Affirming: A Memoir of Faith, Sexuality, and Staying in the Church
By: Sally Gary
4.30
Format: 237 pages, Paperback
What is it like to discover that something you’ve believed all your life might be wrong? Sally Ga…
Want to Read $ 18.13If you liked the nonfiction plot in Affirming: A Memoir of Faith, Sexuality, and Staying in the Church by Sally Gary , here is a list of 25 books like this:
1. The Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman's Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine
By: Sue Monk Kidd
3.98
Format: 238 pages, Paperback
The acclaimed spiritual memoir from the author of The Secret Life of Bees. I was amazed to find … read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Sue Monk Kidd's The Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman's Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine book and Sally Gary's Affirming: A Memoir of Faith, Sexuality, and Staying in the Church
- biography
- memoir
- faith
- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
"But benevolent patriarchy is still patriarchy."-Sue Monk Kidd, The Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman's Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine
"Until we look from the bottom up we have nothing."-Sue Monk Kidd, The Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman's Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine
". . . in the end, Goddess is just a word. It simply means the divine in female form."-Sue Monk Kidd, The Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman's Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine
"Whatever else you do, listen to your Deepest Self. Love Her and be true to Her, speak Her truth, always."-Sue Monk Kidd, The Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman's Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine
2. Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs
By: Johann Hari
3.98
Format: 392 pages, Hardcover
New York TimesBestseller It is now one hundred years since drugs were first banned in the United St… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Johann Hari's Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs book and Sally Gary's Affirming: A Memoir of Faith, Sexuality, and Staying in the Church
- nonfiction
3. Jesus Feminist: An Invitation to Revisit the Bible’s View of Women
By: Rachel Held Evans , Sarah Bessey
3.87
Format: 216 pages, ebook
Written with poetic rhythm, a prophetic voice, and a deeply biblical foundation, this loving yet fe… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Rachel Held Evans's Jesus Feminist: An Invitation to Revisit the Bible’s View of Women book and Sally Gary's Affirming: A Memoir of Faith, Sexuality, and Staying in the Church
- faith
- religion
- nonfiction
4. God and the Gay Christian: The Biblical Case in Support of Same-Sex Relationships
By: Matthew Vines
3.87
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
As a young Christian man, Matthew Vines harbored the same basic hopes of most young people: to some… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Matthew Vines's God and the Gay Christian: The Biblical Case in Support of Same-Sex Relationships book and Sally Gary's Affirming: A Memoir of Faith, Sexuality, and Staying in the Church
5. The Sin of Certainty: Why God Desires Our Trust More Than Our "Correct" Beliefs
By: Peter Enns
3.91
Format: 241 pages, Hardcover
The controversial evangelical Bible scholar and author of The Bible Tells Me Soexplains how Christi… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Peter Enns's The Sin of Certainty: Why God Desires Our Trust More Than Our "Correct" Beliefs book and Sally Gary's Affirming: A Memoir of Faith, Sexuality, and Staying in the Church
6. Torn: Rescuing the Gospel from the Gays-vs.-Christians Debate
By: Justin Lee
3.55
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
As a teenager and young man, Justin Lee felt deeply torn. Nicknamed "God Boy" by his peers, he knew… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Justin Lee's Torn: Rescuing the Gospel from the Gays-vs.-Christians Debate book and Sally Gary's Affirming: A Memoir of Faith, Sexuality, and Staying in the Church
7. Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes: Removing Cultural Blinders to Better Understand the Bible
By: E. Randolph Richards , Brandon J. O'Brien
3.87
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
What was clear to the original readers of Scripture is not always clear to us. Because of the cultu… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in E. Randolph Richards's Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes: Removing Cultural Blinders to Better Understand the Bible book and Sally Gary's Affirming: A Memoir of Faith, Sexuality, and Staying in the Church
8. The Cross and the Lynching Tree
By: James H. Cone
4.51
Format: 202 pages, Hardcover
The cross and the lynching tree are the two most emotionally charged symbols in the history of the … read more
