21 Top christian books like Christianity and Culture by J. Gresham Machen

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Christianity and Culture

By: J. Gresham Machen

4.55

Format: 40 pages, Paperback

Machen believed that culture (understood in the sense of high culture) was extremely important. The…

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1. What Is The Trinity? (Crucial Questions, #10)

By: R.C. Sproul

4.24

Format: 74 pages, Kindle Edition

The Trinity is truly a mystery. This doctrine teaches that the God of Christianity is one in His es… read more

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  • christianity
  • christian
  • nonfiction
  • theology
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2. The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God

By: Timothy J. Keller , Kathy Keller

4.49

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Renowned pastor of New York’s Redeemer Presbyterian Church and author of The Songs of Jesus, Timoth… read more

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  • christian
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"Like a surgeon, friends cut you in order to heal you."

-Timothy J. Keller, The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God

"Real love, the Bible says, instinctively desires permanence."

-Timothy J. Keller, The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God

"A common vision can unite people of very different temperaments."

-Timothy J. Keller, The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God

"Friends become wiser together through a healthy clash of viewpoints."

-Timothy J. Keller, The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God

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3. City of God

By: Augustine of Hippo , Henry Bettenson

3.93

Format: 1186 pages, Paperback

No book except the Bible itself had a greater influence on the Middle Ages than Augustine's City of… read more

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  • christianity
  • christian
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"There are wolves within, and there are sheep without."

-Augustine of Hippo, City of God

"A wholesome fear would be a fit guardian for the citizens."

-Augustine of Hippo, City of God

"Humility raises us not by human arrogance but by divine grace."

-Augustine of Hippo, City of God

"He that becomes protector of sin shall surely become its prisoner."

-Augustine of Hippo, City of God

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4. Living in God's Two Kingdoms: A Biblical Vision for Christianity and Culture

By: David VanDrunen

3.69

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Modern movements such as neo-Calvinism, the New Perspective on Paul, and the emerging church have p… read more

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  • cultural
  • christian
  • nonfiction
  • theology
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5. The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness

By: Timothy J. Keller

4.51

Format: 46 pages, Paperback

‘What are the marks of a supernaturally changed heart?’ This is one of the questions the Apostle… read more

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"...the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less."

-Timothy J. Keller, The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness

"In other words, we are only proud of being more successful, more intelligent or more good-looking than the next person, and we are in the presence of someone who is more successful, intelligent and g…"

-Timothy J. Keller, The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness

"Up until the 20th century, traditional cultures (and this is still true of most cultures in the world) always believed that too high a view of yourself was the root cause of all the evil in the world…"

-Timothy J. Keller, The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness

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6. Christ and Culture

By: Martin E. Marty , H. Richard Niebuhr , James M. Gustafson

4.37

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

This 50th-anniversary edition, with a new foreword by the distinguished historian Martin E. Marty, … read more

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  • cultural
  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • nonfiction
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7. 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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  • christian
  • nonfiction
  • theology
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8. Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God's Will

By: Kevin DeYoung

4.24

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

A Liberating Approach to Finding God's Will or How to Make a Decision Without Dreams, Visions, Flee… read more

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  • christian
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  • theology
"We're not consistent. We're not stable. We don't stick with anything. Most of the time we can't even make decisions."

-Kevin DeYoung, Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God's Will

"If you think God has promised this world will be a five-star hotel, you will be miserable as you live through the normal struggles of life. But if you remember that God promised we would be pilgrims …"

-Kevin DeYoung, Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God's Will

"My fear is that of all the choices people face today, the one they rarely consider is, "How can I serve most effectively and fruitfully in the local church?" I wonder if the abundance of opportunitie…"

-Kevin DeYoung, Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God's Will

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9. God's Philosophers: How the Medieval World Laid the Foundations of Modern Science

By: James Hannam

3.67

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

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  • nonfiction
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10. Empires of Dirt: Secularism, Radical Islam, and the Mere Christendom Alternative

