Religion audiobooks

The Power of Ritual

By: Casper ter Kuile

Narrated by: Casper ter Kuile

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Casper ter Kuile, a Harvard Divinity School fellow and cohost of the popular Harry Potter and the Sacred Text podcast, explores how we can nourish our souls by transforming common, everyday practices—yoga, reading, walking the dog—into sacred rituals that can heal our crisis of social isolation and struggle to find purpose—a message we need more... Read more

How the Bible Actually Works

By: Peter Enns

Narrated by: Peter Enns

Length: 7 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Controversial evangelical Bible scholar, popular blogger and podcast host of The Bible for Normal People, and author of The Bible Tells Me So and The Sin of Certainty explains that the Bible is not an instruction manual or rule book but a powerful learning tool that nurtures our spiritual growth by refusing to provide us with easy answers but... Read more

Catching the Big Fish

By: David Lynch

Narrated by: David Lynch

Length: 1 hour 47 minutes

Abridged: No

In this "unexpected delight,"* filmmaker David Lynch describes his personal methods of capturing and working with ideas, and the immense creative benefits he has experienced from the practice of meditation.

Now in a beautiful paperback edition, David Lynch's Catching the Big Fish provides a rare window into the internationally acclaimed... Read more

How to Walk into a Room

By: Emily P. Freeman

Narrated by: Emily P. Freeman

Length: 6 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times BestsellerIf life were a house, then every room holds a story. What do we do when a room we’re in is no longer a room where we belong?What do you do when you start to feel a shift and must decide if it’s time to make a change? When it comes to navigating big decisions about when to stay and go, how can we know for sure when the... Read more

The Wisdom of Insecurity

By: Alan Watts

Narrated by: John Lee

Length: 3 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

An acclaimed philosopher shows us how—in an age of unprecedented anxiety—we can find fulfillment by embracing the present and living more fully in the now. He is "the perfect guide for a course correction in life" (from the Introduction by Deepak Chopra). 

The brain can only assume its proper behavior when consciousness is doing what it is... Read more

Jesus and the Disinherited

By: Howard Thurman

Narrated by: Leon Nixon

Length: 3 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Famously known as the text that Martin Luther King Jr. sought inspiration from in the days leading up to the Montgomery bus boycott, Howard Thurman’s Jesus and the Disinherited helped shape the civil rights movement and changed our nation’s history forever.

In this classic theological treatise, the acclaimed theologian and religious leader... Read more

The Art of Living

By: Thich Nhat Hanh

Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini & Gabra Zackman

Length: 5 hours

Abridged: No

In troubled times, there is an urgency to understand ourselves and our world. We have so many questions, and they tug at us night and day, consciously and unconsciously. In this important volume Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh—one of the most revered spiritual leaders in the world today—reveals an art of living in mindfulness that helps us answer... Read more

I'm Still Here

By: Austin Channing Brown

Narrated by: Austin Channing Brown

Length: 3 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK • From a leading voice on racial justice, an eye-opening account of growing up Black, Christian, and female that exposes how white America’s love affair with “diversity” so often falls short of its ideals.

“Austin Channing Brown introduces herself as a master memoirist. This book will break open... Read more

How to Be an Adult in Relationships

By: David Richo

Narrated by: David Richo

Length: 9 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

"Most people think of love as a feeling," says David Richo, "but love is not so much a feeling as a way of being present." In this book, Richo offers a fresh perspective on love and relationships--one that focuses not on finding an ideal mate, but on becoming a more loving and realistic person. Drawing on the Buddhist concept of mindfulness, How... Read more

Dominion

By: Tom Holland

Narrated by: Tom Holland & Mark Meadows

Length: 22 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

A "marvelous" (Economist) account of how the Christian Revolution forged the Western imagination. Crucifixion, the Romans believed, was the worst fate imaginable, a punishment reserved for slaves. How astonishing it was, then, that people should have come to believe that one particular victim of crucifixion-an obscure provincial by the name of... Read more

You Belong

By: Sebene Selassie

Narrated by: Sebene Selassie

Length: 8 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

""A POWERFUL WORK OF SPIRITUALITY AND ANTI-RACISM""—Publishers Weekly""IF YOU READ ONE BOOK IN 2020, MAKE IT THIS ONE.""—Tricycle From much-admired meditation expert Sebene Selassie, You Belong is a call to action, exploring our tangled relationship with belonging, connection, and each otherYou are not separate. You never were. You never will... Read more

A Christmas Carol

By: Charles Dickens

Narrated by: Michael Kyle

Length: 3 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Ebenezer Scrooge is a mean, miserable, bitter old man with no friends. One cold Christmas Eve, three ghosts take him on a scary journey to show him the error of his nasty ways. By visiting his past, present and future, Scrooge learns to love Christmas and the people all around him. ©2020 Pandora's Box (P)2020 Pandora's Box Read more

