The Powers That Be: Theology for a New Millennium
10 best books like The Powers That Be: Theology for a New Millennium (Walter Wink): Leaving the Witness: Exiting a Religion and Finding a Life, Death in a Darkening Mist, Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time: The Historical Jesus and the Heart of Contemporary Faith, The Gnostic Gospels, The World's Religions, What Is the Bible?: How an Ancient Library of Poems, Letters, and Stories Can Transform the Way You Think and Feel About Everything, A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, Who Wrote the Bible?, Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church, The Prophetic Imagination
Leaving the Witness: Exiting a Religion and Finding a Life
| Author | Amber Scorah |
| ISBN | 0735222541 |
A riveting memoir of losing faith and finding freedom while a covert missionary in one of the world's most restrictive countries.
A third-generation Jehovah's Witness, Amber Scorah had devoted her life to sounding God's warning of impending Armageddon. She volunteered to take the message...
Death in a Darkening Mist
| Author | Iona Whishaw |
| ISBN | 1771511710 |
The second instalment in the Lane Winslow mystery series; for fans of the Maisie Dobbs and Bess Crawford series.
On a snowy day in December 1946, Lane Winslow—a former British intelligence agent who’s escaped to the rural Canadian community of King’s Cove in pursuit of a tranquil life—is...
| Author | Marcus J. Borg |
| ISBN | 0060609176 |
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...
| Author | Elaine Pagels |
| ISBN | 0679724532 |
The Gnostic Gospels is a landmark study of the long-buried roots of Christianity, a work of luminous scholarship and wide popular appeal. First published in 1979 to critical acclaim, winning the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, The Gnostic Gospels has continued to grow...
| Author | Huston Smith |
| ISBN | 0062508113 |
Originally titled The Religions of Man, this completely revised and updated edition of Smith′s masterpiece, now with an engaging new foreword, explores the essential elements and teachings of the world′s predominant faiths, including:
Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Islam,...
What Is the Bible?: How an Ancient Library of Poems, Letters, and Stories Can Transform the Way You Think and Feel About Everything
| Author | Rob Bell |
| ISBN | 0062194283 |
Rob Bell, the beloved author of Love Wins and What We Talk About When We Talk About God, goes deep into the Bible to show how it is more revelatory, revolutionary, and relevant than we ever imagined—and offers a cogent argument for why we need to look at it in a fresh, new way.
In Love Wins, Rob Bell...
A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
| Author | Karen Armstrong |
| ISBN | 0517223120 |
Over 700,000 copies of the original hardcover and paperback editions of this stunningly popular book have been sold. Karen Armstrong's superbly readable exploration of how the three dominant monotheistic religions of the world - Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - have shaped and altered the conception...
| Author | Richard Elliott Friedman |
| ISBN | 0060630353 |
The contemporary classic the New York Times Book Review called “a thought-provoking [and] perceptive guide,” Who Wrote the Bible? by Richard E. Friedman is a fascinating, intellectual, yet highly readable analysis and investigation into the authorship of the Old Testament. The author of Commentary...
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...
The Prophetic Imagination
| Author | Walter Brueggemann |
| ISBN | 0800632877 |
It is almost cliche to say that our world has been numbed into apathy about a great many things, spirituality included. If fact, I believe it would be fair to say that many Christians have found their faith to be drained of mysticism and imagination. Taught that mysticism is evil or somehow against the...
Jesus and the Disinherited
| Author | Howard Thurman |
| ISBN | 0807010294 |
In this classic theological treatise, the acclaimed theologian and religious leader Howard Thurman (1900–81) demonstrates how the gospel may be read as a manual of resistance for the poor and disenfranchised. Jesus is a partner in the pain of the oppressed and the example of His life offers a solution...
The Cross and the Lynching Tree
| Author | James H. Cone |
| ISBN | 1570759375 |
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...
Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew
| Author | Bart D. Ehrman |
| ISBN | 0195182499 |
The early Christian Church was a chaos of contending beliefs. Some groups of Christians claimed that there was not one God but two or twelve or thirty. Some believed that the world had not been created by God but by a lesser, ignorant deity. Certain sects maintained that Jesus was human but not divine,...
Reading the Bible Again for the First Time: Taking the Bible Seriously but Not Literally
| Author | Marcus J. Borg |
| ISBN | 0060609192 |
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 Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For and Believe
| Author | Richard Rohr |
| ISBN | 1524762091 |
Richard Rohr, one of the world's most influential spiritual thinkers, delivers his long-awaited book on Jesus. In this radical message of hope, Rohr shows how "Jesus" + "Christ" reveal the divine wholeness at the heart of things--and what that means for every one of us.
In his decades as a globally...
Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
| Author | Richard Rohr |
| ISBN | 0470907754 |
A fresh way of thinking about spirituality that grows throughout life In Falling Upward, Fr. Richard Rohr seeks to help readers understand the tasks of the two halves of life and to show them that those who have fallen, failed, or "gone down" are the only ones who understand "up." Most of us tend to think...
| Author | Barbara Brown Taylor |
In these essays on the dialogue between science and Christian faith, Barbara Brown Taylor describes her journey as a preacher learning what the insights of quantum physics, the new biology, and chaos theory can teach a person of faith. She seeks to discover why scientists sound like poets and why physicists...
| Author | John Shelby Spong |
| ISBN | 0060670630 |
In his bestselling book Why Christianity Must Change or Die, Bishop John Shelby Spong described the toxins that are poisoning the Church. Now he offers the antidote, calling Christians everywhere into a new and radical reformation for a new age. Spong looks beyond traditional boundaries to open new...
| Author | Steven E. Ozment |
| ISBN | 0300027605 |
“Ozment’s masterly synthesis of the intellectual and religious history of the period 1250-1550 clarifies the impact of late medieval ideas on early modern society. Its appeal derives from its breadth of scholarship and clarity of style. Ozment reviews the current state of research on late...
The Sacred Enneagram: Finding Your Unique Path to Spiritual Growth
| Author | Christopher L. Heuertz |
| ISBN | 0310348277 |
For all the ways we live unawakened lives, the enneagram is here to help.
The Sacred Enneagram is a trustworthy, richly insightful guide to finding yourself in the enneagram’s 9-type profiles, and applying this practical wisdom for a life transformed. Far more than a personality test,...
| Author | N.T. Wright |
| ISBN | 0062198270 |
In this definitive biography, renowned Bible scholar, Anglican bishop, and bestselling author N. T. Wright offers a radical look at the apostle Paul, illuminating the humanity and remarkable achievements of this intellectual who invented Christian theology—transforming a faith and changing...
Evil and the Justice of God
| Author | N.T. Wright |
| ISBN | 0830833986 |
Merit Award, 2007 Christianity Today Theology/Ethics Book With every earthquake and war, understanding the nature of evil and our response to it becomes more urgent. Evil is no longer the concern just of ministers and theologians but also of politicians and the media. We hear of child abuse, ethnic...
Her Gates Will Never Be Shut: Hell, Hope, and the New Jerusalem
| Author | Bradley Jersak |
| ISBN | 1606088823 |
Description: Everlasting hell and divine judgment, a lake of fire and brimstone--these mainstays of evangelical tradition have come under fire once again in recent decades. Would the God of love revealed by Jesus really consign the vast majority of humankind to a destiny of eternal, conscious torment?...
Reviving Old Scratch: Demons and the Devil for Doubters and the Disenchanted
The devil has fallen on hard times. Surveys say that even the majority of Christians doubt Satan’s existence. Burdened by doubts, skeptical believers find themselves divorced from Jesus’ dramatic confrontation with Satan in the Gospels and from the struggle that galvanized the early church.
In...
For the Life of the World: Theology That Makes a Difference
| Author | Miroslav Volf |
| ISBN | 1587434016 |
The question of what makes life worth living is more vital now than ever. In today's pluralistic, postsecular world, universal values are dismissed as mere matters of private opinion, and the question of what constitutes flourishing life--for ourselves, our neighbors, and the planet as a whole--is...
The Mystery of Christ & and Why We Don't Get It
| Author | Robert Farrar Capon |
| ISBN | 0802801218 |
Widely recognized as a creative, insightful writer, Robert Farrar Capon offers still more of his uniquely provocative fare in The Mystery of Christ . . . and Why We Don't Get It. This engaging book probes the meaning of salvation – peace, forgiveness, grace, reconciliation - spoken of in the New Testament...
Saving Jesus from the Church: How to Stop Worshiping Christ and Start Following Jesus
“Scholarly, pastoral, prophetic, and eloquent. The invitation to follow Jesus instead of worshiping Christ could not come at a more important time, or be issued by a more credible source.” — Desmond Tutu
“Robin Meyers emerges in Saving Jesus from the Church as a national voice for...
Skinnytaste Fast and Slow: Knockout Quick-Fix and Slow-Cooker Recipes for Real Life
| Author | Gina Homolka |
| ISBN | 0553459600 |
80+ Under 30 Minute Dishes and 60 Slow Cooker Recipes
The easiest, tastiest, most convenient healthy recipes--ever!
With Skinnytaste Fast and Slow, you can get a nutritious, flavor-packed, figure-friendly meal--complete with a flourless chocolate brownie made in a slow cooker--on...
| Author | Iona Whishaw |
| ISBN | 1771512407 |
The third book in the popular Lane Winslow mystery series by an author the Globe and Mail has called a -writer to watch.-
It's early spring of 1947 in idyllic King's Cove, and the Hughes ladies, mere et filles, are gardening and sorting through the jars of food that have been put up for the winter....
| Author | Benjamin Myers |
| ISBN | 1942956630 |
I’ve read Ben Myers’s prior books, “Lapse Americana” and “Elegy for Trains,” both of which I’d highly recommend.
But this book, “Black Sunday,” is his best work thus far. Using the sonnet form (with artful variations) and several recurring characters, Myers takes readers...
