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Social Justice

The world is full of injustice, but God calls Christians to work for peace and equity here and now. What's the next step on your justice journey? These social justice books are great starting points for Christians who want to gain awareness of today's most pressing societal problems and transform that knowledge into practical action for the good of the world.

Refuge Reimagined: Biblical Kinship in Global Politics, By Mark R. Glanville and Luke Glanville
Refuge Reimagined
Mark R Glanville and Luke Glanville
Uncommon Church: Community Transformation for the Common Good, By Alvin Sanders
Uncommon Church
Alvin Sanders
Resurrecting Justice: Reading Romans for the Life of the World, By Douglas Harink
Resurrecting Justice
Douglas K. Harink
The Colors of Culture: The Beauty of Diverse Friendships, By MelindaJoy Mingo
The Colors of Culture
MelindaJoy Mingo
Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope, By Esau McCaulley
Reading While Black
Esau McCaulley
Reconstructing the Gospel: Finding Freedom from Slaveholder Religion, By Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
Reconstructing the Gospel
Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
The Beautiful Community: Unity, Diversity, and the Church at Its Best, By Irwyn L. Ince Jr.
The Beautiful Community
Irwyn Ince
Compassion (&) Conviction: The AND Campaign's Guide to Faithful Civic Engagement, By Justin Giboney and Michael Wear and Chris Butler
Compassion (&) Conviction
Justin Giboney and Michael R Wear and Chris Butler
Free at Last?: The Gospel in the African American Experience, By Carl F. Ellis Jr.
Free at Last?
Carl F. Ellis
Roadmap to Reconciliation 2.0: Moving Communities into Unity, Wholeness and Justice, By Brenda Salter McNeil
Roadmap to Reconciliation 2.0
Brenda Salter McNeil
The Other Side of the Wall: A Palestinian Christian Narrative of Lament and Hope, By Munther Isaac
The Other Side of the Wall
Munther Isaac
Beyond Hashtag Activism: Comprehensive Justice in a Complicated Age, By Mae Elise Cannon
Beyond Hashtag Activism
Mae Cannon
Brown Church: Five Centuries of Latina/o Social Justice, Theology, and Identity, By Robert Chao Romero
Brown Church
Robert Chao Romero
Rediscipling the White Church: From Cheap Diversity to True Solidarity, By David W. Swanson
Rediscipling the White Church
David W Swanson
Mother to Son: Letters to a Black Boy on Identity and Hope, By Jasmine L. Holmes
Mother to Son
Jasmine Holmes
Stewards of Eden: What Scripture Says About the Environment and Why It Matters, By Sandra L. Richter
Stewards of Eden
Sandra L. Richter
The #MeToo Reckoning: Facing the Church's Complicity in Sexual Abuse and Misconduct, By Ruth Everhart
The #MeToo Reckoning
Ruth Everhart
Healing Racial Trauma: The Road to Resilience, By Sheila Wise Rowe
Healing Racial Trauma
Sheila Rowe
Including the Stranger: Foreigners in the Former Prophets, By David G. Firth
Including the Stranger
David G. Firth
Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery, By Mark Charles and Soong-Chan Rah
Unsettling Truths
Mark Charles and Soong-Chan Rah
Separated by the Border: A Birth Mother, a Foster Mother, and a Migrant Child's 3,000-Mile Journey, By Gena Thomas
Separated by the Border
Gena Thomas
Bread for the Resistance: Forty Devotions for Justice People, By Donna Barber
Bread for the Resistance
Donna Barber
40 Sessions
Evangelical Theologies of Liberation and Justice, Edited by Mae Elise Cannon and Andrea Smith
Evangelical Theologies of Liberation and Justice
Edited by Mae Cannon and Andrea Smith
I See You: How Love Opens Our Eyes to Invisible People, By Terence Lester
I See You
Terence Lester
Taking It to the Streets: Lessons from a Life of Urban Ministry, By Harry Louis Williams II
Taking It to the Streets
Harry Louis Williams