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General
Liturgies for Resisting Empire: Seeking Community, Belonging, and Peace in a Dehumanizing World - Kat Armas
New Rules for Radicals: TNT for Faith-Based Leaders - Willard W. C. Ashley Sr.
Subverting the Power of Prejudice: Resources for Individual and Social Change - Sandra L. Barnes
Politics for Christians: Statecraft as Soulcraft - Francis J. Beckwith
Honoring God in Red or Blue: Approaching Politics with Humility, Grace, and Reason - Amy E. Black
Dare We Speak of Hope?: Searching for a Language of Life in Faith and Politics - Allan Aubrey Boesak
Radical Reconciliation: Beyond Political Pietism and Christian Quietism - Allan Aubrey Boesak and Curtiss Paul DeYoung
Christ and the Common Life: Political Theology and the Case for Democracy - Luke Bretherton
Political Trauma and Healing: Biblical Ethics for a Postcolonial World - Mark G. Brett
Politics for a Pilgrim Church: A Thomistic Theory of Civic Virtue - Thomas J. Bushlack
Beyond Hashtag Activism: Comprehensive Justice in a Complicated Age - Mae Elise Cannon
Just Spirituality: How Faith Practices Fuel Social Action - Mae Elise Cannon
Social Justice Handbook: Small Steps for a Better World - Mae Elise Cannon
Migrations of the Holy: God, State, and the Political Meaning of the Church - William T. Cavanaugh
Disunity in Christ: Uncovering the Hidden Forces that Keep Us Apart - Christena Cleveland
Jesus, Jubilee, and the Politics of God’s Reign - Christian T. Collins Winn
Faithful Politics: Ten Approaches to Christian Citizenship and Why It Matters - Miranda Zapor Cruz
The Risk of Being Woke: Sermonic Reflections for Activists - Curtiss Paul DeYoung
Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God - Kelly Brown Douglas
Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation - Kristin Kobes Du Mez
On Secular Governance: Lutheran Perspectives on Contemporary Legal Issues - Roland M. Duty and Marie A. Failinger
Democracy and the Soul of America (Walking with God: The Sermon Series of Howard Thurman, Volume 3) - ed. Peter Eisenstadt and Walter Earl Fluker
The Religion of Whiteness: How Racism Distorts Christian Faith - Michael O. Emerson and Glenn E. Bracy II
Kingdom Racial Change: Overcoming Inequality, Injustice, and Indifference - Michael A. Evans, David L. McFadden, and Michael O. Emerson
How Should Christians Vote? - Tony Evans
Kingdom Politics: Returning God to Government - Tony Evans
Don’t Let Nobody Turn You Around: How the Black Church’s Public Witness Leads Us out of the Culture War - Justin Giboney
Compassion (&) Conviction: The AND Campaign’s Guide to Faithful Civic Engagement - Justin Giboney, Michael Wear, and Chris Butler
The Future of Faith in American Politics: The Public Witness of the Evangelical Center - David P. Gushee
Trouble I’ve Seen: Changing the Way the Church Views Racism - Drew G. I. Hart
Resident Aliens: A Provocative Christian Assessment of Culture and Ministry for People Who Know that Something is Wrong 25th Anniversary Edition - Stanley Hauerwas and William H. Willimon
The Universe Bends Toward Justice: Radical Reflections on the Bible, the Church, and the Body Politic - Obery M. Hendricks Jr.
