9 Top theology books like Martin Luther: A Late Medieval Life by Volker Leppin

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Martin Luther: A Late Medieval Life

By: Volker Leppin

3.83

Format: 135 pages, Paperback

This brief, insightful biography of Martin Luther strips away the myths surrounding the Reformer to…

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1. The Elephant Vanishes

By: Haruki Murakami , Jay Rubin , Alfred Birnbaum

3.83

Format: 327 pages, Paperback

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780679750536 With the same deadpan mania and genius for disloca… read more

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"Memory is like fiction: or else it' fiction that's like memory."

-Haruki Murakami, The Elephant Vanishes

"Memory is like fiction: or else it's fiction that's like memory."

-Haruki Murakami, The Elephant Vanishes

"Sometimes when I think about entities—like in “separate entities"

-Haruki Murakami, The Elephant Vanishes

"The moment I see her, there’s a rumbling in my chest, and my mouth is as dry as a desert."

-Haruki Murakami, The Elephant Vanishes

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2. Hoping Against Hope: Confessions of a Postmodern Pilgrim

By: John D. Caputo

4.19

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

John D. Caputo has a long career as one of the preeminent postmodern philosophers in America. The a… read more

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  • biography
  • theology
"A belief (doxa) expresses a "position" and it comes accompanied by supporting propositions, like buttresses that keep orthodoxy's cathedrals from toppling over. Orthodoxy is uprightness, which is alr…"

-John D. Caputo, Hoping Against Hope: Confessions of a Postmodern Pilgrim

"A belief ( doxa ) expresses a "position" and it comes accompanied by supporting propositions, like buttresses that keep orthodoxy's cathedrals from toppling over. Orthodoxy is uprightness, which is a…"

-John D. Caputo, Hoping Against Hope: Confessions of a Postmodern Pilgrim

"I am not dreaming of doing away with religion. I am trying to save religion, not only from its critics but from itself. I am trying to recover something that is going on in religion, something that r…"

-John D. Caputo, Hoping Against Hope: Confessions of a Postmodern Pilgrim

"A. When Leotard poses the problem of the inhuman, he gets as far as "purposelessness" and then seems to stop. What he takes to be an objection to life is rather a clue to its real point. Purposelessn…"

-John D. Caputo, Hoping Against Hope: Confessions of a Postmodern Pilgrim

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3. Roadside Picnic

By: Theodore Sturgeon , Arkady Strugatsky , Boris Strugatsky , Antonina W. Bouis , None

4.14

Format: 145 pages, Paperback

Red Schuhart is a stalker, one of those young rebels who are compelled, in spite of extreme danger,… read more

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"Keep your head high,"

-Theodore Sturgeon, Roadside Picnic

"Los halagos son el bálsamo de los complejos."

-Theodore Sturgeon, Roadside Picnic

"You need money so you don’t have to think about money."

-Theodore Sturgeon, Roadside Picnic

"Щастие за всички даром и нека никой да не бъде пренебрегнат!"

-Theodore Sturgeon, Roadside Picnic

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4. Love Me Do!: The Beatles' Progress

By: Michael Braun

4.02

Format: 141 pages, Paperback

The year is 1963 and "Love Me Do" is the Beatles' first number one hit, closely followed by "Please… read more

Similar categories in Michael Braun's Love Me Do!: The Beatles' Progress book and Volker Leppin's Martin Luther: A Late Medieval Life

  • history
  • biography
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5. The Cost of Discipleship

By: Dietrich Bonhoeffer

4.30

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

One of the most important theologians of the twentieth century illuminates the relationship between… read more

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  • theology
"When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die."

-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship

"Discipleship is not an offer that man makes to Christ."

-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship

"Only he who believes is obedient, and only he who is obedient believes."

-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship

"Strict exercise of self-control is an essential feature of the Christian's life."

