What to Read After For the Life of the World
Readers who loved For the Life of the World by Alexander Schmemann keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where For the Life of the World is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after For the Life of the World
The Orthodox way
Beginning to Pray
The Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church
The Mountain of Silence
Desiring the Kingdom
Becoming Orthodox
The Ladder of Divine Ascent
Atheist Delusions
The Way of the Ascetics
Doors of the Sea
The Orthodox Church
Wounded by Love
Great Lent
Through New Eyes
On the Apostolic Preaching
The Spirit of Early Christian Thought
The Resurrection of the Son of God (Christian Origins and the Question of God)
Tokens of Trust
Surprised by Hope
Descent of the Dove
On Christian teaching
Till We Have Faces
A Grief Observed
Orthodoxy