Doing Justice: Congregations and Community Organizing - Dennis A. Jacobson
A Spirituality for Doing Justice: Reflections for Congregation-Based Organizers - Dennis A. Jacobson
Dancing in No Man’s Land: Moving with Peace and Truth in a Hostile World - Brian Jennings
Racial Justice for the Long Haul: How White Christian Advocates Persevere (and Why) - Christine Jeske
White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity - Robert P. Jones
Christ and Covenant in Global Politics: A Christian Introduction to International Relations - Robert J. Joustra
The Good News of Church Politics - Ross Kane
Church, State and Public Justice: Five Views - ed. P. C. Kemeny
Citizenship Without Illusions: A Christian Guide to Political Engagement - David T. Koyzis
Political Visions & Illusions: A Survey & Christian Critique of Contemporary Ideologies - David T. Koyzis
Still Evangelical? Ten Insiders Reconsider Political, Social, and Theological Meaning - ed. Mark Labberton
Political Church: The Local Assembly as Embassy of Christ’s Rule - Jonathan Leeman
Ptoxocracy: An End to Christianity - M. C. Lohrmann
Is God on America's Side?: The Surprising Answer and How it Affects Our Future - Erwin W. Lutzer
Pulpit & Politics: Separation of Church & State in the Black Church - Marvin A. McMickle
This Is Going to Hurt: Following Jesus in a Divided America - Bekah McNeel
The Everyday Advocate: Living Out Your Calling to Social Justice - Ross Murray
God and Race in American Politics: A Short History - Mark A. Noll
Jesus Takes a Side: Embracing the Political Demands of the Gospel - Johnny Rashid
Faith-Rooted Organizing: Mobilizing the Church in Service to the World - Alexia Salvatierra and Peter Heltzel
The Ballot and the Bible: How Scripture Has Been Used and Abused in American Politics and Where We Go from Here - Kaitlyn Schiess
The Liturgy of Politics: Spiritual Formation for the Sake of Our Neighbor - Kaitlyn Schiess
I Am Not A Social Activist: Making Jesus the Agenda - Ronald J. Sider
Deconstructing Power and Isms Within the Church and Society - Christine A. Smith
With Liberty and Justice for Some: The Bible, the Constitution, and Racism in America - Susan K. Williams Smith
Why Politics Needs Religion: The Place of Religious Arguments in the Public Square - Brendan Sweetman
Crossing the Lines We Draw: Faithful Responses to a Polarized America - Matthew Tennant
Jesus and the Disinherited - Howard Thurman
The End of Memory: Remembering Rightly in a Violent World 2nd Edition - Miroslav Volf
God’s Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn’t Get It - Jim Wallis
The Great Awakening:Reviving Faith and Politics in a Post-Religious Right America - Jim Wallis
Join the Resistance: Step into the Good Work of Kingdom Justice - Michelle Ferrigno Warren
The Power of Proximity: Moving Beyond Awareness to Action - Michelle Ferrigno Warren
The Politics of the Cross: A Christian Alternative to Partisanship - Daniel K. Williams
Revolution of Values: Reclaiming Public Faith for the Common Good - Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
From Lament to Advocacy: Black Religious Education and Public Ministry - gen. ed. Anne E. Wimberly, Nathaniel D. West, and Annie Lockhart-Gilroy
The Politics of Jesus - John Howard Yoder
Christian Nationalism
American Christian Nationalism: Neither American nor Christian - Michael W. Austin
Another Gospel: Christian Nationalism and the Crisis of Evangelical Identity - Joel Looper
The Religion of American Greatness: What’s Wrong with Christian Nationalism - Paul D. Miller
American Idolatry: How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gospel and Threatens the Church - Andrew L. Whitehead
CLimate Change | Creation Care
So We and Our Children May Live: Following Jesus in Confronting the Climate Crisis - Sarah Augustine and Sheri Hostetler
Making Peace with the Land: God’s Call to Reconcile with Creation - Fred Bahnson and Norman Wirzba
Love In a Time of Climate Change: Honoring Creation, Establishing Justice - Sharon Delgado
Ecowomanism: African American Women and Earth-Honoring Faiths - Melanie L. Harris
Buffalo Shout, Salmon Cry: Conversations on Creation, Land Justice, and Life Together - ed. Steve Heinrichs
Planetary Solidarity: Global Women’s Voices on Christian Doctrine and Climate Justice - ed. Grace Ji-Sun Kim and Kilda P. Koster
Climate Justice, Climate Hope - Michael Malcom and abby mohaupt
Following Jesus in a Warming World: A Christian Call to Climate Action - Kyle Meyaard-Schaap
