17 must-read religion books like Reckoning with Power: Why the Church Fails When It’s on the Wrong Side of Power by David E. Fitch

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Reckoning with Power: Why the Church Fails When It’s on the Wrong Side of Power

By: David E. Fitch

4.25

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

History is Whenever the church has aligned itself with worldly, coercive power, it ends up on the …

If you liked the religion plot in Reckoning with Power: Why the Church Fails When It’s on the Wrong Side of Power by David E. Fitch , here is a list of 17 books like this:

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1. Reading Revelation Responsibly: Uncivil Worship and Witness: Following the Lamb into the New Creation

By: Michael J. Gorman

4.48

Format: 211 pages, Paperback

Reading Revelation Responsibly is for those who are confused by, afraid of, and/or preoccupied with… read more

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"To pray for the coming of the kingdom, the coming of the Lord, is to commit oneself and one’s community to embody the values and practices of that kingdom-now-in whatever circumstances we find oursel…"

-Michael J. Gorman, Reading Revelation Responsibly: Uncivil Worship and Witness: Following the Lamb into the New Creation

"According to Revelation, in the church’s worship we should remember and honor the prophets and martyrs, not veterans and fallen warriors; faithful witnesses, not loyal patriots; the One who was slain…"

-Michael J. Gorman, Reading Revelation Responsibly: Uncivil Worship and Witness: Following the Lamb into the New Creation

"It has often been said that the most common idols in the West are Power, Sex, and Money; with this I am not in any profound disagreement. However, inasmuch as these idols are connected to a larger vi…"

-Michael J. Gorman, Reading Revelation Responsibly: Uncivil Worship and Witness: Following the Lamb into the New Creation

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2. Emotionally Healthy Spirituality: Unleash a Revolution in Your Life In Christ

By: Peter Scazzero

3.65

Format: 135 pages, Hardcover

What Are You Missing? Peter Scazzero learned the hard way: you can't be spiritually mature while re… read more

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3. The Very Good Gospel: How Everything Wrong Can Be Made Right

By: Lisa Sharon Harper

3.88

Format: 136 pages, Hardcover

God once declared everything in the world "very good." Can you imagine it? A Vision of Hope for a B… read more

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4. A Long Obedience in the Same Direction: Discipleship in an Instant Society

By: Eugene H. Peterson

3.50

Format: 424 pages,

This world is no friend to grace. God has given us some resources, however. As we grow in character… read more

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

By: Scot McKnight

4.34

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

What is the way forward for the church?Tragically, in recent years, Christians have gotten used to … read more

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6. 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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7. Learning to Disagree: The Surprising Path to Navigating Differences with Empathy and Respect

By: John D. Inazu

4.06

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Are you discouraged by our divided, angry culture, where even listening to a different perspective … read more

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

By: Nijay K. Gupta

4.29

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

The first Christians were weird. Just how weird is often lost on today's believers. Within Roman s… read more

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9. 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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10. The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism

By: Tim Alberta

4.45

Format: 506 pages, Kindle Edition

Evangelical Christians are perhaps the most polarizing—and least understood—people living in Americ… read more

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11. Reckoning with Power: Why the Church Fails When It’s on the Wrong Side of Power

By: David E. Fitch

4.25

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

History is Whenever the church has aligned itself with worldly, coercive power, it ends up on the … read more

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12. Revelation for the Rest of Us: A Prophetic Call to Follow Jesus as a Dissident Disciple

By: Scot McKnight

4.37

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

See how the Book of Revelation can be read as a book of discipleship , challenging Christ-followers… read more

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13. 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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14. 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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15. Tell Her Story: How Women Led, Taught, and Ministered in the Early Church

By: Nijay K. Gupta

4.35

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Women were there. For centuries, discussions of early Christianity have focused on male leaders in … read more

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16. Ghosted: An American Story

By: Nancy French

4.45

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A riveting look inside a life of poverty, success, and the inner circles of political influence--fr… read more

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17. Being God's Image: Why Creation Still Matters

By: Carmen Joy Imes

4.47

Format: 243 pages, Paperback

What does it mean to be human? This timeless question proves critical as we seek to understand our … read more

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18. The Lost World of the Prophets: Old Testament Prophecy and Apocalyptic Literature in Ancient Context (The Lost World Series)

By: John H. Walton

4.24

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Being responsive to God is at the heart of prophecy. But readers of ancient prophecies and apocalyp… read more

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19. Lamb of the Free: Recovering the Varied Sacrificial Understandings of Jesus's Death

By: Andrew Remington Rillera

4.69

Format: 356 pages, Paperback

Lamb of the Free analyzes the different sacrificial imagery applied to Jesus in the NT in light of … read more

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Cover of Disarming Leviathan: Loving Your Christian Nationalist Neighbor by Caleb E. Campbell

20. Disarming Leviathan: Loving Your Christian Nationalist Neighbor

By: Caleb E. Campbell

4.28

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Ministering to Christian Nationalists Pastor Caleb Campbell has watched as Christian nationalism h… read more

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21. Ownership: The Evangelical Legacy of Slavery in Edwards, Wesley, and Whitefield

By: Sean McGever

4.56

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Men of their time? Jonathan Edwards, John Wesley, and George Whitefield were the three most promin… read more

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7 Best politics books like Reckoning with Power: Why the Church Fails When It’s on the Wrong Side of Power by David E. Fitch

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4.45

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Reckoning with Power: Why the Church Fails When It’s on the Wrong Side of Power

David E. Fitch

4.25

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Exiles: The Church in the Shadow of Empire

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4.45

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4.52

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4.63

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Emily P. Freeman

4.01

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Jennie Allen

4.24

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