Want to Read $ 13.01Similar categories in James H. Cone's The Cross and the Lynching Tree book and Sally Gary's Affirming: A Memoir of Faith, Sexuality, and Staying in the Church
- faith
- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
"For [Martin Luther] King nonviolence was more than a strategy; it was the way of life defined by love for others—the only way to heal broken humanity."-James H. Cone, The Cross and the Lynching Tree
"The gospel of Jesus is not a rational concept to be explained in a theory of salvation, but a story about God’s presence in Jesus’ solidarity with the oppressed, which led to his death on the cross. …"-James H. Cone, The Cross and the Lynching Tree
"The cross and the lynching tree interpret each other. Both were public spectacles, shameful events, instruments of punishment reserved for the most despised people in society. Any genuine theology an…"-James H. Cone, The Cross and the Lynching Tree
9. Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church
By: Rachel Held Evans
3.44
Format: 406 pages, Paperback
New York Timesbestselling author Rachel Held Evans embarks on a quest to find out what it really me… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Rachel Held Evans's Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church book and Sally Gary's Affirming: A Memoir of Faith, Sexuality, and Staying in the Church
10. Changing Our Mind: A call from America's leading evangelical ethics scholar for full acceptance of LGBT Christians in the Church
By: Brian D. McLaren , Matthew Vines , Phyllis Tickle , David P. Gushee
3.82
Format: 287 pages,
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Brian D. McLaren's Changing Our Mind: A call from America's leading evangelical ethics scholar for full acceptance of LGBT Christians in the Church book and Sally Gary's Affirming: A Memoir of Faith, Sexuality, and Staying in the Church
11. Romney: A Reckoning
By: McKay Coppins
4.36
Format: 416 pages, ebook
A remarkably illuminating biography of the political maverick, filled with revelations and written … read more
Want to Read $ 16.99Similar categories in McKay Coppins's Romney: A Reckoning book and Sally Gary's Affirming: A Memoir of Faith, Sexuality, and Staying in the Church
- nonfiction
- religion
- biography
- memoir
12. Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was and Who God Has Always Been
By: Jackie Hill Perry
4.36
Format: 193 pages, Paperback
"I used to be a lesbian." In Gay Girl, Good God, author Jackie Hill Perry shares her own story, … read more
Want to Read $ 8.27Similar categories in Jackie Hill Perry's Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was and Who God Has Always Been book and Sally Gary's Affirming: A Memoir of Faith, Sexuality, and Staying in the Church
- biography
- memoir
- faith
- religion
- nonfiction
"Do you know why we have a hard time believing that a gay girl can become a completely different creature? Because, we have a hard time believing in God. ..."-Jackie Hill Perry, Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was and Who God Has Always Been
"From the outside looking in, it could be assumed that Preston's and my relationship was God's proof of turning a "gay girl good." But really, He'd already done that the moment He'd set me free from s…"-Jackie Hill Perry, Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was and Who God Has Always Been
"Trying to contain the small giggle welling up in her chest from the sincerity of my question, Santoria, full of confidence, responded while looking toward my direction, "Yes, Jackie.The gospel didn't…"-Jackie Hill Perry, Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was and Who God Has Always Been
"LGBT culture has done an excellent job of renewing or should I say, destroying, the mind of many, mainly by consistently using words as their greatest tool in their efforts to draw people into findin…"-Jackie Hill Perry, Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was and Who God Has Always Been
13. Wholehearted Faith
By: Rachel Held Evans
4.42
Format: 196 pages, Hardcover
A new collection of original writings by Rachel Held Evans, whose reflections on faith and life con… read more
Want to Read $ 14.49Similar categories in Rachel Held Evans's Wholehearted Faith book and Sally Gary's Affirming: A Memoir of Faith, Sexuality, and Staying in the Church
- memoir
- faith
- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
"Many of us have found a renewed sense of possibility when we've realized how much of God's beauty remains to be explored — and that the life of faith is also a life of holy curiosity."-Rachel Held Evans, Wholehearted Faith
"It is nearly impossible to believe: God shrinking down to the size of a zygote, implanted in the soft lining of a woman’s womb. God growing fingers and toes. God kicking and hiccupping in utero. God …"-Rachel Held Evans, Wholehearted Faith
14. Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived
By: Rob Bell
3.66
Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition
