21 Books like Gravity and Grace

The Imitation of Christ

by Thomas à Kempis • 1427

The reward for wanting nothing is peace. Getting what you want only postpones the restlessness.

4.24

27k+

🕯️ Christian Devotion 🏠 Interior Life ⛪ Monastic Spirituality 📿 Catholic Spirituality 🙏 Contemplative Prayer

The Imitation of Christ 96%

The reward for wanting nothing is peace. Getting what you want only postpones the restlessness.

by Thomas à Kempis 1427

4.24

27k+ ratings

🕯️ Christian Devotion 🏠 Interior Life ⛪ Monastic Spirituality 📿 Catholic Spirituality 🙏 Contemplative Prayer

Immortal Diamond

by Richard Rohr • 2013

The identity you built must fall apart before the real one can emerge.

4.21

4k+

🧘 Contemplative Spirituality ✝️ Christian Mysticism 🕊️ Franciscan Spirituality 🎭 Ego Dissolution 💔 Redemptive Suffering

Immortal Diamond 95%

The identity you built must fall apart before the real one can emerge.

by Richard Rohr 2013

4.21

4k+ ratings

🧘 Contemplative Spirituality ✝️ Christian Mysticism 🕊️ Franciscan Spirituality 🎭 Ego Dissolution 💔 Redemptive Suffering

The Orthodox Way

by Kallistos Ware • 1979

God is entered, not explained: an Orthodox introduction to the path into divine mystery.

4.41

4k+

☦️ Orthodox Christianity 🌫️ Apophatic Theology 🤫 Contemplative Prayer 🔥 Theosis ♻️ Trinitarian Theology

The Orthodox Way 95%

God is entered, not explained: an Orthodox introduction to the path into divine mystery.

by Kallistos Ware 1979

4.41

4k+ ratings

☦️ Orthodox Christianity 🌫️ Apophatic Theology 🤫 Contemplative Prayer 🔥 Theosis ♻️ Trinitarian Theology

The Naked Now

by Richard Rohr • 2009

God is hiding where your dualistic mind refuses to look. The mystics learned to see there.

4.26

5k+

🧘 Contemplative Spirituality ✝️ Christian Mysticism ☯️ Non-Dual Thinking 🙏 Contemplative Prayer 🦋 Ego Transcendence

The Naked Now 95%

God is hiding where your dualistic mind refuses to look. The mystics learned to see there.

by Richard Rohr 2009

4.26

5k+ ratings

🧘 Contemplative Spirituality ✝️ Christian Mysticism ☯️ Non-Dual Thinking 🙏 Contemplative Prayer 🦋 Ego Transcendence

The Wisdom Way of Knowing

by Cynthia Bourgeault • 2003

Reclaim an ancient Christian path that integrates heart, body, and mind to awaken a deeper wisdom.

4.34

608

🕊️ Christian Mysticism 🧘 Contemplative Christianity 🧬 Embodied Spirituality 📜 Wisdom Tradition 🤲 Spiritual Surrender

The Wisdom Way of Knowing 94%

Reclaim an ancient Christian path that integrates heart, body, and mind to awaken a deeper wisdom.

by Cynthia Bourgeault 2003

4.34

608 ratings

🕊️ Christian Mysticism 🧘 Contemplative Christianity 🧬 Embodied Spirituality 📜 Wisdom Tradition 🤲 Spiritual Surrender

Behold the Spirit

by Alan W. Watts • 1971

Christianity without direct experience of God is a map without a landscape. The mystics always knew.

4.30

447

🕊️ Christian Mysticism ☯️ Non-Duality 🌍 Divine Immanence 🎭 Religious Symbolism 🕯️ Contemplative Life

Behold the Spirit 94%

Christianity without direct experience of God is a map without a landscape. The mystics always knew.

by Alan W. Watts 1971

4.30

447 ratings

🕊️ Christian Mysticism ☯️ Non-Duality 🌍 Divine Immanence 🎭 Religious Symbolism 🕯️ Contemplative Life

Eager to Love

by Richard Rohr • 2014

A spiritual path that runs toward failure, poverty, and weakness. Francis of Assisi opened it.

4.38

1k+

🕊️ Franciscan Spirituality ⛪ Catholic Mysticism ☯️ Non-Dual Thinking 🧘 Contemplative Practice 💔 Embracing Suffering

Eager to Love 94%

A spiritual path that runs toward failure, poverty, and weakness. Francis of Assisi opened it.

by Richard Rohr 2014

4.38

1k+ ratings

🕊️ Franciscan Spirituality ⛪ Catholic Mysticism ☯️ Non-Dual Thinking 🧘 Contemplative Practice 💔 Embracing Suffering

Is God a Moral Monster? Making Sense of the Old Testament God

by Paul Copan • 2010

A path to theology that worships, prays, and loves the poor, not just reads books.

