Black Liturgies: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations for Staying Human
By: Cole Arthur Riley
4.75
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A collection of prayer, poetry, and spiritual practice centering the Black interior world, from the…
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1. Radical Love: An Introduction to Queer Theology
By: Patrick S. Cheng
4.40
Format: 172 pages, Paperback
Contextual theologies have developed from a number of perspectives including feminist theology, Bla… read more
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2. 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
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"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
3. Somehow: Thoughts on Love
By: Anne Lamott
3.95
Format: 204 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of Dusk, Night, Dawn and Help, Thanks, Wow , a joyful celebration of lo… read more
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"I don’t know"-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love
"…nobody in isolation becomes who they were designed to be."-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love
"Sometimes it all just sucks, as Jesus says somewhere in the Gospels (although off the top of my head I can’t recall chapter and verse."-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love
"When I first got sober, a man told me that upon waking every morning, instead of reciting the standard flowery recovery prayer, he said, “Whatever,“ and at night when he turned off his lights to go t…"-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love
4. The Viral Underclass: The Human Toll When Inequality and Disease Collide
By: Steven W. Thrasher
4.22
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From preeminent LGBTQ scholar, social critic, and journalist Steven W. Thrasher comes a powerful an… read more
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5. How to Walk into a Room: The Art of Knowing When to Stay and When to Walk Away
By: Emily P. Freeman
4.01
Format: 232 pages, Kindle Edition
New York Times Bestseller If life were a house, then every room holds a story. What do we do when … read more
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6. 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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7. Have a Beautiful, Terrible Day!: Daily Meditations for the Ups, Downs & In-Betweens
By: Kate Bowler
4.34
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Witty, honest, and wise spiritual reflections that invite readers to embrace the bad, not just the … read more
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8. Be a Revolution: How Everyday People Are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World--And How You Can, Too
By: Ijeoma Oluo
4.46
Format: 256 pages, ebook
From the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of So You Want to Talk About Race and Mediocre, an ey… read more
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9. Field Notes for the Wilderness: Practices for an Evolving Faith
By: Sarah Bessey
4.49
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A nurturing and hopeful collection of practices to help an emerging generation of Christians reconn… read more
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"And yet religion in our modern era seems mostly concerned with systematizing theology, charting time lines, answering questions, and making God small and knowable. We have created a God we can regula…"-Sarah Bessey, Field Notes for the Wilderness: Practices for an Evolving Faith
10. The Understory: An Invitation to Rootedness and Resilience from the Forest Floor
By: Lore Ferguson Wilbert
4.38
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
"Walk in the woods with me." That's the invitation award-winning author Lore Ferguson Wilbert ex… read more
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11. You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World
By: Ada Limon
4.11
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
Published association with the Library of Congress and edited by the twenty-fourth Poet Laureate o… read more
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12. Cloistered: My Years as a Nun
By: Catherine Coldstream
3.71
Format: 328 pages, Hardcover
An astonishing memoir of twelve years as a contemplative nun in a silent monastery. Cloistered t… read more
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13. Black Liturgies: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations for Staying Human
By: Cole Arthur Riley
4.75
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A collection of prayer, poetry, and spiritual practice centering the Black interior world, from the… read more
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14. God Is a Black Woman
By: Christena Cleveland
4.32
Format: 256 pages, ebook
In this timely, much-needed book, theologian, social psychologist, and activist Christena Cleveland… read more
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15. Sacred Belonging: A 40-Day Devotional on the Liberating Heart of Scripture (Daily Bible Devotions on Belonging to God, the Earth, & One Another)
By: Kat Armas
4.51
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
In this forty-day devotional, Cuban American writer Kat Armas shows us that reading the Bible with … read more
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"We are creatures both brilliant and ignorant, significant and insignificant: broken, whole, and healing."-Kat Armas, Sacred Belonging: A 40-Day Devotional on the Liberating Heart of Scripture (Daily Bible Devotions on Belonging to God, the Earth, & One Another)
"This is a testament to what we already know to be true: we belong to the earth, and she belongs to us too."-Kat Armas, Sacred Belonging: A 40-Day Devotional on the Liberating Heart of Scripture (Daily Bible Devotions on Belonging to God, the Earth, & One Another)
"To notice the weather is to speak to an embodied way of being; it is to recognize our connection to all created things."-Kat Armas, Sacred Belonging: A 40-Day Devotional on the Liberating Heart of Scripture (Daily Bible Devotions on Belonging to God, the Earth, & One Another)
"That’s what this devotional is about: being human. And with our humanity comes the ability to inquire, to imagine, to dream, to create."-Kat Armas, Sacred Belonging: A 40-Day Devotional on the Liberating Heart of Scripture (Daily Bible Devotions on Belonging to God, the Earth, & One Another)
16. The Moon That Turns You Back: Poems
By: Hala Alyan
4.22
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
From the author of The Arsonists’ City and The Twenty-Ninth Year, a new collection of poetry that t… read more
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"My favorite house is my mother."-Hala Alyan, The Moon That Turns You Back: Poems
"I don’t have time to write about the soul. There are bodies to count. There’s a man wearing his wedding tuxedo to sleep in case I meet God and there’s a brick of light before each bombing."-Hala Alyan, The Moon That Turns You Back: Poems
17. Holy Unhappiness: God, Goodness, and the Myth of the Blessed Life
By: Amanda Held Opelt
4.27
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Discover what it means to be blessed and challenge the false beliefs many in the church hold about … read more
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"Logic doesn't always hold up against the complexity of real life. Our equations fail us. Our formulas break down and reasons escape us. We carry blessing, and we carry curse. Life is paradox. It cann…"-Amanda Held Opelt, Holy Unhappiness: God, Goodness, and the Myth of the Blessed Life
18. Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire
By: Alice Wong
4.30
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
The much-anticipated follow up to the groundbreaking anthology Disability Visibility: another revol… read more
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19. What It Takes to Heal: How Transforming Ourselves Can Change the World
By: Prentis Hemphill
4.54
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From one of the most prominent voices in the trauma conversation comes a groundbreaking new way to … read more
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20. Sacred Self-Care: Daily Practices for Nurturing Our Whole Selves
By: Chanequa Walker-Barnes
4.40
Format: 218 pages, Kindle Edition
A seven-week guide to help you shift your behaviors and create lifelong habits to care for your who… read more
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21. Being Here: Prayers for Curiosity, Justice, and Love
By: Pádraig Ó Tuama
4.53
Format: 175 pages, Hardcover
“What is prayer? It’s not a passport to heaven. If anything, it’s a way of seeing here, a way of be… read more
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