21 Top nonfiction books like How to Inhabit Time: Understanding the Past, Facing the Future, Living Faithfully Now by James K.A. Smith

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How to Inhabit Time: Understanding the Past, Facing the Future, Living Faithfully Now

By: James K.A. Smith

4.29

Format: 189 pages, Hardcover

Many Christians are disconnected from the past or imagine they are "above" history, immune to it, a…

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1. A Non-Anxious Presence: How a Changing and Complex World will Create a Remnant of Renewed Christian Leaders

By: Mark Sayers

4.06

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

For much of recent history individuals and institutions could plan, execute, and flourish with thei… read more

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  • christian
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  • christianity
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Cover of Timothy Keller: His Spiritual and Intellectual Formation by Collin Hansen

2. Timothy Keller: His Spiritual and Intellectual Formation

By: Collin Hansen

4.56

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Timothy Keller takes readers behind the scenes to meet the people and understand the events that fo… read more

Similar categories in Collin Hansen's Timothy Keller: His Spiritual and Intellectual Formation book and James K.A. Smith's How to Inhabit Time: Understanding the Past, Facing the Future, Living Faithfully Now

  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • nonfiction
Cover of Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus, Become Like Him, Do As He Did by John Mark Comer

3. Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus, Become Like Him, Do As He Did

By: John Mark Comer

4.63

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The author of the international bestseller The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry calls us to rediscover… read more

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  • christian
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  • christianity
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  • christian living
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  • spirituality
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4. How to Inhabit Time: Understanding the Past, Facing the Future, Living Faithfully Now

By: James K.A. Smith

4.29

Format: 189 pages, Hardcover

Many Christians are disconnected from the past or imagine they are "above" history, immune to it, a… read more

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  • christian
  • history
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • christian living
  • philosophy
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  • spirituality
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5. The Wood Between the Worlds: A Poetic Theology of the Cross

By: Brian Zahnd

4.53

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

The cross is the heart of Scripture Everything about the gospel message leads to the cross, and pro… read more

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  • christian
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  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
Cover of Remaking the World: How 1776 Created the Post-Christian West by Andrew         Wilson

6. Remaking the World: How 1776 Created the Post-Christian West

By: Andrew Wilson

4.51

Format: 473 pages, Kindle Edition

How 7 Transformational Events in 1776 Paved the Way for Today’s Post-Christian West With dizzyin… read more

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  • christian
  • history
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  • christianity
  • faith
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
Cover of Exiles: The Church in the Shadow of Empire by Preston M. Sprinkle

7. Exiles: The Church in the Shadow of Empire

By: Preston M. Sprinkle

4.45

Format: 189 pages, Kindle Edition

A thoughtful exploration of the intersection of faith and politics, Exiles What if we considered o… read more

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  • christian
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Cover of Digital Liturgies: Rediscovering Christian Wisdom in an Online Age by Samuel James

8. Digital Liturgies: Rediscovering Christian Wisdom in an Online Age

By: Samuel James

4.44

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

How the Habitat of Internet Technology Undermines Christian Wisdom With advancements in internet te… read more

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  • christian
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  • faith
  • christian living
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
Cover of Made for People: Why We Drift into Loneliness and How to Fight for a Life of Friendship by Justin Whitmel Earley

9. Made for People: Why We Drift into Loneliness and How to Fight for a Life of Friendship

By: Justin Whitmel Earley

4.47

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Loneliness is the most dangerous and least talked-about epidemic--but Made for People offers a cure… read more

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10. Biblical Critical Theory: How the Bible's Unfolding Story Makes Sense of Modern Life and Culture

By: Christopher Watkin

4.55

Format: 672 pages, Hardcover

*With a foreword from Tim Keller* A bold vision for Christians who want to engage the world in a wa… read more

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  • christian
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  • christian living
  • philosophy
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  • nonfiction
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11. The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images, and Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis

By: Karen Swallow Prior

4.25

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Contemporary American evangelicalism is suffering from an identity crisis--and a lot of bad press. … read more

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"For Hardy and other critics of the evangelical movement, too often the desire for purity encouraged hypocrisy, earnest ideals became mere performance, and the valuation of hard work turned into pursu…"

-Karen Swallow Prior, The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images, and Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis

"The novel [ Pamela ] is also a very powerful early expression of the modern self, one who sees her soul as equal in human worth and dignity to anyone, regardless of social class or power--and this, t…"

-Karen Swallow Prior, The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images, and Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis

