Practical Theology and Qualitative Research
By: John Swinton
3.99
Format: 278 pages, Paperback
Practical Theology used to be a subject where students were left to fend for themselves, using what…
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1. Tokens of Trust
By: Rowan Williams , Master of Magdalene College University of Cambridge Former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams
4.08
Format: 159 pages, Hardcover
What does it mean to believe in God? Can God possibly be almighty in the midst of so much evil and … read more
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"[Knowing God]... call it love, yes, only that can sound too emotional, or call it faith, and that can sound too cerebral. And what is it? Both, and neither... [its] the decision to be faithful, the p…"-Rowan Williams, Tokens of Trust
2. The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness
By: Sy Montgomery
4.33
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In this astonishing book from the author of the bestselling memoir The Good Good Pig, Sy Montgomery… read more
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3. Emotionally Healthy Spirituality: Unleash a Revolution in Your Life In Christ
By: Peter Scazzero
3.65
Format: 135 pages, Hardcover
What Are You Missing? Peter Scazzero learned the hard way: you can't be spiritually mature while re… read more
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4. Practical Theology: An Introduction
By: None , Richard R. Osmer
3.00
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
Every church congregation encounters challenging situations, some the same the world over, and othe… read more
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5. Revelations of Divine Love
By: Julian of Norwich , A.C. Spearing , Elizabeth Spearing
4.20
Format: 228 pages, Paperback
One of the first woman authors, Julian of Norwich produced in Revelations of Divine Lovea remarkabl… read more
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6. Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community
By: Dietrich Bonhoeffer
4.27
Format: 122 pages, Paperback
After his martyrdom at the hands of the Gestapo in 1945, Dietrich Bonhoeffer continued his witness … read more
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"God is not a God of the emotions but the God of truth."-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community
"We pray for the big things and forget to give thanks for the ordinary, small (and yet really not small) gifts."-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community
"It is only when he is a burden that another person is really a brother and not merely an object to be manipulated"-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community
"The Church does not need brilliant personalities but faithful servants of Jesus and the brethren. Not in the former but in the latter is the lack."-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community
7. Pursuing God's Will Together: A Discernment Practice for Leadership Groups
By: Ruth Haley Barton
4.71
Format: 595 pages, Hardcover
2013 Logos Book of the Year in Spirituality/Devotional Meetings can sap our energy, rupture communi… read more
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8. Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership: Seeking God in the Crucible of Ministry
By: Ruth Haley Barton , Leighton Ford
3.71
Format: 234 pages, Hardcover
"I'm tired of helping others enjoy God.""I just want to enjoy God for myself." With this painful ad… read more
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9. Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved
By: Kate Bowler
3.80
Format: 178 pages, Hardcover
A divinity professor and young mother with a Stage IV cancer diagnosis explores the pain and joy of… read more
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"I was immediately worn out by the tyranny of prescriptive joy."-Kate Bowler, Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved
"I failed to love what was present and decided to love what was possible instead."-Kate Bowler, Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved
"They would find something simple and that would be the end of it. I'd just have to schedule my life around a surgery, nothing major."-Kate Bowler, Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved
"A lot of Christians like to remind me that heaven is my true home, which makes me want to ask them if they would like to go home first."-Kate Bowler, Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved
10. Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility
By: James P. Carse
3.51
Format: None pages,
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11. 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
12. An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith
By: Barbara Brown Taylor
3.47
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In her critically acclaimed Leaving Church("a beautiful, absorbing memoir."--Dallas Morning News), … read more
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13. 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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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. Embodied: Transgender Identities, the Church, and What the Bible Has to Say
By: Preston M. Sprinkle
4.32
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Compassionate, biblical, and thought-provoking, Embodied is an accessible guide for Christians who … read more
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16. From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi (From a Certain Point of View, #3)
By: Elizabeth Schaefer
3.93
Format: 573 pages, Hardcover
Celebrate the lasting impact of Return of the Jedi with this exciting reimagining of the timeless S… read more
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17. Hunt, Gather, Parent: What Ancient Cultures Can Teach Us About the Lost Art of Raising Happy, Helpful Little Humans
By: Michaeleen Doucleff
4.15
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
When Dr. Michaeleen Doucleff becomes a mother, she examines the studies behind modern parenting gui… read more