Cost of Discipleship

By: Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Length: 9 hours

Abridged: No

This book is quite simply, one of the most profound and important books of the 20th century. Dietrich Bonhoeffer lived a testimony of his thoughtful and engaging writers. Focusing on the most treasured part of Christ's teaching - the Sermon on the Mount with its call to discipleship, and on the grace of God and the sacrifice which that demands.... Read more

Miracles

By: C. S. Lewis

Narrated by: Julian Rhind-Tutt

Length: 7 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Do Miracles Really Happen?In Miracles, C.S. Lewis argues that a Christian must not only accept but rejoice in miracles as a testimony of the unique personal involvement of God in his creation. Using his charismatic warmth, lucidity, and wit, Lewis challenges the rationalists and cynics who are mired in their lack of imagination and provides a... Read more

Here All Along

By: Sarah Hurwitz

Narrated by: Sarah Hurwitz

Length: 10 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

A renowned political speechwriter rediscovers Judaism, finding timeless wisdom and spiritual connection in its age-old practices and traditions.

“Sarah Hurwitz was Michelle Obama’s head speechwriter, and with this book she becomes Judaism’s speechwriter.”—Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Give and Take, Originals, and co-author of... Read more

Under the Banner of Heaven

By: Jon Krakauer

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 12 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the author of Into the Wild and Into Thin Air, this extraordinary work of investigative journalism takes readers inside America’s isolated Mormon Fundamentalist communities. • Now an acclaimed FX limited series streaming on HULU.

“Fantastic.... Right up there with In Cold Blood and The Executioner’s Song.” —San... Read more

The Holy Quran

By: Muhammad Habib Shakir

Narrated by: Mona Jaheen

Length: 22 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

The Quran (Arabic: القرآن‎, romanized: al-Qurʼān, lit. the recitation), also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation from (Allah). It is widely regarded as the finest work in classical Arabic literature. It is organized in 114 chapters (surah (سور‎; singular: سورة‎, sūrah), which... Read more

Dusk, Night, Dawn

By: Anne Lamott

Narrated by: Anne Lamott

Length: 4 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

“Anne Lamott is my Oprah.” -Chicago Tribune

From the bestselling author of Help, Thanks, Wow comes an inspiring guide to restoring hope and joy in our lives.

In Dusk, Night, Dawn, Anne Lamott explores the tough questions that many of us grapple with. How can we recapture the confidence we once had as we stumble through the dark times that seem... Read more

Christmas

By: Emily Hunter McGowin

Narrated by: Emily McGowin

Length: 2 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

"O wondrous exchange!"



Of all the seasons of the church calendar, Christmas is the one most recognized and celebrated by our society at large. That means it's the season we're most familiar with—but that can also make it harder to see past Christmas's many cultural trappings to its timeless beauty.



At the first Christmas, God exchanged the glories... Read more

On the Way to Bethlehem

By: Rob Fuquay

Narrated by: George W. Sarris

Length: 4 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

The journey to Christmas begins in Rome.



On the Way to Bethlehem follows the long journey to Christmas. The story begins in Rome with a decree issued from the seat of worldly power for a census, setting into motion events leading to the birth of the Savior of the world in a town that represents the very opposite of worldly power, Bethlehem.



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Judaism Is About Love

By: Shai Held

Narrated by: Josh Bloomberg

Length: 15 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

A profound, startling new understanding of Jewish life, illuminating the forgotten heart of Jewish theology and practice: love.

A dramatic misinterpretation of the Jewish tradition has shaped the history of the West: Christianity is the religion of love, and Judaism the religion of law. In the face of centuries of this widespread... Read more

The Devil's Best Trick

By: Randall Sullivan

Narrated by: Lane Hakel

Length: 13 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

How we explain the evils of the world, and the darkest parts of ourselves, has preoccupied humans throughout history. A sweeping and comprehensive search for the origins of belief in a Satanic figure across the centuries, The Devil’s Best Trick is a keen investigation into the inescapable reality of evil and the myriad ways we attempt to... Read more

Help, Thanks, Wow

By: Anne Lamott

Narrated by: Anne Lamott

Length: 1 hour 45 minutes

Abridged: No

The New York Times bestseller from the author of Hallelujah Anyway, Bird by Bird, and Almost Everything

Author Anne Lamott writes about the three simple prayers essential to coming through tough times, difficult days and the hardships of daily life.

Listeners of all ages have followed and cherished Anne Lamott’s funny and perceptive writing about... Read more

Drawing Down the Moon

By: Margot Adler

Narrated by: Pam Ward

Length: 20 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Almost forty years since its original publication, Drawing Down the Moon continues to be the only detailed history of the burgeoning but still widely misunderstood Neo-Pagan subculture.



Margot Adler attended ritual gatherings and interviewed a diverse, colorful gallery of people across the United States, people who find inspiration in ancient... Read more