Cover of Jesus and the Powers: Christian Political Witness in an Age of Totalitarian Terror and Dysfunctional Democracies by N.T. Wright

12. Jesus and the Powers: Christian Political Witness in an Age of Totalitarian Terror and Dysfunctional Democracies

By: N.T. Wright

4.14

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Should Christians be politically withdrawn, avoiding participation in politics to maintain their pr… read more

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  • christian
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Cover of On Getting Out of Bed: The Burden and Gift of Living by Alan  Noble

13. On Getting Out of Bed: The Burden and Gift of Living

By: Alan Noble

4.33

Format: 108 pages, Hardcover

We aren't always honest about how difficult normal human life is. For the majority of people, sorro… read more

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  • christian
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  • faith
  • christian living
  • nonfiction
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14. 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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  • history
  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction
"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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15. Lent: The Season of Repentance and Renewal

By: Esau McCaulley

4.43

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

"Lent is inescapably about repenting." Every year, the church invites us into a season of repentanc… read more

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  • christian
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"We hope that as Christians we mature and grow and become more and more like Christ. But the church and its wisdom assumes we will fail even after our baptism. The church presumes that life is long an…"

-Esau McCaulley, Lent: The Season of Repentance and Renewal

Cover of A Burning in My Bones: The Authorized Biography of Eugene H. Peterson, Translator of The Message by Winn Collier

16. A Burning in My Bones: The Authorized Biography of Eugene H. Peterson, Translator of The Message

By: Winn Collier

4.65

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

This essential authorized biography of Eugene Peterson offers unique insights into the experiences … read more

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17. You Are Not Your Own: Belonging to God in an Inhuman World

By: Alan Noble

4.35

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

"You are your own, and you belong to yourself." This is the fundamental assumption of modern life. … read more

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Cover of The Ballot and the Bible: How Scripture Has Been Used and Abused in American Politics and Where We Go from Here by Kaitlyn Schiess

18. The Ballot and the Bible: How Scripture Has Been Used and Abused in American Politics and Where We Go from Here

By: Kaitlyn Schiess

4.30

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

How do Bible passages written thousands of years ago apply to politics today? What can we learn fro… read more

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  • christian
  • history
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"The Bible is not a free-floating book of ageless wisdom, an interesting historical document, or a weapon that can be put in the service of any political goal. The Bible is a gift from God to the chur…"

-Kaitlyn Schiess, The Ballot and the Bible: How Scripture Has Been Used and Abused in American Politics and Where We Go from Here

"What is government? What is the relationship between theology and politics? How should Christians think about their political participation? These questions typically get lost in our conversations. W…"

-Kaitlyn Schiess, The Ballot and the Bible: How Scripture Has Been Used and Abused in American Politics and Where We Go from Here

Cover of The Need to Be Whole: Patriotism and the History of Prejudice by Wendell Berry

19. The Need to Be Whole: Patriotism and the History of Prejudice

By: Wendell Berry

4.03

Format: 513 pages, Paperback

Wendell Berry has never been afraid to speak up for the dispossessed. The Need to Be Whole continue… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • theology
Cover of The Life We're Looking For: Reclaiming Relationship in a Technological World by Andy Crouch

20. The Life We're Looking For: Reclaiming Relationship in a Technological World

By: Andy Crouch

4.06

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A deeply reflective primer on creating meaningful connections, rebuilding abundant communities, and… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
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  • christian living
  • nonfiction
"In our deepest hearts we know that being charmed is unreal. All our lives, what we really have been looking for is blessing. We once lay on a mother’s breast, looking for a face. We were not looking …"

-Andy Crouch, The Life We're Looking For: Reclaiming Relationship in a Technological World

Cover of Low Anthropology: The Unlikely Key to a Gracious View of Others (and Yourself) by David Zahl

21. Low Anthropology: The Unlikely Key to a Gracious View of Others (and Yourself)

By: David Zahl

4.35

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

"A lighthearted yet high-minded exploration of failure's ability to serve as a gateway to grace. Re… read more

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"While a low anthropologist may agree with the people around them that a given moral end is important, they will be hesitant to justify the adoption of unsavory means to achieve that end. That is, the…"

-David Zahl, Low Anthropology: The Unlikely Key to a Gracious View of Others (and Yourself)

"Low anthropology powerfully reframes the way we approach the good or beautiful things done by otherwise disreputable individuals -- namely, as evidence of grace rather than defilement. As musician Ni…"

-David Zahl, Low Anthropology: The Unlikely Key to a Gracious View of Others (and Yourself)

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4.52

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