Books
Andrew DeCort is a published author, passionate ethicist, and lecturer writing on topics of spirituality, religion, theology, and ethics.
Blessed Are the Others: Jesus’ Way in a Violent World
By Andrew DeCort
“This book is required reading for those who understand the need for a deep connection between subtle analysis and empowered spirituality, especially as it relates to the prophetic Christian tradition!”
– Dr. Cornel West
Blessed Are the Others: Jesus’ Way in a Violent World by Andrew DeCort is a guide that navigates the teachings of Jesus through the lens of the Beatitudes. It offers a trail to a more fulfilling life through vulnerability, compassion, nonviolence, justice, and peacemaking, challenging conventional understandings of religious blessings and prosperity. Andrew calls this humane happiness.
Flourishing on the Edge of Faith: Seven Practices for a New We
By Andrew DeCort
“This book is subtle and radical… If you open your heart enough, it will introduce you to a new worldview, and maybe even change your world.”
– Eboo Patel, Founder and President, Interfaith America
With years of study, teaching, and peacemaking around the world, Dr. Andrew DeCort uncovers Jesus’s radical vision for human flourishing in the face of suffering and violence. Flourishing on the Edge of Faith invites us into that vision through a daily practice of praying with Jesus.
Bonhoeffer’s New Beginning: Ethics after Devastation
By Andrew DeCort
“This is a groundbreaking work, ranging exhaustively over the Bonhoeffer corpus and the secondary literature. It reveals a new dimension of Bonhoeffer’s thought…that took him to his death.”
– David Gushee, past president of the American Academy of Religion
Bonhoeffer’s New Beginning investigates the ethics of making new beginnings after devastating moral rupture. I argue that new beginnings must be made in order to sustain our fundamental convictions that it is good to exist and that life in the world with others should be loved without exclusion. If you’ve ever felt radical despair and ached for radical hope, this book is for you. Listen to my interview about the book on The Bonhoeffer Podcast. The University of Chicago’s Journal of Religion called my book “original and timely,” “convincing,” “fresh and illuminating,” and “careful and well-researched.
