A Suggested Reading List

A partial and incomplete list, but hopefully a map for those seeking.

On defending the gospel:
Christianity and Liberalism J. Gresham Machen

On Christian worship:
Give Praise to God Ligon Duncan
With Reverence and Awe D. G. Hart and Muether
The Beauty of Holiness: A Guide to Biblical Worship  Michael Barrett
Worship in Song – Scott Aniol
Singing and Making Music – Paul Jones

On ordinate affection:
Religious Affections Jonathan Edwards
Freedom of the Will Jonathan Edwards
The Four Loves C.S. Lewis   
The Abolition of Man C.S. Lewis 
From Passions to Emotions Thomas Dixon
Confessions  Augustine

On the meaning of culture:
Notes Toward the Definition of Culture T.S. Eliot
The Idea of a Christian Society T.S. Eliot
Christianity and Culture J. Gresham Machen
Visions of Order Richard Weaver
The Culture We Deserve Jacques Barzun  
Culture and Anarchy Matthew Arnold
Leisure, the Basis of Culture Joseph Pieper
Culture Counts: Faith and Feeling in a World Besieged Roger Scruton
All God’s Children and Blue Suede Shoes Kenneth Myers
Cultural Literacy E.D. Hirsch
The Christian, the Arts and the Truth Gaebelein
Religion and Culture Christopher Dawson

On the mess we’re in:
Ideas Have Consequences Richard Weaver  
The Conservative Mind Russell Kirk
The Discarded Image C.S. Lewis
Reason and Revelation in the Middle Ages Etienne Gilson 
Pilgrims’ Regress C.S. Lewis   
From Dawn to Decadence Jacques Barzun
No Place for Truth; God in the Wasteland, Above All Earthly Powers David Wells
Religion and The Rise of Western Culture Christopher Dawson
The Dynamics of World History Christopher Dawson

On the imagination:
Saving the Appearances Owen Barfield
The Discarded Image
Ideas Have Consequences
On Fairy Stories J.R.R. Tolkien
The Christian Imagination Leland Ryken

On  meaning in language: 
Less Than Words Can Say Richard Mitchell   
Language is Sermonic Richard Weaver
The Ethics of Rhetoric Richard Weaver
Rhetoric & Composition Richard Weaver

On meaning in texts
How To Read a Book Mortimer Adler
Validity in Interpretation E.D. Hirsch

On meaning in music
What To Listen For in Music Aaron Copland
Music, the Arts and Ideas Leonard B Meyer
Emotion and Meaning in Music Leonard B. Meyer
Structural Functions in Music, Wallace Berry
Music, Passion and Politics Carson Holloway
The Joy of Music Leonard Bernstein
The Infinite Variety of Music Leonard Bernstein
Only the Lover Sings Josef Pieper
Violin Dreams
Understanding Music; The Aesthetics of Music Roger Scruton

On meaning in literature
Understanding Fiction Cleanth Brooks, Robert Penn Warren
An Experiment in Criticism C.S. Lewis

On meaning in poetry
Understanding Poetry Cleanth Brooks & Robert Penn Warren
Poetic Diction Owen Barfield
The Study of Poetry Matthew Arnold   
A Defence of Poetry Shelley    

On meaning in the plastic arts
The Aesthetics of Popular Art Abraham Kaplan
Modern Art and the Death of a Culture H.R. Rookmaaker  
The Use and Abuse of Art Jacques Barzun
The Painted Word, Tom Wolfe

On beauty
A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Sublime and Beautiful Edmund Burke
Beauty  Roger Scruton

On meaning in theatre/television
Amusing Ourselves to Death Neil Postman  

On meaning in technology
Technopoly Neil Postman  

On meaning in architecture
The Story of Architecture by Jonathan Glancey
Architecture: Form, Space, and Order by Francis D.K. Ching

On meaning in education
The Idea of a University John Henry Newman
The Lost Tools of Learning Dorothy Sayers

The Christian tradition
See here.