The First Paul: Reclaiming the Radical Visionary Behind the Church's Conservative Icon

10 best books like The First Paul: Reclaiming the Radical Visionary Behind the Church's Conservative Icon (Marcus J. Borg): Main Street, Dead Man's Walk, Understanding the Borderline Mother, Paradiso, The Sin of Certainty: Why God Desires Our Trust More Than Our "Correct" Beliefs, How the Bible Actually Works: In Which I Explain How An Ancient, Ambiguous, and Diverse Book Leads Us to Wisdom Rather Than Answers—and Why That's Great News, Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas, Take This Bread: A Radical Conversion, Nine Essential Things I've Learned About Life, Le petit Prince ( Illustrate)

Main Street

Author	Sinclair Lewis
ISBN	0375753141

With Commentary by E. M. Forster, Dorothy Parker, H. L. Mencken, Lewis Mumford, Rebecca West, Sherwood Anderson, Malcolm Cowley, Alfred Kazin, Constance Rourke, and Mark Schorer.

Main Street, the story of an idealistic young woman's attempts to reform her small town, brought Lewis immediate...

Dead Man's Walk

Author	Larry McMurtry
ISBN	0684857545

Dead Man's Walk is the first, extraordinary book in the epic Lonesome Dove tetralogy, in which Larry McMurtry breathed new life into the vanished American West and created two of the most memorable heroes in contemporary fiction: Augustus McCrae and Woodrow Call.

As young Texas Rangers,...

Understanding the Borderline Mother

Author	Christine Ann Lawson
ISBN	0765703319

The first love in our lives is our mother. Recognizing her face, her voice, the meaning of her moods, and her facial expressions is crucial to survival. Dr. Christine Ann Lawson vividly describes how mothers who suffer from borderline personality disorder produce children who may flounder in life...

Paradiso

Author	Dante Alighieri
ISBN	0140441050

Dorothy L. Sayers's landmark translation follows Dante's terza rima stanza's and brings his poetry vividly to life. Her work was completed after her death by Barbara Reynolds, who provides a foreword on the importance of the translation and an introduction on Dante's view of Heaven. This edition...

The Sin of Certainty: Why God Desires Our Trust More Than Our "Correct" Beliefs

Author

Peter Enns

The controversial evangelical Bible scholar and author of The Bible Tells Me So explains how Christians mistake “certainty” and “correct belief” for faith when what God really desires is trust and intimacy.

With compelling and often humorous stories from his own life, Bible scholar...

How the Bible Actually Works: In Which I Explain How An Ancient, Ambiguous, and Diverse Book Leads Us to Wisdom Rather Than Answers—and Why That's Great News

Author	Peter Enns
ISBN	0062686747

Controversial evangelical Bible scholar, popular blogger and podcast host of The Bible for Normal People, and author of The Bible Tells Me So and The Sin of Certainty explains that the Bible is not an instruction manual or rule book but a powerful learning tool that nurtures our spiritual growth by...

Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas

Author	Elaine Pagels
ISBN	0375501568

Pagels, a writer and thinker on religion and history, winner of the National Book Award for The Gnostic Gospels, reflects on what matters most about spiritual and religious exploration in the 21st century. This book explores how Christianity began by tracing its earliest texts, including the Gospel...

Take This Bread: A Radical Conversion

Author	Sara Miles
ISBN	0345486927

I didn't necessarily "enjoy" reading this book while I was actually reading it. I felt uncomfortable and challenged, not by the language but by some of the opinions and views. This author and I couldn't be more different, and I'm sure she'd strongly disapprove of my LDS religion (even the liberal wing...

Nine Essential Things I've Learned About Life

Author	Harold S. Kushner
ISBN	0385354096

From the beloved author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People, deeply moving and illuminating reflections on what it means to live a good life.

As a congregational rabbi for half a century and the best-selling author of twelve books on faith, ethics, and how to apply the timeless wisdom of...

Le petit Prince ( Illustrate)

Author

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

À LÉON WERTH
Je demande pardon aux enfants d’avoir dédié ce livre à une grande personne. J’ai une excuse sérieuse : cette grande personne est le meilleur ami que j’ai au monde. J’ai une autre excuse : cette grande personne peut tout comprendre, même les livres pour enfants....