9 Best theology books like Injustice and the Care of Souls: Taking Oppression Seriously in Pastoral Care by Sheryl A. Kujawa-Holbrook

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Injustice and the Care of Souls: Taking Oppression Seriously in Pastoral Care

By: Sheryl A. Kujawa-Holbrook

4.16

Format: 372 pages, Paperback

Pastoral care is often focused on individual problems, but much ofwhat harms and impedes us stems f…

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1. The Racial Contract

By: Charles W. Mills

4.38

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

The Racial Contract puts classic Western social contract theory to extraordinary radical use. Wi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • social justice
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2. 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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  • theology
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • social justice
"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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3. The Artist's Way

By: Julia Cameron

4.23

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Artist's Wayis the seminal book on the subject of creativity. An international bestseller, mill… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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4. Feminist Ethic of Risk

By: Sharon D. Welch

3.56

Format: None pages, Paperback

A Feminist Ethic of Riskproposes a new model for ethics and new life orientation for social justice… read more

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  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • theology

5. Thinking in Systems: A Primer

By: Donella H. Meadows , None

3.57

Format: None pages, Paperback

Meadows' Thinking in Systems, is a concise and crucial book offering insight for problem solving on… read more

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6. Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists

By: Ananda K. Coomaraswamy , None

3.65

Format: None pages, Paperback

Gathered together in a single volume, here are the most important stories of Indian mythology, take… read more

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7. Globalization, Spirituality, and Justice: Navigating the Path to Peace

By: Daniel G. Groody , Peter C. Phan

3.89

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Globalization, Spirituality, and Justice offers a rigorously critical, and yet inspiring, vision of… read more

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8. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

By: Robin Wall Kimmerer

4.04

Format: 226 pages, Hardcover

As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer as been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of sci… read more

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9. 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
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • social justice
"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

10. Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds

By: Adrienne Maree Brown

3.65

Format: 192 pages,

Inspired by Octavia Butler's explorations of our human relationship to change, Emergent Strategyis … read more

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11. The Truth About Stories: A Native Narrative

By: Thomas King

4.06

Format: None pages, Hardcover

"Stories are wondrous things. And they are dangerous." In The Truth About Stories, Native novelist … read more

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12. The Wolf Shall Dwell With the Lamb: A Spirituality for Leadership in a Multicultural Community

By: Eric H.F. Law

3.69

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

This groundbreaking work explores how certain cultures consciously and unconsciously dominate in mu… read more

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13. The Practice of Pastoral Care: A Postmodern Approach

By: None

3.97

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

Drawing on psychological, theological, and cultural studies on suffering, Carrie Doehring encourage… read more

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14. The Wounded Healer: Ministry in Contemporary Society

By: Henri J.M. Nouwen

4.00

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

The Wounded Healeris a hope-filled and simple book that speaks directly to those men and women who … read more

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15. The Galveston Diet: The Doctor-Developed, Patient-Proven Plan to Burn Fat and Tame Your Hormonal Symptoms

By: Mary Claire Haver

4.01

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A comprehensive, medically-tested eating and lifestyle program--including 40 delicious recipes--to … read more

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  • nonfiction
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16. The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters

By: Priya Parker

3.98

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A transformative exploration of the power, purpose, and benefits of gatherings in our lives: at wor… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Chill" is a selfishness disguised as kindness"

-Priya Parker, The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters

"Good controversy is much more likely to happen when it is invited in but carefully structured."

-Priya Parker, The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters

"In a world of infinite choices, choosing one thing is the revolutionary act. Imposing that restriction is actually liberating."

-Priya Parker, The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters

"Barack Obama's aunt once told him, 'If everyone is family, no one is family.' It is blood that makes a tribe, a border that makes a nation. The same is true of gatherings. So here is a corollary to h…"

-Priya Parker, The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters

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17. The Way of Integrity: Finding the Path to Your True Self (Oprah's Book Club)

By: Martha N. Beck

4.17

Format: 327 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author, life coach, and sociologist Martha Beck explains why “ integrity ”— needed now … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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18. My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts

By: Resmaa Menakem

4.40

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

The body is where our instincts reside and where we fight, flee, or freeze, and it endures the trau… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • social justice
"At its best, activism is a form of healing. It is about what we do and how we show up in the world. It is about learning and expressing regard, compassion and love."

