10 best-selling religion books like Orthodox Worship: A Living Continuity with the Synagogue, the Temple, and the Early Church by Benjamin D. Williams

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Orthodox Worship: A Living Continuity with the Synagogue, the Temple, and the Early Church

By: Benjamin D. Williams

4.21

Format: 221 pages, None

The Orthodox liturgy a living continuity with the worship of Judaism (temple and synagogue) and the…

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1. The Orthodox Church

By: Kallistos Ware , Timothy Ware

4.27

Format: 359 pages, Paperback

Since its first publication thirty years ago, Timothy Ware's book has become established throughout… read more

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  • christian
  • history
  • church history
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction
"All Protestants are Crypto-Papists,’ wrote the Russian theologian Alexis Khomiakov to an English friend in the year 1846. ‘ . . . To use the concise language of algebra, all the West knows but one da…"

-Kallistos Ware, The Orthodox Church

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2. Slouching Towards Bethlehem

By: Joan Didion

4.19

Format: 238 pages, Paperback

The first nonfiction work by one of the most distinctive prose stylists of our era, Joan Didion's S… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • 20th century
"Happiness is,' after all, a consumption ethic."

-Joan Didion, Slouching Towards Bethlehem

"There is a common superstition that “self-respect"

-Joan Didion, Slouching Towards Bethlehem

"The ability to think for one's self depends upon one's mastery of the language."

-Joan Didion, Slouching Towards Bethlehem

"The future always looks good in the golden land, because no one remembers the past."

-Joan Didion, Slouching Towards Bethlehem

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3. Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy: Finding the Way to Christ in a Complicated Religious Landscape

By: Andrew Stephen Damick

4.37

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

This new edition of the bestselling Orthodoxy & Heterodoxy is fully revised and significantly expan… read more

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  • christian
  • history
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction
"Orthodoxy is marked by sobriety, not by emotional enthusiasm. It is also marked by a quite “ordinary"

-Andrew Stephen Damick, Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy: Finding the Way to Christ in a Complicated Religious Landscape

"Most of the time, we are concerned with the truth. A cashier has to make sure he knows the exact change he's giving. A nurse has to apply just the right amount of medication to a patient. A mathemati…"

-Andrew Stephen Damick, Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy: Finding the Way to Christ in a Complicated Religious Landscape

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4. Rock and Sand: An Orthodox Appraisal of the Protestant Reformers and Their Teachings

By: Josiah Trenham , Michael Monos , Nitsa McClatchey

4.20

Format: None pages, Paperback

This book has been written for three purposes. First, to provide the Orthodox reader with a compete… read more

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  • christian
  • history
  • church history
  • theology
  • christianity
  • religion
  • nonfiction
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5. God's Revelation to the Human Heart

By: Seraphim Rose

3.63

Format: 353 pages, Paperback

What does man seek in religion, and what should he seek in it? How does God reveal Himself in order… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction

6. Discipling: How to Help Others Follow Jesus

By: Mark Dever

3.33

Format: 161 pages, Hardcover

Before ascending to heaven, Jesus instructed his followers to "make disciples of all nations." But … read more

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7. In the Shadow of the Sword: The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire

By: Tom Holland

4.11

Format: 500 pages, Hardcover

The acclaimed author of Rubiconand other superb works of popular history now produces a thrillingly… read more

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8. Surprised by Christ: My Journey from Judaism to Orthodox Christianity

By: None

4.12

Format: 440 pages, Paperback

Raised in Queens, New York by formerly Orthodox Jewish parents, Arnold Bernstein went on his own pe… read more

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9. On the Cosmic Mystery of Jesus Christ: Selected Writings

By: Robert L. Wilken , Maximus the Confessor , Paul M. Blowers

4.12

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

St Maximus' two main collections of theological reflections-his Ambigua (or "Difficulties") and his… read more

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10. The Mountain of Silence: A Search for Orthodox Spirituality

By: Kyriacos C. Markides

3.88

Format: 96 pages,

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11. Orthodoxy and the Religion of the Future

By: Seraphim Rose

3.89

Format: None pages,

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12. The Harrowing of Hades: A Visual Retelling of the Orthodox Tradition

By: None , Creative Orthodox

4.34

Format: 640 pages,

Alternate cover edition can be found . What happened to the Old Testament righteous before Christ'… read more

