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God in the Balance: Christian Spirituality in Times of Terror
Carter Heyward Wipf & Stock, 2011 978-1608995790 https://www.amazon.com/dp/1608995798 Heyward directly addresses our vulnerability to terror, especially its religious and political aspects. Examining six images of God--God of War, God of Peace, God as Father, God as Spirit. God in us, and God in all--the author locates an…
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Saving Jesus From Those Who Are Right
Carter Heyward Fortress Press, 1999 978-0800629663 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0800629663 In this theological resource for spiritual transformation and social change, Carter Heyward rethinks the figure and import of Jesus for church, academy, and society. Rather than focus on the endlessly variable pictures of Jesus in…
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The Story of the Philadelphia Eleven: Revised and Expanded 50th Anniversary Edition
Darlene O'Dell Church Publishing, 2024 978-1640657199 https://www.amazon.com/dp/1640657193 Nearly fifty years after eleven audacious women made history as the first female priests ordained in the Episcopal Church, Darlene O'Dell revisits their inspiring journey in a revised and expanded edition of her acclaimed The Story…
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The Other Evangelicals: A Story of Liberal, Black, Progressive, Feminist, and Gay Christians―and the
Isaac B. Sharp Eerdmans, 2023 978-0802881755 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0802881750 “Sharp’s book is an important contribution to the field of evangelical studies. Beyond that, it is something of an affirmation for those who still wish to claim their evangelical identity while denouncing the racism, sexism, and homophobia…
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Most of Eerdmans Critical Commentary volumes are missing Abbreviated Title
Matthew and Sirach are the only volumes that have abbreviated titles (ECC Mt and ECC Sir). The rest need to be added.
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A Year in The Grief Valley
John Pavlovitz Parson's Porch, 2019 978-1951472344 https://www.amazon.com/dp/1951472349/ Grief is a solitary road. Even if we are fortunate enough to have people alongside us during the journey, (as I have been), no one can really travel all the way with us. Our pain and our path are as individual as the relationship we…
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Rise: An Authentic Lenten Devotional
John Pavlovitz Chalice Press, 2022 978-0827233119 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0827233116/ In this new Lenten devotional, popular progressive Christian author John Pavlovitz ... takes us on a transformative spiritual journey. Like the human experience, the spiritual journey is not a level path. It is about the falling and the…
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Stuff That Needs To Be Said: Essential Words on Life, Death, Faith, Politics, Love, and Giving a Dam
John Pavlovitz Pavlovitz Design, 2020 978-0578682501 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0578682508/ Over the past few years, John Pavlovitz's blog, Stuff That Needs To Be Said, has become a virtual hub for millions of people from all over the world, drawn there by his clear, compelling words on compassion, equity, love, and…
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Worth Fighting For: Finding Courage and Compassion When Cruelty is Trending
John Pavlovitz Westminster John Knox Press, 2024 978-0664268534 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0664268536/ John Pavlovitz has inspired millions to keep boldly loving both neighbors and strangers throughout the years of Trump’s hate-mongering campaign and presidency and continues to be a voice of sanity and urgency when so much…
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If God Is Love, Don't Be a Jerk: Finding a Faith That Makes Us Better Humans
John Pavlovitz Westminster John Knox Press, 2011 978-0664266844 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0664266843/ Thou Shalt Not Be Horrible. Imagine for a moment what the world might look like if we as people of faith, morality, and conscience actually aspired to this mantra. What if we were fully burdened to create a world that was…
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A Bigger Table, Expanded Edition with Study Guide: Building Messy, Authentic, and Hopeful Spiritual
John Pavlovitz Westminster John Knox Press, 2020 978-0664264901 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0664264905/ A Bigger Table invites readers to envision a church that is big enough for everyone, by holding up a mirror to the modern church and speaking clearly on issues at the heart of the Christian community: LGBT inclusion,…
