John the Theologian and his Paschal Gospel: A Prologue to Theology
By: John Behr
4.65
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
This study brings three different kinds of readers of the Gospel of John together with the theologi…
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1. Unspoken Sermons: Series I, II, III
By: George MacDonald
4.49
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
Of this passage in the life of our Lord, the account given by St Mark is the more complete. But it … read more
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"All that is not God is death."-George MacDonald, Unspoken Sermons: Series I, II, III
"Work done is of more consequence for the future than the foresight of an angel."-George MacDonald, Unspoken Sermons: Series I, II, III
"To say on the authority of the Bible that God does a thing no honourable man would do, is to lie against God; to say that it is therefore right, is to lie against the very spirit of God."-George MacDonald, Unspoken Sermons: Series I, II, III
"The heavens and the earth are around us that it may be possible for us to speak of the unseen by the seen, for the outermost husk of creation has correspondence with the deepest things of the Creator…"-George MacDonald, Unspoken Sermons: Series I, II, III
2. The Cost of Discipleship
By: Dietrich Bonhoeffer
4.30
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
One of the most important theologians of the twentieth century illuminates the relationship between… read more
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"When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die."-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship
"Discipleship is not an offer that man makes to Christ."-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship
"Only he who believes is obedient, and only he who is obedient believes."-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship
"Strict exercise of self-control is an essential feature of the Christian's life."-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship
3. The Illustrated Man
By: Ray Bradbury
4.13
Format: 186 pages, Paperback
That The Illustrated Man has remained in print since being published in 1951 is fair testimony to … read more
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"Oh, death in space was most humorous."-Ray Bradbury, The Illustrated Man
"I shall remain on Mars and read a book."-Ray Bradbury, The Illustrated Man
"Did all dying people feel this way, as if they had never lived?"-Ray Bradbury, The Illustrated Man
"Nothing ever likes to die--not even a room. (p.23 --> The Veldt)"-Ray Bradbury, The Illustrated Man
4. Confessions
By: Augustine of Hippo , Henry Chadwick , Albert Cook Outler
3.41
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Augustine's Confessions is one of the most influential and most innovative works of Latin literatur… read more
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5. On Pascha: With the Fragments of Melito and Other Material Related to the Quartodecimans
By: Melito of Sardis , Alistair Stewart-Sykes
3.36
Format: 317 pages, Paperback
The Quartodecimans were early Christians who kept a single feast of Pascha on the Passover, maintai… read more
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6. The Experience of God: Being, Consciousness, Bliss
By: David Bentley Hart
3.59
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Despite the recent ferocious public debate about belief, the concept most central to the discussion… read more
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7. On the Incarnation
By: C.S. Lewis , Athanasius of Alexandria , None
3.29
Format: None pages, Paperback
A universally acknowledged masterpiece of fourth-century patristic theology. As C. S. Lewis observe… read more
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8. On First Principles
By: Origen , Henri de Lubac , None , None , None , None
4.18
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
s/t: Being Koetschau's Text of the De Principiis Translated into English Together with an Introduct… read more
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9. Classical Christian Doctrine: Introducing the Essentials of the Ancient Faith
By: None
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
This clear and concise text helps readers grasp the doctrines of the Christian faith considered bas… read more
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10. The Princess and the Goblin (Princess Irene and Curdie, #1)
By: George MacDonald , Arthur Hughes
4.02
Format: 241 pages, Paperback
A little princess is protected by her friend Curdie from the goblin miners who live beneath the cas… read more
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"That's all nonsense," said Curdie. "I don't know what you mean." "Then if you don't know what I mean, what right have you to call it nonsense?"-George MacDonald, The Princess and the Goblin (Princess Irene and Curdie, #1)
"But in the meantime, you must be content, I say, to be misunderstood for a while. We are all very anxious to be understood, and it is very hard not to be. But there is one thing much more necessary."…"-George MacDonald, The Princess and the Goblin (Princess Irene and Curdie, #1)
