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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.

Just Courage: God's Great Expedition for the Restless Christian, By Gary A. Haugen
Just Courage
Gary A. Haugen
Embrace: God's Radical Shalom for a Divided World, By Leroy Barber
Embrace
Leroy Barber
Slow Kingdom Coming: Practices for Doing Justice, Loving Mercy and Walking Humbly in the World, By Kent Annan
Slow Kingdom Coming
Kent Annan
Disaster Ministry Handbook, By Jamie D. Aten and David M. Boan
Disaster Ministry Handbook
Jamie D. Aten and David M. Boan
Great Commission, Great Compassion: Following Jesus and Loving the World, By Paul Borthwick
Great Commission, Great Compassion
Paul Borthwick
The Dangerous Act of Loving Your Neighbor: Seeing Others Through the Eyes of Jesus, By Mark Labberton
The Dangerous Act of Loving Your Neighbor
Mark Labberton
Prophetic Lament: A Call for Justice in Troubled Times, By Soong-Chan Rah
Prophetic Lament
Soong-Chan Rah
Rescuing the Gospel from the Cowboys: A Native American Expression of the Jesus Way, By Richard Twiss
Rescuing the Gospel from the Cowboys
Richard Twiss
God of Justice: The IJM Institute Global Church Curriculum, By Abraham George and Nikki A. Toyama-Szeto
God of Justice
Abraham George and Nikki A. Toyama-Szeto
12 Sessions
Bulls, Bears and Golden Calves: Applying Christian Ethics in Economics, By John E. Stapleford
Bulls, Bears and Golden Calves
John E. Stapleford
Pray for the World: A New Prayer Resource from Operation World, Edited by Molly Wall
Pray for the World
Where the Cross Meets the Street: What Happens to the Neighborhood When God Is at the Center, By Noel Castellanos
Where the Cross Meets the Street
Noel Castellanos
Overturning Tables: Freeing Missions from the Christian-Industrial Complex, By Scott A. Bessenecker
Overturning Tables
Scott A. Bessenecker
Forgotten Girls: Stories of Hope and Courage, By Kay Marshall Strom and Michele Rickett
Forgotten Girls
Kay Marshall Strom and Michele Rickett
Let Creation Rejoice: Biblical Hope and Ecological Crisis, By Jonathan A. Moo and Robert S. White
Let Creation Rejoice
Jonathan A. Moo and Robert S. White
The Cross and Gendercide: A Theological Response to Global Violence Against Women and Girls, By Elizabeth Gerhardt
The Cross and Gendercide
Elizabeth Gerhardt
Death Before the Fall: Biblical Literalism and the Problem of Animal Suffering, By Ronald E. Osborn
Death Before the Fall
Ronald E. Osborn
Faith-Rooted Organizing: Mobilizing the Church in Service to the World, By Rev. Alexia Salvatierra and Peter Heltzel
Faith-Rooted Organizing
Alexia Salvatierra and Peter Heltzel
Disunity in Christ: Uncovering the Hidden Forces that Keep Us Apart, By Christena Cleveland
Disunity in Christ
Christena Cleveland
Birmingham Revolution: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Epic Challenge to the Church, By Edward Gilbreath
Birmingham Revolution
Edward Gilbreath
Playing God: Redeeming the Gift of Power, By Andy Crouch
Playing God
Andy Crouch
Free: Spending Your Time and Money on What Matters Most, By Mark Scandrette
Free
Mark A. Scandrette
The World Is Not Ours to Save: Finding the Freedom to Do Good, By Tyler Wigg-Stevenson
The World Is Not Ours to Save
Tyler Wigg-Stevenson
Just Spirituality: How Faith Practices Fuel Social Action, By Mae Elise Cannon
Just Spirituality
Mae Cannon
Refuse to Do Nothing: Finding Your Power to Abolish Modern-Day Slavery, By Shayne Moore and Kimberly McOwen Yim
Refuse to Do Nothing
Shayne Moore and Kimberly McOwen Yim