Millions of Christians have struggled with how to reconcile God's love and God's judgment: Has God… read more
Want to Read $ 13.99Similar categories in Rob Bell's Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived book and Sally Gary's Affirming: A Memoir of Faith, Sexuality, and Staying in the Church
- faith
- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
"You turn the light on, you get all kinds of bugs."-Rob Bell, Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived
"Forgiveness is unilateral. God isn’t waiting for us to get it together, to clean up, shape up, get up - God has already done it."-Rob Bell, Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived
"...Jesus responds to almost every question he's asked with...a question. "What do you think? How do you read it?" he asks, again and again and again."-Rob Bell, Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived
"Love demands freedom. It always has, and it always will. We are free to resist, reject, and rebel against God's ways for us. We can have all the hell we want."-Rob Bell, Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived
15. All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir
By: Beth Moore
4.47
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and Wall Street Journal bestseller! An incredibly thoughtful,… read more
Want to Read $ 13.29Similar categories in Beth Moore's All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir book and Sally Gary's Affirming: A Memoir of Faith, Sexuality, and Staying in the Church
- biography
- memoir
- faith
- religion
- nonfiction
"Once you've broken to pieces, the luxury of imagining yourself unbreakable evaporates."-Beth Moore, All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir
"You want to know how to love me? Love my children. You want to be good to me? Be good to my children."-Beth Moore, All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir
"A teenager doesn't know she's still a child. A teenager feels like an adult, I suppose primarily because her outside, her flesh and her face, her body, her size, her width and height, look like - and…"-Beth Moore, All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir
16. The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism
By: Tim Alberta
4.45
Format: 506 pages, Kindle Edition
Evangelical Christians are perhaps the most polarizing—and least understood—people living in Americ… read more
Want to Read $ 17.99Similar categories in Tim Alberta's The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism book and Sally Gary's Affirming: A Memoir of Faith, Sexuality, and Staying in the Church
- faith
- religion
- nonfiction
17. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness
By: Jonathan Haidt
4.46
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in t… read more
Want to Read $ 15.99Similar categories in Jonathan Haidt's The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness book and Sally Gary's Affirming: A Memoir of Faith, Sexuality, and Staying in the Church
- nonfiction
"Socially prescribed perfectionism is closely related to anxiety; people who suffer from anxiety are more prone to it. Being a perfectionist also increases your anxiety because you fear the shame of p…"-Jonathan Haidt, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness
"Girls in virtual networks are subjected to hundreds of times more social comparison than girls had experienced for all of human evolution. They are exposed to more cruelty and bullying because social…"-Jonathan Haidt, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness
18. The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For and Believe
By: Richard Rohr
4.45
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - With a new afterword - From one of the world's most influential spiritu… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Richard Rohr's The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For and Believe book and Sally Gary's Affirming: A Memoir of Faith, Sexuality, and Staying in the Church
- faith
- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
19. Coming Home
By: Brittney Griner
4.43
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From the nine-time women’s basketball icon and two-time Olympic gold medalist—a raw, revelatory acc… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Brittney Griner's Coming Home book and Sally Gary's Affirming: A Memoir of Faith, Sexuality, and Staying in the Church
- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
- lgbt
"When your world is violently upended, you don't just mourn your immediate losses. You also grieve a future that no longer feels possible, the peace that might've been."-Brittney Griner, Coming Home
20. How the Bible Actually Works: In Which I Explain How An Ancient, Ambiguous, and Diverse Book Leads Us to Wisdom Rather Than Answers―and Why That's Great News
By: Peter Enns
4.29
