The God Who Riots: Taking Back the Radical Jesus
By: Damon Garcia
4.48
Format: 194 pages, Paperback
For thousands of years, religious messages have been used to either uphold the status quo or upend …
Want to Read $ 10.92"I've always suspected that Jesus was way more radical than the Christians I grew up around could comprehend."-Damon Garcia, The God Who Riots: Taking Back the Radical Jesus
"I've always suspected that Jesus was way more radical than the Christians I grew up around could comprehend."-Damon Garcia, The God Who Riots: Taking Back the Radical Jesus
"A den of robbers is not where people are robbed. A den of robbers is where robbers hide, expecting to be safe."-Damon Garcia, The God Who Riots: Taking Back the Radical Jesus
"A den of robbers is not where people are robbed. A den of robbers is where robbers hide, expecting to be safe."-Damon Garcia, The God Who Riots: Taking Back the Radical Jesus
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1. A Circle of Quiet (Crosswicks Journals, #1)
By: Madeleine L'Engle
4.21
Format: 246 pages, Paperback
This journal shares fruitful reflections on life and career prompted by the author's visit to her p… read more
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- christianity
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- spirituality
"One cannot be humble and aware of oneself at the same time."-Madeleine L'Engle, A Circle of Quiet (Crosswicks Journals, #1)
"The best way to guide children without coercion is to be ourselves."-Madeleine L'Engle, A Circle of Quiet (Crosswicks Journals, #1)
"...it's amazing what passing the half-century mark does to free one to be eccentric."-Madeleine L'Engle, A Circle of Quiet (Crosswicks Journals, #1)
"Detachment and involvement: the artist must have both. The link between them is compassion."-Madeleine L'Engle, A Circle of Quiet (Crosswicks Journals, #1)
2. The Night Before Christmas
By: Clement Clarke Moore , Jan Brett
4.39
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
This poem first appeared in a newspaper in Troy, New York, USA, on December 23, 1823, as "A Visit F… read more
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"Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse."-Clement Clarke Moore, The Night Before Christmas
"Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be t…"-Clement Clarke Moore, The Night Before Christmas
3. Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism
By: bell hooks
3.91
Format: 340 pages, Paperback
A groundbreaking work of feminist history and theory analyzing the complex relations between variou… read more
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- politics
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4. The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke
By: Rainer Maria Rilke , Stephen Mitchell , Robert Hass
4.29
Format: None pages, Paperback
Parallel German text and English translation. The influence and popularity of Rilke's poetry in Ame… read more
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5. The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical
By: Shane Claiborne
3.80
Format: 25 pages, Paperback
Living as an Ordinary RadicalMany of us find ourselves caught somewhere between unbelieving activis… read more
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6. The Tao of Pooh
By: Benjamin Hoff , Ernest H. Shepard
4.01
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
The Wisdom of Pooh. Is there such thing as a Western Taoist? Benjamin Hoff says there is, and th… read more
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"I think, therefore I am... confused."-Benjamin Hoff, The Tao of Pooh
"If people were Superior to Animals, they'd take better care of the world"-Benjamin Hoff, The Tao of Pooh
"The wise are who they are. They work with what they've got and do what they can do."-Benjamin Hoff, The Tao of Pooh
"No matter how useful we may be, sometimes it takes us a while to recognize our own value."-Benjamin Hoff, The Tao of Pooh
