Welcome to the Biblical Justice Resources book list. These resources cover a variety of topics at a number of levels. This list is intended to cover numerous viewpoints on multiple issues. While the goal is for this list to become extensive, it should not be considered exhaustive. This list will continue to be updated as more resources become available.

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Memoir | Biography | Narrative Nonfiction

Abuelita Faith: What Women on the Margins Teach Us about Wisdom, Persistence, and Strength - Kat Armas

White Picket Fences: Turning Toward Love in a World Divided by Privilege - Amy Julia Becker

White Allies in the Struggle for Racial Justice - Drick Boyd

Barking to the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship - Gregory Boyle

Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion - Gregory Boyle

The Church and the Racial Divide: Reflections of an African American Catholic Bishop - Bishop Edward K. Braxton

I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made For Whiteness - Austin Channing Brown

My Soul Looks Back - James H. Cone

Said I Wasn’t Gonna Tell Nobody - James H. Cone

Native: Identity, Belonging, and Rediscovering God - Kaitlin B. Curtice

Living Faith: How Faith Inspires Social Justice - Curtiss DeYoung

Christianity Rediscovered - Vincent J. Donovan

The Unfinished Search for Common Ground: Reimagining Howard Thurman’s Life and Work - Walter Earl Fluker

The Gospel According to James Baldwin: What America’s Great Prophet Can Teach Us about Life, Love, and Identity - Greg Garrett

Martin Luther King: The Inconvenient Hero - Vincent Harding

Once Upon a Time in Africa: Stories of Wisdom & Joy - Joseph G. Healey

African, Christian, Feminist: The Enduring Search for What Matters - Teresia Mbari Hinga

Mother to Son: Letters to a Black Boy on Identity and Hope - Jasmine L. Holmes

Clarence Jordan: Essential Writings - Joyce Hollyday

The Other Side of the Wall: A Palestinian Christian Narrative of Lament and Hope - Munther Isaac

Martin Luther King and the Trumpet of Conscience Today - Régine Michelle Jean-Charles

Ordinary Heroes of Racial Justice: A History of Christians in Action - Karen J. Johnson

Thirsting for Living Water: Finding Adventure and Purpose in God’s Redemption Story - Michael J. Mantel

Recovering Racists: Dismantling White Supremacy and Reclaiming Our Humanity - Idelette McVicker

How Far to the Promised Land: One Black Family’s Story of Hope and Survival in the American South - Esau McCaulley

Cradling Abundance: One African Christian’s Story of Empowering Women and Fighting Systemic Poverty - Moniqur Misenga Ngoie Mukuna

Doing Nothing Is No Longer an Option: One Woman’s Journey into Everyday Action - Jenny Booth Potter

A Sojourner’s Truth: Choosing Freedom and Courage in a Divided World - Natasha Sistrunk Robinson

Young, Gifted, and Black: A Journey of Lament and Celebration - Sheila Wise Rowe

When Thoughts and Prayers Aren’t Enough: A Shooting Survivor’s Journey into the Realities of Gun Violence - Taylor S. Schumann

Daughters of Hope: Stories of Witness Courage in the Face of Persecution - Kay Marshall Strom and Michele Rickett

Forgotten Girls: Stories of Hope and Courage - Kay Marshall Strom and Michele Rickett

Separated by the Border: A Birth Mother, a Foster Mother, and a Migrant Child’s 3,000-Mile Journey - Gena Thomas

Women Riding: Learning to Listen, Reclaiming Our Voice - Meghan Tschanz

Tribe: Why Do All Our Friends Look Just Like Us? - Sandra Mayes Unger


Theology

Christians in an Age of Wealth: A Biblical Theology of Stewardship - Craig Blomberg

Neither Poverty nor Riches: A Biblical Theology of Possessions - Craig Blomberg

The Cost of Discipleship - Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Life Together - Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Evangelical Theologies of Liberation and Justice - ed. Mae Elise Cannon and Andrea Smith

Interrupting White Privilege: Catholic Theologians Break the Silence - ed. Laurie M. Cassidy and Alex Mikulich

