9 must-read theology books like Dust in the Blood: A Theology of Life with Depression by Jessica Coblentz

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Dust in the Blood: A Theology of Life with Depression

By: Jessica Coblentz

4.37

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

2023 College Theology Society Best Book Award 2023 Catholic Media Association Third Place Award, Th…

If you liked the theology plot in Dust in the Blood: A Theology of Life with Depression by Jessica Coblentz , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. Theology for Ministry: An Introduction for Lay Ministers

By: Edward P. Hahnenberg

4.32

Format: 148 pages, Paperback

Theology for Ministry is for beginning ministry students, seasoned lay leaders, and anyone in betwe… read more

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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

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3. Darkness Is My Only Companion: A Christian Response to Mental Illness

By: Kathryn Greene-McCreight

3.57

Format: 24 pages, Paperback

Where is God in the suffering of a mentally ill person? What happens to the soul when the mind is i… read more

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  • psychology
  • theology
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4. Freedom

By: Jonathan Franzen

3.78

Format: 562 pages, Hardcover

Patty and Walter Berglund were the new pioneers of old St. Paul—the gentrifiers, the hands-on paren… read more

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"Success at sports is the province of the almost empty head."

-Jonathan Franzen, Freedom

"Nice people don't necessarily fall in love with nice people."

-Jonathan Franzen, Freedom

"Du skal bare huske at det ikke er en perfekt krig i en perfekt verden."

-Jonathan Franzen, Freedom

"[Patty's] Copernican wish to the be sun around which all things revolved"

-Jonathan Franzen, Freedom

5. Myths About Suicide

By: Thomas E. Joiner

3.86

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Around the world, more than a million people die by suicide each year. Yet many of us know very lit… read more

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6. Murder in an Irish Village (An Irish Village Mystery Book 1)

By: Carlene O'Connor

4.57

Format: 270 pages,

A little slice of Heaven on the Emerald Isle... In the small village of Kilbane, County Cork, Irela… read more

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7. Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness

By: William Styron

4.24

Format: 376 pages, Paperback

A work of great personal courage and a literary tour de force, this bestseller is Styron's true acc… read more

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8. Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust

By: Steve Erwin , Immaculée Ilibagiza

4.24

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Immaculee Ilibagiza grew up in a country she loved, surrounded by a family she cherished. But in 19… read more

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9. 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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10. While You Were Out: An Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence

By: Meg Kissinger

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning journalist Meg Kissinger, a searing memoir of a family besieged by mental illnes… read more

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  • psychology
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11. How Not to Kill Yourself: A Portrait of the Suicidal Mind

By: Clancy Martin

3.71

Format: 431 pages, Hardcover

An intimate, insightful, at times even humorous exploration of why the thought of death is so compu… read more

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12. The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions

By: Jonathan Rosen

4.07

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

“Brave and nuanced…an act of tremendous compassion and a literary triumph.” — The New York Times … read more

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"It's true I didn't love the job, but I did want the money. If I was too incompetent for ordinary work, I would have to do something extraordinary or face destruction."

-Jonathan Rosen, The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions

"Money had replaced community mental healthcare the way medication had replaced state hospitals. Medication did not go looking for those who resisted taking it, and money could not administer itself. …"

-Jonathan Rosen, The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions

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13. Sandy Hook

By: Elizabeth Williamson

4.29

Format: 482 pages, Hardcover

Based on hundreds of hours of research, interviews, and access to exclusive sources and materials, … read more

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  • psychology
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14. Soul Boom: Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution

By: Rainn Wilson

3.83

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

**New York Times  Bestseller** Comedic actor, producer, and writer Rainn Wilson, cofounder of th… read more

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15. A Year to the Day

By: Robin Benway

3.49

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

It’s been a year—a year of missing Nina. A year of milestones—holidays, birthdays, everything witho… read more

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16. Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us

By: Rachel Aviv

4.12

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In Strangers to Ourselves, a powerful and gripping debut, Rachel Aviv raises fundamental questions … read more

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  • psychology
"It's startling to realize how narrowly we avoid, or miss, living radically different lives."

