17 must-read theology books like The Redemption of Love: Rescuing Marriage and Sexuality from the Economics of a Fallen World by Carrie A. Miles

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The Redemption of Love: Rescuing Marriage and Sexuality from the Economics of a Fallen World

By: Carrie A. Miles

4.10

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Competing answers to dilemmas involving love, sex, marriage, and family scream to us from nearly ev…

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1. The Rise of the Nones: Understanding and Reaching the Religiously Unaffiliated

By: James Emery White

3.98

Format: 222 pages, Paperback

The single fastest growing religious group of our time is those who check the box next to the word … read more

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2. Sticky Faith: Everyday Ideas to Build Lasting Faith in Your Kids

By: None , Kara Powell

4.03

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Sticky Faith delivers positive and practical ideas to nurture within your kids a living, loving fai… read more

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3. Washed and Waiting: Reflections on Christian Faithfulness and Homosexuality

By: Wesley Hill

3.82

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Gay," "Christian," and "celibate" don't often appear in the same sentence. Yet many who sit next t… read more

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  • sexuality
  • theology
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4. Christ and Culture

By: Martin E. Marty , H. Richard Niebuhr , James M. Gustafson

4.37

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

This 50th-anniversary edition, with a new foreword by the distinguished historian Martin E. Marty, … read more

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5. The Great Divorce

By: C.S. Lewis

4.31

Format: 146 pages, Paperback

Alternative cover for ISBN: 978-0-00-746123-3 C.S. Lewis’ The Great Divorce is a classic Christi… read more

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"Reality is harsh to the feet of shadows. But will you come?"

-C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce

"Good, as it ripens, becomes continually more different not only from evil but from other good."

-C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce

"There is but one good; that is God. Everything else is good when it looks to Him and bad when it turns from Him."

-C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce

"I cannot love a lie," said the Lady. "I cannot love the thing which is not. I am in Love, and out of it I will not go."

-C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce

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6. The Last Battle (Chronicles of Narnia, #7)

By: C.S. Lewis

4.01

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

For the first time, an edition of Lewis's classic fantasy fiction packaged specifically for adults.… read more

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"My sister Susan,"

-C.S. Lewis, The Last Battle (Chronicles of Narnia, #7)

"Do you think I care if Aslan dooms me to death?"

-C.S. Lewis, The Last Battle (Chronicles of Narnia, #7)

". . .[W]e have all been blind. We are only beginning to see. . . ."

-C.S. Lewis, The Last Battle (Chronicles of Narnia, #7)

"But courage, child: we are all between the paws of the true Aslan."

-C.S. Lewis, The Last Battle (Chronicles of Narnia, #7)

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7. 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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  • theology
"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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8. Who's Afraid of Postmodernism?: Taking Derrida, Lyotard, and Foucault to Church

By: James K.A. Smith

3.83

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

The philosophies of French thinkers Derrida, Lyotard, and Foucault form the basis for postmodern th… read more

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Cover of Two Views on Homosexuality, the Bible, and the Church by Stanley N. Gundry, Stephen R. Holmes, Wesley Hill, Preston Sprinkle, William Loader, Megan K. Defranza

9. Two Views on Homosexuality, the Bible, and the Church

By: Stanley N. Gundry , Stephen R. Holmes , Wesley Hill , Preston Sprinkle , William Loader , Megan K. Defranza

3.36

Format: 317 pages, Paperback

No issue is more divisive or more pressing for the church today than homosexuality. Two Views on Ho… read more

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  • sexuality
  • theology

10. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1)

By: Alexander McCall Smith

5.00

Format: None pages,

Precious Ramotswe has only just set up shop as Botswana's No.1 (and only) lady detective when she i… read more

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11. The Weight of Glory

By: C.S. Lewis

4.38

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

The classic Weight of Glory by C.S. Lewis, the most important Christian writer of the 20th century,… read more

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"He who has God and everything else has no more than he who has God only."

-C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory

"Never, in peace or war, commit your virtue or your happiness to the future."

-C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory

"Have courage, dear heart, for there is nothing to be afraid of and never has been."

-C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory

"Next to the Blessed Sacrament itself, your neighbor is the holiest object presented to your senses."

-C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory

12. Kingdom Conspiracy: Returning to the Radical Mission of the Local Church

By: Scot McKnight

4.00

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

According to Scot McKnight, "kingdom" is the biblical term most misused by Christians today. It has… read more

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13. The Cross and the Lynching Tree

By: James H. Cone

4.51

Format: 202 pages, Hardcover

The cross and the lynching tree are the two most emotionally charged symbols in the history of the … read more

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  • theology
"For [Martin Luther] King nonviolence was more than a strategy; it was the way of life defined by love for others—the only way to heal broken humanity."

