Religion and Spirituality

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Updated May 14, 2024
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The Great Dechurching : Who's Leaving, Why Are They Going, and What Will It Take to Bring Them Back?
Jim Davis
We are currently experiencing the largest and fastest religious shift in US history. It is greater than the First and Second Great Awakening and every revival in our country combined...but in the opposite direction. Yet precious little rigorous study has been done on the...
American Idolatry: How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gospel and Threatens the Church
Andrew L. Whitehead
"Heartfelt, incisive, and worthy of thoughtful consideration."--Library Journal "A fascinating investigation of politics and racism in American Christian evangelicalism."--Foreword Reviews "An important book with an important message."--...
I Am Asking in the Name of God: Ten Prayers for a Future of Hope
Pope Francis
The beloved Pope Francis's long-awaited prayers for the ten most pressing issues the world is facing today, inspiring action to radically unite humanity in hope for a peaceful future "The clock is ticking, and all life is in danger, yet we still have time. . . ....
The Science of the Good Samaritan: Thinking Bigger about Loving Our Neighbors
Dr. Emily Smith
What does it mean to love your neighbor in today's fraught, divided world Join Dr. Emily Smith, global health expert and creator of the popular Facebook page Friendly Neighbor Epidemiologist, as she dives into what loving your neighbor--as illustrated in the biblical parable...
Impossible Christianity: Why Following Jesus Does Not Mean You Have to Change the World, Be an Expert in Everything, Accept Spiritual Failure, and Feel Miserable Pretty Much All the Time
Kevin DeYoung
Kevin DeYoung speaks to anxious Christians who feel inadequate or overwhelmed in their faith and assures them that they can experience lasting joy in a life of sincere and simple obedience.
Losing Our Religion: An Altar Call for Evangelical America
Russell Moore
American evangelical Christianity has lost its way. While the witness of the church before a watching world is diminished beyond recognition, congregations are torn apart over Donald Trump, Christian nationalism, racial injustice, sexual predation, disgraced leaders, and covered-up scandals. Left...
The Woman They Wanted: Shattering the Illusion of the Good Christian Wife
Shannon Harris
"No one is coming to rescue me. I am going to have to rescue me." As a twenty-three-year-old singer and the soon-to-be wife of youth pastor Joshua Harris, nothing in Shannon Harris's secular upbringing prepared her to enter the world of conservative Christianity. Soon Joshua's...
The Great Disappearance: 31 Ways to be Rapture Ready
Dr. David Jeremiah
An Instant Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly Bestseller The rapture is the central event in biblical prophecy. But what does it mean for us today How can this crucial end times event draw us nearer to God in a world that is seemingly on the brink of chaos...
The Josiah Manifesto: The Ancient Mystery & Guide for the End Times
Jonathan Cahn
NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER Is there an answer, a guide, a blueprint that reveals what you need to know to survive, to stand, and to prevail in view of what's coming in the days ahead?   Has it been revealed to us in the appearing of a...
How the Talmud Can Change Your Life: Surprisingly Modern Advice from a Very Old Book
Liel Leibovitz
For numerous centuries, the Talmud-an extraordinary work of Jewish ethics, law, and tradition-has compelled readers to grapple with how to live a good life. Full of folk legends, bawdy tales, and rabbinical repartee, it is inspiring, demanding, confounding, and thousands of pages long. As Liel...
God Never Gives Up on You: What Jacob's Story Teaches Us About Grace, Mercy, and God's Relentless Love
Max Lucado
Ever wonder if you've stumbled one too many times for God to use someone like you Could you benefit from an encounter with God's unending, unbending, unswerving love and devotion  If your answer is yes, it's time for you to see how God's grace transformed Jacob's life....
The Witching Year: A Memoir of Earnest Fumbling Through Modern Witchcraft
Diana Helmuth
A skeptic spends a year trying to find spiritual fulfillment by practicing modern Witchcraft in this fascinating memoir that's perfect for fans of A.J. Jacobs and Mary Roach. Diana Helmuth, thirty-three, is skeptical of organized religion. She is also skeptical of disorganized...
