17 must-read theology books like Restless Devices: Recovering Personhood, Presence, and Place in the Digital Age by Felicia Wu Song

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Restless Devices: Recovering Personhood, Presence, and Place in the Digital Age

By: Felicia Wu Song

4.34

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

We're being formed by our devices. Today's digital technologies are designed to captivate our atten…

If you liked the theology plot in Restless Devices: Recovering Personhood, Presence, and Place in the Digital Age by Felicia Wu Song , here is a list of 17 books like this:

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1. Strong and Weak: Embracing a Life of Love, Risk and True Flourishing

By: Andy Crouch

4.16

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

Flourishing people are strong and weak. Two common temptations lure us away from abundant living wi… read more

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  • christian living
  • christian
  • nonfiction
  • theology
Cover of Hospitality and the Other: Pentecost, Christian Practices, and the Neighbor by Amos Yong

2. Hospitality and the Other: Pentecost, Christian Practices, and the Neighbor

By: Amos Yong

2.89

Format: None pages, Paperback

Building on a life of careful Biblical scholarship and insights into the practices of Jesus and the… read more

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3. Phantastes

By: George MacDonald

3.48

Format: 93 pages, Paperback

"I was dead, and right content," the narrator says in the penultimate chapter of Phantastes. C.S. L… read more

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  • christian
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4. 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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  • christian
  • theology
  • christian living
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction

5. The Spirit of the Disciplines : Understanding How God Changes Lives

By: Dallas Willard

3.43

Format: 375 pages, Paperback

How to Live as Jesus LivedDallas Willard, one of today's most brilliant Christian thinkers and auth… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christian living
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
Cover of Invitation to a Journey: A Road Map for Spiritual Formation by M. Robert Mulholland Jr.

6. Invitation to a Journey: A Road Map for Spiritual Formation

By: M. Robert Mulholland Jr.

3.50

Format: 185 pages, Paperback

"The process of being conformed to the image of Christ for the sake of others: " so M. Robert Mulho… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christian living
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality

7. A Prayer Journal

By: Flannery O'Connor , None

3.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

"I would like to write a beautiful prayer," writes the young Flannery O'Connor in this deeply spiri… read more

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8. The Bible, Disability and the Church: A New Vision of the People of God

By: Amos Yong

3.99

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

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9. He Shines in All That's Fair: Culture and Common Grace

By: Richard J. Mouw

3.64

Format: 211 pages, Paperback

How do Christians account for the widespread presence of goodness in a fallen world? Different theo… read more

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10. In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership

By: Henri J.M. Nouwen

3.24

Format: 324 pages, Paperback

Henri Nouwen was a spiritual thinker with an unusual capacity to write about the life of Jesus and … read more

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11. A Long Obedience in the Same Direction: Discipleship in an Instant Society

By: Eugene H. Peterson

3.50

Format: 424 pages,

This world is no friend to grace. God has given us some resources, however. As we grow in character… read more

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12. God Has a Name

By: John Mark Comer

4.67

Format: 523 pages,

Many of us ache for relationship with God, yet feel distant and disconnected from him. As if he's m… read more

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13. How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

By: David Brooks

4.14

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A practical, heartfelt guide to the art of truly knowing another person in order to foster deeper c… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • self help
"Being open-hearted is a prerequisite for being a full, kind, and wise human being."

-David Brooks, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

"A person who is looking for beauty is likely to find wonders, while a person looking for threats will find danger. A person who beams warmth brings out the glowing sides of the people she meets, whil…"

-David Brooks, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

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14. 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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  • christian
  • nonfiction
  • theology
Cover of The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution by Carl R. Trueman

15. The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution

By: Carl R. Trueman

4.57

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Modern culture is obsessed with identity. Since the landmark Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court … read more

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  • cultural
  • christian
  • theology
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
"[I]n the work of the New Left one finds philosophical justification for what are now intuitive commonplaces of our culture: to be free is to be sexually liberated; to be happy is to be affirmed in th…"

-Carl R. Trueman, The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution

"The expressive individual is now the sexually expressive individual. And education and socialization are to be marked not by the cultivation of traditional sexual interdicts and taboos but rather by …"

-Carl R. Trueman, The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution

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16. How to Inhabit Time: Understanding the Past, Facing the Future, Living Faithfully Now

By: James K.A. Smith

4.29

Format: 189 pages, Hardcover

Many Christians are disconnected from the past or imagine they are "above" history, immune to it, a… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christian living
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
Cover of Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools: An Invitation to the Wonder and Mystery of Prayer by Tyler Staton

17. Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools: An Invitation to the Wonder and Mystery of Prayer

By: Tyler Staton

4.60

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Prayer is the source of Jesus's most astonishing miracles and the subject of Jesus's most audacious… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christian living
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
Cover of Strange Religion: How the First Christians Were Weird, Dangerous, and Compelling by Nijay K. Gupta

