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10 best books like Sisters in the Wilderness (Delores S. Williams): Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth, Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity, A Theology of Liberation, Waiting for God, At the Back of the North Wind, Fear and Trembling, The Wounded Healer: Ministry in Contemporary Society, Shameless: A Sexual Reformation, The Cross and the Lynching Tree, Black Theology and Black Power

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...
Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity
AuthorJudith Butler
ISBN0415389550
Since its publication in 1990, Gender Trouble has become one of the key works of contemporary feminist theory, and an essential work for anyone interested in the study of gender, queer theory, or the politics of sexuality in culture. This is the text where Judith Butler began to advance the ideas that...
A Theology of Liberation
AuthorGustavo Gutiérrez
ISBN0883445425
This is the credo and seminal text of the movement which was later characterized as liberation theology. The book burst upon the scene in the early seventies, and was swiftly acknowledged as a pioneering and prophetic approach to theology which famously made an option for the poor, placing the exploited,...
Waiting for God
AuthorSimone Weil
ISBN0060959703
"My dear father, I have made up my mind to write to you....I have been wondering lately about the will of God, what it means, and how we can reach the point of conforming ourselves to it completely I will tell you what I think about this." SIMONE WEIL, LETTER I, WAITING FOR GOD

Emerging from the thought-provoking...
At the Back of the North Wind
AuthorGeorge MacDonald
ISBN0375413359
Diamond, son of a poor coachman, is swept away by the North Wind -- a radiant, maternal spirit with long, flowing hair. His life is transformed by a brief glimpse of the beautiful country -- at the back of the north wind.

This Victorian fairy tale has enchanted readers for more than a hundred years,...
Fear and Trembling
AuthorSøren Kierkegaard
ISBN0143037579
Soren Kierkegaard was a Danish philosopher, theologian, and religious author interested in human psychology. He is regarded as a leading pioneer of existentialism and one of the greatest philosophers of the 19th Century.

In Fear and Trembling, Kierkegaard wanted to understand the anxiety...
The Wounded Healer: Ministry in Contemporary Society
AuthorHenri J.M. Nouwen
ISBN0232521026
The Wounded Healer is a hope-filled and profoundly simple book that speaks directly to those men and women who want to be of service in their church or community, but have found the traditional ways often threatening and ineffective. In this book, Henri Nouwen combines creative case studies of ministry...
Shameless: A Sexual Reformation
AuthorNadia Bolz-Weber
Raw, intimate, and timely, Nadia Bolz-Weber’s latest book offers a full-blown overhaul of our harmful and antiquated ideas about sex, gender, and our bodies.
 
Christians are obsessed with sex. But not in a good way. For generations countless people have suffered pain, guilt, and judgment...
The Cross and the Lynching Tree
AuthorJames H. Cone
ISBN1570759375
A landmark in the conversation about race and religion in America.

"They put him to death by hanging him on a tree." Acts 10:39

The cross and the lynching tree are the two most emotionally charged symbols in the history of the African American community. In this powerful new work, theologian...
Black Theology and Black Power
AuthorJames H. Cone
ISBN1570751579
Newly updated and expanded, this classic work is a product of the Civil Rights and Black Power movements in America during the 1960's. Black Theology & Black Power is James H. Cone's initial attempt to identify liberation as the heart of the Christian gospel, and blackness as the primary mode of...
Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation
AuthorParker J. Palmer
ISBN0787947350
With wisdom, compassion, and gentle humor, Parker J. Palmer invites us to listen to the inner teacher and follow its leadings toward a sense of meaning and purpose. Telling stories from his own life and the lives of others who have made a difference, he shares insights gained from darkness and depression...
Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God
AuthorKelly Brown Douglas
ISBN1626981094
On the Sunday morning after the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s killer, black preachers across America addressed the questions his death raised for their communities: “Where is the justice of God? What are we to hope for?”

In this timely and compelling book, Kelly Brown Douglas examines...
The Art of Biblical Narrative
AuthorRobert Alter
The Art of Biblical Narrative is the best critical work I have read. It does more than just explain. It teaches. It encourages. It makes the reader want to read the [Hebrew] Bible for the pure pleasure of practicing what has been learned, to discover the literary secrets of the Bible and to enjoy anew the...
Texts of Terror: Literary-Feminist Readings of Biblical Narratives
AuthorPhyllis Trible
ISBN0800615379
Professor Trible focuses on four variations upon the theme of terror in the Bible. By combining the discipline of literary criticism with the hermeneutics of feminism, she reinterprets the tragic stories of four women in ancient Israel: Hagar, Tamar, an unnamed concubine, and the daughter of Jephthah....
Just a Sister Away: Understanding the Timeless Connection Between Women of Today and Women in the Bible
AuthorRenita J. Weems
ISBN0446578940
The "Essence" bestselling author of "Listening for God" reveals the timeless connection between today's women and their biblical sisters—and how to live a better life because of it..
Binding the Strong Man: A Political Reading of Mark's Story of Jesus
AuthorChed Myers
ISBN0883446200
"Bound to become a classic in the field of gospel studies... Ched Myers has produced a commentary that is potentially as revolutionary as the very gospel account it portrays." — Sojorners

