Pluriform Love: An Open and Relational Theology of Well-Being
By: Thomas Jay Oord
4.59
Format: 276 pages, Paperback
A strong case can be made that love is the core of Christian faith. And yet Christians often fail t…
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1. Process Theology: An Introductory Exposition
By: John B. Cobb Jr. , David Ray Griffin
3.80
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Process Theology is an introductory exposition of the theological movement that has been strongly i… read more
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2. Leaving Church: A Memoir of Faith
By: Barbara Brown Taylor
3.95
Format: 768 pages, Paperback
By now I expected to be a seasoned parish minister, wearing black clergy shirts grown gray from fre… read more
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3. Quest for the Living God: Mapping Frontiers in the Theology of God
By: Elizabeth A. Johnson
4.29
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
'Since the middle of the twentieth century,' writes Elizabeth Johnson, 'there has been a renaissanc… read more
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4. The Secret Message of Jesus: Uncovering the Truth that Could Change Everything
By: Brian D. McLaren
3.84
Format: 352 pages,
Aims to lead readers on a quest to find the essential message of Jesus' life - even if it overturns… read more
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5. The First Christmas: What the Gospels Really Teach About Jesus's Birth
By: John Dominic Crossan , Marcus J. Borg
4.05
Format: 336 pages,
The perfect follow-up to The Last Week, Borg and Crossan's The First Christmasis an account of the … read more
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6. The Bible Tells Me So: Why Defending Scripture Has Made Us Unable to Read It
By: Joe Barrett , Peter Enns
3.63
Format: 371 pages, Hardcover
The controversial Bible scholar and author of The Evolution of Adamrecounts his transformative spir… read more
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7. On This Holy Night: The Heart of Christmas
By: Max Lucado , Bill Hybels , Rick Warren , David Jeremiah , John Maxwell , None
4.08
Format: 31 pages,
Rekindle the true meaning of Christmas with the help of six gifted Christian communicators. Every y… read more
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8. On the Mystery: Discerning Divinity in Process
By: Catherine Keller
3.66
Format: None pages, Paperback
With immediate impact and deep creativity, Catherine Keller offers this brief and unconventional in… read more
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9. The Homebrewed Christianity Guide to Jesus: Lord, Liar, Lunatic... or Awesome?
By: Tripp Fuller
3.20
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
Recognizing that the battle over Jesus is no longer a public debate between the skeptic and believe… read more
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10. Gilead (Gilead, #1)
By: Marilynne Robinson
3.85
Format: 247 pages, Paperback
Nearly 25 years after Housekeeping, Marilynne Robinson returns with an intimate tale of three gener… read more
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"How I wish you could have known me in my strength."-Marilynne Robinson, Gilead (Gilead, #1)
"Memory can make a thing seem to have been much more than it was."-Marilynne Robinson, Gilead (Gilead, #1)
"When something ought to be true then it proves to be a very powerful truth."-Marilynne Robinson, Gilead (Gilead, #1)
"That is to say, I pray for you. And there's an intimacy in it. That's the truth."-Marilynne Robinson, Gilead (Gilead, #1)
11. Silent Compassion: Finding God in Contemplation
By: Richard Rohr
4.50
Format: 142 pages, Paperback
Richard Rohr was selected as one of a small group of world renowned experts on contemplative practi… read more
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12. In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
By: Gabor Maté
4.49
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
He would probably dispute it, but Gabor Maté is something of a compassion machine. Diligently treat… read more
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"Passion creates, addiction consumes."-Gabor Maté, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
"Compassionate curiosity directed toward the self leads to the truth of things."-Gabor Maté, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
"There is a quality or drive innate in human beings that the Austrian psychiatrist Victor Frankl called our “search for meaning."-Gabor Maté, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
"It is impossible to understand addiction without asking what relief the addict finds, or hopes to find, in the drug or the addictive behaviour."-Gabor Maté, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
13. Heretics
By: G.K. Chesterton
4.20
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
G. K. Chesterton, the "Prince of Paradox," is at his witty best in this collection of twenty essays… read more
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14. Process Theology: A Guide for the Perplexed
