By: Robert Chao Romero
Format: 290 pages, Paperback
Interest in and awareness of the demand for social justice as an outworking of the Christian faith …
Want to Read $ 16.62"Even though the Bible is God's inspired word, all biblical interpretation is informed for the cultural context of the interpreter."-Robert Chao Romero, Brown Church: Five Centuries of Latina/o Social Justice, Theology, and Identity
"Even though the Bible is God's inspired word, all biblical interpretation is informed for the cultural context of the interpreter."-Robert Chao Romero, Brown Church: Five Centuries of Latina/o Social Justice, Theology, and Identity
"As we walk with Jesus, he sends us to where he has already been at work -- among the poor, the suffering, the immigrant, and all who are cast aside."-Robert Chao Romero, Brown Church: Five Centuries of Latina/o Social Justice, Theology, and Identity
"As we walk with Jesus, he sends us to where he has already been at work -- among the poor, the suffering, the immigrant, and all who are cast aside."-Robert Chao Romero, Brown Church: Five Centuries of Latina/o Social Justice, Theology, and Identity
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By: Gordon MacDonald
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
We have schedule planners, computerized calendars,and self-stick notes to help us organize our busi… read more
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"The order we seek begins with a thorough scouring of the inside of life."-Gordon MacDonald, Ordering Your Private World
"People whose minds are not strengthened for endurance are by no means always unintelligent. They simply have never stopped to think that the use of the mind for the purpose of growth is a necessary p…"-Gordon MacDonald, Ordering Your Private World
By: Rachel Held Evans , Sarah Bessey
Format: 216 pages, ebook
Written with poetic rhythm, a prophetic voice, and a deeply biblical foundation, this loving yet fe… read more
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By: Curt Thompson
Format: None pages, Paperback
Do you want to improve your relationships and experience lasting personal change? Join Curt Thompso… read more
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By: Michelle Van Loon
Format: 88 pages, Paperback
Michelle Van Loon helps us treasure our time as a gift and a spiritual responsibility, and God as f… read more
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By: Philip Jenkins
Format: 253 pages, Hardcover
In this groundbreaking book, renowned religion scholar Philip Jenkins offers a lost history, reveal… read more
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By: Robert L. Wilken , Maximus the Confessor , Paul M. Blowers
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
St Maximus' two main collections of theological reflections-his Ambigua (or "Difficulties") and his… read more
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By: James H. Cone
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
By: Justo L. González
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
This highly informative, narrative history covers the events, persons, external influences, and for… read more
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By: Vincent Harding , Howard Thurman
Format: 140 pages, Paperback
In this classic theological treatise, the acclaimed theologian and religious leader Howard Thurman … read more
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By: Esau McCaulley
Format: 200 pages, Kindle Edition
Growing up in the American South, Esau McCaulley knew firsthand the ongoing struggle between despai… read more
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"Prayer for leaders and criticism of their practices are not mutually exclusive ideas. Both have biblical warrant in the same letter."-Esau McCaulley, Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope
"While I was at home with much of the theology in evangelicalism, there were real disconnects. First, there was the portrayal of the Black church in these circles. I was told that the social gospel ha…"-Esau McCaulley, Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope
By: Katelyn Beaty
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
An award-winning writer shows how and why celebrity is woven into the fabric of the evangelical mov… read more
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"Celebrity, in the final analysis, is a worldly form of power and evaluation of human worth. It is not a spiritually neutral tool that can be picked up and put down, even for godly projects. The momen…"-Katelyn Beaty, Celebrities for Jesus: How Personas, Platforms, and Profits Are Hurting the Church
By: Beth Allison Barr
Format: 245 pages, Paperback
Biblical womanhood--the belief that God designed women to be submissive wives, virtuous mothers, an… read more
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"Glorifying the past because we like the story better isn't history; it's propaganda."-Beth Allison Barr, The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth
"When we differentiate women because of their sex, we objectify them and deny them their humanity."-Beth Allison Barr, The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth
"Like racism, patriarchy is a shapeshifter—conforming to each new era, looking as if it has always belonged."-Beth Allison Barr, The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth
"Historically, one of the greatest problems for women is that we do not remember our past and we do not work together to change our future. We do not stand together. But what if we did?"-Beth Allison Barr, The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth
By: Shannon Harris
Format: 244 pages, Hardcover
"No one is coming to rescue me. I am going to have to rescue me." As a twenty-three-year-old sin… read more
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"But the truth was that church was making me ill. Even the loveliest church in the world couldn't make up for the fact that I had had too much church. My body was rejecting Bible verses with the stren…"-Shannon Harris, The Woman They Wanted: Shattering the Illusion of the Good Christian Wife
"...the hypocrisy of it all was too much to take. To have heard the words 'forgiveness' and 'grace' in hundreds of sermons, thousands of prayers, in every quote, every song, at every meeting and then …"-Shannon Harris, The Woman They Wanted: Shattering the Illusion of the Good Christian Wife
"Religion carries with it great potential for good and for harm. It's humans that make it more complicated (and more certain) and heavier than it needs to be. Religion shouldn't be something heavy we …"-Shannon Harris, The Woman They Wanted: Shattering the Illusion of the Good Christian Wife
By: Carmen Joy Imes
Format: 226 pages, Paperback
Biblical Foundations Award Finalist Have you ever wondered what the Old Testament―especially the Ol… read more
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"The law envisions a different kind of life, characterized by self-discipline and self-giving love. Imagine a community where every member actively worked to love and protect their neighbor!"-Carmen Joy Imes, Bearing God's Name: Why Sinai Still Matters
By: Hillary L. McBride
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Many of us have a complicated relationship with our body.Maybe you've been made to feel ashamed of … read more
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"She cupped her hands around the remnant flame of spirit inside me, protecting the flickering light until it grew stronger, and then placed my own hands around the flame and made me the protector of t…"-Hillary L. McBride, Wisdom of Your Body
