I’ve spent a lot of time over the years studying economics, governance, science, culture, etc. from a biblical perspective. Although a number of the books I’ve read are not written by Christians, by God’s common grace non-Christians can contribute to our understanding of the world and often do a better job than Christians–within limits. Here is a list of some of the books and lectures that I have found beneficial in helping understand how God designed the world to work.
The Fundamentals
The Reagan I Knew by William F. Buckley, Jr.
The Tragedy of American Compassion by Olasky Marvin
Black Rednecks and While Liberals by Thomas Sowell
How Should We Then Live by Francis Schaeffer
A Serrated Edge by Douglas Wilson
Miles Gone By: A Literary Autobiography by William F. Buckley, Jr.
Flags Out Front by Douglas Wilson
Slaying Leviathan: Limited Government and Resistance in the Christian Tradition by Glenn S. Sunshine
The Maker Versus the Takers: What Jesus Really Said About Social Justice and Economics by Jerry Bowyer
Plowing in Hope: Towards a Biblical Theology of Culture by David Hegeman
Out of the Ashes: Rebuilding American Culture by Anthony Esolen
Life After Google: The Fall of Big Data and the Rise of the Blockchain Economy by George Gilder
Black and Tan: Essays and Excursions on Slavery, Culture War, and Scripture in America by Douglas Wilson
Science and Experts
Galileo by Mitch Stokes
The Genesis of Science: How the Christian Middle Ages Launched the Scientific Revolution by James Hannam
The Devil’s Delusion: Atheism and its Scientific Pretensions by David Berlinski
The Expanse of Heaven: Where Creation & Astronomy Intersect by Danny Faulkner
Creation And Change: Genesis 1:1–2:4 in the Light of Changing Scientific Paradigms by Douglas Kelly
Creation in Six Days by James Jordan
Intellectuals by Paul Johnson
Fiction
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel DeFoe
Flags Out Front by Douglas Wilson
Advise and Consent by Allen Drury
Freddy and Fredericka by Mark Helprin
The Weed Agency: A Comic Tale of Federal Bureaucracy Without Limits by Jim Geraghty
History and Biography
A History of the American People by Paul Johnson
The White Horse King: The Life of Alfred the Great by Benjamin R. Merkle
Alexander the Great by Jacob Abbott
The Age of Reagan, 1964-1980: The Fall of the Old Liberal Order by Steven F. Hayward
The Age of Reagan: The Conservative Counterrevolution: 1980-1989 by Steven F. Hayward
The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression by Amity Shlaes
Men of Wealth: The Story of Twelve Significant Fortunes From The Renaissance To The Present Day by John T. Flynn
Five English Reformers by J.C. Ryle
Church History 101: The Highlights of Twenty Centuries by Sinclair Ferguson, Joel Beeke, and Michael Haykin
The Life of John Calvin by Theodore Beza
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy by Eric Metaxas
Governance, the Church, and Culture
On God and Political Duty by John Calvin
God and Man at Yale by William F. Buckley, Jr.
The Emergence of Liberty in the Modern World by Douglas Kelly
Rules for Reformers by Douglas Wilson
The Magdeburg Confession: 13th of April 1550 AD by Pastors of Magdeburg
The Doctrine of the Lesser Magistrates: A Proper Resistance to Tyranny and a Repudiation of Unlimited Obedience to Civil Government by Matthew J. Trewhella
Vindiciae Contra Tyrannos: A Defense of Liberty Against Tyrants by Junius Brutus
Standing Firm: A Vice-Presidential Memoir by Dan C. Quayle
Beyond Good Intentions: A Biblical View of Politics by Doug Bandow
When the Man Comes Around: A Commentary on the Book of Revelation by Douglas Wilson
Written on the Heart: The Case for Natural Law by J. Budziszewski
The Victory of Reason: How Christianity Led to Freedom, Capitalism, and Western Success by Rodney Stark
Paul and Empire: Religion and Power in Roman Imperial Society by Richard A. Horsley
Licensed to Lie: Exposing Corruption in the Department of Justice by Sidney Powell
No Quarter November: An Anthology by Douglas Wilson
Toward A Free And Virtuous Society by Robert Sirico
Race in America: Liberalism’s Attack on Minorities and the Church by Bill Peacock
Economics from a Distinctly Biblical Perspective
Christian Economics: Various Titles by Gary North
Foundations of Economics: A Christian View by Shawn Ritenour
A Reader – Learning to Think Economically in Three Sessions by Bill Peacock
Biblical Economics by R.C. Sproul Jr.
The Church and the Market: A Catholic Defense of the Free Economy by Thomas Woods, Jr.
For the Least of These: A Biblical Answer to Poverty by Anne Bradley and Arthur Lindsley
Godly Materialism: Rethinking Money & Possessions by John R. Schneider
Economics
Economics for Real People by Gene Callahan
Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt
How an Economy Grows and Why it Crashes by Peter and Andrew Schiff
Lessons for the Young Economist by Robert P. Murphy
Foundations of the Market Price System by Milton M. Shapiro (free version here)
Man, Economy, and State by Murray N. Rothbard
Human Action Scholars Edition by Ludwig Von Mises
Antitrust Policy: The Case for Repeal by Dominick T. Armentano
What Has Government Done to Our Money? Murray N. Rothbard
An Introduction to Economic Reasoning by David Gordon
Cocktail Economics: Discovering Investment Truths from Everyday Conversations by Victor A. Canto
It’s Getting Better All the Time: 100 Greatest Trends of the Last 100 Years by Stephen Moore and Julian L. Simon
Economics – Audio
Praxeology: The Method of Economics by David Gordon
Subjective Value and Market Prices by Jeffrey Herbener
The Division of Labor and Social Order by Shawn Ritenour
Entrepreneurship by Peter Klein
Austrian Capital Theory by Shawn Ritenour
Competition and Monopoly by Peter Klein
Calculation and Socialism by Joseph Salerno
The Austrian Theory of the Business Cycle by David Howden
Austrian Alternatives to Conventional Economic Statistics by Jonathan Newman
The Myths of Market Failure by Thomas DiLorenzo
Time Preference Theory and Its Critics by Jeffrey Herbener
Government and Big Business by Peter Klein
Modern Monetary Theory by Lucas Engelhardt
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