LearnChristianity
Christianity
Learning path · 5 steps

The Christian Philosopher Path

Augustine’s Confessions invented the inner life; the City of God reframed history itself. Finish with Tolstoy’s radical reading of the Gospels.

0% complete
1
Philosophy of Religion
Concept · 4 minUp next
The Restless Heart
St Augustine
"Our heart is restless until it rests in thee."
2
Confessions
Full text · 13 chapters
Confessions
St Augustine
The first autobiography — addressed to God, overheard by us.
3
Metaphysics
Concept · 5 min
The Nature of Time
St Augustine
Augustine’s astonishing analysis of time.
4
The City of God
Full text · 22 chapters
The City of God
St Augustine
Rome fell; Augustine answered.
5
Ethics
Concept · 5 min
Non-Resistance to Evil by Force
Leo Tolstoy
Tolstoy takes the Sermon on the Mount literally.
Further reading

More from Christianity, beyond the core path.

Dialogues on the Supersensual Life
Dialogues on the Supersensual Life
Jakob Böhme · 4 chapters
Heaven and Hell
Heaven and Hell
Emanuel Swedenborg · 6 chapters
6 min
The Ungrund
Jakob Böhme
4 min
Heaven as the Human Form
Emanuel Swedenborg
5 min
The Doctrine of Correspondences
Emanuel Swedenborg
5 min
The Supersensual Ground
Jakob Böhme
5 min
Sophia — Divine Wisdom
Jakob Böhme
5 min
The Five Commandments of Christ
Leo Tolstoy
φ
Select a book or concept to begin
Philosophi