Books

Check out these recommended books from several of our interviews (listed in alphabetical order by author).

• Bad Faith: Race and the Rise of the Religious Right by Randall Balmer
• Anti-Racism 4REALS: Real Talk with Real Strategies in Real Time for Real Change by Sheila M. Beckford and E. Michelle Ledder
• Field Notes for the Wilderness: Practices for an Evolving Faith by Sarah Bessey
• The Seven Mountains Mandate: Exposing the Dangerous Plan to Christianize America and Destroy Democracy by Matthew Boedy
• See What God Made!: A Creation Story Lift-the-Flap Book by Kathleen Long Bostrom
• On the Spectrum: Autism, Faith, and the Gifts of Neurodiversity by Daniel Bowman Jr.
• Holy Disruption: A Manifesto for the Future of Faith Communities by Amy Butler and Dawn Darwin Weeks 
• Race in America: Christians Respond to the Crisis by Laura Cheifetz and David Maxwell, eds.
• Why Christians Should Be Leftists by Phil Christman
• Good White Racist? Confronting Your Role in Racial Injustice  by Kerry Connelly
• World of Wonders: A Spirituality of Reading by Jeff Crosby
• Defrocked: Good News from a Bad Pastor for a Better Church by Lillian Daniel
• Reviving the Golden Rule: How the Ancient Ethic of Neighbor Can Heal the World by Andrew DeCort
• Blessed Are the Others: Jesus’ Way in a Violent World by Andrew DeCort
• Healing What’s Within: Coming Home to Yourself–and to God–When You’re Wounded, Weary, and Wandering by Chuck DeGroat
• Red State Christians: Understanding the Voters Who Elected Donald Trump  by Angela Denker
• Disciples of White Jesus: The Radicalization of American Boyhood by Angela Denker
• The Risk of Being Woke by Curtiss Paul DeYoung 
• White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism  by Robin DiAngelo
• “The Fall of Roe: The Rise of a New America” by Elizabeth Dias and Lisa Lerer
• Love Your Neighbor: How Psychology Can Enliven Faith and Transform Community by Katherine M. Douglass and Brittany M. Tausen
• Citizen: Faithful Discipleship in a Partisan World  by C. Andrew Doyle
• Accompanying Disability: Caretaking, Family, and Faith by Topher Endress
• Kingdom Racial Change: Overcoming Inequality, Injustice, and Indifference by Michael A. Evans, David L. McFadden, and Michael O. Emerson
• Pray for the Bear: An Ordinary Person’s Guide to Unlocking Extraordinary Personal Strength by Carly Fauth
• A House Divided: Engaging the Issues Through the Politics of Compassion  by Mark Feldmeir
• Confronting Racism and White Supremacy in the US: Twenty-First-Century Theological Perspectives by Michael R. Fisher Jr.
• Reckoning with Power: Why the Church Fails When It’s on the Wrong Side of Power by David Fitch
• The Anti-Greed Gospel: Why the Love of Money Is the Root of Racism and How the Church Can Create a New Way Forward by Malcolm Foley
• Culture Care: Reconnecting with Beauty for Our Common Life  by Makoto Fujimura
• The Way of Dante: Going Through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven with C. S. Lewis, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Charles Williams by Richard Hughes Gibson
• Minding the Wealth Gap: Our Playbook to Close It Together by Cliff Goins IV 
• Rebirth of a Nation: Reparations and Remaking America by Joel Edward Goza 
• The Soulwork of Justice: Four Movements for Contemplative Action by Wes Granberg-Michaelson
• Consider the Birds by  Jennifer Grant
• Just Faith: Reclaiming Progressive Christianity  by Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons
• The Moral Teachings of Jesus: Radical Instruction in the Will of God by David Gushee 
• Queering Contemplation: Finding Queerness in the Roots and Future of Contemplative Spirituality by Cassidy Hall
• The Julian Way: A Theology of Fullness for All of God’s People  by Justin Hancock
• Disability and the Church: A Vision for Diversity and Inclusion  by Lamar Hardwick
• How Ableism Fuels Racism: Dismantling the Hierarchy of Bodies in the Church – by Lamar Hardwick
• Fortune: How Race Broke My Family and the World–and How to Repair It All  by Lisa Sharon Harper