-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship

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6. Tokens of Trust

By: Rowan Williams , Master of Magdalene College University of Cambridge Former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams

4.08

Format: 159 pages, Hardcover

What does it mean to believe in God? Can God possibly be almighty in the midst of so much evil and … read more

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  • theology
"[Knowing God]... call it love, yes, only that can sound too emotional, or call it faith, and that can sound too cerebral. And what is it? Both, and neither... [its] the decision to be faithful, the p…"

-Rowan Williams, Tokens of Trust

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7. The Trial of God: (as it was held on February 25, 1649, in Shamgorod)

By: Elie Wiesel , Matthew Fox , Robert McAfee Brown

3.66

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Where is God when innocent human beings suffer? This drama lays bare the most vexing questions conf… read more

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8. The Assault

By: Harry Mulisch , Claire Nicolas White , None , None

4.01

Format: 175 pages, Paperback

It is the winter of 1945, the last dark days of World War II in occupied Holland. A Nazi collaborat… read more

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9. Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community

By: Dietrich Bonhoeffer

4.27

Format: 122 pages, Paperback

After his martyrdom at the hands of the Gestapo in 1945, Dietrich Bonhoeffer continued his witness … read more

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  • theology
"God is not a God of the emotions but the God of truth."

-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community

"We pray for the big things and forget to give thanks for the ordinary, small (and yet really not small) gifts."

-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community

"It is only when he is a burden that another person is really a brother and not merely an object to be manipulated"

-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community

"The Church does not need brilliant personalities but faithful servants of Jesus and the brethren. Not in the former but in the latter is the lack."

-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community

10. The Prophetic Imagination

By: Walter Brueggemann

3.88

Format: 440 pages, Paperback

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  • theology
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11. Dangerous Calling: Confronting the Unique Challenges of Pastoral Ministry

By: Paul David Tripp

3.80

Format: None pages, Hardcover

After traveling the globe and speaking to thousands of churches worldwide, Paul David Tripp has dis… read more

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  • theology

12. A Firing Offense

By: None

4.30

Format: 237 pages, Trade Paperback

As advertising director of Nutty Nathan's, Nick Stefanos knows all the tricks of the electronics bu… read more

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13. A Little Exercise for Young Theologians

By: Helmut Thielicke , None

3.92

Format: None pages, Paperback

Introduction by Martin E. Marty A veteran theologian and minister offers his wise counsel to beginn… read more

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14. In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership

By: Henri J.M. Nouwen

3.24

Format: 324 pages, Paperback

Henri Nouwen was a spiritual thinker with an unusual capacity to write about the life of Jesus and … read more

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15. Recapturing the Voice of God: Shaping Sermons Like Scripture

By: Steven W. Smith

4.18

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

There is a difference between preaching from the Bible and preaching that allows the Bible to drive… read more

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16. Eus

By: Özcan Akyol

4.28

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

'Wat een kutwereld, joh!' Na talloze goedbedoelde pogingen om een normaal leven te leiden en evenzo… read more

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17. Petro imperatorė I (Petro imperatorė, #1)

By: Kristina Sabaliauskaitė

4.49

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Voltaire'as lietuvės bajorės Martos Skowrońskos – caro Petro I žmonos ir pirmosios Rusijos imperato… read more

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18. Everything Sad Is Untrue

By: Daniel Nayeri

4.32

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

At the front of a middle school classroom in Oklahoma, a boy named Khosrou (whom everyone calls "Da… read more

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"Every story is the sound of a storyteller begging to stay alive."

-Daniel Nayeri, Everything Sad Is Untrue

"I won't tell you about her yet, because sometimes love has to be kept secret. If other people find out, they will attack it."

-Daniel Nayeri, Everything Sad Is Untrue

"Sometimes you just want somebody to look at a thing with you and say, "Yes. That is a thing you're looking at. You haven't lied to yourself."

-Daniel Nayeri, Everything Sad Is Untrue

"Maybe there isn’t just one person designated for everybody. Maybe there’s a lot more to it---maybe you choose and you practice, and that’s what makes the love true."

-Daniel Nayeri, Everything Sad Is Untrue

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19. Nuclear War: A Scenario

By: Annie Jacobsen

4.47

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in … read more

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  • history
"The fundamental idea behind this book is to demonstrate, in appalling detail, just how horrifying nuclear war would be."

