Religion and Spirituality

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Updated April 5, 2026
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Separation of Church and Hate: A Sane Person's Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists, Fascists, and Flock-Fleecing Frauds
John Fugelsang
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * In the spirit of George Carlin and Christopher Hitchens, the son of a former Catholic nun and a Franciscan brother delivers a deeply irreverent and biblically correct takedown of far-right Christian hatred--a book for believers, atheists, agnostics, and anyone...
Tame Your Thoughts Three Tools to Renew Your Mind and Transform Your Life
Max Lucado
Paper Book
NOW A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! When was the last time you awakened to a swirl of anxious, out-of-control thoughts Perhaps you were overwhelmed with the weight of worry, the fear of failing, or the grip...
Heart of a Stranger: An Unlikely Rabbi's Story of Faith, Identity, and Belonging
Angela Buchdahl
Paper Book
Angela Buchdahl was born in Korea and grew up in Tacoma, Washington, the daughter of a Korean Buddhist mother and Jewish American father. Profoundly spiritual from a young age, she felt a connection to God when only a child and felt the first stirrings to become a rabbi at age sixteen. Despite the...
Hell Bent: How the Fear of Hell Holds Christians Back from a Spirituality of Love
Brian Recker
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER A former evangelical pastor explains why we can stop worrying about hell and start focusing on love "If you've ever struggled with...the idea of eternal conscious torment, Hell Bent is for you."-Pete Enns There is a black hole...
Twelve Churches: An Unlikely History of the Buildings That Made Christianity
Reverend Fergus Butler-Gallie
Paper Book
Karen Armstrong meets Pico Iyer in this sweeping history of Christianity that visits a dozen places of worship on every inhabited continent to tell their often wild stories and examine their sometimes difficult legacies. Christianity is the largest religion in the US with upwards...
The Promise of Heaven: 31 Reasons to Get Excited About Your Eternal Home
Dr. David Jeremiah
Paper Book
An Instant NY Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly Bestseller Have you ever looked around and thought, There has to be more than this You're not alone . . . and you're right. Heaven is your forever home. In The Promise of Heaven, Dr. David Jeremiah invites you to lift your...
Better Ways to Read the Bible: Transforming a Weapon of Harm into a Tool of Healing (Four New Lenses for Making Sense of Scripture)
Zach W. Lambert
Paper Book
As a pastor for more than ten years, Zach Lambert has seen the Bible used countless times as something far from the "Good Book"-both in his own life and in the experiences of others. In Better Ways to Read the Bible, he dismantles four common lenses for reading the Bible that lead to harm, then...
The Bible Says So: What We Get Right (and Wrong) About Scripture’s Most Controversial Issues
Dan McClellan
Paper Book
NOW A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Bible scholar and popular TikToker Dan McClellan confronts misconceptions about the Bible. The Bible is the world's most influential book, but do we really know what it says? Every day...
The Missionary Kids: Unmasking the Myths of White Evangelicalism
Holly Berkley Fletcher
Paper Book
"Historian Fletcher incisively explores the dark underbelly of American evangelical missionary work via the experiences of missionaries' children." --Publishers Weekly, starred review "Insightful and hard-hitting." --Library Journal What do we learn about white evangelicalism from...
Struck Down, Not Destroyed: Keeping the Faith as a Vatican Reporter
Colleen Dulle
Paper Book
A bold, inspiring call not to lose spiritual hope from a Vatican reporter who has seen the Catholic Church's darkness-and has learned that it cannot overpower the light "A compelling, fortifying read for anyone who is grappling with the fallen side of the church."-Abigail...
Becoming Yourself: Teachings on the Zen Way of Life
Shunryu Suzuki
Paper Book
From the beloved author of Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind comes a new book of teachings on the essence of Zen practice "I felt a burden being lifted from my shoulders just by reading this remarkable book." --Oliver Burkeman "Our way of sitting is for you to become...
The Lost Mary: Rediscovering the Mother of Jesus
James D. Tabor
Paper Book
A world-renowned historian of early Christianity and ancient Judaism lifts the veil on the life of Mary--revealing her revolutionary role as the matriarch of the Jesus movement "A great leap forward in understanding and contextualizing Mary's life, after two millennia of her...
What Is Wrong with the World?: The Surprising, Hopeful Answer to the Question We Cannot Avoid
Timothy Keller
Paper Book
"A compelling, heartwarming, devotional book . . . full of biblical wisdom, psychological insight, practical illustration, and gospel hope."--Christianity Today Beloved pastor and New York Times bestselling author Timothy Keller offers a hope-filled answer to the question beneath every...
On Fire for God: Fear, Shame, Poverty, and the Making of the Christian Right - a Personal History
Josiah Hesse
Paper Book
One part Educated, one part rebuttal to Hillbilly Elegy, On Fire for God explores the ways evangelical Christianity has preyed upon its followers while galvanizing them into the political force known today as the Christian right. "Of all the books I've read about...
The Courage to Change
Joyce Meyer
Paper Book
Change is inevitable. And sometimes it's confusing and difficult, even when it's good. We can't keep change from coming, but we can allow it to transform us rather than derail us by facing it and embracing it through the lens of God's unchanging promises to us. We...
Buddha, Socrates, and Us: Ethical Living in Uncertain Times
Stephen Batchelor
Paper Book
A renowned Buddhist teacher turns to two of the most influential figures in history for guidance on how to face the ethical challenges of our time "[Batchelor] draws on a different tradition of doubt--Socratic questioning--and explores the wisdom that Buddhist and Hellenistic...
Give Me a Word: The Promise of an Ancient Practice to Guide Your Year
Christine Valters Paintner
Paper Book
"An excellent book for readers interested in finding a new meditation technique or nonsectarian spiritual practice or who simply want to slow down and give more depth to their lives." --Library Journal Your word is waiting, hovering just beneath the surface. All you need is the quiet...
There Is No Other: The Way to Harmony and Wholeness
Ram Dass
Paper Book
An essential balm for these tumultuous times, this thoughtful and inspiring guide features newly gathered teachings to abandon the idea there is an "other," bridging differences and cherishing our lives in the world, from beloved spiritual leader Ram Dass. With the world...
Liturgies for Resisting Empire: Seeking Community, Belonging, and Peace in a Dehumanizing World
Kat Armas
Paper Book
Everyone wants to belong. But what does belonging-to God, ourselves, and each other-look like in the context of living within an empire and its ideologies? In Liturgies for Resisting Empire, Cuban American writer Kat Armas breaks down the images and idols of empire. She reveals how early Christians...

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