18 must-read theology books like Satan and the Problem of Evil: From the Bible to the Early Church Fathers by Archie T. Wright

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Satan and the Problem of Evil: From the Bible to the Early Church Fathers

By: Archie T. Wright

3.79

Format: 302 pages, Hardcover

Satan's transformation from opaque functionary to chief antagonist is one of the most striking feat…

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1. Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil

By: Hannah Arendt

4.20

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

Originally appearing as a series of articles in The New Yorker, Hannah Arendt’s authoritative and s… read more

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  • history
"Evil in the Third Reich had lost the quality by which most people recognize it—the quality of temptation."

-Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil

"During the war, the lie most effective with the whole of the German people was the slogan of “the battle of destiny for the German people"

-Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil

"In the Third Reich evil lost its distinctive characteristic by which most people had until then recognized it. The Nazis redefined it as a civil norm."

-Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil

"It is quite gratifying to feel guilty if you haven't done anything wrong: how noble! Whereas it is rather hard and certainly depressing to admit guilt and to repent."

-Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil

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2. The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

By: Albert Camus , Justin O'Brien

4.22

Format: 212 pages, Paperback

One of the most influential works of this century, this is a crucial exposition of existentialist t… read more

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"Créer, c'est vivre deux fois."

-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

"Existence is illusory and it is eternal."

-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

"There is scarcely any passion without struggle."

-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

"Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable."

-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

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3. The Origin of Satan: How Christians Demonized Jews, Pagans and Heretics

By: Elaine Pagels

3.88

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

From the religious historian whose The Gnostic Gospels won both the National Book Award and the Nat… read more

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  • religion
  • history
  • theology
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4. The Lost World of Adam and Eve: Genesis 2–3 and the Human Origins Debate

By: N.T. Wright , John H. Walton

4.11

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

For centuries the story of Adam and Eve has resonated richly through the corridors of art, literatu… read more

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  • religion
  • history
  • theology
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5. The Divine Comedy

By: Dante Alighieri , Eugenio Montale , Allen Mandelbaum

4.29

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

The Divine Comedy, translated by Allen Mandelbaum, begins in a shadowed forest on Good Friday in th… read more

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  • religion
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6. Revelations of Divine Love

By: Julian of Norwich , A.C. Spearing , Elizabeth Spearing

4.20

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

One of the first woman authors, Julian of Norwich produced in Revelations of Divine Lovea remarkabl… read more

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7. A History of Western Philosophy and Theology

By: John M. Frame

4.53

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Christians should evaluate philosophy by biblical criteria. This will shed greater light on the dev… read more

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  • history
  • theology
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8. The Power and the Glory

By: John Updike , Graham Greene

3.13

Format: 192 pages,

How does goodspoil, and how can badbe redeemed? In his penetrating novel The Power and the Glory, G… read more

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  • religion

9. The Unseen Realm

By: Michael S. Heiser

3.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In The Unseen Realm, Dr. Michael Heiser examines the ancient context of Scripture, explaining how i… read more

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10. Captive Paradise: The Story of the United States and Hawaii

By: James L. Haley

2.76

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The most recent state to join the union, Hawaii is the only one to have once been a royal kingdom. … read more

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11. The Templars: The Rise and Spectacular Fall of God's Holy Warriors

By: Dan Jones

4.08

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A major new history of the knights Templar--holy warriors, bankers, priests, heretics--by the bests… read more

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12. Embodied Hope: A Theological Meditation on Pain and Suffering

By: Kelly M. Kapic

4.75

Format: 14 pages, Paperback

This book will make no attempt to defend God. . . . If you are looking for a book that boasts trium… read more

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13. The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution

By: Bernard Bailyn

3.69

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

In this 25th anniversary edition, Bailyn has added a substantial essay, Fulfillment, as a Postscrip… read more

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14. The Call of Cthulhu

By: H.P. Lovecraft

3.44

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

One of the feature stories of the Cthulhu Mythos, H.P. Lovecraft's 'the Call of Cthulhu' is a harro… read more

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15. Paul: A Biography

By: N.T. Wright

4.34

Format: 480 pages, ebook

In this definitive biography, renowned Bible scholar, Anglican bishop, and bestselling author N. T.… read more

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  • religion
  • history
  • theology
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16. Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

By: Barbara Demick

4.45

Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition

Nothing to Envy follows the lives of six North Koreans over fifteen years—a chaotic period that saw… read more

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  • history
"...the strength of the regime came from its ability to isolate its own citizens completely."

-Barbara Demick, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

"In North Korea, you don’t own your own home; you are merely awarded the right to live there."

-Barbara Demick, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

"He would wait hours for her, maybe two or three. It didn’t matter. The cadence of life is slower in North Korea. Nobody owned a watch."

-Barbara Demick, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

"Even in parts of the showcase capital of Pyongyang, you can stroll down the middle of a main street at night without being able to see the buildings on either side."

