The first book I ever read about JWs from the perspective of an exJW was "Visions of Glory" by Barbara Grizzuti Harrison. It was written in the 1970s but is still timely and extremely well-written.
recommended reading
by Chia 19 Replies latest jw friends
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fullofdoubtnow
Hi Chia,
One of the best books I have read this year is The Power of Now, by Eckhart Tolle, and I would very much recommend it. It's not jw related, but well worth a read.
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tijkmo
totally unrelated..but im reading helter skelter at the moment..its the story of the charles manson killings as told by the lawyer for the case..tis rivetting
oh and i sent u a pm
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betterdaze
The Early Christians, In Their Own Words
Edited by Eberhard Arnold
The Early Christians is a topically arranged collection of primary sources. It includes extra-biblical sayings of Jesus
and excerpts from Origen, Tertullian, Polycarp, Clement of Alexandria, Justin, Irenaeus, and others. Equally revealing
material from pagan contemporaries -- critics, detractors and persecutors -- is included as well.
304 pages, 1,431 kb Download PDF here:
http://www.plough.com/ebooks/earlychristians.html
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Lady Lee
You can check here
It lists many books and the reader' thoughts on them
edited to fix link
Lee
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bernadette
I'd recommend The Great Transformation by Karen Armstrong. Its about `the world in the time of Buddha, Socrates,Confucius and Jeremiah and why they had such similar ideas about humanity'. Came out this year.
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Chia
That last one sounds interesting...
I couldn't get Lady Lee's link to work!
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Lady Lee
I'm not sure why the link didn't work but here it is again
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Chia
Thank you! Maybe it was just a one time thing, but it kept giving me an error message when I tried to access it before. I can get to it now.