8 Top christian books like God of the Oppressed by James H. Cone

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God of the Oppressed

By: James H. Cone

3.81

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

God of the Oppressedremains a landmark in the development of Black Theology--the first effort to pr…

If you liked the christian plot in God of the Oppressed by James H. Cone , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. Pedagogy of the Oppressed

By: Paulo Freire , Donaldo Macedo , Myra Bergman Ramos , None

4.30

Format: 183 pages, Paperback

First published in Portuguese in 1968, Pedagogy of the Oppressed was translated and published in En… read more

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"Critical consciousness, they say, is anarchic."

-Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed

"Without a sense of identity, there can be no real struggle."

-Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed

"People educate each other through the mediation of the world."

-Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed

"Word is not the privilege of some few persons but the right of everyone"

-Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed

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2. Trauma and Grace: Theology in a Ruptured World

By: Serene Jones

4.18

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

This substantive collection of essays by Serene Jones explores recent works in the field of trauma … read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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3. Fear and Trembling

By: Søren Kierkegaard , Alastair Hannay

4.75

Format: 335 pages, Paperback

Soren Kierkegaard was a Danish philosopher, theologian and religious author interested in human psy… read more

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  • christianity
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • theology
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4. God of the Oppressed

By: James H. Cone

3.81

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

God of the Oppressedremains a landmark in the development of Black Theology--the first effort to pr… read more

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  • christian
  • race
  • theology
  • christianity
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality

5. The Experience of God: Being, Consciousness, Bliss

By: David Bentley Hart

3.59

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Despite the recent ferocious public debate about belief, the concept most central to the discussion… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality

6. Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes: Removing Cultural Blinders to Better Understand the Bible

By: E. Randolph Richards , Brandon J. O'Brien

3.87

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

What was clear to the original readers of Scripture is not always clear to us. Because of the cultu… read more

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7. Letter from the Birmingham Jail

By: Martin Luther King Jr.

2.96

Format: 7 pages, Hardcover

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8. Rescuing the Gospel from the Cowboys: A Native American Expression of the Jesus Way

By: Richard Twiss

3.82

Format: 4 pages, Paperback

One of Seedbed's 10 Notable Books from 2015 The gospel of Jesus has not always been good news for N… read more

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9. 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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10. Jesus and the Disinherited

By: Vincent Harding , Howard Thurman

4.57

Format: 140 pages, Paperback

In this classic theological treatise, the acclaimed theologian and religious leader Howard Thurman … read more

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11. A Theology of Liberation

By: Gustavo Gutiérrez

4.10

Format: None pages, Paperback

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12. Atheist Delusions: The Christian Revolution and Its Fashionable Enemies

By: David Bentley Hart

3.84

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

In this provocative book one of the most brilliant scholars of religion today dismantles distorted … read more

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13. The Wounded Healer: Ministry in Contemporary Society

By: Henri J.M. Nouwen

4.00

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

The Wounded Healeris a hope-filled and simple book that speaks directly to those men and women who … read more

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14. Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope

By: Esau McCaulley

4.43

Format: 200 pages, Kindle Edition

Growing up in the American South, Esau McCaulley knew firsthand the ongoing struggle between despai… read more

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  • christian
  • race
  • theology
  • christianity
  • religion
  • nonfiction
"Prayer for leaders and criticism of their practices are not mutually exclusive ideas. Both have biblical warrant in the same letter."

-Esau McCaulley, Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope

"While I was at home with much of the theology in evangelicalism, there were real disconnects. First, there was the portrayal of the Black church in these circles. I was told that the social gospel ha…"

-Esau McCaulley, Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope

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15. White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America

By: Anthea Butler

4.27

Format: 176 pages, Kindle Edition

The American political scene today is poisonously divided, and the vast majority of white evangelic… read more

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  • christianity
  • race
  • nonfiction
  • religion
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16. How Far to the Promised Land: One Black Family's Story of Hope and Survival in the American South

By: Esau McCaulley

4.62

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times contributing opinion writer and award-winning author of Reading While Black… read more

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  • christian
  • nonfiction
  • religion
  • race
"There is no Black faith that doesn't wrestle with the problem of evil. My reply to these questions is: We who have suffered must have some say in how that suffering is interpreted. We won the right, …"

-Esau McCaulley, How Far to the Promised Land: One Black Family's Story of Hope and Survival in the American South

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17. That All Shall Be Saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation

By: David Bentley Hart

4.26

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

The great fourth-century church father Basil of Caesarea once observed that, in his time, most Chri… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
"As far as I am concerned, anyone who hopes for the universal reconciliation of all creatures with God must already believe that this would be the best possible ending to the Christian story; and such…"

-David Bentley Hart, That All Shall Be Saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation

"Really, on the whole, Christians rarely pay particularly close attention to what the Bible actually says, for the simple reason that the texts defy synthesis in a canon of exact doctrines, and yet mo…"

-David Bentley Hart, That All Shall Be Saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation

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18. Womanist Midrash: A Reintroduction to the Women of the Torah and the Throne

By: Wilda C. Gafney

4.64

Format: 340 pages, Paperback

Womanist Midrash is an in-depth and creative exploration of the well- and lesser-known women of the… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
Cover of Tradition and Apocalypse: An Essay on the Future of Christian Belief by David Bentley Hart

19. Tradition and Apocalypse: An Essay on the Future of Christian Belief

By: David Bentley Hart

4.11

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

In the two thousand years that have elapsed since the time of Christ, Christians have been as much … read more

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  • christianity
  • religion
  • theology
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20. The Other Side of the Wall: A Palestinian Christian Narrative of Lament and Hope

By: Munther Isaac

4.59

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Christians have lived in Palestine since the earliest days of the Jesus movement. The Palestinian c… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • religion
  • nonfiction
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21. You Are Gods: On Nature and Supernature

By: David Bentley Hart

4.14

Format: 158 pages, Hardcover

David Bentley Hart offers an intense and thorough reflection upon the issue of the supernatural in … read more

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  • theology
  • christianity
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality

12 Best religion books like God of the Oppressed by James H. Cone

Transform Your Habits

Trauma and Grace: Theology in a Ruptured World

Serene Jones

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Fear and Trembling

Søren Kierkegaard , Alastair Hannay

4.75

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God of the Oppressed

James H. Cone

3.81

The Experience of God: Being, Consciousness, Bliss

David Bentley Hart

3.59

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Transform Your Habits

A Church Called Tov: Forming a Goodness Culture That Resists Abuses of Power and Promotes Healing

Scot McKnight

4.34

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Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope

Esau McCaulley

4.43

Transform Your Habits

Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation

Kristin Kobes Du Mez

4.30

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Strange Religion: How the First Christians Were Weird, Dangerous, and Compelling

Nijay K. Gupta

4.29

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