Disobedient Women: How a Small Group of Faithful Women Exposed Abuse, Brought Down Powerful Pastors, and Ignited an Evangelical Reckoning
Sarah Stankorb
A NATIONAL BESTSELLER! Journalist Sarah Stankorb outlines how access to the internet--its networks, freedom of expression, and resources for deeply researching and reporting on powerful church figures--allowed women to begin dismantling the false authority of...
Blessed in the Mess: How to Experience God's Goodness in the Midst of Life’s Pain
Joyce Meyer
Renowned Bible teacher and #1 New York Times bestselling author Joyce Meyer shows readers how to not just survive but thrive amidst both the everyday and the monumental messes we experience in life. Life is often messy. We hear people say, "My life is a mess," or "This situation...
When Religion Hurts You: Healing from Religious Trauma and the Impact of High-Control Religion
Laura E Anderson
"Anderson strikes a smart, balanced tone. . . . An exemplary guide to an understudied issue."--Publishers Weekly "An exposé of the dangers of high-control religions that makes it easier to recognize and resist religious abuse."--Foreword Reviews<...
The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images, and Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis
Karen Swallow Prior
Christianity Today 2024 Book Award Finalist (Culture and the Arts) "Provides plenty of fodder for those wishing to explore what evangelicalism is and reimagine what it might become. It's an eye-opener."--Publishers Weekly "Akin to enjoying a...
The Garden Within: Where the War with Your Emotions Ends and Your Most Powerful Life Begins
Dr. Anita Phillips
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER Featured on SUPER SOUL PODCAST hosted by Oprah Winfrey. Too often we've been taught to view our emotions with suspicion...
15 Ways to Live Longer and Healthier: Life-Changing Strategies for Greater Energy, a More Focused Mind, and a Calmer Soul
Joel Osteen
What if a healthy, abundant, joyful, faith-filled life is within reach? What if you could increase your energy, vitality, and happiness, and stop dragging through the day, living discouraged and depressed, and settling for less than the life you want? In 15 Ways to Live Longer and...
Holy Unhappiness: God, Goodness, and the Myth of the Blessed Life
Amanda Held Opelt
Discover what it means to be blessed and challenge the false beliefs many in the church hold about "the good life" and what it means to walk in communion with God. American Christians have developed a long list of expectations about what the life with God will feel ...
The Tibetan Book of the Dead for Beginners: A Guide to Living and Dying
Rinpoche Lama Lhanang
A Spirituality & Practice Best Spiritual Book of 2023 Enduring and accessible advice for living with wisdom and compassion―and meeting the end of life with courage and peace Through countless editions and across centuries, The Tibetan Book...
Go Home for Dinner: Advice on How Faith Makes a Family and Family Makes a Life
Mike Pence
In this personal account, former Vice President Mike Pence champions one of his most deeply held beliefs: faith makes a family, and family makes a life. When Mike Pence was a young politician, reporters used to ask him: "where do you see yourself in five, ten years?" ...
Open Judaism: A Guide for Believers, Atheists, and Agnostics
Rabbi Barry L. Schwartz
Open Judaism offers a big-tent welcome to all Jews and Judaism. It is at once an invitation to the spiritually seeking Jew, a clarion call for a deeply pluralistic and inclusive Judaism, and a dynamic exploration of the remarkable array of thought within Judaism today.
Wake Up to Wonder: 22 Invitations to Amazement in the Everyday
Karen Wright Marsh
In her quest to live a vibrant spiritual life, Karen Wright Marsh had a revelation: she didn't need to find and follow the perfect plan; she needed people she could follow. In Wake Up to Wonder, Marsh introduces you to those people--faithful yet oh-so-human Christians...
Reverse Meditation: How to Use Your Pain and Most Difficult Emotions as the Doorway to Inner Freedom
Andrew Holecek
Disruptive practices to revolutionize your relationship with meditation and fully engage with the full breadth of your experience. Why do we meditate? The main reason most modern people start meditating is because it helps us feel better--reducing anxiety, improving sleep,...
100 Places to See After You Die: A Travel Guide to the Afterlife
Ken Jennings
From New York Times bestselling author and legendary Jeopardy! host and champion Ken Jennings comes a hilarious travel guide to the afterlife, exploring to die for destinations from literature, mythology, and pop culture. Ever wonder which circles of Dante's...

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