My “Agape Restoration Society” article mentions a list of books on Orthodox Christianity.  I have collected several books and articles on this topic, so here is my list:

Acts ch. 15 – At the Jerusalem Council, St. James concludes the council’s decision by saying, “For Moses from generations of old has in every city those who preach him, being read in the synagogues every Sabbath.” This seems to tell us that it is alright for Jews to remain Jewish, to retain their ritual practices. Similarly, it is alright for Orthodox Christians to retain their rituals.

Luke 11:42 – “These you ought to have done, and not to have left the other undone.” While saying that giving alms to the needy was more important than the ritual washing of hands before eating, Jesus still said that we should not leave the ritual acts undone.

Romans ch. 11 – St. Paul compares traditional Judaism with the upstart sect “The Way” and asserts that Israel is not cut off forever, but will be transformed and renewed by this new Way. Perhaps God has allowed Protestantism to arise as a new “wild olive branch” in order to help bring about renewal and restoration in Orthodoxy of its fundamental beliefs and practices.

Anstall, Harold B. and Williams, Benjamin D., Orthodox Worship, Light and Life Publishing Co., Minneapolis, MN, 1990. These authors give a more detailed explanation of the Orthodox liturgy than found in Feast of Faith, especially pointing out that the liturgy is actually entering into the Kingdom of Heaven, a foretaste of eternity.

ANTE-NICENE FATHERS VOLUME I: The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus: Clement; Mathetes; Polycarp; Ignatius; Barnabas; Papias; Justin Martyr; Irenaeus, edited by Magen Nabih Kamel, electronic format (PDF), 1996. The foundation of Christian Tradition is found in the Early Church Fathers, whose writings the Orthodox are encouraged to study.	

ANTE-NICENE FATHERS VOLUME II: Fathers of the Second Century: Hermas; Tatian; Theophilus; Athenagoras; Clement of Alexandria, edited by Magen Nabih Kamel, electronic format (PDF), 1996. This and the above file you can get from me in Windows Help format, just over 1 Mb each.

Barnes, Patrick, The Church Is Visible and One, (PDF file). This is a lengthy, deep and convincing defense of the visible unity of the Church. Highly recommended.

Bulgakov, Sergei, The Orthodox Church, tr. by Elizabeth Cram, Centenary Press, London, 1935.  Available online at http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=6874920 (subscription required to read more than 20 pages; for a summary of this book go to  http://www.holytrinitymission.org/books/english/orthodox_church_s_bulgakov.htm).  Bulgakov was an Orthodox seminarian who lost his faith, became a Marxist, but returned to Orthodoxy, became a priest and after the 1917 revolution emigrated to Paris where he headed the St. Sergius Theological Seminary. He strove for Orthodox ecumenism.

Clenendin, Daniel B., Eastern Orthodox Christianity, A Western Perspective, Baker Books, Grand Rapids, MI, 1994. Written while he was visiting professor at Moscow State University, the author provides us an excellent, balanced overview of Orthodoxy from a western evangelical perspective.

Clenendin, Daniel B., editor, Eastern Orthodox Theology, A Contemporary Reader, Baker Books, Grand Rapids, MI, 1994. Written while he was visiting professor at Moscow State University, the editor collected 13 essays by nine of the most prominent Orthodox theologians in East and West. It is intended to be studied in tandem with the above book.

Clenendin, Daniel B., “Why I'm Not Orthodox,” article in http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/1997/january6/7t1032.html . The author, a former visiting professor at Moscow State University, concludes that he is not Orthodox because he is “committed to key distinctives of the Protestant evangelical tradition” – including the right to decide for oneself “what is basic to Christianity: the nature, sources, and interpretation of God's revelation to us, the meaning of the church and its sacraments, the doctrines of sin and salvation, and even how one enters the kingdom of God.” This aptly describes the modern dilemma of each person inventing his own relativistic religion.

Hopko, Thomas, the Winter Pascha, St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, Crestwood, NY, 1997. Fr. Hopko is dean emeritus of St. Vladimir’s Seminary and renowned author and speaker. In this book he gives 40 meditations on the pre-Nativity “winter” Pascha through Epiphany. Good material on the various teachings about Mary: her birth, the virgin birth of Christ, her ever-virginity, etc.

Gillquist, Peter, Becoming Orthodox, A Journey to the Ancient Christian Faith, Conciliar Press, Ben Lomond, CA, 1992 (revised edition). The author is a former Campus Crusade regional director and one of the leaders of 2,000 Evangelicals who in 1987 joined the Antiochian Orthodox Church.

King, Ursula, Christian Mystics, Their Lives and Legacies Throughout the Ages, Hidden Spring, Mahwah, NJ, 2001. Here you will find an introduction to the concept of mysticism through the lives of mystics in early Christianity, in the medieval period, the early modern period, Eastern Orthodox mystics and then six mystics of our time. The concept of mysticism is a very important aspect of Orthodoxy that is shared, although to a lesser extent, with evangelical Protestantism.