4.03

3k+

🏛️ Theological Method 🌱 Spiritual Formation ⚖️ Faith And Reason 🙏 Contemplative Theology ✝️ Theology Of The Cross

Is God a Moral Monster? Making Sense of the Old Testament God Summary

Is God a Moral Monster? Making Sense of the Old Testament God 94%

A path to theology that worships, prays, and loves the poor, not just reads books.

by Paul Copan 2010

4.03

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Theological Method 🌱 Spiritual Formation ⚖️ Faith And Reason 🙏 Contemplative Theology ✝️ Theology Of The Cross

The Idea of the Holy

by Rudolf Otto • 1917

Before religion was rules or reason, it was an encounter with something terrifying and magnetic.

4.03

2k+

🧠 Philosophy Of Religion 🌍 Comparative Religion 🔬 Phenomenology Of Religion 🕯️ Sacred Experience 🌟 Divine Encounter

The Idea of the Holy 94%

Before religion was rules or reason, it was an encounter with something terrifying and magnetic.

by Rudolf Otto 1917

4.03

2k+ ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Religion 🌍 Comparative Religion 🔬 Phenomenology Of Religion 🕯️ Sacred Experience 🌟 Divine Encounter

The Great Omission

by Dallas Willard • 2006

The missing piece in modern faith: how to train the soul toward Christ-like character, not belief.

4.24

3k+

🧱 Spiritual Formation 📖 Christian Discipleship 🛐 Spiritual Disciplines 🤫 Solitude And Silence 🧠 Faith And Reason

The Great Omission 94%

The missing piece in modern faith: how to train the soul toward Christ-like character, not belief.

by Dallas Willard 2006

4.24

3k+ ratings

🧱 Spiritual Formation 📖 Christian Discipleship 🛐 Spiritual Disciplines 🤫 Solitude And Silence 🧠 Faith And Reason

The Pursuit of God

by A.W. Tozer • 1948

The one requirement is the one thing Christians think they've finished: pursuing God.

4.39

88k+

🧘 Inner Life 🌱 Spiritual Formation 🙏 Practicing The Presence 🪶 Spiritual Detachment ✝️ Christian Mysticism

The Pursuit of God 94%

The one requirement is the one thing Christians think they've finished: pursuing God.

by A.W. Tozer 1948

4.39

88k+ ratings

🧘 Inner Life 🌱 Spiritual Formation 🙏 Practicing The Presence 🪶 Spiritual Detachment ✝️ Christian Mysticism

Surprised by Paradox

by Jen Pollock Michel • 2019

Faith deepens not by resolving contradictions but by learning to live inside them.

4.13

523

🕊️ Spiritual Formation ↔️ Paradox And Faith 🌫️ Embracing Mystery 😢 Theology Of Lament 🌍 Incarnational Faith

Surprised by Paradox 94%

Faith deepens not by resolving contradictions but by learning to live inside them.

by Jen Pollock Michel 2019

4.13

523 ratings

🕊️ Spiritual Formation ↔️ Paradox And Faith 🌫️ Embracing Mystery 😢 Theology Of Lament 🌍 Incarnational Faith

Letters by a Modern Mystic

by Frank C. Laubach • 1937

One man's experiment in asking God's will every waking minute, and the heaven it unlocked.

4.40

971

🕊️ Practicing The Presence ✝️ Christian Mysticism 🙏 Contemplative Prayer 📝 Spiritual Memoir 👁️ Constant Awareness

Letters by a Modern Mystic 94%

One man's experiment in asking God's will every waking minute, and the heaven it unlocked.

by Frank C. Laubach 1937

4.40

971 ratings

🕊️ Practicing The Presence ✝️ Christian Mysticism 🙏 Contemplative Prayer 📝 Spiritual Memoir 👁️ Constant Awareness

The Gospel According to Jesus

by Stephen Mitchell • 1991

A Jesus without the church: mystic, not messiah; teaching presence, not penance.

4.24

706

🕯️ Historical Jesus 🔮 Mystical Christianity 📜 Gospel Criticism ☯️ Nonduality 🌐 Perennial Wisdom

The Gospel According to Jesus 94%

A Jesus without the church: mystic, not messiah; teaching presence, not penance.

by Stephen Mitchell 1991

4.24

706 ratings

🕯️ Historical Jesus 🔮 Mystical Christianity 📜 Gospel Criticism ☯️ Nonduality 🌐 Perennial Wisdom

Just This

by Richard Rohr • 2017

The simple practice of paying attention: how to hold life's contradictions and let them reshape you.

