I'm scheduled to teach a PHL 283/Philosophy & Christian Thought class at IWU beginning in February. Essentially, this is an introduction to Western Philosophy from a Christian perspective. We will be using Norman Melchert's The Great Conversation as our primary textbook. Currently, I am in process of putting together a bibliography of suggested further reading for the syllabus. I started with a list from the back of J. P. Moreland's Love Your God with All Your Mind and added a few other books with which I was familiar. If you have any suggestion of an introductory-level work, please send them my way. Keep in mind that these students have probably never had a philosophy course before, and this list would be for those who want to go a bit further in study. Any suggestions can be emailed to me or added in the comments below.

Here is the bibliography as it stands so far:

Audi, Robert. Belief, Justification, and Knowledge. Belmont, California: Wadsworth, 1988.

Brown, Colin et al. Christianity and Western Thought: A History of Philosophers, Ideas & Movements. Downers Grove, Ill: InterVarsity Press, 1990.

Bush, L. Russ. A Handbook for Christian Philosophy. Grand Rapids, Mich: Zondervan, 1991.

Chisholm, Roderick M. Theory of Knowledge. 2nd ed. Englewood Clffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1977.

__________. On Metaphysics. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1989.

Clark, Kelly James, ed. Philosophers Who Believe. Downers Grove, Ill: InterVarsity Press, 1993.

DeWeese, Garrett J, and J. P. Moreland. Philosophy Made Slightly Less Difficult: A Beginner's Guide to Life's Big Questions. Downers Grove, Ill: InterVarsity Press, 2005.

Geivett, R. Douglas, and Brendan Sweetman, eds. Contemporary Perspectives on Religious Epistemology. New York: Oxford Press, 1992.

Moreland, J. P. Love Your God with All Your Mind: The Role of Reason in the Life of the Soul. Colorado Springs: NavPress, 1997.

Nash, Ronald H. Faith and Reason: Searching for a Rational Faith. Grand Rapids, Mich: Zondervan Academie Books, 1988.

Plantinga, Alvin. The Nature of Necessity. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1974.

Sire, James W. The Universe Next Door: A Basic Worldview Catalog. Downers Grove, Ill: InterVarsity Press, 2004.

Sproul, R. C. The Consequences of Ideas: Understanding the Concepts that Shaped Our World. Wheaton, Ill: Crossway Books, 2000.

Swinburne, Richard. The Existence of God. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1979.

__________. The Evolution of the Soul. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986.