By: Douglas Wilson

3.25

Format: None pages,

As it self-destructs, the strategy of secularism (the idea that nations can be religiously neutral)… read more

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  • christianity
  • cultural
  • nonfiction
  • theology

11. On Secular Education

By: Douglas Wilson , Robert Lewis Dabney

4.18

Format: None pages,

"The education of children for God is the most important business done on earth. It is the one busi… read more

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12. How Should We Then Live? The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture

By: Francis A. Schaeffer

3.56

Format: None pages, Paperback

In dit boek, dat ontstaan is naar aanleiding van de gelijknamige televisie serie, neemt de auteur o… read more

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13. Desiring the Kingdom: Worship, Worldview, and Cultural Formation

By: James K.A. Smith

2.00

Format: 161 pages, Paperback

Malls, stadiums, and universities are actually liturgical structures that influence and shape our t… read more

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14. Knowing God

By: J.I. Packer

2.00

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

For over 40 years, J. I. Packer's classic has been an important tool to help Christians around the … read more

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15. The Courage to Be Protestant: Truth-lovers, Marketers, and Emergents in the Postmodern World

By: David F. Wells

3.71

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

"It takes no courage to sign up as a Protestant."These words begin this bold new work -- the culmin… read more

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16. 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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17. To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World

By: James Davison Hunter

4.45

Format: 864 pages, Hardcover

The call to make the world a better place is inherent in the Christian belief and practice. But why… read more

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18. The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution

By: Carl R. Trueman

4.57

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Modern culture is obsessed with identity. Since the landmark Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court … read more

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  • christianity
  • nonfiction
"[I]n the work of the New Left one finds philosophical justification for what are now intuitive commonplaces of our culture: to be free is to be sexually liberated; to be happy is to be affirmed in th…"

-Carl R. Trueman, The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution

"The expressive individual is now the sexually expressive individual. And education and socialization are to be marked not by the cultivation of traditional sexual interdicts and taboos but rather by …"

-Carl R. Trueman, The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution

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19. Strange New World: How Thinkers and Activists Redefined Identity and Sparked the Sexual Revolution

By: Carl R. Trueman

4.50

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

From Philosophy to Technology, Tracing the Origin of Identity Politics How did the world arrive … read more

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  • cultural
  • christian
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  • christianity
  • nonfiction
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20. Habits of the Household: Practicing the Story of God in Everyday Family Rhythms

By: Justin Whitmel Earley

4.61

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

Discover simple habits and easy-to-implement daily rhythms that will help you find meaning beyond t… read more

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  • christianity
  • christian
  • nonfiction
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21. Finding the Right Hills to Die on: The Case for Theological Triage

By: Gavin Ortlund

4.34

Format: 163 pages, Paperback

In theology, just as in battle, some hills are worth dying on. But how do we know which ones? When … read more

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  • christianity
  • christian
  • nonfiction
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22. Leadership and Emotional Sabotage: Resisting the Anxiety That Will Wreck Your Family, Destroy Your Church, and Ruin the World

By: Joe Rigney

4.54

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

Who are you when the teeth come out? For every true act of leadership, there is an equal and mo… read more

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  • cultural
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  • christianity
  • nonfiction
"The Scriptures regularly use the metaphor of a body to speak about human social life. The church is the body of Christ, with many members (1 Cor. 12). Marriage is a “one flesh"

-Joe Rigney, Leadership and Emotional Sabotage: Resisting the Anxiety That Will Wreck Your Family, Destroy Your Church, and Ruin the World

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23. America's Cultural Revolution: How the Radical Left Conquered Everything

By: Christopher F. Rufo

4.30

Format: 352 pages, ebook

For decades, left-wing radicals patiently built a revolution in the shadows. Then suddenly, after t… read more

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  • cultural
  • nonfiction
"The revolution, which seeks to connect ideology to bureaucratic power and to manipulate behavior through the guise of expertise, is ultimately not democratic."

