Mercy: The Essence of the Gospel and the Key to Christian Life
By: Walter Kasper
4.10
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Pain and suffering have been universal human experiences since our beginning. All religions ask, in…
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1. Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives
By: Pope Benedict XVI
4.51
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
The momentous third and final volume in the Pope’s international bestselling Jesus of Nazareth seri… read more
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"En el humilde pesebre de la gruta de Belén está ya este esplendor cósmico: aquí ha venido entre nosotros el verdadero primogénito del universo."-Pope Benedict XVI, Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives
"El evangelista (Lc 2,13-14) dice que los ángeles «hablan». Pero para los cristianos estuvo claro desde el principio que el hablar de los ángeles es un cantar, en el que se hace presente de modo palpa…"-Pope Benedict XVI, Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives
"Just as the genealogies break off at the end, because Jesus was not begotten by St. Joseph, but was truly born of the Holy Spirit from the Virgin Mary, so it now can be said of us that our true "gene…"-Pope Benedict XVI, Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives
"Gracia y libertad se compenetran recíprocamente, y no podemos expresar la acción de una sobre la otra mediante fórmulas claras. Es verdad que no podríamos amar si antes no hubiésemos sido amados por …"-Pope Benedict XVI, Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives
2. Jesus, Humanity and the Trinity
By: Kathryn Tanner
3.92
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
With simplicity and elegance, Tanner sketches a historically informed vision of the faith. Chapter … read more
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3. Enfleshing Freedom: Body, Race, and Being
By: M. Shawn Copeland
4.17
Format: None pages, Paperback
Being human is neither abstract nor hypothetical. It is concrete, visceral, and embodied in the eve… read more
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4. Strengths Based Leadership: Great Leaders, Teams, and Why People Follow: A Landmark Study of Great Leaders, Teams, and the Reasons Why We Follow
By: Tom Rath , Barry Conchie
4.10
Format: 0 pages, Hardcover
In recent years, while continuing to learn more about strengths, Gallup scientists have also been e… read more
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5. Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist: Unlocking the Secrets of the Last Supper
By: Scott Hahn , Brant Pitre
4.60
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A revelatory exploration of the Jewish roots of the Last Supper that seeks to understand exactly wh… read more
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"The whole context of Jesus' bread of life discourse is centered on the Jewish hopes for the coming of a new Moses and the return of the manna from heaven."-Scott Hahn, Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist: Unlocking the Secrets of the Last Supper
"People were not to consume blood because "the life" or "the soul" (Hebrew nephesh) of the animal is in the blood. As Leviticus states, "It is the blood that makes atonement, by the power of its life.…"-Scott Hahn, Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist: Unlocking the Secrets of the Last Supper
"Some ancient rabbis believed that the manna was protological--that it had existedsince the very dawn of creation. As such, the manna was the perfect food, untouched by the sin of humanity's first par…"-Scott Hahn, Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist: Unlocking the Secrets of the Last Supper
"For, as any ancient Jew would have known, the Passover sacrifice was not completed by the death of the lamb, but by eating its flesh. Five times the Bible states that they must "eat" the lamb; five t…"-Scott Hahn, Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist: Unlocking the Secrets of the Last Supper
6. Central Things: Worship in Word and Sacrament Central Things: Worship in Word and Sacrament
By: Gordon W. Lathrop
3.50
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
A revised and expanded edition of the 1994 classic. In the 10 years since this book was first publi… read more
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7. The Three-Day Feast: Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter
By: None
3.78
Format: None pages, Paperback
Recent decades have witnessed the revival of the ancient liturgies of the Three Days--Maundy Thursd… read more
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8. The Prophets
By: Susannah Heschel , Abraham Joshua Heschel
4.09
Format: None pages, Paperback
Abraham Heschel is a seminal name in religious studies and the author of Man Is Not Aloneand God in… read more
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9. All the Sinners Bleed
By: S.A. Cosby
4.24
Format: 341 pages, Hardcover
A Black sheriff. A serial killer. A small town ready to combust. Titus Crown is the first Black … read more
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"In the former capital of the confederacy, equalities surest foothold was found on the autopsy table."-S.A. Cosby, All the Sinners Bleed
"It occurred to him that no place was more confused about it's past or more terrified of the future than the South."-S.A. Cosby, All the Sinners Bleed
10. The Last White Man
By: Mohsin Hamid
3.44
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times -bestselling author of Exit West , a story of love, loss, and rediscovery i… read more
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"…the way people act around you, it changes what you are, who you are."-Mohsin Hamid, The Last White Man
"If he stayed, it would not be for them--need not be for them--but for himself. And yet each day he did stay. Bored and tense, true, but he stayed. And he discovered thereby how badly he wanted to sta…"-Mohsin Hamid, The Last White Man
"Online you could form your own opinion of what was going on and your opinion was, likely as not, different from the next person's, and there was no real way to determine which of you was right, and t…"-Mohsin Hamid, The Last White Man
