7 must-read religion books like When God Became White: Dismantling Whiteness for a More Just Christianity by Grace Ji-Sun Kim

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When God Became White: Dismantling Whiteness for a More Just Christianity

By: Grace Ji-Sun Kim

4.02

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

When Western Christians think about God, the default image that comes to mind is usually white and …

If you liked the religion plot in When God Became White: Dismantling Whiteness for a More Just Christianity by Grace Ji-Sun Kim , here is a list of 7 books like this:

1. The Distance Between Us: Young Readers Edition

By: Reyna Grande

4.01

Format: 217 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning author Reyna Grande shares her compelling experience of crossing borders and cultures… read more

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2. Future Home of the Living God

By: Louise Erdrich

3.60

Format: 269 pages, Hardcover

Louise Erdrich paints a startling portrait of a young woman fighting for her life and her unborn ch… read more

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"She has decided to appear to nobody but the feckless."

-Louise Erdrich, Future Home of the Living God

"I’d been a snowflake. Without my specialness, I melted,"

-Louise Erdrich, Future Home of the Living God

"Where will you be my darling, the last time it snows on earth?"

-Louise Erdrich, Future Home of the Living God

"I want to see the story. More than anything, I am frustrated by the fact that I’ll never know how things turn out."

-Louise Erdrich, Future Home of the Living God

3. UnClobber

By: Glennon Doyle Melton , None

4.05

Format: 12 pages, Paperback

Churches in America are experiencing an unprecedented fracturing due to their belief and attitude t… read more

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4. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

By: Hampton Sides

4.51

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage … read more

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5. This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life

By: Lyz Lenz

3.99

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A manifesto on the gender politics of marriage (bad) and divorce (actually pretty good!) in America… read more

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"So much of our culture depicts young girls dreaming about their weddings. But every middle-aged woman I know dreams about living alone in the woods, maybe with a dog."

-Lyz Lenz, This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life

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6. How to Walk into a Room: The Art of Knowing When to Stay and When to Walk Away

By: Emily P. Freeman

4.01

Format: 232 pages, Kindle Edition

New York Times Bestseller If life were a house, then every room holds a story. What do we do when … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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7. How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them

By: Jason F. Stanley

4.17

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Fascist politics are running rampant in America today—and spreading around the world. A Yale philos… read more

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"Fascist politics does not necessarily lead to an explicitly fascist state, but it is dangerous nonetheless. Fascist politics includes many distinct strategies: the mythic past, propaganda, anti-intel…"

-Jason F. Stanley, How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them

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8. Service Model

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.06

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

To fix the world they first must break it further. Humanity is a dying breed, utterly reliant on… read more

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9. 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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  • religion
  • nonfiction
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10. Jesus and the Powers: Christian Political Witness in an Age of Totalitarian Terror and Dysfunctional Democracies

By: N.T. Wright

4.14

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Should Christians be politically withdrawn, avoiding participation in politics to maintain their pr… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • theology
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11. Hunted

By: Abir Mukherjee

3.90

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A breakout thriller from an “enthralling” and award-winning writer: can two parents find their lost… read more

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12. When We Walk By: Forgotten Humanity, Broken Systems, and the Role We Can Each Play in Ending Homelessness in America

By: Kevin F. Adler

4.26

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

Think about the last time you saw or interacted with an unhoused person. What did you do? What did … read more

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  • nonfiction
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13. Ghosted: An American Story

By: Nancy French

4.45

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A riveting look inside a life of poverty, success, and the inner circles of political influence--fr… read more

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  • religion
  • nonfiction
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14. A Very Private School: A Memoir

By: Charles Spencer

4.09

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this poignant memoir, Charles Spencer recounts the trauma of being sent away from home at age ei… read more

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  • nonfiction
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15. Cloistered: My Years as a Nun

By: Catherine Coldstream

3.71

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

An astonishing memoir of twelve years as a contemplative nun in a silent monastery. Cloistered t… read more

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  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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16. God Is a Black Woman

By: Christena Cleveland

4.32

Format: 256 pages, ebook

In this timely, much-needed book, theologian, social psychologist, and activist Christena Cleveland… read more

