Birthing the Holy: Wisdom from Mary to Nurture Creativity and Renewal
By: Christine Valters Paintner
4.73
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Named one of the best spiritual books of 2022 by Spirituality & Practice. Awarded third place in co…
Want to Read $ 14.49"Mary is the archtype of the gushing spring, the rushing fountain, the source of inexhaustible life and fecundity. She is, of course, the primordial womb in which all of creation is being fashioned and knit together, the Mother of God, the one whose yes allowed the divine and human to be woven together in a new way."-Christine Valters Paintner, Birthing the Holy: Wisdom from Mary to Nurture Creativity and Renewal
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1. Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux
By: Thérèse of Lisieux , John Clarke
4.42
Format: 306 pages, Paperback
This book, first published in 1898 in a highly edited version, quickly became a modern spiritual cl… read more
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"Love lives only by sacrifice"-Thérèse of Lisieux, Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux
"I have at last found my vocation; it is love!"-Thérèse of Lisieux, Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux
"Love will consume us only in the measure of our self-surrender."-Thérèse of Lisieux, Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux
"and I realized that real nobility is in the soul, not in a name."-Thérèse of Lisieux, Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux
2. The Mermaid Chair
By: Sue Monk Kidd
3.75
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
An alternate cover edition exists . Sue Monk Kidd's phenomenal debut, The Secret Life of Bees, bec… read more
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3. The Inner Experience: Notes on Contemplation
By: Thomas Merton , William H. Shannon
3.63
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Now in paperback, revised and redesigned: This is Thomas Merton's last book, in which he draws on b… read more
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4. Interior Castle
By: Teresa de Ávila
4.16
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
A cornerstone book on mystical theology, Interior Castledescribes the seven stages of union with Go… read more
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5. A Book of Hours
By: Thomas Merton , None , None
2.76
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Presents a resource for daily prayer and contemplation. read more
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6. The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
By: Thich Nhat Hanh
4.32
Format: 294 pages, Paperback
With poetry and clarity, Thich Nhat Hanh imparts comforting wisdom about the nature of suffering an… read more
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"Everything is in your own heart."-Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
"The greatest miracle is to be alive."-Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
"Equanimity means to let go, not to abandon."-Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
"The greatest gift we can offer anyone is our true presence."-Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
7. The Cloister Walk
By: Kathleen Norris
5.00
Format: 144 pages,
Why would a married woman with a thoroughly Protestant background and often more doubt than faith b… read more
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8. An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith
By: Barbara Brown Taylor
3.47
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In her critically acclaimed Leaving Church("a beautiful, absorbing memoir."--Dallas Morning News), … read more
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9. Wholehearted Faith
By: Rachel Held Evans
4.42
Format: 196 pages, Hardcover
A new collection of original writings by Rachel Held Evans, whose reflections on faith and life con… read more
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"Many of us have found a renewed sense of possibility when we've realized how much of God's beauty remains to be explored — and that the life of faith is also a life of holy curiosity."-Rachel Held Evans, Wholehearted Faith
"It is nearly impossible to believe: God shrinking down to the size of a zygote, implanted in the soft lining of a woman’s womb. God growing fingers and toes. God kicking and hiccupping in utero. God …"-Rachel Held Evans, Wholehearted Faith
10. 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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11. Mascot
By: Charles Waters
4.02
Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition
What if a school's mascot is seen as racist, but not by everyone? In this compelling middle-grade n… read more
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12. Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life
By: Dacher Keltner
3.64
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Awe is mysterious. How do we begin to quantify the goose bumps we feel when we see the Grand Canyon… read more
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13. This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us
By: Cole Arthur Riley
4.63
Format: 203 pages, Hardcover
In her stunning debut, the creator of Black Liturgies weaves stories from three generations of her … read more
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"Anxiety is not a passive predator."-Cole Arthur Riley, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us
"Rest is an act of defiance, and it cannot be predicated on apology."-Cole Arthur Riley, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us
"Those who believe love is a scarcity are less likely to give it away freely."-Cole Arthur Riley, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us
"In community, we can push back on the expectation that we exhaust ourselves."-Cole Arthur Riley, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us
14. Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age
By: Katherine May
3.62
Format: 212 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times-bestselling author of Wintering, an invitation to rediscover the feelings o… read more
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"Sometimes we are visited by destruction. Other times, it seems, the world flexes its claws and lets us feel its hot breath, just to remind us how small we are, how helpless."-Katherine May, Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age
"I have started to look up the meaning of place names recently. It is perhaps an interest that awakens in you ass you age, this enthusiasm for peering back through time to find lost meaning."-Katherine May, Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age
