18 must-read nonfiction books like God and Human Suffering: An Exercise in the Theology of the Cross by Douglas John Hall

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God and Human Suffering: An Exercise in the Theology of the Cross

By: Douglas John Hall

4.18

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Professor Hall has written a major work on an agonizing subject, at once brilliant, comprehensive, …

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1. Sisters in the Wilderness: The Challenge of Womanist God-Talk

By: Delores S. Williams

4.33

Format: 297 pages, Paperback

In this landmark work of emerging African American womanist theology, Delores Williams finds in the… read more

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  • christianity
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • theology
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2. American Indian Liberation: A Theology of Sovereignty

By: George E. Tinker

4.37

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Why Christian understandings of Jesus and God clash with American Indian worldviews. "Tink" Tinker … read more

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3. Tokens of Trust

By: Rowan Williams , Master of Magdalene College University of Cambridge Former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams

4.08

Format: 159 pages, Hardcover

What does it mean to believe in God? Can God possibly be almighty in the midst of so much evil and … read more

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"[Knowing God]... call it love, yes, only that can sound too emotional, or call it faith, and that can sound too cerebral. And what is it? Both, and neither... [its] the decision to be faithful, the p…"

-Rowan Williams, Tokens of Trust

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4. Black Theology and Black Power

By: James H. Cone

4.36

Format: 165 pages, Paperback

Newly updated and expanded, this classic work is a product of the Civil Rights and Black Power move… read more

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"If whites do not get off the backs of blacks, they must expect that blacks will literally throw them off by whatever means are at their disposal. This is the meaning of Black Power. Depending on the …"

-James H. Cone, Black Theology and Black Power

"It is this fact that most whites seem to overlook: the fact that violence already exists. The Christian does not decide between violence and nonviolence, evil and good. He decides between the less an…"

-James H. Cone, Black Theology and Black Power

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5. Quarks, Chaos Christianity: Questions to Science And Religion

By: None

4.39

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Templeton Award winner and theoretical physicist John Polkinghorne explores the gap between science… read more

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  • christianity
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  • theology
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6. 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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7. The Book of Concord: The Confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church

By: Martin Luther , Philipp Melanchthon , Robert Kolb , Timothy J. Wengert

4.26

Format: 999 pages, Hardcover

A new translation with expanded introductions and annotations. read more

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8. Radical Love: An Introduction to Queer Theology

By: Patrick S. Cheng

4.40

Format: 172 pages, Paperback

Contextual theologies have developed from a number of perspectives including feminist theology, Bla… read more

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9. 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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10. The Story of Christianity: Volume 1: The Early Church to the Reformation

By: Justo L. González

4.00

Format: 371 pages, Paperback

Sheds light on the major cultural and theological currents shaping the church during this period. read more

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  • theology
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11. Night (The Night Trilogy #1)

By: Elie Wiesel , Marion Wiesel

3.63

Format: None pages, Paperback

An autobiographical narrative in which the author describes his experiences in Nazi concentration c… read more

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  • nonfiction

12. Global Gospel: An Introduction to Christianity on Five Continents

By: Douglas Jacobsen

4.57

Format: 201 pages, Paperback

In this pathbreaking book, award-winning author Douglas Jacobsen describes global Christianity and … read more

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13. All Shall Be Well: The Revelations of Julian of Norwich in Modern Language

By: Ellyn Sanna

4.03

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

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14. The Book of Forgiving: The Fourfold Path for Healing Ourselves and Our World

By: Desmond Tutu , Mpho Tutu

4.43

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize winner, Chair of The Elders, and Chair of South Africa's… read more

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15. Raging with Compassion: Pastoral Responses to the Problem of Evil

By: John Swinton

3.89

Format: 440 pages, Paperback

Can we defend God's love, goodness, and power in a world scarred by violence and suffering? Do we n… read more

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16. She Who Is: The Mystery of God in Feminist Theological Discourse

By: Elizabeth A. Johnson

4.08

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Winner of the Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Religion. This classic explains what feminist theology… read more

