17 Best religion books like Disability and the Church: A Vision for Diversity and Inclusion by Lamar Hardwick

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Disability and the Church: A Vision for Diversity and Inclusion

By: Lamar Hardwick

4.31

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

IVP Readers' Choice Award Lamar Hardwick was thirty-six years old when he found out he was on the a…

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1. The Good and Beautiful Life: Putting on the Character of Christ (The Good and Beautiful Series)

By: James Bryan Smith

4.26

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

"I have never met a person whose goal was to ruin his or her life. We all want to be happy, and we … read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • christian living
  • religion
  • nonfiction
"The Beatitudes, far from being a new set of virtues that further divide the religious haves and have nots, are words of hope and healing to those who have been marginalized."

-James Bryan Smith, The Good and Beautiful Life: Putting on the Character of Christ (The Good and Beautiful Series)

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2. Fear and Trembling

By: Søren Kierkegaard , Alastair Hannay

4.75

Format: 335 pages, Paperback

Soren Kierkegaard was a Danish philosopher, theologian and religious author interested in human psy… read more

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  • christianity
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • theology
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3. The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness

By: Timothy J. Keller

4.51

Format: 46 pages, Paperback

‘What are the marks of a supernaturally changed heart?’ This is one of the questions the Apostle… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • christian living
  • religion
  • nonfiction
"...the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less."

-Timothy J. Keller, The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness

"In other words, we are only proud of being more successful, more intelligent or more good-looking than the next person, and we are in the presence of someone who is more successful, intelligent and g…"

-Timothy J. Keller, The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness

"Up until the 20th century, traditional cultures (and this is still true of most cultures in the world) always believed that too high a view of yourself was the root cause of all the evil in the world…"

-Timothy J. Keller, The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness

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
  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction

5. The Good and Beautiful Community: Following the Spirit, Extending Grace, Demonstrating Love

By: James Bryan Smith

3.71

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In this third book in the Apprentice Series, James Bryan Smith helps us know how to live in relatio… read more

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  • christian
  • christianity
  • faith
  • christian living
  • religion
  • nonfiction
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6. Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community

By: Dietrich Bonhoeffer

4.27

Format: 122 pages, Paperback

After his martyrdom at the hands of the Gestapo in 1945, Dietrich Bonhoeffer continued his witness … read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • christian living
  • church
  • religion
  • nonfiction
"God is not a God of the emotions but the God of truth."

-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community

"We pray for the big things and forget to give thanks for the ordinary, small (and yet really not small) gifts."

-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community

"It is only when he is a burden that another person is really a brother and not merely an object to be manipulated"

-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community

"The Church does not need brilliant personalities but faithful servants of Jesus and the brethren. Not in the former but in the latter is the lack."

-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community

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7. 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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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction

8. The Good and Beautiful God: Falling in Love with the God Jesus Knows

By: James Bryan Smith

4.03

Format: 606 pages, Hardcover

"God wants me to try harder." "God blesses me when I'm good and punishes me when I'm bad." "God is … read more

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9. Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again

By: Rachel Held Evans

4.39

Format: 236 pages, Paperback

 One Woman’s Journey Back to Loving the Bible If the Bible isn’t a science book or an instructio… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Held Evans's Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again book and Lamar Hardwick's Disability and the Church: A Vision for Diversity and Inclusion

  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • christian living
  • religion
  • nonfiction
"How could I love God with all my heart, soul, mind, and strength while disengaging those very faculties every time I read the Bible?"

-Rachel Held Evans, Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again

"The point is, if you pay attention to the women, a more complex history of Israel's conquests emerges. Their stories invite the reader to consider the human cost of violence and patriarchy, and in th…"

-Rachel Held Evans, Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again

"In other words, the prophets are weirdos. More than anyone else in Scripture, they remind us that those odd ducks shouting from the margins of society may see things more clearly than the political a…"

-Rachel Held Evans, Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again

"What I love about the Bible is that the story isn't over. There are still prophets in our midst. There are still dragons and beasts. It might not look like it, but the Resistance is winning. The ligh…"

-Rachel Held Evans, Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again

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10. 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
"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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11. 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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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction
"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

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12. Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation

By: Kristin Kobes Du Mez

4.30

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

A scholar of American Christianity presents a seventy-five-year history of evangelicalism that iden… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction
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13. Try Softer: A Fresh Approach to Move Us out of Anxiety, Stress, and Survival Mode--and into a Life of Connection and Joy

By: Aundi Kolber

4.40

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

"In the wise and soulful tradition of teachers like Shauna Niequist and Brene Brown, therapist Aund… read more

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  • faith
  • christian
  • nonfiction
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14. The Great Sex Rescue: The Lies You've Been Taught and How to Recover What God Intended

By: Sheila Wray Gregoire

4.56

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

What if it's not your fault that sex is bad in your marriage? Based on a groundbreaking in-depth s… read more

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  • christian
  • christianity
  • faith
  • christian living
  • religion
  • nonfiction
Cover of American Idolatry: How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gospel and Threatens the Church by Andrew L. Whitehead

15. American Idolatry: How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gospel and Threatens the Church

By: Andrew L. Whitehead

4.20

Format: 215 pages, Hardcover

"Heartfelt, incisive, and worthy of thoughtful consideration."-- Library Journal Power. Fear. Viol… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • religion
  • nonfiction
"Jesus calls us to be a light, not a wildfire."

