The Mystics Would Like a Word: Six Women Who Met God and Found a Spirituality for Today
By: Shannon K. Evans
4.23
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Discover a rich legacy of audacious women who forged a spirituality that is more inclusive, surpris…
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1. The Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman's Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine
By: Sue Monk Kidd
3.98
Format: 238 pages, Paperback
The acclaimed spiritual memoir from the author of The Secret Life of Bees. I was amazed to find … read more
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- feminism
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"But benevolent patriarchy is still patriarchy."-Sue Monk Kidd, The Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman's Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine
"Until we look from the bottom up we have nothing."-Sue Monk Kidd, The Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman's Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine
". . . in the end, Goddess is just a word. It simply means the divine in female form."-Sue Monk Kidd, The Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman's Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine
"Whatever else you do, listen to your Deepest Self. Love Her and be true to Her, speak Her truth, always."-Sue Monk Kidd, The Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman's Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine
2. The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief
By: Francis Weller , Michael Lerner
4.40
Format: 224 pages, ebook
Noted psychotherapist Francis Weller provides an essential guide for navigating the deep waters of … read more
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"Grief keeps the heart flexible, fluid, and open to others."-Francis Weller, The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief
"Ritual is able to hold the long-discarded shards of our stories and make them whole again. It has the strength and elasticity to contain what we cannot contain on our own, what we cannot face in soli…"-Francis Weller, The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief
"Grief and love are sisters, woven together from the beginning. Their kinship reminds us that there is no love that does not contain loss and no loss that is not a reminder of the love we carry for wh…"-Francis Weller, The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief
"To alter the amnesia of our times, we must be willing to look into the face of the loss and keep it nearby. In this way, we may be able to honor the losses and live our lives as carriers of their unf…"-Francis Weller, The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief
3. Wild Mercy
By: Mirabai Starr
4.25
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
We live in a world that has suffered the abuses of an unbalanced masculine rule for thousands of ye… read more
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"Our capacity to forgive is our superpower."-Mirabai Starr, Wild Mercy
"When we show up to make art, we need to get still enough to hear what wants to be expressed though us, and then we need to step out of the way and let it. We must be willing to abide in a space of no…"-Mirabai Starr, Wild Mercy
"The more you turn inward, the more available the sacred becomes. when you sit in. silence and turn your gaze toward the holy mystery you once called God, the mystery follows you back out into the wor…"-Mirabai Starr, Wild Mercy
"Mystics seem to have no shame about contradicting themselves left and right. They blithely proclaim that the cure for pain is in the pain itself and that the cry of longing is the sigh of merging. Th…"-Mirabai Starr, Wild Mercy
4. Wisdom of Your Body
By: Hillary L. McBride
4.37
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Many of us have a complicated relationship with our body.Maybe you've been made to feel ashamed of … read more
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"She cupped her hands around the remnant flame of spirit inside me, protecting the flickering light until it grew stronger, and then placed my own hands around the flame and made me the protector of t…"-Hillary L. McBride, Wisdom of Your Body
"Transcendence is beautiful, but I'm not convinced it's the full picture. One of my psychology professors used to remind us that if there are only two options and one of them is bad, then we aren't se…"-Hillary L. McBride, Wisdom of Your Body
5. Have a Beautiful, Terrible Day!: Daily Meditations for the Ups, Downs & In-Betweens
By: Kate Bowler
4.34
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Witty, honest, and wise spiritual reflections that invite readers to embrace the bad, not just the … read more
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- theology
6. Field Notes for the Wilderness: Practices for an Evolving Faith
By: Sarah Bessey
4.49
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A nurturing and hopeful collection of practices to help an emerging generation of Christians reconn… read more
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"And yet religion in our modern era seems mostly concerned with systematizing theology, charting time lines, answering questions, and making God small and knowable. We have created a God we can regula…"-Sarah Bessey, Field Notes for the Wilderness: Practices for an Evolving Faith
7. The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism
By: Katherine Stewart
4.28
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
For readers of Democracy in Chains and Dark Money, a revelatory investigation of the Religious Righ… read more
