The Dream of God: A Call to Return (Seabury Classics)
By: Verna J. Dozier
4.41
Format: 114 pages, Paperback
"The Dream of God is a small masterpiece. . . . Her vision of the Bible is insightful and persuasiv…
Want to Read $ 14.99"Doubt is not the opposite of faith. Fear is. Fear will not risk that even if I am wrong, I will trust that if I move today by the light that is given to me, knowing it is only finite and partial, I will know more and different things tomorrow than I know today, and I can be open to the new possibility I cannot even imagine today."-Verna J. Dozier, The Dream of God: A Call to Return (Seabury Classics)
"Doubt is not the opposite of faith. Fear is. Fear will not risk that even if I am wrong, I will trust that if I move today by the light that is given to me, knowing it is only finite and partial, I will know more and different things tomorrow than I know today, and I can be open to the new possibility I cannot even imagine today."-Verna J. Dozier, The Dream of God: A Call to Return (Seabury Classics)
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1. New Seeds of Contemplation
By: Thomas Merton
4.26
Format: 297 pages, Paperback
One of the best-loved books by one of the great spiritual authors of our time, with a new introduct… read more
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"A tree gives glory to God by being a tree. For in being what God means it to be it is obeying [God]. It “consents,"-Thomas Merton, New Seeds of Contemplation
"Our vocation is not simply to be, but to work together with God in the creation of our own life, our own identity, our own destiny....To work out our identity in God."-Thomas Merton, New Seeds of Contemplation
"The ever-changing reality in the midst of which we live should awaken us to the possibility of an uninterrupted dialogue with God. By this I do not mean continuous “talk,"-Thomas Merton, New Seeds of Contemplation
"We have the choice of two identities: the external mask which seems to be real...and the hidden, inner person who seems to us to be nothing, but who can give himself eternally to the truth in whom he…"-Thomas Merton, New Seeds of Contemplation
2. I and Thou
By: Martin Buber , Walter Kaufmann
4.07
Format: 185 pages, Paperback
An alternate cover for this isbn can be found here. Martin Buber's I and Thou has long been accl… read more
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- religion
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- spirituality
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"All real living is meeting."-Martin Buber, I and Thou
"Inscrutably involved, we live in the currents of universal reciprocity."-Martin Buber, I and Thou
"True beings are lived in the present, the life of objects is lived in the past."-Martin Buber, I and Thou
"Feelings one "has"; love occurs. Feelings dwell in man, but man dwells in his love."-Martin Buber, I and Thou
3. Proud Shoes: The Story of an American Family (Black Women Writers Series)
By: Pauli Murray , None , Patricia Bell-Scott
4.21
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
First published in 1956, Proud Shoes is the remarkable true story of slavery, survival, and miscege… read more
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- nonfiction
4. The Heart of Christianity: Rediscovering a Life of Faith
By: Marcus J. Borg
4.11
Format: 234 pages, Paperback
In The Heart of Christianity, world-renowned Jesus scholar and author of the bestseller Meeting Jes… read more
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"You can believe all the right things and still be in bondage. You can believe all the right things and still be miserable. You can believe all the right things and still be relatively unchanged. Beli…"-Marcus J. Borg, The Heart of Christianity: Rediscovering a Life of Faith
5. Theology: A Very Short Introduction
By: David F. Ford
3.43
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
This book offers a concise and original introduction to the whole of the theological discipline. Wr… read more
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- spirituality
"The modern West has been deeply split about freedom and responsibility. On the one hand, it has championed human freedom in many forms - human rights, sexual freedom, political liberty, freedom to ch…"-David F. Ford, Theology: A Very Short Introduction
6. Dark Testament and Other Poems
By: Pauli Murray
4.43
Format: None pages, Hardcover
There has been explosive interest in the life of Pauli Murray, as reflected in a recent profile in … read more
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7. The Cost of Discipleship
By: Dietrich Bonhoeffer
4.30
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
One of the most important theologians of the twentieth century illuminates the relationship between… read more
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"When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die."-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship
"Discipleship is not an offer that man makes to Christ."-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship
"Only he who believes is obedient, and only he who is obedient believes."-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship
"Strict exercise of self-control is an essential feature of the Christian's life."-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship
8. 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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9. Our Town
By: Thornton Wilder , Donald Margulies , Tappan Wilder
4.35
Format: 26 pages, Paperback
Our Townwas first produced and published in 1938 to wide acclaim. This Pulitzer Prize-winning drama… read more
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10. The Sabbath: Its Meaning for Modern Man
By: Susannah Heschel , Abraham Joshua Heschel , Ilya Schor
4.16
Format: 354 pages,
Elegant, passionate, and filled with the love of God's creation, Abraham Joshua Heschel's The Sabba… read more
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11. Desert Solitaire
By: Edward Abbey
4.00
Format: None pages,
When Desert Solitairewas first published in 1968, it became the focus of a nationwide cult. Rude an… read more
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12. The Practice of the Presence of God
By: Brother Lawrence
4.32
Format: 95 pages, Paperback
Alternative cover edition of ISBN 0883681056 can be found here Brother Lawrence was a man of hum… read more
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"We ought not to be weary of doing little things for the love of God, who regards not the greatness of the work, but the love with which it is performed."-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God
"We must know before we can love. In order to know God, we must often think of Him; and when we come to love Him, we shall then also think of Him often, for our heart will be with our treasure."-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God
" Prayer is so simple. It is like quietly opening a door and slipping into the very presence of God. There, in the stillness, to listen to His voice, perhaps in petition or only to listen. It matters …"-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God
