12 Best christian books like The New Creation: John Wesley's Theology Today by Theodore Runyon

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The New Creation: John Wesley's Theology Today

By: Theodore Runyon

4.31

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Commissioned by the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry for use in United Methodist doct…

If you liked the christian plot in The New Creation: John Wesley's Theology Today by Theodore Runyon , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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1. Half Truths

By: Adam Hamilton , Hamilton

4.12

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

They are simple phrases. They sound Christian--like something you might find in the Bible. We've al… read more

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  • christianity
  • religion
  • christian
  • theology
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2. Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion

By: Gregory Boyle

4.48

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Father Gregory Boyle’s sparkling parables about kinship and the sacredness of life are drawn from t… read more

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  • christianity
  • religion
  • christian
"If you can't fix it, feature it."

-Gregory Boyle, Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion

"Sometimes, it only seems that the hurt wins."

-Gregory Boyle, Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion

"Terror melting into wonder, then slipping into peace."

-Gregory Boyle, Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion

"[T]he principal suffering of the poor is shame and disgrace."

-Gregory Boyle, Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion

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3. Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

By: Bryan Stevenson

3.93

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our bro… read more

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4. Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life

By: Tish Harrison Warren

4.08

Format: 31 pages, Paperback

Many of us go through the day feeling like we don't have time for God. But God can become present t… read more

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  • christianity
  • religion
  • christian
  • theology
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5. Confessions

By: Augustine of Hippo , Henry Chadwick , Albert Cook Outler

3.41

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Augustine's Confessions is one of the most influential and most innovative works of Latin literatur… read more

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  • religion
  • christian
  • theology
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6. God of the Oppressed

By: James H. Cone

3.81

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

God of the Oppressedremains a landmark in the development of Black Theology--the first effort to pr… read more

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  • christianity
  • religion
  • christian
  • theology

7. 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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8. 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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  • christian
"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

9. Life of the Beloved: Spiritual Living in a Secular World

By: Henri J.M. Nouwen

3.71

Format: 435 pages, Paperback

Initially written for a Jewish friend, Life of the Beloved has become Henri Nouwen's greatest legac… read more

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10. Resident Aliens: Life in the Christian Colony

By: William H. Willimon , Stanley Hauerwas

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

In this bold and visionary book, two leading Christian thinkers explore the "alien" status of Chris… read more

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11. 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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12. Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation

By: Kristin Kobes Du Mez

4.30

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

A scholar of American Christianity presents a seventy-five-year history of evangelicalism that iden… read more

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  • christianity
  • religion
  • christian
  • theology
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13. Poverty, by America

By: Matthew Desmond

4.27

Format: 284 pages, Hardcover

Reimagining the debate on poverty, making a new and bracing argument about why it persists in Ameri… read more

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"To live and strive in modern America is to participate in a series of morally fraught systems. If a family’s entire financial livelihood depends on the value of its home, it’s not hard to understand …"

-Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America

"The rest of us, on the ·other hand-we members of the protected classes-have grown increasingly· dependent on our welfare programs. In 2020 the federal government spent more than $193 billion on homeo…"

-Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America

"In her book The Government-Citizen Disconnect, the political scientist Suzanne Mettler reports that 96 percent of American adults have relied on a major government program at some point in their live…"

-Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America

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14. Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione

By: Jonathan Haidt

4.21

Format: 420 pages, Paperback

Una suggestiva indagine dei meccanismi profondi che regolano la nostra esistenza, le decisioni che … read more

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"Reasoning can take you wherever you want to go."

-Jonathan Haidt, Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione

"Intuitions come first, strategic reasoning second."

-Jonathan Haidt, Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione

"Anyone who values truth should stop worshipping reason."

-Jonathan Haidt, Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione

"Science is a smorgasbord, and google will guide you to the study that's right for you."

-Jonathan Haidt, Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione

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15. Womanist Midrash: A Reintroduction to the Women of the Torah and the Throne

By: Wilda C. Gafney

4.64

Format: 340 pages, Paperback

Womanist Midrash is an in-depth and creative exploration of the well- and lesser-known women of the… read more

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  • christianity
  • religion
  • christian
  • theology
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16. Be the Bridge: Pursuing God's Heart for Racial Reconciliation

By: LaTasha Morrison

4.45

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A leading advocate for racial reconciliation offers a clarion call for Christians to move toward re… read more

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  • christianity
  • religion
  • christian
"We can’t bypass the weight of our guilt and shame if we intend to arrive at true reconciliation and justice."

-LaTasha Morrison, Be the Bridge: Pursuing God's Heart for Racial Reconciliation

"Confession of our entanglement in racism and systemic privilege is essential for complete healing and restoration."

-LaTasha Morrison, Be the Bridge: Pursuing God's Heart for Racial Reconciliation

"Reconciliation requires truth telling and empathy and tears. It requires changed perspectives and changing directions (also known as repentance)."

-LaTasha Morrison, Be the Bridge: Pursuing God's Heart for Racial Reconciliation

"Repairing what’s broken is a distinctly biblical concept, which is why as people of faith we should be leading the way into redemption, restoration, and reconciliation."

-LaTasha Morrison, Be the Bridge: Pursuing God's Heart for Racial Reconciliation

17. Opening Israel's Scriptures

By: Ellen F. Davis

4.58

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

Opening Israel's Scriptures is a collection of thirty-six essays on the Hebrew Bible, from Genesis … read more

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  • christian
  • theology
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18. American Methodism Revised and Updated

By: Kenneth E Rowe

4.40

Format: 426 pages, Kindle Edition

The essential guide to American Methodism revised and updated through 2020.Four of Methodism’s most… read more

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19. The New Creation: John Wesley's Theology Today

By: Theodore Runyon

4.31

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Commissioned by the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry for use in United Methodist doct… read more

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  • christianity
  • religion
  • christian
  • theology
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20. John Wesley (Library of Protestant Thought)

By: John Wesley

4.10

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

A major figure in eighteenth-century Christianity, John Wesley sought to combine the essential elem… read more

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Half Truths

Adam Hamilton , Hamilton

4.12

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Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion

Gregory Boyle

4.48

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Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life

Tish Harrison Warren

4.08

Transform Your Habits

Confessions

Augustine of Hippo , Henry Chadwick , Albert Cook Outler

3.41

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New Seeds of Contemplation

Thomas Merton

4.26

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The Future of an Illusion

Sigmund Freud , James Strachey , Peter Gay

3.73

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The Case for Christ

Lee Strobel

4.37

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Craig Groeschel

4.32

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