Resources for Faith-Shifters
Books, Podcasts, and Scholars who write and speak about a new kind of Christianity
Current book we’re excited about
EVERYTHING’S ON FIRE by Brian Zahnd - Intellectual certainty has long been a cornerstone of the Christian faith. But in an age of secularism, skepticism, and cynicism, our worldviews have been shaken. Various solutions exist―some double down on certainty, while others deconstruct their faith until there is nothing left at all, but Zahnd has a third way: faith renovation.
Authors and Books We Read
BOOKS ABOUT REIMAGINING YOUR FAITH
A New Kind of Christian by Brian D. McLaren
Faith Unraveled by Rachel Held Evans
The Heart of Christianity by Marcus Borg
Faith Shift by Kathy Escobar
Christianity After Religion by Diana Butler Bass
The Universal Christ by Richard Rohr
Love Wins by Rob Bell
The Great Spiritual Migration by Brian McLaren
New Title Coming Soon
BOOKS ABOUT RETHINKING THE BIBLE
The Bible Tells Me So by Peter Enns
How the Bible Actually Works by Peter Enns
What is the Bible? by Rob Bell
BOOKS ABOUT REAWAKENING YOUR HEART
Everything Belongs by Richard Rohr
Daring Greatly by Brené Brown
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
BOOKS ABOUT RELIVING YOUR CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALITY
A More Christlike God by Bradley Jersak
Falling Upward by Richard Rohr
Immortal Diamond by Richard Rhor
Practicing by Kathy Escobar
New Title Coming Soon
Love Matters More by Jared Byas
BOOKS ABOUT RACE AND JUSTICE
How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
I’m Still Here by Austin Channing Brown
The Racial Healing Handbook by Anneliese A. Singh
BOOKS ABOUT CULTURAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES
Unclobber by Colby Martin
Moral Combat by R. Marie Griffith
New Title Coming Soon
Podcasts We Listen To
The New Reformers Podcast
The Bible for Normal People
Another Name for Everything
You Have Permission
Homebrewed Christianity
The Robcast
Scholars and Thought-Leaders We Respect
Jonathan Haidt
Social Psychologist
Rachel Held Evans
Progressive Christian Influencer
Peter Enns
Biblical Scholar + Theologian
Barbara Brown Taylor
Priest + Theologian
Brené Brown
Professor + Researcher
Richard Rohr
Franciscan Priest + Theologian
Brian McLaren
Progressive Pastor + Theologian
Richard J. Davidson
Professor of Psychology + Psychiatry
Ibram X. Kendi
Historian + Anti-Racist Activist
John Philip Newell
Celtic Teacher
Steven Pinker
Cognitive Psychologist
Marcus Borg
Biblical Scholar + Theologian
Austin Channing Brown
Racial Justice Writer
Diana Butler Bass
Historian of Christianity
David Bentley Hart
Philosopher + Theologian
Cornel West
Philosopher and Activist
Rob Bell
Author + Former Pastor
Thomas Merton
Monk, Theologian + Mystic
Kristin Kobes Du Mez
Gender Studies and Historian
Stephen Prothero
Scholar of Religious History
Jonathan Merritt
Writer on Religion, Culture, and Politics
Critics and Atheists We Ponder
There are numerous conclusions here that we don’t agree with, but we respect the scholarship and analysis in reaching them, and find much of their critique worth listening to and learning from.
Richard Dawkins
Ethologist and Evolutionary Biologist
Bart D. Erhman
New Testament Scholar
Christopher Hitchens
Intellectual and Polemicist
Bart Campolo
Humanist and Former Pastor
Sam Harris
Philosopher and Neuroscientist
Bill Maher
Comedian and Commentator
Churches and Ministries We Follow
Thistle Farms | Nashville
Denver Community Church
Church on Morgan | Raleigh
Highlands Church | Denver
Good Shepherd | New York
Spero Dei | Nashville
