Read, Watch, Listen: Faith & Spirituality

Read

Apostles of Reason: The Crisis of Authority in American Evangelism by Molly Worthen
Notes: Scholarly, Personal Favourite, Thought-provoking.

A Theological Introduction to the Old Testament: 2nd Edition by Walter Bruggerman et al.
Notes: Scholarly, Personal Favourite, Thought-provoking.

Bible, Gender, Sexuality: Reframing the Church’s Debate on Same-Sex Relationships by James V. Brownson 
Notes: Personal favourite. Scholarly, but still moderately accessible. Good, rigorous introduction.

#ChurchToo: How Purity Culture Upholds Abuse and How to Find Healing by Emily Joy Allison
Notes: Personal Favourite, Thought-provoking.

Crispina and Her Sisters: Women and Authority in Early Christianity by Christine Schenk
Notes: Scholarly, Thought-provoking.

Empire Baptized: How the Church Embraced What Jesus Rejected 2nd-5th Centuries by Wes Howard-Brook
Notes: Scholarly.

Getting Involved with God: Rediscovering the Old Testament by Ellen F. Davis
Notes: Personal Favourite.

God and the Gay Christian: The Biblical Case in Support of Same-Sex Relationships by Matthew Vines 
Notes: Accessible read. Good introduction.

Good Christian Sex: Why Chastisty Isn’t the Only Option – And Other Things the Bible Says About Sex by Bromleigh McCleneghan 
Notes: Personal favourite. Thought-provoking.

Holy Disunity: How What Separates Us Can Save Us by Layton E. Williams
Notes: Accessible, Personal Favourite.

Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others by Barbara Brown Taylor
Notes: Accessible, Personal Favourite, Thought-provoking.

The Holy Spirit, Chi, and the Other: A Model of Global and Intercultural Pneumatology by Grace Ji-Sun Kim
Notes: Scholarly, Personal Favourite, Thought-provoking.

Hope in Disarray: Piercing Our Lives Together in Faith by Grace Ji-Sun Kim
Notes: Scholarly, Thought-provoking.

I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die: Finding Hope in the Darkness of Depression by Sarah J. Robinson
Notes: Accessible, Personal Favourite, Thought-provoking.

Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again by Rachel Held Evans
Notes: Accessible, Personal Favourite, Thought-provoking.

Intersectional Theology: An Introductory Guide by Grace Ji-Sun Kim and Susan M. Shaw
Notes: Scholarly, Personal Favourite, Thought-provoking.

Invisible: Theology and the Experience of Asian American Women by Grace Ji-Sun Kim
Notes: Scholarly, Personal Favourite, Thought-provoking.

Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristin Kobes Du Mez
Notes: Scholarly (moderately accessible), Personal Favourite, Thought-provoking.

Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes: Cultural Studies in the Gospels by Kenneth E. Bailey
Notes: Scholarly, Personal Favourite.

Jesus Wasn’t Killed by the Jews: Reflections for Christians in Lent by Jon M. Sweeney
Notes: Personal Favourite, Thought-provoking.

Learning to Walk in the Dark: Because Sometimes God Shows Up at Night by Barabara Brown Taylor
Notes: Accessible, Personal Favourite.

Mary and Early Christian Women: Hidden Leadership by Ally Kateusz
Notes: Accessible, Personal Favourite, Thought-provoking

Miracles and Other Reasonalbe Things: A Story of Unlearning and Relearning God by Sarah Bessey
Notes: Accessible, Personal Favourite.

Paul and Gender: Reclaiming The Apostle’s For Men and Women in Christ by Cynthia Long Westfall
Notes: Personal favourite. Scholarly. Thought-provoking.

Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes: Cultural Studies in the 1 Corinthians by Kenneth E. Bailey
Notes: Scholarly, Personal Favourite.

Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed A Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free by Linda Kay Klein
Notes: Accessible, Personal Favourite.

Radical Love: Introduction to Queer Theology by Patrick S. Cheng
Note: Scholarly.

Reimagining Spirit: Wind, Breath and Vibration by Grace Ji-Sun Kim
Notes: Scholarly, Thought-provoking.

Romans Disarmed: Resisting Empire, Demanding Justice by Sylvia Keesmaat and Brian Walsh
Notes: Accessible, Personal Favourite, Thought-provoking.

Saying No to God: A Radical Approach to Reading the Bible Faithfully by Matthew J. Korpman
Notes: Personal Favourite, Thought-provoking

Sex, God and the Conservative Church: Erasing Shame from Sexual Intimacy by Tina Schermer Sellers 
Notes: Scholarly. Though-provoking.

Shameless: A Case For Not Feeling Bad About Feeling Good (About Sex) by Nadia Bolz-Weber
Notes: Personal favourite. Accessible. Thought-provoking.

Talking Across The Divide: How To Communicate with People You Disagree with and Maybe Even Change the World by Justin Lee
Notes: Personal favourite, Thought-provoking.

The #MeToo Reckoning: Facing the Church’s Complicity in Sexual Abuse and Misconduct by Ruth Everhart
Notes: Personal Favourite, Thought-provoking.

Torn: Rescuing the Gospel from the Gays vs. Christian Debate by Justin Lee 
Notes: Accessible. Memoir style.

Transforming: The Bible and Lives of Transgender Christians by Austin Hartke 
Notes: Accessible. Thought-provoking.

Undivided: Coming Out, Becoming Whole, and Living Free from Shame by Vicky Beeching 

Vulnerable Communion: A Theology of Disability and Hospitality by Thomas E. Reynolds
Notes: Personal Favourite.

When God Became White: Dismantling Whiteness for a More Just Christianity by Grace Ji-Sun Kim
Notes: Scholarly, Personal Favourite, Thought-provoking.

Womanist Midrash: A Reintroduction to the Women of the Torah and the Throne by Wilda Gafney
Notes: Scholarly, Personal Favourite, Thought-Provoking.

Listen

Faith & Feminism with Meghan Tschanz

God Is Grey with Brenda Davies

God, Sex, & Sangria with Rachel Alba & Lurie Kimmerle

Published by Devin Hogg

My name is Devin Hogg. I was born and raised in Carnarvon, Ontario, Canada. I moved to Guelph, Ontario, Canada in 2009 for university and lived here ever since. In my free time, I enjoy reading, watching TV and movies, going on long walks, swimming, and practicing Chen style Tai Chi. I love to write poetry and blog regularly about topics such as mental health, sci-fi/fantasy series, faith, sexuality, and politics.

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