18 books like The Kingdom of the Wicked

What to read after The Kingdom of the Wicked — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Resurrection John Shelby Spong · 1994 · ★ 3.5 · 336p · ≈ 11h · Moderate A daring examination of the foundational event of Christianity, and an inspiring vision for reconciliation between Jews and Christians from the bestselling author and widely respected Bishop John Shelby Spong.Using approaches from the Hebrew interpretive tradition to discern the actual events surrounging Jesus' death, Bishop Spong questions the hitorical validity of literal narrative concerned… Shares: Origin, Jesus christ, Christianity

The gates of Zion Brock Thoene · 1986 · ★ 4.3 · 382p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Historical Fiction based on fact. Time-frame is the end of WW II just before the establishment of Israel as a country. Shares: Palestine, Christian Fiction, History

The sacred mushroom and the cross John Marco Allegro · 1970 · ★ 4.2 · 349p · ≈ 11h · Moderate The book relates the development of language to the development of myths, religions, and cultic practices in world cultures. Allegro argues, through etymology, that the roots of Christianity, and many other religions, lay in fertility cults, and that cult practices, such as ingesting visionary plants to perceive the mind of God, persisted into the early Christian era, and to some unspecified… Shares: Origin, Church history, Christianity, History

Ben-Hur Lewis Wallace · 1961 · ★ 4.1 · 208p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Ben-Hur is a heroic story of a fictional hero named Judah Ben-Hur, a Jewish nobleman in Jerusalem.  Because of an unfortunate accident, Ben-Hur is sent to slave in the mines while his family is sent to leprosy caves. As Messala (his old friend that became his enemy) is dying from being crushed in a chariot race, he reveals where Ben-Hur's family is. On the road to find them, Ben-Hur meets… Shares: Jesus christ, Rome, Christian Fiction, History

The Intelligent Investor Benjamin Graham · 1949 · ★ 4.2 · 624p · ≈ 20h · Challenging This classic text is annotated to update Graham's timeless wisdom for today's market conditions... The greatest investment advisor of the twentieth century, Benjamin Graham, taught and inspired people worldwide. Graham's philosophy of "value investing" -- which shields investors from substantial error and teaches them to develop long-term strategies -- has made The Intelligent Investor the… Shares: Securities, Finance, History

Adaptive Markets Andrew W. Lo · 2017 · ★ 4.5 · 504p · ≈ 16h · Moderate "Half of all Americans have money in the stock market, yet economists can't agree on whether investors and markets are ration and efficient, as modern financial theory assumes, or irrational and inefficient, as behavioral economists believe - and as financial bubbles, crashes, and crises suggest. This is one of the biggest debates in economics, and the value or futility of investment management… Shares: Securities, Finance

Orthodoxy Gilbert Keith Chesterton · 1874 · ★ 4.2 · 118p · ≈ 3h · Challenging Orthodoxy is G. K. Chesterton’s response to his critics’ assertion that his earlier collection of essays, Heretics, had “merely criticised current philosophies without offering any alternative philosophy.” In his intellectual journey from pagan to agnostic to positivist philosopher, he had attempted to build a philosophy “some ten minutes in advance of the truth.” But when he compared his modern… Shares: Christianisme, Christianity, History

Quo Vadis? Powieść z czasów Nerona Henryk Sienkiewicz · 1895 · ★ 4.2 · 743p · ≈ 24h · Demanding Nero's insanity threatens the woman of one man's dreams and all of Roman Christianity. As princess of a now vanquished kingdom, the lovely Lygia lives a hostage in first-century Rome. As an arrogant nobleman accustomed to getting his way, Vinicius decides he will have this strikingly beautiful young woman. But the princess's deep Christian faith rattles the pagan Vinicius -- who first tries to… Shares: Church history, Rome, Christian Fiction, History

The robe Lloyd C. Douglas · 1942 · ★ 4.1 · 508p · ≈ 16h · Challenging A Roman soldier, Marcellus, wins Christ's robe as a gambling prize. He then sets forth on a quest to find the truth about the Nazarene's robe-a quest that reaches to the very roots and heart of Christianity and is set against the vividly limned background of ancient Rome. Here is a timeless story of adventure, faith, and romance, a tale of spiritual longing and ultimate redemption. Shares: Jesus christ, Rome, Christian Fiction, History

