9 Top spirituality books like Beholding the Glory: Incarnation through the Arts by Jeremy S. Begbie

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Beholding the Glory: Incarnation through the Arts

By: Jeremy S. Begbie

3.86

Format: 159 pages, Paperback

"A fine collection of probing and imaginative discussions on the relation between the Incarnation a…

If you liked the spirituality plot in Beholding the Glory: Incarnation through the Arts by Jeremy S. Begbie , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. Agnes Grey

By: Anne Brontë , Angeline Goreau

3.71

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

An alternate cover edition can be found here. Drawing heavily from personal experience, Anne Bro… read more

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"Dakle,"

-Anne Brontë, Agnes Grey

"No one cares for the exterior."

-Anne Brontë, Agnes Grey

"But, God knows best, I concluded."

-Anne Brontë, Agnes Grey

"If you require perfection, you never will"

-Anne Brontë, Agnes Grey

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2. The Mind of the Maker

By: Dorothy L. Sayers

4.18

Format: 229 pages, Paperback

This classic, with a new introduction by Madeleine L'Engle, is by turns an entrancing meditation on… read more

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  • art
  • theology
  • faith
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
"To complain that man measures God by his own experience is a waste of time; man measures everything by his own experience; he has no other yardstick."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, The Mind of the Maker

"The more genuinely creative [the writer] is, the more he will want his work to develop in accordance with its own nature, and to stand independent of himself"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, The Mind of the Maker

"It will be sent that, although the writer's love is verily a jealous love, it is a jealousy for and not of his creatures. He will tolerate no interference either with them or between them and himself."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, The Mind of the Maker

"The making of miracles to edification was as ardently admired by pious Victorians as it was sternly discouraged by Jesus of Nazareth. Not that the Victorians were unique in this respect. Modern write…"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, The Mind of the Maker

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3. Wise Blood

By: Flannery O'Connor

3.83

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

(This is an alternate-cover edition for ISBN 9780374530631) The American short story master Flan… read more

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  • religion
"Jesus died to redeem you,"

-Flannery O'Connor, Wise Blood

"It's easier to bleed than sweat, Mr. Motes."

-Flannery O'Connor, Wise Blood

"In yourself right now is all the place you've got."

-Flannery O'Connor, Wise Blood

"If you want to get anywhere in religion, you got to keep it sweet."

-Flannery O'Connor, Wise Blood

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4. Descent into Hell

By: Charles Williams , Charles Williams

3.93

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

The key to Williams' mystically oriented theological thought, Descent into Hell (arguably Williams'… read more

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  • religion
  • theology
"It may be a movement towards becoming like little children to admit that we are generally nothing else."

-Charles Williams, Descent into Hell

", Stanhope delayed a moment behind Miss Fox to add: "The substantive, of course, governs the adjective; not the other way round." "The substantive?" Pauline asked blankly. "Good. It contains terror, …"

-Charles Williams, Descent into Hell

". Nature's so terribly good. Don't you think so, Mr. Stanhope?" Stanhope was standing by, silent, while Mrs. Parry communed with her soul and with one or two of her neighbours on the possibilities of…"

-Charles Williams, Descent into Hell

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5. Faith, Hope and Poetry: Theology and the Poetic Imagination (Routledge Studies in Theology, Imagination and the Arts)

By: Malcolm Guite

4.68

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Faith, Hope and Poetry explores the poetic imagination as a way of knowing; a way of seeing reality… read more

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  • art
  • theology
  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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6. The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare

By: Jonathan Lethem , G.K. Chesterton

2.67

Format: 166 pages,

G.K. Chesterton's 1908 masterpiece, The Man Who Was Thursday, is a metaphysical thriller, and a det… read more

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  • philosophy
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7. Christian Thought: A Historical Introduction

By: Chad Meister , None

3.84

Format: 179 pages, Paperback

The story of Christian thought is essential to understanding Christian faith today and the last two… read more

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  • philosophy
  • theology
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8. The Everlasting Man

By: G.K. Chesterton

4.16

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

What, if anything, is it that makes the human uniquely human? This, in part, is the question that G… read more

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  • theology
  • faith
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
"Men are moved most by their religion; especially when it is irreligion."

