17 best-selling spirituality books like Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life by Richard Rohr

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Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life

By: Richard Rohr

4.23

Format: 199 pages, Hardcover

In Falling Upward , Fr. Richard Rohr seeks to help readers understand the tasks of the two halves o…

"The ego hates losing – even to God."

-Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life

"The ego hates losing – even to God."

-Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life

"Sin happens whenever we refuse to keep growing."

-Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life

"Sin happens whenever we refuse to keep growing."

-Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life

If you liked the spirituality plot in Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life by Richard Rohr , here is a list of 17 books like this:

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1. A New Kind of Christian: A Tale of Two Friends on a Spiritual Journey

By: Brian D. McLaren

3.83

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

A Leadership Network Publication A New Kind of Christian 's conversation between a pastor and his d… read more

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"To be truly good means more than not robbing people . . . To be truly good means more than being righteously religious . . . To be truly good means being a good neighbor. . . . And to be a good neigh…"

-Brian D. McLaren, A New Kind of Christian: A Tale of Two Friends on a Spiritual Journey

"[In the story of the Good Samaritan,] everybody knows the robber is bad--but doesn't Jesus also imply an indictment on the priest and Levite? . . . The priest and Levite are over here. They are 'righ…"

-Brian D. McLaren, A New Kind of Christian: A Tale of Two Friends on a Spiritual Journey

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2. 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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"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

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3. New Seeds of Contemplation

By: Thomas Merton

4.26

Format: 297 pages, Paperback

One of the best-loved books by one of the great spiritual authors of our time, with a new introduct… read more

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"A tree gives glory to God by being a tree. For in being what God means it to be it is obeying [God]. It “consents,"

-Thomas Merton, New Seeds of Contemplation

"Our vocation is not simply to be, but to work together with God in the creation of our own life, our own identity, our own destiny....To work out our identity in God."

-Thomas Merton, New Seeds of Contemplation

"The ever-changing reality in the midst of which we live should awaken us to the possibility of an uninterrupted dialogue with God. By this I do not mean continuous “talk,"

-Thomas Merton, New Seeds of Contemplation

"We have the choice of two identities: the external mask which seems to be real...and the hidden, inner person who seems to us to be nothing, but who can give himself eternally to the truth in whom he…"

-Thomas Merton, New Seeds of Contemplation

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4. What Is the Bible?: How an Ancient Library of Poems, Letters, and Stories Can Transform the Way You Think and Feel About Everything

By: Rob Bell

4.32

Format: 336 pages, ebook

Rob Bell, the beloved author of Love Wins and What We Talk About When We Talk About God, goes deep … read more

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  • christian
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  • christianity
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5. The Wisdom Jesus: Transforming Heart and Mind

By: Cynthia Bourgeault

4.12

Format: 237 pages, Paperback

If you put aside what you think you know about Jesus and approach the Gospels as though for the fir… read more

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"A sophiological Christianity focuses on the path."

-Cynthia Bourgeault, The Wisdom Jesus: Transforming Heart and Mind

"It's not about right belief; it's about right practice."

-Cynthia Bourgeault, The Wisdom Jesus: Transforming Heart and Mind

"To mourn is to touch directly the substance of divine compassion."

-Cynthia Bourgeault, The Wisdom Jesus: Transforming Heart and Mind

"As we enter the path of transformation, the most valuable thing we have working in our favor is our yearning."

-Cynthia Bourgeault, The Wisdom Jesus: Transforming Heart and Mind

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6. Open Mind, Open Heart: The Contemplative Dimension of the Gospel

By: Thomas Keating

3.98

Format: None pages,

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7. The Sin of Certainty: Why God Desires Our Trust More Than Our "Correct" Beliefs

By: Peter Enns

3.91

Format: 241 pages, Hardcover

The controversial evangelical Bible scholar and author of The Bible Tells Me Soexplains how Christi… read more

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8. Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening

By: Cynthia Bourgeault

4.03

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

Practitioners of Centering Prayer are known for the great enthusiasm they bring to the practice of … read more

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9. Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life

By: Richard Rohr

4.23

Format: 199 pages, Hardcover

In Falling Upward , Fr. Richard Rohr seeks to help readers understand the tasks of the two halves o… read more

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  • theology
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  • psychology
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  • nonfiction
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"The ego hates losing – even to God."

-Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life

"Sin happens whenever we refuse to keep growing."

-Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life

"Life is all about practicing for heaven." p 101."

-Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life

"Before the truth sets you free, it tends to make you miserable."

-Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life

10. An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith

By: Barbara Brown Taylor

3.47

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In her critically acclaimed Leaving Church("a beautiful, absorbing memoir."--Dallas Morning News), … read more

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11. Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived

By: Rob Bell

3.66

Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition

Millions of Christians have struggled with how to reconcile God's love and God's judgment: Has God… read more

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"You turn the light on, you get all kinds of bugs."

-Rob Bell, Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived

"Forgiveness is unilateral. God isn’t waiting for us to get it together, to clean up, shape up, get up - God has already done it."

-Rob Bell, Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived

"...Jesus responds to almost every question he's asked with...a question. "What do you think? How do you read it?" he asks, again and again and again."

-Rob Bell, Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived

"Love demands freedom. It always has, and it always will. We are free to resist, reject, and rebel against God's ways for us. We can have all the hell we want."

-Rob Bell, Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived

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12. Somehow: Thoughts on Love

By: Anne Lamott

3.95

Format: 204 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Dusk, Night, Dawn and Help, Thanks, Wow , a joyful celebration of lo… read more

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"I don’t know"

-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love

"…nobody in isolation becomes who they were designed to be."

-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love

"Sometimes it all just sucks, as Jesus says somewhere in the Gospels (although off the top of my head I can’t recall chapter and verse."

-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love

"When I first got sober, a man told me that upon waking every morning, instead of reciting the standard flowery recovery prayer, he said, “Whatever,“ and at night when he turned off his lights to go t…"

-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love

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13. How to Walk into a Room: The Art of Knowing When to Stay and When to Walk Away

By: Emily P. Freeman

4.01

Format: 232 pages, Kindle Edition

New York Times Bestseller If life were a house, then every room holds a story. What do we do when … read more

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14. 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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"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)

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15. 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

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16. Faith after Doubt: Why Your Beliefs Stopped Working and What to Do about It

By: Brian D. McLaren

4.30

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the author of A New Kind of Christianity comes a bold proposal: only doubt can save the world … read more

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17. Do I Stay Christian?: A Guide for the Doubters, the Disappointed, and the Disillusioned

By: Brian D. McLaren

4.25

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Dubbed "a heroic gate-crasher" by New York Times bestselling author Glennon Doyle, Brian D. McLaren… read more

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18. At-One-Ment

By: Thomas Wirthlin McConkie

4.61

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

At the heart of the gospel is a radical message of we are capable of unlimited development, of bec… read more

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19. Living on the Inside of the Edge: A Survival Guide

By: Christian Kimball

4.30

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

"Chris has managed to write a great primer for Latter-day Saints who desperately need a new way to … read more

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20. The Healing Path: A Memoir and an Invitation

By: James Finley

4.59

Format: None pages, Paperback

This is a contemplative reflection on the spirituality of healing, the fruit of the author’s lifeti… read more

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21. Constant Companion: Your Practical Path to Real Interaction with God

By: Ami Loper

4.41

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Many believers in Jesus Christ are living life against the backdrop of disenchantment. They have a … read more

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"A God-given longing must have a God-given fulfillment"

-Ami Loper, Constant Companion: Your Practical Path to Real Interaction with God

"I feel his love most strongly when I am confident in his love."

-Ami Loper, Constant Companion: Your Practical Path to Real Interaction with God

"Be willing to be a place where God can let His dreams for you grow."

-Ami Loper, Constant Companion: Your Practical Path to Real Interaction with God

"Since the moment of the Fall, God has never stopped searching us out."

-Ami Loper, Constant Companion: Your Practical Path to Real Interaction with God

6 best-selling philosophy books like Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life by Richard Rohr

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New Seeds of Contemplation

Thomas Merton

4.26

Transform Your Habits

What Is the Bible?: How an Ancient Library of Poems, Letters, and Stories Can Transform the Way You Think and Feel About Everything

Rob Bell

4.32

Transform Your Habits

The Wisdom Jesus: Transforming Heart and Mind

Cynthia Bourgeault

4.12

Transform Your Habits

Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life

Richard Rohr

4.23

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Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again

Rachel Held Evans

4.39

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Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived

Rob Bell

3.66

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The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For and Believe

Richard Rohr

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How the Bible Actually Works: In Which I Explain How An Ancient, Ambiguous, and Diverse Book Leads Us to Wisdom Rather Than Answers―and Why That's Great News

Peter Enns

4.29

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