10 must-read religion books like Decolonizing Palestine: The Land, The People, The Bible by Mitri Raheb

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Decolonizing Palestine: The Land, The People, The Bible

By: Mitri Raheb

4.46

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

Decolonizing Palestine challenges the weaponization of biblical texts to support the current settle…

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1. The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming

By: Henri J.M. Nouwen

4.09

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

A chance encounter with a reproduction of Rembrandt's painting, The Return of the Prodigal Son, cat… read more

Similar categories in Henri J.M. Nouwen's The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming book and Mitri Raheb's Decolonizing Palestine: The Land, The People, The Bible

  • christianity
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • theology
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2. Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid

By: Jimmy Carter

4.48

Format: 252 pages,

Following his #1 New York Timesbestseller, Our Endangered Values, the former president and winner o… read more

Similar categories in Jimmy Carter's Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid book and Mitri Raheb's Decolonizing Palestine: The Land, The People, The Bible

  • politics
  • religion
  • history
  • nonfiction

3. The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine

By: Ilan Pappé

3.98

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

Since the Holocaust, it has been almost impossible to hide large-scale crimes against humanity. In … read more

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4. The Book of Night Women

By: Marlon James

3.87

Format: 252 pages,

The Book of Night Womenis a sweeping, startling novel, a true tour de force of both voice and story… read more

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5. Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics

By: Marc Lamont Hill

4.21

Format: 227 pages, Hardcover

A bold call for the American Left to extend their politics to the issues of Israel-Palestine, from … read more

Similar categories in Marc Lamont Hill's Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics book and Mitri Raheb's Decolonizing Palestine: The Land, The People, The Bible

  • politics
  • religion
  • history
  • nonfiction
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6. Wandering Stars

By: Tommy Orange

3.89

Format: 315 pages, Hardcover

The eagerly awaited follow-up to Pulitzer Prize-finalist Tommy Orange’s breakout best seller There … read more

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"And in the year 1924 Indian citizenship will have been granted, even though they will mean to dissolve tribes by giving citizenship, dissolve being another word for disappearance, a kind of chemical …"

-Tommy Orange, Wandering Stars

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7. A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy

By: Nathan Thrall

4.35

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

WINNER OF THE 2024 PULITZER PRIZE FOR GENERAL NON-FICTION Named a Best Book of the Year by The N… read more

Similar categories in Nathan Thrall's A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy book and Mitri Raheb's Decolonizing Palestine: The Land, The People, The Bible

  • politics
  • religion
  • history
  • nonfiction
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8. What Does Israel Fear From Palestine?

By: Raja Shehadeh

4.34

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

A searing reflection on the failures of Israel to treat Palestine and Palestinians as equals, as pa… read more

Similar categories in Raja Shehadeh's What Does Israel Fear From Palestine? book and Mitri Raheb's Decolonizing Palestine: The Land, The People, The Bible

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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9. 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

Similar categories in Rashid Khalidi's The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917-2017 book and Mitri Raheb's Decolonizing Palestine: The Land, The People, The Bible

  • politics
  • religion
  • history
  • nonfiction
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10. Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others

By: Barbara Brown Taylor

4.40

Format: 256 pages, ebook

The renowned and beloved New York Times bestselling author of An Altar in the World and Learning to… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Brown Taylor's Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others book and Mitri Raheb's Decolonizing Palestine: The Land, The People, The Bible

  • christianity
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • theology
"Our shadows are often behind us, where others can see them better than we can."

-Barbara Brown Taylor, Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others

"I had lived so long in the mainstream that I never even though about how I sounded from the margins"

-Barbara Brown Taylor, Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others

"The only clear line I draw these days is this: when my religion tries to come between me and my neighbor, I will choose my neighbor... Jesus never commanded me to love my religion."