7. Are Prisons Obsolete?
By: Angela Y. Davis
4.15
Format: None pages,
With her characteristic brilliance, grace and radical audacity, Angela Y. Davis has put the case fo… read more
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8. 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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- social justice
"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 global Indigenous cause reached a major milestone in 2007 when the UN General Assembly passed the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Only four members of the assembly voted in oppos…"-Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (ReVisioning American History, #3)
9. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
By: Timothy Snyder
4.12
Format: None pages, Paperback
An historian of fascism offers a guide for surviving and resisting America's turn towards authorita… read more
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10. Alien³
By: Alan Dean Foster
3.71
Format: None pages,
Here, even the wind screams. Abandoned hulks of machinery rust in the colorless landscape. Dark, oi… read more
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11. Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement
By: Cornel West , Angela Y. Davis , Frank Barat
3.78
Format: None pages, Paperback
In these newly collected essays, interviews, and speeches, world-renowned activist and scholar Ange… read more
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12. 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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- christian
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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
13. Call Us What We Carry
By: Amanda Gorman
4.28
Format: 228 pages, Hardcover
Formerly titled The Hill We Climb and Other Poems, Amanda Gorman’s remarkable new collection reveal… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- social justice
"Loss is the cost of loving"-Amanda Gorman, Call Us What We Carry
"We write Because you might listen."-Amanda Gorman, Call Us What We Carry
"And the norms and notions of what “just is"-Amanda Gorman, Call Us What We Carry
"We've learned that quiet isn't always peace."-Amanda Gorman, Call Us What We Carry
14. Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender
By: Kit Heyam
4.30
Format: 343 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking global history of gender nonconformity Today’s narratives about trans people … read more
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- nonfiction
"It’s not as simple as saying that ‘while the terminology is new, the experiences are not.’ The advent of new terminology can genuinely shift how we think about gender, as well as what names we give t…"-Kit Heyam, Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender
"It's important that we, as historians or as queer people, don't treat gender and sexuality as two things that use to be entangled but have now been teased apart. There can be a tendency in white quee…"-Kit Heyam, Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender
15. Modern Miss Mason
By: Leah Boden
4.30
Format: 218 pages, Kindle Edition
For every mother who desires to cultivate a lasting foundation of curiosity and wonder for her chil… read more
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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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- social justice
17. We Survived the End of the World: Lessons from Native America on Apocalypse and Hope
By: Steven Charleston
4.33
Format: 218 pages, Kindle Edition
From the moment European settlers reached these shores, the American apocalypse began. But Native A… read more
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- theology
- faith
- politics
- nonfiction
- spirituality
"...some people, out of their own prejudice and fear, will lash out when the truth is presented to them. They are not interested in halting apocalypse because they have a vested interest in not doing …"-Steven Charleston, We Survived the End of the World: Lessons from Native America on Apocalypse and Hope
18. Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems to Open Your World
By: Pádraig Ó Tuama
4.53
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Expanding on the popular podcast of the same name from On Being Studios, Poetry Unbound offers imme… read more
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- nonfiction
- spirituality
19. Laziness Does Not Exist
By: Devon Price
3.94
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From social psychologist Dr. Devon Price, a conversational, stirring call to “a better, more human … read more
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- nonfiction
"If someone's behavior makes no sense to us, passing judgment on it feels very natural."-Devon Price, Laziness Does Not Exist
"This tendency to blame people for their own pain is comforting, in a twisted way: it allows us to close up our hearts and ignore the suffering of others."-Devon Price, Laziness Does Not Exist
"We live in a world where hard work is rewarded and having needs and limitations is seen as a source of shame. It's no wonder so many of us are constantly overexerting ourselves, saying yes out of fea…"-Devon Price, Laziness Does Not Exist
"If you're entitled to moments of rest, of imperfection, of laziness and sloth, then so are homeless people, and people with depression, and people who are addicted to drugs. If your life has value no…"-Devon Price, Laziness Does Not Exist
20. Curveball: When Your Faith Takes Turns You Never Saw Coming (or How I Stumbled and Tripped My Way to Finding a Bigger God)
By: Peter Enns
4.36
Format: 239 pages, Kindle Edition
“Peter Enns is brilliant at taking the big topics, those Christian ideas that usually scare us or i… read more
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- christian
- theology
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"Does the God of Abraham look lovingly upon ancient cave drawings and temples dedicated to the only gods ancient humans could have known?"-Peter Enns, Curveball: When Your Faith Takes Turns You Never Saw Coming (or How I Stumbled and Tripped My Way to Finding a Bigger God)
"Like a frail plant that needs careful tending and constant protection from sun and wind, perhaps the real problem wasn’t me but the fragile, unsustainable version of Christianity I had been told was …"-Peter Enns, Curveball: When Your Faith Takes Turns You Never Saw Coming (or How I Stumbled and Tripped My Way to Finding a Bigger God)
"Placeholder theology is the very nature of theology. By it we acknowledge the human need to say something about ultimate meaning concerning the Creator and the creation while also understanding that …"-Peter Enns, Curveball: When Your Faith Takes Turns You Never Saw Coming (or How I Stumbled and Tripped My Way to Finding a Bigger God)
