The Trinity Forum Readings

Trinity Forum Readings bookletsGreat Stories. Great Thoughts. Great Lives.

Published three times a year, The Trinity Forum Readings are small booklets of between 20 and 50 pages featuring short biographies, essays, and classic stories. An original foreword, often written by a Senior Fellow, gives modern issues a historical context. Biographical pieces include George Washington, William Wilberforce, and Abraham Lincoln. Stories have included great works by Leo Tolstoy, Mark Twain, and Victor Hugo.

The Readings make thought-provoking gifts and are often used by groups for deeper discussion (such as the focus of a dinner party). Discussion guides are available for several selections (noted below, with an asterisk). If you need a discussion guide for another selection, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

We have published two Readings collections with Baker Books: Character Counts and Unriddling Our Times

We also offer elegant slipcases for purchase. They hold between twelve and fourteen Readings booklets.

See the list below for details on individual titles. These titles are available exclusively through our online store.

Currently available (in print, audio, or e-text)

Title Author Foreword
A Practical View of Real Christianity * William Wilberforce Chuck Stetson
A Spiritual Pilgrimage * Malcolm Muggeridge Alonzo L. McDonald
A Time to Stand: Letters of Courage, Hope, and Faith * Helmuth James von Moltke Alonzo L. McDonald
A World Split Apart * Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn David Aikman
Abraham Lincoln: The Spiritual Growth of a Public Man * D. Elton Trueblood Alonzo L. McDonald
Amazing Grace: The Great Sea Change in the Life of John Newton * John Pollock Os Guinness
Confessions of a Wandering Soul Alonzo L. McDonald
Cry, The Beloved Country Alan Paton Alonzo L. McDonald
Ex Tenebris * Russell Kirk Vigen Guroian
Hannah and Nathan * Wendell Berry Gregory Wolfe
How Much Land Does a Man Need? * Leo Tolstoy Os Guinness
Jesus: A Layman’s Primer Alonzo L. McDonald Steve Haas
Joy Cometh in the Morning * P. G. Wodehouse Joseph Bottum
Leaf by Niggle * J. R. R. Tolkien Alonzo L. McDonald
Lessons from History Will and Ariel Durant Alonzo L. McDonald
Man’s Search for Meaning * Viktor E. Frankl Alonzo L. McDonald
On Being Human * Woodrow Wilson David Aikman
On Friendship * Marcus Tullius Cicero J. Douglas Holladay
One Word of Truth: A Portrait of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn David Aikman Os Guinness and Richard Ohman
Painting as a Pastime Winston S. Churchill Os Guinness
Politics, Morality, and Civility * Václav Havel Alonzo L. McDonald
Poor Man’s Earl: An introduction to Lord Shaftesbury, the great reformer John Pollock Os Guinness
Reflections on the Millennium Alonzo L. McDonald
Revelation Flannery O'Connor Louise S. Cowan
Shantung Compound * Langdon Gilkey Os Guinness
Surprised by Goodness * Phillip Hallie Os Guinness
Telling Truth to Kings Reinhold Schneider Os Guinness
The Celestial Rail-Road * Nathaniel Hawthorne Os Guinness
The Gospel of Wealth * Andrew Carnegie Alonzo L. McDonald
The Grand Inquisitor Fyodor Dostoyevsky Alonzo L. McDonald
The Lost Tools of Learning * Dorothy L. Sayers Dan Russ
The Machine Stops * E. M. Forster Dan Russ
The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg Mark Twain J. McDonald Williams
The Oak and the Calf * Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Alonzo L. McDonald
The Oracle of the Dog * G. K. Chesterton P. Douglas Wilson
The Purchase of a Soul: A Tale of Transformation from Les Misérables * Victor Hugo Alonzo L. McDonald
The Strangest Story in the World * G. K. Chesterton Alonzo L. McDonald
The Sunflower Simon Wiesenthal Os Guinness
The Theory of Moral Sentiments * Adam Smith C. William Pollard
The Wager: and Other Selections from the Pensées * Blaise Pascal and Peter Kreeft Os Guinness
The White Mare * Michael McLaverty Miguel Mesquita da Cunha
The World of Epictetus * James Stockdale Os Guinness
To Bigotry No Sanction: George Washington & Religious Liberty * Paul F. Boller, Jr. Alonzo L. McDonald
Two Old Men * Leo Tolstoy Alonzo L. McDonald
Who Stands Fast? * Dietrich Bonhoeffer Eric Metaxas
William Wilberforce: A Man Who Changed His Times * John Pollock J. Douglas Holladay
Wrestling with God * Simone Weil Alonzo L. McDonald

 

Out of Print

Title Author Foreword
The Celestial Rail-Road Nathaniel Hawthorne John Seel
The Lottery & The Lottery Revisited Shirley Jackson and Kay Haugaard Os Guinness
Pericles’ Funeral Oration Thucydides Henry J. Smith
The Revenge of Failure:
The Culture of Envy and Rage
Henry Fairlie, Mary Gordon, Alexander Theroux Os Guinness
Shooting an Elephant George Orwell Jim Slattery
You Are the Man [note] Peter L. Berger Os Guinness

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Ex Tenebris (Audio) by Russell Kirk, Foreword by Vigen Guroian.

Russell Kirk’s ghostly tale is narrated by David Schock in this 67-minute CD audio that helps us think about tradition and the role of governments and neighbors.

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