11. Martin and Malcolm and America: A Dream or a Nightmare?
By: James H. Cone
3.88
Format: None pages, Paperback
Reexamines the ideology of the two most prominent leaders of the civil rights movement of the 1960s. read more
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12. Intellectual Appetite: A Theological Grammar
By: Paul J. Griffiths
3.85
Format: None pages, Paperback
The appetite for knowledge--wanting to know things--is very strong in humans. Some will sacrifice a… read more
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13. The House of the Dead
By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , Ergin Altay
3.67
Format: 542 pages, Paperback
Accused of political subversion as a young man, Fyodor Dostoyevsky was sentenced to four years of h… read more
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14. For the Life of the World: Sacraments and Orthodoxy
By: Alexander Schmemann
3.75
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
An approach to the world and to life that stems from the liturgical experience of the Orthodox Chur… read more
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15. A Long Obedience in the Same Direction: Discipleship in an Instant Society
By: Eugene H. Peterson
3.50
Format: 424 pages,
This world is no friend to grace. God has given us some resources, however. As we grow in character… read more
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16. The Wounded Healer: Ministry in Contemporary Society
By: Henri J.M. Nouwen
4.00
Format: 204 pages, Paperback
The Wounded Healeris a hope-filled and simple book that speaks directly to those men and women who … read more
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17. Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)
By: Cormac McCarthy
3.87
Format: 190 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER. The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Road returns with the second v… read more
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"I would like to belong but I dont."-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)
"Love is quite possibly a mental disorder itself."-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)
"The notion of nothing is an inconceivable notion"-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)
"Rage is only for what you believe can be fixed. All the rest is grief."-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)
18. 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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"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
19. The New Testament
By: David Bentley Hart
4.56
Format: 616 pages, Hardcover
From one of our most celebrated writers on religion comes this fresh, bold, and unsettling new tran… read more
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"This is all evidence, however, of a deeper truth about these texts: They are not beguiling exercises in suasive rhetoric or feats of literary virtuosity; rather, they are chiefly the devout and urgen…"-David Bentley Hart, The New Testament
"Before embarking on this project, I doubt I ever truly properly appreciated precisely how urgent the various voices of the New Testament authors are, or how profound the provocations of what they wer…"-David Bentley Hart, The New Testament
20. Leadership and Emotional Sabotage: Resisting the Anxiety That Will Wreck Your Family, Destroy Your Church, and Ruin the World
By: Joe Rigney
4.54
Format: 120 pages, Hardcover
Who are you when the teeth come out? For every true act of leadership, there is an equal and mo… read more
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"The Scriptures regularly use the metaphor of a body to speak about human social life. The church is the body of Christ, with many members (1 Cor. 12). Marriage is a “one flesh"-Joe Rigney, Leadership and Emotional Sabotage: Resisting the Anxiety That Will Wreck Your Family, Destroy Your Church, and Ruin the World
21. 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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22. That All Shall Be Saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation
By: David Bentley Hart
4.26
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
The great fourth-century church father Basil of Caesarea once observed that, in his time, most Chri… read more
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"As far as I am concerned, anyone who hopes for the universal reconciliation of all creatures with God must already believe that this would be the best possible ending to the Christian story; and such…"-David Bentley Hart, That All Shall Be Saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation
"Really, on the whole, Christians rarely pay particularly close attention to what the Bible actually says, for the simple reason that the texts defy synthesis in a canon of exact doctrines, and yet mo…"-David Bentley Hart, That All Shall Be Saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation
23. Reading Genesis
By: Marilynne Robinson
4.10
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
One of our greatest novelists and thinkers presents a radiant, thrilling interpretation of the book… read more
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24. Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life
By: Zena Hitz
3.65
Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition
An invitation to readers from every walk of life to rediscover the impractical splendors of a life … read more
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"The idea that real and serous learning is something practiced only by a small elite is stubborn and hard to displace."-Zena Hitz, Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life
"For those of us without the strength or the insight to choose for ourselves such quiet, withdrawn places, failure is perhaps the best-trod route to inwardness."-Zena Hitz, Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life
25. 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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26. Participation in God: A Study in Christian Doctrine and Metaphysics
By: Andrew Davison
4.75
Format: 434 pages, Hardcover
Few ideas have excited greater interest among theologians in recent decades than the idea of 'parti… read more
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27. Thriving with Stone Age Minds: Evolutionary Psychology, Christian Faith, and the Quest for Human Flourishing (BioLogos Books on Science and Christianity)
By: Justin L. Barrett
4.08
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
What does God's creation of humanity through the process of evolution mean for human flourishing? T… read more
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28. Tradition and Apocalypse: An Essay on the Future of Christian Belief
By: David Bentley Hart
4.11
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
In the two thousand years that have elapsed since the time of Christ, Christians have been as much … read more
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29. You Are Gods: On Nature and Supernature
By: David Bentley Hart
4.14
Format: 158 pages, Hardcover
David Bentley Hart offers an intense and thorough reflection upon the issue of the supernatural in … read more
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30. John the Theologian and his Paschal Gospel: A Prologue to Theology
By: John Behr
4.65
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
This study brings three different kinds of readers of the Gospel of John together with the theologi… read more
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31. Evagrius Ponticus: The Praktikos. Chapters on Prayer (Cistercian Studies) (Volume 4)
By: Evagrius Ponticus
4.14
Format: 180 pages, Paperback
The living link through whom the ascetic principles of hellenistic philosophers passed into monasti… read more
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