Creation and the Cross: The Mercy of God for a Planet in Peril
By: Elizabeth A. Johnson
4.38
Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition
In this fresh creative approach to theology, Elizabeth Johnson asks how we can understand cosmic re…
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1. Laudato Si': On the Care of Our Common Home
By: Pope Francis
4.24
Format: 200 pages,
On Care for Our Common Home (Laudato Si') is the new appeal from Pope Francis addressed to "every p… read more
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- nonfiction
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"What need does the earth have of us?"-Pope Francis, Laudato Si': On the Care of Our Common Home
"A child deserves to be born of that love, and not by any other means, for “he or she is not something owed to one, but is a gift"-Pope Francis, Laudato Si': On the Care of Our Common Home
"It is in the very nature of conjugal love to be definitive. The lasting union expressed by the marriage vows is more than a formality or a traditional formula; it is rooted in the natural inclination…"-Pope Francis, Laudato Si': On the Care of Our Common Home
"They believe, along the lines of social networks, that love can be connected or disconnected at the whim of the consumer, and the relationship quickly "blocked". We treat affective relationships the …"-Pope Francis, Laudato Si': On the Care of Our Common Home
2. Greenglass House (Greenglass House, #1)
By: Kate Milford
4.02
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
It’s wintertime at Greenglass House. The creaky smuggler’s inn is always quiet during this season, … read more
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"I want that T-shirt" Sirin muttered. " I should have that T-shirt."-Kate Milford, Greenglass House (Greenglass House, #1)
"Never overlook folklore if you want to really know about the place it came from."-Kate Milford, Greenglass House (Greenglass House, #1)
"But Milo had a shiny gold present to open, and presents trumped sad trees any day of the week."-Kate Milford, Greenglass House (Greenglass House, #1)
"But when things were passed to you, you were supposed to pass them on to someone else eventually too."-Kate Milford, Greenglass House (Greenglass House, #1)
3. Help Thanks Wow: The Three Essential Prayers
By: Anne Lamott
3.50
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
New York Times-bestselling author Anne Lamott writes about the three simple prayers essential to co… read more
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- christian
- nonfiction
- religion
- spirituality
4. The Black Christ
By: Kelly Brown Douglas
3.02
Format: None pages, Paperback
This compelling portrait of who Jesus is for the black community surveys the history of the Black C… read more
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- religion
- nonfiction
- theology
5. Jesus Feminist: An Invitation to Revisit the Bible’s View of Women
By: Rachel Held Evans , Sarah Bessey
3.87
Format: 216 pages, ebook
Written with poetic rhythm, a prophetic voice, and a deeply biblical foundation, this loving yet fe… read more
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- christian
- nonfiction
- religion
- theology
6. The Beautiful and Damned
By: F. Scott Fitzgerald , Monty
3.82
Format: None pages, Paperback
First published in 1922, The Beautiful and the Damnedfollowed Fitzgerald's impeccable debut, This S… read more
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7. The Sparrow (The Sparrow, #1)
By: Mary Doria Russell
3.77
Format: None pages,
In 2019, humanity finally finds proof of extraterrestrial life when a listening post in Puerto Rico… read more
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8. Slow Professor: Challenging the Culture of Speed in the Academy
By: Barbara Seeber , Maggie Berg
3.86
Format: 258 pages, Paperback
If there is one sector of society that should be cultivating deep thought in itself and others, it … read more
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9. An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (ReVisioning American History, #3)
By: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
4.37
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The first history of the United States told from the perspective of indigenous peoples Today in… read more
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- nonfiction
"Of a thousand Red Stick and allied insurgents, eight hundred were killed. [Andrew] Jackson lost forty-nine men."-Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (ReVisioning American History, #3)
"Once elected president, Jackson lost no time in initiating the removal of all Indigenous farmers and the destruction of all their towns in the South."-Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (ReVisioning American History, #3)
"[Theodore] Roosevelt referred to [Emilio] Aguinaldo as a "renegade Pawnee" and observed that Filipinos did not have the right to govern their country just because they happened to occupy it."-Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (ReVisioning American History, #3)
"The establishment of the missions and presidios from San Diego and Los Angeles and Santa Barbara to Carmel, San Francisco, and Sonoma, traces the colonization of California's Indigenous nations. The …"-Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (ReVisioning American History, #3)
10. 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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- christian
- theology
- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
"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
11. 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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12. Planetary Solidarity: Global Women's Voices on Christian Doctrine and Climate Justice
By: Grace Ji-Sun Kim , None
4.13
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Planetary Solidarity brings together leading Latina, womanist, Asian American, Anglican American, S… read more
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13. South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
By: Imani Perry
3.97
Format: 410 pages, Hardcover
An essential, surprising journey through the history, rituals, and landscapes of the American South… read more
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- nonfiction
"So I went deeper into an archive of historical memory, hoping to sort it out"-Imani Perry, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
"Acting like you know everything and acting like you don't know how to be respectful will keep you ignorant. Be humble."-Imani Perry, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
"And yes, slavery was abolished, Jim Crow is over, but the prisons, the persistence of poverty, are constant reminders of how the past made the present."-Imani Perry, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
"What, by analogy, happens to the family of the university, or the town, or the state, or the Old Dominion, or the nation itself, given what has been built into its creation?"-Imani Perry, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
14. The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth
By: Beth Allison Barr
4.40
Format: 245 pages, Paperback
Biblical womanhood--the belief that God designed women to be submissive wives, virtuous mothers, an… read more
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- christian
- nonfiction
- religion
- theology
"Glorifying the past because we like the story better isn't history; it's propaganda."-Beth Allison Barr, The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth
