Circling the Elephant: A Comparative Theology of Religious Diversity
By: John J. Thatamanil
4.27
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Christian theologians have for some decades affirmed that they have no monopoly on encounters with …
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1. Process Theology: An Introductory Exposition
By: John B. Cobb Jr. , David Ray Griffin
3.80
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Process Theology is an introductory exposition of the theological movement that has been strongly i… read more
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2. Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
By: Bryan Stevenson
3.93
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our bro… read more
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3. On the Mystery: Discerning Divinity in Process
By: Catherine Keller
3.66
Format: None pages, Paperback
With immediate impact and deep creativity, Catherine Keller offers this brief and unconventional in… read more
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4. The Experience of God: Being, Consciousness, Bliss
By: David Bentley Hart
3.59
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Despite the recent ferocious public debate about belief, the concept most central to the discussion… read more
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6. The Dhammapada
By: Anonymous , Thich Nhat Hanh , None , None
3.43
Format: 42 pages, Paperback
The Dhammapada (Pali; Prakrit: dhmmpd Dhammapada; Sanskrit: dhrmpd Dharmapada) is a collection of s… read more
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7. Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved
By: Kate Bowler
3.80
Format: 178 pages, Hardcover
A divinity professor and young mother with a Stage IV cancer diagnosis explores the pain and joy of… read more
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"I was immediately worn out by the tyranny of prescriptive joy."-Kate Bowler, Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved
"I failed to love what was present and decided to love what was possible instead."-Kate Bowler, Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved
"They would find something simple and that would be the end of it. I'd just have to schedule my life around a surgery, nothing major."-Kate Bowler, Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved
"A lot of Christians like to remind me that heaven is my true home, which makes me want to ask them if they would like to go home first."-Kate Bowler, Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved
8. Dynamics of Faith
By: Paul Tillich , None
4.08
Format: None pages, Paperback
One of the greatest books ever written on the subject, Dynamics of Faithis a primer in the philosop… read more
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9. Jesus and the Disinherited
By: Vincent Harding , Howard Thurman
4.57
Format: 140 pages, Paperback
In this classic theological treatise, the acclaimed theologian and religious leader Howard Thurman … read more
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10. Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again
By: Rachel Held Evans
4.39
Format: 236 pages, Paperback
One Woman’s Journey Back to Loving the Bible If the Bible isn’t a science book or an instructio… read more
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"How could I love God with all my heart, soul, mind, and strength while disengaging those very faculties every time I read the Bible?"-Rachel Held Evans, Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again
"The point is, if you pay attention to the women, a more complex history of Israel's conquests emerges. Their stories invite the reader to consider the human cost of violence and patriarchy, and in th…"-Rachel Held Evans, Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again
"In other words, the prophets are weirdos. More than anyone else in Scripture, they remind us that those odd ducks shouting from the margins of society may see things more clearly than the political a…"-Rachel Held Evans, Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again
"What I love about the Bible is that the story isn't over. There are still prophets in our midst. There are still dragons and beasts. It might not look like it, but the Resistance is winning. The ligh…"-Rachel Held Evans, Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again
11. Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione
By: Jonathan Haidt
4.21
Format: 420 pages, Paperback
Una suggestiva indagine dei meccanismi profondi che regolano la nostra esistenza, le decisioni che … read more
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"Reasoning can take you wherever you want to go."-Jonathan Haidt, Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione
"Intuitions come first, strategic reasoning second."-Jonathan Haidt, Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione
"Anyone who values truth should stop worshipping reason."-Jonathan Haidt, Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione
"Science is a smorgasbord, and google will guide you to the study that's right for you."-Jonathan Haidt, Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione
12. God: An Anatomy
By: Francesca Stavrakopoulou
4.25
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
An astonishing and revelatory history that re-presents God as he was originally envisioned by ancie… read more
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"How could I not be distracted? Here was a deity just like those I’d visited in museums as a child—a god of ancient myths, fantastic stories and long-lost rituals; a god from the distant past, from a …"-Francesca Stavrakopoulou, God: An Anatomy
13. The Once and Future Witches
By: Alix E. Harrow
4.04
Format: 517 pages, Hardcover