Reclaiming Stolen Earth: An Africana Ecotheology - Jawanza Eric Clark

Black Theology and Black Power - James H. Cone

A Black Theology of Liberation - James H. Cone

The Cross and the Lynching Tree - James H. Cone

For My People: Black Theology and the Black Church - James H. Cone

God of the Oppressed - James H. Cone

Speaking the Truth: Ecumenism, Liberation, and Black Theology - James H. Cone

Black Theology: A Documentary History Volume One: 1966-1979 - ed. James H. Cone and Gayraud S. Wilmore

War, Peace, and Violence: Four Christian Views - ed. Paul Copan

Knowing Christ Crucified: The Witness of African American Religious Experience - M. Shawn Copeland

Coming Together: The Bible’s Message in an Age of Diversity - Curtiss DeYoung

The Black Christ - Kelly Brown Douglas

In Search of Christ in Latin America: From Colonial Image to Liberating Savior - Samuel Escobar

Mañana: Christian Theology from a Hispanic Perspective - Justo González

Santa Biblia: The Bible through Hispanic Eyes - Justo González

Majority World Theology: Christian Doctrine in Global Context - ed. Geen L. Green, Stephen T. Pardue, and K. K. Yeo

A Theology of Liberation: History, Politics, and Salvation - Gustavo Gutiérrez

Facing Race: The Gospel in an Ignatian Key - Roger Haight

No Crystal Stair: Womanist Spirituality - Diana L. Hayes

From Every People and Nation: A Biblical Theology of Race - J. Daniel Hays

Introducing Black Theology of Liberation - Dwight N. Hopkins

Shoes That Fit Our Feet: Sources for a Constructive Black Theology - Dwight N. Hopkins

Generous Justice: How God’s Grace Makes Us Just - Tim Keller

Doing Asian American Theology: A Contextual Framework for Faith and Practice - Daniel D. Lee

Latina Evangélicas: A Theological Survey from the Margins - Loida I. Martell-Otero, Zaida Maldonado Pérez, and Elizabeth Conde-Frazier

Introducing Womanist Theology - Stephanie Y. Mitchem

Theologizing en Espanglish: Context, Community, and Ministry - Carmen Nanko-Fernandez

Missionary Theologian - Lesslie Newbigin

The Open Secret: An Introduction to the Theology of Mission - Lesslie Newbigin

Down Deep in my Soul: An African American Catholic Theology of Preaching - Rev. Maurice J. Nutt

Theology Brewed in an African Pot - Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator

Embracing the Spirit: Womanist Perspectives on Hope, Salvation & Transformation - Emilie M. Townes

A Troubling in My Soul: Womanist Perspectives On Evil & Suffering - Emilie M. Townes

Rescuing the Gospel from the Cowboys: A Native American Expression of the Jesus Way - Richard Twiss

Exclusion & Embrace: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation - Miroslav Volf

Sisters in the Wilderness: The Challenge of Womanist God-Talk - Delores S. Williams

The Mission of God’s People: A Biblical Theology of the Church’s Mission - Christopher J. H. Wright


Bible | Bible Studies | biblical studies

Bread for the Resistance: Forty Devotionals for Justice People - Donna Barber

A Just Passion: A Six-Week Lenten Journey - ed. Cindy Bunch

Migration: Experiencing God’s Care for Immigrants - A 6-Week Interactive Bible Study - Alexis Busetti and Dorcas Cheng-Tozun

Economic Parables: The Monetary Teachings of Jesus Christ - David Cowan

Reading the Bible from the Margins - Miguel A. De La Torre

Including the Stranger: Foreigners in the Former Prophets - David G. Firth

God of Justice: The IJM Institute Global Church Curriculum - Abraham George and Nikki A. Toyama-Szeto

Resurrecting Justice: Reading Romans for the Life of the World - Douglas Harink

Is Christianity the White Man’s Religion?: How the Bible Is Good News for People of Color - Antipas L. Harris

Loving Justice: Lifeguide Bible Studies - Bob Hunter and Carol Hunter

Let Peace Reign: Love, Justice, and Dignity in God’s Kingdom - A 6-Week Interactive Bible Study - Drew Edward Jackson

Romans Disarmed: Resisting Empire, Demanding Justice - Sylvia C. Keesmaat and Brian J. Walsh

Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise of Hope - Esau McCaulley

The New Testament in Color: A Multiethnic Bible Commentary - Gen. Ed. Esau McCaulley