Let Creation Rejoice: Biblical Hope and Ecological Crisis - Jonathan A. Moo and Robert S. White
Restoring the Earth: A Testimony of Hope for God's Creation - Owen D. Owens
The Wonders of Creation: Learning Stewardship from Narnia and Middle-Earth - Kristen Page
Stewards of Eden: What Scripture Says About the Environment and Why It Matters - Sandra L. Richter
Christian Environmental Stewardship: Rediscovering Place, Practice, and Virtue - Samuel Shephard and T. Adam Van Wart
Plundered: The Tangled Roots of Racial and Environmental Injustice - David W. Swanson
Redeeming Creation: The Biblical Basis for Environmental Stewardship - Fred H. Van Dyke, David C. Mahan, Joseph K. Sheldon, and Raymond H. Brand
Rooted Faith: Practices for Living Well on a Fragile Planet - Sarah Renee Werner
Disability
Disabling Mission, Enabling Witness: Exploring Missiology Through the Lens of Disability Studies - Benjamin T. Conner
The Disabled God: Toward a Liberatory Theology of Disability - Nancy L. Eiesland
Preaching Disability: A Resource for Pastors - Bill Gaventa
Jesus and Disability: A Guide to Creating and Inclusive Church - Chris Hulshof
My Body Is Not a Prayer Request: Disability Justice in the Church - Amy Kenny
Education
From Dropout to Doctorate: Breaking the Chains of Educational Injustice - Terence Lester
Inclusivity and Institutional Change in Education: A Theologian’s Journey - Colleen Mary Mallon OP
Gender Violence
The #MeToo Reckoning: Facing the Church’s Complicity in Sexual Abuse and Misconduct - Ruth Everhart
No Place for Abuse: Biblical Practical Resources to Counteract Domestic Violence - Catherine Clark Froeger and Nancy Nason-Clark
The Cross and Gendercide: A Theological Response to Global Violence Against Women and Girls - Elizabeth Gerhardt
Leaving Silence: Sexualized Violence, the Bible, and Standing with Survivors - Susannah Larry
Enough Silence: Creating Sacred Space for Survivors of Sexual Assault through Restorative Justice - Cheryl Miller
The Samaritan Woman’s Story: Reconsidering John 4 After #ChurchToo - Caryn A. Reeder
Scars Across Humanity: Understanding and Overcoming Violence Against Women - Elaine Storkey
Health
Care: How People of Faith Can Respond to Our Broken Health System - G. Scott Morris
Faith-Based Health Justice: Transforming Agendas of Faith Communities - ed. Ville Päivänsalo, Ayesha Ahmad, George Zachariah, and Mari Stenlund
How Neighborhoods Make Us Sick: Restoring Health and Wellness to Our Communities - Veronica Squires and Breanna Lathrop
Human Trafficking
Why Not Today: Trafficking, Slavery, the Global Church . . . and You - Matthew Cork and Kenneth Kemp
Refuse to Do Nothing: Finding Your Power to Abolish Modern-Day Slavery - Shayne Moore and Kimberly McOwen Yim
Ending Human Trafficking: A Handbook of Strategies for the Church Today - Shayne Moore, Sandra Morgan, and Kimberly McOwen Yim
Vulnerable: Rethinking Human Trafficking - Raleigh Sadler
Law | Criminal Justice | Mass Incarceration
The Business of Incarceration: Theological and Ethical Reflections on the Prison-Industrial Complex - Ed. Justin Bronson Barringer, Sarah F. Farmer, and James W. McCarty
Religion and the Death Penalty: A Call for Reckoning - ed. John D. Carlson, Erik Owens, and Eric P. Elshtain
Restorative Hope: Creating Pathways of Connection in Women’s Prisons - Sarah. F. Farmer
Rethinking Incarceration: Advocating for Justice That Restores - Dominique Gilliard
Ministry with Prisoners & Families: The Way Forward - ed. W. Wilson Goode Sr., Charles E. Lewis Jr., and Harold Dean Trulear
The Fall of the Prison: Biblical Perspectives on Prison Abolition - Lee Griffith
From Your Friend, Carey Dean: Letters from Nebraska’s Death Row - Lisa Knopp
Hurting Kids: What Incarcerated Youth Are Teaching Me about Whiteness, Compassion, Accountability, and Healing - Michelle Mary Lelwica
Good Punishment?: Christian Moral Practice and U.S. Imprisonment - James Samuel Logan
Beyond Retribution: A New Testament Vision for Justice, Crime, and Punishment - Christopher D. Marshall
Pilgrims and Prisoners: When Justice and Mercy Meet - Ron Nikkel and Andy Corley
Jesus on Death Row: The Trial of Jesus and American Capital Punishment - Mark Osler
Rethinking the Police: An Officer’s Confession and the Pathway to Reform - Daniel Reinhardt
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Punishment - T. Richard Snyder
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption - Bryan Stevenson
God’s Joust, God’s Justice: Law and Religion in the Western Tradition - John Witte Jr.