"That with him the set times of prayer were not different from other times: that he retired to pray, according to the directions of his Superior, but that he did not want such retirement. nor ask for …"-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God
13. 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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"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
14. 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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15. God With Us: Rediscovering the Meaning of Christmas
By: Gregory Wolfe
3.44
Format: 330 pages, Hardcover
Christmas is the season most difficult to grasp and understand in all its spiritual richness. The s… read more
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16. 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
17. Wholehearted Faith
By: Rachel Held Evans
4.42
Format: 196 pages, Hardcover
A new collection of original writings by Rachel Held Evans, whose reflections on faith and life con… read more
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"Many of us have found a renewed sense of possibility when we've realized how much of God's beauty remains to be explored — and that the life of faith is also a life of holy curiosity."-Rachel Held Evans, Wholehearted Faith
"It is nearly impossible to believe: God shrinking down to the size of a zygote, implanted in the soft lining of a woman’s womb. God growing fingers and toes. God kicking and hiccupping in utero. God …"-Rachel Held Evans, Wholehearted Faith
18. These Truths: A History of the United States
By: Jill Lepore
4.40
Format: 960 pages, Paperback
Widely hailed for its “sweeping, sobering account of the American past” (New York Times Book Review… read more
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"Most of what once existed is gone... Nature takes one toll, malice another... most of what historians study survives because it was purposely kept... (it) is called the historical record, & it is mad…"-Jill Lepore, These Truths: A History of the United States
"Washington's Farewell Address consists of a series of warnings about the danger of disunion. The North and the South, the East and the West, ought not to consider their interests separate or competin…"-Jill Lepore, These Truths: A History of the United States
19. The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism
By: Tim Alberta
4.45
Format: 506 pages, Kindle Edition
Evangelical Christians are perhaps the most polarizing—and least understood—people living in Americ… read more
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20. Rotten to the Core (Lady Hardcastle Mystery #8)
By: T.E. Kinsey
4.44
Format: 333 pages, Kindle Edition
Summer 1911. A scorching heatwave engulfs the quiet town of Littleton Cotterell and brings about an… read more
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21. We Do This 'til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice
By: Mariame Kaba
4.67
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
"Organizing is both science and art. It is thinking through a vision, a strategy, and then figuring… read more
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- nonfiction
"That does not mean, however, there should be no consequences. It means real consequences. Consequences that really matter. It means transforming the conditions that exist in the first place for this …"-Mariame Kaba, We Do This 'til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice
22. Behind You Is the Sea
By: Susan Muaddi Darraj
4.14
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An exciting debut novel that gives voice to the diverse residents of a Palestinian American communi… read more
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23. The Church Cracked Open: Disruption, Decline, and New Hope for Beloved Community
By: Stephanie Spellers
4.32
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
"This book will make a profound difference for the church in this moment in history." ― The Most Re… read more
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"Jesus entered as he did, where he did, doing what he did because God needed us to finally comprehend the truth: God is not a sky king who heads an empire. God is the love that gives itself away for t…"-Stephanie Spellers, The Church Cracked Open: Disruption, Decline, and New Hope for Beloved Community
24. Godwin
By: Joseph O'Neill
3.60
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The odyssey of two brothers crossing the world in search of an African soccer prodigy who might cha… read more
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25. Light of the World: A Beginner's Guide to Advent
By: Amy-Jill Levine
4.15
Format: 144 pages, Kindle Edition
In Light of the World: A Beginner’s Guide to Advent, author, professor, and biblical scholar Amy-Ji… read more
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26. The Hebrew Bible: Feminist and Intersectional Perspectives
By: Gale A. Yee
3.50
Format: 183 pages, Paperback
This volume provides an introduction and essays on the four key sections of the Hebrew Scriptures f… read more
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27. What Are Biblical Values?: What the Bible Says on Key Ethical Issues
By: John J. Collins
4.00
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
What does the Bible actually say about many of today's most contentious moral issues? “For drawing… read more
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28. The Dream of God: A Call to Return (Seabury Classics)
By: Verna J. Dozier
4.41
Format: 114 pages, Paperback
"The Dream of God is a small masterpiece. . . . Her vision of the Bible is insightful and persuasiv… read more
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- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
"Doubt is not the opposite of faith. Fear is. Fear will not risk that even if I am wrong, I will trust that if I move today by the light that is given to me, knowing it is only finite and partial, I w…"-Verna J. Dozier, The Dream of God: A Call to Return (Seabury Classics)
29. The Christian Moral Life: Practices of Piety
By: Timothy F. Sedgwick
3.48
Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition
“A book to enjoy and savour. . . . As a gentle and reverent depiction of whole practice of Anglican… read more
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30. Pauli Murray: The Life of a Pioneering Feminist and Civil Rights Activist
By: Terry Catasús Jennings
4.21
Format: 280 pages, Hardcover
Pauli Murray was a trailblazer who spent her life fighting for civil rights and women's rights. Wri… read more
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31. Days of Awe and Wonder: How to Be a Christian in the Twenty-first Century
By: Marcus J. Borg
4.28
Format: 293 pages, Kindle Edition
Showcasing some of his most enduring and insightful writings, including many previously unpublished… read more
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