Reflections on the Psalms

Telling the Truth: The Gospel as Tragedy, Comedy, and Fairy Tale

Frederick Buechner · 97 pages

Gift of Union Presby. Church Sustain Trust Fund.

King's Cross: The Story of the World in the Life of Jesus

Timothy J. Keller · 238 pages

King’s Cross is Timothy Keller’s revelatory look at the life of Christ as told in the Gospel of Mark. In it, Keller shows how the story of Jesus is at once cosmic, historical, and personal, calling each of us to look anew at our relationship with God. Like Keller’s other books, King’s Cross is written for both skeptics and the faithful, for those struggling to understand who Jesus is and for Chris

Myths to Live By

Joseph Campbell · 276 pages

Includes material on "the buffalo-gods, Quetzalcoatls, Buddhas, fairy queens and other such figures."

The Rock That Is Higher: Story as Truth

Madeleine L'Engle · 308 pages

The Rock That Is Higher: Story as Truth Rate this book 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars Open Preview The Rock That Is Higher: Story as Truth by Madeleine L'Engle 4.13 · Rating details · 585 ratings · 62 reviews We are all strangers in a strange land, longing for home, but not quite knowing what or where home is. We glimpse it sometimes in our dreams

The Gnostic Gospels

Elaine Pagels · 184 pages

The Gnostic Gospels is a landmark study of the long-buried roots of Christianity, a work of luminous scholarship and wide popular appeal. First published in 1979 to critical acclaim, winning the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, The Gnostic Gospels has continued to grow in reputation and influence over the past two decades. It is now widely recognized as one of the mo

Biblical interpretation and the church

D. A. Carson · 240 pages

On Christian Doctrine

Augustine of Hippo · 1,278 pages

How to Read the Bible: A Guide to Scripture, Then and Now

James L. Kugel · 833 pages

A reader's companion to the Bible draws on classic interpretations as well as modern scholarship to explain how the Bible may also be a metaphorical reflection of anthropological history.

The Theology of the Book of Revelation

Richard Bauckham · 169 pages

Publisher's description: Richard Bauckham expounds the theology of the Book of Revelation: its understanding of God, Christ and the Spirit, the role of the Church in the world, and the hope of the coming of God's universal kingdom. Close attention is paid both to the literary form in which the theology is expressed and to the original context to which the book was addressed. Contrary to many misun

Reading the Bible Again for the First Time: Taking the Bible Seriously but Not Literally

Marcus J. Borg · 336 pages

PerfectBound e-book exclusive extras: Extensive hyperlinking allows the reader to move easily from Professor Borg's text and footnotes to the full text of the actual Biblical passages he cites (including the entirety of the Book of Job); "Seriously but Not Literally," an interview in which Borg discusses his own journey as a scholar and a person of faith and his membership in the controversial Jes

God: A Biography

Jack Miles · 446 pages

Miles shows us God in the guise of a great literary character, the hero of the Old Testament. In a close, careful, and inspired reading of that testament - book by book, verse by verse - God is seen from his first appearance as Creator to his last as Ancient of Days. The God whom Miles reveals to us is a warrior whose greatest battle is with himself. We see God torn by conflicting urges. To his o

The Mind of the Maker

Dorothy L. Sayers · 229 pages

The Harlot by the Side of the Road: Forbidden Tales of the Bible

Jonathan Kirsch · 378 pages

Sex. Violence. Scandal. These are words we rarely associate with the sacred text of the Bible. Yet in this brilliant new book, Jonathan Kirsch shows that the Old Testament is filled with some of the most startling and explicit stories in all of Western literature. These tales of seduction and rape, voyeurism and exhibitionism, intermarriage and illegitimacy, assassination and murder have been sup

Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why

Bart D. Ehrman · 256 pages

For almost 1,500 years, the New Testament manuscripts were copied by hand — — and mistakes and intentional changes abound in the competing manuscript versions. Religious and biblical scholar Bart Ehrman makes the provocative case that many of our widely held beliefs concerning the divinity of Jesus, the Trinity, and the divine origins of the Bible itself are the results of both intentional and ac

Finding God in The Lord of the Rings

Kurt Bruner, Jim Ware · 161 pages

The bestselling book now revised and updated with new content! Hailed as the most popular and best-loved series of the twentieth century, The Lord of the Rings trilogy is more than a great story; it's a reflection of life's epic quest for all of us. Examining the Christian themes in J. R. R. Tolkien's masterwork, bestselling authors Kurt Bruner and Jim Ware reveal a rich tapestry of hope, friendsh

Heretics

G.K. Chesterton · 160 pages

Gilbert Keith Chesterton was born in London, England on the 29th of May, 1874. Though he considered himself a mere rollicking journalist, he was actually a prolific and gifted writer in virtually every area of literature. A man of strong opinions and enormously talented at defending them, his exuberant personality nevertheless allowed him to maintain warm friendships with people - such as George B

Jesus for President: Politics for Ordinary Radicals

Shane Claiborne, Chris Haw · 176 pages

Jesus for President is a radical manifesto to awaken the Christian political imagination, reminding us that our ultimate hope lies not in partisan political options but in Jesus and the incarnation of the peculiar politic of the church as a people "set apart" from this world. In what can be termed lyrical theology, Jesus for President poetically weaves together words and images to sing (rather tha

Let Me be a Woman

Elisabeth Elliot · 190 pages

We are called to be women. The fact that I am a woman does not make me a different kind of Christian, but the fact that I am a Christian does make me a different kind of woman. For I have accepted God's idea of me, and my whole life is an offering back to him of all that I am and all that he wants me to be. In these days of conflicting demands and cultural pressures, what kind of woman do you wish

To Draw Closer To God: A Collection Of Discourses

Henry B. Eyring · 197 pages

Learning to Walk in the Dark

Barbara Brown Taylor · 208 pages

No Man Is an Island

Thomas Merton · 264 pages

No Man Is an Island encapsulates Merton's most profound teachings on love, hope, and the search for fulfillment and meaning. Merton writes with penetrating insight on topics such as frienship, personal vocation, temptation, humility, spiritual loneliness, courage, and life among others.

Lectures to My Students

Charles Haddon Spurgeon · 290 pages

Why Christianity Must Change or Die: A Bishop Speaks to Believers In Exile

John Shelby Spong · 288 pages

An important and respected voice for liberal American Christianity for the past twenty years, Bishop John Shelby Spong integrates his often controversial stands on the Bible, Jesus, theism, and morality into an intelligible creed that speaks to today's thinking Christian. In this compelling and heartfelt book, he sounds a rousing call for a Christianity based on critical thought rather than blind

Small and Simple Things

Marjorie Pay Hinckley · 154 pages