**"A thought-provoking look at the intertwining of religion and social control."--**Publishers Weekly● Explains what "empire" is in our modern day● Gives practical spiritual guidance for resisting empire's daily influence● Explores how early Christians navigated imperial pressures● Unpacks how empire influences how we see ourselves and othersEveryone wants to belong.What does true belonging look like wh...

In this forty-day devotional, Cuban American writer Kat Armas shows us that reading the Bible with fresh eyes allows us to experience God in new and liberating ways.Many Christians today are seeking to disentangle biblical teaching from power structures that marginalize women and people of color. There's a hunger for a new kind of devotional that offers refreshing and relevant ways to connect with God and the Bible--ways that challenge readers to seek out a more liberated and embod...

Christianity Today 2022 Book Award Finalist (Christian Living & Discipleship)Outreach 2022 Recommended****Resource (Christian Living)"[A] powerful debut. . . . This persuasive testament will appeal to Christians interested in the lesser-known women of the Bible."--Publishers Weekly"Armas expertly weaves her own abuelita's history of personal faith and resi...

Everyone wants to belong.But what does belonging—to God, ourselves, and each other—look like in the context of living within an empire and its ideologies?In Liturgies for Resisting Empire, Cuban American writer Kat Armas explores this question both for the New Testament church and for us today.Armas starts by introducing the idea of empire and how deeply it affects everyone, every day. She then explores what it means to belong to God, not empire, by looking...

¿Qué pasaría si algunos de nuestros más grandes teólogos no fueran considerados como tales, en absoluto?Kat Armas es una cubanoamericana de segunda generación que creció en las cercanías del famoso vecindario La Pequeña Habana de Miami. Su temprana formación teológica provino de su abuela, que huyó de Cuba durante el apogeo de los disturbios políticos y crio a sus tres hijos sola tras la muerte de su esposo. Combinando la narración personal con la reflexión bíblica, Armas nos muest...

In this forty-day devotional, Cuban American writer Kat Armas shows us that reading the Bible with fresh eyes allows us to experience God in new and liberating ways.Many Christians today are seeking to disentangle biblical teaching from power structures that marginalize women and people of color. There's a hunger for a new kind of devotional that offers refreshing and relevant ways to connect with God and the Bible—ways that challenge readers to seek out a more lib...

Discover the Wisdom of Overlooked WomenCombining personal storytelling with biblical reflection, Cuban American writer Kat Armas tells the story of unnamed and overlooked theologians—mothers, grandmothers, sisters, and daughters—whose sacred wisdom teaches us something unique about spirituality and God.