By: Bruce G. Epperly
4.17
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
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15. Process and Reality
By: Alfred North Whitehead
3.63
Format: 56 pages, Paperback
One of the major philosophical texts of the 20th century, Process and Realityis based on Alfred Nor… read more
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16. Play: How It Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul
By: Christopher Vaughan , None
3.93
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Read Stuart Brown's posts on the Penguin Blog. From a leading expert, a groundbreaking book on the … read more
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17. People to Be Loved: Why Homosexuality Is Not Just an Issue
By: Wesley Hill , Preston Sprinkle
3.73
Format: 216 pages,
Christians who are confused by the homosexuality debate raging in the US are looking for resources … read more
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18. The Other Half of Church: Christian Community, Brain Science, and Overcoming Spiritual Stagnation
By: Michel Hendricks
4.25
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Could brain science be the key to spiritual formation? Why does true Christian transformation seem … read more
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19. 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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20. 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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21. Love Matters More: How Fighting to Be Right Keeps Us from Loving Like Jesus
By: Jared Byas
4.47
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
For years, Christians have argued, debated, and fought one another while "speaking the truth in lov… read more
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22. Survival Is a Style: Poems
By: Christian Wiman
4.18
Format: 112 pages, Hardcover
Survival Is a Style, Christian Wiman's first collection of new poems in six years, may be his best … read more
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23. Where'd You Park Your Spaceship?: An Interplanetary Tale of Love, Loss, and Bread (WHERE'D YOU PARK YOUR SPACESHIP? Series)
By: Rob Bell
4.34
Format: 558 pages, Paperback
Heen Gru-Bares has been SERIES 5 for most of his adult life, traveling from planet to planet collec… read more
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24. Freeing Jesus: Rediscovering Jesus as Friend, Teacher, Savior, Lord, Way, and Presence
By: Diana Butler Bass
4.27
Format: 285 pages, Hardcover
The award-winning author of Grateful goes beyond the culture wars to offer a refreshing take on t… read more
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25. Do I Stay Christian?: A Guide for the Doubters, the Disappointed, and the Disillusioned
By: Brian D. McLaren
4.25
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Dubbed "a heroic gate-crasher" by New York Times bestselling author Glennon Doyle, Brian D. McLaren… read more
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26. God Is a Black Woman
By: Christena Cleveland
4.32
Format: 256 pages, ebook
In this timely, much-needed book, theologian, social psychologist, and activist Christena Cleveland… read more
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27. Jesus' Alternative Plan: The Sermon on the Mount
By: Richard Rohr
4.61
Format: 214 pages, Kindle Edition
When Jesus talked about the Kingdom of God, he was talking about an utterly different way of relati… read more
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"We know everything today and believe almost nothing. It is not reason that drives our lives, but passion or the search for it. It is not words and concepts, but living images that grab our souls. It …"-Richard Rohr, Jesus' Alternative Plan: The Sermon on the Mount
28. The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present
By: David Treuer
4.23
Format: 526 pages, Kindle Edition
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE A sweeping history—and counter-narr… read more
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29. Pluriform Love: An Open and Relational Theology of Well-Being
By: Thomas Jay Oord
4.59
Format: 276 pages, Paperback
A strong case can be made that love is the core of Christian faith. And yet Christians often fail t… read more
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30. The Diabolical Trinity: Healing Religious Trauma from a Wrathful God, Tormenting Hell, and a Sinful Self
By: Mark Gregory Karris
3.95
Format: 276 pages, Kindle Edition
Are you grappling with the aftermath of religious trauma, particularly the fear of Hell indoctrinat… read more
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31. Wishful Thinking: How I Lost My Faith and Why I Want to Find It
By: Donna Freitas
4.13
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Donna Freitas wants to believe. Raised Catholic, she sang songs about Jesus as a child and lived in… read more
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