books about: faith

books about: faith

books:

Faith

The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical

Shane Claiborne

Zondervan, 2006

Don't go by the reviews, read it for yourself
Yes, by my rating you can see that I love this book, however that's not what I intend to write about. I simply want to say that you should not rely on the reviews to form your opinion of this book. I have repeatedly recommended this book to my friends, Christian or ...

You Can Heal Your Life (Gift Edition)

Louise Hay

Hay House, 1999

highly recommended
I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in helping himsef/herself improve their thoungts and positive energy.

Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust

Immaculee Ilibagiza

Hay House, 2007

Anything is possible...
It is unbelievable that people could kill so many people in such a gruesome fashion. It is even more unbelievable that Immaculee could forgive those killers. This book is about more than just the genocide, it is about the power and absolute necessity of forgiveness. ...

Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality

Donald Miller

Thomas Nelson, 2003

Blue Like Jazz
In my opinion this book presents a ground-breaking philosophy to the Christian community as well as anyone who enjoys thought provoking literature. A must read. "Searching For God Knows What" by the same author is just as good, if not better!

Acedia & Me: A Marriage, Monks, and a Writer's Life

Kathleen Norris

Riverhead Hardcover, 2008

ancient wisdom for contemporary pilgrims
It's been fifteen years since Kathleen Norris captured the spiritual imagination of readers with memoirs about leaving New York City for Lemmon, South Dakota (Dakota: A Spiritual Geography, 1993), and drinking deep at the well of monastic spirituality (Cloister Walk, ...

The Shack

William P. Young

Windblown Media, 2008

A must read!.
Whatever your spiritual bent may be, or the religious affiliation of your choice, this little book answers the questions posed by -- why do bad things happen to good people? Or: does God make these things happen, does he allow them to happen, or is He just an observer ...

The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism

Timothy Keller

Dutton Adult, 2008

The gentle approach toward non-believers and the world.
This book is unique in the sense that it doesn't encourage argument with non-believers but instead, understanding. Keller points out, very elegantly, that we need to know what we believe and understand the doubts about what we believe whether they're ours or someone ...

God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything

Christopher Hitchens

Twelve Books, Hachette Book Group, 2007

God is not Great
Hitchen's book God is not Great is a thought provoking book that shows much of the violence that has been caused by people of faith. Hitchen's give historical, as well as personal examples of how religion has caused chaos, and even great ignorance around the world. ...

What In the World Is Going On?: 10 Prophetic Clues You Cannot Afford to Ignore

David Jeremiah

Thomas Nelson, 2008

Accurate and Timely
Dr. David Jeremiah's book "What in the World is Going On?" is a guide to events that are ocurring before our eyes. When I got it I could not stop reading it; I red it in 3 nights. (and I'm a slow reader) but the book, is so current, and it is a wonderful guide for the ...

Mere Christianity

C. S. Lewis

HarperOne, 2001

An invitation to be transformed ...
Fitting, I think, to be reading what may arguably be one of C. S. Lewis's most important books, on a retreat during which one of my personal goals was to find a spiritual, if not religious, inner peace. Reading the work of C. S. Lewis is to meet a friend who reflects ...

Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith

Jon Krakauer

Anchor, 2004

A
Asserting that America's "homegrown religion" is one steeped in and ultimately defined by persecution and violence, Krakauer's extensively researched book about Mormon fundamentalism is an informative look at an aspect of life that people are not always willing to see. ...

The Complete C.S. Lewis Signature Classics

C. S. Lewis

HarperOne, 2007

Undated Truth
C.S. Lewis writes not about trends or fads that come and go, he writes about truth that is as applicable today as the day he wrote it. If you're searching for truth, or just trying to make sense of it all, I highly recommend the Signature Classics

Moloka'i

Alan Brennert

St. Martin's Griffin, 2004

A Sweeping Saga
Alan Brennert, with eloquent, descriptive, flowing prose offers an epic tale of leprosy among Hawaiians in the late 1800's to present day. Rachel, the center character, is ripped from her family at 7 years old and exiled to the island of Kalauppa, on Moloka'i, where ...

Never Surrender: A Soldier's Journey to the Crossroads of Faith and Freedom

Jerry Boykin

FaithWords, 2008

Helpful, Illuminating, and Inspiring
I ordered this biography on a whim, as one of a dozen books on irregular warfare that I am using to review the thoughts of others before I publish my own book. When the three boxes from Amazon arrived, this book was buried under others, but was immediately the most ...

His Dark Materials Trilogy (The Golden Compass; The Subtle Knife; The Amber Spyglass)

Philip Pullman

Laurel Leaf, 2003

Great series
His Dark Materials is a really good series of books. I've never been much for fantasy, nor have I read a lot of children's books. Harry Potter looks boring, so I've stayed away. My draw to these books started with a an e-mail forward last Christmas, one of those ...