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Author
Publisher
Gotham Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Johnson's remarkable story of being raised under the gospel tent of David Terrell, one of the most famous evangelical ministers of the 1960s and 70s. A compassionate, humorous exploration of faith, betrayal, and coming of age on the sawdust trail.
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A moving and unforgettable memoir of a transgender pastor's journey from despair to joy as she transitioned from male to female and learned about gender inequity, at home and in the workplace-perfect for fans of Redefining Realness and There Is Room for You"--
Author
Publisher
Nelson Books, an imprint of Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
What does a forty-two-year-old, small-town pastor do when he wins one of the most popular singing competitions in the world? Todd Tilghman and his wife, Brooke, share how decades of unrelenting challenges have taught them a joyful mindset of embracing not only winning The Voice but also 'every little win' along the way.
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"...this audiobook, which was dictated in the last year of King's life, put's both her and her husband's struggles in cultural and historical context. This is a must-listen." — The Berkshire Edge
The life story of Coretta Scott King—wife of Martin Luther King Jr., founder of the King Center for Nonviolent Social Change, and singular twentieth-century American civil rights activist—as told fully for the first
Author
Publisher
Broadleaf Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
For years Elle Dowd considered herself an advocate for justice, but her well-meaning support always took a back burner to what Martin Luther King Jr. called the tension-free, ordered ""negative peace"" of white moderates. Then Michael Brown, a Black man, was murdered by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, and the subsequent Uprising changed everything. In Baptized in Tear Gas, minister and activist Elle Dowd tells the gripping story of her...
Author
Publisher
WIlliam B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Reinhold Niebuhr (1892--1971) was an inner-city pastor, ethics professor, and author of the famous Serenity Prayer. Time magazine's 25th anniversary issue in March 1948 featured Niebuhr on its cover, and Time later eulogized him as "the greatest Protestant theologian in America since Jonathan Edwards." Cited as an influence by public figures ranging from Billy Graham to Barack Obama, Niebuhr was described by historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr. as "the...
Author
Publisher
The Dial Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don't be afraid," said theologian Frederick Beuchner. Pastor Amy Butler, the first woman at the helm of New York's historic Riverside Church, knows firsthand that to navigate such a world, one must be courageous, honest, and compassionate. In Beautiful and Terrible Things, Pastor Amy draws on the most meaningful, challenging, and soul-shaking moments of her own life, to offer larger lessons...
Author
Publisher
Nelson Books, an imprint of Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A former Klansman describes his journey from racist, violent, criminal to the co-pastor of a racially mixed church.
In the 1960s Tarrants-- unsettled by the social upheaval of the era-- turned for answers to extremist ideology. In 1969, while attempting to bomb the home of a Jewish leader in Meridian, Mississippi, he was shot multiple times during a high-speed chase and arrested. After an escape attempt, Tarrants spent three years alone in a six-foot-by-nine-foot...
Author
Publisher
Convergent
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"The Reverend Robert W. Lee was a little-known pastor at a small church in North Carolina until the Charlottesville protests, when he went public with his denunciation of white supremacy in a captivating speech at the MTV Video Music Awards... In this riveting memoir, he narrates what it was like growing up as a Lee in the South, an experience that was colored by the world of the white Christian majority. He describes the widespread nostalgia for...
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Since the 1970s, an important new figure has appeared on the center stage of American evangelicalism--the celebrity preacher's wife. Although most evangelical traditions bar women from ordained ministry, many women have carved out unofficial positions of power in their husbands' spiritual empires or their own ministries. The biggest stars--such as Beth Moore, Joyce Meyer, and Victoria Osteen--write bestselling books, grab high ratings on Christian...
Author
Publisher
Convergent
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Profound essays on nurturing life while facing a terminal diagnosis, from the dedicated humanitarian and young mother whose writings The New York Times called "nothing less than a master class in how to be fully human". "I am holding both my hope and my grief together in the same hands. It is a loose hold, looser than I am accustomed to. My love is so much bigger than me." Nonprofit leader and minister Tallu Schuyler Quinn has spent her adult life...
Author
Publisher
Fidelis Books, Post Hill Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
The unlikely and sometimes harrowing journey of an iconic evangelist, known to millions as simply Reverend Ike, will draw you into his remarkable story of rising from extreme poverty and leading millions of poor Blacks to unprecedented financial success, independence, and joyful living by understanding the profound Biblical promises of prosperity. --from Amazon.
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