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Title: It's a shame this book isn't read in evangelical circles
Review: I picked up a copy of this book at a rummage sale in Stevens Point, WI, for 25 cents about two years ago. It was and will be the biggest bang for my buck in my short life. A young evangelical Christian who studied philosophy at the local university, I was comfortable in the faith tradition in which I was raised. Comfortable, but not satisfied. Paging through 'The Imitation of Christ' completely blew my puny pseudo-philosophical mind. Combined with a respect for Aquinas, and an existential awakening from Blaise Pascal, it was literature like this that prompted me to reconcile myself with the Roman Catholic Church. It's a shame Kempis isn't read in evangelical circles. The Imitation of Christ truly is second only to the Bible in its Beauty and Truth. The difference is, Kempus 'breaks down' a lot of what the Bible and following Christ ultimately mean for our lives concretely.
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