"A God who does not connect to the world around us is a God who cannot speak to us. Believing in a God who demands that we continue to adopt only biblically ancient ways of thinking of God, which are …"-Peter Enns, Curveball: When Your Faith Takes Turns You Never Saw Coming (or How I Stumbled and Tripped My Way to Finding a Bigger God)
21. Everything Is Spiritual: Finding Your Way in a Turbulent World
By: Rob Bell
4.18
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
I’ve had a sense since I was young that there’s more going on here, that the world is not a cold,… read more
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- spirituality
22. Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care
By: Kelly Hayes
4.64
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
What fuels and sustains activism and organizing when it feels like our worlds are collapsing? Let T… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- social justice
23. A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership
By: James Comey
4.10
Format: 290 pages, Hardcover
In his book, former FBI director James Comey shares his never-before-told experiences from some of … read more
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"Then there were the baffling, unnecessary lies. At one point, for example, the president told me that chief of staff Reince Priebus didn’t know we were meeting, which seemed incredible. The chief of …"-James Comey, A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership
"The more stressful the job, the more intentional I've always been about helping my team members find joy in our work. Laughter is the outward manifestation of joy, so I believe if I'm doing it right,…"-James Comey, A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership
"Ethical leaders care deeply about those they lead, and offer them honesty and decency, commitment and their own sacrifice. They have a confidence that breeds humility. Ethical leaders know their own …"-James Comey, A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership
"All of us struggle to realize something Patrice spent years telling me, as I took on one position or another: "It's not about you, dear." She often needed to remind me that, whatever people were feel…"-James Comey, A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership
24. Neuroqueer Heresies: Notes on the Neurodiversity Paradigm, Autistic Empowerment, and Postnormal Possibilities
By: Nick Walker
4.37
Format: 196 pages, Paperback
The work of queer autistic scholar Nick Walker has played a key role in the evolving discourse on h… read more
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- nonfiction
"If you see anyone trying to narrow the definition of neuroqueer and trying to police who gets to use the tern, feel free to tell them that I said to stop acting like a fucking cop. The world needs mo…"-Nick Walker, Neuroqueer Heresies: Notes on the Neurodiversity Paradigm, Autistic Empowerment, and Postnormal Possibilities
25. A Rhythm of Prayer: A Collection of Meditations for Renewal
By: Amena Brown
4.40
Format: 153 pages, Kindle Edition
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • For the weary, the angry, the anxious, and the hopeful, this collection… read more
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26. Dancing in the Darkness: Spiritual Lessons for Thriving in Turbulent Times
By: Otis Moss III
4.42
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
A “deeply spiritual and socially radical” (Dr. Obery Hendricks, PhD) guide to uplift our spirits as… read more
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27. Outlove: A Queer Christian Survival Story
By: Julie Rodgers
4.55
Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition
After decades of bouncing between hope and despair, Evangelical, Baptist-raised Julie Rodgers found… read more
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- christian
- christianity
- faith
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- nonfiction
"You can't be loved when you aren't known."-Julie Rodgers, Outlove: A Queer Christian Survival Story
28. What It Takes to Heal: How Transforming Ourselves Can Change the World
By: Prentis Hemphill
4.54
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From one of the most prominent voices in the trauma conversation comes a groundbreaking new way to … read more
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- nonfiction
- social justice
29. In the Margins: A Transgender Man’s Journey with Scripture
By: Shannon T.L. Kearns
4.60
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
Moving the conversation beyond transgender inclusion to demonstrate the unique and vital theologica… read more
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- christian
- nonfiction
- religion
- theology
"My transition was a homecoming, a process of making peace, a fulfillment of my calling. When Jesus said he came so we would have abundant life (John 10:10), I think this is part of what he's talking …"-Shannon T.L. Kearns, In the Margins: A Transgender Man’s Journey with Scripture
"The message of the eunuchs also calls us to look around and ask: Who is being excluded? Who is not welcome? Who is there no space for? [...] There is nothing to prevent them from being baptized. Ther…"-Shannon T.L. Kearns, In the Margins: A Transgender Man’s Journey with Scripture
30. The God Who Riots: Taking Back the Radical Jesus
By: Damon Garcia
4.48
Format: 194 pages, Paperback
For thousands of years, religious messages have been used to either uphold the status quo or upend … read more
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- christian
- theology
- christianity
- faith
- politics
- theory
- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
- social justice
"I've always suspected that Jesus was way more radical than the Christians I grew up around could comprehend."-Damon Garcia, The God Who Riots: Taking Back the Radical Jesus
"A den of robbers is not where people are robbed. A den of robbers is where robbers hide, expecting to be safe."-Damon Garcia, The God Who Riots: Taking Back the Radical Jesus
"We can either use our faith to empower us to transform the world or use our faith to justify the world as it is."-Damon Garcia, The God Who Riots: Taking Back the Radical Jesus
"The best way Christians can fulfill the work of the reign of God today is to participate in the work of abolition."-Damon Garcia, The God Who Riots: Taking Back the Radical Jesus
31. 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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- politics
- nonfiction
- social justice
"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