"Transcendence is beautiful, but I'm not convinced it's the full picture. One of my psychology professors used to remind us that if there are only two options and one of them is bad, then we aren't se…"-Hillary L. McBride, Wisdom of Your Body
By: Karen Swallow Prior
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Contemporary American evangelicalism is suffering from an identity crisis--and a lot of bad press. … read more
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"For Hardy and other critics of the evangelical movement, too often the desire for purity encouraged hypocrisy, earnest ideals became mere performance, and the valuation of hard work turned into pursu…"-Karen Swallow Prior, The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images, and Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis
"The novel [ Pamela ] is also a very powerful early expression of the modern self, one who sees her soul as equal in human worth and dignity to anyone, regardless of social class or power--and this, t…"-Karen Swallow Prior, The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images, and Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis
By: Nijay K. Gupta
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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By: Esau McCaulley
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times contributing opinion writer and award-winning author of Reading While Black… read more
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"There is no Black faith that doesn't wrestle with the problem of evil. My reply to these questions is: We who have suffered must have some say in how that suffering is interpreted. We won the right, …"-Esau McCaulley, How Far to the Promised Land: One Black Family's Story of Hope and Survival in the American South
By: Resmaa Menakem
Format: 300 pages, Paperback
The body is where our instincts reside and where we fight, flee, or freeze, and it endures the trau… read more
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"At its best, activism is a form of healing. It is about what we do and how we show up in the world. It is about learning and expressing regard, compassion and love."-Resmaa Menakem, My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts
"In today's America, we tend to think of healing as something binary: either we're broken or we've healed from that brokenness. But that's not how healing operates, and it's almost never how human gro…"-Resmaa Menakem, My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts
By: Mark Charles
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
You cannot discover lands already inhabited. Injustice has plagued American society for centurie… read more
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"We have embraced the stories of success and exceptionalism rather than engaging the narrative of suffering and oppression."-Mark Charles, Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery
"The fact that America calls what Columbus did 'discovery' reveals the implicit racial bias of the country - that Native Americans are not fully human."-Mark Charles, Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery
"The captivity to individualism in the West leads many to reject the possibility of institutions and systems inflicting social harm that requires a social response."-Mark Charles, Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery
"The myth of redemptive violence allows Americans to see themselves as having superior intellect and value and therefore the ability to handle weapons capable of incredible violence in an appropriate …"-Mark Charles, Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery
By: Jemar Tisby
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
In August of 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech, calling on… read more
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"Throughout the course of US history, when Christians had the opportunity to decisively oppose the racism in their midst, all too often, they chose silence. They chose passivity. The refusal to act…"-Jemar Tisby, The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism
By: Eckart Frahm
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
A new history of Assyria, the ancient civilization that set the model for future empires At its … read more
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By: Winn Collier
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
This essential authorized biography of Eugene Peterson offers unique insights into the experiences … read more
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By: Amy Kenny
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Much of the church has forgotten that we worship a disabled God whose wounds survived resurrection,… read more
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By: Jose Antonio Vargas
Format: 256 pages, ebook
Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, called “the most famous undocumented immigra… read more
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"Home is not something I should have to earn."-Jose Antonio Vargas, Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen
"Humanity is not some box I should have to check."-Jose Antonio Vargas, Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen
"Here in America, the libraries were my church, and I was an acolyte."-Jose Antonio Vargas, Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen
"Dear America, is this what you really want? Do you even know what is happening in your name?"-Jose Antonio Vargas, Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen
By: Karen González
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
Meet people who have fled their homelands.Hagar. Joseph. Ruth. Jesus. Here is a riveting story of s… read more
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By: Robert Chao Romero
Format: 290 pages, Paperback
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"Even though the Bible is God's inspired word, all biblical interpretation is informed for the cultural context of the interpreter."-Robert Chao Romero, Brown Church: Five Centuries of Latina/o Social Justice, Theology, and Identity
"As we walk with Jesus, he sends us to where he has already been at work -- among the poor, the suffering, the immigrant, and all who are cast aside."-Robert Chao Romero, Brown Church: Five Centuries of Latina/o Social Justice, Theology, and Identity
"God had given the Spaniards the opportunity to share the message of Jesus with love, and instead they exploited this divine opportunity for greed and selfish gain. The end result was genocide."-Robert Chao Romero, Brown Church: Five Centuries of Latina/o Social Justice, Theology, and Identity
"It was the poor, because of their suffering and struggle, who teach the world the meaning of Christian of love. Through entering into the world of the poor, all Christians come to a deep into faith i…"-Robert Chao Romero, Brown Church: Five Centuries of Latina/o Social Justice, Theology, and Identity
By: Kat Armas
Format: 212 pages, Paperback
Christianity Today 2022 Book Award Finalist (Christian Living & Discipleship) Outreach 2022 Reco… read more
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By: Mekdes Haddis
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Why do American Christians travel overseas to reach people in distant lands, but neglect ministerin… read more
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By: Te-Li Lau
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
2020 Center for Biblical Studies Book Award (New Testament) Our culture often views shame in a neg… read more
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By: Grace Ji-Sun Kim
Format: 177 pages, Paperback
Invisibility persists throughout the Asian American story. On the one hand, xenophobia has long con… read more
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