Religion audiobooks

God Is Not One

By: Stephen Prothero

Narrated by: Paul Boehmer

Length: 14 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

In God is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World, New York Times bestselling author of Religious Literacy and religion scholar Stephen Prothero argues that persistent attempts to portray all religions as different paths to the same God overlook the distinct problem that each tradition seeks to solve. Delving into the different... Read more

Peace Is Every Breath

By: Thich Nhat Hanh

Narrated by: Dan Woren

Length: 2 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

“Among Buddhist leaders influential in the West, Thich Nhat Hanh ranks second only to the Dalai Lama.” —New York Times

“Thich Nhat Hanh is a holy man…. His ideas for peace, if applied, would build a monument to ecumenism, to world brotherhood, to humanity.” —Martin Luther King, Jr., nominating Thich Nhat Hanh for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1967.

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Forged

By: Bart D. Ehrman

Narrated by: Walter Dixon

Length: 9 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Bart D. Ehrman, the New York Times bestselling author of Jesus, Interrupted and God’s Problem reveals which books in the Bible’s New Testament were not passed down by Jesus’s disciples, but were instead forged by other hands—and why this centuries-hidden scandal is far more significant than many scholars are willing to admit. A controversial... Read more

Faith

By: Jennifer Haigh

Narrated by: Therese Plummer

Length: 10 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

""[Haigh is] an expertnatural storyteller with an acute sense of her characters' humanity."" —NewYork Times
 
""We have the intriguing possibility that the nextgreat American author is already in print."" —Fort Worth Star-Telegram
 
When Sheila McGann setsout to redeem her disgraced brother, a once-beloved Catholic priest in suburbanBoston, her... Read more

Love Wins

By: Rob Bell

Narrated by: Rob Bell

Length: 3 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

In Love Wins, bestselling author, international teacher, and speaker Rob Bell (Velvet Elvis, Drops Like Stars) addresses one of the most controversial issues of faith—hell and the afterlife—arguing, would a loving God send people to eternal torment forever?Rob Bell is an electrifying, unconventional pastor whom Time magazine calls “a singular... Read more

Through My Eyes

By: Tim Tebow

Narrated by: Tom Wayland

Length: 10 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

FormerUniversity of Florida star quarterback, 2010 first-round draft pick for theDenver Broncos, and devout Christian Tim Tebow tellsthe story of his faith, his life, and his career in football in Through MyEyes. Written with Nathan Whitaker, the New York Times bestsellingcoauthor of Quiet Strength, with Tony Dungy, Through My Eyes givesfans a... Read more

Love Times Three

By: Joe Darger, Alina Darger, Vicki Darger & Valeri...

Narrated by: James Lurie, Eliza Foss, Kathleen McInerney & K...

Length: 9 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

From a familythat inspired Big Love’s story of Bill Henricksonand his three wives, this first-ever memoir of a polygamous family captures theextraordinary workings of a unique family dynamic, and argues forthe acceptance of plural marriage as an alternative lifestyle. Readers ofCarolyn Jessop’s Escape, Elissa Wall’s StolenInnocence, and James... Read more

The Novice

By: Thich Nhat Hanh

Narrated by: Dan Woren

Length: 2 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Fans of Thich Nhat Hanh’s Peace is Every Step and Anger, and Deepak Chopra’s Buddha, will appreciate Hanh’s wisdom and storytelling in his novel The Novice, which contains universal themes that transcend all boundaries of faith, creed, country, and era.Through the parable of a young woman who stays true to herself and her faith in the face of... Read more

Simply Jesus

By: N. T. Wright

Narrated by: James Langton

Length: 10 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

In Simply Jesus, bestselling author and leading Bible scholar N.T. Wright summarizes 200 years of modern Biblical scholarship and models how Christians can best retell the story of Jesus today. In a style similar to C.S. Lewis’s popular works, Wright breaks down the barriers that prevent Christians from fully engaging with the story of Jesus.... Read more

Between Heaven and Mirth

By: James Martin

Narrated by: James Martin

Length: 7 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

“Between Heaven and Mirth will make any reader smile. . . . Father Martin reminds us that happiness is the good God’s own goal for us.” —Timothy M. Dolan, Archbishop of New YorkFrom one of America’s most beloved spiritual leaders and the New York Times bestselling author of The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything and Jesus: A... Read more

Christianity for the Rest of Us

By: Diana Butler Bass

Narrated by: Karen Saltus

Length: 10 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

For decades the accepted wisdom has been that America's mainline Protestant churches are in decline, eclipsed by evangelical mega-churches. Church and religion expert Diana Butler Bass wondered if this was true, and this book is the result of her extensive, three-year study of centrist and progressive churches across the country. Her surprising... Read more

Leaving Church

By: Barbara Brown Taylor

Narrated by: Karen Saltus

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

“This beautiful book is rich with wit and humanness and honesty and loving detail….I cannot overstate how liberating and transforming I have found Leaving Church to be.” —Frederick Buechner, author of Beyond Words

