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A Church Called Tov: Forming A Goodness Culture That Resists Abuses of Power and Promotes Healing by Laura McKnight-Scott and Scot McKnight.
Notes: Christian theology; sexuality; sexual abuse; power ethics; healthy church communities
AD 381: Heretics, Pagans, and the Dawn of the Monotheistic State by Charles Freeman
Notes: Church history; Roman history; Ecumenical councils
A New New Testament: A Bible for the Twenty-First Century Combining Traditional and Newly Discovered Texts by Hal Taurig
Notes: Christian scripture; Gnosticism
Apostles of Reason: The Crisis of Authority in American Evangelism by Molly Worthen
Notes: Church history; American history; Evangelicalism; Fundamentalism; Scholarly
A Theological Introduction to the Old Testament, 2nd edition by Walter Bruggerman et al.
Notes: Christian theology; Bible studies; Old Testament; Hebrew Scriptures; Tanakh; Scholarly
Beyond Shame: Creating a Healthy Sex Life On Your Own Terms by Matthias Roberts
Notes: Faith and sexuality; Christian sexuality; Sexual ethics; Faith reconstruction; Accessible
Bible, Gender, Sexuality: Reframing the Church’s Debate on Same-Sex Relationships by James V. Brownson
Notes: Christian sexuality; Christian theology; Bible Studies; Critical history; Good introduction; Scholarly; Moderately accessible.
Carnal Knowledge of God: Embodied Love and the Movement for Justice by Rebecca M. M. Voelkel
Notes: Christian theology; Embodiment; Christian sexuality
#ChurchToo: How Purity Culture Upholds Abuse and How to Find Healing by Emily Joy Allison
Notes: Christian sexuality; Christian theology; Healthy church communities; Sexual abuse; Sexual ethics; Accessible
Conspirituality: How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became A Public Health Threat by Julian Walker, Matthew Remski, and Derek Beres
Notes: Faith and spirituality; Power dynamics; Spiritual abuse; Sexual abuse; Education; Healthy communities; Politics; Accessible
Creating Financially Sustainable Congregations by James L. Elrod
Notes: Church governance; Christian theology; Ecclesiology
Crispina and Her Sisters: Women and Authority in Early Christianity by Christine Schenk
Notes: Christian history; Christian art; Christian funeral practices; Roman history; Early Christian Church history; Gender and sexuality; Scholarly.
Curveball: When Your Faith Takes A Turn You Never Saw Coming by Pete Enns
Notes: Christian theology; Bible studies; Christian memoir; Christian history; Accessible
Earthbound: God at the Intersection of Climate and Justice by Grace Ji-Sun Kim
Notes: Christian theology; Eco-theology; Intersectional theology; Feminist theology; Environmentalism; Ecology; Scholarly
Empire Baptized: How the Church Embraced What Jesus Rejected, 2nd-5th Centuries by Wes Howard-Brook
Notes: Christian history; Roman history; Christian theology; Scholarly
Exclusion and Embrace: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation by Miroslav Volf
Notes: Christian theology; Forgiveness; Reconciliation; Scholarly
First Nations Version: An Indigenous Bible Translation of the New Testament
Notes: Christian scripture; Indigenous paraphrase; Intersectional theology
Flourishing: Why We Need Religion in a Globalized World by Miroslav Volf
Notes: Christian theology; Politics; Interfaith
Freeing Jesus: Rediscovering Jesus as a Friend, Teacher, Saviour, Lord, Way, and Presence by Diana Butler Bass
Notes: Christian theology; Bible Studies; Christology
Getting Invovled with God: Rediscovering the Old Testament by Ellen F. Davis
Notes: Christian theology; Old Testament; Hebrew Bible; Bible Studies; Accessible
Good Christian Sex: Why Chastity Isn’t the Only Option-And Other Things the Bible Says About Sex-A Theology of Sexuality and Spirituality by Bromleigh McCleneghan
Notes: Christian theology; Christian sexuality; Bible Studies; Gender and sexuality; Accessible
Holy Disunity: How What Separates Us Can Save Us by Layton E. Williams
