A Christian Theology of the Last Things — Colm McKeating [started: 10/07/2023 | finished: 10/18/2023]
  11. Theology of Purgatory — Robert Ombres, O.P. [started: 04/20/2023 | finished: 04/22/2023]
  12. God the Sanctifier: A Theology Course on the Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, Holy Eucharist, Penance, Anointing of the Sick, and Holy Orders — Caesar R. Santos, Juan M. Perez, Carlos V.G. Estrada [started: 11/14/2023 | finished: 11/19/2023]
  13. The Essential Catholic Handbook: A Summary of Beliefs, Practices, and Prayers — The Redemptorists [started: 11/23/2023 | finished: 11/30/2023]
  14. The Spiritual Seeker's Guide: The Complete Source for Religions and Spiritual Groups of the World — Steven S. Sadleir [started: 08/17/2023 | finished: 08/26/2023]
  15. The Church, Community of Salvation: An Ecumenical Ecclesiology — George H. Tavard [started: 12/07/2023 | finished: 01/10/2024]
  16. The Way of the Crusades — Jay Williams [started: 04/07/2023 | finished: 04/08/2023]
  17. Everything You Need to Know About Religion — Gregg Stebben [started: 09/01/2023 | finished: 09/08/2023]
  18. Light of the World: The Pope, the Church, and the Signs of the Times — Pope Benedict XVI, Peter Seewald [started: 11/04/2023 | finished: 11/11/2023]
  19. Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church [started: 01/12/2024 | finished: 01/26/2024]
  20. The Early Church — Henry Chadwick [started: 06/12/2023 | finished: 06/22/2023]
  21. Choose Life! Theological Reflections on Current Moral Issues — Fr. James McTavish, FMVD [started: 10/19/2023 | finished: 11/04/2023]
  22. Saints of the Roman Calendar — Enzo Lodi [started: 06/24/2023 | finished: 07/25/2023]
  23. Scripture and the Mystery of the Family of God — ed. Scott Hahn, Ph.D., Leon J. Suprenant, Jr. [started: 12/01/2023 | finished: 12/06/2023]
  24. Scripture and the Mystery of the Mother of God — ed. Scott Hahn, Ph.D., Leon J. Suprenant, Jr. [started: 02/05/2024 | finished: 02/09/2024]
  25. Scripture and the Mystery of the Mass — ed. Scott Hahn, Ph.D., Regis J. Flaherty [started: 08/27/2023 | finished: 08/31/2023]
  26. Building Christian Communities: Strategies for Renewing the Church — Stephen B. Clark [started: 09/20/2023 | finished: 09/23/2023]
  27. Popular Devotions: Making Popular Religious Practices More Potent Vehicles of Spiritual Growth — Bernhard Raas, SVD [started: 10/01/2023 | finished: 10/06/2023]
  28. Rome Sweet Home: Our Journey to Catholicism — Scott & Kimberly Hahn [started: 11/20/2023 | finished: 11/22/2023]
  29. The Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux — translated by John Beevers [started: 05/01/2023 | finished: 05/17/2023]
  30. The Wonder of Guadalupe: The Story of the Miraculous Image of the Blessed Virgin in Mexico — Francis Johnston [started: 02/10/2024 | finished: 02/15/2024]
  31. The One-minute Apologist: Essential Catholic Replies to Over Sixty Common Protestant Claims — Dave Armstrong [started: 05/17/2023 | finished: 05/21/2023]
  32. Word on Fire: Proclaiming the Power of Christ — Robert Barron [started: 09/09/2023 | finished: 09/12/2023]
  33. Signs of Life: 40 Catholic Customs and Their Biblical Roots — Scott Hahn [started: 09/13/2023 | finished: 09/18/2023]
  34. The Catholic Church has the Answer: Answers to Over 100 Questions of Both Catholics and Non-Catholics — Duane Cartujano [started: 11/11/2023 | finished: 11/14/2023]
  35. The Faith Explained — Leo J. Trese [started: 07/28/2023 | finished: 08/17/2023]
  36. Protestant Fundamentalism and the Born Again Catholic — Fr. Robert J. Fox [started: 05/23/2023 | finished: 06/09/2023]

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