What's in your Library ?

[Rev. Rye]

Here's a couple:

The Bible (Several different versions)
Bare-Faced Messiah by Russell Hoban
The first three Left Behind Books (bought at a thrift store)
The Poems of St. John of the Cross
The Art of Happiness by the Dalai Lama
The Collected Works of Flannery O'Connor
The Jefferson Bible
The Satanic Bible
Poems of William Blake
Dhammapada
The Places that Scare You by Pema Chordon
The Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton
New Seeds of Contemplation by Thomas Merton
Buddhism Without Beliefs by Stephen Batchelor
Confessions of a Buddhist Atheist by Stephen Batchelor
The Holy Quran.

And that's just what I can think of off the top of my head

[Crossless2.0]

I used to have a lot of books, easily more than a thousand. Almost all of that was given away before I moved to Louisiana. These days, I have a Bible, the complete works of Shakespeare, some volumes of Hume, Nietzsche, Wittgenstein and the Stoics, some of James Joyce's stuff, a few books on the particular martial arts I study, and a handful of other books I've received for Christmas or my birthday since the move.

The cupboard is damn near bare.

I make frequent use of my library card to resist hitting the used book shops. Given my way, I'd start collecting books all over again, which would drive my minimalist-minded-wife crazy. The library keeps the peace.

[vorlon13]

I have some 12 Stepper titles too. Hard for me to consider them 'religious' as there is nothing in any faith that endorses the AA take on how religions might be willing to accept a member 12 Stepping without committing heresy or worse.

That it is allowed anyhow, without much foofaraw or gnashing of teeth is a result of rampant scripture cherry picking and/or inertia.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I own Creatures of Light and Darkness and Lord of Light. Nothing else religious.

[Alex K]

* German bible (Translation according to Martin Luther)

* Creationist propaganda book "So entstand die Welt"

That's it... the only other documents that would classify are scores of sacred music (some copies of Bach and Mozart)

[Crossless2.0]

* German bible (Translation according to Martin Luther)

* Creationist propaganda book "So entstand die Welt"

That's it... the only other documents that would classify are scores of sacred music (some copies of Bach and Mozart)

Are you the type to follow along to a score at a performance?

[Astreja]

I've downsized considerably.  What I used to own makes for a more interesting list:

KJV Bible
Catholic bible
Hebrew scriptures with interlinear text
Lotus Sutra
Vimalakīrti Sutra
Bodhisattva of Compassion (book about Guan Shi Yin)
Bhagavad Gita
Daodejing, including Chinese text
The Laws of Manu
The Kalevala
Dhammapada
At least 3 different versions of the Elder Eddas and 1 copy of Snorri's Prose Edda
A book about Inanna
Several books of Hindu puja liturgy
An anthology of Buddhist writings from various sects
A couple of Pema Chodron books
Insight Meditation by Joseph Goldstein

Also had God is Not Great by Hitchens, The Demon-Haunted World by Sagan, Godless by Dan BarkerFor, The End of Faith and Letter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris, and The God Delusion by Dawkins.

There were probably a few other books but I've forgotten what they were, probably because I never got around to actually reading them.

What I have left:

Cautio Criminalis by Friedrich Spee (17th century anti-witch hunt masterpiece)
Babylonian Magic and Sorcery by Leonard William King
Turning the Mind Into an Ally by Sakyong Miphan Rinpoche
Sit Like a Buddha by Lodro Rinzler
Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Only 1 copy of the Poetic Edda, the Carolyne Larrington translation published by Oxford World's Classics
Book of Gustave Doré Bible illustrations
Breaking the Spell by Daniel Dennett

[emjay]

In my 'Theism' category on my Kindle I have:

- The Holy Bible, English Standard Version
- Miracles, CS Lewis
- The Great Divorce, CS Lewis
- Catholicism for Dummies
- God or Godless? One atheist. One Christian. Twenty controversial questions. (John w Loftus and Randal rauser). (though this one might be better off in my atheism category, but it's both really)
- the case for easter: a journalist investigates the case for Easter (Lee strobel)
- fox's book of martyrs... (John foxe)
- dante's inferno: in modern English (Dante alighieri)
- Quran: a simple English translation

And I have Buddhism as a separate category because I don't consider it a religion, or at least it's not for my interest in it. I just consider them psychology books:

- what the Buddha taught (walpola Sri rahula)
- mindfulness: the path to the deathless... The meditation teachings of Ajahn Sumedho
- working with the five hindrances (Ajahn Thiradhammo)
- mindfulness, bliss, and beyond: a meditator's handbook (ajahn brahm)

[Foxaèr]

I own no religious literature.

[account_inactive]

I don't really read much these days, but I have a copy of Dianetics sitting on my bookshelf. Don't waste your time with that one.