• Awakening the Light: A Survivors to Thrivers Going-Forward Story  by Tambry Harris
• Undoing Manifest Destiny: Settler America, Christian Colonists, and the Pursuit of Justice by L. Daniel Hawk
• Holy Chaos: Creating Connections in Divisive Times  by Amanda Henderson
• Anxious to Talk about It: Helping White Christians Talk Faithfully about Racism by Carolyn Helsel
• How Not to Be Afraid: Seven Ways to Live When Everything Seems Terrifying  by Gareth Higgins
• The Hundred Story Home  by Kathy Izard
• Trust the Whisper: How Answering Quiet Callings Inspires Extraordinary Stories of Ordinary Grace by Kathy Izard
• Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation by Steven Johnson
• White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity  by Robert P. Jones
• “The Way: Meaningful Spirituality for a Modern World” by Larry Jordan
• The Bible According to Christian Nationalists: Exploiting Scripture for Political Power by Brian Kaylor 
• Baptizing America: How Mainline Protestants Helped Build Christian Nationalism by Brian Kaylor and Beau Underwood
• Come and See: An invitation to a radical encounter with Jesus by Shannon T.L. Kearns
• Growing in God’s Love: A Family Devotional edited by Jessica Miller Kelley
• My Body Is Not a Prayer Request: Disability Justice in the Church – by Amy Kenny
• When God Became White: Dismantling Whiteness for a More Just Christianity by Grace Ji-Sun Kim
• Shine Your Light: 77 Blessings to Clear Your Energy and Claim Your God-Given Calling by Kate King
• Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation  by Kristin Kobes Du Mez
• In Guns We Trust: The Unholy Trinity of White Evangelicals, Politics, and Firearms by William Kole
• AI Goes to Church: Pastoral Wisdom for Artificial Intelligence by Todd Korpi
• Bad Indians Book Club: Reading at the Edge of a Thousand Worlds by Patty Krawec
• Praying with Our Feet: Pursuing Justice & Healing on the Streets by Lindsey Krinks
• Reparations: A Christian Call for Repentance and Repair by Duke Kwon and Gregory Thompson
• Seven Deadly Sins: The Biology of Being Human by Guy Leschziner 
• From Dropout to Doctorate: Breaking the Chains of Educational Injustice by Terence Lester
• Zion Learns to See: Opening Our Eyes to Homelessness by Terence and Zion Lester
• Blessed Minds: Breaking the Silence about Neurodiversity by Sarah Griffith Lund
• Financial Literacy for Young Adults: The Ultimate Guide to Mastering Money, Budgeting, and Smart Financial Habits for Any Career Path by Julie Maxland
• Start with a Word: On the Craft and Adventure of Writing by Marilyn McEntyre
• The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGhee
• The Last Voyage (a sci fi novel) by Brian McLaren
• Life After Doom: Wisdom and Courage for a World Falling Apart by Brian McLaren
• Faith After Doubt: Why Your Beliefs Stopped Working and What to Do About It  by Brian McLaren
• Why Don’t They Get It? Overcoming Bias in Others (and Yourself) by Brian McLaren
• “The Seventh Story: Us, Them, and the End of Violence” by Brian McLaren and Gareth Higgins
• The Second Pandemic: Authoritarianism and Your Future by Brian McLaren
• Becoming Brave: Finding the Courage to Pursue Racial Justice Now  by Brenda Salter McNeil
• Empowered to Repair: Becoming People Who Mend Broken Systems and Heal Our Communities by Brenda Salter McNeil
• Living into God’s Dream: Dismantling Racism in America  by Catherine Meeks
• The Night is Long but Light Comes in the Morning: Meditations for Racial Healing by Catherine Meeks 
• CHOOSING LOVE: What LGBTQ+ Christians Can Teach Us All About Relationships, Inclusion, and Justice by Dawne Moon and Theresa W. Tobin 
• Lost, Hidden, Small: Finding the Way of Jesus Where We Never Think to Look by Kate Murphy
• Wired to Lead: Being the Leader the Church Didn’t Think You Could Be by Suzanne Nadell
• Alive, Loved, & Free: Finding Jesus When Faith is Hard by Kyle Norman
• Rebecca Sue: A Sister’s Reflection on Disability, Faith, and Love by Kathleen Norris