4.53

561

🕯️ Christian Mysticism 🧘 Contemplative Practice 👁️ Nondual Awareness ✝️ Dying To Self 🌿 Presence And Awareness

Just This 94%

The simple practice of paying attention: how to hold life's contradictions and let them reshape you.

by Richard Rohr 2017

4.53

561 ratings

🕯️ Christian Mysticism 🧘 Contemplative Practice 👁️ Nondual Awareness ✝️ Dying To Self 🌿 Presence And Awareness

Thomas Aquinas

by Robert Barron • 1996

Aquinas the rationalist is a mirage. His entire theology is a path to ecstatic union with God.

4.48

276

🧠 Thomistic Studies 🙏 Spiritual Masters 🔥 Mystical Theology ✨ Union With God 🫂 Embodied Spirituality

Thomas Aquinas 94%

Aquinas the rationalist is a mirage. His entire theology is a path to ecstatic union with God.

by Robert Barron 1996

4.48

276 ratings

🧠 Thomistic Studies 🙏 Spiritual Masters 🔥 Mystical Theology ✨ Union With God 🫂 Embodied Spirituality

The Cost of Discipleship

by Dietrich Bonhoeffer • 1937

When Christ calls, he asks for all of it. Grace without surrender is not grace.

4.29

51k+

✝️ Discipleship 🏔️ Sermon On The Mount 🕊️ Grace Theology 📖 Neo-Orthodoxy 🔥 Radical Obedience

The Cost of Discipleship 94%

When Christ calls, he asks for all of it. Grace without surrender is not grace.

by Dietrich Bonhoeffer 1937

4.29

51k+ ratings

✝️ Discipleship 🏔️ Sermon On The Mount 🕊️ Grace Theology 📖 Neo-Orthodoxy 🔥 Radical Obedience

The Path to Salvation, A Concise Outline of Christian Ascesis

by Theophan the Recluse • 1869

The soul's ascent: from first zeal, through inner war, to the stillness of union with God.

4.69

150

☦️ Eastern Orthodoxy 🕊️ Christian Mysticism 🏋️ Ascetic Practice 🧘 Contemplative Prayer 👁️ Watchfulness

The Path to Salvation, A Concise Outline of Christian Ascesis Summary

The Path to Salvation, A Concise Outline of Christian Ascesis 94%

The soul's ascent: from first zeal, through inner war, to the stillness of union with God.

by Theophan the Recluse 1869

4.69

150 ratings

☦️ Eastern Orthodoxy 🕊️ Christian Mysticism 🏋️ Ascetic Practice 🧘 Contemplative Prayer 👁️ Watchfulness

The Wisdom Pattern

by Richard Rohr • 2020

Collapse is not the end; it is the middle of the only pattern that produces wisdom.

4.43

618

📿 Christian Mysticism 🧘 Contemplative Christianity 🌿 Franciscan Spirituality 🌐 Perennial Philosophy 🌪️ Crisis And Growth

The Wisdom Pattern 94%

Collapse is not the end; it is the middle of the only pattern that produces wisdom.

by Richard Rohr 2020

4.43

618 ratings

📿 Christian Mysticism 🧘 Contemplative Christianity 🌿 Franciscan Spirituality 🌐 Perennial Philosophy 🌪️ Crisis And Growth

Returning to Eden

by Heather Hamilton • 2023

You are not broken. The kingdom is already inside you, beneath the self you built.

4.16

🕯️ Christian Mysticism 🌈 Progressive Christianity 🧱 Faith Deconstruction 💫 Divine Within 📖 Myth And Scripture

Returning to Eden 93%

You are not broken. The kingdom is already inside you, beneath the self you built.

by Heather Hamilton 2023

4.16

86 ratings

🕯️ Christian Mysticism 🌈 Progressive Christianity 🧱 Faith Deconstruction 💫 Divine Within 📖 Myth And Scripture

Entering the Castle

by Caroline Myss • 2007

The interior journey Teresa of Ávila mapped, translated for people who still have bills to pay.

4.06

2k+

✝️ Christian Mysticism 🙏 Contemplative Prayer ✨ Divine Union 🔍 Inner Work ⛪ Contemplative Christianity

Entering the Castle 93%

The interior journey Teresa of Ávila mapped, translated for people who still have bills to pay.

by Caroline Myss 2007

4.06

2k+ ratings

✝️ Christian Mysticism 🙏 Contemplative Prayer ✨ Divine Union 🔍 Inner Work ⛪ Contemplative Christianity

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