Meyers, Rick, e-Sword - the Sword of the Lord with an electronic edge, www.e-sword.net, 2005. This freeware collection of Bibles, concordances, commentaries and dictionaries also contains a more complete set of the writings of the Ante-Nicene Fathers and The History of the Christian Church by Phillip Schaff that includes "Volume 2: Ante-Nicene Christianity a.d. 100-325" giving you a good overview of early Christianity.

Nassif, Bradley, “An AGAIN Interview with Dr. Bradley Nassif, Theologian and Witness,” This article originally appeared in AGAIN Vol. 28 No. 3, and is available in PDF format from me or online at http://www.conciliarpress.com/again/content/view/92/31/9/9/ .  Dr. Nassif emphasizes the need for a return to the evangelical roots of Eastern Orthodoxy, including personal conversion.

Nassif, Bradley, “Four Blogs on Orthodoxy,” downloaded Mar. 2008 www.reclaimingthemind.org.

Nassif, Bradley, “The Starving Body of Christ,” originally appeared in issue 94 of Building the City of God in a Crumbling World, reprinted in Christian History, Spring 2007, , and is available in PDF format from me or online at http://www.christianitytoday.com/ch/2007/002/3.11.html . In this essay Dr. Nassif compares today’s world of vast economic injustice, crippling poverty, and wealthy churches with that of the “golden-mouthed” preacher John Chrysostom. 

Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain, ed., Unseen Warfare, revised by Theophan the Recluse, transl. by E. Kadloubovsky and G. E. H. Palmer, St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, Crestwood, NY, 1987. In its original form, this book was entitled _Combattimento spirituale_, written by a Roman Catholic priest in Italy in the 16th century. It was soon translated into Greek and Russian, and has had an immense influence on Orthodox mysticism and spirituality.

Paavali, Paul, Archbishop of Finland, The Faith We Hold, tr. By Esther Williams, St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, Crestwood, NY, 1980. A very good, concise overview of Orthodox doctrine, liturgy and prayer.

Paavali, Paul, Archbishop of Finland, Feast of Faith, tr. By Esther Williams, St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, Crestwood, NY, 1988. An excellent, more detailed overview of the Orthodox liturgy.

Pomazansky, Protopresbyter Michael, Orthodox Dogmatic Theology, A Concise Exposition, tr. by Hieromonk Seraphim Rose, St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood, Platina, CA, 1994.  First written in Russian in 1963, published at Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, NY and revised by the author in 1973, this book was translated by a convert to Orthodoxy from the Jesus Movement of the 1960s.  It has been used as the textbook on Dogmatic Theology at St. Vladimir’s Seminary, and gives a good overview of Orthodox Theology.

Rials, Kerby, The Three Great Churches, Lansing, MI, Redeemer Publishing, 2005. The updated version is entitled The Protestant's Guide to Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy: How to Answer the Tough Questions, 2007 (Russian version also available at sales@inchrist.ru). The author, a Pentecostal missionary in Russia, compares basic doctrines of Eastern Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism and Evangelical Protestantism. I edited the first version of this book for my friend Kerby.

Spann, Matt, Witnessing to People of Eastern Orthodox Background Turning Barriers of Belief into Bridges to Personal Faith (file ”BB_E_Orthodox_Manual.pdf”), D.Min. dissertation at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, electronic format, 1.1Mb, 2001.

Stamoolis, James, ed., Three Views on Eastern Orthodoxy and Evangelicalism, contributors: Bradley Nassif, Michael Horton, Vladimir Berzonsky, George Hancock-Stefan, Edward Rommen, Zondervan, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2004. Dr. Nassif is a personal acquaintance of mine: he is a professor at Fuller Seminary in California. I think he presents the most balanced view of all four.

Thaisia Abbess, Abbess Thaisia of Leushino, An Autobiography, St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood, Platina, CA, 1989, transl. unknown. Abbess Thaisia was a spiritual daughter of St. John of Kronstadt, near St. Petersburg, who served at the end of the 1800s and lived to 1908.  This book "is a spiritual classic of the first magnitude, the product of a quick mind and a deeply feeling heart inclined to the mystical life" (back cover). Strive to read up on St. John of Kronstadt, the man who performed many miracles -- it will raise your stature with Orthodox people who revere him highly, and give you a better perspective of Orthodox Christianity.

Ware, Timothy (Archbishop Kallistos), The Orthodox Church, Penquin Books, Middlesex, England, 1981.  This book was first published in 1963 and has seen 10 reprintings. It is probably the classic defense of Orthodoxy written by an Oxford-educated scholar who later joined the Orthodox Church, became a monk, was ordained Father Kallistos, and in 1966 returned to lecture at Oxford.