18. Strange Religion: How the First Christians Were Weird, Dangerous, and Compelling

By: Nijay K. Gupta

4.29

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

The first Christians were weird. Just how weird is often lost on today's believers. Within Roman s… read more

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  • christian
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • theology
Cover of The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt

19. 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

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • self help
"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

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20. On Getting Out of Bed: The Burden and Gift of Living

By: Alan Noble

4.33

Format: 108 pages, Hardcover

We aren't always honest about how difficult normal human life is. For the majority of people, sorro… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
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  • self help
Cover of Tell Her Story: How Women Led, Taught, and Ministered in the Early Church by Nijay K. Gupta

21. 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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  • theology
Cover of Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now by Jaron Lanier

22. Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now

By: Jaron Lanier

3.58

Format: 146 pages, Hardcover

Jaron Lanier, the world-famous Silicon Valley scientist-pioneer who first alerted us to the danger… read more

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  • technology
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • self help
"Go to where you are kindest"

-Jaron Lanier, Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now

"Each of us has an inner troll."

-Jaron Lanier, Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now

"Statistics are reliable, but only as idiot demons."

-Jaron Lanier, Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now

"Fake people are a cultural denial-of-service attack."

-Jaron Lanier, Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now

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23. Ghosted: An American Story

By: Nancy French

4.45

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A riveting look inside a life of poverty, success, and the inner circles of political influence--fr… read more

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  • nonfiction
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24. Restless Devices: Recovering Personhood, Presence, and Place in the Digital Age

By: Felicia Wu Song

4.34

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

We're being formed by our devices. Today's digital technologies are designed to captivate our atten… read more

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  • self help
  • christian
  • theology
  • christian living
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • technology
Cover of The Life We're Looking For: Reclaiming Relationship in a Technological World by Andy Crouch

25. The Life We're Looking For: Reclaiming Relationship in a Technological World

By: Andy Crouch

4.06

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A deeply reflective primer on creating meaningful connections, rebuilding abundant communities, and… read more

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  • cultural
  • self help
  • christian
  • theology
  • christian living
  • nonfiction
  • technology
"In our deepest hearts we know that being charmed is unreal. All our lives, what we really have been looking for is blessing. We once lay on a mother’s breast, looking for a face. We were not looking …"

-Andy Crouch, The Life We're Looking For: Reclaiming Relationship in a Technological World

Cover of Unwanted: How Sexual Brokenness Reveals Our Way to Healing by Jay  Stringer

26. Unwanted: How Sexual Brokenness Reveals Our Way to Healing

By: Jay Stringer

4.61

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Unwanted. It describes how we feel about some of the things we do. We don't wake up in the morning … read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christian living
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • self help
Cover of When Church Stops Working: A Future for Your Congregation Beyond More Money, Programs, and Innovation by Andrew Root

27. When Church Stops Working: A Future for Your Congregation Beyond More Money, Programs, and Innovation

By: Andrew Root

4.18

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

What if the solution for the decline of today's church isn't more money, people, programs, innovati… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • theology
Cover of Being God's Image: Why Creation Still Matters by Carmen Joy Imes

28. Being God's Image: Why Creation Still Matters

By: Carmen Joy Imes

4.47

Format: 243 pages, Paperback

What does it mean to be human? This timeless question proves critical as we seek to understand our … read more

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

29. 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 Family Unfriendly: How Our Culture Made Raising Kids Much Harder Than It Needs to Be by Timothy P. Carney

30. Family Unfriendly: How Our Culture Made Raising Kids Much Harder Than It Needs to Be

By: Timothy P. Carney

4.09

Format: 363 pages, Kindle Edition

The bestselling author of Alienated America traveled the country asking families and experts the sa… read more

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  • psychology
Cover of Mission after Pentecost: The Witness of the Spirit from Genesis to Revelation (Mission in Global Community) by Amos Yong

31. Mission after Pentecost: The Witness of the Spirit from Genesis to Revelation (Mission in Global Community)

By: Amos Yong

3.71

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Bringing Pentecostal theology into the Bible and mission conversation, Amos Yong identifies the rol… read more

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6 Best philosophy books like Restless Devices: Recovering Personhood, Presence, and Place in the Digital Age by Felicia Wu Song

Transform Your Habits

You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit

James K.A. Smith

3.63

Transform Your Habits

How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

David Brooks

4.14

Transform Your Habits

The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution

Carl R. Trueman

4.57

Transform Your Habits

How to Inhabit Time: Understanding the Past, Facing the Future, Living Faithfully Now

James K.A. Smith

4.29

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Transform Your Habits

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4.64

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How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

David Brooks

4.14

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Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

Charles Duhigg

4.05

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Erik Larson

4.24

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