-G.K. Chesterton, The Everlasting Man

"Classic literature is still something that hangs in the air like a song."

-G.K. Chesterton, The Everlasting Man

"A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it."

-G.K. Chesterton, The Everlasting Man

"The boldest plans for the future invoke the authority of the past; and that even a revolutionary seeks to satisfy himself that he is also a reactionary."

-G.K. Chesterton, The Everlasting Man

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9. King Lear

By: William Shakespeare , William James Rolfe

3.91

Format: 338 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Shakespeare’s King Lear challenges us with the magnitude, intensity, and sheer duration of the pain… read more

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"Fortune love you."

-William Shakespeare, King Lear

"She is herself a dowry."

-William Shakespeare, King Lear

"All dark and comfortless."

-William Shakespeare, King Lear

"Nothing can come of nothing."

-William Shakespeare, King Lear

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10. Beowulf

By: Unknown , Seamus Heaney

3.49

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Composed toward the end of the first millennium, Beowulf is the elegiac narrative of the adventures… read more

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"Fate will unwind as it must!"

-Unknown, Beowulf

"Fate goes ever as fate must."

-Unknown, Beowulf

"Let whoever can win glory before death."

-Unknown, Beowulf

"We all know a boy can't daddy until his daddy's dead."

-Unknown, Beowulf

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11. The Sabbath: Its Meaning for Modern Man

By: Susannah Heschel , Abraham Joshua Heschel , Ilya Schor

4.16

Format: 354 pages,

Elegant, passionate, and filled with the love of God's creation, Abraham Joshua Heschel's The Sabba… read more

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  • theology
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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12. 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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  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • theology
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13. Phantastes

By: George MacDonald

3.48

Format: 93 pages, Paperback

"I was dead, and right content," the narrator says in the penultimate chapter of Phantastes. C.S. L… read more

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14. Creation and Fall Temptation: Two Biblical Studies

By: Dietrich Bonhoeffer

1.00

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

In this enlightening study, renowned twentieth-century theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer offers a care… read more

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  • theology
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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15. On the Unity of Christ

By: Cyril of Alexandria , John Anthony McGuckin

4.00

Format: None pages,

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  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • theology

16. 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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17. Proper Confidence: Faith, Doubt, and Certainty in Christian Discipleship

By: Lesslie Newbigin

4.01

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

Looking to end the divisive conflict that has raged between Christians who attack each other either… read more

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18. Desiring the Kingdom: Worship, Worldview, and Cultural Formation

By: James K.A. Smith

2.00

Format: 161 pages, Paperback

Malls, stadiums, and universities are actually liturgical structures that influence and shape our t… read more

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19. The End of the Affair

By: Graham Greene , Monica Ali

3.90

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

"A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses a moment of experience from which to look… read more

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"As long as one suffers one lives."

-Graham Greene, The End of the Affair

"I hate you, God. I hate you as though you actually exist."

-Graham Greene, The End of the Affair

"Why do we have this desire to tease the innocent? Is it envy?"

-Graham Greene, The End of the Affair

"I can never think of you as a friend. You can do without a friend."

-Graham Greene, The End of the Affair

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20. Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1)

By: C.S. Lewis

3.93

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

In the first novel of C.S. Lewis's classic science fiction trilogy, Dr Ransom, a Cambridge academic… read more

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  • religion
"The love of knowledge is a kind of madness."

-C.S. Lewis, Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1)

"A pleasure is full grown only when it is remembered."

-C.S. Lewis, Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1)

"There I drank life because death was in the pool. That was the best of drinks save one."

-C.S. Lewis, Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1)

"And I say also this. I do not think the forest would be so bright, nor the water so warm, nor love so sweet, if there were no danger in the lakes."

-C.S. Lewis, Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1)

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21. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

By: James Joyce , Seamus Deane

3.64

Format: 329 pages, Paperback

The portrayal of Stephen Dedalus's Dublin childhood and youth, his quest for identity through art a… read more

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"My heart is quite calm now. I will go back."

-James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

"God spoke to you by so many voices but you would not hear."

-James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

"Are you not weary of ardent ways? Tell no more of enchanted days."

-James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

"He thought that he was sick in his heart if you could be sick in that place."

