An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith
10 best books like An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith (Barbara Brown Taylor): Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith, The Heart of Christianity: Rediscovering a Life of Faith, Practicing Resurrection: A Memoir of Work, Doubt, Discernment, and Moments of Grace, Reluctant Pilgrim: A Moody, Somewhat Self-Indulgent Introvert's Search for Spiritual Community, Jesus Freak: Feeding, Healing, Raising the Dead, Proverbs of Ashes: Violence, Redemptive Suffering, and the Search for What Saves Us, This Odd and Wondrous Calling: The Public and Private Lives of Two Ministers, Practicing Our Faith: A Way of Life for a Searching People, Soul Feast: An Invitation to the Christian Spiritual Life, The Artist's Rule: Nurturing Your Creative Soul with Monastic Wisdom
| Author | Kathleen Norris |
| ISBN | 1573227218 |
Struggling with her return to the Christian church after many years away, Kathleen Norris found it was the language of Christianity that most distanced her from faith. Words like "judgment," "faith," "dogma," "salvation," "sinner"—even "Christ"—formed what she called her "scary vocabulary,"...
In The Heart of Christianity, world-renowned Jesus scholar and author of the bestseller Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time argues that the essential ingredients of a Christian life—faith, being born again, the kingdom of God, the gospel of love—are as vitally important today as they have...
| Author | Nora Gallagher |
| ISBN | 0375705635 |
In the highly praised memoir Things Seen and Unseen, Nora Gallagher reflected on a year of spiritual renewal and the fact of mortality with uncommon wisdom and grace. We rejoin her in Practicing Resurrection as Gallagher searches for direction in the wake of her brother’s death. A desire to reclaim...
| Author | Enuma Okoro |
| ISBN | 1935205102 |
If you sometimes feel lost on your spiritual journey, you'll find a trustworthy companion in Enuma Okoro, a purse shopping, tea-drinking, colon-cleansing, shaky follower of Jesus who just wants to find a godly man with good hair. But after her father's unexpected death, her grief seems to morph into...
| Author | Sara Miles |
| ISBN | 0470481668 |
"I came late to Christianity," writes Sara Miles, "knocked upside down by a mid-life conversion centered around eating a literal chunk of bread. I hadn't decided to profess an article of doctrine, but discovered a force blowing uncontrollably through the world."In this new book, Sara Miles tells...
| Author | Rita Nakashima Brock |
| ISBN | 0807067970 |
Rebecca Parker was a young minister in Seattle when a woman walked into her church and asked if God really wanted her to accept her husband's beatings and bear them gladly, as Jesus bore the cross. Parker knew, at that moment, that if she were to answer the woman's question truthfully she would have to rethink...
| Author | Lillian Daniel |
| ISBN | 0802864759 |
This Odd and Wondrous Calling offers something different from most books available on ministry. Two people still pastoring reflect honestly here on both the joys and the challenges of their vocation. Anecdotal and extremely readable, the book covers a diversity of subjects revealing the incredible...
| Author | Dorothy C. Bass |
| ISBN | 0787938831 |
Many Christians are looking for ways to deepen their relationship with God by practicing their faith in everyday life. Some go on retreats but are often disappointed to find that the integrated life they experienced in a place apart is difficult to recreate in their day-to-day world. Many thoughtful,...
| Author | Marjorie J. Thompson |
| ISBN | 0664229476 |
Few books in Westminster John Knox's publishing history have been so embraced and so loved as Marjorie Thompson's Soul Feast. First released in 1995, this spiritual classic continues to be a best-seller, as thousands each year accept her invitation to the Christian spiritual life. Offering a framework...
| Author | Christine Valters Paintner |
| ISBN | 1933495294 |
Summarized in the phrase "pray and work," "The Rule of St. Benedict" provides the inspiration for Christine Valters Paintner's newest exploration of the mutually nourishing relationship between contemplative practices and creative expression. Artists of all stripes and stations in lifepoets...
| Author | Joan D. Chittister |
| ISBN | 0060613998 |
I need this type of books so badly. I am reading it slowly taking it all in. Today I am up to page 20 since English is my second language. I kept saying, yes, yes, to almost everything she said. Here are some things I liked in her book:
-The spirituality we develop affects the way we image God.
-The...
| Author | Lauren F. Winner |
| ISBN | 0061768111 |
Following up her highly acclaimed Girl Meets God, author Lauren F. Winner has written an engrossing reflection of literary grace and spiritual wisdom with Still: Notes on a Mid-Faith Crisis.
As she lives through a failed marriage and the loss of her mother, Winner finds her Christian faith...
| Author | Diana Butler Bass |
| ISBN | 0062003739 |
Diana Butler Bass, one of contemporary Christianity’s leading trend-spotters, exposes how the failings of the church today are giving rise to a new “spiritual but not religious” movement. Using evidence from the latest national polls and from her own cutting-edge research, Bass, the visionary...
| Author | Frederick Buechner |
| ISBN | 0060698640 |
This book has been my companion for 15+ years. One of my favorite entries is August 3, entitled "Wine".
I quote it here:
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Unfermented grape juice is a bland and pleasant drink, especially on a warm afternoon mixed half-and-half with ginger ale. It is...
| Author | Peter J. Gomes |
| ISBN | 0060000732 |
Jesus came preaching, but the church wound up preaching Jesus. Why does the church insist upon making Jesus the object of its attention rather than heeding his message? Esteemed Harvard minister Peter J. Gomes believes that excessive focus on the Bible and doctrines about Jesus have led the Christian...
| Author | Richard J. Foster |
| ISBN | 0060836970 |
Too often, our study of the Bible focuses on searching for specific information or some formula that will solve our pressing needs of the moment. But what if we approached the Bible differently, and instead of transforming the text to meet our needs, allowed it to transform us?
That's exactly...
| Author | Henri J.M. Nouwen |
| ISBN | 0060754737 |
Spiritual Direction gives us the unique and unrivaled experience of having Henri Nouwen as our personal spiritual director, answering our questions about the spiritual life in his wise, comfortable, and engaging style. With Nouwen's guidance, we can reorient our lives and open the door to true spiritual...
| Author | Parker J. Palmer |
| ISBN | 0787996963 |
First published in 1980--and reissued here with a feisty new introductory essay--The Promise of Paradox launched Parker J. Palmer's career as an author and his ongoing exploration of the contradictions that vex and enrich our lives. In this probing and heartfelt book, the distinguished writer,...