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Two more books by Carter Heyward (feminist liberation theologian, priest and author)
Carter Heyward served as the Howard Chandler Robbins Professor of Theology, Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, until she retired in 2006. She was one of the "Philadelphia Eleven" -- eleven women whose ordinations eventually paved the way for the recognition of women as priests in the Episcopal Church.…
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Silence and Honey Cakes: The Wisdom of the Desert
Rowan Williams Lion Books, 2004 978-0745951706 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0745951708 Rowan Williams goes back to the 4th century desert fathers and mothers for inspiration and insight, discovering that their spirituality resonates strongly with aspects of the modern spiritual search. He uses examination of their stories and…
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What Makes You Come Alive: A Spiritual Walk with Howard Thurman
Lerita Coleman Brown Broadleaf Books, 2023 978-1506474656 https://www.amazon.com/dp/1506474659 You have the audio edition of this (https://www.logos.com/product/249568/what-makes-you-come-alive-a-spiritual-walk-with-howard-thurman), but not the ebook. Please get the ebook. Amazon blurb: "Don't ask what the world needs. Ask…
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The Stones of the Last Week: Impediments to Easter
Bonnie B. Thurston Liturgical Press, 2024 (forthcoming in October) 978-0814669457 https://www.amazon.com/dp/081466945X By taking a closer look at the “stones” that impeded Jesus’s last week, we are challenged to identify the obstructions to our spiritual lives. When Jesus descends the Mount of Olives into Jerusalem to the…
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Spiritual Life in the Early Church: The Witness of Acts and Ephesians
Bonnie Thurston Fortress Press, 1993 978-0800626167 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0800626168 Common is the assumption that the piety of the earliest Christians is determinative for the church of all ages. But what were the basic features of this spirituality? And how can those ancient practices and attitudes be brought to bear…
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Shaped by the End You Live For: Thomas Merton’s Monastic Spirituality
Bonnie B. Thurston Liturgical Press, 2020 978-0814688076 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0814688071 To understand the life and thought of Thomas Merton, one must understand him as a monk. After introducing his vocation and entrance into the Trappist order, this book highlights some of his basic spiritual presuppositions. Relying…
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Belonging to Borders: A Sojourn in the Celtic Tradition
Bonnie B. Thurston Liturgical Press, 2011 978-0814633670 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0814633676 "When the scholar and the poet wrestles in you," Bonnie Thurston was once asked by a friend at Tymawr, "who wins?" The poems in Belonging to Borders are her response. In these poems, Thurston reverences the borders, literal and…
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O Taste and See: A Biblical Reflection on Experiencing God
Bonnie Thurston Paraclete Press, 2013 978-1612614076 https://www.amazon.com/dp/1612614078 If you have always been troubled by the image of God as a punitive judge, this book will show you why this view is so mistaken. Psalm 34:8’s “O taste and see how good the Lord is” contains in miniature the whole process of coming to…
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Religious Vows, The Sermon On The Mount, And Christian Living
Bonnie B. Thurston Liturgical Press, 2006 978-0814629291 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0814629296 The Sermon on the Mount in St. Matthew's Gospel is a good synopsis of Jesus ' teaching and the Beatitudes summarize the Sermon on the Mount. Bonnie Thurston reflects on the Beatitudes and their focus on the kingdom of heaven. She…
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For God Alone: A Primer on Prayer
Bonnie Thurston Darton Longman & Todd, 2009 978-0232527605 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0232527601 Bonnie Thurston is the author of many books and articles about spirituality and prayer. In For God Alone she shows us, clearly and practically, how to pray. The result is a unique introduction to prayer that will encourage all…
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To Everything a Season: A Spirituality of Time
Bonnie Thurston Crossroad, 1999 978-0824517847 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0824517849 Rediscover the Christian understanding of time as God's sacred and bountiful gift. A main selection of the Spiritual Book Associates.
