Book Suggestions
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1. Individual or series title. E.g. “The Fellowship of the Ring” for a single title, or “The Lord of the Rings” for the series title (one book or series per entry, please. If there are multiple books by various authors in one entry, we cannot properly track votes and the entry will be deleted)
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Reading the Bible from the Margins
Title: Reading the Bible from the Margins
Author: Miguel A. De La Torre
Publisher: ORBIS
Publication Date: March 21, 2002
ISBN-10:
ISBN-13: 978-1570754104
ASIN: B00GXC0YFKAmazon link: https://smile.amazon.com/Reading-Bible-Margins-Miguel-Torre/dp/1570754101/
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Divided by Faith: Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America
Title: Divided by Faith: Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America
Author: Christian Smith, Michael O. Emerson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date: 2001
ISBN-10: 0195147073
ISBN-13: 978-0195147070
ASIN: B000SHYQZUAmazon link: https://smile.amazon.com/Divided-Faith-Evangelical-Religion-Problem-dp-0195147073/dp/0195147073/
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Heal Us, Emmanuel: A Call for Racial Reconciliation, Representation, and Unity in the Church
Title: Heal Us, Emmanuel: A Call for Racial Reconciliation, Representation, and Unity in the Church
Author: Doug Serven
Publisher: Storied Communications
Publication Date: May 5, 2016
ISBN-10: 099739840X
ISBN-13: 978-0997398403
ASIN: B01F9WHFJ2Amazon link: https://smile.amazon.com/Heal-Us-Emmanuel-Reconciliation-Representation/dp/099739840X/
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I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness
Title: I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness
Author: Austin Channing Brown
Publisher: Convergent Books
Publication Date: May 15, 2018
ISBN-10: 1524760854
ISBN-13: 978-1524760854
ASIN: B07466JDSHAmazon link: https://smile.amazon.com/Im-Still-Here-Dignity-Whiteness/dp/1524760854/
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Dear Church: A Love Letter from a Black Preacher to the Whitest Denomination in the US
Title: Dear Church: A Love Letter from a Black Preacher to the Whitest Denomination in the US
Author: Lenny Duncan
Publisher: Fortress Press
Publication Date: July 2, 2019
ISBN-10: 1506452566
ISBN-13: 978-1506452562
ASIN: B07NSFXF3FAmazon link: https://smile.amazon.com/Dear-Church-Preacher-Whitest-Denomination/dp/1506452566/
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Burying White Privilege: Resurrecting a Badass Christianity
Title: Burying White Privilege: Resurrecting a Badass Christianity
Author: Miguel A. De La Torre
Publisher: Eerdmans
Publication Date: December 11, 2018
ISBN-10: 0802876889
ISBN-13: 978-0802876881
ASIN: B07MT4QB2NAmazon link: https://smile.amazon.com/Burying-White-Privilege-Resurrecting-Christianity/dp/0802876889/
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Tenacious Solidarity: Biblical Provocations on Race, Religion, Climate, and the Economy
Title: Tenacious Solidarity: Biblical Provocations on Race, Religion, Climate, and the Economy
Author: Walter Brueggemann
Publisher: Fortress Press
Publication Date: November 1, 2018
ISBN-10: 1506447708
ISBN-13: 978-1506447704
ASIN: B07G4JHQBTAmazon link: https://smile.amazon.com/Tenacious-Solidarity-Biblical-Provocations-Religion/dp/1506447708/
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Anxious to Talk About It: Helping White Christians Talk Faithfully about Racism
Title: Anxious to Talk About It: Helping White Christians Talk Faithfully about Racism
Author: Carolyn B. Helsel
Publisher: Chalice Press
Publication Date: February 13, 2018
ISBN-10: 0827200722
ISBN-13: 978-0827200722
ASIN: B079DXC6YCAmazon link: https://smile.amazon.com/Anxious-Talk-About-Christians-Faithfully/dp/0827200722/
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Healing Racial Divides: Finding Strength in Our Diversity
Title: Healing Racial Divides: Finding Strength in Our Diversity
Author: Terrell Carter
Publisher: Chalice Press
Publication Date: January 8, 2019
ISBN-10: 0827215126
ISBN-13: 978-0827215122
ASIN: B07MQ2YH4QAmazon link: https://smile.amazon.com/Healing-Racial-Divides-Strength-Diversity/dp/0827215126/