-Christopher F. Rufo, America's Cultural Revolution: How the Radical Left Conquered Everything

"The critical race theorists and their allies have turned resentment into a governing principle. But this also a trap: resentment is a tool for obtaining power, not of wielding it successfully."

-Christopher F. Rufo, America's Cultural Revolution: How the Radical Left Conquered Everything

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24. The Toxic War on Masculinity: How Christianity Reconciles the Sexes

By: Nancy R. Pearcey

4.51

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

How the Script for Masculinity Turned Toxic--and How to Fix It "Why Can't We Hate Men?" asks a hea… read more

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  • cultural
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  • christianity
  • nonfiction
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25. Prayer: How Praying Together Shapes the Church (9marks: Building Healthy Churches)

By: John Onwuchekwa

4.41

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

Prayer is as necessary to the Christian as breathing is to the human body--but it often doesn't com… read more

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  • christianity
  • christian
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26. Return of the Strong Gods: Nationalism, Populism, and the Future of the West

By: R.R. Reno

3.96

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

With compelling insight, R. R. Reno argues that we are witnessing the return of the “strong gods”—t… read more

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  • christianity
  • cultural
  • christian
  • nonfiction
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27. Christian Worldview

By: Herman Bavinck

4.32

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

For the First Time in English, a Foundational Work of One of the Church's Most Important Theologian… read more

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  • cultural
  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • nonfiction
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28. Loving the City: Doing Balanced, Gospel-Centered Ministry in Your City (Center Church)

By: Timothy J. Keller

4.29

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Even if you don’t go to the city to minister, make no mistake—the city is coming to you. Regardless… read more

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  • christianity
  • cultural
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29. Why Believe?: A Reasoned Approach to Christianity

By: Neil Shenvi

4.43

Format: 269 pages, Paperback

Chemist and Christian Apologist Neil Shenvi Explores the Evidence for Christianity For centuries, s… read more

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  • christian
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"It is in the harsh light of the Golden Rule ("whatever you wish that others do to you, do also to them," Matt. 7:12) that we are most terribly exposed."

-Neil Shenvi, Why Believe?: A Reasoned Approach to Christianity

"At first, this ethic of love strikes us as rightly as beautiful. Yet, if we take it seriously, we will recognize that by its very goodness, it condemns us."

-Neil Shenvi, Why Believe?: A Reasoned Approach to Christianity

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30. Shepherds for Sale: How Evangelical Leaders Traded the Truth for a Leftist Agenda

By: Megan Basham

4.37

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

“This may just be the single most important book on modern Evangelicalism in recent years. It is bo… read more

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31. Christianity and Culture

By: J. Gresham Machen

4.55

Format: 40 pages, Paperback

Machen believed that culture (understood in the sense of high culture) was extremely important. The… read more

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23 Top nonfiction books like Christianity and Culture by J. Gresham Machen

Transform Your Habits

What Is The Trinity? (Crucial Questions, #10)

R.C. Sproul

4.24

Transform Your Habits

The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God

Timothy J. Keller , Kathy Keller

4.49

Transform Your Habits

City of God

Augustine of Hippo , Henry Bettenson

3.93

Transform Your Habits

Living in God's Two Kingdoms: A Biblical Vision for Christianity and Culture

David VanDrunen

3.69

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7 Best politics books like Empires of Dirt: Secularism, Radical Islam, and the Mere Christendom Alternative by Douglas Wilson

Men and Marriage

George Gilder

3.98

Transform Your Habits

Empires of Dirt: Secularism, Radical Islam, and the Mere Christendom Alternative

Douglas Wilson

3.25

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Fault Lines: The Social Justice Movement and Evangelicalism's Looming Catastrophe

Voddie T. Baucham Jr.

4.45

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The Boniface Option: A Strategy For Christian Counteroffensive in a Post-Christian Nation

Andrew Isker

4.43

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