What to Read After The Desert Fathers
Readers who loved The Desert Fathers by Benedicta Ward keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where The Desert Fathers 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 The Desert Fathers
The Orthodox way
Bed of Procrustes
The Way to Love
Another Sort of Learning
The Desert Fathers
The Essential Writings of Christian Mysticism
Bread for the Journey
Philosophy for Understanding Theology
A history of Christian theology
Early Christian lives
The Dialogue
The Emerald Tablet
Miracle of Love
Zohar, the Book of Enlightenment
The Gospel of Thomas
On the Holy Spirit
Where Are You Going?
Saints Behaving Badly
Truth vs. Falsehood
Getting Involved with God
Thou Art That
Sabbath
Nihilism
Zohar