18 Best christian books like The Anabaptist Vision by Harold S. Bender

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The Anabaptist Vision

By: Harold S. Bender

3.96

Format: 44 pages, Paperback

H. S. Bender defines the spirit and purposes of the original Anabaptists. Three major points of emp…

"There can be no question but that the great principles of freedom of conscience, separation of church and state, and voluntarism in religion, so basic in American Protestantism and so essential to democracy, ultimately are derived from the Anabaptists of the Reformation period, who for the first time clearly enunciated them and challenged the Christian world to follow them in practice."

-Harold S. Bender, The Anabaptist Vision

"There can be no question but that the great principles of freedom of conscience, separation of church and state, and voluntarism in religion, so basic in American Protestantism and so essential to democracy, ultimately are derived from the Anabaptists of the Reformation period, who for the first time clearly enunciated them and challenged the Christian world to follow them in practice."

-Harold S. Bender, The Anabaptist Vision

If you liked the christian plot in The Anabaptist Vision by Harold S. Bender , here is a list of 18 books like this:

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1. After Our Likeness: The Church as the Image of the Trinity (Sacra Doctrina: Christian Theology for a Postmodern Age (SACRA))

By: Miroslav Volf

3.79

Format: 326 pages, Paperback

In After Our Likeness, the inaugural volume in the Sacra Doctrina series, Miroslav Volf explores th… read more

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  • history
  • theology
"Because the Christian God is not a lonely God, but rather a communion of three persons, faith leads human beings into the divine communion. One cannot, however, have a self-enclosed communion with th…"

-Miroslav Volf, After Our Likeness: The Church as the Image of the Trinity (Sacra Doctrina: Christian Theology for a Postmodern Age (SACRA))

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2. A Change of Allegiance

By: Dean Taylor , None

4.39

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

What should a Christian do with Jesus words, Love your enemies? Is it all right for a Christian to … read more

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  • christian

3. Black Rednecks and White Liberals

By: Thomas Sowell

4.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

This book presents the kind of eye-opening insights into the history and culture of race for which … read more

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4. The Kingdom That Turned the World Upside Down

By: David W. Bercot

3.69

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

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5. Twelve Years a Slave

By: Solomon Northup

3.58

Format: None pages, ebook

A film tie-in edition of this eloquent and powerful memoir, to accompany the major new film starrin… read more

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6. Reformed and Always Reforming: The Postconservative Approach to Evangelical Theology

By: Roger E. Olson

3.90

Format: 15 pages, Paperback

The community of evangelicals sometimes seems so broad as to defy definition, but theological conse… read more

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7. Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High

By: Stephen R. Covey , Ron McMillan , Kerry Patterson , Joseph Grenny , Al Switzler

3.78

Format: None pages,

Learn how to keep your cool and get the results you want when emotions flare. When stakes are high,… read more

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8. 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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  • christian
  • theology
"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

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9. How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

By: David Brooks

4.14

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A practical, heartfelt guide to the art of truly knowing another person in order to foster deeper c… read more

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"Being open-hearted is a prerequisite for being a full, kind, and wise human being."

-David Brooks, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

"A person who is looking for beauty is likely to find wonders, while a person looking for threats will find danger. A person who beams warmth brings out the glowing sides of the people she meets, whil…"

-David Brooks, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

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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
  • history
  • theology
"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. Everything Sad Is Untrue

By: Daniel Nayeri

4.32

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

At the front of a middle school classroom in Oklahoma, a boy named Khosrou (whom everyone calls "Da… read more

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"Every story is the sound of a storyteller begging to stay alive."

-Daniel Nayeri, Everything Sad Is Untrue

"I won't tell you about her yet, because sometimes love has to be kept secret. If other people find out, they will attack it."

-Daniel Nayeri, Everything Sad Is Untrue

"Sometimes you just want somebody to look at a thing with you and say, "Yes. That is a thing you're looking at. You haven't lied to yourself."

-Daniel Nayeri, Everything Sad Is Untrue

"Maybe there isn’t just one person designated for everybody. Maybe there’s a lot more to it---maybe you choose and you practice, and that’s what makes the love true."