The Samaritan Woman’s Story: Reconsidering John 4 After #ChurchToo - Caryn A. Reeder

Reading the Bible Around the World: A Student’s Guide to Global Hermeneutics - Federico Alfredo Roth, Justin Marc Smith, Kirsten Oh, Alice Yafeh-Deigh, and Kay Higuera Smith

Reading Romans with Eastern Eyes: Honor and Shame in Paul’s Message and Mission - Brad Vaughn

First Nations Version: An Indigenous Bible Translation of the New Testament - Terry M. Wildman

Reading the Bible on Turtle Island: An Invitation to North American Indigenous Interpretation - H. Daniel Zacharias and T. Christopher Hoklotubbe



political | social issues

You Welcomed Me: Loving Refugees and Immigrants Because God First Loved Us - Kent Annan

Making Peace with the Land: God’s Call to Reconcile with Creation - Fred Bahnson and Norman Wirzba

Radical Reconciliation: Beyond Political Pietism and Christian Quietism - Allan Aubrey Boesak and Curtiss DeYoung

Lay Me in God’s Good Earth: A Christian Approach to Death and Burial - Kent Burreson and Beth Hoeltke

Christians at the Border: Immigration, the Church, and the Bible - M. Daniel Carroll R.

Economics in Christian Perspective: Theory, Policy and Life Choices - Victor C. Claar and Robin J. Klay

Disunity in Christ: Uncovering the Hidden Forces that Keep Us Apart - Christina Cleveland

Faithful Politics: Ten Approaches to Christian Citizenship and Why It Matters - Miranda Zapor Cruz

The End of Hunger: Renewed Hope for Feeding the World - ed. Jenny Eaton Dyer and Cathleen Falsani

Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God - Kelly Brown Douglas

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

Compassion (&) Conviction: The AND Campaign’s Guide to Faithful Civic Engagement - Justin Giboney, Michael Wear, and Chris Butler

Rethinking Incarceration: Advocating for justice That Restores - Dominique Gilliard

Refuge Reimagined: Biblical Kinship in Global Politics - Mark R. Glanville and Luke Glanville

The Future of Faith in American Politics: The Public Witness of the Evangelical Center - David Gushee

Ecowomanism: African American Women and Earth-Honoring Faiths - Melanie L. Harris

War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning - Chris Hedges

Power and Poverty: Divine and Human Rule in a World of Need - Dewi Hughes

Serving God in a Migrant Crisis: Ministry to People on the Move - Patrick Johnstone with Dean Merrill

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

Reparations: A Christian Call for Repentance and Repair - Duke L. Kwon and Gregory Thompson

Still Evangelical? Ten Insiders Reconsider Political, Social, and Theological Meaning - ed. Mark Labberton

From Dropout to Doctorate: Breaking the Chains of Educational Injustice - Terence Lester

Following Jesus in a Warming World: A Christian Call to Climate Action - Kyle Meyaard-Schaap

Christianity versus Fatalistic Religions in the War Against Poverty - Udo Middlemann

The Religion of American Greatness: What’s Wrong with Christian Nationalism - Paul D. Miller

Let Creation Rejoice: Biblical Hope and Ecological Crisis - Jonathan A. Moo and Robert S. White

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

Death Before the Fall: Biblical Literalism and the Problem of Animal Suffering - Ronald E. Osborn

The Wonders of Creation: Learning Stewardship from Narnia and Middle-Earth - Kristen Page

Rethinking the Police: An Officer’s Confession and the Pathway to Reform - Daniel Reinhardt

Stewards of Eden: What Scripture Says About the Environment and Why It Matters - Sandra L. Richter

Economic Justice in a Flat World: Christian Perspectives on Globalization - ed. Steven Rundle

The Ballot and the Bible: How Scripture Has Been Used and Abused in American Politics and Where We Go from Here - Kaitlyn Schiess

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

Welcoming the Stranger: Justice, Compassion & Truth in the Immigration Debate - Matthew Sorens and Jenny Hwang

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption - Bryan Stevenson

Scars Across Humanity: Understanding and Overcoming Violence Against Women - Elaine Storkey

Plundered: The Tangled Roots of Racial and Environmental Injustice - David W. Swanson

Untangling Critical Race Theory: What Christians Need to Know and Why It Matters - Ed Uszynski

