On Her Knees: Memoir of a Prayerful Jezebel
By: Brenda Marie Davies
4.04
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
“The problem was, because Purity is an idol (a validated and worshiped idol), I didn’t know who or …
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1. Shockaholic
By: Carrie Fisher
4.04
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Infused with Carrie Fisher's trademark incisive wit and on the heels of Wishful Drinking's instant … read more
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- autobiography
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2. A Year of Biblical Womanhood
By: Rachel Held Evans
4.05
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Strong-willed and independent, Rachel Held Evans couldn't sew a button on a blouse before she embar… read more
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3. Garden City: Work, Rest, and the Art of Being Human.
By: John Mark Comer
4.12
Format: None pages, Hardcover
You've heard people say "Who you are matters more than what you do". Does the Bible really teach th… read more
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4. Evolving in Monkey Town: How a Girl Who Knew All the Answers Learned to Ask the Questions
By: Rachel Held Evans
3.98
Format: None pages,
Eighty years after the Scopes Monkey Trial made a spectacle of Christian fundamentalism and brought… read more
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5. Playing the Whore: The Work of Sex Work
By: None
3.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Recent years have seen a panic over "online red-light districts," which supposedly seduce vulnerabl… read more
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6. Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church
By: Rachel Held Evans
3.44
Format: 406 pages, Paperback
New York Timesbestselling author Rachel Held Evans embarks on a quest to find out what it really me… read more
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7. 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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8. 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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9. Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again
By: Rachel Held Evans
4.39
Format: 236 pages, Paperback
One Woman’s Journey Back to Loving the Bible If the Bible isn’t a science book or an instructio… read more
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"How could I love God with all my heart, soul, mind, and strength while disengaging those very faculties every time I read the Bible?"-Rachel Held Evans, Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again
"The point is, if you pay attention to the women, a more complex history of Israel's conquests emerges. Their stories invite the reader to consider the human cost of violence and patriarchy, and in th…"-Rachel Held Evans, Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again
"In other words, the prophets are weirdos. More than anyone else in Scripture, they remind us that those odd ducks shouting from the margins of society may see things more clearly than the political a…"-Rachel Held Evans, Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again
"What I love about the Bible is that the story isn't over. There are still prophets in our midst. There are still dragons and beasts. It might not look like it, but the Resistance is winning. The ligh…"-Rachel Held Evans, Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again
10. Wholehearted Faith
By: Rachel Held Evans
4.42
Format: 196 pages, Hardcover
A new collection of original writings by Rachel Held Evans, whose reflections on faith and life con… read more
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"Many of us have found a renewed sense of possibility when we've realized how much of God's beauty remains to be explored — and that the life of faith is also a life of holy curiosity."-Rachel Held Evans, Wholehearted Faith
"It is nearly impossible to believe: God shrinking down to the size of a zygote, implanted in the soft lining of a woman’s womb. God growing fingers and toes. God kicking and hiccupping in utero. God …"-Rachel Held Evans, Wholehearted Faith
11. Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived
By: Rob Bell
3.66
Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition
Millions of Christians have struggled with how to reconcile God's love and God's judgment: Has God… read more
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"You turn the light on, you get all kinds of bugs."-Rob Bell, Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived
"Forgiveness is unilateral. God isn’t waiting for us to get it together, to clean up, shape up, get up - God has already done it."-Rob Bell, Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived
"...Jesus responds to almost every question he's asked with...a question. "What do you think? How do you read it?" he asks, again and again and again."-Rob Bell, Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived
"Love demands freedom. It always has, and it always will. We are free to resist, reject, and rebel against God's ways for us. We can have all the hell we want."-Rob Bell, Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived
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
- christian
- nonfiction
- religion
13. Wayward: A Memoir of Spiritual Warfare and Sexual Purity
By: Alice Greczyn
4.41
Format: 393 pages, Kindle Edition
When Alice Greczyn’s parents felt called by God to exchange worldly employment for heavenly provisi… read more
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- memoir
- feminism
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- nonfiction
- spirituality
14. Sex Object: A Memoir
By: Jessica Valenti
3.66
Format: 172 pages, Kindle Edition
Author and Guardian US columnist Jessica Valenti has been leading the national conversation on gend… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- feminism
