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Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography

10 best books like Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography (John Dominic Crossan): Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth, Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time: The Historical Jesus and the Heart of Contemporary Faith, The Crucified God: The Cross of Christ as the Foundation and Criticism of Christian Theology, What Every Christian Needs to Know about the Jewishness of Jesus: A New Way of Seeing the Most Influential Rabbi in History, Reading the Bible Again for the First Time: Taking the Bible Seriously but Not Literally, The Heart of Christianity: Rediscovering a Life of Faith, The Dance of the Dissident Daughter, Fearless: Imagine Your Life Without Fear, I Was a Really Good Mom Before I Had Kids: Reinventing Modern Motherhood, An Introduction to the New Testament

Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
AuthorReza Aslan
From the internationally bestselling author of No god but God comes a fascinating, provocative, and meticulously researched biography that challenges long-held assumptions about the man we know as Jesus of Nazareth.

Two thousand years ago, an itinerant Jewish preacher and miracle worker...
Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time: The Historical Jesus and the Heart of Contemporary Faith
AuthorMarcus J. Borg
ISBN0060609176
Of the many recent books on the historical Jesus, none has explored what the latest biblical scholarship means for personal faith. Now, in Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time, Marcus Borg addresses the yearnings of those who want a fully contemporary faith that welcomes rather than oppresses our...
The Crucified God: The Cross of Christ as the Foundation and Criticism of Christian Theology
AuthorJürgen Moltmann
ISBN0800628225
"This is Jürgen Moltmann's best and therefore most important book. He has substantially changed the central thrust of his theology without sacrificing its most vital element, its passionate concern for alleviation of the world's suffering."
-Langdon Gilkey

"The Crucified God rewards,...
What Every Christian Needs to Know about the Jewishness of Jesus: A New Way of Seeing the Most Influential Rabbi in History
AuthorEvan Moffic
ISBN1426791585
If you were to ask ten people, Who started Christianity? you might hear ten voices giving the same quick response: Jesus. But those ten people would be wrong. Jesus wasn't a Christian. Jesus lived and died as a Jew. Understanding the Jewishness of Jesus is the secret to knowing him better and understanding...
Reading the Bible Again for the First Time: Taking the Bible Seriously but Not Literally
AuthorMarcus J. Borg
ISBN0060609192
Many Christians mistakenly believe that their only choice is either to reconcile themselves to a fundamentalist reading of scripture (a "literal-factual" approach) or to simply reject the Bible as something that could bring meaning and value into their lives. In Reading the Bible Again for the First...
The Heart of Christianity: Rediscovering a Life of Faith
AuthorMarcus J. Borg
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...
The Dance of the Dissident Daughter
AuthorSue Monk Kidd
The acclaimed spiritual memoir from the author of The Secret Life of Bees.

I was amazed to find that I had no idea how to unfold my spiritual life in a feminine way. I was surprised and, in fact, a little terrified when I found myself in the middle of a feminist spiritual reawakening.

Sue...
Fearless: Imagine Your Life Without Fear
AuthorMax Lucado
ISBN0849921392
Each sunrise seems to bring fresh reasons for fear.

They're talking layoffs at work, slowdowns in the economy, flare-ups in the Middle East, turnovers at headquarters, downturns in the housing market, upswings in global warming. The plague of our day, terrorism, begins with the word "terror."...
I Was a Really Good Mom Before I Had Kids: Reinventing Modern Motherhood
AuthorTrisha Ashworth
"I don't know how she does it!" is an oft-heard refrain about mothers today. Funnily enough, most moms agree they have no idea how they get it done, or whether they even want the job. Trisha Ashworth and Amy Nobile spoke to mothers of every stripe - working, stay-at-home, part-time - and found a surprisingly...
An Introduction to the New Testament
AuthorRaymond E. Brown
ISBN0385247672
Every generation needs a comprehensive, reliable Introduction to the New Testament that opens the biblical text to the novice. Raymond E. Brown's "An Introduction to the New Testament" is the most trustworthy and authoritative guidebook for a generation seeking to understand the Christian Bible.Universally...
The Meaning of Jesus
AuthorMarcus J. Borg
ISBN0060608765
Was Jesus born of a virgin? Did he know he was the Messiah? Was he bodily resurrected from the dead? Did he intentionally die to redeem humankind? Was Jesus God?

In The Meaning of Jesus two leading Jesus scholars with widely divergent views go right to the heart of these questions and others, presenting...
The Historical Figure of Jesus
AuthorE.P. Sanders
ISBN0140144994
random thoughts:

-for Sanders, Jesus was (and this is not surprising to anyone who has read his other works on Jesus and Paul) very much a faithful, observant Jew; I largely agree; the conflicts with the Pharisees seem, when actually read in context, fairly minor in and of themselves, though...
Who Wrote the New Testament?: The Making of the Christian Myth
AuthorBurton L. Mack
ISBN0060655186
In this groundbreaking and controversial book, Burton Mack brilliantly exposes how the Gospels are fictional mythologies created by different communities for various purposes and are only distantly related to the actual historical Jesus.

Mack's innovative scholarship, which boldly...
How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee
AuthorBart D. Ehrman
New York Times bestselling author and Bible expert Bart Ehrman reveals how Jesus’s divinity became dogma in the first few centuries of the early church.

The claim at the heart of the Christian faith is that Jesus of Nazareth was, and is, God. But this is not what the original disciples believed...
A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years
AuthorDiarmaid MacCulloch
ISBN0713998695
The author of The Reformation returns with the definitive history of Christianity for our time. Once in a generation a historian will redefine his field, producing a book that demands to be read--a product of electrifying scholarship conveyed with commanding skill. Diarmaid MacCulloch's Christianity...
I Dared to Call Him Father: The Miraculous Story of a Muslim Woman's Encounter with God
AuthorBilquis Sheikh
ISBN0800793242
How do I give myself to God completely? What happens when I do? I Dared to Call Him Father is a book for everyone who has ever asked these questions.
It is the fascinating true story of Bilquis Sheikh, a prominent Muslim woman in South Asia who faced these questions at the crossroads of her life -- and...
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