Redeeming Creation: The Biblical Basis for Environmental Stewardship - Fred H. Van Dyke, David C. Mahan, Joseph K. Sheldon, and Raymond H. Brand

The End of Memory: Remembering Rightly in a Violent World - 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

American Idolatry: How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gospel and Threatens the Church - Andrew L. Whitehead


Missions | cross-cultural leadership

Gracism: The Art of Inclusion - David A. Anderson

Overturning Tables: Freeing Missions from the Christian-Industrial Complex - Scott A. Bessenecker

Creating Cultures of Belonging: Cultivating Organizations Where Women and Men Thrive - Beth Birmingham and Eeva Sallinen Simard

Spiritual Formation for the Global Church: A Multi-Denominational, Multi-Ethnic Approach - ed. Ryan A. Brandt and John Frederick

When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty without Hurting the Poor…and Yourself - Steve Corbett and Brian Finkert

Freeing Congregational Mission: A Practical Vision for Companionship, Cultural Humility, and Co-Development - B. Hunter Farrell

A Just Mission: Laying Down Power and Embracing Mutuality - Mekedes Haddis

Buried Talents: Overcoming Gendered Socializaion to Answer God’s Call - Susan Harris Howell

The Beautiful Community: Unity, Diversity, and the Church at Its Best - Irwyn L. Ince Jr.

The Arts as Witness in Multifaith Contexts - ed. Roberta R. King and William A. Dyrness

I See You: How Love Opens Our Eyes to Invisible People - Terence Lester

Leading Cross-Culturally: Covenant Relationships for Effective Christian Leadership - Sherwood G. Lingenfelter

Teaching Cross-Culturally: An Incarnational Model for Learning and Teaching - Judith E. Lingenfelter and Sherwood G. Lingenfelter

Cultural Intelligence: Improving Your CQ to Engage Our Multicultural World - David Livermore

Serving with Eyes Wide Open: Doing Short-Term Missions with Cultural Intelligence - David A. Livermore

Right Color, Wrong Culture: The Type of Leader Your Organization Needs to Become Multiethnic - Bryan Loritts

Operation World: The Definitive Prayer Guide to Every Nation - Jason Mandryk

Kingdom Conspiracy: Returning to the Radical Mission of the Local Church - Scot McKnight

Roadmap to Reconciliation 2.0: Moving Communities into Unity, Wholeness and Justice - Brenda Salter McNeil

The Colors of Culture: The Beauty of Diverse Friendships - MelindaJoy Mingo

Strangers Next Door: Immigration, Migration and Mission - J.D. Payne

The Minority Experience: Navigating Emotional and Organizational Realities - Adrian Pei

More Than Equals: Racial Healing for the Sake of the Gospel - Spencer Perkins and Chris Rice

Teaching Across Cultures: Contextualizing Education for Global Mission - James E. Plueddemann

Many Colors: Cultural Intelligence for a Changing Church - Soong-Chan Rah

To Give or Not to Give: Rethinking Dependency, Restoring Generosity, and Redefining Sustainability - John Rowell

Can “White” People Be Saved?: Triangulating Race, Theology, and Mission - ed. Love L. Sechrest, Johnny Ramírez-Johnson, and Amos Yong

Pray for the World: A New Prayer Resource from Operation World - ed. Molly Wall

Taking It to the Streets: Lessons from a Life of Urban Ministry - Harry Louis Williams II

The Mission of God: Unlocking the Bible’s Grand Narrative - Christopher J. H. Wright

Intercultural Theology, Volume One: Intercultural Hermeneutics - Henning Wrogemann

Intercultural Theology, Volume Two: Theologies of Mission - Henning Wrogemann

Intercultural Theology, Volume Three: A Theology of Interreligious Relations - Henning Wrogemann




Christian Living | ministry | the church

Slow Kingdom Coming: Practices for Doing Justice, Loving Mercy and Walking Humbly in the World - Kent Annan

Disaster Ministry Handbook - Jamie D. Aten and David M. Boan

Leveling the Praying Field: Can the Church We Love, Love Us Back? - Ansel Augustine

Embrace: God’s Radical Shalom for a Divided World - Leroy Barber

Subverting the Power of Prejudice: Resources for Individual and Social Change - Sandra L. Barnes