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Renita Weems: Just a Sister Away
https://www.amazon.com/Just-Sister-Away-Womanist-Relationships/dp/0931055520/ref=sr_1_2 Years ago, this was a required text for a class on Christian involvement in the Civil Rights Movement. I still consider it an essential classic for women and black rights. Amazon blurb: Writing with African American women in mind,…
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The Spiritual Landscape of Mark
Bonnie B. Thurston Liturgical Press, 2008 978-0814618646 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0814618642 2009 Catholic Press Association Award Winner! To read the Gospel of Mark is to embark on a journey that begins in a desert and ends with a boulder rolled away from the tomb. In between, Jesus teaches his disciples, calls them to…
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Maverick Mark: The Untamed First Gospel
Bonnie B. Thurston Liturgical Press, 2013 978-0814635520 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0814635520 Somewhere along the way, says Bonnie Thurston, the wild unlikelihood of the Christian message has been reined in and made to fit more conventional categories of thought. That it is good and moral to be Christian we understand.…
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The Widows: A Women's Ministry in the Early Church
Bonnie Bowman Thurston Fortress Press, 1989 978-0800623173 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0800623177 This book begins by giving a sense of the socioeconomic position of widows in the biblical world. It examines the primary New Testament texts on widows, paying special attention to 1 Tim. 5:3-16. Next it discusses the references…
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Women in the New Testament: Questions and Commentary
Bonnie Thurston Wipf & Stock, 2004 978-1592445585 https://www.amazon.com/dp/1592445586 Bonnie Thurston examines the personalities, place, and power of women in the New Testament. She provides a cultural and religious context for them by briefly outlining the position of women in the Greco-Roman world. The aim is to reveal…
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Helpmates, Harlots, and Heroes: Women's Stories in the Hebrew Bible (second edition)
Westminster John Knox Press, 2007 Alice Ogden Bellis 978-0664230289 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0664230288 This best-selling book, now revised and updated, shares the work of many feminist biblical scholars who have examined women's stories for several years. These stories are powerful accounts of women in the Old…
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Clothed with the Sun: Biblical Women, Social Justice, and Us
Joyce Hollyday Westminster John Knox Press, 1994 978-0664255381 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0664255388 The Bible holds a great treasure of amazing women. They are judges and prophets, caregivers and teachers, prominent matriarchs of large clans or quiet disciples, women who suffered alone or sang joyous praises to God amid…
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The Grand Inquisitor’s Manual: A History of Terror in the Name of God
Jonathan Kirsch HarperOne, 2008 978-0060816995 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0060816996 The Grand Inquisitor’s Manual by nationally bestselling author Jonathan Kirsch is a provocative popular history of the Inquisition, the 12th century reign of church-sanctioned terror. Ranging from the Knights Templar to the first…
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An author I've recently discovered and would like to see Logos expand their offerings of her wor
Bonnie Thurston is an experienced retreat leader, New Testament scholar, and poet. She is a founding member and past president of the International Thomas Merton Society. A frequent contributor to popular and scholarly periodicals, she is author or editor of twenty-three theological books and seven collections of poetry.…
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Freedom of Simplicity: Finding Harmony in a Complex World
Richard J. Foster HarperOne, 2005 978-0060759711 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0060759712 ...the manifesto that shows how simplicity is not merely having less stress and more leisure but an essential spiritual discipline for the health of our soul. You have the audio edition of this…
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Listening to Your Life: Daily Meditations with Frederick Buechner
Frederick Buechner HarperOne, 1992 978-0060698645 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0060698640 Daily meditations taken from the works of an acclaimed novelist, essayist, and preacher who has articulated what he sees with a freshness and clarity and energy that hails our stultified imaginations.
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Still: Notes on a Mid-Faith Crisis
Lauren F. Winner HarperOne, 2013 978-0061768286 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0061768286 As she lives through a failed marriage and the loss of her mother, Winner finds her Christian faith slipping away. Through reading religious works and tomes and being counseled by leaders of the church, she learns she must find the courage…
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Stages of Faith: The Psychology of Human Development and the Quest for Meaning
James W. Fowler HarperOne, 1995 978-0060628666 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0060628669 "The classic book on the subject of faith development....An extremely important work, integral to the understanding of the human condition and our sense of meaning."--M. Scott Peck
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A New Kind of Christianity: Ten Questions That Are Transforming the Faith
Brian D. McLaren HarperOne, 2011 978-0061853999 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0061853992 In this much anticipated book, McLaren examines ten questions facing today's church—questions about how to articulate the faith itself, the nature of its authority, who God is, whether we have to understand Jesus through only an ancient…
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Bread for the Journey: A Daybook of Wisdom and Faith
Henri J.M. Nouwen HarperOne, 2006 978-0060663599 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0060663596 Intimately personal and inspiring, Bread for the Journey is a daily feast of fresh insight into the challenges and deep joys of a life lived in close communion with God.
