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The Day the Revolution Began: Reconsidering the Meaning of Jesus's Crucifixion
N T Wright · HarperOne
Pages: 448
Format: Print book
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The renowned scholar, Anglican bishop, and bestselling author widely considered to be the heir to C. S. Lewis contemplates the central event at the heart of the Christian faith - Jesus' crucifixion - arguing that the Protestant Reformation did not go far enough in transforming our understanding... |
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The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America
Frances FitzGerald · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 752
Format: Hardcover
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"A page turner ... We have long needed a fair-minded overview of this vitally important religious sensibility, and FitzGerald has now provided it." - The New York Times Book Review "Massively learned and electrifying ... magisterial." - The Christian Science Monitor... |
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The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church's Complicity in Racism
Jemar Tisby · Zondervan
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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The Color of Compromise takes readers on a historical journey: from America's early colonial days through slavery and the Civil War, covering the tragedy of Jim Crow laws and the victories of the Civil Rights era, to today's Black Lives Matter movement. Author Jemar Tisby reveals the obvious... |
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I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness
AUSTIN CHANNING BROWN · Convergent Books
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
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From a leading new voice on racial justice, an eye-opening account of what it's like to grow up black, Christian, and female in white America, in this idea-driven memoir about how her determined quest for identity and understanding shows a way forward for us all.Austin Channing Brown's... |
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A World Ablaze: The Rise of Martin Luther and the Birth of the Reformation
Craig Harline · Oxford University Press
Pages: 312
Format: Hardcover
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October 2017 marks five hundred years since Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the church door in Wittenberg and launched the Protestant Reformation. At least, that's what the legend says. But with a figure like Martin Luther, who looms so large in the historical imagination, it's... |
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Unlearning God: How Unbelieving Helped Me Believe
Phillip Gulley · Convergent Books
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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America's favorite Quaker storyteller explores the terrain of faith and doubt as shaped by family, church, and young love, finding his way to a less convenient but fully formed adult spirituality.Most of us grow up taking in whole belief systems with our mother's milk, only to discover... |
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Homespun: Amish and Mennonite Women in Their Own Words
Lorilee Craker · Herald Press
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
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"A revealing and wide ranging resource. . . . This eclectic book will interest any reader who s curious about the plain lifestyle." PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Straight from the pens of Amish and Mennonite women . . . Ever wish you could visit with a group of Amish or Mennonite women over... |
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Shaken: Discovering Your True Identity in the Midst of Life's Storms
Tim Tebow · WaterBrook
Pages: 213
Format: Hardcover
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Who are you when life is steady? Who are you when storms come? Most of us have been on the receiving end of rejection, a broken dream, or heartbreak. And while this is not an easy space to go through, when we are grounded in the truth, we can endure the tough times. In this powerful book,... |
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The Murderous History of Bible Translations: Power, Conflict, and the Quest for Meaning
Harry Freedman · Bloomsbury
Pages: 256
Format: Print book
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In 1535, William Tyndale, the first man to produce an English version of the Bible in print, was captured and imprisoned in Belgium. A year later he was strangled and then burned at the stake. His co-translator was also burned. In that same year the translator of the first Dutch Bible was arrested... |
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He Held Radical Light: The Art of Faith, the Faith of Art
Christian Wiman · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 114
Format: Hardcover
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A moving meditation on memory, oblivion, and eternity by one of our most celebrated poetsWhat is it we want when we can't stop wanting? And how do we make that hunger productive and vital rather than corrosive and destructive? These are the questions that animate Christian Wiman as he explores... |
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Book Girl: A Journey through the Treasures and Transforming Power of a Reading Life
Sarah Clarkson · Tyndale Momentum
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
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When you hear a riveting story, does it thrill your heart and stir your soul? Do you hunger for truth and goodness? Do you secretly relate to Belle's delight in the library in Beauty and the Beast?If so, you may be on your way to being a book girl.Books were always Sarah Clarkson's delight.... |
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Grateful: The Transformative Power of Giving Thanks
Diana Butler Bass · HarperOne
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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The author of the multiple award-winning Grounded and leading trend spotter in contemporary Christianity explores why gratitude is missing as a modern spiritual practice, offers practical suggestions for reclaiming it, and illuminates how the shared practice of gratitude can lead to greater... |
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