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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe Story of My Experiments With Truth
Mahatma Gandhi · 420 pages
Gandhi's non-violent struggles against racism, violence, and colonialism in South Africa and India had brought him to such a level of notoriety, adulation that when asked to write an autobiography midway through his career, he took it as an opportunity to explain himself. He feared the enthusiasm for his ideas tended to exceed a deeper understanding of his quest for truth rooted in devotion to God
Jesus and the Disinherited
Howard Thurman · 112 pages
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcolm X, Alex Haley · 484 pages
The Jew in the Modern World
Paul R. Mendes-Flohr, Jehuda Reinharz · 734 pages
Strength to Love
Martin Luther King Jr. · 155 pages
A collection of sermons by this martyred Black American leader which explains his convictions in terms of the conditions and problems of contemporary society.
Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud, A Memoir
Cornel West, David Ritz · 281 pages
"'Brother West' is like its author: brillant, unapologetic, full of passion, yet cool. This poignant memoir traces West's transformation from a schoolyard Robin Hood into a progressive cultural icon. From his youthful investigation of the "death shudder" to why em embraced his calling of teaching over preaching, from his three marriages and his two precious children to his near-fatal bout with pro
For the Life of the World: Sacraments and Orthodoxy
Alexander Schmemann · 151 pages
This book was originally written to serve as an outline for students in a discussion of the Christian "worldview." It suggests an approach to the world and to man's life in it that stems from the liturgical experience of the Orthodox Church. Alexander Schmemann understands issues such as secularism and Christian culture from the perspective of the unbroken experience of the Church, as revealed and
The Fire Next Time
James Baldwin · 120 pages
**From Amazon.com:** A national bestseller when it first appeared in 1963, *The Fire Next Time* galvanized the nation and gave passionate voice to the emerging civil rights movement. At once a powerful evocation of James Baldwin's early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences of racial injustice, the book is an intensely personal and provocative document. It consists of
Telling the Truth: The Gospel as Tragedy, Comedy, and Fairy Tale
Frederick Buechner · 97 pages
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Doctrine and Covenants
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Joseph Smith Jr. · 1,103 pages
Chosen By God: Know God's Perfect Plan for His Glory and His Children
R.C. Sproul · 213 pages
What We Talk about When We Talk about God
Rob Bell · 240 pages
Jesus of Nazareth: From the Baptism in the Jordan to the Transfiguration
Pope Benedict XVI · 431 pages
In his first book written as pope, Benedict XVI offers a portrait of Jesus based on the Gospels and encourages Christians to better understand the central figure of their faith.
Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community
Dietrich Bonhoeffer · 122 pages
Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, Volume 5A classic of Christian spirituality. In this theological interpretation of the Psalms, Bonhoeffer describes the moods of an individual's relationship with God and also the turns of love and heartbreak, of joy and sorrow that are themselves the Christian community's path to God. Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, a sixteen volume series, offers a fresh, critical translati
Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine
Wayne A. Grudem · 1,264 pages
Lectures on Faith
Joseph Smith Jr., Sidney Rigdon · 88 pages
Infidel
Ayaan Hirsi Ali · 353 pages
"Ultimately a celebration of triumph over adversity, Hirsi Ali's story tells how a bright little girl evolved out of dutiful obedience to become an outspoken, pioneering freedom fighter. As Western governments struggle to balance democratic ideals with religious pressures, no story could be timelier or more significant.--From publisher description."--From source other than the Library of Congress
The Pursuit of Holiness
Jerry Bridges, Foster W. Cline, Jim Fay · 161 pages
Holiness : the Christian's joint venture with God. God's command is, "Be holy, for I am holy." But as victims of sin's "guerilla warfare," Christians are often prone to give up the fight, or at least to compromise with sin in its more difficult forms. Why do we so rarely experience holy living? The central issue confronting us, says Jerry Bridges in The Pursuit of Holiness, is that Christians fail
The Imitation of Christ
Thomas a Kempis · 236 pages
With the exception of the Bible, no Christian writing has had so wide a vogue or so sustained a popularity as this. And yet, in one sense, it is hardly an original work at all. Its structure it owes largely to the writings of the medieval mystics, and its ideas and phrases are a mosaic from the Bible and the Fathers of the early Church. But these elements are interwoven with such delicate skill an
What Christians Believe
C.S. Lewis
The Essentials ExplainedMaster storyteller and essayist C. S. Lewis here tackles the central questions of the Christian faith: Who was Jesus? What did he accomplish? What does it mean for me?In these classic essays, which began as talks on the BBC during World War II, Lewis creatively and simply explains the basic tenets of Christianity. Taken from the core section of Mere Christianity, the select
God Is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World--and Why Their Differences Matter
Stephen R. Prothero · 388 pages
The Sovereignty of God
Arthur W. Pink · 272 pages