Religion and spirituality:
 

Karen Armstrong (1999)  A History of God. New edition. Vintage Press

 

David Elkins (1998) Beyond Religion: A personal program for building a spiritual life outside the walls of traditional religion. Quest Books  

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Mary Fisher (2011) Living Religions. Eighth edition. Laurence King

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David Hay (2006) Something There: The biology of the human spirit. Darton, Longman & Todd

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William James (1985) The Varieties of Religious Experience. Penguin Books

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Gordon Lynch (2007) New Spirituality: An introduction to belief beyond religion. Tauris

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Thomas Moore (2015) A Religion of One's Own : A guide to creating a personal spirituality in a secular world. Gotham Books

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Huston Smith (2009) The World’s Religions. HarperOne

 

David Tacey (2004) The Spirituality Revolution: The emergence of contemporary spirituality. Routledge

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Barbara Brown Taylor (2009) An Altar in the World: Finding the sacred beneath our feet. Canterbury Press

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Progressive Christianity:
 

Marcus Borg  (2015) The heart of Christianity: Rediscovering a life of faith. Bravo​ Ltd

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Marcus Borg (1995) Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time: The historical Jesus and the heart of contemporary faith. Reprint. HarperSanFrancisco

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Cynthia Bourgeault (2008) The Wisdom Jesus: Transforming heart and mind – a new perspective on Christ and his message. Shambhala

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Diana Butler Bass (2017) Grounded: Finding God in the World: A spiritual revolution. HarperOne  

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Rob Bell (2012) Love Wins: At the heart of life's big questions. Collins

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Cynthia Bourgeault (2008) The Wisdom Jesus: Transforming heart and mind – a new perspective on Christ and his message. Shambhala

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David Felten and Jeff Proctor-Murphy (2012) Living the Questions: The wisdom of progressive Christianity. Harper One

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Rachel Held Evans (2014) Faith Unraveled: How a Girl Who Knew All the Answers Learned to Ask Questions. Zondervan

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Rachel Held Evans (2018) Inspired. Thomas Nelson

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Brian McLaren  (2011) A New Kind of Christianity: Ten questions that are transforming the faith. Hodder & Stoughton

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Brian McLaren (2017) The Great Spiritual Migration: How the world's largest religion is seeking a better way to be Christian. Hodder & Stoughton.  

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John Philip Newell (2014) The Rebirthing of God: Christianity's struggle for new beginnings. Skylight Paths

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Paul Smith (2012) Integral Christianity: The Spirit's call to evolve. Paragon House

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John Shelby Spong (2001) Why Christianity Must Change or Die: A Bishop speaks to believers in exile. New edn. HarperOne

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John Shelby Spong (2013) Re-Claiming the Bible for a Non-Religious World. Reprint. HarperOne

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Dave Tomlinson (2013) How to be a Bad Christian… And a better human being. Hodder & Stoughton

 

Dave Tomlinson (2015) The Bad Christian's Manifesto: Reinventing God and other modest proposals. Hodder & Stoughton 

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The spiritual journey:

​​Carol Christ (1986) Diving Deep and Surfacing: Women writers on spiritual quest. Second edition. Beacon Press

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David Elkins (1998) Beyond Religion: A personal program for building a spiritual life outside of traditional religion. Quest Books 

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Maria Harris (1991) Dance of the Spirit: The seven steps of women’s spirituality. Bantam Doubleday  

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Alan Jamieson (2008) Chrysalis: The hidden transformation in the journey of faith. Paternoster

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Sue Monk Kidd (1996) The Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A woman’s journey from Christian tradition to the sacred feminine. Harper One  

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Sue Monk Kidd (2006)  When the Heart Waits: Spiritual direction for life’s sacred questions. HarperOne

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Gordon Lynch (2003) Losing My Religion: Moving on from evangelical faith.  Darton, Longman & Todd

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Harry Moody & David Carroll (1999) The Five Stages of the Soul: Charting the spiritual passages that shape our lives. Rider

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John O’Donohue (1999) Anam Cara: Spiritual wisdom from the Celtic world. Bantam Books

John O’Donohue (2000) Eternal Echoes: Exploring our hunger to belong. Bantam Books

 

Margaret Silf (1998) Landmarks: An Ignatian journey. Darton, Longman & Todd

 

Thomas Moore (1992) Care of the Soul. Piatkus

 

Richard Rohr (2011) Falling Upwards: A spirituality for the two halves of life. Jossey Bass

 

Joyce Rupp (1999) Dear Heart, Come Home: The path of midlife spirituality. Crossroad

 

Barbara Brown Taylor (2011) Leaving Church: A memoir of faith. Canterbury Press

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