19 Best nonfiction books like Strange Rites: New Religions for a Godless World by Tara Isabella Burton

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Strange Rites: New Religions for a Godless World

By: Tara Isabella Burton

3.92

Format: 301 pages, Hardcover

A sparklingly strange odyssey through the kaleidoscope of America's new spirituality: the cults, pr…

"When it comes to Remixed religion, at least, we all come out from under Severus Snape's robes."

-Tara Isabella Burton, Strange Rites: New Religions for a Godless World

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Strange Rites: New Religions for a Godless World by Tara Isabella Burton , here is a list of 19 books like this:

Cover of Revelations of Divine Love by Julian of Norwich, A.C. Spearing, Elizabeth Spearing

1. Revelations of Divine Love

By: Julian of Norwich , A.C. Spearing , Elizabeth Spearing

4.20

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

One of the first woman authors, Julian of Norwich produced in Revelations of Divine Lovea remarkabl… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • theology
Cover of You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit by James K.A. Smith

2. You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit

By: James K.A. Smith

3.63

Format: None pages, Hardcover

You are what you love. But you might not love what you think. In this book, award-winning author Ja… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • theology

3. The Ethics of Authenticity

By: Charles Margrave Taylor

3.60

Format: None pages,

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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

4. 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
  • theology
  • politics
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time by Yascha Mounk

5. The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time

By: Yascha Mounk

4.08

Format: 414 pages, Kindle Edition

One of our leading public intellectuals traces the origin of a set of ideas about identity and soci… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
Cover of A Non-Anxious Presence: How a Changing and Complex World will Create a Remnant of Renewed Christian Leaders by Mark Sayers

6. A Non-Anxious Presence: How a Changing and Complex World will Create a Remnant of Renewed Christian Leaders

By: Mark Sayers

4.06

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

For much of recent history individuals and institutions could plan, execute, and flourish with thei… read more

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  • cultural
  • nonfiction
  • theology
Cover of Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World by Tom Holland

7. Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World

By: Tom Holland

4.26

Format: 624 pages, Hardcover

A "marvelous" (Economist) account of how the Christian Revolution forged the Western imagination. … read more

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  • cultural
  • history
  • theology
  • politics
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
"To hail a religion for its compatibility with a secular society was decidedly not a neutral gesture. Secularism was no less bred of the sweep of Christian history than were Orban's barbed-wire fences…"

-Tom Holland, Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World

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8. The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth

By: Jonathan Rauch

4.25

Format: 318 pages, Hardcover

Arming Americans to defend the truth from today's war on facts Disinformation. Trolling. Conspir… read more

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  • cultural
  • history
  • politics
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
"Minorities are always better off in a culture which protects dissent than in a culture which protects us from dissent."

-Jonathan Rauch, The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth

"If we care about knowledge, freedom, and peace, then we need to stake a strong claim: anyone can believe anything, but liberal science—open-ended, depersonalized checking by an error-seeking social n…"

-Jonathan Rauch, The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth

Cover of The Wood Between the Worlds: A Poetic Theology of the Cross by Brian Zahnd

9. The Wood Between the Worlds: A Poetic Theology of the Cross

By: Brian Zahnd

4.53

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

The cross is the heart of Scripture Everything about the gospel message leads to the cross, and pro… read more

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  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • theology
Cover of Remaking the World: How 1776 Created the Post-Christian West by Andrew         Wilson

10. 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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  • cultural
  • history
  • theology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
Cover of Digital Liturgies: Rediscovering Christian Wisdom in an Online Age by Samuel James

11. 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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  • cultural
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • theology
Cover of Biblical Critical Theory: How the Bible's Unfolding Story Makes Sense of Modern Life and Culture by Christopher Watkin

12. 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

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  • cultural
  • theology
  • politics
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
Cover of Generations: The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents―and What They Mean for America's Future by Jean M. Twenge

13. Generations: The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents―and What They Mean for America's Future

By: Jean M. Twenge

4.05

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking, revelatory portrait of the six generations that currently live in the United Stat… read more

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  • cultural
  • history
  • politics
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
"John Della Volpe, the director of polling at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, spoke to hundreds of young people for his 2022 book, Fight: How Gen Z Is Channeling Their Fear and Passion to Sa…"

-Jean M. Twenge, Generations: The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents―and What They Mean for America's Future

Cover of The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America by Coleman Hughes

14. The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

By: Coleman Hughes

4.46

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An exciting new voice makes the case for a colorblind approach to politics and culture, warning tha… read more

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  • cultural
  • history
  • politics
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
"Neoracists believe that we must indoctrinate children to cure them of racism. I say that children are racially innocent by nature, and we should protect that racial innocence for as long as possible."

-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

"The majority of effort channeled toward achieving racial equity hasn't been applied to the part of life that has the biggest influence on people's skills and mindsets: namely birth to eighteen years …"

-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

"By [college], many skills, attitudes, and habits have already been formed. We can have a much bigger impact on people at younger ages. Efforts to achieve true equity should focus instead on high-qual…"

-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

"The common humanity and anti-racism of the civil rights movement had strong ties to Christianity. And Christianity promoted the value of interracial harmony: unity in Christ. But the appeal of Christ…"

-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

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

15. 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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  • cultural
  • theology
  • politics
  • religion
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Air We Breathe: How We All Came to Believe in Freedom, Kindness, Progress, and Equality by Glen Scrivener

16. 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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  • cultural
  • history
  • theology
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Great Dechurching: Who’s Leaving, Why Are They Going, and What Will It Take to Bring Them Back? by Jim  Davis

17. 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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  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • theology
Cover of Strange Rites: New Religions for a Godless World by Tara Isabella Burton

18. Strange Rites: New Religions for a Godless World

By: Tara Isabella Burton

3.92

Format: 301 pages, Hardcover

A sparklingly strange odyssey through the kaleidoscope of America's new spirituality: the cults, pr… read more

Similar categories in Tara Isabella Burton's Strange Rites: New Religions for a Godless World book and Tara Isabella Burton's Strange Rites: New Religions for a Godless World

  • cultural
  • history
  • theology
  • politics
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • sociology
"When it comes to Remixed religion, at least, we all come out from under Severus Snape's robes."

-Tara Isabella Burton, Strange Rites: New Religions for a Godless World

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

19. 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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  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • theology
Cover of Political Gospel: Public Witness in a Politically Crazy World by Patrick Schreiner

20. Political Gospel: Public Witness in a Politically Crazy World

By: Patrick Schreiner

4.17

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Christians are constantly being accused of being too political or not political enough.   Often, th… read more

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  • cultural
  • politics
  • theology
Cover of Seculosity: How Career, Parenting, Technology, Food, Politics, and Romance Became Our New Religion and What to Do about It by David Zahl

21. Seculosity: How Career, Parenting, Technology, Food, Politics, and Romance Became Our New Religion and What to Do about It

By: David Zahl

4.24

Format: 250 pages, Hardcover

Being enough is a universal longing. Seculosity makes the case that being religious is alive and we… read more

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  • cultural
  • theology
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
"Our addiction to control ends up controlling us."

-David Zahl, Seculosity: How Career, Parenting, Technology, Food, Politics, and Romance Became Our New Religion and What to Do about It

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4.08

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4.26

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The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth

Jonathan Rauch

4.25

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4.51

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3.99

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4.14

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