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Slow Kingdom Coming
Practices for Doing Justice, Loving Mercy and Walking Humbly in the World
Kent Annan | InterVarsity Press | 2016
Liturgies for Resisting Empire
Seeking Community, Belonging, and Peace in a Dehumanizing World
Kat Armas | Brazos Press | 2025
Disaster Ministry Handbook
Jamie D. Aten and David M. Boan | InterVarsity Press | 2016
Leveling the Praying Field
Can the Church We Love, Love Us Back?
Ansel Augustine | Orbis Books | 2022
To Serve This Present Age
Social Justice Ministry in the Black Church
Danielle Ayers and Reginald W. Williams Jr. | Judson Press | 2013
Subverting the Power of Prejudice
Resources for Individual and Social Change
Sandra L. Barnes | IVP Academic | 2006
Doing Justice Together
Fresh Expressions Pathways for Healing in Your Church
Michael Adam Beck and Stephanie Moore Hand | Abingdon Press | 2024
Justice, Mercy, and Well-Being
Interdisciplinary Perspectives
ed. Peter G. Bolt and James R. Harrison | Pickwick Publications | 2020
Church on Purpose
Reinventing Discipleship, Community, & Justice
ed. Adam L. Bond and Laura Mariko Cheifetz | Judson Press | 2015
Front Porch Wisdom
Navigating Leadership Pressures and Barriers as a Woman of Color
Froswa’ Booker-Drew | InterVarsity Press | 2025
Great Commission, Great Compassion
Following Jesus and Loving the World
Paul Borthwick | InterVarsity Press | 2015
Confronting Whiteness
A Spiritual Journey of Reflection, Conversation, and Transformation
W. Benjamin Boswell | Orbis Books | 2024
Parenting Forward
How to Raise Children with Justice, Mercy, and Kindness
Cindy Wang Brandt | Eerdmans | 2019
Church Forsaken
Practicing Presence in Neglected Neighborhoods
Jonathan Brooks | InterVarsity Press | 2018
Prayers for a Privileged People
Walter Brueggemann | Abingdon Press | 2008
The Blessing of Africa
The Bible and African Christianity
Keith Augustus Burton | IVP Academic | 2007
Politics for a Pilgrim Church
A Thomistic Theory of Civic Virtue
Thomas J. Bushlack | Eerdmans | 2015
Beyond Hashtag Activism
Comprehensive Justice in a Complicated Age
Mae Elise Cannon | InterVarsity Press | 2020
Just Spirituality
How Faith Practices Fuel Social Action
Mae Elise Cannon | InterVarsity Press | 2013
The Irresistible Revolution
Living as an Ordinary Radical Updated and Expanded
Shane Claiborne | Zondervan Academic | 2016
Becoming the Answer to Our Prayers
Prayer for Ordinary Radicals
Shane Claiborne and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove | InterVarsity Press | 2008
Deep Justice in a Broken World
Helping Your Kids Serve Others and Right the Wrongs Around Them
Chap Clark and Kara E. Powell | Zondervan | 2007
Church at the Wall
Stories of Hope along the San Diego-Tijuana Border
Seth David Clark | Judson Press | 2022
Resurrecting Church
Where Justice and Diversity Meet Radical Welcome and Healing Hope
John Cleghorn | Fortress Press | 2021
Know. Own. Change.
Journeying Toward God’s Heart for Reconciliation
Josh Clemons and Hazen Stevens | Moody Publishers | 2022
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A Many Colored Kingdom
Multicultural Dynamics for Spiritual Formation
Elizabeth Conde-Frazier, S. Steve Kang, and Gary A. Parrett | Baker Academic | 2004
Inalienable
How Marginalized Kingdom Voices Can Help Save the American Church
Eric Costanzo, Daniel Yang, and Matthew Soerens | InterVarsity Press | 2022
The Formation of a People
Christian Education and the African American Church
Carmichael Crutchfield | Judson Press | 2020
Everything is a Story
Reclaiming the Power of Stories to Heal and Shape Our Lives
Kaitlin B. Curtice | Brazos Press | 2025
What Hath Justice to Do with Righteousness?
Reclaiming the Intersection of Protest and Prayer
Charlie Dates | InterVarsity Press | 2026
Unfinished Business
Black Women, the Black Church, and the Struggle to Thrive in America
Keri Day | Orbis Books | 2012
Set Free
A Journey Toward Solidarity Against Racism
Iris de León-Hartshorn, Tobin Miller Shearer, and Regina Shands Stoltzfus | Herald Press | 2001
Reconciliation
God’s Timeless Call to Justice, Healing, and Transformation
Curtiss Paul DeYoung | Wipf & Stock | reprint 2019
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United by Faith
The Multiracial Congregation as an Answer to the Problem of Race
Curtiss Paul DeYoung, Michael O. Emerson, George Yancey, and Karen Chai Kim | Oxford University Press | 2003
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What’s Faith Got to Do with It?
