For a number of years, Mars Hill Audio produced full-length audio readings of a handful of valuable books that discuss in depth some of the cultural areas where the need is most evident to re-discover what it is to be human and to flourish in community. These audiobooks are not included as part of one of our memberships, and are only available to listeners who purchased them in the past.
For the Life of the World: Sacraments and Orthodoxy, by Alexander Schmemann
Mars Hill Audio presents the first available audiobook of Fr. Alexander Schmemann’s classic work on theology and liturgy, For the Life of the World: Sacraments and Orthodoxy. (5 hours 48 minutes)
The Passionate Intellect: Incarnational Humanism & the Future of University Education, by Norman Klassen and Jens Zimmermann
Norman Klassen and Jens Zimmermann trace the history of higher education from its medieval roots to the present, focusing on how educational agendas have been assembled in light of shifting understandings of the nature of knowledge and the nature of human well-being. (6 hours 30 minutes)
Are Christians Human? An Exploration of True Spirituality, by Nigel Cameron
As Nigel Cameron points out, being human as Jesus Christ is human has profound implications for daily living. Many Christians, however, do not believe in the humanity of Jesus and consequently find it hard to affirm and live out their own humanity. (4 hours)
A Visit to Vanity Fair: Moral Essays on the Present Age, by Alan Jacobs
Literary critic and frequent Mars Hill Audio guest Alan Jacobs‘s most recent book includes essays on the mystery of true friendship, the severing of theology and literature, and the desire to know the future. (5 hours 30 minutes)
Inheriting Paradise: Meditating on Gardening, by Vigen Guroian
Vigen Guroian offers an abundant vision of the spiritual life found in the cultivation of God’s good creation. (2 hours)
Realms of Gold: The Classics in Christian Perspective, by Leland Ryken
Leland Ryken proceeds chronologically through some of his most favorite classics, from Homer to Shakespeare and Milton to Tolstoy and Camus, offering not only a taste of the classics, but a framework in which to analyze them. (8 hours 30 minutes)