Broaden Non-fiction Horizons - hosted by lunmione

Religion
A book about religious history, culture, or important figures. If you are culturally christian, try to branch out from books about that and learn about another religion instead.
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Burning Butch by R/B Mertz

Burning Butch

R/B Mertz

392 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Book of Queer Prophets: 24 Writers on Sexuality and Religion by Ruth Hunt

The Book of Queer Prophets: 24 Writers on Sexuality and Religion

Ruth Hunt

267 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ religion hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
It's Not about the Burqa by Mariam Khan

It's Not about the Burqa

Mariam Khan

272 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism race religion informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Tangled in Terror: Uprooting Islamophobia by Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan

Tangled in Terror: Uprooting Islamophobia

Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan

192 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction politics race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Great World Religions: Judaism by Isaiah M. Gafni

Great World Religions: Judaism

Isaiah M. Gafni

6 hours • first pub 2003 (editions) user-added

nonfiction history philosophy religion informative fast-paced
Blessed: A History of the American Prosperity Gospel by Kate Bowler

Blessed: A History of the American Prosperity Gospel

Kate Bowler

352 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history religion informative reflective slow-paced
A Rainbow Thread: An Anthology of Queer Jewish Texts from the First Century to 1969 by Noam Sienna

A Rainbow Thread: An Anthology of Queer Jewish Texts from the First Century to 1969

Noam Sienna

452 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ religion challenging reflective medium-paced
Constantine's Sword: The Church and the Jews--A History by James Carroll

Constantine's Sword: The Church and the Jews--A History

James Carroll

768 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction history religion challenging informative reflective slow-paced
My Jewish Year: 18 Holidays, One Wondering Jew by A.J. Jacobs, Abigail Pogrebin

My Jewish Year: 18 Holidays, One Wondering Jew

A.J. Jacobs, Abigail Pogrebin

326 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction religion challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution by Mona Eltahawy

Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution

Mona Eltahawy

240 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction feminism politics religion challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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