11 Top religion books like Why I Am a Lutheran: Jesus at the Center by Daniel Preus

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Why I Am a Lutheran: Jesus at the Center

By: Daniel Preus

4.20

Format: 223 pages, Hardcover

A blend of understandable explanations and real-life stories. "Why I Am a Lutheran explores the fou…

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1. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West

By: Dee Brown

4.25

Format: 509 pages, Paperback

Now a special 30th-anniversary edition in both hardcover and paperback, the classic bestselling his… read more

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"It is too often the case,"

-Dee Brown, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West

"We rarely know the full power of words, in print or spoken."

-Dee Brown, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West

"One does not sell the earth upon which the people walk.' - Tashunka Witko (Crazy Horse)"

-Dee Brown, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West

"To the Indians it seemed that these Europeans hated everything in nature - the living forests and their birds and beasts, the grassy grades, the water, the soil, the air itself."

-Dee Brown, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West

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2. I Am Not Afraid

By: Robert H. Bennett

4.38

Format: 215 pages, Paperback

While Africa and Madagascar seem like strange and faraway places, the world in which we now live ha… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
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3. Rock and Sand: An Orthodox Appraisal of the Protestant Reformers and Their Teachings

By: Josiah Trenham , Michael Monos , Nitsa McClatchey

4.20

Format: None pages, Paperback

This book has been written for three purposes. First, to provide the Orthodox reader with a compete… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • religion
  • nonfiction
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4. That Hideous Strength (Space Trilogy, #3)

By: C.S. Lewis

3.81

Format: 4 pages, Paperback

Written during the dark hours immediately before and during the Second World War, C. S. Lewis's Spa… read more

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  • christian
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5. Has American Christianity Failed?

By: Bryan Wolfmueller

2.43

Format: None pages, Hardcover

American Christianity teaches the centrality of the individual--my will, my experiences, my decisio… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction
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6. Hammer of God

By: Bo Giertz , None , None , None

5.00

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

In this bestselling novel, three pastors learn the necessity of relying on God's grace. They fall s… read more

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  • christianity
  • christian
  • religion
  • theology
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7. Broken: Seven Christian Rules That Every Christian Ought to Break as Often as Possible

By: Jonathan Fisk

3.64

Format: None pages, Paperback

This book examines seven of the most common spiritual traditions and how they use speculation, myst… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction
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8. 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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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction
"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

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9. The Magician’s Nephew (Chronicles of Narnia, #6)

By: C.S. Lewis

4.05

Format: 221 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The secret passage to the house next door leads to a fascinating adventure NARNIA...where the wo… read more

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  • christian
"this is a book about something"

-C.S. Lewis, The Magician’s Nephew (Chronicles of Narnia, #6)

"It was a rich place: as rich as plumcake."

-C.S. Lewis, The Magician’s Nephew (Chronicles of Narnia, #6)

"No great wisdom can be reached without sacrifice."

-C.S. Lewis, The Magician’s Nephew (Chronicles of Narnia, #6)

"Pooh! Grown-ups are always thinking of uninteresting explanations."

-C.S. Lewis, The Magician’s Nephew (Chronicles of Narnia, #6)

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10. Gilead (Gilead, #1)

By: Marilynne Robinson

3.85

Format: 247 pages, Paperback

Nearly 25 years after Housekeeping, Marilynne Robinson returns with an intimate tale of three gener… read more

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"How I wish you could have known me in my strength."

-Marilynne Robinson, Gilead (Gilead, #1)

"Memory can make a thing seem to have been much more than it was."

-Marilynne Robinson, Gilead (Gilead, #1)

"When something ought to be true then it proves to be a very powerful truth."

-Marilynne Robinson, Gilead (Gilead, #1)

"That is to say, I pray for you. And there's an intimacy in it. That's the truth."

-Marilynne Robinson, Gilead (Gilead, #1)

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11. All Creatures Great and Small (All Creatures Great and Small, #1-2)

By: James Herriot

3.59

Format: 251 pages,

The classic multimillion copy bestseller Delve into the magical, unforgettable world of James Herri… read more

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  • nonfiction

12. The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well

By: Meik Wiking

3.41

Format: None pages,

Denmark is often said to be the happiest country in the world. That's down to one thing: hygge. 'Hy… read more

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13. Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back

By: Todd Burpo , Lynn Vincent

4.03

Format: 162 pages, Paperback

“A beautifully written glimpse into heaven that will encourage those who doubt and thrill those who… read more

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  • christian
  • christianity
  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction
"Jesus has markers."

-Todd Burpo, Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back

"I’d once heard a spiritual “riddle"

-Todd Burpo, Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back

"Where are there lots of colors, Colton?" "In Heaven, Dad. That's where all the rainbow colors are!"

-Todd Burpo, Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back

"I smoothed Colton’s blanket across his chest and tucked him in snug the way he liked—and for the first time since he started talking about heaven, I intentionally tried to trip him up. “I remember yo…"

-Todd Burpo, Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back

14. Nicholas Nickleby

By: Charles Dickens , Mark Ford

4.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

'I shall never regret doing as I have--never, if I starve or beg in consequence' When Nicholas Nick… read more

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15. Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus: A Devout Muslim Encounters Christianity

By: Nabeel Qureshi

4.31

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

An Unexpected Journey from Islam to Christianity In Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus, Nabeel Qureshi de… read more

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16. Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1)

By: C.S. Lewis

3.93

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

In the first novel of C.S. Lewis's classic science fiction trilogy, Dr Ransom, a Cambridge academic… read more

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  • christian
  • religion
"The love of knowledge is a kind of madness."