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18. This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us
By: Cole Arthur Riley
4.63
Format: 203 pages, Hardcover
In her stunning debut, the creator of Black Liturgies weaves stories from three generations of her … read more
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"Anxiety is not a passive predator."-Cole Arthur Riley, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us
"Rest is an act of defiance, and it cannot be predicated on apology."-Cole Arthur Riley, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us
"Those who believe love is a scarcity are less likely to give it away freely."-Cole Arthur Riley, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us
"In community, we can push back on the expectation that we exhaust ourselves."-Cole Arthur Riley, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us
19. Tell Her Story: How Women Led, Taught, and Ministered in the Early Church
By: Nijay K. Gupta
4.35
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Women were there. For centuries, discussions of early Christianity have focused on male leaders in … read more
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20. Attached to God: A Practical Guide to Deeper Spiritual Experience
By: Krispin Mayfield
4.43
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Why does God feel so far away? The reason--and the solution--is in your attachment style . We all e… read more
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21. Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present
By: Fareed Zakaria
4.23
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The CNN host and best-selling author explores the revolutions—past and present—that define the pola… read more
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22. Shadow of the Sith (Star Wars)
By: Adam Christopher
3.93
Format: 465 pages, Hardcover
Luke Skywalker and Lando Calrissian return in this essential novel set between Return of the Jedi a… read more
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" Let the Force guide you. Let it flow through you as it flows through me. Use that power, and your instincts, for they are one and the same. "-Adam Christopher, Shadow of the Sith (Star Wars)
"The Force... was a living thing, in the crudest terms an energy field that bound the universe together. The Force was not a power, not something to be wielded, or used, or manipulated. Rather, it was…"-Adam Christopher, Shadow of the Sith (Star Wars)
"Vader had been a fire, a twisting sun-dragon that curled in the core of a star about to go nova. The Emperor, Palpatine, had been the exact opposite – he was ice, the terrifying cold of the bottom of…"-Adam Christopher, Shadow of the Sith (Star Wars)
23. My Body Is Not a Prayer Request: Disability Justice in the Church
By: Amy Kenny
4.20
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Much of the church has forgotten that we worship a disabled God whose wounds survived resurrection,… read more
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24. Brilliant Imperfection: Grappling with Cure
By: Eli Clare
4.49
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
In Brilliant Imperfection Eli Clare uses memoir, history, and critical analysis to explore cure—the… read more
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"But in today’s world, being seen as intellectually, cognitively, or developmentally disabled is dangerous because intelligence and verbal communication are entrenched markers of personhood."-Eli Clare, Brilliant Imperfection: Grappling with Cure
"Simply put, the DSM is a highly constructed projection placed on top of particular body-mind experiences in order to label, organize, and make meanings of them from within a specific worldview."-Eli Clare, Brilliant Imperfection: Grappling with Cure
"Simply put, diagnosis wields immense power. It can provide us access to vital medical technology or shame us, reveal a path toward less pain or get us locked up. It opens doors and slams them shut."-Eli Clare, Brilliant Imperfection: Grappling with Cure
"Our body-minds tumble, shift, ease their way through space and time, never static. Gender transition in its many forms is simply another kind of motion. I lived in a body-mind assigned female at birt…"-Eli Clare, Brilliant Imperfection: Grappling with Cure
25. Transforming Mission: Paradigm Shifts in Theology of Mission (American Society of Missiology Series)
By: David J. Bosch
4.23
Format: 587 pages, Paperback
"The most comprehensive and thorough study of the Christian mission done in this generation, if not… read more
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26. Good and Beautiful and Kind: Becoming Whole in a Fractured World
By: Rich Villodas
4.41
Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition
ECPA BESTSELLER • An invitation to love like Jesus and step beyond distraction and division into th… read more
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27. Ethnography As A Pastoral Practice: An Introduction
By: Mary Clark Moschella
3.83
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Ethnography is a way to tap the deep udnercurrents in a community through a process of gathering, a… read more
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28. Church Planting in Post-Christian Soil: Theology and Practice
By: Christopher James
4.05
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
National headlines regularly herald the decline of Christianity in the United States, citing histor… read more
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29. Practical Theology and Qualitative Research
By: John Swinton
3.99
Format: 278 pages, Paperback
Practical Theology used to be a subject where students were left to fend for themselves, using what… read more
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30. Trauma-Informed Evangelism: Cultivating Communities of Wounded Healers
By: Charles Kiser
4.55
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
“We are at the forefront of a new reformation.” So declares Elaine Heath in Trauma-Informed Eva… read more
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