16 Best christianity books like Kissing Fish: christianity for people who don’t like christianity by Roger Wolsey

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Kissing Fish: christianity for people who don’t like christianity

By: Roger Wolsey

4.04

Format: 397 pages, Kindle Edition

Christianity receives a lot of attention in the media, but the most frequently discussed version re…

If you liked the christianity plot in Kissing Fish: christianity for people who don’t like christianity by Roger Wolsey , here is a list of 16 books like this:

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1. The First Paul: Reclaiming the Radical Visionary Behind the Church's Conservative Icon

By: John Dominic Crossan , Marcus J. Borg

4.10

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

“Borg and Crossan reveal a figure who, besides being neither anti-Semitic, anti-sex, nor misogynist… read more

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  • christian
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  • faith
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  • nonfiction
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2. A Princess of Mars / Gods of Mars / Warlord of Mars / Thuvia, Maid of Mars / Chessmen of Mars / Master Mind of Mars / Fighting Man of Mars (Barsoom #1-7)

By: Edgar Rice Burroughs , J. Allen St. John

4.04

Format: 1167 pages, Kindle Edition

When John Carter goes to sleep in a mysterious cave in the Arizona dessert, he wakes up on the plan… read more

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"The whole fabric of our religion is based on superstitious belief in lies that have been foisted upon us for ages by those directly above us, to whose personal profit and aggrandizement it was to hav…"

-Edgar Rice Burroughs, A Princess of Mars / Gods of Mars / Warlord of Mars / Thuvia, Maid of Mars / Chessmen of Mars / Master Mind of Mars / Fighting Man of Mars (Barsoom #1-7)

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3. Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why

By: Bart D. Ehrman

3.93

Format: 266 pages, Paperback

For almost 1,500 years, the New Testament manuscripts were copied by hand––and mistakes and intenti… read more

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  • christian
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  • philosophy
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4. Glad One: Crazy is a Relative Term (Val Fremden Mysteries, #1)

By: Margaret Lashley

4.14

Format: 285 pages, Kindle Edition

Solving the Mysteries of Midlife and Other Weird Stuff.... One crazy old lady. Two gin and tonic… read more

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5. Reliquary (Pendergast, #2)

By: Douglas Preston , Lincoln Child

4.03

Format: 464 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Hidden deep beneath Manhattan lies a warren of tunnels, sewers, and galleries, mostly forgotten by … read more

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6. The Winter of Our Discontent

By: John Steinbeck , Susan Shillinglaw

4.01

Format: 291 pages, Paperback

Ethan Allen Hawley, the protagonist of Steinbeck’s last novel, works as a clerk in a grocery store … read more

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"Can you honestly love a dishonest thing?"

-John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent

"If you want to keep a friend, never test him."

-John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent

"Money does not change the sickness, only the symptoms."

-John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent

"A little hope, even hopeless hope, never hurt anybody."

-John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent

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7. Disarming Scripture: Cherry-Picking Liberals, Violence-Loving Conservatives, and Why We All Need to Learn to Read the Bible Like Jesus Did

By: Derek Flood

4.16

Format: 294 pages, ebook

How can Christians deal with the violence found in the Bible? For many this presents a crisis of fa… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
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  • nonfiction
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8. A Man Lay Dead (Roderick Alleyn, #1)

By: Ngaio Marsh

3.80

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

At Sir Hubert Handesley's country house party, five guests have gathered for the uproarious parlor … read more

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9. A Year of Biblical Womanhood

By: Rachel Held Evans

4.05

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Strong-willed and independent, Rachel Held Evans couldn't sew a button on a blouse before she embar… read more

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10. The Bible Tells Me So: Why Defending Scripture Has Made Us Unable to Read It

By: Joe Barrett , Peter Enns

3.63

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

The controversial Bible scholar and author of The Evolution of Adamrecounts his transformative spir… read more

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11. Jesus Wants to Save Christians: A Manifesto for the Church in Exile

By: Rob Bell , Don Golden

4.83

Format: 28 pages,

There is a church not too far from us that recently added a $25 million addition to their building.… read more

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  • christian
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12. All You Can Ever Know

By: Nicole Chung

3.77

Format: 300 pages,

All You Can Ever Know (Catapult, Fall 2018) spans Nicole Chung's transracial adoption, her upbringi… read more

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  • nonfiction
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13. Evolving in Monkey Town: How a Girl Who Knew All the Answers Learned to Ask the Questions

By: Rachel Held Evans

3.98

Format: None pages,

Eighty years after the Scopes Monkey Trial made a spectacle of Christian fundamentalism and brought… read more

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14. On Bullshit

By: Harry G. Frankfurt

3.77

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A #1 "NEW YORK TIMES" BESTSELLER One of the most salient features of our culture is that there is s… read more

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15. The Sin of Certainty: Why God Desires Our Trust More Than Our "Correct" Beliefs

By: Peter Enns

3.91

Format: 241 pages, Hardcover

The controversial evangelical Bible scholar and author of The Bible Tells Me Soexplains how Christi… read more

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16. How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee

By: Bart D. Ehrman

3.87

Format: None pages,

New York Times bestselling author and Bible expert Bart Ehrman reveals how Jesus's divinity became … read more

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17. What's So Amazing About Grace?