-Andrew L. Whitehead, American Idolatry: How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gospel and Threatens the Church

"When it comes down to democracy or power, white Christian nationalism will choose power every time."

-Andrew L. Whitehead, American Idolatry: How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gospel and Threatens the Church

"Christian nationalism is not interested in a government for the people, by the people, but rather for a particular people, by a particular people."

-Andrew L. Whitehead, American Idolatry: How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gospel and Threatens the Church

"Our ability to love, serve, and act as salt and light in our communities is not dependent on various symbols of Christianity dominating the civic landscape."

-Andrew L. Whitehead, American Idolatry: How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gospel and Threatens the Church

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16. My Body Is Not a Prayer Request: Disability Justice in the Church

By: Amy Kenny

4.20

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Much of the church has forgotten that we worship a disabled God whose wounds survived resurrection,… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • disability
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17. Curious Faith

By: Ferguson Wilbert

4.37

Format: 191 pages, Paperback

God created us curious. We innately wonder about the world, one another, ourselves, and God. But te… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • christian living
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  • nonfiction
"God asks questions too."

-Ferguson Wilbert, Curious Faith

"...all injustice is spiritual."

-Ferguson Wilbert, Curious Faith

"...heartsickness is a gateway to hard-heartedness."

-Ferguson Wilbert, Curious Faith

"Curiosity will free you to live in the mystery of God's love."

-Ferguson Wilbert, Curious Faith

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18. Disability and the Church: A Vision for Diversity and Inclusion

By: Lamar Hardwick

4.31

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

IVP Readers' Choice Award Lamar Hardwick was thirty-six years old when he found out he was on the a… read more

Similar categories in Lamar Hardwick's Disability and the Church: A Vision for Diversity and Inclusion book and Lamar Hardwick's Disability and the Church: A Vision for Diversity and Inclusion

  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • christian living
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • church
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • disability
Cover of Native: Identity, Belonging, and Rediscovering God by Kaitlin B. Curtice

19. Native: Identity, Belonging, and Rediscovering God

By: Kaitlin B. Curtice

4.25

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Native is about identity, soul-searching, and being on the never-ending journey of finding ourselve… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction
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20. On the Spectrum: Autism, Faith, and the Gifts of Neurodiversity

By: Daniel Bowman Jr.

4.22

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Nearly everyone knows someone on the autism spectrum, whether it's a niece or nephew, a student… read more

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  • christian
  • faith
  • christian living
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • nonfiction
  • disability
"Bad storytelling is bad theology."

-Daniel Bowman Jr., On the Spectrum: Autism, Faith, and the Gifts of Neurodiversity

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21. Connecting With The Autism Spectrum: How To Talk, How To Listen, And Why You Shouldn’t Call It High-Functioning

By: Casey "Remrov" Vormer

4.22

Format: 146 pages, Kindle Edition

The complete guide to connecting with adults on the autism spectrum For a friend, family member, o… read more

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  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • nonfiction
  • disability
"One of the most common issues autistic students have with homework is exhaustion. When I came home after a day of school, I was so tired."

-Casey "Remrov" Vormer, Connecting With The Autism Spectrum: How To Talk, How To Listen, And Why You Shouldn’t Call It High-Functioning

"While many autistic people face great challenges as children, things become even harder once they reach adulthood. Suddenly, society expects you to be “an adult"

-Casey "Remrov" Vormer, Connecting With The Autism Spectrum: How To Talk, How To Listen, And Why You Shouldn’t Call It High-Functioning

"Mathematical/musical thinkers are pattern thinkers. They think in patterns and they notice patterns in numbers and music. They are often great composers, computer programmers, or chess players."

-Casey "Remrov" Vormer, Connecting With The Autism Spectrum: How To Talk, How To Listen, And Why You Shouldn’t Call It High-Functioning

"Verbal thinkers tend to be very good at learning languages and are interested in words and literature. They often have an extensive knowledge and memory of movies, history, or geography, and they enj…"

-Casey "Remrov" Vormer, Connecting With The Autism Spectrum: How To Talk, How To Listen, And Why You Shouldn’t Call It High-Functioning

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James Bryan Smith

4.26

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4.75

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Timothy J. Keller

4.51

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4.25

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