-Barbara Brown Taylor, Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others

"...religion is more than a source of conflict or a calculated way to stay out of hell. Religions are treasure chests of stories, songs, rituals, and ways of life that have been handed down for millen…"

-Barbara Brown Taylor, Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others

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11. They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl's Fight for Freedom

By: Ahed Tamimi

4.69

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A Palestinian activist jailed at sixteen after a confrontation with Israeli soldiers illuminates th… read more

Similar categories in Ahed Tamimi's They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl's Fight for Freedom book and Mitri Raheb's Decolonizing Palestine: The Land, The People, The Bible

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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12. Behind You Is the Sea

By: Susan Muaddi Darraj

4.14

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An exciting debut novel that gives voice to the diverse residents of a Palestinian American communi… read more

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13. Grievers (Grievers, #1)

By: Adrienne Maree Brown

4.04

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

A tale of what happens when we can no longer ignore what has been lost in this world. Grievers i… read more

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14. The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover: How the FBI Aided and Abetted the Rise of White Christian Nationalism

By: Lerone A. Martin

3.94

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The shocking untold story of how the FBI partnered with white evangelicals to champion a vision of … read more

Similar categories in Lerone A. Martin's The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover: How the FBI Aided and Abetted the Rise of White Christian Nationalism book and Mitri Raheb's Decolonizing Palestine: The Land, The People, The Bible

  • history
  • theology
  • christianity
  • politics
  • religion
  • nonfiction
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15. Three Worlds: Memoir of an Arab-Jew

By: Avi Shlaim

4.38

Format: 400 pages, ebook

In July 1950, Avi Shlaim, only five, and his family were forced into exile, fleeing from their belo… read more

Similar categories in Avi Shlaim's Three Worlds: Memoir of an Arab-Jew book and Mitri Raheb's Decolonizing Palestine: The Land, The People, The Bible

  • politics
  • religion
  • history
  • nonfiction
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16. Underskud

By: Emma Holten

4.36

Format: 288 pages, None

Økonomiens sprog er overalt. Når politikere, chefer og økonomer siger, der “ikke er råd” eller noge… read more

Similar categories in Emma Holten's Underskud book and Mitri Raheb's Decolonizing Palestine: The Land, The People, The Bible

  • politics
  • nonfiction
"Det er nemt at gøre grin med Svampe-Hobbes Firkant, men Locke har samme problem."

-Emma Holten, Underskud

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17. Decolonizing Palestine: The Land, The People, The Bible

By: Mitri Raheb

4.46

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

Decolonizing Palestine challenges the weaponization of biblical texts to support the current settle… read more

Similar categories in Mitri Raheb's Decolonizing Palestine: The Land, The People, The Bible book and Mitri Raheb's Decolonizing Palestine: The Land, The People, The Bible

  • history
  • theology
  • christianity
  • politics
  • religion
  • nonfiction
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18. Age of Coexistence: The Ecumenical Frame and the Making of the Modern Arab World

By: Ussama Makdisi

4.30

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

"Flawless . . . [Makdisi] reminds us of the critical declarations of secularism which existed in th… read more

Similar categories in Ussama Makdisi's Age of Coexistence: The Ecumenical Frame and the Making of the Modern Arab World book and Mitri Raheb's Decolonizing Palestine: The Land, The People, The Bible

  • politics
  • religion
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Sacred Chain: How Understanding Evolution Leads to Deeper Faith by Jim Stump

19. The Sacred Chain: How Understanding Evolution Leads to Deeper Faith

By: Jim Stump

4.50

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A thought-provoking and eye-opening work by Jim Stump, Vice President at BioLogos and host of the L… read more

Similar categories in Jim Stump's The Sacred Chain: How Understanding Evolution Leads to Deeper Faith book and Mitri Raheb's Decolonizing Palestine: The Land, The People, The Bible

  • christianity
  • nonfiction
  • theology
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20. Recognizing the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative

By: Isabella Hammad

4.74

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

From the award-winning novelist of The Parisian and Enter Ghost comes an outstanding essay on the P… read more

Similar categories in Isabella Hammad's Recognizing the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative book and Mitri Raheb's Decolonizing Palestine: The Land, The People, The Bible

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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21. The Message

By: Ta-Nehisi Coates

4.58

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

Ta-Nehisi Coates originally set off to write a book about writing, in the tradition of Orwell’s cla… read more

Similar categories in Ta-Nehisi Coates's The Message book and Mitri Raheb's Decolonizing Palestine: The Land, The People, The Bible

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"My sense is that if I spend more time talking to you than I spend complaining about you, then something wonderful often happens and the enlightenment is mutual. So I don't really worry about the youn…"

-Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Message

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4.48

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4.54

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3.22

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