By: Philip Yancey

3.21

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

In 1987, an IRA bomb buried Gordon Wilson and his twenty-year-old daughter beneath five feet of rub… read more

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18. 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

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19. 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

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20. Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation

By: Kristin Kobes Du Mez

4.30

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

A scholar of American Christianity presents a seventy-five-year history of evangelicalism that iden… read more

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21. The Funny Thing About Norman Foreman

By: Julietta Henderson

4.19

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A triumphant and touching debut about the unlikeliest superstar you’ll ever meet.Twelve-year-old No… read more

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22. The Little Black Dress (Love in Las Vegas, #1)

By: Piper James

3.86

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

Never underestimate the power of a little black dress. Especially one as lucky as mine. Every ti… read more

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23. Neanderthal Seeks Human (Knitting in the City, #1)

By: Penny Reid

3.89

Format: 372 pages, Kindle Edition

There are three things you need to know about Janie Morris: 1) She is incapable of engaging in a … read more

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"Who called it? I called it! That’s right, uh huh!"

-Penny Reid, Neanderthal Seeks Human (Knitting in the City, #1)

"I was determined to stay off the see-saw of crazy"

-Penny Reid, Neanderthal Seeks Human (Knitting in the City, #1)

"I didn’t like trusting, I didn’t like setting greater than mild expectations"

-Penny Reid, Neanderthal Seeks Human (Knitting in the City, #1)

"waiting for the other shoe to drop. Did you know it originated in cities like Chicago and New York?"

-Penny Reid, Neanderthal Seeks Human (Knitting in the City, #1)

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24. The Stellar Debut of Galactica MacFee (44 Scotland Street, #17)

By: Alexander McCall Smith

4.26

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

The latest installment in the warm and welcoming 44 Scotland Street series finds all our favorite r… read more

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25. God Is a Black Woman

By: Christena Cleveland

4.32

Format: 256 pages, ebook

In this timely, much-needed book, theologian, social psychologist, and activist Christena Cleveland… read more

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26. Life After Doom: Wisdom and Courage for a World Falling Apart

By: Brian D. McLaren

4.17

Format: 290 pages, Hardcover

A highly readable, deeply insightful exploration of how to live with wisdom, resilience and love in… read more

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  • christian
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27. Fair Game (DCI Harry Grimm, #11)

By: David J. Gatward

4.60

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

Trouble in the Dales. A brutal gang of poachers. When one of the unsavories is killed, can a DCI st… read more

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28. Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free

By: Linda Kay Klein

4.17

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

From a woman who has been there and back, the first inside look at the devastating effects evangeli… read more

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"The purity message nestles neatly into the larger “us"

-Linda Kay Klein, Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free

"Surviving gives you a very unique set of skills. It costs a lot. But it also makes you powerful."

-Linda Kay Klein, Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free

"This illustration is picture-perfect purity culture. In short, women's sexuality must be just right, so that men can spiritually thrive."

-Linda Kay Klein, Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free

"[T]he church had embedded the notion that sex was shameful so deeply into her brain that she couldn't shake it now that she was married and it was suddenly supposed to be okay."

-Linda Kay Klein, Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free

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29. Kissing Fish: christianity for people who don’t like christianity

By: Roger Wolsey

4.04

Format: 397 pages, Kindle Edition

Christianity receives a lot of attention in the media, but the most frequently discussed version re… read more

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30. Unafraid: Moving Beyond Fear-Based Faith

By: Benjamin L. Corey

4.22

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The creator of the popular Formerly Fundie blog on Patheos explains how the "American Christianity"… read more

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"When we see God through a fear-based lens, we end up with an inaccurate view of ourselves."

-Benjamin L. Corey, Unafraid: Moving Beyond Fear-Based Faith

"Through a lens of navigation, then, we can see that "keeping" isn't about having a perfect, linear or flawless journey; keeping is about having a focus point that you want to keep moving toward ."

-Benjamin L. Corey, Unafraid: Moving Beyond Fear-Based Faith

"The things that Jesus thought, and the things that Jesus did, were not a clean fit for those whose entire focus had been right thinking or right doing; Jesus was, and still it, altogether different a…"

-Benjamin L. Corey, Unafraid: Moving Beyond Fear-Based Faith

"Unlike the bounded-set approach where we're constantly trying to measure ourselves up to see whether we're in or out, the centered-set paradigm invites us to ask far more simple and profound question…"

-Benjamin L. Corey, Unafraid: Moving Beyond Fear-Based Faith

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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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4.10

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Bart D. Ehrman

3.93

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Disarming Scripture: Cherry-Picking Liberals, Violence-Loving Conservatives, and Why We All Need to Learn to Read the Bible Like Jesus Did

Derek Flood

4.16

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Rachel Held Evans

4.05

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