19 Best christian books like Entering the Passion of Jesus: A Beginner's Guide to Holy Week by Amy-Jill Levine

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Entering the Passion of Jesus: A Beginner's Guide to Holy Week

By: Amy-Jill Levine

4.26

Format: 146 pages, Kindle Edition

Author, professor, and Jewish scholar, Amy-Jill Levine dives deep into the biblical texts surroundi…

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1. Theology of Hope

By: Jürgen Moltmann

3.75

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

The following efforts bear the title Theology of Hope, not because they set out once again to prese… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • church
  • religion
  • nonfiction
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2. The Last Week: What the Gospels Really Teach About Jesus's Final Days in Jerusalem

By: John Dominic Crossan , Marcus J. Borg

3.82

Format: None pages, Paperback

Top Jesus scholars Marcus J. Borg & John Dominic Crossan reveal a radical & little-known Jesus. As … read more

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  • christian
  • history
  • theology
  • christianity
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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3. The Sabbath: Its Meaning for Modern Man

By: Susannah Heschel , Abraham Joshua Heschel , Ilya Schor

4.16

Format: 354 pages,

Elegant, passionate, and filled with the love of God's creation, Abraham Joshua Heschel's The Sabba… read more

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  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • theology

4. Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People

By: Nadia Bolz-Weber

3.76

Format: 6 pages, ebook

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER What if that person you've been trying to avoid is your best shot at grac… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
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  • nonfiction
  • spirituality

5. The Prophetic Imagination

By: Walter Brueggemann

3.88

Format: 440 pages, Paperback

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
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  • nonfiction
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6. The Mislaid Magician: or Ten Years After (Cecelia and Kate, #3)

By: Patricia C. Wrede , Caroline Stevermer

3.50

Format: 240 pages,

Ten years have passed since Kate and Cecy married Thomas and James, and England is now being transf… read more

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7. Our Greatest Gift: A Meditation on Dying and Caring

By: Henri J.M. Nouwen

4.14

Format: 560 pages, Paperback

One of the best-loved spiritual writers of our time takes a moving, personal look at human mortalit… read more

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8. The Miracle of Freedom: Seven Tipping Points That Saved the World

By: Chris Stewart , Ted Stewart

3.82

Format: None pages, Hardcover

To what do we owe the great privilege of freedom? * To a handful of Greek soldiers and their naval … read more

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9. Genesis for Normal People: A Guide to the Most Controversial, Misunderstood, and Abused Book of the Bible

By: Peter Enns , Jared Byas

4.60

Format: 200 pages, Kindle Edition

Given the fever-pitched controversies about evolution, Adam and Eve, and scientific evidence for th… read more

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10. Twelve Ordinary Men

By: John F. MacArthur Jr.

4.79

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Contrary to popular belief, we do not have to be perfect to do God's work. Look no further than the… read more

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11. The Evolution of Adam: What the Bible Does and Doesn't Say about Human Origins

By: Peter Enns

3.91

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Can Christianity and evolution coexist? Traditional Christian teaching presents Jesus as reversing … read more

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12. The Wounded Healer: Ministry in Contemporary Society

By: Henri J.M. Nouwen

4.00

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

The Wounded Healeris a hope-filled and simple book that speaks directly to those men and women who … read more

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13. 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
  • history
  • theology
  • christianity
  • church
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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14. 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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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
"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

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15. Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others

By: Barbara Brown Taylor

4.40

Format: 256 pages, ebook

The renowned and beloved New York Times bestselling author of An Altar in the World and Learning to… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
"Our shadows are often behind us, where others can see them better than we can."

-Barbara Brown Taylor, Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others

"I had lived so long in the mainstream that I never even though about how I sounded from the margins"

-Barbara Brown Taylor, Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others

"The only clear line I draw these days is this: when my religion tries to come between me and my neighbor, I will choose my neighbor... Jesus never commanded me to love my religion."

-Barbara Brown Taylor, Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others

"...religion is more than a source of conflict or a calculated way to stay out of hell. Religions are treasure chests of stories, songs, rituals, and ways of life that have been handed down for millen…"

-Barbara Brown Taylor, Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others

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16. Field Notes for the Wilderness: Practices for an Evolving Faith

By: Sarah Bessey

4.49

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A nurturing and hopeful collection of practices to help an emerging generation of Christians reconn… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
"And yet religion in our modern era seems mostly concerned with systematizing theology, charting time lines, answering questions, and making God small and knowable. We have created a God we can regula…"

-Sarah Bessey, Field Notes for the Wilderness: Practices for an Evolving Faith

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17. Reading Genesis

By: Marilynne Robinson

4.10

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

One of our greatest novelists and thinkers presents a radiant, thrilling interpretation of the book… read more

