21 must-read theology books like A Just Passion: A Six-Week Lenten Journey by Ruth Haley Barton

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A Just Passion: A Six-Week Lenten Journey

By: Ruth Haley Barton

4.18

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

A Collection of Lenten Devotions from IVP Authors Injustice is rampant around us. It is also presen…

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Cover of A Way Other Than Our Own: Devotions for Lent by Walter Brueggemann, None

1. A Way Other Than Our Own: Devotions for Lent

By: Walter Brueggemann , None

4.26

Format: 95 pages, Paperback

Lent recalls times of wilderness and wandering, from newly freed Hebrew slaves in exile to Jesus' t… read more

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  • faith
  • nonfiction
  • theology
"I imagine Lent for you and for me as a great departure from the greedy, anxious antineighborliness of our economy, a great departure from our exclusionary politics that fears the other, a great depar…"

-Walter Brueggemann, A Way Other Than Our Own: Devotions for Lent

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2. Till We Have Faces

By: C.S. Lewis

4.08

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

In this timeless tale of two mortal princesses- one beautiful and one unattractive- C.S. Lewis rewo… read more

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3. Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life

By: Tish Harrison Warren

4.08

Format: 31 pages, Paperback

Many of us go through the day feeling like we don't have time for God. But God can become present t… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • theology
Cover of Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

4. Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community

By: Dietrich Bonhoeffer

4.27

Format: 122 pages, Paperback

After his martyrdom at the hands of the Gestapo in 1945, Dietrich Bonhoeffer continued his witness … read more

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"God is not a God of the emotions but the God of truth."

-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community

"We pray for the big things and forget to give thanks for the ordinary, small (and yet really not small) gifts."

-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community

"It is only when he is a burden that another person is really a brother and not merely an object to be manipulated"

-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community

"The Church does not need brilliant personalities but faithful servants of Jesus and the brethren. Not in the former but in the latter is the lack."

-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community

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5. Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?

By: Martin Luther King Jr.

4.57

Format: None pages, Paperback

209 PAGES. read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Way of the Heart: The Spirituality of the Desert Fathers and Mothers by Henri J.M. Nouwen

6. The Way of the Heart: The Spirituality of the Desert Fathers and Mothers

By: Henri J.M. Nouwen

3.94

Format: 489 pages, Paperback

Henry J.M. Nouwen, one of the greatest of all spiritual writers, invites us to search deeply for th… read more

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  • faith
  • nonfiction
  • theology

7. Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation

By: Parker J. Palmer

4.18

Format: 411 pages, Hardcover

With wisdom, compassion, and gentle humor, Parker J. Palmer invites us to listen to the inner teach… read more

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8. Somehow: Thoughts on Love

By: Anne Lamott

3.95

Format: 204 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Dusk, Night, Dawn and Help, Thanks, Wow , a joyful celebration of lo… read more

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  • faith
  • nonfiction
"I don’t know"

-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love

"…nobody in isolation becomes who they were designed to be."

-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love

"Sometimes it all just sucks, as Jesus says somewhere in the Gospels (although off the top of my head I can’t recall chapter and verse."

-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love

"When I first got sober, a man told me that upon waking every morning, instead of reciting the standard flowery recovery prayer, he said, “Whatever,“ and at night when he turned off his lights to go t…"

-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love

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9. 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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  • nonfiction
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10. How to Walk into a Room: The Art of Knowing When to Stay and When to Walk Away

By: Emily P. Freeman

4.01

Format: 232 pages, Kindle Edition

New York Times Bestseller If life were a house, then every room holds a story. What do we do when … read more

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  • faith
  • nonfiction
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11. All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir

By: Beth Moore

4.47

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and Wall Street Journal bestseller! An incredibly thoughtful,… read more

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  • faith
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"Once you've broken to pieces, the luxury of imagining yourself unbreakable evaporates."

-Beth Moore, All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir

"You want to know how to love me? Love my children. You want to be good to me? Be good to my children."

-Beth Moore, All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir

"A teenager doesn't know she's still a child. A teenager feels like an adult, I suppose primarily because her outside, her flesh and her face, her body, her size, her width and height, look like - and…"

-Beth Moore, All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir

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12. The Common Rule: Habits of Purpose for an Age of Distraction

By: Justin Whitmel Earley

4.32

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

Habits form us more than we form them. The modern world is a machine of a thousand invisible hab… read more

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  • faith
  • nonfiction
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"Habits form much more than our schedules: they form our hearts."