Changing Lenses: Restorative Justice for Our Times - Howard Zehr
migration | immigration
Just Immigration: American Policy in Christian Perspective - Mark R. Amstutz
You Welcomed Me: Loving Refugees and Immigrants Because God First Loved Us - Kent Annan
Seeking Refuge: The Human Face of the Global Refugee Crisis - Stephan Bauman, Matthew Soerens, and Issam Smeir
Migration: Experiencing God’s Care for Immigrants - A 6-Week Interactive Bible Study - Alexis Busetti and Dorcas Cheng-Tozun
The Bible and Borders - M. Daniel Carroll R.
Christians at the Border: Immigration, the Church, and the Bible - M. Daniel Carroll R.
No Longer Strangers: Transforming Evangelism with Immigrant Communities - ed. Eugene Cho and Samira Izadi Page
Church at the Wall: Stories of Hope along the San Diego-Tijuana Border - Seth David Clark
Including the Stranger: Foreigners in the Former Prophets - David G. Firth
Refuge Reimagined: Biblical Kinship in Global Politics - Mark R. Glanville and Luke Glanville
The God Who Sees: Immigrants, the Bible, and the Journey to Belong - Karen González
The Immigration Crisis: Immigrants, Aliens, and the Bible - James K. Hoffmeier
Serving God in a Migrant Crisis: Ministry to People on the Move - Patrick Johnstone with Dean Merrill
Strangers Next Door: Immigration, Migration and Mission - J.D. Payne
Love Undocumented: Risking Trust in a Fearful World - Sarah Quezada
Welcoming the Stranger: Justice, Compassion & Truth in the Immigration Debate - Matthew Sorens and Jenny Yang
Separated by the Border: A Birth Mother, a Foster Mother, and a Migrant Child’s 3,000-Mile Journey - Gena Thomas
Migrant God: A Christian Vision for Immigrant Justice - Isaac Samuel Villegas
Money | Economics | Poverty
Missional Economies: Biblical Justice and Christian Formation - Michael Barram
Christians in an Age of Wealth: A Biblical Theology of Stewardship - Craig Blomberg
Neither Poverty nor Riches: A Biblical Theology of Possessions - Craig Blomberg
Beyond Homelessness: Christian Faith in a Culture of Displacement - Steven Bouma-Prediger and Brian J. Walsh
Economics in Christian Perspective: Theory, Policy and Life Choices - Victor C. Claar and Robin J. Klay
From Classism to Community: A Challenge for the Church - Jini M. Kilgore Cockroft
When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty without Hurting the Poor…and Yourself - Steve Corbett and Brian Finkert
Helping Without Hurting in Church Benevolence: A Practical Guide to Walking with Low-Income People - Steve Corbett and Brian Finkert
Helping Without Hurting in Short-Term Missions Leader's Guide - Steve Corbett and Brian Finkert
Helping Without Hurting in Short-Term Missions Participant's Guide - Steve Corbett and Brian Finkert
Economic Parables: The Monetary Teachings of Jesus Christ - David Cowan
The End of Hunger: Renewed Hope for Feeding the World - ed. Jenny Eaton Dyer and Cathleen Falsani
Reconciliation and Reparation: Preaching Economic Justice - Joseph Evans
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
Just Business: Christian Ethics for the Marketplace - Alec Hill
There Shall Be No Poor Among You: Poverty in the Bible - Leslie J. Hoppee
Justice for the Poor?: Social Justice in the Old Testament in Concept and Practice - Walter J. Houston
Power and Poverty: Divine and Human Rule in a World of Need - Dewi Hughes
The Wages of Peace: How to Confront Economic Inequality and Love Your Neighbor Well - Brian Humphreys and Liz Theoharis
Serving Money, Serving God: Aligning Radical Justice, Christian Practice, and Church Life - Sheryl Johnson
The Business of God: Theological and Ethical Reflections on the Church Industrial Complex - ed. Sheryl Johnson and Dannis Matteson