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The Color of Christ: The Son of God and the Saga of Race in America
Title: The Color of Christ: The Son of God and the Saga of Race in America
Author: Edward J. Blum
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Publication Date: August 1, 2014
ISBN-10: 1469618842
ISBN-13: 978-1469618845
ASIN: B009DH7YR8Amazon link: https://smile.amazon.com/Color-Christ-Saga-Race-America/dp/1469618842/
3 votes -
Against God and Nature: The Doctrine of Sin (Foundations of Evangelical Theology)
Against God and Nature: The Doctrine of Sin (Foundations of Evangelical Theology)
3 votes -
If God Is Good: Faith in the Midst of Suffering and Evil
If God Is Good: Faith in the Midst of Suffering and Evil by Randy Alcorn
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Worship in Ancient Israel: An Essential Guide
Walter Bruggemann
Abingdon Press
2005
ISBN: 978-0687343362
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AKJZDLMIn an engaging style--characteristic of the author, Walter Brueggemann--this Essential Guide describes the leading motifs of ancient Israel’s worship traditions in the Old Testament. The author guides the reader through the themes, central texts, prayers, festivals, and practices of that worship. He sees throughout the Old Testament a central emphasis on worship as a covenantal gesture and utterance by the community in the presence of God. In addition to being an essential guide to this subject, this book is intended to be in the service of current theological and practical issues concerning…
3 votes -
Worship in Ancient Israel: An Essential Guide
Walter Bruggemann
Abingdon Press
2005
ISBN: 978-0687343362
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AKJZDLMIn an engaging style--characteristic of the author, Walter Brueggemann--this Essential Guide describes the leading motifs of ancient Israel’s worship traditions in the Old Testament. The author guides the reader through the themes, central texts, prayers, festivals, and practices of that worship. He sees throughout the Old Testament a central emphasis on worship as a covenantal gesture and utterance by the community in the presence of God. In addition to being an essential guide to this subject, this book is intended to be in the service of current theological and practical issues concerning…
3 votes -
Eric Metaxas
Miracles, by Eric Metaxas
and, anything else by Eric Metaxas
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Embodying Forgiveness: A Theological Analysis
L. Gregory Jones
Eerdmans
1995
978-0802808615
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EP6RUEOA topic unjustly neglected in contemporary theology, forgiveness is often taken to be either too easy or too difficult. On the one hand is the conception of forgiveness that views it mainly as a move made for the well-being of the forgiver. On the other hand, forgiveness is sometimes made too difficult by suggestions that violence is the only effective force for responding to injustice.
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3 votes
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The Desire: Satisfying the Heart (Volume 1, Soul's Longing Series)
Author: James M. Houston
Publisher: David C. Cook
Date: 2005
ISBN: 978-0781444248
URL: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0781444241Get whole series at once, not just this volume.
3 votes -
The Fulfillment: Pursuing True Happiness (Volume 2, Soul's Longing Series)
Author: James M. Houston
Publisher: David C. Cook
Date: 2007
ISBN: 978-0781444255
URL: https://www.amazon.com/dp/078144425XGet whole series at once, not just this volume.
3 votes -
The Prayer: Deepening Your Friendship with God (Volume 3, Soul's Longing Series)
Author: James M. Houston
Publisher: David C. Cook
Date: 2007
ISBN: 978-0781444262
URL: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0781444268Get whole series at once, not just this volume.
This volume has also been published under different titles by different publishers:
* Prayer: The Transforming Friendship (Lion Publishing, 1993)
* The Transforming Power of Prayer: Deepening Your Friendship With God (NavPress, 1999, 978-1576831182)
* The Transforming Friendship: A Guide to Prayer (Regent College Publishing, 2020, 978-1573834469)3 votes
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