22 must-read christian books like Brown Church: Five Centuries of Latina/o Social Justice, Theology, and Identity by Robert Chao Romero

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Brown Church: Five Centuries of Latina/o Social Justice, Theology, and Identity

By: Robert Chao Romero

4.37

Format: 290 pages, Paperback

Interest in and awareness of the demand for social justice as an outworking of the Christian faith …

"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

If you liked the christian plot in Brown Church: Five Centuries of Latina/o Social Justice, Theology, and Identity by Robert Chao Romero , here is a list of 22 books like this:

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1. Ordering Your Private World

By: Gordon MacDonald

4.19

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

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2. Jesus Feminist: An Invitation to Revisit the Bible’s View of Women

By: Rachel Held Evans , Sarah Bessey

3.87

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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3. Anatomy of the Soul: Surprising Connections Between Neuroscience and Spiritual Practices that Can Transform Your Life and Relationships

By: Curt Thompson

4.44

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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4. Moments & Days: How Our Holy Celebrations Shape Our Faith

By: Michelle Van Loon

4.67

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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5. The Lost History of Christianity: The Thousand-Year Golden Age of the Church in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia—and How It Died

By: Philip Jenkins

4.07

Format: 253 pages, Hardcover

In this groundbreaking book, renowned religion scholar Philip Jenkins offers a lost history, reveal… read more

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6. On the Cosmic Mystery of Jesus Christ: Selected Writings

By: Robert L. Wilken , Maximus the Confessor , Paul M. Blowers

4.12

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

St Maximus' two main collections of theological reflections-his Ambigua (or "Difficulties") and his… read more

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7. 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

8. The Story of Christianity: Volume 2: The Reformation to the Present Day

By: Justo L. González

4.29

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

This highly informative, narrative history covers the events, persons, external influences, and for… read more

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9. Jesus and the Disinherited

By: Vincent Harding , Howard Thurman

4.57

Format: 140 pages, Paperback

In this classic theological treatise, the acclaimed theologian and religious leader Howard Thurman … read more

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10. Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope

By: Esau McCaulley

4.43

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

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11. Celebrities for Jesus: How Personas, Platforms, and Profits Are Hurting the Church

By: Katelyn Beaty

4.22

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

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12. The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth

By: Beth Allison Barr

4.40

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

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13. The Woman They Wanted: Shattering the Illusion of the Good Christian Wife

By: Shannon Harris

3.77

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

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14. Bearing God's Name: Why Sinai Still Matters

By: Carmen Joy Imes

4.53

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

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15. Wisdom of Your Body

By: Hillary L. McBride

4.37

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

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16. The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images, and Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis

By: Karen Swallow Prior

4.25

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

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17. 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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18. How Far to the Promised Land: One Black Family's Story of Hope and Survival in the American South

By: Esau McCaulley

4.62

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

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19. My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts

By: Resmaa Menakem

4.40

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

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20. Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery

By: Mark Charles

4.38

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

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21. The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism

By: Jemar Tisby

4.49

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

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22. Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World’s First Empire

By: Eckart Frahm

4.11

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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23. A Burning in My Bones: The Authorized Biography of Eugene H. Peterson, Translator of The Message

By: Winn Collier

4.65

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

This essential authorized biography of Eugene Peterson offers unique insights into the experiences … read more

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24. My Body Is Not a Prayer Request: Disability Justice in the Church

By: Amy Kenny

4.20

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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Cover of Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen by Jose Antonio Vargas

25. Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen

By: Jose Antonio Vargas

4.30

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

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26. The God Who Sees: Immigrants, the Bible, and the Journey to Belong

By: Karen González

4.34

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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27. Brown Church: Five Centuries of Latina/o Social Justice, Theology, and Identity

By: Robert Chao Romero

4.37

Format: 290 pages, Paperback

Interest in and awareness of the demand for social justice as an outworking of the Christian faith … read more

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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

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28. Abuelita Faith: What Women on the Margins Teach Us about Wisdom, Persistence, and Strength

By: Kat Armas

4.30

Format: 212 pages, Paperback

Christianity Today 2022 Book Award Finalist (Christian Living & Discipleship) Outreach 2022 Reco… read more

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Cover of A Just Mission: Laying Down Power and Embracing Mutuality by Mekdes Haddis

29. A Just Mission: Laying Down Power and Embracing Mutuality

By: Mekdes Haddis

4.18

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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30. Defending Shame: Its Formative Power in Paul's Letters

By: Te-Li Lau

4.25

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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31. Invisible: Theology and the Experience of Asian American Women

By: Grace Ji-Sun Kim

4.11

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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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

Matthew Desmond

3.37

Transform Your Habits

Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics

Marc Lamont Hill

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Poverty, by America

Matthew Desmond

4.27

Transform Your Habits

Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling

Jason De León

4.37

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