Resources
Resources
Justice Resources
Nonfiction Books
Jesus and the Disinherited by Howard Thurman
Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community? by Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Violence of Love by Oscar Romero
The Cross and the Lynching Tree by James Cone
Caste by Isabel Wilkerson
How to Fight Racism by Jemar Tisby
The Color of Compromise by Jemar Tisby
I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown
The Christian Imagination by Willie James Jennings
A Theology of Liberation by Gustavo Gutierrez
On Social Justice by St. Basil the Great
David Walker’s Appeal by David Walker
Until Justice and Peace Embrace by Nicholas Wolterstorff
The Beloved Community by Charles Marsh
Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin
The Origin of Others by Toni Morrison
Divided by Faith by Michael O. Emerson and Christian Smith
White Awake by Daniel Hill
The Politics of Love by Michael Cassidy
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
Many Colors by Soong Chang Rah
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi
Oneness Embraced by Tony Evans
Letters to a Birmingham Jail by Bryan Loritts
A Narrative of the Life of Sojourner Truth by Sojourner Truth
A Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass
The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. DuBois
Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington
The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes by Langston Hughes
Fight for Freedom and Other Writings on Civil Rights by Langston Hughes
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
The Children by David Halberstam
Why We Can’t Wait by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
“Letter From a Birmingham Jail” by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria by Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum
Greg Thompson: An Experiment in Love, a dissertation on Martin Luther King, Jr.
Toward a Political Philosophy of Race by Falguni Sheth
White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity by Robert P. Jones
Rescuing the Gospel from the Cowboys: A Native American Expression of the Jesus Way by Richard Twiss
Shalom and the Community of Creation by Randy Woodley
An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Novels
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson
Dear Justyce by Nic Stone
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story by Kevin Noble Maillard
Neither Wolf Nor Dog: On Forgotten Roads with an Indian Elder by Kent Nerburn
The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich
Homegoing & Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
Kindred by Octavia Butler
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue
If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin
Formation and Peace Resources
Books
Deep Peace by Todd Hunter
Beholding and Becoming: The Art of Everyday Worship by Ruth Chou Simons
Soul Care in African American Practice by Barbara Peacock
Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope by Esau McCalley
Healing Racial Trauma by Sheila Wise Rowe
Spiritual Disciplines Handbook: Practices That Transform Us by Adele Calhoun
Prophetic Lament by Soong-Chan Rah
God Speaks Through Wombs: Poems On God’s Unexpected Coming by Drew Jackson
Crisis Contemplation: Healing the Wounded Village by Barbara A. Holmes
Forged in the Fiery Furnace: African American Spirituality by Diana L. Hayes
Soul Rest: Reclaim Your Life. Return to Sabbath by Curtis Zackery
Jesus and the Disinherited by Howard Thurman
Meditations of the Heart by Howard Thurman
Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening by Cynthia Bourgeault
The Next Worship: Glorifying God in a Diverse World by Sandra Van Opstal
Kaleidoscope: Broadening the Palette in the Art of Spiritual Direction by Ineda Pearl Adesanya
Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life by Tish Harrison Warren and Andy Crouch
All the Things: A 30-Day Guide to Experiencing God’s Presence in the Prayer of Examen by Katie Haseltine
Every Moment Holy Vol 1 & 2 by Douglas McKelvey
Disunity in Christ: Uncovering the Forces That Keep Us Apart by Christina Cleveland
The Politics of Jesus: Rediscovering the True Revolutionary Nature of Jesus’ Teachings and How They Have Been Corrupted by Obery M. Hendricks, Jr.
The Search for Common Good by Howard Thurman
This Here Flesh by Cole Arthur Riley
Rediscipling the White Church by David Swanson
Abuelita Faith by Kat Armas
Gracias: A Latin American Journal by Henri Nouwen
Caminemos con Jesus: Toward a Hispanic/Latino Theology of Accompaniment by Robert Goizueta
The Long Loneliness by Dorothy Day
Manana: Christian Theology from a Hispanic Perspective by Justo Gonzalez
Unexpected Guests at God’s Banquet: Welcoming People with Disabilities into the Church by Brett Webb-Mitchell
Reading the Bible with the Damned by Bob Ekblad
The Universe Bends Toward Justice by Obery Hendricks