"Myers has produced a commanding and coherent political commentary on the Gospel of Mark, distinguished...
White Women's Christ and Black Women's Jesus: Feminist Christology and Womanist Response
AuthorJacquelyn Grant
ISBN1555403034
Christology is especially problematic for feminists. Because Jesus was undeniably male and because the Christian church claims him as the unique God-bearer, feminist christology confronts the dual tasks of explaining the significance of a male God-bearer for women and creating a christological...
Womanist Midrash: A Reintroduction to the Women of the Torah and the Throne
AuthorWilda C. Gafney
Womanist Midrash is an in-depth and creative exploration of the well- and lesser-known women of the Hebrew Scriptures. Using her own translations, Gafney offers a midrashic interpretation of the biblical text that is rooted in the African American preaching tradition to tell the stories of a variety...
Abba Isn't Daddy and Other Biblical Surprises: What Catholics Really Need to Know about Scripture Study
AuthorWilliam L. Burton O.F.M.
ISBN1594718393
Fr. William L. Burton, O.F.M., doesn’t want you to be intimidated by studying the Bible. In fact, as a scripture scholar, he believes reading God’s Word is not only educational but also fun and entertaining. “The Bible is filled with surprises!” he says.

In Abba Isn’t Daddy and Other...
Gaga Feminism: Sex, Gender, and the End of Normal
AuthorJ. Jack Halberstam
ISBN0807010987
A roadmap to sex and gender for the twenty-first century, using Lady Gaga as a symbol for a new kind of feminism

Why are so many women single, so many men resisting marriage, and so many gays and lesbians having babies? 
 
In Gaga Feminism: Sex, Gender, and the End of Normal, J. Jack...
Forged: Writing in the Name of God
AuthorBart D. Ehrman
ISBN0062012614
s/t: Why the Bible's Authors Are Not Who We Think They Are
Bart D. Ehrman, the New York Times bestselling author of Jesus, Interrupted and God's Problem reveals which books in the New Testament were not passed down by Jesus' disciples, but were instead forged by other hands--and why this centuries-hidden...
Torn: Rescuing the Gospel from the Gays-vs.-Christians Debate
AuthorJustin Lee
ISBN1455514314
As a teenager and young man, Justin Lee felt deeply torn. Nicknamed "God Boy" by his peers, he knew that he was called to a life in the evangelical Christian ministry. But Lee harbored a secret: He also knew that he was gay. In this groundbreaking book, Lee recalls the events--his coming out to his parents,...
The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life
AuthorParker J. Palmer
ISBN0787910589
"This book is for teachers who have good days and bad -- and whose bad days bring the suffering that comes only from something one loves. It is for teachers who refuse to harden their hearts, because they love learners, learning, and the teaching life."
- Parker J. Palmer [from the Introduction] Teachers...
Us Versus Us: The Untold Story of Religion and the LGBT Community
AuthorAndrew Marin
ISBN1631466194
Would you believe that 86 percent of LGBT people--from the proud marcher at the Pride Parade to the quiet, closeted teen--spent their childhood in church? More than half of them left those religious commu-nities as adults; three out of four would be happy to come back.

For decades now we have...
Making a Way Out of No Way: A Womanist Theology (Innovations: African American Religious Thought)
AuthorMonica A. Coleman
ISBN0800662938
In her new book, Monica A. Coleman articulates the African American expression of "making a way out of no way" for today's context of globalization, religious pluralism, and sexual diversity. Drawing on womanist religious scholarship and process thought, Coleman describes the symbiotic relationship...
A Black Theology of Liberation
AuthorJames H. Cone
ISBN0883446855
"Any message that is not related to the liberation of the poor in a society is not Christ's message. Any theology that is indifferent to the theme of liberation is not Christian theology."

With the publication of his two early works, Black Theology & Black Power (1969) and A Black Theology...
Scripture, Ethics, and the Possibility of Same-Sex Relationships
AuthorKaren R. Keen
ISBN0802876544
WHEN IT COMES TO SAME-SEX RELATIONSHIPS, this book by Karen Keen contains the most thoughtful, balanced, biblically grounded discussion you’re likely to encounter anywhere. With pastoral sensitivity and respect for biblical authority, Keen breaks through current stalemates in the debate...
An Introduction to the New Testament: Contexts, Methods & Ministry Formation
AuthorDavid A. deSilva
ISBN0830827463
A 2005 Gold Medallion finalist! Some introductions to the New Testament highlight the historical contexts in which the New Testament literature was written. This introduction gives particular attention to the social, cultural and rhetorical contexts of the New Testament authors and their writings....
And God Spoke to Abraham: Preaching from the Old Testament
AuthorFleming Rutledge
ISBN0802866069
Sixty superlative sermons on familiar Old Testament texts.

Many Christian preachers today largely neglect the Old Testament in their sermons, focusing instead on the Gospel accounts of Jesus’ teachings and activities. As Fleming Rutledge points out, however, when the New Testament...
How to Preach a Dangerous Sermon
AuthorFrank A Thomas
ISBN1501856839
Learn to use four characteristics of "preaching with moral imagination" to proclaim freedom for all. The author describes the four characteristics using examples like Robert F. Kennedy, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Prathia Hall, and the Moral Monday Movement, along with musicians and other artists...
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