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13. Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World

By: Tom Holland

4.26

Format: 624 pages, Hardcover

A "marvelous" (Economist) account of how the Christian Revolution forged the Western imagination. … read more

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  • christian
  • history
  • church history
  • theology
  • christianity
  • nonfiction
"To hail a religion for its compatibility with a secular society was decidedly not a neutral gesture. Secularism was no less bred of the sweep of Christian history than were Orban's barbed-wire fences…"

-Tom Holland, Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World

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14. Thinking Orthodox: Understanding and Acquiring the Orthodox Christian Mind

By: Eugenia Scarvelis Constantinou

4.34

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

What does it mean to "think Orthodox"? What are the unspoken and unexplored premises and presumptio… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction
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15. Religion of the Apostles: Orthodox Christianity in the First Century

By: Stephen De Young

4.53

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

Rev. Dr. Stephen De Young, creator of the popular The Whole Counsel of God blog and podcast, traces… read more

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  • christian
  • history
  • church history
  • theology
  • christianity
  • religion
  • nonfiction
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16. Arise O God: The Gospel of Christ’s Defeat of Demons, Sin, and Death

By: Andrew Stephen Damick

4.59

Format: 98 pages, Kindle Edition

The gospel of Jesus Christ is not about what Jesus can do for your life. It is not even the answer … read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • religion
  • nonfiction
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17. Orthodox Worship: A Living Continuity with the Synagogue, the Temple, and the Early Church

By: Benjamin D. Williams

4.21

Format: 221 pages, None

The Orthodox liturgy a living continuity with the worship of Judaism (temple and synagogue) and the… read more

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  • history
  • church history
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • 20th century
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18. The Gospel of Nicodemus: Christ's Descent into Hell (With Active Table of Contents)

By: Nicodemus

3.87

Format: 52 pages, Kindle Edition

Saint Nicodemus was a Pharisee and a member of the Sanhedrin, who, according to the Gospel of John,… read more

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  • religion
  • christian
  • theology
"Who art thou [...] Who layest dead in the grave, and art come down alive to us, and in thy death all the creatures trembled, and all the stars were moved, and now hast thou thy liberty among the dead…"

-Nicodemus, The Gospel of Nicodemus: Christ's Descent into Hell (With Active Table of Contents)

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19. Paul and the Resurrection of Israel: Jews, Former Gentiles, Israelites

By: Jason A. Staples

4.97

Format: 350 pages, Hardcover

The gospel promoted by Paul has for many generations stirred passionate debate. That gospel proclai… read more

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20. Journey to Reality: Sacramental Life in a Secular Age

By: Zachary Porcu

4.77

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

Most books aimed at introducing Orthodoxy to the non-Orthodox begin by explaining basic points of d… read more

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  • christian
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21. Life after Death According to the Orthodox Tradition

By: Jean-Claude Larchet

4.64

Format: 348 pages, Paperback

Life after Death according to the Orthodox Tradition presents the teachings from Orthodox Church tr… read more

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7 Best history books like Orthodox Worship: A Living Continuity with the Synagogue, the Temple, and the Early Church by Benjamin D. Williams

Transform Your Habits

The Orthodox Church

Kallistos Ware , Timothy Ware

4.27

Transform Your Habits

Slouching Towards Bethlehem

Joan Didion

4.19

Transform Your Habits

Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy: Finding the Way to Christ in a Complicated Religious Landscape

Andrew Stephen Damick

4.37

Transform Your Habits

Rock and Sand: An Orthodox Appraisal of the Protestant Reformers and Their Teachings

Josiah Trenham , Michael Monos , Nitsa McClatchey

4.20

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13 must-read religion books like Thinking Orthodox: Understanding and Acquiring the Orthodox Christian Mind by Eugenia Scarvelis Constantinou

Transform Your Habits

The Orthodox Church

Kallistos Ware , Timothy Ware

4.27

Transform Your Habits

Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy: Finding the Way to Christ in a Complicated Religious Landscape

Andrew Stephen Damick

4.37

Transform Your Habits

Rock and Sand: An Orthodox Appraisal of the Protestant Reformers and Their Teachings

Josiah Trenham , Michael Monos , Nitsa McClatchey

4.20

Transform Your Habits

God's Revelation to the Human Heart

Seraphim Rose

3.63

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