After Jesus Before Christianity: A Historical Exploration of the First Two Centuries of Jesus Movements
By: Erin Vearncombe
3.75
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From the creative minds of the scholarly group behind the groundbreaking Jesus Seminar comes this p…
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1. Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why
By: Bart D. Ehrman
3.93
Format: 266 pages, Paperback
For almost 1,500 years, the New Testament manuscripts were copied by hand––and mistakes and intenti… read more
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2. Eat This Book: A Conversation in the Art of Spiritual Reading (Spiritual Theology #2)
By: Eugene H. Peterson
4.57
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Eat This Book challenges us to read the Scriptures on their own terms, as God's revelation, and to … read more
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4. The End of White Christian America
By: Robert P. Jones , Robert P. Jones
4.06
Format: 360 pages, ebook
Robert P. Jones, CEO of the Public Religion Research Institute, spells out the profound political a… read more
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5. St. Paul: The Apostle We Love to Hate
By: Karen Armstrong
3.90
Format: 205 pages,
St. Paul is known throughout the world as the first Christian writer, authoring fourteen of the twe… read more
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6. Jesus, Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible & Why We Don't Know About Them
By: Bart D. Ehrman
3.95
Format: 315 pages, Hardcover
Picking up where Bible expert Bart Ehrman's New York Timesbestseller Misquoting Jesusleft off, Jesu… read more
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7. The Princess and Curdie
By: George MacDonald , Helen Stratton
3.66
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Princess Irene's great-grandmother has a testing task for Curdie. He will not go alone though, as s… read more
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8. How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee
By: Bart D. Ehrman
3.87
Format: None pages,
New York Times bestselling author and Bible expert Bart Ehrman reveals how Jesus's divinity became … read more
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9. Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
By: Reza Aslan
3.96
Format: 236 pages, Hardcover
From the internationally bestselling author of No god but Godcomes a fascinating, provocative, and … read more
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10. Losing Our Religion: An Altar Call for Evangelical America
By: Russell D. Moore
4.31
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Former Southern Baptist pastor and Christianity Today editor-in-chief Russell Moore calls for repen… read more
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11. The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church
By: Sarah McCammon
4.21
Format: 310 pages, Hardcover
The first definitive book that names the massive social movement of people leaving the white evange… read more
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12. Tell Her Story: How Women Led, Taught, and Ministered in the Early Church
By: Nijay K. Gupta
4.35
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Women were there. For centuries, discussions of early Christianity have focused on male leaders in … read more
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13. When Religion Hurts You: Healing from Religious Trauma and the Impact of High-Control Religion
By: Laura E. Anderson
4.38
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
"Anderson strikes a smart, balanced tone. . . . An exemplary guide to an understudied issue."--Publ… read more
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"Rebuilding a worldview and identity likely needs to include space for uncertainty."-Laura E. Anderson, When Religion Hurts You: Healing from Religious Trauma and the Impact of High-Control Religion
"I have lived far too much of my life with the end goal of eternal life in heaven, and so I missed a lot of life on earth."-Laura E. Anderson, When Religion Hurts You: Healing from Religious Trauma and the Impact of High-Control Religion
"A marker of healing from religious trauma is not simply the process of deconstructing one’s worldview and identity and rebuilding a new one; it is also the willingness to remain open to shifting and …"-Laura E. Anderson, When Religion Hurts You: Healing from Religious Trauma and the Impact of High-Control Religion
"Religious trauma resides in our bodies and nervous systems in the same way that trauma from war, developmental trauma, or sexualized trauma live inside us. Though the triggers and environment of the …"-Laura E. Anderson, When Religion Hurts You: Healing from Religious Trauma and the Impact of High-Control Religion
14. Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife
By: Bart D. Ehrman
4.06
Format: 327 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times bestselling historian of early Christianity takes on two of the most gripping ques… read more
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"It is impossible to overrate the importance of Homer on the culture and religion of ancient Greece. It is not that the Iliad and the Odyssey were “the Bible"-Bart D. Ehrman, Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife
"The problem with material remains is that they are silent: they don't provide their own interpretations. And that means various interpretations are possible."-Bart D. Ehrman, Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife
"The Old Testament says no word about either eternal bliss for the righteous dead or everlasting punishment for the wicked. The poets praise God, instead, for allowing them to stay alive for a while l…"-Bart D. Ehrman, Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife
"The fear of death in antiquity differed from the terrors of torment or horrors of actual nonexistence experienced by so many in the West today. It was instead the dread of losing out on everything a …"-Bart D. Ehrman, Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife
15. Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others
By: Barbara Brown Taylor
4.40
Format: 256 pages, ebook
The renowned and beloved New York Times bestselling author of An Altar in the World and Learning to… read more
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"Our shadows are often behind us, where others can see them better than we can."-Barbara Brown Taylor, Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others
"I had lived so long in the mainstream that I never even though about how I sounded from the margins"-Barbara Brown Taylor, Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others
"The only clear line I draw these days is this: when my religion tries to come between me and my neighbor, I will choose my neighbor... Jesus never commanded me to love my religion."-Barbara Brown Taylor, Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others
"...religion is more than a source of conflict or a calculated way to stay out of hell. Religions are treasure chests of stories, songs, rituals, and ways of life that have been handed down for millen…"-Barbara Brown Taylor, Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others
16. 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
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17. After Jesus Before Christianity: A Historical Exploration of the First Two Centuries of Jesus Movements
By: Erin Vearncombe
3.75
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From the creative minds of the scholarly group behind the groundbreaking Jesus Seminar comes this p… read more
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18. Disney's Land: Walt Disney and the Invention of the Amusement Park That Changed the World
By: Richard Snow
3.97
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
A propulsive history chronicling the conception and creation of Disneyland, the masterpiece Califor… read more
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19. Do I Stay Christian?: A Guide for the Doubters, the Disappointed, and the Disillusioned
By: Brian D. McLaren
4.25
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Dubbed "a heroic gate-crasher" by New York Times bestselling author Glennon Doyle, Brian D. McLaren… read more
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20. Even If He Doesn't: What We Believe about God When Life Doesn’t Make Sense
By: Kristen LaValley
4.57
Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition
How can I approach God if I’m struggling to believe in His goodness?So much of our belief can be fo… read more
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21. Nice Racism: How Progressive White People Perpetuate Racial Harm
By: Robin DiAngelo
3.96
Format: 220 pages, Kindle Edition
In Nice Racism, her follow-up work to White Fragility, the author draws on her background as a soci… read more
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"…every moment that I spend in white space reinforces in me a particular (and limited) worldview and experience. But the deeper message being reinforced is that we lose nothing of value by living in s…"-Robin DiAngelo, Nice Racism: How Progressive White People Perpetuate Racial Harm