-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario

"Humans are wired to advance. Humans do whatever it takes. And yet, nuclear war zeros it all out. Nuclear weapons reduce human brilliance and ingenuity, love and desire, empathy and intellect, to ash."

-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario

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20. Gezinsverpakking

By: Bart Chabot

3.26

Format: 95 pages, Hardcover

De Chabotten ― vier broers, twee ouders en een hond. Alle zeven verhalen ze in Gezinsverpakking ove… read more

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21. De goede zoon

By: Rob van Essen

3.35

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

In "De goede zoon' trekt Rob van Essen de lezer een omgeving in die dystopische trekken vertoont en… read more

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22. Over nationalisme

By: George Orwell

3.85

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

In 1945, vlak na de Tweede Wereldoorlog, schreef George Orwell wat een van zijn meest fameuze essay… read more

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  • history
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23. Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)

By: Stephen Fry

4.32

Format: 415 pages, Paperback

There are Heroes - and then there are Greek Heroes. Few mere mortals have ever embarked on such … read more

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  • history
"You choose to submit to it. Such is the paradox of living. We willingly accept that we have no will."

-Stephen Fry, Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)

"Wicked men never learn, for wicked men have no interest in myths, legends, and stories. If they had they would learn from them and triumph, so we must be glad of their ignorance and dullness of wits."

-Stephen Fry, Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)

"You see?' said Prometheus. 'It is your fate to be Heracles the hero, burdened with labours, yet it is also your choice. You choose to submit to it. Such is the paradox of living. We willingly accept …"

-Stephen Fry, Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)

"A fine statue of a naked Theseus stands proudly today in Athens' central place of assembly, the city's hub, Syntagma Square. Even today he is a focus of Athenian identity and pride. The ship he broug…"

-Stephen Fry, Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)

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24. Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)

By: Stephen Fry

4.26

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Mythos is a modern collection of Greek myths, stylishly retold by legendary writer, actor, and come… read more

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  • history
"Green fingers are better than gold."

-Stephen Fry, Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)

"Goodness me. You don’t ask for the moon, do you?"

-Stephen Fry, Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)

"Gaia visited her daughter Mnemosyne, who was busy being unpronounceable."

-Stephen Fry, Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)

"For the world seems never to offer anything worthwhile without also providing a dreadful opposite."

-Stephen Fry, Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)

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25. Lutherans in America: A New History

By: Mark Granquist

3.76

Format: 375 pages, Paperback

The story of Lutherans in America is one of mutual influence. From the first small groups of Luther… read more

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  • history
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26. Invitation to Biblical Theology: Exploring the Shape, Storyline, and Themes of the Bible

By: Jeremy Kimble

4.21

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Invitation to Biblical Theology provides a thorough overview of biblical theology that is accessibl… read more

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  • theology
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27. A Lay Preacher's Guide: How to Craft a Faithful Sermon (Working Preacher, 4)

By: Karoline M Lewis

4.38

Format: 155 pages, Kindle Edition

In A Lay Preacher's How to Craft a Faithful Sermon, Karoline M. Lewis provides lay preachers with … read more

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28. Ways of the Word: Learning to Preach for Your Time and Place

By: Sally A. Brown

4.07

Format: 265 pages, Paperback

Preaching, and the discipline of preaching, is at a crossroads. The changing realities of church an… read more

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29. Martin Luther: A Late Medieval Life

By: Volker Leppin

3.83

Format: 135 pages, Paperback

This brief, insightful biography of Martin Luther strips away the myths surrounding the Reformer to… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • church history
  • theology
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30. The Return of the Kingdom: A Biblical Theology of God's Reign (Essential Studies in Biblical Theology)

By: Stephen G. Dempster

4.39

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

The biblical story begins and ends with God as king. Human beings rebel, however, rather than fulfi… read more

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  • theology
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31. Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible: Revised and Expanded Fourth Edition

By: Emanuel Tov

4.44

Format: 524 pages, Hardcover

Since its initial publication in 1992, Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible has established itself… read more

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4.02

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4.47

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George Orwell

3.85

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Stephen Fry

4.32

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4.57

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3.95

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