-Resmaa Menakem, My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts

"In today's America, we tend to think of healing as something binary: either we're broken or we've healed from that brokenness. But that's not how healing operates, and it's almost never how human gro…"

-Resmaa Menakem, My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts

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19. 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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  • theology
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • social justice
"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

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20. The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song

By: Henry Louis Gates Jr.

4.07

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times-bestselling author of Stony the Road and one of our most important voices o… read more

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  • religion
  • nonfiction
"...the great blues musician W.C. Handy said, "I think these spirituals did more for our emancipation than all the guns of the Civil War."

-Henry Louis Gates Jr., The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song

"Estimates of the percentage of enslaved Africans who were Muslim arriving in North America vary widely...between 8 and 20 percent is a reasonable estimate..."

-Henry Louis Gates Jr., The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song

"...enslaved people "were conjuring out of nothing that manhood that has been stripped away from them for four hundred years, they used the spirituals as a catalyst."

-Henry Louis Gates Jr., The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song

"..we find some of the deepest traces of Islam and other traditional African religions in places like Sapelo Island, home of the Gullah Geechee people. Islam's strong roots persisted here in ways that…"

-Henry Louis Gates Jr., The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song

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21. 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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  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • spirituality
"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

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22. Our Lives Matter: A Womanist Queer Theology

By: Pamela R. Lightsey

4.23

Format: 104 pages, Paperback

Our Lives Matter uses the tenor of the 2014 national protests that emerged as a response to excessi… read more

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  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • theology
"How may it be possible to live in harmony in the midst of distinctions among humanity?"

-Pamela R. Lightsey, Our Lives Matter: A Womanist Queer Theology

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23. How to Preach a Dangerous Sermon

By: Frank A. Thomas

4.01

Format: 156 pages, Paperback

Learn to use four characteristics of "preaching with moral imagination" to proclaim freedom for all… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • theology
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24. Postcolonial Images of Spiritual Care: Challenges of Care in a Neoliberal Age

By: Emmanuel Y. Lartey

4.33

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

This anthology is about caring for all persons as a part of the revolutionary struggle against colo… read more

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  • spirituality
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25. Injustice and the Care of Souls: Taking Oppression Seriously in Pastoral Care

By: Sheryl A. Kujawa-Holbrook

4.16

Format: 372 pages, Paperback

Pastoral care is often focused on individual problems, but much ofwhat harms and impedes us stems f… read more

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26. Theological Reflection across Religious Traditions: The Turn to Reflective Believing

By: Edward Foley

4.21

Format: 206 pages, Kindle Edition

Theological reflection connecting real life, ministry, and religious traditions is a core component… read more

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27. Trauma-Informed Pastoral Care: How to Respond When Things Fall Apart

By: Karen A McClintock

4.23

Format: 182 pages, Paperback

Clergy are more likely than ever to be called on to respond to community trauma, sitting alongside … read more

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28. Longing for Running Water: Ecofeminism and Liberation

By: Ivone Gebara

3.95

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Gebara's succinct yet moving statement of her principles of ecofeminism shows how intertwined are t… read more

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  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • theology
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29. Fashion Me a People: Curriculum in the Church

By: Maria Harris

3.62

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

Curriculum as described by Maria Harris's book is viewed as an activity, the practice of Christian … read more

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  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • theology
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30. Discover Your Conflict Management Style

By: Speed B. Leas congregational consultant

3.89

Format: 52 pages, Paperback

Speed B. Leas helps readers to assess their conflict response and discover options appropriate to d… read more

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  • nonfiction

31. Spiritual Care: The Everyday Work of Chaplains

By: Wendy Cadge

4.45

Format: 244 pages, Kindle Edition

Chaplains are America's hidden religious leaders. Required in the military, federal prisons, and Ve… read more

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James H. Cone

4.36

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3.56

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