"Anders knew he would soon lose his father, and that impending loss seemed more concrete now, more real, not like air but like a door or a wall, something you could bang against, bang into, and of cou…"-Mohsin Hamid, The Last White Man
11. Chain-Gang All-Stars
By: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
4.14
Format: 367 pages, Hardcover
Two top women gladiators fight for their freedom within a depraved private prison system not so far… read more
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"They were all humans, and yet they had completely different ideas about what humanity meant."-Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Chain-Gang All-Stars
"My brother-in-law is an alien. I have a bunch of alien friends. I can't be racist," Randy Mac continued."-Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Chain-Gang All-Stars
"An absurd thing for the murderous state to plead for, but, as always, the massive violence of the state was “justice,"-Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Chain-Gang All-Stars
"...despite how hard it was, she wasn't afraid with love. She knew how to wield it, how to grow it, and how to receive it."-Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Chain-Gang All-Stars
12. The Rabbit Hutch
By: Tess Gunty
3.52
Format: 399 pages, Hardcover
Blandine isn't like the other residents of her building. An online obituary writer. A young moth… read more
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"On the opposite end of the sidewalk, a large woman in her sixties collapsed. Immediately, two people rushed to the woman's side, gingerly tending to her, touching her shoulders and face, speaking to …"-Tess Gunty, The Rabbit Hutch
"· Las calles por las que caminas, el alimento que comes, el trabajo que haces, el medio de transporte que eliges, los productos de belleza que compras, los programas que ves, los enlaces en los que p…"-Tess Gunty, The Rabbit Hutch
"Acaba de ponerse a llover. Estamos encantados de que se quede un rato más, si quiere. Milagroso. Joan recuerda que existen los perros, las tiendas de manualidades, los analgésicos, las bibliotecas pú…"-Tess Gunty, The Rabbit Hutch
"—Estoy harta —dice Blandine— de la violencia contra las mujeres disfrazada de validación. —Lo siento —murmura James de manera automática, pero tiene el gesto de la mascota reprendida que no sabe qué …"-Tess Gunty, The Rabbit Hutch
13. Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
By: Mary Oliver
4.58
Format: 456 pages, Hardcover
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver presents a personal selection of her best work in this defi… read more
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"All I know is that "thank you" should appear somewhere. So just in case I can't find the perfect place- "Thank you, thank you."-Mary Oliver, Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
"To live in this world you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your nones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it …"-Mary Oliver, Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
"I know someone who kisses the way a flower opens, but more rapidly. Flowers are sweet. They have short, beatific lives. They offer much pleasure. There is nothing in this world that can be said again…"-Mary Oliver, Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
"A blue preacher flew toward the swamp, in slow motion. On the leafy banks, an old Chinese poet, hunched in the white gown of his wings, was waiting. The water was the kind of dark silk that has silve…"-Mary Oliver, Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
14. The Power of Ritual: How to Create Meaning and Connection in Everything You Do
By: Casper ter Kuile
3.88
Format: 224 pages, ebook
Ter Kuile, cohost of the podcast Harry Potter and the Sacred Text, demonstrates in his thoughtful d… read more
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"That's what this book is all about--taking things we do every day and layering meaning and ritual onto them, even experiences as ordinary as reading or eating--by thinking of them as spiritual practi…"-Casper ter Kuile, The Power of Ritual: How to Create Meaning and Connection in Everything You Do
"I am convinced we are in the midst of a paradigm shift. That what used to hold us in community no longer works. That the spiritual offerings of yesteryear no longer help us thrive. And that, just lik…"-Casper ter Kuile, The Power of Ritual: How to Create Meaning and Connection in Everything You Do
15. Fratelli Tutti
By: Pope Francis
4.37
Format: 276 pages, Kindle Edition
Fratellli tutti, la nuova enciclica di Papa Francesco, è dedicata alla fraternità e all’amicizia so… read more
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16. Come Sunday: The Liturgy of Zion
By: William B. McClain
3.81
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Companion to Songs of Zion; discusses liturgical time, spirituals, gospel songs; includes Scripture… read more
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17. Mercy: The Essence of the Gospel and the Key to Christian Life
By: Walter Kasper
4.10
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Pain and suffering have been universal human experiences since our beginning. All religions ask, in… read more
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18. Word, Water, Wine, and Bread: How Worship Has Changed over the Years
By: William H. Willimon
3.67
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
This interpretation of worship history is an excellent resource for developing a worship service th… read more
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19. Amplifying Our Witness: Giving Voice to Adolescents with Developmental Disabilities
By: Benjamin T. Conner
4.24
Format: 114 pages, Paperback
Nearly twenty percent of adolescents have developmental disabilities, yet far too often they are ma… read more
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20. The Augsburg Confession
By: Leif Grane
3.97
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
A concise commentary, highly useful as an accompaniment to the reading of the Augsburg Confession i… read more
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21. Whole and Reconciled: Gospel, Church, and Mission in a Fractured World
By: Al Tizon
4.47
Format: 254 pages, Paperback
Outreach 2019 Resource of the Year (Cross-Cultural/Missional) The ministry of reconciliation is th… read more
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