She Deserves Better: Raising Girls to Resist Toxic Teachings on Sex, Self, and Speaking Up
By: Sheila Wray Gregoire
4.49
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
This research-based, biblically informed book helps moms reject harmful teachings from the church a…
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1. 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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2. All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir
By: Beth Moore
4.47
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and Wall Street Journal bestseller! An incredibly thoughtful,… read more
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"Once you've broken to pieces, the luxury of imagining yourself unbreakable evaporates."-Beth Moore, All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir
"You want to know how to love me? Love my children. You want to be good to me? Be good to my children."-Beth Moore, All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir
"A teenager doesn't know she's still a child. A teenager feels like an adult, I suppose primarily because her outside, her flesh and her face, her body, her size, her width and height, look like - and…"-Beth Moore, All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir
3. Testimony: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Failed a Generation
By: Jon Ward
4.08
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Jon Ward's life is divided in half: two decades inside the evangelical Christian bubble and two dec… read more
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4. The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth
By: Beth Allison Barr
4.40
Format: 245 pages, Paperback
Biblical womanhood--the belief that God designed women to be submissive wives, virtuous mothers, an… read more
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"Glorifying the past because we like the story better isn't history; it's propaganda."-Beth Allison Barr, The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth
"When we differentiate women because of their sex, we objectify them and deny them their humanity."-Beth Allison Barr, The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth
"Like racism, patriarchy is a shapeshifter—conforming to each new era, looking as if it has always belonged."-Beth Allison Barr, The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth
"Historically, one of the greatest problems for women is that we do not remember our past and we do not work together to change our future. We do not stand together. But what if we did?"-Beth Allison Barr, The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth
5. 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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6. The Woman They Wanted: Shattering the Illusion of the Good Christian Wife
By: Shannon Harris
3.77
Format: 244 pages, Hardcover
"No one is coming to rescue me. I am going to have to rescue me." As a twenty-three-year-old sin… read more
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"But the truth was that church was making me ill. Even the loveliest church in the world couldn't make up for the fact that I had had too much church. My body was rejecting Bible verses with the stren…"-Shannon Harris, The Woman They Wanted: Shattering the Illusion of the Good Christian Wife
"...the hypocrisy of it all was too much to take. To have heard the words 'forgiveness' and 'grace' in hundreds of sermons, thousands of prayers, in every quote, every song, at every meeting and then …"-Shannon Harris, The Woman They Wanted: Shattering the Illusion of the Good Christian Wife
"Religion carries with it great potential for good and for harm. It's humans that make it more complicated (and more certain) and heavier than it needs to be. Religion shouldn't be something heavy we …"-Shannon Harris, The Woman They Wanted: Shattering the Illusion of the Good Christian Wife
7. She Deserves Better: Raising Girls to Resist Toxic Teachings on Sex, Self, and Speaking Up
By: Sheila Wray Gregoire
4.49
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
This research-based, biblically informed book helps moms reject harmful teachings from the church a… read more
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8. Try Softer: A Fresh Approach to Move Us out of Anxiety, Stress, and Survival Mode--and into a Life of Connection and Joy
By: Aundi Kolber
4.40
Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition
"In the wise and soulful tradition of teachers like Shauna Niequist and Brene Brown, therapist Aund… read more
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9. 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
10. 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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11. 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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"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
12. 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
13. 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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14. American Idolatry: How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gospel and Threatens the Church
By: Andrew L. Whitehead
4.20
Format: 215 pages, Hardcover
"Heartfelt, incisive, and worthy of thoughtful consideration."-- Library Journal Power. Fear. Viol… read more
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"Jesus calls us to be a light, not a wildfire."-Andrew L. Whitehead, American Idolatry: How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gospel and Threatens the Church
"When it comes down to democracy or power, white Christian nationalism will choose power every time."-Andrew L. Whitehead, American Idolatry: How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gospel and Threatens the Church
"Christian nationalism is not interested in a government for the people, by the people, but rather for a particular people, by a particular people."-Andrew L. Whitehead, American Idolatry: How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gospel and Threatens the Church
"Our ability to love, serve, and act as salt and light in our communities is not dependent on various symbols of Christianity dominating the civic landscape."-Andrew L. Whitehead, American Idolatry: How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gospel and Threatens the Church
15. 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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"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
16. Non-Toxic Masculinity: Recovering Healthy Male Sexuality
By: Zachary Wagner
4.26
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Dismissals such as "boys will be boys" and "not all men" are ingrained in our world. And the purity… read more
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"Both parties can consent to one-sided sex, but that should not be the bar set for a healthy relationship. Just because it's not rape doesn't mean it isn't dehumanizing."-Zachary Wagner, Non-Toxic Masculinity: Recovering Healthy Male Sexuality
"Why is the superficial, legalistic approach of purity culture often so ineffective in curbing toxic masculinity in Christian men? Because it deals in a truncated, false gospel. Rules and regulations …"-Zachary Wagner, Non-Toxic Masculinity: Recovering Healthy Male Sexuality
17. Recovering from Biblical Manhood and Womanhood: How the Church Needs to Rediscover Her Purpose
By: Aimee Byrd
3.94
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
While evangelicalism dukes it out about who can be church leaders, the rest of the 98% of us need t… read more
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18. Disobedient Women: How a Small Group of Faithful Women Exposed Abuse, Brought Down Powerful Pastors, and Ignited an Evangelical Reckoning
By: Sarah Stankorb
4.06
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Journalist Sarah Stankorb outlines how access to the internet—its networks, freedom of expression, … read more
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19. The Bible vs. Biblical Womanhood: How God's Word Consistently Affirms Gender Equality
By: Philip B. Payne
4.44
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
A biblical defense of egalitarianism that relies on Scripture to affirm gender equality in the chur… read more
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20. Woven: Nurturing a Faith Your Kid Doesn’t Have to Heal From
By: Meredith Miller
4.54
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
In this inspiring parenting book, learn how to create space for your children to get to know God in… read more
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21. Nobody's Mother: Artemis of the Ephesians in Antiquity and the New Testament
By: Sandra L. Glahn
4.49
Format: 190 pages, Paperback
Some Christians think Paul's reference to "saved through childbearing" in 1 Timothy 2:15 means that… read more
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