-Barbara Demick, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

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17. 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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  • religion
  • history
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18. 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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19. Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others

By: Barbara Brown Taylor

4.40

Format: 256 pages, ebook

The renowned and beloved New York Times bestselling author of An Altar in the World and Learning to… read more

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  • religion
  • theology
"Our shadows are often behind us, where others can see them better than we can."

-Barbara Brown Taylor, Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others

"I had lived so long in the mainstream that I never even though about how I sounded from the margins"

-Barbara Brown Taylor, Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others

"The only clear line I draw these days is this: when my religion tries to come between me and my neighbor, I will choose my neighbor... Jesus never commanded me to love my religion."

-Barbara Brown Taylor, Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others

"...religion is more than a source of conflict or a calculated way to stay out of hell. Religions are treasure chests of stories, songs, rituals, and ways of life that have been handed down for millen…"

-Barbara Brown Taylor, Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others

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20. Why Religion?: A Personal Story

By: Elaine Pagels

3.97

Format: 256 pages, ebook

Why is religion still around in the twenty-first century? Why do so many still believe? And how do … read more

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  • religion
  • theology
"Times of mourning displace us from ordinary life."

-Elaine Pagels, Why Religion?: A Personal Story

"I’d chosen Harvard because it was a secular university, where I wouldn’t be bombarded with church dogma."

-Elaine Pagels, Why Religion?: A Personal Story

"Christmas lights, again, piercing like knives. The spirit of that season was never more remote than during those dark December days."

-Elaine Pagels, Why Religion?: A Personal Story

"I knew that I could not possibly teach; the energy and clarity that teaching requires, which I'd always taken for granted, were gone."

-Elaine Pagels, Why Religion?: A Personal Story

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21. God's Monsters: Vengeful Spirits, Deadly Angels, Hybrid Creatures, and Divine Hitmen of the Bible

By: Esther J. Hamori

4.01

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

The Bible is teeming with monsters. Giants tromp through the land of milk and honey; Leviathan swim… read more

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  • history
  • theology
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22. The Bible With and Without Jesus: How Jews and Christians Read the Same Stories Differently

By: Amy-Jill Levine

4.08

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

The editors of The Jewish Annotated New Testament explore how Jews and Christians can learn from an… read more

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  • history
  • theology
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23. Creator: A Theological Interpretation of Genesis 1

By: Peter J. Leithart

4.26

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

The Christian claim that the triune God is the creator of the universe is both exegetically grounde… read more

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24. 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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  • theology
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25. Paul: The Pagans' Apostle

By: Paula Fredriksen

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking new portrait of the apostle Paul, from one of today’s leading historians of antiqu… read more

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  • history
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26. Fatal Discord: Erasmus, Luther, and the Fight for the Western Mind

By: Michael Massing

4.42

Format: 1008 pages, Hardcover

An engrossing dual biography and fascinating intellectual history that examines two of the greatest… read more

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  • history
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27. The Eastern Orthodox Church: A New History

By: John Anthony McGuckin

3.99

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

An insider’s account of the Eastern Orthodox Church, from its beginning in the era of Jesus and the… read more

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  • religion
  • history
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28. Satan and the Problem of Evil: From the Bible to the Early Church Fathers

By: Archie T. Wright

3.79

Format: 302 pages, Hardcover

Satan's transformation from opaque functionary to chief antagonist is one of the most striking feat… read more

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29. An Introduction to the Old Testament: The Canon and Christian Imagination

By: Walter Brueggemann

4.09

Format: 452 pages, Paperback

In this book Walter Brueggemann, America's premier biblical theologian, introduces the reader to th… read more

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"In the end, ethical interpretation of the Bible means to think critically about how our practices of textual engagement might help us to become both more human and more humane. We are constantly craf…"

-Walter Brueggemann, An Introduction to the Old Testament: The Canon and Christian Imagination

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30. Revelation Through Old Testament Eyes

By: Tremper Longman III

3.79

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

Through Old Testament Eyes is a new kind of commentary series that illuminates the Old Testament ba… read more

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31. Post-Christian: A Guide to Contemporary Thought and Culture

By: Gene Edward Veith Jr.

4.20

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

Undaunted Hope in a Post-Christian World We live in a post-Christian world. Contemporary thought—c… read more

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14 best-selling history books like Satan and the Problem of Evil: From the Bible to the Early Church Fathers by Archie T. Wright

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Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil

Hannah Arendt

4.20

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The Origin of Satan: How Christians Demonized Jews, Pagans and Heretics

Elaine Pagels

3.88

Transform Your Habits

The Lost World of Adam and Eve: Genesis 2–3 and the Human Origins Debate

N.T. Wright , John H. Walton

4.11

Transform Your Habits

A History of Western Philosophy and Theology

John M. Frame

4.53

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Joy in the Morning (Jeeves, #8)

P.G. Wodehouse

3.33

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The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution

Greg Lukianoff

3.93

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Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

Abigail Shrier

4.06

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Bearing God's Name: Why Sinai Still Matters

Carmen Joy Imes

4.53

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