-James H. Cone, The Cross and the Lynching Tree

"The gospel of Jesus is not a rational concept to be explained in a theory of salvation, but a story about God’s presence in Jesus’ solidarity with the oppressed, which led to his death on the cross. …"

-James H. Cone, The Cross and the Lynching Tree

"The cross and the lynching tree interpret each other. Both were public spectacles, shameful events, instruments of punishment reserved for the most despised people in society. Any genuine theology an…"

-James H. Cone, The Cross and the Lynching Tree

14. The Violent Bear It Away

By: Flannery O'Connor

4.90

Format: None pages, Paperback

First published in 1960, The Violent Bear It Awayis now a landmark in American literature. It is a … read more

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15. Faithful: A Theology of Sex

By: Beth Felker Jones , Gene L. Green

4.00

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

Many believers accept traditional Christian sexual morality but have very little idea why it matter… read more

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16. Christianity Rediscovered

By: None

4.11

Format: 14 pages, Paperback

This classic work tells the story of a missioner and what he learned of God among the Masai of Tanz… read more

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17. 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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18. How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told

By: Harrison Scott Key

4.07

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From Harrison Scott Key, winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, How to Stay Married tells … read more

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  • marriage
"He was "as deep as bro country and possessed all the charm of an unsalted potato."

-Harrison Scott Key, How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told

"I play the drums, an instrument that has caused more divorces than any other musical instrument in history, after the banjo."

-Harrison Scott Key, How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told

"The memories do not dissolve. They cohere into captivating art films that play endlessly in the International Infidelity Film Festival of my mind."

-Harrison Scott Key, How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told

"Coco will be gone in less than two years and Pippi and Ginsburg not long after, and then it'll just be the two of us again and this weird-ass marriage."

-Harrison Scott Key, How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told

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19. All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir

By: Beth Moore

4.47

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and Wall Street Journal bestseller! An incredibly thoughtful,… read more

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"Once you've broken to pieces, the luxury of imagining yourself unbreakable evaporates."

-Beth Moore, All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir

"You want to know how to love me? Love my children. You want to be good to me? Be good to my children."

-Beth Moore, All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir

"A teenager doesn't know she's still a child. A teenager feels like an adult, I suppose primarily because her outside, her flesh and her face, her body, her size, her width and height, look like - and…"

-Beth Moore, All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir

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20. 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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21. 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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22. I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt: Everything I Wish I Never Had to Learn About Money

By: Madeline Pendleton

4.61

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A big-hearted, no-bullshit memoir from the TikTok superstar about her j… read more

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"Don't listen if anyone ever tells you it's a dog-eat-dog world. Dogs are pack animals. We're stronger together."

-Madeline Pendleton, I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt: Everything I Wish I Never Had to Learn About Money

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23. Women and the Gender of God

By: Amy Peeler

4.47

Format: 286 pages, Paperback

A robust theological argument against the assumption that God is male. God values women. While many… read more

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  • spirituality
  • theology
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24. Unfollow: A Journey from Hatred to Hope

By: Megan Phelps-Roper

4.16

Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition

As featured on the BBC documentary, 'The Most Hated Family in America' it was an upbringing in many… read more

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"You know I love you. You know I do. It's not just the idea of you. I know you. You also know I'm not coming to Topeka."

-Megan Phelps-Roper, Unfollow: A Journey from Hatred to Hope

"It is disconcerting - shamefully, unimaginably so - to look back and accept that my fellow church members and I were collectively engaging in the most egregious display of logical blindness that I ha…"

-Megan Phelps-Roper, Unfollow: A Journey from Hatred to Hope

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25. Vindicating the Vixens: Revisiting Sexualized, Vilified, and Marginalized Women of the Bible

By: Sandra L. Glahn

4.34

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Gain a greater understanding of gender in the Bible through the eyes of a diverse group of evangeli… read more

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  • theology
Cover of Being God's Image: Why Creation Still Matters by Carmen Joy Imes

26. Being God's Image: Why Creation Still Matters

By: Carmen Joy Imes

4.47

Format: 243 pages, Paperback

What does it mean to be human? This timeless question proves critical as we seek to understand our … read more

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27. Nobody's Mother: Artemis of the Ephesians in Antiquity and the New Testament

By: Sandra L. Glahn

4.49

Format: 190 pages, Paperback

Some Christians think Paul's reference to "saved through childbearing" in 1 Timothy 2:15 means that… read more

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28. The Redemption of Love: Rescuing Marriage and Sexuality from the Economics of a Fallen World

By: Carrie A. Miles

4.10

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Competing answers to dilemmas involving love, sex, marriage, and family scream to us from nearly ev… read more

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  • marriage
  • sexuality
  • spirituality
  • theology
Cover of Women in the New Testament World (Essentials of Biblical Studies) by Susan Hylen

29. Women in the New Testament World (Essentials of Biblical Studies)

By: Susan Hylen

4.11

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

Modern readers of the New Testament often notice its varying ideas about women. Some passages encou… read more

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Cover of Whispering the Word: Hearing Women's Stories in the Old Testament by Jacqueline E. Lapsley

30. Whispering the Word: Hearing Women's Stories in the Old Testament

By: Jacqueline E. Lapsley

3.92

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Many Christian feminists wonder if they can simultaneously maintain their commitment to principles … read more

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Cover of Acts: Participating Together in God’s Mission (New Testament Everyday Bible Study Series) by Scot McKnight

31. Acts: Participating Together in God’s Mission (New Testament Everyday Bible Study Series)

By: Scot McKnight

4.27

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Become a daily Bible reader, attentive to the mind of God. In the New Testament Everyday Bible Stud… read more

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