Disordered: The Holy Icon and Racial Myths
By: Jessica Wai-Fong Wong
3.90
Format: 234 pages, Hardcover
Archetypes of race loom large within the Western imagination. The Black population, in particular, …
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1. The Mind of the Maker
By: Dorothy L. Sayers
4.18
Format: 229 pages, Paperback
This classic, with a new introduction by Madeleine L'Engle, is by turns an entrancing meditation on… read more
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"To complain that man measures God by his own experience is a waste of time; man measures everything by his own experience; he has no other yardstick."-Dorothy L. Sayers, The Mind of the Maker
"The more genuinely creative [the writer] is, the more he will want his work to develop in accordance with its own nature, and to stand independent of himself"-Dorothy L. Sayers, The Mind of the Maker
"It will be sent that, although the writer's love is verily a jealous love, it is a jealousy for and not of his creatures. He will tolerate no interference either with them or between them and himself."-Dorothy L. Sayers, The Mind of the Maker
"The making of miracles to edification was as ardently admired by pious Victorians as it was sternly discouraged by Jesus of Nazareth. Not that the Victorians were unique in this respect. Modern write…"-Dorothy L. Sayers, The Mind of the Maker
2. Race: A Theological Account
By: J. Kameron Carter
4.10
Format: 504 pages, Hardcover
In A Theological Account , J. Kameron Carter meditates on the multiple legacies implicated in the … read more
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"The new vantage from which Christian theology as a discourse on Christian identity must operate in the modern world, then, is the Christological horizon of Mary-Israel. To be Christian is to enter in…"-J. Kameron Carter, Race: A Theological Account
3. Black Looks: Race and Representation
By: bell hooks
4.36
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
In these twelve essays, bell hooks digs ever deeper into the personal and political consequences of… read more
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"...consider the possibility that to love blackness is dangerous in a white supremacist culture- so threatening, so serious a breach in the fabric of the social order, that death is the punishment."-bell hooks, Black Looks: Race and Representation
"Watching Paris is Burning, I began to think that the many yuppie-looking, straight -acting, pushy, predominantly white folks in the audience were there because the film in no way interrogates “whiten…"-bell hooks, Black Looks: Race and Representation
"Often their rage erupts because they believe that all ways of looking that highlight difference subvert the liberal belief in a universal subjectivity (we are all just people) that they think will ma…"-bell hooks, Black Looks: Race and Representation
"The whiteness celebrated in Paris is Burning is not just any old brand of whiteness but rather that brutal imperial ruling-class capitalist patriarchal whiteness that presents itself -its way of life…"-bell hooks, Black Looks: Race and Representation
4. God Is Red: A Native View of Religion
By: Vine Deloria Jr. , Leslie Marmon Silko
4.16
Format: 76 pages, Paperback
First published in 1972, Vine Deloria Jr.'s God Is Redremains the seminal work on Native religious … read more
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5. The Writing Life
By: Annie Dillard
3.26
Format: 212 pages, Paperback
Annie Dillard has written eleven books, including the memoir of her parents, An American Childhood;… read more
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6. Methodology of the Oppressed
By: Chela Sandoval
3.83
Format: None pages, Paperback
In a work with far-reaching implications, Chela Sandoval does no less than revise the genealogy of … read more
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7. Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
By: Octavia E. Butler
3.82
Format: 340 pages, Paperback
In 2025, with the world descending into madness and anarchy, one woman begins a fateful journey tow… read more
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8. 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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9. Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche
By: Ethan Watters
3.73
Format: None pages, Hardcover
It is well known that American culture is a dominant force at home and abroad; our exportation of e… read more
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10. 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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11. Changing Signs of Truth: A Christian Introduction to the Semiotics of Communication
By: Crystal L. Downing
4.00
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
What signals are you sending when you share the gospel? The importance of signs for communicating t… read more
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12. Desiring the Kingdom: Worship, Worldview, and Cultural Formation
By: James K.A. Smith
2.00
Format: 161 pages, Paperback
Malls, stadiums, and universities are actually liturgical structures that influence and shape our t… read more
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13. Sacred Power, Sacred Space: An Introduction to Christian Architecture and Worship
By: None
4.02
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Jeanne Halgren Kilde's survey of church architecture is unlike any other. Her main concern is not t… read more
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14. The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race
By: Willie James Jennings
3.81
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Why has Christianity, a religion premised upon neighborly love, failed in its attempts to heal soci… read more
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15. Why This New Race: Ethnic Reasoning in Early Christianity
By: None
3.17
Format: 319 pages, Hardcover
Why This New Raceoffers a radical new way of thinking about the origins of Christian identity. Conv… read more