"Sacred places are no longer given to us, and they are rarely shared between whole communities. They are now containers for our own knowing, our own meanings. They don't translate across minds. It fal…"-Katherine May, Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age
"You do not need to walk in the wilderness to make contact with the wild. If you know your stories--if you understand the mythologies of your land--then you can leap from a sunlit stroll with your dog…"-Katherine May, Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age
15. Honest Advent: Awakening to the Wonder of God-with-Us Then, Here, and Now
By: Scott Erickson
4.48
Format: 201 pages, Paperback
In a world that's difficult to make sense of, and a season that's so often overtaken by consumerism… read more
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16. Agatha of Little Neon
By: Claire Luchette
3.97
Format: 273 pages, Hardcover
Claire Luchette's debut, Agatha of Little Neon, is a novel about yearning and sisterhood, figuring … read more
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"Oh, the Bible is full of freaks,' Therese said. She listed them on her fingers. 'At some point there's a talking donkey. And Joseph's got that crazy coat. And who's weirder than Jesus? The guy could …"-Claire Luchette, Agatha of Little Neon
17. Take Back the Magic: Conversations with the Unseen World
By: Perdita Finn
4.33
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Renowned spiritual teacher and co-founder of The Way of the Rose Perdita Finn teaches the art and h… read more
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18. Do I Stay Christian?: A Guide for the Doubters, the Disappointed, and the Disillusioned
By: Brian D. McLaren
4.25
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Dubbed "a heroic gate-crasher" by New York Times bestselling author Glennon Doyle, Brian D. McLaren… read more
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19. 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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20. The Way of the Rose: The Radical Path of the Divine Feminine Hidden in the Rosary
By: Clark Strand
4.17
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
What happens when a former Zen Buddhist monk and his feminist wife experience an apparition of the … read more
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"In the beginning was the Word,' says the Gospel of John. But the truth is, words came later. In the beginning was the rose."-Clark Strand, The Way of the Rose: The Radical Path of the Divine Feminine Hidden in the Rosary
21. Sacred Earth, Sacred Soul: Celtic Wisdom for Reawakening to What Our Souls Know and Healing the World
By: John Philip Newell
4.35
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A leading spiritual teacher reveals how Celtic spirituality—listening to the sacred around us and i… read more
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22. Living Resistance: An Indigenous Vision for Seeking Wholeness Every Day
By: Kaitlin B. Curtice
4.20
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
In an era in which "resistance" has become tokenized, popular Indigenous author Kaitlin Curtice rec… read more
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23. Why Religion?: A Personal Story
By: Elaine Pagels
3.97
Format: 256 pages, ebook
Why is religion still around in the twenty-first century? Why do so many still believe? And how do … read more
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"Times of mourning displace us from ordinary life."-Elaine Pagels, Why Religion?: A Personal Story
"I’d chosen Harvard because it was a secular university, where I wouldn’t be bombarded with church dogma."-Elaine Pagels, Why Religion?: A Personal Story
"Christmas lights, again, piercing like knives. The spirit of that season was never more remote than during those dark December days."-Elaine Pagels, Why Religion?: A Personal Story
"I knew that I could not possibly teach; the energy and clarity that teaching requires, which I'd always taken for granted, were gone."-Elaine Pagels, Why Religion?: A Personal Story
24. Birthing the Holy: Wisdom from Mary to Nurture Creativity and Renewal
By: Christine Valters Paintner
4.73
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Named one of the best spiritual books of 2022 by Spirituality & Practice. Awarded third place in co… read more
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"Mary is the archtype of the gushing spring, the rushing fountain, the source of inexhaustible life and fecundity. She is, of course, the primordial womb in which all of creation is being fashioned an…"-Christine Valters Paintner, Birthing the Holy: Wisdom from Mary to Nurture Creativity and Renewal
25. The Path to Kindness: Poems of Connection and Joy
By: James Crews
4.11
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
An Indie Poetry Bestseller and Nautilus Award Winner! Crews, a fine poet and teacher, appears to h… read more
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26. When Mary Becomes Cosmic: A Jungian and Mystical Path to the Divine Feminine
By: David Richo
4.27
Format: 153 pages, Paperback
In exploring the Divine Feminine imaged in Mary, When Mary Becomes Cosmic opens us to another way t… read more
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27. Lotus Girl: My Life at the Crossroads of Buddhism and America
By: Helen Tworkov
4.02
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From the woman who helped introduce Buddhism to the West and founded Tricycle magazine comes a bril… read more
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28. 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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29. Oak and Lotus: Celtic Christian Spirituality in the Light of Eastern Wisdom
By: Kenneth McIntosh
4.63
Format: 198 pages, Kindle Edition
Imagine the Celtic saint Brigid and the great bodhisattva Guanyin sitting down together for a cup o… read more
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30. Saint Francis of Assisi (Contemplations & Living Wisdom)
By: Mirabai Starr
4.33
Format: 110 pages, Paperback
When a small village was plagued by a wild wolf, it is told that a humble friar named Francis came … read more
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31. A Blessing in Disguise: Miracles of the Seven Sorrows Rosary (Left to Tell)
By: Immaculée Ilibagiza
4.57
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
This long-awaited book from New York Times best-selling author Immaculée Ilibagiza teaches readers … read more
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