Lays of ancient Rome Thomas Babington Macaulay · 1800 · ★ 4.1 · 95p · ≈ 3h · Challenging Lays of Ancient Rome is an 1842 collection of narrative poems, or lays, by Thomas Babington Macaulay. Four of these recount heroic episodes from early Roman history with strong dramatic and tragic themes, giving the collection its name. Macaulay also included two poems inspired by recent history: Ivry (1824) and The Armada (1832). Shares: Rome, History

The pilgrim's regress C. S. Lewis · 1933 · ★ 3.9 · 205p · ≈ 6h · Challenging One of Lewis's earlier works, this book is a similar parable to Bunyan's "The Pilgrim's Progress"; while "Pilgrim's Progress" describes the journey of a non-Christian coming into Christianity, "The Pilgrim's Regress" describes the journey of a man from a Christian background leaving Christianity and then coming back again. As Lewis takes us through this abstract tale, we are left wondering what… Shares: Christianisme, Christianity, Christian Fiction

Jesus, Interrupted Bart D. Ehrman · 2009 · ★ 4.3 · 292p · ≈ 9h · Moderate The problems with the Bible that New Testament scholar Bart Ehrman discussed in his bestseller Misquoting Jesus—and on The Daily Show with John Stewart, NPR, and Dateline NBC, among others—are expanded upon exponentially in his latest book: Jesus, Interrupted. This New York Times bestseller reveals how books in the Bible were actually forged by later authors, and that the New Testament itself is… Shares: Jesus christ, Christianity

Guesses at truth Augustus J. C. Hare · 1827 · 576p · ≈ 19h · Challenging Book digitized by Google from the library of Oxford University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. Shares: Church history, Christianity

Redeeming Flesh Matthew John Paul Tan · 2016 · 110p · ≈ 3h · Moderate This book -- part social analysis, part theological critique, and part devotional -- considers how the zombie can be a way to critically situate our culture, awash with consumer products. Matthew Tan considers how zombies are the endpoint of social theory's exploration of consumer culture and its postsecular turn towards an earthly immortality, enacted on the flesh of consumers. Shares: Christianisme, Christianity

Prayers of the Cosmos Neil Douglas-Klotz · 1990 · ★ 4.4 · 91p · ≈ 3h · Moderate Neil Douglas-Klotz offers a radical new translation of the Aramaic words of Jesus Christ with Prayers of the Cosmos. Reinterpreting the Lord’s Prayer and the Beatitudes from the vantage of Middle Eastern mysticism, Douglas-Klotz, the Sufi Founder of the worldwide network of the Dances of Universal Peace, reveals a mystical, feminist, cosmic Christ. Prayers of the Cosmos is a spiritual… Shares: Jesus christ, Christianity

Ben Hur Lew Wallace · 1800 · ★ 4.0 · 560p · ≈ 18h · Challenging A bestseller since 1880...The classic saga of the Roman EmpireFrom a thrilling sea battle to its famous chariot race to the agony of the Crucifixion, this is the epic tale of a prince who became a slave and by a twist of fate and his own skill-won a chance at freedom. Shares: Jesus christ, Rome, Christian Fiction, History

Trade Mindfully Gary Dayton · 2014 · 312p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Overcome psychological obstacles to increase trading success Successful traders need to be well-versed and skilled in a wide range of business and economic areas. But now, in addition to effective trading strategies and sound money management techniques, traders need to possess the know-how to handle the mental and emotional challenges of working in a highly volatile environment. Trade Mindfully… Shares: Securities, Finance

Narratives of the religious self in early-modern Scotland David George Mullan · 2010 · 464p · ≈ 15h · Moderate Drawing on a rich, yet untapped, source of Scottish autobiographical writing, this book provides a fascinating insight into the nature and extent of early-modern religious narratives. Over 80 such personal documents, including diaries and autobiographies, manuscript and published, clerical and lay, feminine and masculine, are examined and placed both within the context of seventeenth-century… Shares: Christianisme, Christianity, History

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