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16. Many Colors: Cultural Intelligence for a Changing Church
By: Soong-Chan Rah
4.50
Format: 158 pages, Paperback
The United States is currently undergoing the most rapid demographic shift in its history. By 2050,… read more
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17. Black Skin, White Masks
By: Frantz Fanon , None
2.56
Format: 201 pages, Paperback
A major influence on international civil rights, anticolonial, and black consciousness movement, Bl… read more
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18. Exclusion & Embrace: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation
By: Miroslav Volf
3.78
Format: None pages, Paperback
Life at the end of the twentieth century presents us with a disturbing reality. Otherness, the simp… read more
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19. 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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20. So You Want to Talk About Race
By: Ijeoma Oluo
4.49
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
In this breakout book, Ijeoma Oluo explores the complex reality of today's racial landscape--from w… read more
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"Conversations on racism should never be about winning."-Ijeoma Oluo, So You Want to Talk About Race
"Our humanity is worth a little discomfort, it's actually worth a lot of discomfort."-Ijeoma Oluo, So You Want to Talk About Race
"Our police forces were created not to protect Americans of color, but to control Americans of color."-Ijeoma Oluo, So You Want to Talk About Race
"When we say ‘Asian American’ we are talking about so much more than can be fit in a single stereotype."-Ijeoma Oluo, So You Want to Talk About Race
21. Rediscipling the White Church: From Cheap Diversity to True Solidarity
By: David W. Swanson
4.24
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
"Many white Christians across America are waking up to the fact that something is seriously wrong―b… read more
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22. Brown Church: Five Centuries of Latina/o Social Justice, Theology, and Identity
By: Robert Chao Romero
4.37
Format: 290 pages, Paperback
Interest in and awareness of the demand for social justice as an outworking of the Christian faith … read more
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"Even though the Bible is God's inspired word, all biblical interpretation is informed for the cultural context of the interpreter."-Robert Chao Romero, Brown Church: Five Centuries of Latina/o Social Justice, Theology, and Identity
"As we walk with Jesus, he sends us to where he has already been at work -- among the poor, the suffering, the immigrant, and all who are cast aside."-Robert Chao Romero, Brown Church: Five Centuries of Latina/o Social Justice, Theology, and Identity
"God had given the Spaniards the opportunity to share the message of Jesus with love, and instead they exploited this divine opportunity for greed and selfish gain. The end result was genocide."-Robert Chao Romero, Brown Church: Five Centuries of Latina/o Social Justice, Theology, and Identity
"It was the poor, because of their suffering and struggle, who teach the world the meaning of Christian of love. Through entering into the world of the poor, all Christians come to a deep into faith i…"-Robert Chao Romero, Brown Church: Five Centuries of Latina/o Social Justice, Theology, and Identity
23. Being God's Image: Why Creation Still Matters
By: Carmen Joy Imes
4.47
Format: 243 pages, Paperback
What does it mean to be human? This timeless question proves critical as we seek to understand our … read more
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24. Introducing Theological Method: A Survey of Contemporary Theologians and Approaches
By: Mary M. Veeneman
3.91
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Sound theological method is a necessary prerequisite for good theological work. This accessible int… read more
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25. Indigenous Theology and the Western Worldview: A Decolonized Approach to Christian Doctrine (Acadia Studies in Bible and Theology)
By: Randy Woodley
4.37
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Written in an accessible, conversational style that incorporates numerous stories and questions, th… read more
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26. Ritual: Perspectives and Dimensions
By: Catherine Bell
3.88
Format: None pages, Paperback
From handshakes and toasts to chant and genuflection, ritual pervades our social interactions and r… read more
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27. Disordered: The Holy Icon and Racial Myths
By: Jessica Wai-Fong Wong
3.90
Format: 234 pages, Hardcover
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28. Models of Evangelism
By: Priscilla Pope-Levison
4.06
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Outreach 2021 Resource of the Year (Theology and Biblical Studies) Many sincere Christians dismiss… read more
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29. The Good Shepherd: Image, Meaning, and Power
By: Jennifer Awes Freeman
4.00
Format: 205 pages, Hardcover
A statuette of Egyptian King Pepi formidably wielding a shepherd’s crook stands in stark contrast t… read more
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30. We Will Get to the Promised Land: Martin Luther King, Jr's Communal-political Spirituality
By: Hak Joon Lee
4.09
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Lee explores the entire scope of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s its roots, formation, growth, nature, c… read more
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31. Writing for Life and Ministry: A Practical Guide to the Writing Process for Teachers and Preachers
By: Brandon J. O'Brien
4.13
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Is Your Biggest Ministry Obstacle Writer’s Block? As an active member in ministry, writing is usual… read more
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