-Daniel Nayeri, Everything Sad Is Untrue

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12. Becoming Free Indeed: My Story of Disentangling Faith from Fear

By: Jinger Duggar Vuolo

3.60

Format: 221 pages, Hardcover

New York Times Bestseller Jinger Vuolo, the sixth child in the famous Duggar family of TLC's 19 Kid… read more

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  • christian
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13. Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus, Become Like Him, Do As He Did

By: John Mark Comer

4.63

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The author of the international bestseller The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry calls us to rediscover… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
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14. Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story

By: Bono

4.20

Format: 564 pages, Hardcover

Bono--artist, activist, and the lead singer of Irish rock band U2--has written a memoir: honest and… read more

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  • history
"Fame is a currency. I want to spend mine on the right stuff."

-Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story

"Wisdom is the recovery of innocence at the far end of experience"

-Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story

"I remain more suspicious of religion than most people who'd never darken the door of a church."

-Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story

"the only true way to be victorious is to surrender. To each other. To love. To the higher power."

-Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story

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15. "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character

By: Richard P. Feynman

4.27

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A New York Times bestseller—the outrageous exploits of one of this century's greatest scientific mi… read more

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"I learned from her that every woman is worried about her looks, no matter how beautiful she is."

-Richard P. Feynman, "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character

"I couldn't claim that I was smarter than sixty-five other guys--but the average of sixty-five other guys, certainly!"

-Richard P. Feynman, "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character

"All the time you're saying to yourself, 'I could do that, but I won't,' — which is just another way of saying that you can't."

-Richard P. Feynman, "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character

"You see, I get so much fun out of thinking that I don’t want to destroy this pleasant machine that makes life such a big kick."

-Richard P. Feynman, "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character

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16. The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism

By: Tim Alberta

4.45

Format: 506 pages, Kindle Edition

Evangelical Christians are perhaps the most polarizing—and least understood—people living in Americ… read more

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  • christian
  • history
  • theology
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17. Testimony: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Failed a Generation

By: Jon Ward

4.08

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Jon Ward's life is divided in half: two decades inside the evangelical Christian bubble and two dec… read more

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  • christian
  • history
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18. The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth

By: Beth Allison Barr

4.40

Format: 245 pages, Paperback

Biblical womanhood--the belief that God designed women to be submissive wives, virtuous mothers, an… read more

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  • history
  • theology
"Glorifying the past because we like the story better isn't history; it's propaganda."

-Beth Allison Barr, The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth

"When we differentiate women because of their sex, we objectify them and deny them their humanity."

-Beth Allison Barr, The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth

"Like racism, patriarchy is a shapeshifter—conforming to each new era, looking as if it has always belonged."

-Beth Allison Barr, The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth

"Historically, one of the greatest problems for women is that we do not remember our past and we do not work together to change our future. We do not stand together. But what if we did?"

-Beth Allison Barr, The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth

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19. The Deeply Formed Life: Five Transformative Values to Root Us in the Way of Jesus

By: Rich Villodas

4.24

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

During our chaotic times, discover five forgotten values that can spark internal growth and help us… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
"Adam and Eve hid behind a tree, naked and con­quered by shame. But Jesus hung on a tree, naked, and conquered shame. In Jesus, shame doesn’t have the last word."

-Rich Villodas, The Deeply Formed Life: Five Transformative Values to Root Us in the Way of Jesus

"Sabbath is not a reward for hard work. Sabbath is a gift that precedes work and enables us to work. (…) As with God’s Grace, rest is never a reward; it’s a gift."

-Rich Villodas, The Deeply Formed Life: Five Transformative Values to Root Us in the Way of Jesus

"The reason we are hospitable is to open our hearts to others in the way that God has opened His heart to us. (...) As the theologian Henri Nouwen said, "Hospitality is not to change people, but to of…"

-Rich Villodas, The Deeply Formed Life: Five Transformative Values to Root Us in the Way of Jesus

"When I get to the portion that says, "Lead us not into temptation," That (...) doesn't mean that God leads us into temptation; rather, (...) It's us essentially saying, "Lord, (...) I'm vulnerable. D…"

-Rich Villodas, The Deeply Formed Life: Five Transformative Values to Root Us in the Way of Jesus

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20. Losing Our Religion: An Altar Call for Evangelical America

By: Russell D. Moore

4.31

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Former Southern Baptist pastor and Christianity Today editor-in-chief Russell Moore calls for repen… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
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21. Every Woman a Theologian: Know What You Believe. Live It Confidently. Communicate It Graciously.

