 | The Politics of Jesus by John Howard Yoder
Buy new: $15.40 / Used from: $12.00 Many agree that this is one of the most significant works of theology of the 20th Century.
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 | Resident Aliens: Life in the Christian Colony by Stanley Hauerwas
Buy new: $11.56 / Used from: $3.20 Hauerwas rocks. This was the first, and most profoundly formative, of book by Hauerwas that I read. In Resident Aliens, Hauerwas and Willimon challenge us to live as a community of aliens in a strange land.
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 | Engaging the Powers: Discernment and Resistance in a World of Domination by Walter Wink
Buy new: $20.28 / Used from: $5.00 Resisting the myth of redemptive violence.
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 | Colossians Remixed: Subverting the Empire by Brian J. Walsh
Buy new: $15.64 / Used from: $8.00 What a Pauline epistle might read like if it was written to us today, surrounded by a consumer capitalist empire.
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 | Unveiling Empire: Reading Revelation Then and Now (Bible & Liberation Series) by Wes Howard-Brook
Buy new: $19.14 / Used from: $13.23 Sees the Book of Revelation as a call to faithful nonviolent resistance in the Empire.
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 | Consuming Religion: Christian Faith And Practice in a Consumer Culture by Vincent J. Miller
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $11.01 Miller argues that consumerism is a worldview that must be challenged by our community practices, not simply ideas.
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 | Dissident Discipleship: A Spirituality of Self-Surrender, Love of God, and Love of Neighbor by David Augsburger
Buy new: $20.52 / Used from: $10.00 Dissident Discipleship is a call to embrace the spirituality of Jesus. This book is one of the best examples of a contemporary anabaptist call to authentic discipleship.
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 | The Great Giveaway: Reclaiming the Mission of the Church from Big Business, Parachurch Organizations, Psychotherapy, Consumer Capitalism, and Other Modern Maladies by David Fitch
Buy new: $11.55 / Used from: $6.00 The Great Giveaway lovingly challenges the church to stop being a whore. Under the influence of modernism, we have given away our mission. David Fitch (who is a great guy by the way) has some good suggestions on how we can get it back.
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 | Making Room: Recovering Hospitality As a Christian Tradition by Christine D. Pohl
Buy new: $13.60 / Used from: $6.99 Hospitality should be at the heart of ecclesiology. In other words, being hospitable is core to being a disciples. Every thoughtful Christian should read this book.
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 | The Upside-Down Kingdom by Donald B. Kraybill
Buy new: $11.55 / Used from: $4.99 A classic on Christ's radical call to discipleship. Jam packed with Sermon-on-the-mount goodness.
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 | School(s) for Conversion: 12 Marks of a New Monasticism (New Monastic Library: Resources for Radical Discipleship) by Rutba House
Buy new: $19.80 / Used from: $18.88 If you are intrigued by "new monasticism" or want to live out your discipleship in intentional community, this is the book for you. One part franciscan, one part anabaptist, one part catholic worker, and one part emergent: oh what a glorious mess!
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 | Life on the Vine: Cultivating the Fruit of the Spirit in Christian Community by Philip D. Kenneson
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $2.65 A subversive take on the fruit of the spirit. Few have heard of this book. I think if the title and cover-art were re-vamped it would find its way into more hands.
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 | The Moral Vision of the New Testament: Community, Cross, New Creation, A Contemporary Introduction to New Testament Ethics by Richard B. Hays
Buy new: $20.51 / Used from: $11.29 A sweeping New Testament introduction to the ethics of Jesus.
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 | The Original Revolution: Essays on Christian Pacifism (Christian Peace Shelf Series) by John Howard Yoder
Buy new: $16.23 / Used from: $8.48 Pacifism 101
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 | Binding the Strong Man: A Political Reading of Mark's Story of Jesus by Ched Myers
Buy used from: $9.19 A political read (in the best and truest sense) of Mark's Gospel. A bit dense, but it will rock your understanding of the Gospel.
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 | In Search Of A Unified Theory
Gently revolutionary music that nakedly explores what it means to follow Jesus in the American Empire.
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 | The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical by Shane Claiborne
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $6.83 A good first step for those intrigued by radical Christianity.
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 | Justice in the Burbs: Being the Hands of Jesus Wherever You Live (emersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith) by Will Samson
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $1.39 Can you follow the way of Jesus in the burbs? Yes. And this book is a helpful tool for following Jesus in the belly of the beast.
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 | How Much is Enough? by Arthur Simon
Buy new: $13.68 / Used from: $0.81 A good starter book for the journey to live simply.
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 | The New Conspirators: Creating the Future One Mustard Seed at a Time by Tom Sine
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $4.80 A great overview of what God is doing in 21st Century America.
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 | Soul Graffiti: Making a Life in the Way of Jesus by Mark Scandrette
Buy new: $17.12 / Used from: $4.94 An artsy, soulful, riff in the way of Jesus.
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