20 must-read nonfiction books like The Liturgy of Politics: Spiritual Formation for the Sake of Our Neighbor by Kaitlyn Schiess

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The Liturgy of Politics: Spiritual Formation for the Sake of Our Neighbor

By: Kaitlyn Schiess

4.29

Format: 207 pages, Kindle Edition

A generation of young Christians are weary of the political legacy they've inherited and hungry for…

"Perhaps our kitchens can be outposts of the kingdom of God, as well as our churches."

-Kaitlyn Schiess, The Liturgy of Politics: Spiritual Formation for the Sake of Our Neighbor

"Perhaps our kitchens can be outposts of the kingdom of God, as well as our churches."

-Kaitlyn Schiess, The Liturgy of Politics: Spiritual Formation for the Sake of Our Neighbor

"It might be the most common perversion of God's people: to expect our religious devotion to excuse our injustice."

-Kaitlyn Schiess, The Liturgy of Politics: Spiritual Formation for the Sake of Our Neighbor

"It might be the most common perversion of God's people: to expect our religious devotion to excuse our injustice."

-Kaitlyn Schiess, The Liturgy of Politics: Spiritual Formation for the Sake of Our Neighbor

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Liturgy of Politics: Spiritual Formation for the Sake of Our Neighbor by Kaitlyn Schiess , here is a list of 20 books like this:

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1. Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church

By: N.T. Wright

4.24

Format: 212 pages, Hardcover

In Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church, top-selli… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality

2. With: Reimagining the Way You Relate to God

By: Skye Jethani

3.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

Stop Living Your Life Under, Over, From and For God and Start Living in Communion With Him. Endorse… read more

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3. A Church Called Tov: Forming a Goodness Culture That Resists Abuses of Power and Promotes Healing

By: Scot McKnight

4.34

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

What is the way forward for the church?Tragically, in recent years, Christians have gotten used to … read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • christian living
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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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4. 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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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"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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5. 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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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • christian living
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • audiobook
"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

Cover of Strange Religion: How the First Christians Were Weird, Dangerous, and Compelling by Nijay K. Gupta

6. 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
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  • christianity
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • audiobook
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7. The Wood Between the Worlds: A Poetic Theology of the Cross

By: Brian Zahnd

4.53

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

The cross is the heart of Scripture Everything about the gospel message leads to the cross, and pro… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
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  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • audiobook
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8. Testimony: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Failed a Generation

By: Jon Ward

4.08

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Jon Ward's life is divided in half: two decades inside the evangelical Christian bubble and two dec… read more

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  • christian
  • christianity
  • politics
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  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • audiobook
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9. 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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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"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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10. Exiles: The Church in the Shadow of Empire

By: Preston M. Sprinkle

4.45

Format: 189 pages, Kindle Edition

A thoughtful exploration of the intersection of faith and politics, Exiles What if we considered o… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • faith
  • politics
  • christian living
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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11. 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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  • christian
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  • faith
  • politics
  • christian living
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  • audiobook
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12. Jesus and the Powers: Christian Political Witness in an Age of Totalitarian Terror and Dysfunctional Democracies

By: N.T. Wright

4.14

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Should Christians be politically withdrawn, avoiding participation in politics to maintain their pr… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • politics
  • christian living
  • religion
  • nonfiction
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13. 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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  • christian
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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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14. 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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  • christian
  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"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

Cover of What If Jesus Was Serious?: A Visual Guide to the Teachings of Jesus We Love to Ignore by Skye Jethani

15. What If Jesus Was Serious?: A Visual Guide to the Teachings of Jesus We Love to Ignore

By: Skye Jethani

4.37

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Daily Devotions for People Who Hate Daily Devotions Let’s face it. A lot of Christian resources ca… read more

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  • christian
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16. Lent: The Season of Repentance and Renewal

By: Esau McCaulley

4.43

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

"Lent is inescapably about repenting." Every year, the church invites us into a season of repentanc… read more

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"We hope that as Christians we mature and grow and become more and more like Christ. But the church and its wisdom assumes we will fail even after our baptism. The church presumes that life is long an…"

-Esau McCaulley, Lent: The Season of Repentance and Renewal

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17. The Great Dechurching: Who’s Leaving, Why Are They Going, and What Will It Take to Bring Them Back?

By: Jim Davis

3.88

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

We are currently experiencing the largest and fastest religious shift in US history. It is greater … read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • christian living
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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18. 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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  • politics
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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19. What If Jesus Was Serious About Prayer?: A Visual Guide to the Spiritual Practice Most of Us Get Wrong

By: Skye Jethani

4.52

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Good things come to those who believe . . . right? People like to say, “Prayer works.” But what doe… read more

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  • theology
  • christianity
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  • christian living
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  • spirituality
"Consider how you've been taught to engage the Bible. Do you see it primarily as a book of answers--a guide to the way to live your best life now? Or, do you engage the Bible as a window through which…"

-Skye Jethani, What If Jesus Was Serious About Prayer?: A Visual Guide to the Spiritual Practice Most of Us Get Wrong

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20. The Liturgy of Politics: Spiritual Formation for the Sake of Our Neighbor

By: Kaitlyn Schiess

4.29

Format: 207 pages, Kindle Edition

A generation of young Christians are weary of the political legacy they've inherited and hungry for… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • politics
  • christian living
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • audiobook
"Perhaps our kitchens can be outposts of the kingdom of God, as well as our churches."

-Kaitlyn Schiess, The Liturgy of Politics: Spiritual Formation for the Sake of Our Neighbor

"It might be the most common perversion of God's people: to expect our religious devotion to excuse our injustice."

-Kaitlyn Schiess, The Liturgy of Politics: Spiritual Formation for the Sake of Our Neighbor

"The line between our political beliefs, our moral beliefs, and our theological beliefs is blurry, if not entirely invented."

-Kaitlyn Schiess, The Liturgy of Politics: Spiritual Formation for the Sake of Our Neighbor

"Our religious activities are worthless if they aren't causing us to live and act justly.  God does not divide between justice and worship."

-Kaitlyn Schiess, The Liturgy of Politics: Spiritual Formation for the Sake of Our Neighbor

Cover of What If Jesus Was Serious about Heaven?: A Visual Guide to Experiencing God's Kingdom among Us by Skye Jethani

21. What If Jesus Was Serious about Heaven?: A Visual Guide to Experiencing God's Kingdom among Us

By: Skye Jethani

4.48

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Many Christians think about heaven as a distant place we go after we die. But what if it's a very r… read more

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  • spirituality

14 Top audiobook books like The Liturgy of Politics: Spiritual Formation for the Sake of Our Neighbor by Kaitlyn Schiess

Transform Your Habits

A Church Called Tov: Forming a Goodness Culture That Resists Abuses of Power and Promotes Healing

Scot McKnight

4.34

Transform Your Habits

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

Esau McCaulley

4.43

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

Katelyn Beaty

4.22

Transform Your Habits

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

Nijay K. Gupta

4.29

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The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life in God

Dallas Willard , Richard J. Foster

4.22

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Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

4.27

Transform Your Habits

The King Jesus Gospel: The Original Good News Revisited

Scot McKnight

3.75

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Scot McKnight

4.34

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