8 best-selling religion books like Theological Aesthetics: God in Imagination, Beauty, and Art by Richard Viladesau

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Theological Aesthetics: God in Imagination, Beauty, and Art

By: Richard Viladesau

4.00

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

This book explores the role of aesthetic experience in our perception and understanding of the holy…

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1. Faith in History and Society: Toward a Practical Fundamental Theology

By: Johann Baptist Metz

4.22

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

This now classic book presented on the 30th anniversary of its first appearance is universally ackn… read more

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  • religion
  • theology
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2. The Nature of the Atonement: Four Views

By: James K. Beilby , Paul Rhodes Eddy , Gregory A. Boyd , Thomas R. Schreiner , Joel B. Green , Bruce R. Reichenbach

4.11

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

A long history of biblical exegesis and theological reflection has shaped our understanding of the … read more

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  • theology
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3. The Bacchae

By: Euripides , Kenneth McLeish , None

3.92

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Euripides' classic drama about the often mortifying consequences of the unbridled--and frequently h… read more

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"Cleverness is not wisdom."

-Euripides, The Bacchae

"He who believes needs no explanation."

-Euripides, The Bacchae

"Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish."

-Euripides, The Bacchae

"Prepare yourselves for the roaring voice of the God of Joy!"

-Euripides, The Bacchae

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4. The Crucifixion: Understanding the Death of Jesus Christ

By: Fleming Rutledge

4.13

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Though the apostle Paul boldly proclaimed "Christ crucified" as the heart of the gospel, Fleming Ru… read more

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  • religion
  • theology

5. Triune Atonement: Christ's Healing for Sinners, Victims, and the Whole Creation

By: Andrew Sung Park

2.96

Format: None pages, Paperback

This is a study of the atonement, the meaning of the death of Jesus Christ. The book surveys histor… read more

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6. The Cross and the Lynching Tree

By: James H. Cone

4.51

Format: 202 pages, Hardcover

The cross and the lynching tree are the two most emotionally charged symbols in the history of the … read more

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  • theology
"For [Martin Luther] King nonviolence was more than a strategy; it was the way of life defined by love for others—the only way to heal broken humanity."

-James H. Cone, The Cross and the Lynching Tree

"The gospel of Jesus is not a rational concept to be explained in a theory of salvation, but a story about God’s presence in Jesus’ solidarity with the oppressed, which led to his death on the cross. …"

-James H. Cone, The Cross and the Lynching Tree

"The cross and the lynching tree interpret each other. Both were public spectacles, shameful events, instruments of punishment reserved for the most despised people in society. Any genuine theology an…"

-James H. Cone, The Cross and the Lynching Tree

7. God, Sexuality, and the Self: An Essay 'on the Trinity'

By: Sarah Coakley

4.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

God, Sexuality and the Self is a new venture in systematic theology. Sarah Coakley invites the read… read more

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8. The Stand

By: Stephen King

4.35

Format: None pages, Audiobook

First came the days of the plague. Then came the dreams. Dark dreams that warned of the coming of t… read more

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"A person can't change all at once."

-Stephen King, The Stand

"HEY, BOBBY TERRY, YOU SCROOOOWED IT UP!"

-Stephen King, The Stand

"Nobody likes to see a stupid guy wise up."

-Stephen King, The Stand

"His name is Legion. He is the king of nowhere."

-Stephen King, The Stand

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9. 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

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  • art
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • theology
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10. The Aesthetics of Atheism: Theology and Imagination in Contemporary Culture

By: Kutter Callaway

3.62

Format: 274 pages, Paperback

To really understand God, you have to understand atheism. Atheism and Christianity are often placed… read more

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11. Theological Aesthetics: God in Imagination, Beauty, and Art

By: Richard Viladesau

4.00

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

This book explores the role of aesthetic experience in our perception and understanding of the holy… read more

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  • philosophy
  • religion
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12. Redeeming Transcendence in the Arts: Bearing Witness to the Triune God

By: Jeremy S. Begbie

4.19

Format: 222 pages, Paperback

Many people believe that there is something transcendent about the arts, that they can awaken a pro… read more

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  • art
  • religion
  • theology
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13. Mysterium Paschale: The Mystery of Easter

By: Hans Urs von Balthasar

4.24

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

This is an account, at once rigorously theological and warmly devotional, of the death and resurrec… read more

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  • religion
  • theology
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14. Between Cross and Resurrection: A Theology of Holy Saturday

By: Alan E. Lewis

4.11

Format: 491 pages, Paperback

For much of Christian history the church has given no place to Holy Saturday in its liturgy or wors… read more

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  • religion
  • theology
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15. Were You There?: Godforsakenness in Slave Religion (Bishop Henry McNeal Turner/Sojourner Truth Series in Black Religion)

By: David Emmanuel Goatley

4.09

Format: 129 pages, Paperback

Explores the experience and sensation of having been abandoned by God as a means of understand-ing … read more

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10 best-selling theology books like Theological Aesthetics: God in Imagination, Beauty, and Art by Richard Viladesau

Transform Your Habits

Faith in History and Society: Toward a Practical Fundamental Theology

Johann Baptist Metz

4.22

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The Nature of the Atonement: Four Views

James K. Beilby , Paul Rhodes Eddy , Gregory A. Boyd , Thomas R. Schreiner , Joel B. Green , Bruce R. Reichenbach

4.11

Transform Your Habits

The Crucifixion: Understanding the Death of Jesus Christ

Fleming Rutledge

4.13

Transform Your Habits

The Cross and the Lynching Tree

James H. Cone

4.51

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6 Best audiobook books like Art and Faith: A Theology of Making by Makoto Fujimura

Transform Your Habits

Hannah Coulter

Wendell Berry

4.38

Transform Your Habits

Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus, Become Like Him, Do As He Did

John Mark Comer

4.63

Transform Your Habits

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

Tyler Staton

4.60

Transform Your Habits

Art and Faith: A Theology of Making

Makoto Fujimura

4.29

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