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  • christian
  • history
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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18. Faith after Doubt: Why Your Beliefs Stopped Working and What to Do about It

By: Brian D. McLaren

4.30

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the author of A New Kind of Christianity comes a bold proposal: only doubt can save the world … read more

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  • christian
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  • faith
  • church
  • religion
  • nonfiction
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19. 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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  • religion
  • nonfiction
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20. Freeing Jesus: Rediscovering Jesus as Friend, Teacher, Savior, Lord, Way, and Presence

By: Diana Butler Bass

4.27

Format: 285 pages, Hardcover

The award-winning author of  Grateful  goes beyond the culture wars to offer a refreshing take on t… read more

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  • christian
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  • christianity
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21. 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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22. 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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  • theology
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23. The Ballot and the Bible: How Scripture Has Been Used and Abused in American Politics and Where We Go from Here

By: Kaitlyn Schiess

4.30

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

How do Bible passages written thousands of years ago apply to politics today? What can we learn fro… read more

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"The Bible is not a free-floating book of ageless wisdom, an interesting historical document, or a weapon that can be put in the service of any political goal. The Bible is a gift from God to the chur…"

-Kaitlyn Schiess, The Ballot and the Bible: How Scripture Has Been Used and Abused in American Politics and Where We Go from Here

"What is government? What is the relationship between theology and politics? How should Christians think about their political participation? These questions typically get lost in our conversations. W…"

-Kaitlyn Schiess, The Ballot and the Bible: How Scripture Has Been Used and Abused in American Politics and Where We Go from Here

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24. Mobituaries: Great Lives Worth Reliving

By: Mo Rocca

4.07

Format: 12 pages, Audiobook

11 hours, 45 minutes From beloved CBS Sunday Morning correspondent and humorist Mo Rocca, an en… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Is Easter Unbelievable?: Four Questions Everyone Should Ask About the Resurrection Story by Rebecca McLaughlin

25. Is Easter Unbelievable?: Four Questions Everyone Should Ask About the Resurrection Story

By: Rebecca McLaughlin

4.42

Format: 56 pages, Kindle Edition

Explores the evidence for Jesus' resurrection and how that provides a rational basis for Christian … read more

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  • christian
  • history
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction
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26. Simon Peter: Flawed but Faithful Disciple

By: Adam Hamilton

4.32

Format: 178 pages, Kindle Edition

He left everything to follow his teacher and possessed a passion that would change the world. That’… read more

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  • christian
  • christianity
  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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27. 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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  • spirituality
"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 The False White Gospel: Rejecting Christian Nationalism, Reclaiming True Faith, and Refounding Democracy by Jim Wallis

28. The False White Gospel: Rejecting Christian Nationalism, Reclaiming True Faith, and Refounding Democracy

By: Jim Wallis

4.20

Format: 286 pages, Hardcover

A major new work by the New York Times bestselling author, arguing that the answer to bad religion … read more

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  • nonfiction
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29. Entering the Passion of Jesus: A Beginner's Guide to Holy Week

By: Amy-Jill Levine

4.26

Format: 146 pages, Kindle Edition

Author, professor, and Jewish scholar, Amy-Jill Levine dives deep into the biblical texts surroundi… read more

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  • christian
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  • church
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  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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30. A Gospel of Hope

By: Walter Brueggemann

4.17

Format: 165 pages, Kindle Edition

Beloved and respected by scholars, preachers, and laity alike, Walter Brueggemann offers penetratin… read more

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31. I'm Black. I'm Christian. I'm Methodist.

By: Rudy Rasmus

4.54

Format: 160 pages, Kindle Edition

Ten personal narratives reveal the shared and distinct struggles of being Black in the Church, faci… read more

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8 Best history books like Entering the Passion of Jesus: A Beginner's Guide to Holy Week by Amy-Jill Levine

Transform Your Habits

The Last Week: What the Gospels Really Teach About Jesus's Final Days in Jerusalem

John Dominic Crossan , Marcus J. Borg

3.82

Transform Your Habits

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

Nijay K. Gupta

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Reading Genesis

Marilynne Robinson

4.10

Transform Your Habits

The Ballot and the Bible: How Scripture Has Been Used and Abused in American Politics and Where We Go from Here

Kaitlyn Schiess

4.30

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11 best-selling religion books like A Gospel of Hope by Walter Brueggemann

Transform Your Habits

Sacred Marriage: What If God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More Than to Make Us Happy?

Gary L. Thomas

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Beauty Will Save the World: Rediscovering the Allure and Mystery of Christianity

Brian Zahnd

4.10

Transform Your Habits

Jesus: A Very Short Introduction

Richard Bauckham

3.70

Transform Your Habits

Wholehearted Faith

Rachel Held Evans

4.42

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