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"Christian nationalism exploits and intensifies inequality, and dominionism is its logical endpoint and the actual engine of the so-called culture wars."-Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism
"Are we a nation in which one brand of religion enjoys a place of privilege? Are we a nation of laws—except in cases where the law offends the feelings of those who subscribe to our preferred religion…"-Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism
"This is not a book I could have imagined writing a dozen years ago. When an older couple from another town attempted to set up and lead a Bible club at my daughter's public elementary school in South…"-Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism
8. As Long as You Need: Permission to Grieve
By: J.S. Park
4.63
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Veteran hospital chaplain to the sick, dying, and bereaved, J.S. Park offers you both the permissio… read more
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- nonfiction
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"It wasn't until I sat with patient after patient, from emergency room to deathbed, that I saw what they saw: In their illness or injury, I saw a memory loss of the future. This is called intrapsychic…"-J.S. Park, As Long as You Need: Permission to Grieve
"She asks me, "How do you grieve someone you never met?" With each patient, I hear similar questions. It keeps emerging, this pulse. It presses in every room, leans on every shoulder, demands an answe…"-J.S. Park, As Long as You Need: Permission to Grieve
"Speeding through grief always has a cost. To bury somebody's supposed-to-be is also to bury a story that's untold. When you bury someone's story like that, it gets lodged in the ribcage, it gets radi…"-J.S. Park, As Long as You Need: Permission to Grieve
9. Good Enough: 40ish Devotionals for a Life of Imperfection
By: Kate Bowler
4.46
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A compassionate, intelligent, and wry series of Christian daily reflectio… read more
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- faith
- nonfiction
- spirituality
- theology
10. The False White Gospel: Rejecting Christian Nationalism, Reclaiming True Faith, and Refounding Democracy
By: Jim Wallis
4.20
Format: 286 pages, Hardcover
A major new work by the New York Times bestselling author, arguing that the answer to bad religion … read more
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- nonfiction
- spirituality
- theology
11. Woven: Nurturing a Faith Your Kid Doesn’t Have to Heal From
By: Meredith Miller
4.54
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
In this inspiring parenting book, learn how to create space for your children to get to know God in… read more
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- theology
12. A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy
By: Tia Levings
4.48
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
“Today it hit me when he hit me, blood shaking in my brain. Maybe there wasn’t a savior coming. May… read more
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- feminism
- nonfiction
13. Rift: A Memoir of Breaking Away from Christian Patriarchy
By: Cait West
4.14
Format: 252 pages, Hardcover
A gripping memoir about coming of age in the stay-at-home daughter movement and the quest to piece … read more
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14. BoyMom: Reimagining Boyhood in the Age of Impossible Masculinity
By: Ruth Whippman
4.28
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Combining painfully honest memoir, cultural analysis, and reporting, BoyMom is a humorous and heart… read more
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- nonfiction
15. Peggy
By: Rebecca Godfrey
3.67
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A dazzling novel about Peggy Guggenheim—a story of art, family, love, and becoming oneself—by the a… read more
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16. What's Next: A Backstage Pass to The West Wing, Its Cast and Crew, and Its Enduring Legacy of Service
By: Melissa Fitzgerald
4.49
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
A behind-the-scenes look into the creation and legacy of The West Wing as told by cast members Mel… read more
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17. A Bit Much
By: Lyndsay Rush
4.42
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
The debut poetry collection from Lyndsay Rush (aka @maryoliversdrunkcousin) is a humorous and joyfu… read more
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18. The Mystics Would Like a Word: Six Women Who Met God and Found a Spirituality for Today
By: Shannon K. Evans
4.23
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Discover a rich legacy of audacious women who forged a spirituality that is more inclusive, surpris… read more
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- feminism
- nonfiction
- spirituality
- catholic
19. The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement
By: Sharon McMahon
4.78
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
America’s favorite government teacher offers thrilling, heartfelt stories of ordinary American hero… read more
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20. Ordinary Mysticism: Your Life as Sacred Ground
By: Mirabai Starr
4.36
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Welcome to the temple of your regular life. So begins beloved spiritual guide Mirabai Starr's st… read more
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21. How to End Christian Nationalism
By: Amanda Tyler
4.61
Format: 244 pages, Hardcover
The essential guidebook for Christians alarmed by the rising tide of Christian nationalism yet unsu… read more
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