Black Bodies/Christian Souls
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Jesus and John Wayne
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Kristen Kobes Du Mez | Liveright | 2021
Let Justice Roll Down
A Worship Resource for Lent, Holy Week and Easter
Compiled by Geoffrey Duncan | The Pilgrim Press | 2004
Faithful Anti-Racism
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Christina Barland Edmondson and Chad Brennan | InterVarsity Press | 2022
Humility Illuminated
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Dennis R. Edwards | IVP Academic | 2023
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Dennis R. Edwards | Herald Press | 2020
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Oneness Embraced
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Tony Evans | Moody Publishers | 2022
A Survey of the Black Church in America
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Tony Evans | Moody Publishers | 2024
The Sin of White Supremacy
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Jeannine Hill Fletcher | Orbis Books | 2017
The Anti-Greed Gospel
Why the Love of Money Is the Root of Racism and How the Church Can Create a New Way Forward
Malcolm Foley | Brazos Press | 2025
Beauty and Justice
Creating a Life of Abundance and Courage
Haejin Shim Fujimara and Makoto Fujimara | Brazos Press | 2026
If It Wasn’t for the Women
Cheryl Townsend Gilkes | Orbis Books | 2000
Subversive Witness
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Dominique Dubois Gilliard | Zondervan Academic | 2021
Ministry with Prisoners & Families
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ed. W. Wilson Goode Sr., Charles E. Lewis Jr., and Harold Dean Trulear | Judson Press | 2011
The Gospel of Peace in a Violent World
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ed. Shawn Graves and Marlena Graves | IVP Academic | 2022
How to Heal Our Racial Divide
What the Bible Says, and the First Christians Knew, about Racial Reconciliation
Derwin L. Gray | Tyndale House Publishers | 2022
Loving Your Black Neighbor as Yourself
A Guide to Closing the Space Between Us
Chanté Griffin | WaterBrook | 2024
Still Christian
Following Jesus out of American Evangelicalism
David P. Gushee | Westminster John Knox Press | 2017
Becoming a Just Church
Cultivating Communities of God’s Shalom
Adam L. Gustine | InterVarsity Press | 2019
Being White
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Paula Harris and Doug Schaupp | InterVarsity Press | 2004
Who Will Be a Witness
Igniting Activism for God’s Justice, Love, and Deliverance
Drew G. I. Hart | Herald Press | 2020
Dear White Christians
For Those Still Longing for Racial Reconciliation
Jennifer Harvey | Eerdmans | 2020
Good News About Injustice
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Gary A. Haugen | InterVarsity Press | 2021
Just Courage
God’s Great Expedition for the Restless Christian
Gary A. Haugen | InterVarsity Press | 2016
Taking Down Our Harps
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The Universe Bends Toward Justice
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Obery M. Hendricks, Jr. | Orbis Books | 2011
Buffalo Shout, Salmon Cry
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ed. Steve Heinrichs | Herald Press | 2013
The Beginning of Difference
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Theodore Hiebert | Abingdon Press | 2019
Ten Movements of the Jesus Way
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Graham Joseph Hill | InterVarsity Press | 2026
Multidimensional Ministry for Today's Black Families
Johnny B. Hill | Judson Press | 2007
The Justice Calling
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Bethany Hanke Hoang and Kristen Deede Johnson | Brazos Press | 2017
A White Catholic’s Guide to Racism and Privilege
Daniel Horan | Orbis Press | 2025
Mending the Divides
Creating Love in a Conflicted World
Jon Huckins and Jer Swigart | InterVarsity Press | 2017
Handbook of African Catholicism
ed. Stan Chu Ilo | Orbis Books | 2022
A Poor and Merciful Church
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Stan Chu Ilo | Orbis Books | 2018
A Spirituality for Doing Justice
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Dennis A. Jacobsen | Fortress Press | 2021
Doing Justice
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Dennis A. Jacobson | Fortress Press | 2017
What if Jesus was Serious About Justice?