-James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

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22. Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief (Arsène Lupin, #1)

By: Maurice Leblanc , Michael Sims , Alexander Teixeira de Mattos

3.81

Format: 279 pages, Paperback

Librarian note: This is an alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780143104865. The suave adventures o… read more

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"A woman was looking at me, Ganimard, and I loved her. Do you fully understand what that means: to be under the eyes of a woman that one loves? I cared for nothing in the world but that."

-Maurice Leblanc, Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief (Arsène Lupin, #1)

"So much the better if no one can ever say with absolute certainty: There is Arsene Lupin! The essential point is that the public may be able to refer to my work and say, without fear of mistake: Arse…"

-Maurice Leblanc, Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief (Arsène Lupin, #1)

"Arsène Lupin, the eccentric gentleman who operates only in the chateaux and salons, and who, one night, entered the residence of Baron Schormann, but emerged empty-handed, leaving, however, his card …"

-Maurice Leblanc, Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief (Arsène Lupin, #1)

23. 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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24. The Green Ember (The Green Ember, #1)

By: S.D. Smith

4.28

Format: 400 pages, Perfect Paperback

Heather and Picket are extraordinary rabbits with ordinary lives until calamitous events overtake t… read more

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"Was Father getting sadder, or was she just getting old enough to see it?"

-S.D. Smith, The Green Ember (The Green Ember, #1)

"You can choose what you believe, Shuffler, but you can't change what's true."

-S.D. Smith, The Green Ember (The Green Ember, #1)

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25. The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World

By: John Mark Comer

4.53

Format: 286 pages, Hardcover

"Who am I becoming?" That was the question nagging pastor and author John Mark Comer. Outwardly, he… read more

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  • theology
  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
"Hurry is violence on the soul."

-John Mark Comer, The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World

"In the cruciform kingdom, only the bad things die: image and status and bragging rights, all vanity."

-John Mark Comer, The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World

"The point of a trellis isn’t to make the vines stand up straight in neat rows, but rather to attain a rich, deep glass of wine. It’s to create space for the vine to grow and bear fruit."

-John Mark Comer, The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World

"The Hebrew word Shabbat means ‘to stop.’ But it can also be translated ‘to delight.’ It has this dual idea of stopping and also of joying in God and our lives in his world. The Sabbath is an entire d…"

-John Mark Comer, The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World

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26. Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

By: Evelyn Waugh

4.00

Format: 452 pages, Paperback

An alternative cover for this ISBN can be found here. The most nostalgic and reflective of Evely… read more

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"Here my last love had died."

-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

"No one is ever holy without suffering."

-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

"I had been there before; I knew all about it."

-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

"My father greeted me with his usual air of mild regret."

-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

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27. The Gospel Comes with a House Key

By: Rosaria Champagne Butterfield

4.31

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

What did God use to draw a radical, committed unbeliever to himself? Did God take her to an evangel… read more

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  • theology
  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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28. Art and Faith: A Theology of Making

By: Makoto Fujimura

4.29

Format: 167 pages, Hardcover

From a world-renowned painter, an exploration of creativity’s quintessential—and often overlooked—r… read more

Similar categories in Makoto Fujimura's Art and Faith: A Theology of Making book and Jeremy S. Begbie's Beholding the Glory: Incarnation through the Arts

  • art
  • theology
  • faith
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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29. Lifting the Veil: Imagination and the Kingdom of God

By: Malcolm Guite

4.53

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

From the first moment that he proclaims the Kingdom of God, Jesus appeals to our imagination. He ma… read more

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  • cultural
  • art
  • theology
  • faith
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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30. The New Testament in Its World: An Introduction to the History, Literature, and Theology of the First Christians

By: N.T. Wright

4.49

Format: 992 pages, Hardcover

Finally: an introduction that captures the excitement of the early Christians, helping today's read… read more

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  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • theology
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31. Beholding the Glory: Incarnation through the Arts

By: Jeremy S. Begbie

3.86

Format: 159 pages, Paperback

"A fine collection of probing and imaginative discussions on the relation between the Incarnation a… read more

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Dorothy L. Sayers

4.18

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The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare

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2.67

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Chad Meister , None

3.84

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4.63

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