21 must-read christian books like Biblical Critical Theory: How the Bible's Unfolding Story Makes Sense of Modern Life and Culture by Christopher Watkin

Cover of Biblical Critical Theory: How the Bible's Unfolding Story Makes Sense of Modern Life and Culture by Christopher Watkin

Biblical Critical Theory: How the Bible's Unfolding Story Makes Sense of Modern Life and Culture

By: Christopher Watkin

4.55

Format: 672 pages, Hardcover

*With a foreword from Tim Keller* A bold vision for Christians who want to engage the world in a wa…

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Cover of The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God: Why New Atheism Grew Old and Secular Thinkers Are Considering Christianity Again by Justin Brierley

1. The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God: Why New Atheism Grew Old and Secular Thinkers Are Considering Christianity Again

By: Justin Brierley

4.43

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Could We Be Witnessing a Return of Belief in Our Generation? Justin Brierley is convinced that in … read more

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  • cultural
  • christian
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  • christianity
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Cover of Timothy Keller: His Spiritual and Intellectual Formation by Collin Hansen

2. Timothy Keller: His Spiritual and Intellectual Formation

By: Collin Hansen

4.56

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Timothy Keller takes readers behind the scenes to meet the people and understand the events that fo… read more

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Cover of Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus, Become Like Him, Do As He Did by John Mark Comer

3. Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus, Become Like Him, Do As He Did

By: John Mark Comer

4.63

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The author of the international bestseller The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry calls us to rediscover… read more

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Cover of Remaking the World: How 1776 Created the Post-Christian West by Andrew         Wilson

4. Remaking the World: How 1776 Created the Post-Christian West

By: Andrew Wilson

4.51

Format: 473 pages, Kindle Edition

How 7 Transformational Events in 1776 Paved the Way for Today’s Post-Christian West With dizzyin… read more

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Cover of Forgive: Why Should I and How Can I? by Timothy J. Keller

5. Forgive: Why Should I and How Can I?

By: Timothy J. Keller

4.60

Format: 250 pages, Hardcover

Pastor and New York Times bestselling author Timothy Keller outlines the reasons why forgiveness ha… read more

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Cover of Bully Pulpit: Confronting the Problem of Spiritual Abuse in the Church by Michael J. Kruger

6. Bully Pulpit: Confronting the Problem of Spiritual Abuse in the Church

By: Michael J. Kruger

4.49

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Are churches looking for the wrong kind of leaders? The last decade has witnessed a rising number o… read more

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Cover of The Lord of Psalm 23: Jesus Our Shepherd, Companion, and Host by David      Gibson

7. The Lord of Psalm 23: Jesus Our Shepherd, Companion, and Host

By: David Gibson

4.74

Format: 157 pages, Kindle Edition

Expository Study of Psalm 23 Reveals the Beauty and Deep Theological Meaning behind a Familiar Part… read more

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Cover of Digital Liturgies: Rediscovering Christian Wisdom in an Online Age by Samuel James

8. Digital Liturgies: Rediscovering Christian Wisdom in an Online Age

By: Samuel James

4.44

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

How the Habitat of Internet Technology Undermines Christian Wisdom With advancements in internet te… read more

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  • christian living
  • nonfiction
Cover of Into the Heart of Romans: A Deep Dive into Paul's Greatest Letter by Tom     Wright

9. Into the Heart of Romans: A Deep Dive into Paul's Greatest Letter

By: Tom Wright

4.49

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An in-depth study of Romans from today's foremost interpreter of Paul. Romans is often and for good… read more

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Cover of Biblical Critical Theory: How the Bible's Unfolding Story Makes Sense of Modern Life and Culture by Christopher Watkin

10. Biblical Critical Theory: How the Bible's Unfolding Story Makes Sense of Modern Life and Culture

By: Christopher Watkin

4.55

Format: 672 pages, Hardcover

*With a foreword from Tim Keller* A bold vision for Christians who want to engage the world in a wa… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Watkin's Biblical Critical Theory: How the Bible's Unfolding Story Makes Sense of Modern Life and Culture book and Christopher Watkin's Biblical Critical Theory: How the Bible's Unfolding Story Makes Sense of Modern Life and Culture

  • cultural
  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • politics
  • christian living
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images, and Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis by Karen Swallow Prior

11. The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images, and Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis

By: Karen Swallow Prior

4.25

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Contemporary American evangelicalism is suffering from an identity crisis--and a lot of bad press. … read more

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"For Hardy and other critics of the evangelical movement, too often the desire for purity encouraged hypocrisy, earnest ideals became mere performance, and the valuation of hard work turned into pursu…"

-Karen Swallow Prior, The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images, and Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis

"The novel [ Pamela ] is also a very powerful early expression of the modern self, one who sees her soul as equal in human worth and dignity to anyone, regardless of social class or power--and this, t…"

-Karen Swallow Prior, The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images, and Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis

Cover of Jesus and the Powers: Christian Political Witness in an Age of Totalitarian Terror and Dysfunctional Democracies by N.T. Wright