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Controversial evangelical Bible scholar, popular blogger and podcast host of The Bible for Normal P… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Peter Enns's How the Bible Actually Works: In Which I Explain How An Ancient, Ambiguous, and Diverse Book Leads Us to Wisdom Rather Than Answers―and Why That's Great News book and Sally Gary's Affirming: A Memoir of Faith, Sexuality, and Staying in the Church
- faith
- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
21. Curveball: When Your Faith Takes Turns You Never Saw Coming (or How I Stumbled and Tripped My Way to Finding a Bigger God)
By: Peter Enns
4.36
Format: 239 pages, Kindle Edition
“Peter Enns is brilliant at taking the big topics, those Christian ideas that usually scare us or i… read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Peter Enns's Curveball: When Your Faith Takes Turns You Never Saw Coming (or How I Stumbled and Tripped My Way to Finding a Bigger God) book and Sally Gary's Affirming: A Memoir of Faith, Sexuality, and Staying in the Church
- biography
- faith
- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
"Does the God of Abraham look lovingly upon ancient cave drawings and temples dedicated to the only gods ancient humans could have known?"-Peter Enns, Curveball: When Your Faith Takes Turns You Never Saw Coming (or How I Stumbled and Tripped My Way to Finding a Bigger God)
"Like a frail plant that needs careful tending and constant protection from sun and wind, perhaps the real problem wasn’t me but the fragile, unsustainable version of Christianity I had been told was …"-Peter Enns, Curveball: When Your Faith Takes Turns You Never Saw Coming (or How I Stumbled and Tripped My Way to Finding a Bigger God)
"Placeholder theology is the very nature of theology. By it we acknowledge the human need to say something about ultimate meaning concerning the Creator and the creation while also understanding that …"-Peter Enns, Curveball: When Your Faith Takes Turns You Never Saw Coming (or How I Stumbled and Tripped My Way to Finding a Bigger God)
"A God who does not connect to the world around us is a God who cannot speak to us. Believing in a God who demands that we continue to adopt only biblically ancient ways of thinking of God, which are …"-Peter Enns, Curveball: When Your Faith Takes Turns You Never Saw Coming (or How I Stumbled and Tripped My Way to Finding a Bigger God)
22. Love Matters More: How Fighting to Be Right Keeps Us from Loving Like Jesus
By: Jared Byas
4.47
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
For years, Christians have argued, debated, and fought one another while "speaking the truth in lov… read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Jared Byas's Love Matters More: How Fighting to Be Right Keeps Us from Loving Like Jesus book and Sally Gary's Affirming: A Memoir of Faith, Sexuality, and Staying in the Church
- faith
- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
23. Armageddon: What the Bible Really Says about the End
By: Bart D. Ehrman
4.25
Format: 8 pages, Audiobook
A “humane, thoughtful, and intelligent” (The New York Times Book Review) bestselling Biblical schol… read more
Want to Read $ 13.99Similar categories in Bart D. Ehrman's Armageddon: What the Bible Really Says about the End book and Sally Gary's Affirming: A Memoir of Faith, Sexuality, and Staying in the Church
- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
24. Affirming: A Memoir of Faith, Sexuality, and Staying in the Church
By: Sally Gary
4.30
Format: 237 pages, Paperback
What is it like to discover that something you’ve believed all your life might be wrong? Sally Ga… read more
Want to Read $ 18.13Similar categories in Sally Gary's Affirming: A Memoir of Faith, Sexuality, and Staying in the Church book and Sally Gary's Affirming: A Memoir of Faith, Sexuality, and Staying in the Church
- biography
- memoir
- lgbt
- faith
- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
25. The Great Sex Rescue: The Lies You've Been Taught and How to Recover What God Intended
By: Sheila Wray Gregoire
4.56
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
What if it's not your fault that sex is bad in your marriage? Based on a groundbreaking in-depth s… read more
Want to Read $ 8.55Similar categories in Sheila Wray Gregoire's The Great Sex Rescue: The Lies You've Been Taught and How to Recover What God Intended book and Sally Gary's Affirming: A Memoir of Faith, Sexuality, and Staying in the Church
- faith
- religion
- nonfiction
26. American Idolatry: How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gospel and Threatens the Church
By: Andrew L. Whitehead
4.20
Format: 215 pages, Hardcover
"Heartfelt, incisive, and worthy of thoughtful consideration."-- Library Journal Power. Fear. Viol… read more
Want to Read $ 16.99Similar categories in Andrew L. Whitehead's American Idolatry: How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gospel and Threatens the Church book and Sally Gary's Affirming: A Memoir of Faith, Sexuality, and Staying in the Church
- religion
- nonfiction
