African American Readings of Paul: Reception, Resistance, and Transformation
By: Lisa M. Bowens
4.40
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
The letters of Paul—especially the verse in Ephesians directing slaves to obey their masters—played…
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1. Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age
By: Sherry Turkle
3.82
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
Renowned media scholar Sherry Turkle investigates how a flight from conversation undermines our rel… read more
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"I call it the Goldilocks effect: We can't get enough of each other if we can have each other at a digital distance—not too close, not too far, just right. But human relationships are rich, messy, and…"-Sherry Turkle, Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age
2. Preaching: Communicating Faith in an Age of Skepticism
By: Timothy J. Keller
4.48
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Pastor, preacher, and New York Times bestselling author of The Prodigal Prophet Timothy Keller shar… read more
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3. 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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4. The Weary Blues
By: Langston Hughes
4.26
Format: 104 pages, Hardcover
A beautiful new edition of this beloved poet's first collection, originally published in 1926 when … read more
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5. Holy Bible: New International Version
By: Anonymous
4.62
Format: 1213 pages, Hardcover
The New International Version is the world's most popular Bible in modern English and is renowned f… read more
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"Meaningless! Meaningless!"-Anonymous, Holy Bible: New International Version
"Thou shalt not stand idly by"-Anonymous, Holy Bible: New International Version
"A unjust law, is no law at all."-Anonymous, Holy Bible: New International Version
"Love never fails. —I Corinthians 13:8a "-Anonymous, Holy Bible: New International Version
6. Just Capitalism
By: Brent Waters
3.67
Format: None pages, Paperback
Just Capitalismis a Christian moral defense of economic globalization as a system that is well-suit… read more
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7. The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race
By: Willie James Jennings
3.81
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Why has Christianity, a religion premised upon neighborly love, failed in its attempts to heal soci… read more
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8. When in Romans: An Invitation to Linger with the Gospel According to Paul
By: Beverly Roberts Gaventa
3.90
Format: 150 pages,
Invites Readers of Romans to Expand Their View of God and the Gospel When reading the book of Roma… read more
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9. How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
By: David Brooks
4.14
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A practical, heartfelt guide to the art of truly knowing another person in order to foster deeper c… read more
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"Being open-hearted is a prerequisite for being a full, kind, and wise human being."-David Brooks, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
"A person who is looking for beauty is likely to find wonders, while a person looking for threats will find danger. A person who beams warmth brings out the glowing sides of the people she meets, whil…"-David Brooks, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
10. Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope
By: Esau McCaulley
4.43
Format: 200 pages, Kindle Edition
Growing up in the American South, Esau McCaulley knew firsthand the ongoing struggle between despai… read more
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"Prayer for leaders and criticism of their practices are not mutually exclusive ideas. Both have biblical warrant in the same letter."-Esau McCaulley, Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope
"While I was at home with much of the theology in evangelicalism, there were real disconnects. First, there was the portrayal of the Black church in these circles. I was told that the social gospel ha…"-Esau McCaulley, Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope
11. Timothy Keller: His Spiritual and Intellectual Formation
By: Collin Hansen
4.56
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Timothy Keller takes readers behind the scenes to meet the people and understand the events that fo… read more
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12. 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
13. The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images, and Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis
By: Karen Swallow Prior
4.25
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Contemporary American evangelicalism is suffering from an identity crisis--and a lot of bad press. … read more
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"For Hardy and other critics of the evangelical movement, too often the desire for purity encouraged hypocrisy, earnest ideals became mere performance, and the valuation of hard work turned into pursu…"-Karen Swallow Prior, The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images, and Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis
"The novel [ Pamela ] is also a very powerful early expression of the modern self, one who sees her soul as equal in human worth and dignity to anyone, regardless of social class or power--and this, t…"-Karen Swallow Prior, The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images, and Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis
14. The Genesis of Gender: A Christian Theory
By: Abigail Rine Favale
4.59
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
The question of gender—who we are as men and women—has never been more pressing, or more misunderst… read more
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15. How Far to the Promised Land: One Black Family's Story of Hope and Survival in the American South
By: Esau McCaulley
4.62
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times contributing opinion writer and award-winning author of Reading While Black… read more
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"There is no Black faith that doesn't wrestle with the problem of evil. My reply to these questions is: We who have suffered must have some say in how that suffering is interpreted. We won the right, …"-Esau McCaulley, How Far to the Promised Land: One Black Family's Story of Hope and Survival in the American South
16. Paul and the Power of Grace
By: John M.G. Barclay
4.50
Format: 202 pages, Paperback
Paul and the Gift transformed the landscape of Pauline studies upon its publication in 2015. In it,… read more
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17. The Bible Told Them So: How Southern Evangelicals Fought to Preserve White Supremacy
By: J. Russell Hawkins
4.33
Format: 210 pages, Hardcover
Why did southern white evangelical Christians resist the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 196… read more
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18. African American Readings of Paul: Reception, Resistance, and Transformation
By: Lisa M. Bowens
4.40
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
The letters of Paul—especially the verse in Ephesians directing slaves to obey their masters—played… read more
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19. Asian Americans and the Spirit of Racial Capitalism (AAR Reflection and Theory in the Study of Religion)
By: Jonathan Tran
4.50
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Any serious consideration of Asian American life forces us to reframe the way we talk about racism … read more
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"Deracialization, not postracialism, should be the goal."-Jonathan Tran, Asian Americans and the Spirit of Racial Capitalism (AAR Reflection and Theory in the Study of Religion)
"Relying, as identarianism increasingly does, on vague concepts like “whiteness"-Jonathan Tran, Asian Americans and the Spirit of Racial Capitalism (AAR Reflection and Theory in the Study of Religion)
"Identarianism’s individualizing approach will not do. If we hope to succeed, we will need others."-Jonathan Tran, Asian Americans and the Spirit of Racial Capitalism (AAR Reflection and Theory in the Study of Religion)
"Approaching race through political economy will not get at everything that racism is, and does, but it gets at what can be managed, and in the last resort lived."-Jonathan Tran, Asian Americans and the Spirit of Racial Capitalism (AAR Reflection and Theory in the Study of Religion)
20. After Method: Queer Grace, Conceptual Design, and the Possibility of Theology
By: Hanna Reichel
4.65
Format: 225 pages, Paperback
After Method assumes the impossibility of doing theology right–and moves beyond it. Organized as a … read more
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21. Plurality and Ambiguity: Hermeneutics, Religion, Hope
By: David Tracy
3.72
Format: 155 pages, Paperback
In Plurality and Ambiguity , David Tracy lays the philosophical groundwork for a practical applicat… read more
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