-Rachel Aviv, Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us

"For a child, solipsistic by nature, there are limits to the ways that despair can be communicated. Culture shapes the scripts that expressions of distress will follow. In both anorexia and resignatio…"

-Rachel Aviv, Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us

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17. Stolen

By: Ann-Helén Laestadius

4.06

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

SOON TO BE A NETFLIX FILM Louise Erdrich meets Jo Nesbø in this spellbinding Swedish novel that fo… read more

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"Plötsligt började áhkku sjunga, högt, med klar röst. En samisk psalm. Hanna stod en bra bit bort men hon vände sig om, lyssnade och sjönk ihop, såg ut att kunna ramla. "

-Ann-Helén Laestadius, Stolen

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18. 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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  • theology
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19. The Gown

By: Jennifer Robson

4.14

Format: 371 pages, Paperback

“Millions will welcome this joyous event as a flash of color on the long road we have to travel.”—S… read more

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20. What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez

By: Claire Jiménez

3.53

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A deeply powerful, raw debut novel of a Puerto Rican family in Staten Island who discovers their lo… read more

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"Irene was my mom's 60 year old church friend who blew her hair out like Whitney Houston from the Bodyguard days and still rocked her rum raisin lipstick like it was 1992."

-Claire Jiménez, What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez

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21. Queer Theology: Beyond Apologetics

By: Linn Marie Tonstad

4.13

Format: 159 pages, Paperback

What do Christianity and queerness have to do with each other? Can Christianity be queered? Queer T… read more

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"The whole social order that separates people into the decent and indecent, that regulates accepted orders of bodily and economic exchange, is ruptured by a Christ who gave his life for all, but most …"

-Linn Marie Tonstad, Queer Theology: Beyond Apologetics

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22. Theology of Ministry (Completely Revised Edition) (New Edition (2nd & Subsequent) / REV Ed)

By: Thomas F. O'Meara OP

3.91

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

"Parishes have since the 1960s fashioned a new model of not that of pastor and assistants with sis… read more

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  • theology
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23. Dust in the Blood: A Theology of Life with Depression

By: Jessica Coblentz

4.37

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

2023 College Theology Society Best Book Award 2023 Catholic Media Association Third Place Award, Th… read more

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  • psychology
  • theology
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24. Resurrection Hope: A Future Where Black Lives Matter

By: Kelly Brown Douglas

4.33

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

How do we really know that God cares when Black people are still getting killed? How long do we hav… read more

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25. Christianity, LGBTQ Suicide, and the Souls of Queer Folk (Emerging Perspectives in Pastoral Theology and Care)

By: Cody J. Sanders

4.33

Format: None pages, kindle_edition

While garnering the attention of professionals across disciplines, from medicine to public health t… read more

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Cover of Incarnating Grace: A Theology of Healing from Sexual Trauma by Julia Feder

26. Incarnating Grace: A Theology of Healing from Sexual Trauma

By: Julia Feder

3.67

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Prioritizes survivors of abuse by reexamining Christian ideals about suffering and salvation More … read more

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27. The Secrets We Keep

By: Cassie Gustafson

4.20

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

High school freshman Emma Clark harbors a secret—a secret so vile it could implode her whole world,… read more

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28. Storycraft: The Art of Spiritual Narrative

By: Walter Wangerin

3.30

Format: 154 pages, Paperback

In Storycraft , renowned author Walter Wangerin Jr. explores the power of narrative and storytellin… read more

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29. The Excellent Mind: Intellectual Virtues for Everyday Life

By: Nathan L King

4.00

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Nathan L. King's The Excellent Mind considers the importance of the intellectual the character tra… read more

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30. The Ignatian Guide to Forgiveness: Ten Steps to Healing

By: Marina Berzins McCoy

4.23

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

2021 Illumination Book Awards, Bronze Spirituality Forgiveness is hard. But Jesus knows how much … read more

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31. Christ on the Psych Ward

By: David Finnegan-Hosey

4.40

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

In June 2011, shortly after finishing his first year of seminary, David admitted himself into a psy… read more

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  • psychology
  • theology
"Grace is a pre-existing condition."

-David Finnegan-Hosey, Christ on the Psych Ward

8 best-selling psychology books like Dust in the Blood: A Theology of Life with Depression by Jessica Coblentz

Transform Your Habits

Darkness Is My Only Companion: A Christian Response to Mental Illness

Kathryn Greene-McCreight

3.57

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While You Were Out: An Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence

Meg Kissinger

4.28

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How Not to Kill Yourself: A Portrait of the Suicidal Mind

Clancy Martin

3.71

Transform Your Habits

The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions

Jonathan Rosen

4.07

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Why Kids Kill: Inside the Minds of School Shooters

Peter Langman

3.83

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A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy

Sue Klebold

4.14

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Newtown: An American Tragedy

Matthew Lysiak

3.77

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Dave Cullen

4.29

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