17 Top christianity books like Readings in World Christian History: Volume 1: Earliest Christianity to 1453 by John W. Coakley

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Readings in World Christian History: Volume 1: Earliest Christianity to 1453

By: John W. Coakley

3.88

Format: 435 pages, Paperback

Through the advice of many scholars of Christian origins the selections here include texts that sho…

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1. Introduction to Biblical Interpretation

By: Craig L. Blomberg , William W. Klein , Robert L. Hubbard Jr. , Robert I. Hubbard Jr.

3.94

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

The authors of this book have combined years of expertise and devotion to Scripture to provide a tr… read more

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2. Santa Biblia: The Bible Through Hispanic Eyes

By: Justo L. González

4.31

Format: 124 pages, Paperback

Gonzalez explores how a Hispanic perspective illuminates the biblical text in ways that will be val… read more

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3. Christian Theology: An Introduction

By: Alister E. McGrath

3.73

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Alister McGrath's internationally-acclaimed Christian Theology: An Introductionis one of the most w… read more

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  • christian
  • history
  • theology
  • christianity
  • religion
  • nonfiction
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4. A Black Theology of Liberation

By: Robert McAfee Brown , Delores S. Williams , Rosemary Radford Ruether , James H. Cone , None , None , None

3.79

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Any message that is not related to the liberation of the poor in a society is not Christ's message… read more

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  • christianity
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  • theology
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5. Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life

By: Tish Harrison Warren

4.08

Format: 31 pages, Paperback

Many of us go through the day feeling like we don't have time for God. But God can become present t… read more

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6. Orthodoxy

By: G.K. Chesterton

4.11

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

Chesterton (The Man Who Knew Too Much) capped his brilliant literary career with this exploration o… read more

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7. The Story of Christianity: Volume 1: The Early Church to the Reformation

By: Justo L. González

4.00

Format: 371 pages, Paperback

Sheds light on the major cultural and theological currents shaping the church during this period. read more

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  • history
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  • theology
  • christianity
  • religion
  • nonfiction

8. The First Thousand Years: A Global History of Christianity

By: Robert L. Wilken

3.80

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

How did a community that was largely invisible in the first two centuries of its existence go on to… read more

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  • christian
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9. Christian Theology

By: Millard J. Erickson

4.48

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Christian Theology has been revised to take account of changes in the theological world as well as … read more

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10. Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life

By: J.I. Packer , Donald S. Whitney , Rita J. Platt

4.28

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Drawn from a rich heritage, "Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life" will guide you through a… read more

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"Discipline without direction is drudgery."

-J.I. Packer, Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life

"If people threw away their money as thoughtlessly as they throw away their time, we would think them insane. Yet time is infinitely more precious than money because money can’t buy time."

-J.I. Packer, Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life

"The end —that is, the purpose of practicing the Disciplines —is godliness. I define godliness as both closeness to Christ and conformity to Christ, a conformity that’s both inward and outward, a grow…"

-J.I. Packer, Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life

11. On the Incarnation

By: C.S. Lewis , Athanasius of Alexandria , None

3.29

Format: None pages, Paperback

A universally acknowledged masterpiece of fourth-century patristic theology. As C. S. Lewis observe… read more

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12. Life in the Trinity: An Introduction to Theology with the Help of the Church Fathers

By: Donald Fairbairn

4.06

Format: 205 pages, Paperback

What can the early church contribute to theology today? Although introductions to Christian theolog… read more

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13. Global Gospel: An Introduction to Christianity on Five Continents

By: Douglas Jacobsen

4.57

Format: 201 pages, Paperback

In this pathbreaking book, award-winning author Douglas Jacobsen describes global Christianity and … read more

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14. Wesley and the People Called Methodists

By: Richard P. Heitzenrater

4.75

Format: None pages, Paperback

This survey of the Wesleyan movement in the eighteenth century is the story of many people whose li… read more

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15. The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism

By: Timothy J. Keller

4.00

Format: None pages,

. The End of Faith. The God Delusion. God Is Not Great. Letter to a Christian Nation. Bestseller l… read more

