The End of Memory: Remembering Rightly in a Violent World

10 best books like The End of Memory: Remembering Rightly in a Violent World (Miroslav Volf): How Should We Then Live? The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture, Rocannon's World, Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church, Living Gently in a Violent World: The Prophetic Witness of Weakness, Sure Signs: New and Selected Poems, White Awake: An Honest Look at What It Means to Be White, Hearing God: Developing a Conversational Relationship with God, Outcasts United: A Refugee Team, an American Town, Miracles, Reappearing Church: The Hope for Renewal in the Rise of Our Post-Christian Culture

How Should We Then Live? The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture

Author	Francis A. Schaeffer
ISBN	0891072926

How Should We Then Live is a discussion of how philosophy, art, and music have changed throughout history, and what these changes say about the human race and where we are headed.

This book reads like an art history class. Schaeffer takes you through history chronologically, through the dark...

Rocannon's World

Author	Ursula K. Le Guin
ISBN	0441732968

A world shared by three native humanoid races - the cavern-dwelling Gdemiar, elvish Fiia, and warrior clan, Liuar - is suddenly invaded and conquered by a fleet of ships from the stars. Earth scientist Rocannon is on that world, and he sees his friends murdered and his spaceship destroyed. Marooned...

Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church

Author	N.T. Wright
ISBN	0061551821

In Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church, top-selling author and Anglican bishop, N.T. Wright tackles the biblical question of what happens after we die and shows how most Christians get it wrong. We do not “go to” heaven; we are resurrected and heaven...

Living Gently in a Violent World: The Prophetic Witness of Weakness

Author	Stanley Hauerwas
ISBN	0830834524

How are Christians to live in a violent and wounded world? Rather than contending for privilege by wielding power and authority, we can witness prophetically from a position of weakness. The church has much to learn from an often overlooked community--those with disabilities. In this fascinating...

Sure Signs: New and Selected Poems

Author	Ted Kooser
ISBN	0822953137

I love Ted Kooser. That said, when reading one of his poems after another, his Nebraska farming vibe can come off as shticky as Bukowski’s drunk as hell badass persona. That said, like Bukowski, his poems work for me! Here are my favorites from this collection…
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White Awake: An Honest Look at What It Means to Be White

Author	Daniel Hill
ISBN	0830843930

Daniel Hill will never forget the day he heard these words: "Daniel, you may be white, but don't let that lull you into thinking you have no culture. White culture is very real. In fact, when white culture comes in contact with other cultures, it almost always wins. So it would be a really good idea for you...

Hearing God: Developing a Conversational Relationship with God

Author	Dallas Willard
ISBN	0830822267

"God spoke to me." "The Spirit spoke to my heart." "God revealed the idea to me." Being close to God means communicating with him--telling him what is on our hearts in prayer and hearing and understanding what he is saying to us. It is this second half of our conversation with God that is so important but...

Outcasts United: A Refugee Team, an American Town

Author	Warren St. John
ISBN	0385522037

The extraordinary story of a refugee football team and the transformation of a small American town.

Clarkston, Georgia, was a typical Southern town until it was designated a refugee settlement centre in the 1990s, becoming home to scores of families in flight from the world's war zones—from...

Miracles

Author	C.S. Lewis
ISBN	0007461259

‘The central miracle asserted by Christians is the Incarnation. They say that God became Man. Every other miracle prepares the way for this, or results from this.’

This is the key statement of ‘Miracles’, in which C. S. Lewis shows that a Christian must not only accept but rejoice in...

Reappearing Church: The Hope for Renewal in the Rise of Our Post-Christian Culture

Author	Mark Sayers
ISBN	0802419135

What if the rise of secularism is good news for the church?

For decades, we set our hopes on technology, politics, and the appearance of peace. We wanted to believe we were headed somewhere better—that progress was happening. But now as our technology ensnares and isolates us, our politics...