A Taste of the Classics: Mere Christianity/ Pilgrims Progress/ The Brothers Karamazov/ The Imitation of Christ

by Kenneth D. Boa

In A Taste of the Classics Series, Dr. Kenneth Boa encapsulates and discusses the classic works that helped shape Western civilization: books like Augustine's Confessions, Milton's Paradise Lost, and Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov, giving you a synthesis of the key things you will want to know: - The life and times of the author - The timeless contribution of the book - Key quotations from the book that reveal the power of the book and illustrate its underlying worldview - Brief insights after each of the key quotations - Compelling applications for our lives Volume one titles: Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky The Imitation of Christ by Thomas a Kempis

134 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

Kenneth Boa is an author, a speaker, and the president of Reflections Ministries. He is the author of over fifty books, including Conformed to His Image, Faith Has Its Reasons, Face to Face, and Rewriting Your Broken Story. He is a contributing editor to the Open Bible, the Promise Keepers Men's Study Bible, and the Leadership Bible, and is the consulting editor of the Zondervan NASB Study Bible.

Boa earned a BS from Case Institute of Technology, a ThM from Dallas Theological Seminary, a PhD from New York University, and a DPhil from the University of Oxford. He teaches a weekly Bible and Faith study at Peachtree Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, Georgia, where he resides with his wife.