-Justin Whitmel Earley, The Common Rule: Habits of Purpose for an Age of Distraction

"Anger and fear have something in common: we become the center of things."

-Justin Whitmel Earley, The Common Rule: Habits of Purpose for an Age of Distraction

"...failure is not the enemy of formation; it is the liturgy of formation."

-Justin Whitmel Earley, The Common Rule: Habits of Purpose for an Age of Distraction

"Practicing the Common Rule can keep a hard season from becoming a dangerous season... (p. 23)"

-Justin Whitmel Earley, The Common Rule: Habits of Purpose for an Age of Distraction

Cover of Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools: An Invitation to the Wonder and Mystery of Prayer by Tyler Staton

13. Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools: An Invitation to the Wonder and Mystery of Prayer

By: Tyler Staton

4.60

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Prayer is the source of Jesus's most astonishing miracles and the subject of Jesus's most audacious… read more

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  • nonfiction
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Cover of Celebrities for Jesus: How Personas, Platforms, and Profits Are Hurting the Church by Katelyn Beaty

14. Celebrities for Jesus: How Personas, Platforms, and Profits Are Hurting the Church

By: Katelyn Beaty

4.22

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

An award-winning writer shows how and why celebrity is woven into the fabric of the evangelical mov… read more

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  • faith
  • nonfiction
  • theology
"Celebrity, in the final analysis, is a worldly form of power and evaluation of human worth. It is not a spiritually neutral tool that can be picked up and put down, even for godly projects. The momen…"

-Katelyn Beaty, Celebrities for Jesus: How Personas, Platforms, and Profits Are Hurting the Church

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15. Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep

By: Tish Harrison Warren

4.63

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

ECPA Christian Book of the YearChristianity Today Book of the YearForeword INDIES Book of the Year … read more

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"Voor christenen is slaap een belichaamde manier om te belijden dat we erop vertrouwen dat het werk van God niet van ons afhangt."

-Tish Harrison Warren, Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep

"Bescherm wie blij zijn. In dit gebed erkennen we de kwetsbaarheid van vreugde. We vragen God om mensen die blij zijn te beschermen, om dat deel in ons te beschermen dat moedig genoeg is om te geloven…"

-Tish Harrison Warren, Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep

"Hoewel de statistieken laten zien dat hier in het Westen met name jonge mensen afdwalen naar ongeloof, deels vanwege het probleem van het kwaad, lijkt onze welvaart veel meer twijfel te veroorzaken d…"

-Tish Harrison Warren, Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep

"Het profetisch getuigenis van de kerk in een woedecultuur is om mensen te zijn die weten hoe we samen moeten huilen over de pijn en onrechtvaardigheid in de wereld en over de realiteit van onze eigen…"

-Tish Harrison Warren, Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep

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16. She Deserves Better: Raising Girls to Resist Toxic Teachings on Sex, Self, and Speaking Up

By: Sheila Wray Gregoire

4.49

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

This research-based, biblically informed book helps moms reject harmful teachings from the church a… read more

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  • faith
  • nonfiction
Cover of Try Softer: A Fresh Approach to Move Us out of Anxiety, Stress, and Survival Mode--and into a Life of Connection and Joy by Aundi Kolber

17. Try Softer: A Fresh Approach to Move Us out of Anxiety, Stress, and Survival Mode--and into a Life of Connection and Joy

By: Aundi Kolber

4.40

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

"In the wise and soulful tradition of teachers like Shauna Niequist and Brene Brown, therapist Aund… read more

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Cover of This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us by Cole Arthur Riley

18. This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us

By: Cole Arthur Riley

4.63

Format: 203 pages, Hardcover

In her stunning debut, the creator of Black Liturgies weaves stories from three generations of her … read more

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"Anxiety is not a passive predator."

-Cole Arthur Riley, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us

"Rest is an act of defiance, and it cannot be predicated on apology."

-Cole Arthur Riley, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us

"In community, we can push back on the expectation that we exhaust ourselves."

-Cole Arthur Riley, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us

"Those who believe love is a scarcity are less likely to give it away freely."