By: Phylicia D. Masonheimer

4.50

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Know what you believe and live it boldly! Phylicia Masonheimer believes that every woman should be … read more

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  • christian
  • theology
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22. The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church

By: Sarah McCammon

4.21

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

The first definitive book that names the massive social movement of people leaving the white evange… read more

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  • christian
  • history
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23. How to Be an Antiracist

By: Ibram X. Kendi

4.37

Format: 305 pages, Hardcover

Ibram X. Kendi's concept of antiracism reenergizes and reshapes the conversation about racial justi… read more

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  • history
"Racist"

-Ibram X. Kendi, How to Be an Antiracist

"I use “anticapitalist"

-Ibram X. Kendi, How to Be an Antiracist

"Internalized racism is the real Black on Black crime."

-Ibram X. Kendi, How to Be an Antiracist

"But what was the difference between Ebonics and so-called “standard"

-Ibram X. Kendi, How to Be an Antiracist

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24. 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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Cover of Jesus and the Powers: Christian Political Witness in an Age of Totalitarian Terror and Dysfunctional Democracies by N.T. Wright

25. Jesus and the Powers: Christian Political Witness in an Age of Totalitarian Terror and Dysfunctional Democracies

By: N.T. Wright

4.14

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Should Christians be politically withdrawn, avoiding participation in politics to maintain their pr… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
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26. Tell Her Story: How Women Led, Taught, and Ministered in the Early Church

By: Nijay K. Gupta

4.35

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Women were there. For centuries, discussions of early Christianity have focused on male leaders in … read more

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  • christian
  • history
  • theology
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27. "What Do You Care What Other People Think?": Further Adventures of a Curious Character

By: Richard P. Feynman

4.19

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

'What Do You Care What Other People Think?': Further Adventures of a Curious Character read more

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  • history
"She was told she had typhoid fever. Right away, as I still do today, I looked up the disease in medical books and read all about it."

-Richard P. Feynman, "What Do You Care What Other People Think?": Further Adventures of a Curious Character

"Although my mother didn't know anything about science, she had a great influence on me as well. In particular, she had a wonderful sense of humor, and I learned from her that the highest form of unde…"

-Richard P. Feynman, "What Do You Care What Other People Think?": Further Adventures of a Curious Character

"You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, but when you're finished, you'll know absolutely nothing whatever about the bird... So let's look at the bird and see what it's doin…"

-Richard P. Feynman, "What Do You Care What Other People Think?": Further Adventures of a Curious Character

"Why make yourself miserable saying things like, "Why do we have such bad luck? What has God done to us? What have we done to deserve this?" - all of which, if you understand reality and take it compl…"

-Richard P. Feynman, "What Do You Care What Other People Think?": Further Adventures of a Curious Character

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28. The Anabaptist Vision

By: Harold S. Bender

3.96

Format: 44 pages, Paperback

H. S. Bender defines the spirit and purposes of the original Anabaptists. Three major points of emp… read more

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  • christian
  • history
  • theology
"There can be no question but that the great principles of freedom of conscience, separation of church and state, and voluntarism in religion, so basic in American Protestantism and so essential to de…"

-Harold S. Bender, The Anabaptist Vision

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29. Against Liberal Theology: Putting the Brakes on Progressive Christianity

By: Roger E. Olson

3.79

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Liberal Christian theology is a big topic in today's churches and seminaries. But what does liberal… read more

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  • christian
  • theology

30. In God We Don't Trust

By: David W. Bercot

4.46

Format: None pages, None

David Bercot. Here is the compelling narrative of the founding of America, told from a perspective … read more

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  • christian
  • history
  • theology
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31. From Anabaptist Seed: Exploring The Historical Center Of Anabaptist Teachings And Practices

By: C. Arnold Snyder

3.88

Format: None pages, Paperback

Today more than 1.5 million Christians are members of churches which sprouted more or less directly… read more

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  • theology

13 Top history books like The Anabaptist Vision by Harold S. Bender

Transform Your Habits

After Our Likeness: The Church as the Image of the Trinity (Sacra Doctrina: Christian Theology for a Postmodern Age (SACRA))

Miroslav Volf

3.79

Transform Your Habits

Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope

Esau McCaulley

4.43

Transform Your Habits

Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story

Bono

4.20

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"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character

Richard P. Feynman

4.27

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Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus, Become Like Him, Do As He Did

John Mark Comer

4.63

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The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism

Tim Alberta

4.45

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Revelation for the Rest of Us: A Prophetic Call to Follow Jesus as a Dissident Disciple

Scot McKnight

4.37

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Testimony: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Failed a Generation

Jon Ward

4.08

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