Christianity in Africa: The Renewal of a Non-Western Religion - Kwame Bediako

Front Porch Wisdom: Navigating Leadership Pressures and Barriers as a Woman of Color - Froswa’ Booker-Drew

Great Commission, Great Compassion: Following Jesus and Loving the World - Paul Borthwick

Resurrection Song: African-American Spirituality - Flora Wilson Bridges

Confronting Whiteness: A Spiritual Journey of Reflection, Conversation, and Transformation - W. Benjamin Boswell

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

The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical - Shane Claiborne

Becoming the Answer to Our Prayers: Prayer for Ordinary Radicals - Shane Claiborne and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

Everyday Justice: The Global Impact of Our Daily Choices - Julie Clawson

Know. Own. Change.: Journeying Toward God’s Heart for Reconciliation - Josh Clemons and Hazen Stevens

A Many Colored Kingdom: Multicultural Dynamics for Spiritual Formation - Elizabeth Conde-Frazier, S. Steve Kang, and Gary A. Parrett

Uncommon Faithfulness: The Black Catholic Experience - ed. M. Shawn Copeland

Playing God: Redeeming the Gift of Power - Andy Crouch

Unfinished Business: Black Women, the Black Church, and the Struggle to Thrive in America - Keri Day

Reconciliation: Our Greatest Challenge--Our Only Hope - Curtiss Paul DeYoung

United by Faith: The Multiracial Congregation as an Answer to the Problem of Race - Curtiss DeYoung, Michael O. Emerson, George Yancey, and Karen Chai Kim

Awakening to Justice: Faithful Voices from the Abolitionist Past - The Dialogue on Race and Faith Project

Resurrection Hope: A Future Where Black Lives Matter - Kelly Brown Douglas

What’s Faith Got to Do with It?: Black Bodies/Christian Souls - Kelly Brown Douglas

Let Justice Roll Down: A Worship Resource for Lent, Holy Week and Easter - Compiled by Geoffrey Duncan

Faithful Anti-Racism: Moving Past Talk to Systemic Change - Christina Barland Edmondson and Chad Brennan

Humility Illuminated: The Biblical Path Back to Christian Character - Dennis R. Edwards

Might from the Margins: The Gospel’s Power to Turn the Tables on Injustice - Dennis R. Edwards

The Sin of White Supremacy: Christianity, Racism, & Religious Diversity in America - Jeannine Hill Fletcher

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

If It Wasn’t for the Women - Cheryl Townsend Gilkes

Subversive Witness: Scripture’s Call to Leverage Privilege - Dominique Gilliard

The Gospel of Peace in a Violent World: Christian Nonviolence for Communal Flourishing - ed. Shawn Graves and Marlena Graves

Becoming a Just Church: Cultivating Communities of God’s Shalom - Adam L. Gustine

Being White: Finding Our Place in a Multiethnic World - Paula Harris and Doug Schaupp

Good News About Injustice: A Witness of Courage in a Hurting World - Gary A. Haugen

Just Courage: God’s Great Expedition for the Restless Christian - Gary Haugen

Forged in the Fiery Furnace: African American Spirituality - Diana L. Hayes

Taking Down Our Harps: Black Catholics in the United States - ed. Diana L. Hayes and Cyprian Davis

The Universe Bends Toward Justice: Radical Reflections on the Bible, the Church, and the Body Politic - Obery M. Hendricks, Jr.

The Justice Calling: Where Passion Meets Perseverance - Bethany Hanke Hoang and Kristen Deede Johnson

A White Catholic’s Guide to Racism and Privilege - Daniel Horan

Mending the Divides: Creating Love in a Conflicted World - Jon Huckins and Jer Swigart

Handbook of African Catholicism - ed. Stan Chu Ilo

A Poor and Merciful Church: The Illuminative Ecclesiology of Pope Francis - Stan Chu Ilo

What if Jesus was Serious About Justice? - Skye Jethani

Serving God in Today’s Cities: Facing the Challenges of Urbanization - Patrick Johnstone with Dean Merrill

Forgiving As We’ve Been Forgiven: Community Practices for Making Peace - L. Gregory Jones and Célestin Musekura

The Journey of Reconciliation - Groaning for a New Creation in Africa - Emmanuel Katongole

Reconciling All Things: A Christian Vision for Justice, Peace and Healing - Emmanuel Katongole and Chris Rice

My Body Is Not a Prayer Request: Disability Justice in the Church - Amy Kenny

Raise Your Voice: Why We Stay Silent and How We Speak Up - Kathy Khang

Healing Our Broken Humanity: Practices for Revitalizing the Church and Renewing the World - Grace Ji-Sun Kim and Graham Hill

Strength to Love - Martin Luther King, Jr.

Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation - Kristin Kobes Du Mez

Church for Everyone: Building a Multi-Inclusive Community for Emerging Generations - Daniel Kreiss and Efrem Smith

Praying with Our Feet: Pursuing Justice and Healing on the Streets - Lindsey Krinks

The Dangerous Act of Loving Your Neighbor: Seeing Others Through the Eyes of Jesus - Mark Labberton

Race and Place: How Urban Geography Shapes the Journey to Reconciliation - David P. Leong

The Offensive Church: Breaking the Cycle of Ethnic Disunity - Bryan C. Loritts

Welcoming Justice: God’s Movement Toward Beloved Community - Charles Marsh and John M. Perkins

Christianity Corrupted: The Scandal of White Supremacy - Jermaine J. Marshall

Confronting Sexism in the Church: How We Got Here and What We Can Do About It - Heather Matthews

Becoming Brave: Finding the Courage to Pursue Racial Justice Now - Brenda Salter McNeil

A Credible Witness: Reflections on Power, Evangelism and Race - Brenda Salter McNeil

The Heart of Racial Justice: How Soul Change Leads to Social Change - Brenda Salter McNeil and Rick Richardson

Unlearning White Supremacy: A Spirituality for Racial Liberation - Alex Mikulich

Making All Things New: God’s Dream for Global Justice - R. York Moore

Be the Bridge: Pursuing God’s Heart for Racial Reconciliation - Latasha Morrison

The Economics of Neighborly Love: Investing in Your Community’s Compassion and Capacity - Tom Nelson

Standing with the Vulnerable: A Curriculum for Transforming Lives and Communities - Gil Odendaal

Beads and Strands: Reflections of an African Woman on Christianity in Africa - Mercy Amba Oduyoye

Chosen Vessels: Women of Color, Keys to Change - Rebecca Florence Osaigbovo

One Blood: A Parting Word to the Church on Race - John M. Perkins

Resurrecting Hope - John M. Perkins

African Christian Leadership: Realities, Opportunities, and Impact - Robert J. Priest and Kirimi Barine

Prophetic Lament: A Call for Justice in Troubled Times - Soong-Chan Rah

Just Discipleship: Biblical Justice in an Unjust World - Michael J. Rhodes

From Pandemic to Renewal: Practices for a World Shaken by Crisis - Chris Rice

Can I Get a Witness?: Prophetic Religious Voices of African American Women An Anthology - ed. Marcia Y. Riggs

Healing Racial Trauma: The Road to Resilience - Sheila Wise Rowe

Color-Courageous Discipleship: Follow Jesus, Dismantle Racism, and Build Beloved Community - Michelle T. Sanchez

The Peacemaker: A Biblical Guide to Resolving Personal Conflict - Ken Sande

Uncommon Church: Community Transformation for the Common Good - Alvin Sanders

Four Views on the Church’s Mission - ed. Jason S. Sexton and Stanley N. Gundry

Agents of Flourishing: Pursuing Shalom in Every Corner of Society - Amy L. Sherman

Beyond Colorblind: Redeeming Our Ethnic Journey - Sarah Shin

Hope for Children In Poverty: Profiles and Possibilities - ed. Ronald J. Sider

Forever in Thy Path: The God of Black Liberation - Harry H. Singleton

Black Woman Grief: A Guide to Hope and Wholeness - Natasha Smith

How Neighborhoods Make Us Sick: Restoring Health and Wellness to Our Communities - Veronica Squires and Breanna Lathrop

Persevering Power - Encouragement for When You’re Oppressed by Life - Bruce D. Strom

Who Moved My Neighborhood?: Leading Congregations Through Gentrification and Economic Change - Mark E. Strong

Rediscipling the White Church: From Cheap Diversity to True Solidarity - David W. Swanson

