Timothy James Keller (September 23, 1950 – May 19, 2023) was an American Presbyterian pastor, theologian, and Christian apologist who served as the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City, which he established in 1989 with his wife, Kathy, and three young sons. He was also the chairman and co-founder of Redeemer City to City, an organization that trains pastors and supports church planting in global cities.
Keller authored several New York Times bestselling books, including The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism (2008), The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith (2008), and Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God (2014), with his works selling over 2 million copies and translated into 25 languages. He was known for his culturally engaged yet doctrinally grounded approach, emphasizing the gospel as a “gospel-centered” alternative to both traditional religion and irreligion, and for his mentorship of younger church leaders around the world.
Biblical/Theological
- Herman Bavinck, The Wonderful Works of God, Westminster Seminary Press, 2020
- Michael Horton, Justification Volume 1 New Studies in Dogmatics, Zondervan, 2018.
- Michael Horton, Justification Volume 2 New Studies in Dogmatics, Zondervan, 2018.
- Gerhard O. Forde, On Being A Theologian of the Cross: Reflections on Luther’s Heidelberg Disputation, 1518, Eerdmans, 1997.
- Geerhardus Vos, The Kingdom of God and the Church, Presbyterian and Reformed, 1972.
- Geerhardus Vos, The Pauline Eschatology, Presbyterian and Reformed, 1972.
- L. Michael Morales, Who Shall Ascend the Mountain of the Lord: A biblical theology of the book of Leviticus, Inter-Varsity Press, 2015.
Cultural studies
- David T. Koyzis, Political Visions and Illusions: A Survey and Christian Critique of Contemporary Ideologies, 2nd ed, IVP, 2019
- Christopher Watkin, Jacques Derrida, Presbyterian and Reformed, 2017.
- Christopher Watkin, Michel Foucault, Presbyterian and Reformed, 2018.
- Christopher Watkin, Thinking Through Creation, Presbyterian and Reformed, 2017.
- Mary Beth Swetnam Mathews, Doctrine and Race: African-American Evangelicals and Fundamentalism Between the Wars, U. of Alabama, 2017.
- Esau McCaulley, Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope, IVP, 2020.
- Michael O. Emerson and George Yancey, Transcending Racial Barriers: Toward a Mutual Obligations Approach, Oxford, 2011.
- Anne Harrington, The Mind Fixers: Psychiatry’s Troubled Search for the Biology of Mental Illness, Norton, 2019.
Worldview studies
- Herman Bavinck, Christian Worldview, Crossway, 2019
- Herman Bavinck, Philosophy of Revelation: A New Annotated Edition, Hendrickson, 2018
- Christian Smith, Moral Believing Animals: Human Personhood and Culture, Oxford, 2003.
- Christian Smith, To Flourish or Destruct: A Personalist Theory of Human Goods, Motivations, Failure, and Evil, U. of Chicago, 2015.
Apologetics
- Christian Smith, Atheist Overreach: What Atheism Can’t Deliver, Oxford, 2019.
- Peter J. Williams, Can We Trust the Gospels? Crossway, 2018.
- James D. Hunter and Paul Nedelisky, Science and the Good: The Tragic Quest for the Foundations of Morality, Yale, 2018.
- Alvin Plantinga, Where the Conflict Really Lies: Science, Religion, and Naturalism, Oxford, 2011.
- Rebecca McLauglin, Confronting Christianity: 12 Hard Questions for the World’s Largest Religion, Crossway, 2019.
Church history
- Nathan O. Hatch, The Democratization of American Christianity, Yale, 1989.
- Heath W. Carter and Laura R. Porter, Turning Points in the History of American Evangelicalism, Eerdmans 2017.
- Larry Hurtado, Destroyer of the gods: Early Christian Distinctiveness in the Roman World, Baylor, 2016.
- Charles E. Cotherman, To Think Christianly: A History of L’Abri, Regent College, and the Christian Study Center Movement, IVP, 2020.
- Brad Vermurlen, Reformed Resurgence: The New Calvinist Movement and the Battle Over American Evangelicalism, Oxford, 2020.
Cities
- Edward Glaesar and David Cutler, Survival of the City: Living and Thriving in an Age of Isolation, Penguin, 2021.
- Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, Modern Library, 1993.
- Daniel Joseph Monti, et al, Urban People and Places: The Sociology of Cities, Suburbs, and Towns, Sage, 2015.
- Patrick M. Condon, 5 Rules for Tomorrow’s Cities: Design in an Age of Urban Migration, Demographic Change, and a Disappearing Middle Class, Island, 2019.
Christian living
- David Powlison, Good and Angry: Redeeming Anger, Irritation, Complaining, and Bitterness, New Growth Press, 2016
Devotional
- John Owen, Communion with the Triune God, ed. K.Kapic, J.Taylor, Crossway, 2007.
- John Owen, The Glory of Christ, abridged by RJK Law, Banner of Truth, 1994.
- John Newton, The Utterance of the Heart, Baker, 1979. John Newton, The Letters of John Newton, Banner of Truth, 1960.