12. Jesus and the Powers: Christian Political Witness in an Age of Totalitarian Terror and Dysfunctional Democracies

By: N.T. Wright

4.14

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Should Christians be politically withdrawn, avoiding participation in politics to maintain their pr… read more

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Cover of The Air We Breathe: How We All Came to Believe in Freedom, Kindness, Progress, and Equality by Glen Scrivener

13. The Air We Breathe: How We All Came to Believe in Freedom, Kindness, Progress, and Equality

By: Glen Scrivener

4.50

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

Is Christianity history? Or is Christian history the deepest explanation of the modern world?Today … read more

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Cover of The Toxic War on Masculinity: How Christianity Reconciles the Sexes by Nancy R. Pearcey

14. The Toxic War on Masculinity: How Christianity Reconciles the Sexes

By: Nancy R. Pearcey

4.51

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

How the Script for Masculinity Turned Toxic--and How to Fix It "Why Can't We Hate Men?" asks a hea… read more

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Cover of The Great Dechurching: Who’s Leaving, Why Are They Going, and What Will It Take to Bring Them Back? by Jim  Davis

15. The Great Dechurching: Who’s Leaving, Why Are They Going, and What Will It Take to Bring Them Back?

By: Jim Davis

3.88

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

We are currently experiencing the largest and fastest religious shift in US history. It is greater … read more

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Cover of The Surprising Genius of Jesus: What the Gospels Reveal about the Greatest Teacher by Peter J. Williams

16. The Surprising Genius of Jesus: What the Gospels Reveal about the Greatest Teacher

By: Peter J. Williams

4.17

Format: 140 pages, Kindle Edition

How the Story of the Prodigal Son Illuminates Jesus’s Genius  When someone thinks of Jesus, “gen… read more

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"Jesus, of course, does not criticize conscientious work, but he does criticize an attitude common among those who work most diligently... Self-righteousness can come easily to the hard worker."

-Peter J. Williams, The Surprising Genius of Jesus: What the Gospels Reveal about the Greatest Teacher

"Esau had reason to be angry, but he responded warmly to his brother's return. If even a person like Esau, who had previously planned to murder his brother, could accept his returning brother, how muc…"

-Peter J. Williams, The Surprising Genius of Jesus: What the Gospels Reveal about the Greatest Teacher

"Thus, all four Gospels present us with a teacher who, just like about every other teacher in history, said the same things multiple times. Why think up an epigram like "Judge not, that you be not jud…"

-Peter J. Williams, The Surprising Genius of Jesus: What the Gospels Reveal about the Greatest Teacher

Cover of Impossible Christianity: Why Following Jesus Does Not Mean You Have to Change the World, Be an Expert in Everything, Accept Spiritual Failure, and Feel Miserable Pretty Much All the Time by Kevin DeYoung

17. Impossible Christianity: Why Following Jesus Does Not Mean You Have to Change the World, Be an Expert in Everything, Accept Spiritual Failure, and Feel Miserable Pretty Much All the Time

By: Kevin DeYoung

4.36

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling Author Kevin DeYoung Offers Hope for Those Who Feel Like Christianity Has Become Hopele… read more

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Cover of Crisis of Confidence: Reclaiming the Historic Faith in a Culture Consumed with Individualism and Identity by Carl R. Trueman

18. Crisis of Confidence: Reclaiming the Historic Faith in a Culture Consumed with Individualism and Identity

By: Carl R. Trueman

4.41

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

Carl Trueman Analyzes How Ancient Creeds and Confessions Protect and Promote Biblical Christianity … read more

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Cover of Why God Makes Sense in a World That Doesn't: The Beauty of Christian Theism by Gavin Ortlund

19. Why God Makes Sense in a World That Doesn't: The Beauty of Christian Theism

By: Gavin Ortlund

4.51

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

It has never been more important to articulate the wonder and enchantment of the Christian message.… read more

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"That day I came across several of the so-called new atheist books: Richard Dawkins’s The God Delusion, Christopher Hitchens’s God Is Not Great, and Sam Harris’s The End of Faith. I vividly remember t…"

-Gavin Ortlund, Why God Makes Sense in a World That Doesn't: The Beauty of Christian Theism

Cover of A Quiet Mind to Suffer With: Mental Illness, Trauma, and the Death of Christ by John Andrew Bryant

20. A Quiet Mind to Suffer With: Mental Illness, Trauma, and the Death of Christ

By: John Andrew Bryant

4.54

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

Publishers Weekly starred review “This is a stunning book, so rare and so beautiful. I cannot recom… read more

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Cover of How (Not) to Read the Bible: Making Sense of the Anti-Women, Anti-Science, Pro-Violence, Pro-Slavery and Other Crazy-Sounding Parts of Scripture by Dan Kimball

21. How (Not) to Read the Bible: Making Sense of the Anti-Women, Anti-Science, Pro-Violence, Pro-Slavery and Other Crazy-Sounding Parts of Scripture

By: Dan Kimball

4.20

Format: None pages, Audio CD

When Dan Kimball first sat down to meet with a student who was disillusioned by Christianity, he wa… read more

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4.51

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4.55

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