In 1893, there's no such thing as witches. There used to be, in the wild, dark days before the burn… read more
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"An angry woman is a smart woman"-Alix E. Harrow, The Once and Future Witches
"Girls who go looking for trouble usually find it."-Alix E. Harrow, The Once and Future Witches
"Wickedness was like beauty: in the eye of the beholder."-Alix E. Harrow, The Once and Future Witches
"There's still no such thing as witches. But there will be."-Alix E. Harrow, The Once and Future Witches
14. The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World
By: Jonathan Freedland
4.37
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
In a book that is part thrilling adventure, part exploration of some of the darkest secrets of the … read more
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15. On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World
By: Danya Ruttenberg
4.46
Format: 243 pages, Hardcover
A crucial new lens on repentance, atonement, forgiveness, and repair from harm--from personal trans… read more
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"Before we even understand what repentance is, we’re instructed to name, out loud, the harm that we have caused."-Danya Ruttenberg, On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World
"[W]e all know that sometimes people mean well but cause harm nonetheless—out of ignorance, out of carelessness, out of deeply ingrained ways of thinking they haven't examined, out of an emotional rea…"-Danya Ruttenberg, On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World
16. Sacred Nature: Restoring Our Ancient Bond with the Natural World
By: Karen Armstrong
3.69
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A profound exploration of the spiritual power of nature--and an urgent call to reclaim that power i… read more
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17. Do I Stay Christian?: A Guide for the Doubters, the Disappointed, and the Disillusioned
By: Brian D. McLaren
4.25
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Dubbed "a heroic gate-crasher" by New York Times bestselling author Glennon Doyle, Brian D. McLaren… read more
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18. See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love
By: Valarie Kaur
4.54
Format: 389 pages, Hardcover
How do we love in a time of rage? How do we fix a broken world while not breaking ourselves? Valari… read more
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"Wonder is the wellspring for love"-Valarie Kaur, See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love
"You are a part of me I do not yet know"-Valarie Kaur, See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love
"I believe laboring in joy is the meaning of life."-Valarie Kaur, See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love
"Grieving together, we ease each other’s suffering and come to know each other."-Valarie Kaur, See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love
19. Why Religion?: A Personal Story
By: Elaine Pagels
3.97
Format: 256 pages, ebook
Why is religion still around in the twenty-first century? Why do so many still believe? And how do … read more
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"Times of mourning displace us from ordinary life."-Elaine Pagels, Why Religion?: A Personal Story
"I’d chosen Harvard because it was a secular university, where I wouldn’t be bombarded with church dogma."-Elaine Pagels, Why Religion?: A Personal Story
"Christmas lights, again, piercing like knives. The spirit of that season was never more remote than during those dark December days."-Elaine Pagels, Why Religion?: A Personal Story
"I knew that I could not possibly teach; the energy and clarity that teaching requires, which I'd always taken for granted, were gone."-Elaine Pagels, Why Religion?: A Personal Story
20. The Death of Omnipotence and Birth of Amipotence
By: Thomas Jay Oord
4.37
Format: 172 pages, Paperback
Omnipotence is dead. At least it should be. It has no biblical support. And it dies a death of a t… read more
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21. God After Deconstruction
By: Thomas Jay Oord
4.25
Format: 168 pages, Kindle Edition
Deconstruction is hard!Bad views of God and harmful experiences lead many of us to deconstruct. But… read more
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22. Queering Wesley, Queering the Church
By: Keegan Osinski
4.38
Format: 146 pages, Paperback
Fifty years after Stonewall, the experiences of LGBTQ+ Christians are--rightfully--beginning to be … read more
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23. Circling the Elephant: A Comparative Theology of Religious Diversity
By: John J. Thatamanil
4.27
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Christian theologians have for some decades affirmed that they have no monopoly on encounters with … read more
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24. The Christian Gospel for Americans: A Systematic Theology
By: David Ray Griffin
4.13
Format: 510 pages, Paperback
In 1934, Confessing Christians in Germany declared that support for the Nazi regime violated the ba… read more
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25. Divine Self-Investment: An Open and Relational Constructive Christology
By: Tripp Fuller
4.44
Format: 172 pages, Paperback
When muttering the word “God” doesn’t come easy, what does it mean to call Jesus “the Christ?” Full… read more
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26. The Roman Empire and the New Testament: An Essential Guide
By: Warren Carter
4.09
Format: 148 pages, Paperback
An indispensable introduction to Roman society, culture, law, politics, religion, and daily life as… read more
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