- autobiography
- nonfiction
"Still, somehow, inexplicably, “man-hater"-Jessica Valenti, Sex Object: A Memoir
"What is crazy about killing a woman in a culture that tells you that women's lives are worth nothing?"-Jessica Valenti, Sex Object: A Memoir
"Because while my daughter lives in a world that knows what happens to women is wrong, it has also accepted this wrongness as inevitable."-Jessica Valenti, Sex Object: A Memoir
"Because even subversive sarcasm adds a cool-girl nonchalance, an updated, sharper version of the expectation that women be forever pleasant, even as we're eating shit."-Jessica Valenti, Sex Object: A Memoir
15. The Woman They Wanted: Shattering the Illusion of the Good Christian Wife
By: Shannon Harris
3.77
Format: 244 pages, Hardcover
"No one is coming to rescue me. I am going to have to rescue me." As a twenty-three-year-old sin… read more
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- christian
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- memoir
- christianity
- feminism
- autobiography
- religion
- nonfiction
"But the truth was that church was making me ill. Even the loveliest church in the world couldn't make up for the fact that I had had too much church. My body was rejecting Bible verses with the stren…"-Shannon Harris, The Woman They Wanted: Shattering the Illusion of the Good Christian Wife
"...the hypocrisy of it all was too much to take. To have heard the words 'forgiveness' and 'grace' in hundreds of sermons, thousands of prayers, in every quote, every song, at every meeting and then …"-Shannon Harris, The Woman They Wanted: Shattering the Illusion of the Good Christian Wife
"Religion carries with it great potential for good and for harm. It's humans that make it more complicated (and more certain) and heavier than it needs to be. Religion shouldn't be something heavy we …"-Shannon Harris, The Woman They Wanted: Shattering the Illusion of the Good Christian Wife
16. The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church
By: Sarah McCammon
4.21
Format: 310 pages, Hardcover
The first definitive book that names the massive social movement of people leaving the white evange… read more
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- nonfiction
17. This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us
By: Cole Arthur Riley
4.63
Format: 203 pages, Hardcover
In her stunning debut, the creator of Black Liturgies weaves stories from three generations of her … read more
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"Anxiety is not a passive predator."-Cole Arthur Riley, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us
"Rest is an act of defiance, and it cannot be predicated on apology."-Cole Arthur Riley, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us
"In community, we can push back on the expectation that we exhaust ourselves."-Cole Arthur Riley, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us
"Those who believe love is a scarcity are less likely to give it away freely."-Cole Arthur Riley, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us
18. Hekate: Goddess of Witches
By: Courtney Weber
4.17
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Learn the myths and legends behind this beloved goddess plus practices and suggestions for making H… read more
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- religion
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19. Orpheus Girl
By: Brynne Rebele-Henry
3.65
Format: 176 pages, None
In her debut novel, award-winning poet Brynne Rebele-Henry re-imagines the Orpheus myth as a love s… read more
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"You know, the thing about family is that you can choose it. And I choose you."-Brynne Rebele-Henry, Orpheus Girl
"But I do look back. I do. Because she’s so beautiful and I’m so scared of going somewhere without her because my whole life, even before I knew it, I’ve always had Sarah. And when I look back at her,…"-Brynne Rebele-Henry, Orpheus Girl
20. The Great Sex Rescue: The Lies You've Been Taught and How to Recover What God Intended
By: Sheila Wray Gregoire
4.56
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
What if it's not your fault that sex is bad in your marriage? Based on a groundbreaking in-depth s… read more
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- sexuality
21. Shameless: A Case for Not Feeling Bad About Feeling Good (About Sex)
By: Nadia Bolz-Weber
4.21
Format: 195 pages, Kindle Edition
Annotation: "Nothing gives church folk anxiety quite like the subject of sex. And that's why in Sh… read more
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- christian
- christianity
- feminism
- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
- sexuality
"If the teachings of the church are harming the bodies and spirits of people, we should rethink those teachings."-Nadia Bolz-Weber, Shameless: A Case for Not Feeling Bad About Feeling Good (About Sex)
"In my pastoral work I've started to suspect that the more someone was exposed to religious messages about controlling their desires, avoiding sexual thoughts, and not lusting in their hearts, the les…"-Nadia Bolz-Weber, Shameless: A Case for Not Feeling Bad About Feeling Good (About Sex)
"To God, everyone is different but no one is special. You're not special for being straight. Or gay. Or male. Or cis. Or trans. Or asexual. Or married. Or sexually prodigious. Or a virgin. We all have…"-Nadia Bolz-Weber, Shameless: A Case for Not Feeling Bad About Feeling Good (About Sex)
"Holiness is the union we experience with one another and with God. Holiness is when more than one become one, when what is fractured is made whole. Singing in harmony. Breastfeeding a baby. Collectiv…"-Nadia Bolz-Weber, Shameless: A Case for Not Feeling Bad About Feeling Good (About Sex)
22. Magdalene: Poems
By: Marie Howe
4.10
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
“Gorgeous, ferocious, lacerating, sexy, and profoundly compassionate.”―Michael Cunningham Magdalene… read more