Christianity versus Fatalistic Religions in the War Against Poverty - Udo Middlemann
Cradling Abundance: One African Christian’s Story of Empowering Women and Fighting Systemic Poverty - Moniqur Misenga Ngoie Mukuna
The Economics of Neighborly Love: Investing in Your Community’s Compassion and Capacity - Tom Nelson
Grace Can Lead Us Home: A Christian Call to End Homelessness - Kevin Nye
Hope for the Mission: Getting It Right in the Call to End Homelessness - Kevin Nye
The Way of Abundance: Economic Justice in Scripture and Society - Edith Rasell
Just Preaching: Prophetic Voices for Economic Justice - ed. André Resner
Economic Justice in a Flat World: Christian Perspectives on Globalization - ed. Steven Rundle
Just Generosity: A New Vision for Overcoming Poverty in America - Ronald J. Sider
Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger: Moving from Affluence to Generosity - Ronald J. Sider
Bulls, Bears and Golden Calves: Applying Christian Ethics in Economics - John E. Stapleford
A Home for All - Laura Stivers
Always with Us?: What Jesus Really Said about the Poor - Liz Theoharis
Justice for Rizpah's Children: Radical Responses to Childhood Poverty - Marilyn Turner-Triplett
Less Than Two Dollars a Day: A Christian View of World Poverty and the Free Market - Kent A. Van Til
War | Violence
War, Peace, and Violence: Four Christian Views - ed. Paul Copan
Grace Over Guns: Pursuing Peace in a Militarized World - Ben Daniel
The Gospel of Peace in a Violent World: Christian Nonviolence for Communal Flourishing - ed. Shawn Graves and Marlena Graves
War, Peace, and Nonresistance: A Classic Statement of a Mennonite Peace Position in Faith and Practice - Guy Franklin Hershberger
Yahweh is a Warrior: The Theology of Warfare in Ancient Israel - Millard C. Lind
Ethics of War: A Short Companion - Paul Miller
The Ends of Justice: Seeking Perpetual Peace in a Time of Endless War - Alan Greeley Misenheimer
Waging Peace: One Soldier's Story of Putting Love First - Diana Oestreich
War, Peace, and Social Conscience: Guy F. Hershberger and Mennonite Ethics - Theron F. Schlabach
When Thoughts and Prayers Aren’t Enough: A Shooting Survivor’s Journey into the Realities of Gun Violence - Taylor S. Schumann
The End of Memory: Remembering Rightly in a Violent World 2nd Edition - Miroslav Volf
Living Without Enemies: Being Present in the Midst of Violence - Samuel Wells and Marcia A. Owen
additional
Does Human Rights Need God? - Barbra Barnett and Elizabeth M. Bucar
Lay Me in God’s Good Earth: A Christian Approach to Death and Burial - Kent Burreson and Beth Hoeltke
Until Every Child is Home: Why the Church Can and Must Care for Orphans - Todd R. Chipman
The Global Orphan Crisis: Be the Solution, Change Your World - Diane Lynn Elliott
Rebirth of a Nation: Reparations and Remaking America - Joel Edward Goza
Trauma-Informed Spiritual Care: Interventions for Safety, Meaning, Reconnection, and Justice - Danielle Tumminio Hansen
Reparations: A Christian Call for Repentance and Repair - Duke L. Kwon and Gregory Thompson
Death Before the Fall: Biblical Literalism and the Problem of Animal Suffering - Ronald E. Osborn
Food Justice and Hospitality in Luke-Acts: A Historical and Contemporary Interpretation - Gideon S. S. Paulraj
Hospitality: God’s Call to Compassion - Patty Pell
Up Against A Crooked Gospel: Black Women’s Bodies and the Politics of Redemption - Melanie Jones Quarles
Untangling Critical Race Theory: What Christians Need to Know and Why It Matters - Ed Uszynski
The New Fight for Life: Roe, Race, and a Pro-Life Commitment to Justice - Benjamin Watson with Carol Traver
Faith and Fake News: A Guide to Consuming Information Wisely - Rachel I. Wightman
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