• Staying at the Table: Being the Church We Say We Are by Terri Hord Owens
• A Hidden Wholeness: The Journey Toward an Undivided Life by Parker J. Palmer
• Healing the Heart of Democracy: The Courage to Create a Politics Worthy of the Human Spirit  by Parker J. Palmer
• Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation by Parker J. Palmer
• On the Brink of Everything: Grace, Gravity, and Getting Old by Parker J. Palmer 
• Daily Practices of Inclusive Leaders: A Guide to Building a Culture of Belonging by Eddie Pate and Jonathan Stutz 
• Worth Fighting For: Finding Courage and Compassion When Cruelty Is Trending by John Pavlovitz 
• Becoming Neighbors: The Common Good Made Local by Amar D. Peterman 
• Press Pause: Making Time for God in an Overscheduled Life by Karynthia Glasper Phillips
• The Wounds Are the Witness: Black Faith Weaving Memory into Justice and Healing by Yolanda Pierce
• Promises in the Garden by Lorna Rande
• Undivided: A Muslim Daughter, Her Christian Mother, Their Path to Peace  by Patricia Raybon and Alana Raybon
• The Asylum Seekers: A Chronicle of Life, Death, and Community at the Border by Cristina Rathbone
• Abandon the Orderly House: Good News for Skeptics & Burned Out Believers by Alex Regets 
• Everything Good About God Is True: Choosing Faith by Bruce Reyes-Chow
• From Trauma to Trust: A Spiritual Journey by Jan Rivero
• Queer & Christian: Reclaiming the Bible, Our Faith, and Our Place at the Table by Brandan Robertson
• True Inclusion: Creating Communities of Radical Embrace  by Brandan Robertson
• Words, Wonder, and the Divine in You by Deborah Roof 
• All the Lives You Can Change: Effective Altruism for Christians by Dominic Roser, David Zhang, J. D. Bauman
• A Journey Called Hope: Today’s Immigrant Stories and the American Dream by Rick Rouse
• Faith-Rooted Organizing: Mobilizing the Church in Service to the World  by Alexia Salvatierra and Peter Heltzel
• A Brief Guide to Ministry with LGBTQIA Youth, Updated Edition by Cody Sanders
• Confessions of a Former Prosecutor: Abandoning Vengeance and Embracing True Justice by Preston Shipp
• Key Changes: The Ten Times Technology Transformed the Music Industry by Howie Singer
• Howard Thurman: The Mystic as Prophet  by Luther E. Smith, Jr.
• Common Ground from the Ground Up: How rethinking politics can help us feel heard, heal relationships, and fix our democracy by Nathan Smolensky
• From Distrust to Trust: Controversies and Conversations in Faith Communities by Matt Sturtevant, Timothy Bonner 
• In & Out of Season: Thriving in Life’s Transitions by Evelyn Johnson-Taylor
• Walking the Way of Harriet Tubman: Public Mystic and Freedom Fighter  by Therese Taylor-Stinson
• How to Preach a Dangerous Sermon  by Frank A. Thomas
• The Spirit of Justice: True Stories of Faith, Race, and Resistance by Jemar Tisby
• How to Fight Racism: Courageous Christianity and the Journey Toward Racial Justice  by Jemar Tisby
• Between Two Trailers: A Memoir by J. Dana Trent
• Abundant Lives: A Progressive Christian Ethic of Flourishing by Amanda Udis-Kessler
• The Discipline of Inspiration: The Mysterious Encounter with God at the Heart of Creativity by Carey Wallace
• The False White Gospel: Rejecting Christian Nationalism, Reclaiming True Faith, and Refounding Democracy by Jim Wallis
• Something in the Water: A 21st Century Civil Rights Odyssey  by Michael W. Waters
• How to Film Truth: The Story of Documentary Film as a Spiritual Journey  by Justin Wells
• With Liberty & Justice for Some: The Bible, the Constitution, and Racism in America  by Susan K. Williams Smith
• “Looking Inward, Living Outward: The Spiritual Practice of Social Transformation“ by Daniel Wolpert
• Loving My Enemies & Other Outlandish Pursuits by Angie Wright
• Peter Paul and Mary: Fifty Years in Music and Life by Peter Yarrow and Noel Paul Stookey
• Everything Could Be a Prayer: One Hundred Portraits of Saints and Mystics by Kreg Yingst

The Faith and Justice Book Group earns a small commission on books sold through our website.