Skye Jethani | Brazos Press | 2025
Saved by Faith and Hospitality
Joshua W. Jipp | Eerdmans | 2017
Serving God in Today’s Cities
Facing the Challenges of Urbanization
Patrick Johnstone with Dean Merrill | InterVarsity Press | 2018
Forgiving As We’ve Been Forgiven
Community Practices for Making Peace
L. Gregory Jones and Célestin Musekura | InterVarsity Press | 2010
The Journey of Reconciliation
Groaning for a New Creation in Africa
Emmanuel Katongole | Orbis Books | 2017
Reconciling All Things
A Christian Vision for Justice, Peace and Healing
Emmanuel Katongole and Chris Rice | InterVarsity Press | 2008
Healing Our Broken Humanity
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Grace Ji-Sun Kim and Graham Hill | InterVarsity Press | 2018
Intercultural Ministry
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ed. Grace Ji-Sun Kim and Jann Aldredge-Clanton | Judson Press | 2017
Church for Everyone
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Daniel Kreiss and Efrem Smith | InterVarsity Press | 2024
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Praying with Our Feet
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Injustice and the Care of Souls
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The Dangerous Act of Loving Your Neighbor
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Mark Labberton | InterVarsity Press | 2015
Race and Place
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David P. Leong | InterVarsity Press | 2017
Letters to a Birmingham Jail
A Response to the Words and Dreams of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
ed. Bryan Loritts | Moody Publishers | 2014
The Offensive Church
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ReEngaging ELCA Social Teaching on Faith, Sexism, and Justice
Mary Elise Lowe and Mary J. Streufert | Fortress Press | 2025
Welcoming Justice
God’s Movement Toward Beloved Community
Charles Marsh and John M. Perkins | InterVarsity Press | 2018
The Just Church
Becoming a Risk-Taking, Justice-Seeking, Disciple-Making Congregation
Jim Martin | Tyndale House Publishers | 2012
Woke Church
An Urgent Call for Christians in America to Confront Racism and Injustice
Eric Mason | Moody Publishers | 2018
Confronting Sexism in the Church
How We Got Here and What We Can Do About It
Heather Matthews | InterVarsity Press | 2024
What Does Justice Look Like and Why Does God Care about It?
Judith McCartney and Colin McCartney | Herald Press | 2020
A Credible Witness
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Brenda Salter McNeil | InterVarsity Press | 2008
The Heart of Racial Justice
How Soul Change Leads to Social Change
Brenda Salter McNeil and Rick Richardson | InterVarsity Press | 2022
Dynamic Diversity
Bridging Class, Age, Race and Gender in the Church
Bruce Milne | IVP Academic | 2007
Be the Bridge
Pursuing God’s Heart for Racial Reconciliation
Latasha Morrison | Waterbrook | 2019
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The Economics of Neighborly Love
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Tom Nelson | InterVarsity Press | 2017
Standing with the Vulnerable
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Gil Odendaal | IVP Bible Studies | 2016
Beads and Strands
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Mercy Amba Oduyoye | Orbis Books | 2013
Waiting for God, Justice, and Rush-Hour Traffic
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Dennis Okholm | Cascade Books | 2025
Chosen Vessels
Women of Color, Keys to Change Revised
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The Social Teaching of the Black Churches
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Resurrecting Hope
John M. Perkins | Baker Publishing Group | 1995
False Peace
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African Christian Leadership
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Robert J. Priest and Kirimi Barine | Orbis Books | 2017
Prophetic Lament
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Voices of Lament
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All the Lives You Can Change
Effective Altruism for Christians
Dominic Roser, David Zhang, and J.D. Bauman | Eerdmans | 2026
Seeds of Racial Healing
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Tex Sample | Abingdon Press | 2016
Color-Courageous Discipleship
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The Peacemaker
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Ken Sande | Baker Books | 2004
Uncommon Church
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Alvin Sanders | InterVarsity Press | 2020
Four Views on the Church’s Mission
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Agents of Flourishing
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Hope for Children In Poverty
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How Neighborhoods Make Us Sick
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Persevering Power
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Howard Thurman | Beacon Press | 1999
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Chanequa Walker-Barnes | Eerdmans | 2019
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Jonathan P. Walton | InterVarsity Press | 2025
Twelve Lies That Hold America Captive
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Nathan Walton | InterVarsity Press | 2026
Living Without Enemies
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Faithful in Small Things
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The World Is Not Ours to Save
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Tyler Wigg-Stevenson | InterVarsity Press | 2013
In Church as It Is in Heaven
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Jamaal E. Williams and Timothy Paul Jones | InterVarsity Press | 2023
Confronting Injustice without Compromising Truth
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Thaddeus J. Williams | Zondervan Academic | 2020
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Randy Woodley | InterVarsity Press | 2004
A Just Forgiveness
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Everett L. Worthington Jr. | InterVarsity Press | 2009
The Myth of Equality
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Ken Wytsma | InterVarsity Press | 2019
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