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The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life In God
Dallas Willard HarperOne 2009 (Kindle ed.; print ed. is 2014 by Harper Collins, 978-0007596546) ASIN: B001RS8KRO https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001RS8KRO The Divine Conspiracy has revolutionized how we think about the true meaning of discipleship. In this classic, one of the most brilliant Christian thinkers of our times and…
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Spiritual Classics: Selected Readings on the Twelve Spiritual Disciplines
Richard J. Foster & Emilie Griffin, editors HarperOne, 2007 978-0060628727 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0060628723 St. Augustine, Thomas Merton, Fredrick Buechner, Evelyn Underhill, A.W. Tozer, G.K. Chesterton, Thomas More, Martin Luther King, Jr., Amy Carmichael, Simone Weil, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Hildegard of Bingen,…
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Devotional Classics: Selected Readings for Individuals and Groups (Revised Edition)
Richard J. Foster & James Bryan Smith, editors HarperOne, 2005 978-0060777500 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0060777508 Devotional Classics: Revised Edition is an updated and expanded edition of Renovaré's companion to the devotional life. Edited by Richard J. Foster and James Bryan Smith, this version incorporates all six…
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Streams of Living Water: Celebrating the Great Traditions of Christian Faith
Richard J. Foster HarperOne, 2001 978-0060628222 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0060628227 In this landmark work, Foster examines the "streams of living water" –– the six dimensions of faith and practice that define Christian tradition. He lifts up the enduring character of each tradition and shows how a variety of practices,…
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A Year at the Catholic Worker: A Spiritual Journey Among the Poor (The Making of the Christian Imagi
Marc H. Ellis Baylor University Press, 2000 978-0918954749 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0918954746 Sixty-six years ago the Catholic Worker movement began with the opening of a shared aprtment as a house of hospitality and the selling of the Catholic Worker newspaper for a penny a copy in Union Square. It began amidst the…
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Betjeman: Writing the Public Life (The Making of the Christian Imagination)
Kevin J. Gardner Baylor University Press, 2010 978-1602582545 https://www.amazon.com/dp/1602582548 A household name in Great Britain, John Betjeman was a public literary figure who openly declared his Christian faith and championed the social and aesthetic joys of Anglicanism as unique to English identity. Through poetry…
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The Novel as Church: Preaching to Readers in Contemporary Fiction (The Making of the Christian Imagi
David Dickinson Baylor University Press, 2013 978-1602586826 https://www.amazon.com/dp/1602586829 Reading the likes of Updike, Dickens, and Faulkner with a preacher's eye, David Dickinson offers an instructive examination of the role of the sermon as a literary element and, most strikingly, of literature as a modern…
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The Devil as Muse: Blake, Byron, and the Adversary (The Making of the Christian Imagination)
Fred Parker Baylor University Press, 2022 978-1602584730 https://www.amazon.com/dp/1602584737 Does the Devil lie at the heart of the creative process? In The Devil as Muse, Fred Parker offers an entirely fresh reflection on the age-old question, echoing William Blake's famous statement: "the true poet is of the Devil's…
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Redemption in Poetry and Philosophy: Wordsworth, Kant, and the Making of the Post-Christian Imaginat
Simon Haines Baylor University Press, 2023 978-1602587809 https://www.amazon.com/dp/1602587809 A biblical understanding of redemption requires the sacrificial death of Jesus. In the post-Christian world envisioned by Jean-Jacques Rousseau and his Enlightenment contemporaries, the Christ-centric source of redemption…
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George MacDonald: Divine Carelessness and Fairytale Levity (The Making of the Christian Imagination)
Daniel Gabelman Baylor University Press, 2023 978-1602587830 https://www.amazon.com/dp/1602587833 The Scottish poet, author, and Christian minister George MacDonald is widely known as an inspiration for the works of C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Lewis Carroll, among others. Nineteenth century photographs of MacDonald…
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Dostoevsky: Language, Faith, and Fiction (The Making of the Christian Imagination)
Rowan Williams Baylor University Press, 2011 978-1602583733 https://www.amazon.com/dp/1602583730 Rowan Williams explores the intricacies of speech, fiction, metaphor, and iconography in the works of one of literature's most complex, and most complexly misunderstood, authors. Williams' investigation focuses on the four…
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Effective Christian Leaders in the Global Workplace
Peter Shaw IVP, 2012 (Kindle ed; the paperback was Christian Focus, 2010) ASIN: B00CXMNQ5Y https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CXMNQ5Y Amazon.com lists thousands of books dealing with Christian leadership. That begs the question, Why do we need another one? It's a good question but the answer is simple. Getting to the bottom of…
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A Severe Mercy
Sheldon Vanauken HarperOne, 2009 (reprint edition) 978-0060688240 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0060688246 A heart-rending love story described by its author as “the spiritual autobiography of a love rather than of the lovers” about the author’s marriage and search for faith. Vanauken chronicles the birth of a powerful pagan…