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10 best books like The Coming of the Cosmic Christ (Matthew Fox): Systematic Theology, Vol 1, Proverbs of Ashes: Violence, Redemptive Suffering, and the Search for What Saves Us, The Gospel According to Jesus, A Woman's Journey to God, Christianity After Religion: The End of Church and the Birth of a New Spiritual Awakening, The Scandalous Gospel of Jesus: What's So Good About the Good News?, The God We Never Knew: Beyond Dogmatic Religion to a More Authentic Contemporary Faith, Liberating the Gospels: Reading the Bible with Jewish Eyes, Life and Holiness, The Mystic Heart: Discovering a Universal Spirituality in the World's Religions

Systematic Theology, Vol 1
AuthorPaul Tillich
ISBN0226803376
This is the 1st part of Paul Tillich's 3-volume Systematic Theology, one of the most profound statements of the Christian message ever composed & the summation & definitive presentation of the theology of the most influential & creative American theologian of the 20th century. This...
Proverbs of Ashes: Violence, Redemptive Suffering, and the Search for What Saves Us
AuthorRita Nakashima Brock
ISBN0807067970
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...
The Gospel According to Jesus
AuthorStephen Mitchell
I feel a kind of wistful envy toward people who have a clear image of Jesus. The images differ--wiry prophet of social justice; Son of God Incarnate, feet barely touching the dust he walked on; witty wandering sage; Buddha of the Mediterranean.

Mitchell has done his homework, reviewing what...
A Woman's Journey to God
AuthorJoan Borysenko
ISBN1573228354
“Women’s spirituality is as wild and free as that little girl. It is natural, earthy, relational, mystical, embodied, intuitive, sensuous, and compassionate. Slowly but surely, women’s poems, psalms, songs and liturgy are being written and prayed, sung and danced in a way of our own, suitable...
Christianity After Religion: The End of Church and the Birth of a New Spiritual Awakening
AuthorDiana Butler Bass
ISBN0062003739
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...
The Scandalous Gospel of Jesus: What's So Good About the Good News?
AuthorPeter J. Gomes
ISBN0060000732
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...
The God We Never Knew: Beyond Dogmatic Religion to a More Authentic Contemporary Faith
AuthorMarcus J. Borg
ISBN0060610352
How to have faith—or even think about God—without having to stifle modern rational thought is one of the most vital challenges facing many of us today. Marcus J. Borg, author of the bestselling Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time, traces his personal spiritual journey to the discovery of an authentic...
Liberating the Gospels: Reading the Bible with Jewish Eyes
AuthorJohn Shelby Spong
ISBN0060675578
In this boldest book since Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism, Bishop John Shelby Spong offers a compelling view of the Gospels as thoroughly Jewish tests.Spong powerfully argues that many of the key Gospel accounts of events in the life of Jesus—from the stories of his birth to his physical...
Life and Holiness
AuthorThomas Merton
ISBN0385480482
Merton reminds Christians that they are not to withdraw from the world, but rather to live by Christ's example and engage it, through love, charity, embracing poverty, and giving themselves to the will of God. This is a considerable challenge to the follower of Christ in the modern dehumanized materialist...
The Mystic Heart: Discovering a Universal Spirituality in the World's Religions
AuthorWayne Teasdale
This book is both a summary of various mystic traditions and practices, as well as a guidebook to a life in mystic spirituality. It is well-written, well-researched, with a style and tone equally balanced between scholarly neutrality and personal conviction. It is a book worthy of re-reading.

Compared...
In Tune with the Infinite
AuthorRalph Waldo Trine
ISBN1585092223
“Ok, to put this in perspective, this book has been on the market for about 115 years!!, and it is still widely published to this day. Ralph was/is regarded as one of the original founding voices of the New Thought movement, and with books like, In Tune with the Infinite, it is easy to see why.
Unlike...
The Evolution of Faith: How God Is Creating a Better Christianity
AuthorPhilip Gulley
ISBN0062065270
"Noone raises provocative questions about Christianity more kindly than PhilipGulley. " —Diana Butler Bass,author of Christianity for the Rest of Us

“Everyserious Christian ought to read this book, ponder it,wrestlewith it, but above all, be grateful for its presence in today's...
On Being a Christian
AuthorHans Küng
I first read this in 1975, soon after the Eng. translation came out. I found it to be an amazing and serious liberal R.C. exploration of the major questions of christian theology. Certainly it should be considered on the same level as many of the great protestant theologians (e.g. Tillich, Bonhoeffer,...
The Illustrated Bloodline of the Holy Grail: Hidden Lineage of Jesus Revealed
AuthorLaurence Gardner
ISBN1862047707
Did Jesus marry and have children? If so, what happened to his family? Are his descendants still alive?Seventeen years ago the worldwide best-seller, The Holy Blood and The Holy Grail made a number of controversial speculations about a Messianic lineage. Yet the authors could offer no real proof,...
Edgar Cayce's Story of Jesus
AuthorJeffrey Furst
ISBN0425103277
America's "sleeping prophet" offers his unique and inspirational interpretation of the greatest story ever told.

In addition to his labors on behalf of the physically afflicted, the world-renowned prophet and psychic, Edgar Cayce, gave a series of 2,500 clairvoyant readings devoted...
Christ the Sum of All Spiritual Things
AuthorWatchman Nee
ISBN0935008144
"To sum up all things in Christ" is the mystery of God's will. This needs to be first realized in the church as well as in each individual member before it can be fulfilled in the universe. How very urgent it is for believers to know the reality of Christ as being our all and in all. For God has not given us many...
The Fruitful Darkness: A Journey Through Buddhist Practice and Tribal Wisdom
AuthorJoan Halifax
ISBN0802140718
In this “masterwork of an authentic spirit person” (Thomas Berry), Buddhist teacher and anthropologist Joan Halifax Roshi delves into “the fruitful darkness”—the shadow side of being, found in the root truths of Native religions, the fecundity of nature, and the stillness of meditation....
Living the Science of Mind
AuthorErnest Holmes
If you're interested in a more personable reflective take on his religious philosophy then this certainly helps. If you're looking for a more systematic explanation of that same philosophy, then this only continues the confusion. Great for picking out single lines or even entire small sections and...
Spiritual Formation: Following the Movements of the Spirit
AuthorHenri J.M. Nouwen
ISBN0061686123
“Henri Nouwen was one of the great spiritual masters of the modern age. His beloved writings have helped millions understand that no matter where we are, God can meet us there. Read this brand-new compilation of his writings and conferences, and let Henri Nouwen accompany you—with his trademark...
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