-Cole Arthur Riley, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us

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19. How to Pray: A Simple Guide for Normal People

By: Pete Greig

4.59

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Everyone prays. But no one finds it easy. We all need a little help. Pete Greig has been teaching o… read more

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  • nonfiction
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Cover of On Getting Out of Bed: The Burden and Gift of Living by Alan  Noble

20. On Getting Out of Bed: The Burden and Gift of Living

By: Alan Noble

4.33

Format: 108 pages, Hardcover

We aren't always honest about how difficult normal human life is. For the majority of people, sorro… read more

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  • nonfiction
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21. Tell Her Story: How Women Led, Taught, and Ministered in the Early Church

By: Nijay K. Gupta

4.35

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Women were there. For centuries, discussions of early Christianity have focused on male leaders in … read more

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Cover of Advent: The Season of Hope (Fullness of Time) by Tish Harrison Warren

22. Advent: The Season of Hope (Fullness of Time)

By: Tish Harrison Warren

4.52

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

"Christians believe not just in one coming of Christ, but in three." We tend to think of Advent as … read more

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Cover of Lent: The Season of Repentance and Renewal by Esau McCaulley

23. Lent: The Season of Repentance and Renewal

By: Esau McCaulley

4.43

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

"Lent is inescapably about repenting." Every year, the church invites us into a season of repentanc… read more

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"We hope that as Christians we mature and grow and become more and more like Christ. But the church and its wisdom assumes we will fail even after our baptism. The church presumes that life is long an…"

-Esau McCaulley, Lent: The Season of Repentance and Renewal

Cover of A Burning in My Bones: The Authorized Biography of Eugene H. Peterson, Translator of The Message by Winn Collier

24. A Burning in My Bones: The Authorized Biography of Eugene H. Peterson, Translator of The Message

By: Winn Collier

4.65

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

This essential authorized biography of Eugene Peterson offers unique insights into the experiences … read more

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  • faith
  • nonfiction
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Cover of Emotionally Healthy Discipleship: Moving from Shallow Christianity to Deep Transformation by Peter Scazzero

25. Emotionally Healthy Discipleship: Moving from Shallow Christianity to Deep Transformation

By: Peter Scazzero

4.45

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The global church is facing a discipleship crisis. Here's how we move forward into transformative d… read more

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  • nonfiction
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Cover of Learning Humility: A Year of Searching for a Vanishing Virtue (Renovare Resources Set) by Richard J. Foster

26. Learning Humility: A Year of Searching for a Vanishing Virtue (Renovare Resources Set)

By: Richard J. Foster

4.14

Format: 184 pages, Hardcover

In a society where raging narcissism dominates the moral landscape, the virtue of humility is often… read more

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Cover of God Speaks Through Wombs: Poems on God's Unexpected Coming by Drew  Jackson

27. God Speaks Through Wombs: Poems on God's Unexpected Coming

By: Drew Jackson

4.56

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Christian Book Award Finalist But God speaks through wombs, birthing prophetic utterances. . . . En… read more

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Cover of Chasing Hope: A Reporter's Life by Nicholas D. Kristof

28. Chasing Hope: A Reporter's Life

By: Nicholas D. Kristof

4.55

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times columnist, Pulitzer Prize winner, and best-selling author Nicholas D. Kristof, … read more

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29. A Just Passion: A Six-Week Lenten Journey

By: Ruth Haley Barton

4.18

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

A Collection of Lenten Devotions from IVP Authors Injustice is rampant around us. It is also presen… read more

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Cover of Touch the Earth: Poems on The Way by Drew  Jackson

30. Touch the Earth: Poems on The Way

By: Drew Jackson

4.71

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Gather it from memory. Let it touch the earth. In Touch the Earth, Drew Jackson continues the p… read more

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  • faith
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Spirit of Our Politics: Spiritual Formation and the Renovation of Public Life by Michael Wear

31. The Spirit of Our Politics: Spiritual Formation and the Renovation of Public Life

By: Michael Wear

4.28

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

For those discouraged and exhausted by the bitterness and rage in our politics, Michael Wear offers… read more

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  • theology

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4.26

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Tish Harrison Warren

4.08

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Dietrich Bonhoeffer

4.27

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4.52

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