Methodism: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
By: William J. Abraham
3.79
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Beginning as a renewal movement within Anglicanism in the eighteenth century, Methodism had become …
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1. Practicing Christian Doctrine: An Introduction to Thinking and Living Theologically
By: Beth Felker Jones
4.17
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
This introductory theology text explains key concepts in Christian doctrine and shows that doctrine… read more
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2. The Most Reluctant Convert: C. S. Lewis's Journey to Faith
By: David C. Downing
4.04
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
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3. The Imitation of Christ
By: Thomas à Kempis , William Benham , Richard Challoner, D.D.
4.32
Format: 632 pages, Paperback
Only the Bible has been more influential as a source of Christian devotional reading than The Imita… read more
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4. Foundations of Wesleyan- Arminian Theology
By: Mildred Bangs Wynkoop
4.35
Format: None pages, Paperback
Herein is a most discriminating study of the basic differences between historic Calvinism and Armin… read more
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5. SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
By: Mary Beard
3.59
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
New York TimesBestseller * National Book Critics Circle Finalist * Wall Street JournalBest Books of… read more
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6. The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
By: Albert Camus , Justin O'Brien
4.22
Format: 212 pages, Paperback
One of the most influential works of this century, this is a crucial exposition of existentialist t… read more
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"Créer, c'est vivre deux fois."-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
"Existence is illusory and it is eternal."-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
"There is scarcely any passion without struggle."-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
"Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable."-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
7. Early Christian Writings: The Apostolic Fathers
By: Maxwell Staniforth , Andrew Louth , Ignatius of Antioch , Clement of Rome , Polycarp , Barnabas
4.25
Format: 355 pages, Paperback
Letters and small-scale theological treatises giving a rich and powerful articulation of the Christ… read more
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8. The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming
By: Henri J.M. Nouwen
4.09
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
A chance encounter with a reproduction of Rembrandt's painting, The Return of the Prodigal Son, cat… read more
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9. 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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10. Forsaken: The Trinity and the Cross, and Why It Matters
By: Thomas H. McCall
3.50
Format: 92 pages, Paperback
"My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?" How should a Christian interpret this passage? What imp… read more
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11. On Pascha: With the Fragments of Melito and Other Material Related to the Quartodecimans
By: Melito of Sardis , Alistair Stewart-Sykes
3.36
Format: 317 pages, Paperback
The Quartodecimans were early Christians who kept a single feast of Pascha on the Passover, maintai… read more
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12. The Fire Next Time
By: James Baldwin
3.54
Format: None pages, Paperback
A national bestseller when it first appeared in 1963, The Fire Next Timegalvanized the nation and g… read more
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13. The Silmarillion
By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Christopher Tolkien , Ted Nasmith
4.01
Format: 386 pages, Hardcover
The Silmarillion is an account of the Elder Days, of the First Age of Tolkien’s world. It is the an… read more
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"Nightingales sang about her wherever she went."-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion
"The dawn is brief and the day full often belies its promise."-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion
"All have their worth and each contributes to the worth of the others."-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion
"No ames demasiado la obra de tus manos ni las invenciones de tu corazón."-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion
14. On the Incarnation
By: C.S. Lewis , Athanasius of Alexandria , None
3.29
Format: None pages, Paperback
A universally acknowledged masterpiece of fourth-century patristic theology. As C. S. Lewis observe… read more
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15. The Bridge on the Drina
By: Ivo Andrić , William H. McNeill , None
3.81
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
In the small Bosnian town of Visegrad the stone bridge of the novel's title, built in the sixteenth… read more
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16. Old Testament Ethics for the People of God
By: Christopher J.H. Wright
4.15
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Nothing confuses Christian ethics quite like the Old Testament. Some faithful readers struggle thro… read more
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17. The Abolition of Man
By: C.S. Lewis
3.97
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
Alternative cover for ISBN: 978-0060652944 The Abolition of Man, Lewis uses his graceful prose, del… read more
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18. Kissinger
By: Walter Isaacson
4.33
Format: 201 pages, Paperback
By the time Henry Kissinger was made secretary of state in 1973, he had become, according to the Ga… read more
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19. The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life
By: Parker J. Palmer
4.00
Format: 191 pages,
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20. On the Apostolic Preaching
By: Irenaeus of Lyons
3.88
Format: 373 pages, Paperback
St Irenaeus is the most important theologian of the second century, laying the foundation for all f… read more
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21. On the Holy Spirit
By: David Anderson , Basil the Great
0.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
This classic exposition of Trinitarian doctrine eloquently sets forth the distinction yet perpetual… read more
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22. Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
By: Robert M. Sapolsky
4.25
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
One of our great behavioral scientists, the bestselling author of Behave, plumbs the depths of the … read more
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"I’m being diplomatic. Many readers will know of the “replication crisis"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
"Obviously, imposing these classifications on determinism, free will, and moral responsibility is wildly simplified. A key simplification is pretending that most people have clean “yes"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
"You cannot decide all the sensory stimuli in your environment, your hormone levels this morning, whether something traumatic happened to you in the past, the socioeconomic status of your parents, you…"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
23. Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
By: Charles Duhigg
4.05
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780593243916. Who and what are supercommunicators? They're the … read more
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"Strong leaders didn't help people align. In fact, groups with a dominant leader had the least amount of neural synchrony."-Charles Duhigg, Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
"To communicate with someone, we must connect with them. When we absorb what someone is saying and they comprehend what we say, it's because our brains have, to some degree, aligned."-Charles Duhigg, Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
24. 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
25. The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
By: Nikole Hannah-Jones
4.62
Format: 590 pages, Hardcover
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story offers a revealing vision of the American past and present. … read more
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26. How to Inhabit Time: Understanding the Past, Facing the Future, Living Faithfully Now
By: James K.A. Smith
4.29
Format: 189 pages, Hardcover
Many Christians are disconnected from the past or imagine they are "above" history, immune to it, a… read more
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27. 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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28. Money: The True Story of a Made-Up Thing
By: Jacob Goldstein
4.19
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Money only works because we all agree to believe in it. In Money, Jacob Goldstein shows how money i… read more
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29. 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
30. Methodism: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
By: William J. Abraham
3.79
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Beginning as a renewal movement within Anglicanism in the eighteenth century, Methodism had become … read more
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31. Aldersgate and Athens: John Wesley and the Foundations of Christian Belief
By: William Abraham
3.59
Format: 125 pages, Paperback
In his day, John Wesley offered important insights on how to obtain knowledge of God that readily b… read more
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