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16. The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race

By: Willie James Jennings

3.81

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Why has Christianity, a religion premised upon neighborly love, failed in its attempts to heal soci… read more

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17. 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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18. The Prophets

By: Susannah Heschel , Abraham Joshua Heschel

4.09

Format: None pages, Paperback

Abraham Heschel is a seminal name in religious studies and the author of Man Is Not Aloneand God in… read more

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19. 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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20. All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir

By: Beth Moore

4.47

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and Wall Street Journal bestseller! An incredibly thoughtful,… read more

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"Once you've broken to pieces, the luxury of imagining yourself unbreakable evaporates."

-Beth Moore, All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir

"You want to know how to love me? Love my children. You want to be good to me? Be good to my children."

-Beth Moore, All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir

"A teenager doesn't know she's still a child. A teenager feels like an adult, I suppose primarily because her outside, her flesh and her face, her body, her size, her width and height, look like - and…"

-Beth Moore, All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir

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21. 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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22. The 6 Types of Working Genius

By: Patrick Lencioni

4.15

Format: 228 pages, Hardcover

New York Times best-selling author Patrick Lencioni unveils a truly groundbreaking new model that w… read more

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  • nonfiction
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23. 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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24. Christian Women in the Patristic World: Their Influence, Authority, and Legacy in the Second through Fifth Centuries

By: Lynn H. Cohick

4.24

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

From facing wild beasts in the arena to governing the Roman Empire, Christian women--as preachers a… read more

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25. Readings in World Christian History: Volume 1: Earliest Christianity to 1453

By: John W. Coakley

3.88

Format: 435 pages, Paperback

Through the advice of many scholars of Christian origins the selections here include texts that sho… read more

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26. How to Preach a Dangerous Sermon

By: Frank A. Thomas

4.01

Format: 156 pages, Paperback

Learn to use four characteristics of "preaching with moral imagination" to proclaim freedom for all… read more

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27. A History of the Church in the Middle Ages

By: F. Donald Logan

3.69

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

In this fascinating survey, F. Donald Logan introduces the reader to the Christian church, from the… read more

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28. Recalling Our Own Stories

By: Edward P. Wimberly

3.88

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Reconnect with your original call to ministry and passion for caregiving with this spiritual renere… read more

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29. History of the World Christian Movement Volume I

By: Dale T. Irvin

3.86

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

This first comprehensive account of Christianity as a world religion is a landmark, offering the wo… read more

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Cover of John Wesley (Library of Protestant Thought) by John Wesley

30. John Wesley (Library of Protestant Thought)

By: John Wesley

4.10

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

A major figure in eighteenth-century Christianity, John Wesley sought to combine the essential elem… read more

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31. The Global Church---The First Eight Centuries: From Pentecost through the Rise of Islam

By: Donald Fairbairn

4.42

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Discover the Variety and Unity of the Early Church The Christian church of the early centuries spre… read more

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10 Best history books like Readings in World Christian History: Volume 1: Earliest Christianity to 1453 by John W. Coakley

Transform Your Habits

Christian Theology: An Introduction

Alister E. McGrath

3.73

Transform Your Habits

The Story of Christianity: Volume 1: The Early Church to the Reformation

Justo L. González

4.00

The First Thousand Years: A Global History of Christianity

Robert L. Wilken

3.80

Transform Your Habits

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

Esau McCaulley

4.62

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10 Top history books like Christian Women in the Patristic World: Their Influence, Authority, and Legacy in the Second through Fifth Centuries by Lynn H. Cohick

Transform Your Habits

Christian Theology: An Introduction

Alister E. McGrath

3.73

Transform Your Habits

The Christian Theology Reader

Alister E. McGrath

3.73

Transform Your Habits

The Story of Christianity: Volume 1: The Early Church to the Reformation

Justo L. González

4.00

Transform Your Habits

J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography

Humphrey Carpenter

3.94

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