The LDS Gospel Topics Series: A Scholarly Engagement
By: Matthew L Harris
4.10
Format: 396 pages, Kindle Edition
This anthology provides a scholarly, in-depth analysis of the thirteen Gospel Topics essays issued …
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1. Moroni and the Swastika: Mormons in Nazi Germany
By: David Conley Nelson
3.94
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
While Adolf Hitler’s National Socialist government was persecuting Jews and Jehovah’s Witnesses and… read more
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2. Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why
By: Bart D. Ehrman
3.93
Format: 266 pages, Paperback
For almost 1,500 years, the New Testament manuscripts were copied by hand––and mistakes and intenti… read more
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3. 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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4. The Ghost of Eternal Polygamy: Haunting the Hearts and Heaven of Mormon Women and Men
By: Carol Lynn Pearson
2.00
Format: 88 pages, Paperback
"Polygamy?" says the mainstream Mormon Church. "We gave that up long ago." Not so, claims noted LDS… read more
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5. The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
By: Carl Sagan , Ann Druyan
4.29
Format: 459 pages, Paperback
How can we make intelligent decisions about our increasingly technology-driven lives if we don’t un… read more
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"Gullibility kills."-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
"Occasionally, I get a letter from someone who is in “contact"-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
"Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality."-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
"Not explaining science seems to me perverse. When you're in love, you want to tell the world."-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
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7. Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
By: Richard Rohr
4.23
Format: 199 pages, Hardcover
In Falling Upward , Fr. Richard Rohr seeks to help readers understand the tasks of the two halves o… read more
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"The ego hates losing – even to God."-Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
"Sin happens whenever we refuse to keep growing."-Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
"Life is all about practicing for heaven." p 101."-Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
"Before the truth sets you free, it tends to make you miserable."-Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
8. The Portrait of a Lady
By: Henry James , Patricia Crick
3.79
Format: 797 pages, Paperback
When Isabel Archer, a beautiful, spirited American, is brought to Europe by her wealthy Aunt Touche… read more
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"She has only one fault; too many ideas."-Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
"If one is strong, one loves the more strongly."-Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
"It's not my fate to give up--I know it can't be."-Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
"The finer natures were those that shone at the larger times."-Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
9. A Peculiar People: Anti-Mormonism and the Making of Religion in Nineteenth-Century America
By: None
4.00
Format: 131 pages, Hardcover
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10. No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith
By: Fawn M. Brodie
3.68
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
The first paperback edition of the classic biography of the founder of the Mormon church, this book… read more
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11. American Zion: A New History of Mormonism
By: Benjamin E. Park
4.21
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
The first major history of Mormonism in a decade, drawing on newly available sources to reveal a pr… read more
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12. Boldly, Nobly, and Independent: 1893–1955 (Saints, #3)
By: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
4.61
Format: 757 pages, Paperback
Also available in ebook and audiobook. After decades of opposition, the Latter-day Saints have d… read more
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13. Romney: A Reckoning
By: McKay Coppins
4.36
Format: 416 pages, ebook
A remarkably illuminating biography of the political maverick, filled with revelations and written … read more
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14. The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For and Believe
By: Richard Rohr
4.45
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - With a new afterword - From one of the world's most influential spiritu… read more
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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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"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
16. 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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17. The September Six and the Struggle for the Soul of Mormonism
By: Sara M. Patterson
4.39
Format: 374 pages, Hardcover
In the single month of September 1993, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints excommunicat… read more
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18. Kingdom of Nauvoo: The Rise and Fall of a Religious Empire on the American Frontier
By: Benjamin E. Park
4.17
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Compared to the Puritans, Mormons have rarely gotten their due, often treated as fringe cultists or… read more
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19. 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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20. Living on the Inside of the Edge: A Survival Guide
By: Christian Kimball
4.30
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
"Chris has managed to write a great primer for Latter-day Saints who desperately need a new way to … read more
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21. Charisma under Pressure: Joseph Smith, American Prophet, 1831–1839
By: Dan Vogel
4.78
Format: 1024 pages, Hardcover
When Joseph Smith entered Kirtland, Ohio, for the first time, he had only the year before establish… read more
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22. All Things New: Rethinking Sin, Salvation, and Everything in Between
By: Fiona Givens
4.59
Format: 156 pages, Kindle Edition
Robert MacFarlane has written that "language does not just register experience, it produces it." Ou… read more
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23. The LDS Gospel Topics Series: A Scholarly Engagement
By: Matthew L Harris
4.10
Format: 396 pages, Kindle Edition
This anthology provides a scholarly, in-depth analysis of the thirteen Gospel Topics essays issued … read more
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24. 1st Nephi: A Brief Theological Introduction (The Book of Mormon: Brief Theological Introductions, #1)
By: Joseph M. Spencer
4.44
Format: 146 pages, Paperback
"I, Nephi, having been born of goodly parents. . ." So begins the first book in the Book of Mormon,… read more
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25. God's Ghostwriters: Enslaved Christians and the Making of the Bible
By: Candida Moss
3.97
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From an award-winning biblical scholar, the untold story of how enslaved people created, gave meani… read more
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26. Secret Combinations Evidence of Early Mormon Counterfeiting 1800-1847 2nd Edition 2018
By: Kathleen Kimball Melonakos
4.27
Format: 461 pages, Paperback
This book chronicles the evidence that early Mormon leaders, starting with Joseph Smith Sr., dealt … read more
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27. Second-Class Saints: Black Mormons and the Struggle for Racial Equality
By: Matthew L. Harris
4.91
Format: 488 pages, Hardcover
An in-depth account--grounded in new archival discoveries--of the most consequential development in… read more
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28. Joseph Smith for President: The Prophet, the Assassins, and the Fight for American Religious Freedom
By: Spencer W. McBride
4.11
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
By the election year of 1844, Joseph Smith, the controversial founder of the Church of Jesus Christ… read more
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29. D. Michael Quinn: Mormon Historian
By: Gary Topping
4.26
Format: 142 pages, Paperback
D. Michael Quinn (1944–2021) was one of Mormonism’s greatest historians, though his books have prof… read more
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30. Lowell L. Bennion: A Mormon Educator (Introductions to Mormon Thought)
By: George B. Handley
4.80
Format: 142 pages, Paperback
The intellectual and ethical achievements of the Latter-day Saint theologian Known in his lifetime … read more
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31. Ancient Christians: An Introduction for Latter-day Saints
By: Jason R. Combs
4.41
Format: 716 pages, Kindle Edition
Ancient Christians: An Introduction for Latter-day Saints is a historical and theological window on… read more
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