"Jesus calls us to be a light, not a wildfire."-Andrew L. Whitehead, American Idolatry: How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gospel and Threatens the Church
"When it comes down to democracy or power, white Christian nationalism will choose power every time."-Andrew L. Whitehead, American Idolatry: How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gospel and Threatens the Church
"Christian nationalism is not interested in a government for the people, by the people, but rather for a particular people, by a particular people."-Andrew L. Whitehead, American Idolatry: How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gospel and Threatens the Church
"Our ability to love, serve, and act as salt and light in our communities is not dependent on various symbols of Christianity dominating the civic landscape."-Andrew L. Whitehead, American Idolatry: How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gospel and Threatens the Church
27. Transforming: The Bible & the Lives of Transgender Christians
By: Austen Hartke
4.40
Format: 225 pages, Paperback
In 2014, Time magazine announced that America had reached “the transgender tipping point,” suggesti… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Austen Hartke's Transforming: The Bible & the Lives of Transgender Christians book and Sally Gary's Affirming: A Memoir of Faith, Sexuality, and Staying in the Church
- faith
- religion
- nonfiction
- lgbt
"The thing is, we can't be in right relationship to each other if we can't see each other. We can't be fully present in any relationship if we're walling off part of ourselves or hiding beneath a mask."-Austen Hartke, Transforming: The Bible & the Lives of Transgender Christians
"It might seem daunting to a congregation to have to learn about pronouns, or to designate a bathroom gender-neutral, or to have difficult conversations about what it means to affirm LGBTQ+ identities…"-Austen Hartke, Transforming: The Bible & the Lives of Transgender Christians
"When we look at stories of renaming in the Bible, we often find that a character is handed a new name they never asked for. While I'm sure Abraham treasured the new name and promise God gave him, and…"-Austen Hartke, Transforming: The Bible & the Lives of Transgender Christians
"There are two ways to interpret what Paul says in Galatians 3:28 about our being one in Christ: either it means that we're all whitewashed and homogenized and our differences are erased... or it mean…"-Austen Hartke, Transforming: The Bible & the Lives of Transgender Christians
28. Heavy Burdens: Seven Ways LGBTQ Christians Experience Harm in the Church
By: Bridget Eileen Rivera
4.50
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Foreword INDIES 2021 Finalist for Religion Religious faith reduces the risk of suicide for virtu… read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Bridget Eileen Rivera's Heavy Burdens: Seven Ways LGBTQ Christians Experience Harm in the Church book and Sally Gary's Affirming: A Memoir of Faith, Sexuality, and Staying in the Church
- lgbt
- faith
- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
"It would seem counterintuitive for Christians to embrace a word that prioritizes sex as the focal point of identity (homosexual) over a word that intentionally decenters the importance of sex (gay). …"-Bridget Eileen Rivera, Heavy Burdens: Seven Ways LGBTQ Christians Experience Harm in the Church
29. After Evangelicalism: The Path to a New Christianity
By: David P. Gushee
4.18
Format: 234 pages, Paperback
A building crescendo of developments, culminating in evangelical support for the Trump presidency, … read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in David P. Gushee's After Evangelicalism: The Path to a New Christianity book and Sally Gary's Affirming: A Memoir of Faith, Sexuality, and Staying in the Church
- faith
- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
30. Outlove: A Queer Christian Survival Story
By: Julie Rodgers
4.55
Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition
After decades of bouncing between hope and despair, Evangelical, Baptist-raised Julie Rodgers found… read more
Want to Read $ 13.28Similar categories in Julie Rodgers's Outlove: A Queer Christian Survival Story book and Sally Gary's Affirming: A Memoir of Faith, Sexuality, and Staying in the Church
- biography
- memoir
- lgbt
- faith
- religion
- nonfiction
"You can't be loved when you aren't known."-Julie Rodgers, Outlove: A Queer Christian Survival Story
31. Baby Dinosaurs on the Ark: The Bible and Modern Science and the Trouble of Making It All Fit
By: Janet Kellogg Ray
4.39
Format: 227 pages, Paperback
A scientific look at creationism from a former creationist A significant number of Americans, esp… read more
Want to Read $ 7.59Similar categories in Janet Kellogg Ray's Baby Dinosaurs on the Ark: The Bible and Modern Science and the Trouble of Making It All Fit book and Sally Gary's Affirming: A Memoir of Faith, Sexuality, and Staying in the Church
- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