-C.S. Lewis, Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1)

"A pleasure is full grown only when it is remembered."

-C.S. Lewis, Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1)

"There I drank life because death was in the pool. That was the best of drinks save one."

-C.S. Lewis, Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1)

"And I say also this. I do not think the forest would be so bright, nor the water so warm, nor love so sweet, if there were no danger in the lakes."

-C.S. Lewis, Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1)

17. Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy

By: Eric Metaxas

4.16

Format: 293 pages, Hardcover

As Adolf Hitler and the Nazis seduced a nation, bullied a continent, and attempted to exterminate t… read more

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18. The Pursuit of God

By: A.W. Tozer

3.80

Format: 275 pages, Paperback

During a train trip from Chicago to Texas in the late 1940s, A.W. Tozer began to write The Pursuit … read more

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19. Emma

By: Jane Austen , Fiona Stafford

4.58

Format: None pages, Paperback

'I never have been in love; it is not my way, or my nature; and I do not think I ever shall.' Beaut… read more

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20. The Horse and His Boy (Chronicles of Narnia, #5)

By: C.S. Lewis

3.91

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

The Horse and his Boy is a stirring and dramatic fantasy story that finds a young boy named Shasta … read more

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  • christian
"Do not dare not to dare."

-C.S. Lewis, The Horse and His Boy (Chronicles of Narnia, #5)

"No one can teach riding so well as a horse"

-C.S. Lewis, The Horse and His Boy (Chronicles of Narnia, #5)

"Even a walk will get us somewhere sometime."

-C.S. Lewis, The Horse and His Boy (Chronicles of Narnia, #5)

"Onward and Upward! To Narnia and the North!"

-C.S. Lewis, The Horse and His Boy (Chronicles of Narnia, #5)

21. The Innocence of Father Brown (Father Brown, #1)

By: G.K. Chesterton

0.00

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Chesterton portrays Father Brown as a short, stumpy Roman Catholic priest, with shapeless clothes a… read more

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22. The Spirituality of the Cross

By: Gene Edward Veith Jr.

3.69

Format: 47 pages, Paperback

The author uses his own spiritual experience as a backdrop to examine what led him to a relationshi… read more

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23. On Being a Theologian of the Cross: Reflections on Luther's Heidelberg Disputation, 1518

By: Martin Luther , None

3.16

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

While there is increasing interest in the "theology of the cross," few people have specific knowled… read more

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24. Paul: A Biography

By: N.T. Wright

4.34

Format: 480 pages, ebook

In this definitive biography, renowned Bible scholar, Anglican bishop, and bestselling author N. T.… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction
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25. My First Exorcism: What the Devil Taught a Lutheran Pastor about Counter-cultural Spirituality

By: Harold Ristau

3.79

Format: 182 pages, Kindle Edition

What the scientific community dismisses as a mental disorder, Christians have often labeled "demon … read more

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26. Concordia: The Lutheran Confessions-A Readers Edition of the Book of Concord - 2nd edition: A Reader's Edition of the Book of Concord

By: Concordia Publishing House

4.76

Format: 794 pages, Kindle Edition

Nothing is more important than clearly confessing and bearing witness to the truths of God's Word, … read more

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  • religion
  • theology
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27. Martin Luther's Commentary on St. Paul's Epistle to the Galatians (1535): Lecture Notes Transcribed by Students and Presented in Today's English

By: Martin Luther

4.73

Format: 594 pages, Paperback

Martin Luther's most comprehensive work on justification by faith, his commentary on St. Paul's Epi… read more

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28. Without Flesh: Why the Church Is Dying Even Though Jesus Is Still Alive

By: Jonathan Fisk

4.50

Format: 158 pages, Kindle Edition

Church congregations all across the United States are searching for the magic bullet, the secret to… read more

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  • christianity
  • christian
  • theology
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29. Why I Am a Lutheran: Jesus at the Center

By: Daniel Preus

4.20

Format: 223 pages, Hardcover

A blend of understandable explanations and real-life stories. "Why I Am a Lutheran explores the fou… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction
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30. Liturgical Worship: A Lutheran Introduction

By: Jordan Cooper

4.65

Format: 136 pages, Kindle Edition

Liturgical worship is often viewed as nothing more than an outdated tradition, or a series of meani… read more

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  • christianity
  • theology
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31. Confessing Jesus: The Heart of Being a Lutheran

By: Molly Lackey

4.71

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Who are you? No really… Maybe you identify by your name, hometown, marital status, vocation, occupa… read more

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  • religion
  • theology

9 must-read nonfiction books like Why I Am a Lutheran: Jesus at the Center by Daniel Preus

Transform Your Habits

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West

Dee Brown

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Rock and Sand: An Orthodox Appraisal of the Protestant Reformers and Their Teachings

Josiah Trenham , Michael Monos , Nitsa McClatchey

4.20

Transform Your Habits

Has American Christianity Failed?

Bryan Wolfmueller

2.43

Transform Your Habits

Broken: Seven Christian Rules That Every Christian Ought to Break as Often as Possible

Jonathan Fisk

3.64

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The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare

Jonathan Lethem , G.K. Chesterton

2.67

Transform Your Habits

Phantastes

George MacDonald

3.48

Transform Your Habits

On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness (The Wingfeather Saga, #1)

Andrew Peterson

4.33

The Warden and the Wolf King (The Wingfeather Saga #4)

None , Andrew Peterson

3.90

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