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Christians Reading Classics: An Introduction to Greco-Roman Classics from Homer to Boethius
320 pages, Paperback
Published November 11, 2025
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December 23, 2025
Through the deeper writings of CS Lewis, I discovered the thin vale between Heaven and earth. The echos that so mysteriously reverberate from a mouth we can’t quite see fully, but see well enough. This essential genre of Christian (and I would argue, human) writing is one that Nadya Williams has wonderfully added to with her book, “Christians Reading Classics”.
I was excited simply to read new scholarship on the topic of Christian’s reading classical books, an art in desperate need of reviving. But what I found in this book was far more than I hoped for. It is a stake in the sand for all people to be assisted in understanding why things are good, true, and beautiful in the realm of this revered literature. Nadya Williams helps the reader to extend the stories of antiquity into the bigger story of Christianity by helping them understand the deeply Christian answer to the questions that so many Greco-Roman writers groped for.
With expert knowledge, purpose, and a refreshing lightness of writing, Christians Reading Classics is a spectacular introduction to this literary foundational era of the west. But more importantly, it is written to help the reader hear the echo of a God who so purposefully is calling to you. I am grateful for this book and recommend it heartily to you.
I was excited simply to read new scholarship on the topic of Christian’s reading classical books, an art in desperate need of reviving. But what I found in this book was far more than I hoped for. It is a stake in the sand for all people to be assisted in understanding why things are good, true, and beautiful in the realm of this revered literature. Nadya Williams helps the reader to extend the stories of antiquity into the bigger story of Christianity by helping them understand the deeply Christian answer to the questions that so many Greco-Roman writers groped for.
With expert knowledge, purpose, and a refreshing lightness of writing, Christians Reading Classics is a spectacular introduction to this literary foundational era of the west. But more importantly, it is written to help the reader hear the echo of a God who so purposefully is calling to you. I am grateful for this book and recommend it heartily to you.
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