"When we differentiate women because of their sex, we objectify them and deny them their humanity."-Beth Allison Barr, The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth
"Like racism, patriarchy is a shapeshifter—conforming to each new era, looking as if it has always belonged."-Beth Allison Barr, The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth
"Historically, one of the greatest problems for women is that we do not remember our past and we do not work together to change our future. We do not stand together. But what if we did?"-Beth Allison Barr, The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth
15. Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World
By: John Vaillant
4.35
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A stunning account of a colossal wildfire that collided with a city and a panoramic exploration of … read more
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- nonfiction
16. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917-2017
By: Rashid Khalidi
4.50
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A landmark history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US … read more
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- religion
- nonfiction
17. Winter Counts
By: David Heska Wanbli Weiden
3.84
Format: 325 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking thriller about a vigilante on a Native American reservation who embarks on a dange… read more
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"There is no word for goodbye in Lakota. That's what my mother used to tell me. Sure, there are words like toksa, which meant "later," that were used by people as a modern substitute. She'd told me la…"-David Heska Wanbli Weiden, Winter Counts
"But as I thought about it, I liked the idea more and more. Depredation claims. If something was stolen from you, all you had to do was file a claim and your losses would be restored. How about a depr…"-David Heska Wanbli Weiden, Winter Counts
18. That All Shall Be Saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation
By: David Bentley Hart
4.26
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
The great fourth-century church father Basil of Caesarea once observed that, in his time, most Chri… read more
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- christian
- theology
- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
"As far as I am concerned, anyone who hopes for the universal reconciliation of all creatures with God must already believe that this would be the best possible ending to the Christian story; and such…"-David Bentley Hart, That All Shall Be Saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation
"Really, on the whole, Christians rarely pay particularly close attention to what the Bible actually says, for the simple reason that the texts defy synthesis in a canon of exact doctrines, and yet mo…"-David Bentley Hart, That All Shall Be Saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation
19. Fellowship Point
By: Alice Elliott Dark
4.07
Format: 592 pages, Hardcover
Celebrated children’s book author Agnes Lee is determined to secure her legacy—to complete what she… read more
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"I had been judicious in my warnings and instructions, phrasing them so as not to scare her, or inhibit her. I'm determined not to teach her to fear everything, as we were taught, or that manners are …"-Alice Elliott Dark, Fellowship Point
20. Search
By: Michelle Huneven
3.87
Format: 393 pages, Hardcover
A sharp and funny novel of a congregational search committee, told as a memoir with recipes Dana… read more
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- spirituality
21. After Jesus Before Christianity: A Historical Exploration of the First Two Centuries of Jesus Movements
By: Erin Vearncombe
3.75
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From the creative minds of the scholarly group behind the groundbreaking Jesus Seminar comes this p… read more
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- christian
- theology
- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
22. Sacred Nature: Restoring Our Ancient Bond with the Natural World
By: Karen Armstrong
3.69
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A profound exploration of the spiritual power of nature--and an urgent call to reclaim that power i… read more
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23. After Whiteness: An Education in Belonging (Theological Education between the Times (TEBT))
By: Willie James Jennings
4.53
Format: 175 pages, Paperback
On forming people who form communion Theological education has always been about first of people… read more
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- christian
- nonfiction
- religion
- theology
24. Trinitarian Dogmatics: Exploring the Grammar of the Christian Doctrine of God
By: D. Glenn Butner Jr.
4.44
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Christianity Today 2023 Award of Merit (Academic Theology) This introduction draws on the breadth … read more
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- theology
25. Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore
By: Elizabeth Rush
4.18
Format: 299 pages, Hardcover
WINNER OF THE NATIONAL OUTDOOR BOOK AWARD A CHICAGO TRIBUNE TOP TEN BOOK OF 2018 A GUARDIAN, NPR's … read more
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- nonfiction
26. Sacred Earth, Sacred Soul: Celtic Wisdom for Reawakening to What Our Souls Know and Healing the World
By: John Philip Newell
4.35
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A leading spiritual teacher reveals how Celtic spirituality—listening to the sacred around us and i… read more
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- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
- theology
27. The False White Gospel: Rejecting Christian Nationalism, Reclaiming True Faith, and Refounding Democracy
By: Jim Wallis
4.20
Format: 286 pages, Hardcover
A major new work by the New York Times bestselling author, arguing that the answer to bad religion … read more
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- theology
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- nonfiction
- spirituality
28. Death at the Sign of the Rook (Jackson Brodie, #6)
By: Kate Atkinson
4.09
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The stage is set. Marooned overnight by a snowstorm in a grand country house are a cast of characte… read more
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29. How to Preach a Dangerous Sermon
By: Frank A. Thomas
4.01
Format: 156 pages, Paperback
Learn to use four characteristics of "preaching with moral imagination" to proclaim freedom for all… read more
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- nonfiction
- theology
30. Creation and the Cross: The Mercy of God for a Planet in Peril
By: Elizabeth A. Johnson
4.38
Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition
In this fresh creative approach to theology, Elizabeth Johnson asks how we can understand cosmic re… read more
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- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
31. Ethical Approaches to Preaching: Choosing the Best Way to Preach About Difficult Issues
By: John S. McClure
3.80
Format: 117 pages, Kindle Edition
Different ethical situations require different homiletical responses. John McClure organizes recent… read more
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