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  • race
  • theology
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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17. Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant

By: Curtis Chin

3.80

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

This memoir tells the story of Curtis Chin’s time growing up as a gay Chinese American kid in 1980’… read more

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  • race
  • nonfiction
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18. I Never Thought of It That Way

By: Monica Guzmán

3.93

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

We think we have the answers, but we need to be asking a lot more questions. Partisanship is up,… read more

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  • nonfiction
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19. indigo: the color of grief

By: Jonathan Foster

4.92

Format: 131 pages, Kindle Edition

indigo is the joy and lament of a human beingtheologianfather fashioning new ideas about the divine… read more

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Cover of Lies I Taught in Medical School: How Conventional Medicine Is Making You Sicker and What You Can Do to Save Your Own Life by Robert Lufkin

20. Lies I Taught in Medical School: How Conventional Medicine Is Making You Sicker and What You Can Do to Save Your Own Life

By: Robert Lufkin

4.11

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Modern medicine is lying to you. Discover the true science behind chronic diseases—and implement an… read more

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  • nonfiction
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21. The Opt-Out Family: How to Give Your Kids What Technology Can't

By: Erin Loechner

4.41

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Discover a new and hopeful path forward as you consider your family's approach to social media, scr… read more

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22. The Bright Sword

By: Lev Grossman

4.06

Format: 673 pages, Hardcover

A gifted young knight named Collum arrives at Camelot to compete for a spot on the Round Table, onl… read more

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"One day you will see that it is a mistake to love an empire, or a throne, or a crown, because those things cannot love. They can only die."

-Lev Grossman, The Bright Sword

"God doesn't come when you snap your fingers, He comes when you're ready for Him." Nimue snapped her delicate fingers, producing a strikingly loud pop in the quiet. "That's the difference between a sp…"

-Lev Grossman, The Bright Sword

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23. Zero Stars, Do Not Recommend

By: M.J. Wassmer

4.01

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

White Lotus meets Kevin Wilson in this whip-smart social satire about a man who finds himself trapp… read more

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24. Brown Faces, White Spaces: Confronting Systemic Racism to Bring Healing and Restoration

By: LaTasha Morrison

4.50

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of Be the Bridge calls people of faith to confront the histor… read more

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  • race
  • nonfiction
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25. North of Nowhere: Song of a Truth and Reconciliation Commissioner

By: Marie Wilson

4.68

Format: 363 pages, Kindle Edition

The incomparable first-hand account of the historic Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada t… read more

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26. When God Became White: Dismantling Whiteness for a More Just Christianity

By: Grace Ji-Sun Kim

4.02

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

When Western Christians think about God, the default image that comes to mind is usually white and … read more

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  • theology
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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27. Wait—Is This Racist?: A Guide to Becoming an Anti-racist Church

By: Kerry Connelly

4.25

Format: 211 pages, Kindle Edition

A "Be-It-Yourself" Guide to Anti-racism for Churches and Church LeadersWhether you have been an all… read more

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28. 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

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  • 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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29. True to You: A Therapist's Guide to Stop Pleasing Others and Start Being Yourself

By: Kathleen Smith

4.22

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A Therapist's Guide to The Theory and Practice of Creating Authentic Relationships When’s the last… read more

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30. Who We Are: Four Questions For a Life and a Nation

By: Murray Sinclair

4.54

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

None read more

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31. The Grey Wolf (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #19)

By: Louise Penny

4.44

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The 19th mystery in the #1 New York Times-bestselling Armand Gamache series. Relentless phone ca… read more

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Transform Your Habits

The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

Hampton Sides

4.51

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This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life

Lyz Lenz

3.99

Transform Your Habits

How to Walk into a Room: The Art of Knowing When to Stay and When to Walk Away

Emily P. Freeman

4.01

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How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them

Jason F. Stanley

4.17

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Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America

Nancy MacLean

4.29

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Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism

Rachel Maddow

4.45

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The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy

Philip S. Gorski

4.19

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Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America

Heather Cox Richardson

4.42

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