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- christianity
- feminism
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"And I understood that if I kept it all up... no one would know me. A dim light far in the distance? No. To love -- I had to be there. I had to be there to be loved."-Marie Howe, Magdalene: Poems
"Someone hanging clothes on a line between buildings, someone shaking out a rug from an open window might have heard hammering, one or two blocks away and thought little or nothing of it."-Marie Howe, Magdalene: Poems
"I liked Hell, I liked to go there alone relieved to lie in the wreckage, ruined, physically undone. The worst had happened. What else could hurt me then? I thought it was the worst, thought nothing w…"-Marie Howe, Magdalene: Poems
"and he: (and this was almost unbearable) he saw me see him, and I saw him see me. He said something like, You're going to be ok now, or, It's been difficult hasn't it, but what he said mattered only …"-Marie Howe, Magdalene: Poems
23. Unstoppable!: My Journey from World Champion to Athlete A to 8-Time NCAA National Gymnastics Champion and Beyond
By: Maggie Nichols
3.91
Format: 182 pages, Hardcover
Maggie Nichols’s official memoir is an inspirational tell-all about the abuse she suffered under th… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
24. Men Have Called Her Crazy: A Memoir
By: Anna Marie Tendler
3.65
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A powerful memoir that reckons with mental health as well as the insidious ways men impact the live… read more
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- feminism
- nonfiction
- biography
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25. Living Resistance: An Indigenous Vision for Seeking Wholeness Every Day
By: Kaitlin B. Curtice
4.20
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
In an era in which "resistance" has become tokenized, popular Indigenous author Kaitlin Curtice rec… read more
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26. Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free
By: Linda Kay Klein
4.17
Format: 341 pages, Hardcover
From a woman who has been there and back, the first inside look at the devastating effects evangeli… read more
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- christian
- memoir
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- feminism
- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
- sexuality
"The purity message nestles neatly into the larger “us"-Linda Kay Klein, Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free
"Surviving gives you a very unique set of skills. It costs a lot. But it also makes you powerful."-Linda Kay Klein, Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free
"This illustration is picture-perfect purity culture. In short, women's sexuality must be just right, so that men can spiritually thrive."-Linda Kay Klein, Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free
"[T]he church had embedded the notion that sex was shameful so deeply into her brain that she couldn't shake it now that she was married and it was suddenly supposed to be okay."-Linda Kay Klein, Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free
27. You Are Your Own: A Reckoning with the Religious Trauma of Evangelical Christianity
By: Jamie Lee Finch
4.06
Format: 82 pages, ebook
Rooted in her experiences growing up in an Evangelical Christian family, Jamie Lee Finch’s “You Are… read more
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- memoir
- christianity
- feminism
- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
28. Beyond Shame: Creating a Healthy Sex Life on Your Own Terms
By: Matthias Roberts
4.11
Format: 187 pages, Paperback
We all carry sexual shame. Whether we grew up in the repressive purity culture of American Evangeli… read more
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- religion
- nonfiction
- sexuality
29. Bad Theology Kills: Undoing Toxic Belief & Reclaiming Your Spiritual Authority
By: Kevin Garcia
4.22
Format: 173 pages, Paperback
Bad theology nearly took Kevin's life. They believed that God could never love them because they we… read more
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- nonfiction
- spirituality
30. On Her Knees: Memoir of a Prayerful Jezebel
By: Brenda Marie Davies
4.04
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
“The problem was, because Purity is an idol (a validated and worshiped idol), I didn’t know who or … read more
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31. The Book of Queer Prophets: 21 Writers on Sexuality and Religion
By: Ruth Hunt
4.14
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Is it possible to believe in God and be gay? How does it feel to be excluded from a religious commu… read more
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- nonfiction
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"At its purest, at its most compelling, faith is love and joy. It is easy to describe the absence of love and joy. It is harder to describe how it feels when it exists. It just is."-Ruth Hunt, The Book of Queer Prophets: 21 Writers on Sexuality and Religion
"I forgive those who have trespassed against me and my communities, because those who exclude us will not ask themselves, "What if I'm wrong?" I forgive them for keeping me from Christ. For building w…"-Ruth Hunt, The Book of Queer Prophets: 21 Writers on Sexuality and Religion
"What needs to be built? Spaces in this world which hold hope to the fore, communities where it is possible to not need to pass, and moments in time in which we can, however briefly, grasp and celebra…"-Ruth Hunt, The Book of Queer Prophets: 21 Writers on Sexuality and Religion
"I have never read anything in the Bible that made me feel that my sexuality excluded me from the kingdom of God. I have never read anything that made me feel that my love for women, not men, should b…"-Ruth Hunt, The Book of Queer Prophets: 21 Writers on Sexuality and Religion