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17. The Suffering of God

By: Terence E. Fretheim

4.04

Format: None pages, Paperback

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18. The Story of Christianity: Volume 2: The Reformation to the Present Day

By: Justo L. González

4.29

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

This highly informative, narrative history covers the events, persons, external influences, and for… read more

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19. A Theology of Liberation

By: Gustavo Gutiérrez

4.10

Format: None pages, Paperback

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20. Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation

By: Kristin Kobes Du Mez

4.30

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

A scholar of American Christianity presents a seventy-five-year history of evangelicalism that iden… read more

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  • theology
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21. The Wishing Game

By: Meg Shaffer

4.07

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Make a wish. . . . Lucy Hart knows better than anyone what it’s like to grow up without parents … read more

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"Hate is a knife without a handle. You can't cut something with it without cutting yourself."

-Meg Shaffer, The Wishing Game

"Another thing I learned in therapy?" Angie said. "The kids in dysfunctional families who act out and rebel are the ones who are the healthiest mentally. They're the ones who see that something's wron…"

-Meg Shaffer, The Wishing Game

"Once, he'd loved the ocean. Loved seeing it every morning, every night. Seeing all its facets, all its faces. Not many people knew what the sea looked like in all seasons, under all phases of the moo…"

-Meg Shaffer, The Wishing Game

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22. Creation and the Persistence of Evil: The Jewish Drama of Divine Omnipotence

By: Jon D. Levenson

4.16

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

This paperback edition brings to a wide audience one of the most innovative and meaningful models o… read more

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  • theology
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23. Recalling Our Own Stories

By: Edward P. Wimberly

3.88

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Reconnect with your original call to ministry and passion for caregiving with this spiritual renere… read more

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24. God and Human Suffering: An Exercise in the Theology of the Cross

By: Douglas John Hall

4.18

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Professor Hall has written a major work on an agonizing subject, at once brilliant, comprehensive, … read more

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25. Encountering Evil, A New Edition: Live Options in Theodicy

By: Stephen T. Davis

3.62

Format: 236 pages, Paperback

Eight prominent philosophers and theologians confront the problems posed by natural and human evil … read more

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  • theology
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26. Luther the Reformer: The Story of the Man and His Career

By: James M. Kittelson

4.18

Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition

For nearly thirty years, James M. Kittelson’s Luther the Reformer has been the standard biography o… read more

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  • nonfiction
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27. History of the World Christian Movement Volume I

By: Dale T. Irvin

3.86

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

This first comprehensive account of Christianity as a world religion is a landmark, offering the wo… read more

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28. Intersectional Theology: An Introductory Guide

By: Grace Ji-Sun Kim

3.90

Format: 170 pages, Paperback

Intersectional An Introductory Guide offers a pathway for reflective Christians, pastors, and theo… read more

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29. Lutheranism: The Theological Movement and Its Confessional Writings

By: Eric W. Gritsch

4.05

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

This useful guide offers a critical appraisal of a theological movement within the church catholic.… read more

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19 Best religion books like God and Human Suffering: An Exercise in the Theology of the Cross by Douglas John Hall

Transform Your Habits

Sisters in the Wilderness: The Challenge of Womanist God-Talk

Delores S. Williams

4.33

Transform Your Habits

American Indian Liberation: A Theology of Sovereignty

George E. Tinker

4.37

Transform Your Habits

Tokens of Trust

Rowan Williams , Master of Magdalene College University of Cambridge Former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams

4.08

Transform Your Habits

Black Theology and Black Power

James H. Cone

4.36

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13 must-read religion books like Recalling Our Own Stories by Edward P. Wimberly

Transform Your Habits

Tokens of Trust

Rowan Williams , Master of Magdalene College University of Cambridge Former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams

4.08

Transform Your Habits

Quest for the Living God: Mapping Frontiers in the Theology of God

Elizabeth A. Johnson

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Soul Feast: An Invitation to the Christian Spiritual Life

Marjorie J. Thompson

4.33

Transform Your Habits

Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

4.27

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