Religion and Spirituality

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Updated November 6, 2024
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Practicing the way : be with Jesus, become like him, do as he did
Comer, John Mark.
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The author of The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry calls us to rediscover the path that leads to a deeper life with God.   "One of the most important books I have read in a decade . . . If we would all follow in this way,...
Reading Genesis
Robinson, Marilynne.
Paper Book
One of Barack Obama's Book Picks of Summer 2024 One of our greatest novelists and thinkers presents a radiant, thrilling interpretation of the book of Genesis. For generations, the book of Genesis has been treated by scholars as a collection of documents, by various...
The Exvangelicals : Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church
McCammon, Sarah.
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NATIONAL BESTSELLER "An intimate window into the world of American evangelicalism. Fellow exvangelicals will find McCammon's story both startlingly familiar and immensely clarifying, while those looking in from the outside can find no...
Judaism Is About Love : Recovering the Heart of Jewish Life
Held, Shai.
Paper Book
A profound, startling new understanding of Jewish life, illuminating the forgotten heart of Jewish theology and practice: love. A dramatic misinterpretation of the Jewish tradition has shaped the history of the West: Christianity is the religion of love, and Judaism the...
Mostly what God does : reflections on seeking and finding his love everywhere
Guthrie, Savannah
Paper Book
#1 New York Times Bestseller Guthrie persuasively renders the evolution of a hard-won religious belief that makes room for imperfection and "does not require us to ignore... the sorrows we experience or the unjustness we see but to believe past it." This openhearted offering...
A Well-Trained Wife: A Memoir My Escape from Christian Patriarchy
Levings, Tia.
Paper Book
The instant New York Times bestseller: "Today it hit me when he hit me, blood shaking in my brain. Maybe there wasn't a savior coming. Maybe it was up to me to save me." Recruited into the fundamentalist Quiverfull movement as a young wife, Tia...
Strange Religion : How the First Christians Were Weird, Dangerous, and Compelling
Gupta, Nijay K.
Paper Book
"A fresh and rigorously researched take on Christianity's founding."--Publishers Weekly The first Christians were weird. Just how weird is often lost on today's believers. Within Roman society, the earliest Christians stood out for the oddness of their beliefs...
God's Ghostwriters : Enslaved Christians and the Making of the Bible
Moss, Candida.
Paper Book
From an award-winning biblical scholar, the "monumental and eye-opening" story of how enslaved people created, gave meaning to, and spread the message of the New Testament, shaping the very foundations of Christianity in ways both subtle and profound (Reza Aslan). For the...
American Zion : a new history of Mormonism
Park, Benjamin E.
Paper Book
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was founded by Joseph Smith in 1830 in the so-called "burned-over district" of upstate New York, which was producing seers and prophets daily. Most of the new creeds flamed out; Smith's would endure, becoming the most significant homegrown religion in...
Black Liturgies : Prayers, Poems, and Meditations for Staying Human
Arthur Riley, Cole.
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A collection of prayer, poetry, and spiritual practice centering the Black interior world, from the author of This Here Flesh and creator of Black Liturgies "A true spiritual balm for our troubled times."--Michael Eric Dyson,...
The False White Gospel : Rejecting Christian Nationalism, Reclaiming True Faith, and Refounding Democracy
Wallis, Jim.
Paper Book
NOW A NEW YORK TIMES AND A USA TODAY BESTSELLER "Everyone who claims to be 'Christian' or else claims to be upset by 'Christianity' needs to read this book, especially politicians using people's supposed faith for their own ends." --Margaret E. Atwood <...
Crisis of Confidence : Reclaiming the Historic Faith in a Culture Consumed with Individualism and Identity
Trueman, Carl R.
Paper Book
Carl Trueman explains the importance of creeds and confessions today, including how they help churches navigate the modern culture of expressive individualism.
The Life of the Qur'an : From Eternal Roots to Enduring Legacy
Jebara, Mohamad.
Paper Book
"Appropriately epic and consistently erudite, yet accessible for lay readers." --Kirkus (Starred review) Based on extensive scholarship, an innovative biography of the central text of Islam Over a billion copies of the Qur`an exist - yet it remains...
Untangle Your Emotions : Naming What You Feel and Knowing What to Do About It
Allen, Jennie.
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER . Theauthor of Get Out of Your Head provides a revolutionary path to embracing a healthy relationship with your emotions, one that leads to life-giving connection with God and others as well as to a richer understanding of yourself. ...

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