Notes: Christian theology; Ecclesiology; Church history
Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others by Barbara Brown Taylor
Notes: Christian theology; Interfaith relations; Intersectional theology; Accessible
Hope in Disarray: Piercing Our Lives Together in Faith by Grace Ji-Sun Kim
Notes: Christian theology; scholarly
I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die: Finding Hope in the Darkness of Depression by Sarah J. Robinson
Notes: Christian theology; Christian memoir; Mental health; Accessible
Indecent Theology: Theological Perversions in Sex, Gender, and Politics by Marcella Althaus-Reed
Notes: Christian theology: Christina sexuality; Gender and sexuality, Scholarly
Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again by Rachel Held Evans
Notes: Christian theology; Bible studies; Accessible
Intersectional Theology: An Introductory Guide by Grace Ji-Sun Kim and Susan M. Shaw
Notes: Christian theology; Intersectional theology; Interfaith relations; Scholarly
Invisible: Theology and the Experience of Asian American Women by Grace Ji-Sun Kim
Notes: Christian theology; Intersectional theology; American history; Christian history; Gender and sexuality; Scholarly
Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evaneglicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristin Kobes Du Mez
Notes: Christian theology; Christian history; American history; Evangelicalism; Fundamentalism; Politics; Gender and sexuality; Christian sexuality; Scholarly
Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes: Cultural Studies in the Gospels by Kenneth E. Bailey
Notes: Christian history; Bible Studies; Scholarly
Jesus Wasn’t Killed by the Jews: Reflections for Christians on Lent by Jon M. Sweeney
Notes: Christian history; Jewish history; Roman history; Bible Studies
Lady Eclecte: The Lost Woman of the New Testament by Lincoln Blumell
Notes: Christian history; Bible studies
Learning to Walk in the Dark: Because Sometimes God Shows Up At Night by Barbara Brown Taylor
Notes: Christian theology; Christian memoir; Bible studies; Accessible
Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived by Rob Bell
Notes: Christian theology; Bible studies; Eschatology
Mary and Early Christian Women: Hidden Leadership by Ally Kateusz
Notes: Christian history; Bible studies; Christian sexuality; Gender and sexuality; Accessible
Miracles and Other Reasonable Things: A Story of Unlearning and Relearning God by Sarah Bessey
Notes: Christian theology; Christian memoir; Accessible
My Daily Discoverment: 40 Days of Vocational Discernment for Young Adults by Andrew Hyde
Notes: Christian theology; Pastoral care; Christian mysticism; Accessible
On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World by Danya Ruttenberg
Notes: Jewish theology; Forgiveness; Reconciliation; Repentance; Gender and sexuality
Paul: A Biography by N. T. Wright
Notes: Christian history; Bible studies
Paul and Gender: Reclaiming the Apostle’s Vision for Men and Women in Christ by Cynthia Long Westfall
Notes: Christian theology; Christian history; Bible studies; Christian sexuality; Gender and sexuality; Scholarly
Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes: Cultural Studies in 1 Corinthians by Kenneth E. Bailey
Notes: Christian history; Bible studies; Scholarly
Reimagining Spirit: Wind, Breath, and Vibration by Grace Ji-Sun Kim
Notes: Christian theology; Pneumatology; Intersectional theology; Bible studies; Scholarly
Revelation for Normal People: A Guide to the Strangest and Most Dangerous Book in the Bible by Robin Whitaker
Notes: Christian theology; Bible studies; Accessible
Romans Disarmed: Resisting Empire, Demanding Justice by Sylvia Keesmaat and Brian Walsh
Notes: Christian theology; Bible studies; Christian history; Accessible
Saying No to God: A Radical Approach to Reading the Bible Faithfully by Matthew J. Korpman
Notes: Christian theology; Bible studies
Serving Money, Serving God: Aligning Radical Justice, Christian Practice, and Church Life by Sheryl Johnson