“This is an astonishing book. . . . Taylor is a better writer than LaMott and a better theologian than Norris. In a word, she is the... Read more

The Last Week

By: Marcus J. Borg & John Dominic Crossan

Narrated by: John Pruden

Length: 7 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Top Jesus scholars Marcus J. Borg and John Dominic Crossan join together to reveal a radical and little-known Jesus. As both authors reacted to and responded to questions about Mel Gibson's blockbuster The Passion of the Christ, they discovered that many Christians are unclear on the details of events during the week leading up to Jesus's... Read more

The First Christmas

By: Marcus J. Borg & John Dominic Crossan

Narrated by: John Pruden

Length: 7 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

In The First Christmas, two of today's top Jesus scholars, Marcus J. Borg and John Dominic Crossan, join forces to show how history has biased our reading of the nativity story as it appears in the gospels of Matthew and Luke. As they did for Easter in their previous book, The Last Week, here they explore the beginning of the life of Christ,... Read more

A New Kind of Christianity

By: Brian D. McLaren

Narrated by: Sean Pratt

Length: 11 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

""Wherever the willingness to rethink has been squelched, wherever that sense of quest has been buried under convention and complacency, the Christian faith in all its forms is in trouble. But even there, something is trying to be born. Even now, right here, among us, inside you, inside me. You may feel it as a curiosity, a desire for better... Read more

The Future of Faith

By: Harvey Cox

Narrated by: Don Hagen

Length: 7 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

“A beautiful book and a Cox classic….Readers will be grateful that they joined him on his journey.” —E.J. Dionne Jr., author of Souled Out“Insightful, provocative, and inspiring—I even found myself uttering a hearty evangelical ‘Amen!’” —Richard Mouw, President, Fuller Theological Seminary, and author of Calvinism in the Las Vegas AirportThe... Read more

If the Church Were Christian

By: Philip Gulley

Narrated by: Don Hagen

Length: 4 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

While many denominations claim to be growing, the largest group in American religious life is the disillusioned—people who have been involved in the church yet see few similarities between the church's life and the person of Jesus. In the midst of elaborate programming, professional worship teams, and political crusades, they ask, ""Is this... Read more

The Greatest Prayer

By: John Dominic Crossan

Narrated by: Walter Dixon

Length: 7 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Every Sunday, the Lord’s Prayer echoes in churches around the world.It is an indisputable principle of Christian faith. It is the way Jesus taught his followers to pray and distills the most essential beliefs required of every one of the world’s 2.5 billion Christians. In The Greatest Prayer, our foremost Jesus scholar explores this foundational... Read more

The Heart of Christianity

By: Marcus J. Borg

Narrated by: John Pruden

Length: 7 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

World-renowned Jesus scholar Marcus J. Borg shows how we can live passionately as Christians in today's world by practicing the vital elements of Christian faith.For the millions of people who have turned away from many traditional beliefs about God, Jesus, and the Bible, but still long for a relevant, nourishing faith, Borg shows why the... Read more

Speaking Christian

By: Marcus J. Borg

Narrated by: John Pruden

Length: 6 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

In Speaking Christian, acclaimed Bible scholar Marcus Borg, author of Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time, argues that the very language Christians use has become dangerously distilled, distorted, and disconnected from the beliefs which once underpinned it.Stating a case that will resonate with readers of N. T. Wright’s Simply Christian, Borg... Read more

God Wants You Happy

By: Jonathan Morris

Narrated by: Nick Sullivan

Length: 7 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

""Inviting, accessible and personal. . . . A reminder of an overlooked truth: faith leads to joy."" —James Martin, SJ, author of The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) EverythingFox News analyst Father Jonathan Morris challenges the wisdom espoused by New Age self-help experts with the time-tested counsel found in the Bible. Readers who may have sought... Read more

The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything

By: James Martin

Narrated by: James Martin

Length: 14 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything by the Revered James Martin, SJ (My Life with the Saints) is a practical spiritual guidebook based on the life and teachings of St. Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus. Centered around the Ignatian goal of “finding God in all things,” The Jesuit Guide to Almost Everything shows us how... Read more

Found

By: Shelley Shepard Gray

Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne

Length: 6 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

“Shelley Shepard Gray writes with honesty, tenderness, and depth.”
—Jillian Hart
 
Found is the final book in the Secrets of Crittenden County trilogy by beloved author Shelley Shepard Gray, who writes powerful novels set in a world of strong faith and simple living. The New York Times bestselling author of the popular Sisters of the Heart and... Read more

God

By: Deepak Chopra

Narrated by: Deepak Chopra

Length: 10 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Deepak Chopra, whose extraordinary Enlightenment series includes the phenomenal New York Times bestsellers Buddha and Jesus, delivers the most powerful installment yet: God. In this beautiful and thought-provoking teaching novel—a Story of Revelation—one of the Western World’s acknowledged master teachers of Eastern philosophy and preeminent... Read more