A Strange Freedom: The Best of Howard Thurman on Religious Experience and Public Life - Howard Thurman

How to Fight Racism: Courageous Christianity and the Journey Toward Racial Justice - Jemar Tisby

Healing Conversations on Race: Four Key Practices from Scripture and Psychology - Veola Vazquez, Joshua Knabb, Charles Lee-Johnson, and Krystal Hays

Beyond Ethnic Loneliness: The Pain of Marginalization and the Path to Belonging - Prasanta Verma

Becoming Friends: Worship, Justice, and the Practice of Christian Friendship - Paul J. Wadell

I Bring the Voices of my People: A Womanist Vision for Racial Reconciliation - Chanequa Walker-Barnes

Twelve Lies That Hold America Captive: And the Truth That Sets Us Free - Jonathan P. Walton

Living Without Enemies: Being Present in the Midst of Violence - Samuel Wells and Marcia A. Owen

The World Is Not Ours to Save: Finding the Freedom to Do Good - Tyler Wigg-Stevenson

Worth Seeing: Viewing Others Through God’s Eyes - Amy L. Williams

In Church as It Is in Heaven: Cultivating a Multiethnic Kingdom Culture - Jamaal E. Williams and Timothy Paul Jones

Reconstructing the Gospel: Finding Freedom from Slaveholder Religion - Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

Living in Color: Embracing God’s Passion for Ethnic Diversity - Randy Woodley

A Just Forgiveness: Responsible Healing Without Excusing Injustice - Everett L. Worthington Jr.

The Myth of Equality: Uncovering the Roots of Injustice and Privilege - Ken Wytsma

Beyond Racial Division: A Unifying Alternative to Colorblindness and Antiracism - George A. Yancey

Beyond Racial Gridlock: Embracing Mutual Responsibility - George Yancey


History | church history

Unsettling Truths: the Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery - Mark Charles and Soong-Chan Rah

Martin & Malcolm & America: A Dream or a Nightmare - James H. Cone

Stamped with the Image of God: African Americans as God’s Image in Black - ed. Cyprian Davis and Jamie Phelps

Free at Last?: The Gospel in the African American Experience - Carl F. Ellis Jr.

Divided by Faith: Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America - Michael O. Emerson and Christian Smith

Birmingham Revolution: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Epic Challenge to the Church - Edward Gilbreath

Reconciliation Blues: A Black Evangelical’s Inside View of White Christianity - Edward Gilbreath

Hope and History: Why We Must Share the Story of the Movement - Vincent Harding

In the Shadow of Freedom: The Enduring Call for Racial Justice - Alessandra Harris

All Oppression Shall Cease: A History of Slavery, Abolitionism, and the Catholic Church - Christopher J. Kellerman, SJ

When God Became White: Dismantling Whiteness for a More Just Christianity - Grace Ji-Sun Kim

All God’s Children: How Confronting Buried History Can Build Racial Solidarity - Terence Lester

A Short History of Christian Zionism: From the Reformation to the Twenty-First Century - Donald M. Lewis

Nonviolence in America: A Documentary History - ed. Staughton Lynd and Alice Lynd

Racial Justice and the Catholic Church - Bryan N. Massingale

Ownership: The Evangelical Legacy of Slavery in Edwards, Wesley, and Whitefield - Sean McGever

The Coming Race Wars: A Cry for Justice, from Civil Rights to Black Lives Matter - William Pannell

The Black Church in the Post-Civil Rights Era - Anthony B. Pinn

Return to Justice: Six Movements That Reignited Our Contemporary Evangelical Conscience - Soong-Chan Rah and Gary VanderPol

Brown Church: Five Centuries of Latina/o Social Justice, Theology, and Identity - Robert Chao Romero

Birth of a Movement: Black Lives Matter and the Catholic Church - Olga M. Segura

Swing Low, volume 1: A History of Black Christianity in the United States - Walter R. Strickland II

Swing Low, volume 2: An Anthology of Black Christianity in the United States - gen. ed. Walter R. Strickland II

The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism - Jemar Tisby

Let Justice Be Done: Writings from American Abolitionists 1688-1865 - ed. Kerry Walters

Black Religion and Black Radicalism: An Interpretation of the Religious History of Afro-American People - Gayraud S. Wilmore




Fiction