Notes: Christian theology: Church governance; Ecclesiology; Healthy Christian communities
Sex, God, and the Conservative Church: Erasing Shame from Sexual Intimacy by Tina Schermer Sellers
Notes: Christian theology; Bible studies; Christian sexuality; Gender and sexuality; Healthy Christian communities; Embodiment; Scholarly
Shameless: A Case For Not Feeling Bad About Feeling Good (About Sex) by Nadia Bolz-Weber
Notes: Christian theology; Bible studies; Christian sexuality; Gender and sexuality; Embodiment; Healthy Christian communities; Accessible
Spirit Life by Grace Ji-Sun Kim
Notes: Christian theology; Pneumatology; Intersectional theology; Christian memoir; Scholarly
Surviving God: A New Vision of God Through the Eyes of Sexual Abuse Survivors by Grace Ji-Sun Kim and Susan M. Shaw
Notes: Christian theology; Intersectional theology; Feminist theology; Christian sexuality; Gender and sexuality; Sexual abuse; Healthy Christian communities; Scholarly
Talking Across the Divide: How to Communicate with People You Disagree with and Maybe Even Change the World by Justin Lee
Notes: Christian theology; Christian memoir; Healthy communities
The Bible Says So: What We Get Right (And Wrong) About Scripture’s Most Controversial Issues by Dan McClellan
Notes: Christian history; Bible studies; Accessible
The Bible Tells Me So: Why Defending Scripture Has Made Us Unable to Read It by Pete Enns
Notes: Christian theology; Bible studies; Christian memoir; Accessible
The Crucifixion of Jesus: Torture, Sexual Abuse, and the Scandal of the Cross by David Tombs
Notes: Christian theology; Christian history; Bible studies; Christian sexuality; Gender and sexuality; Sexual abuse
The Holy Spirit, Chi, and Other: A Model of Global and Intercultural Pneumatology by Grace Ji-Sun Kim
Notes: Christian theology; Pneumatology; Intersectional theology; Scholarly
The Jewish Annotated New Testament
Notes: Christian scripture; Jewish and Christian history; Jewish and Christian theology
The Jewish Gospels: The Story of the Jewish Christ by Daniel Boyarin
Notes: Christian and Jewish history; Bible studies; Jewish and Christian theology
The #MeToo Reckoning: Facing the Church’s Complicity in Sexual Abuse and Misconduct by Ruth Everhart
Notes: Christian theology; Christian sexuality; Gender and sexuality; Sexual abuse; Healthy Christian communities
The Theology of the United Church of Canada by Don Schweitzer et al
Notes: Christian theology; Ecclesiology
The United Church of Canada: A History by Don Schweitzer
Notes: Christian history; Canadian history
Transforming: The Bible and the Lives of Transgender Christians by Austin Hartke
Notes: Christian theology; Bible studies; Christian sexuality; Gender and sexuality; Accessible
Unveiling Paul’s Women: Making Sense of 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 by Lucy Peppiat
Notes: Christian theology; Christian history; Bible studies; Christian sexuality; Gender and sexuality
Vulnerable Communion: A Theology of Disability and Hospitality by Thomas E. Reynolds
Notes: Christian theology; Disability theology; Christian memoir
When God Became White: Dismantling Whitness for a More Just Christianity by Grace Ji-Sun Kim
Notes: Christian theology; Intersectional theology; Christian history; Scholarly
Wholehearted Faith by Rachel Held Evans and Jeff Chu
Notes: Christian theology; Bible Studies; Accessible
Wicca for Beginners: Fundamentals of Philosophy and Practice by Thea Sabin
Notes: Wicca; magic; spirituality; meditation; Accessible
Womanist Midrash: A Reintroduction to the Women of the Torah and the Throne by Wil Gafney
Notes: Christian theology; Bible studies; Christian sexuality; Gender and sexuality; Scholarly
Womanist Midrash, Volume 2: A Reintroduction to the Women of Joshua, Judges, Samuel and Kings by Wil Gafney
Notes: Christian theology; Bible studies; Christian sexuality; Gender and sexuality; Scholarly
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