Bibliography for the Christian Social Imperative
If you’ve been convicted, as I have, about Christian social responsibility, you need to get yourself informed. Here is a selected bibliography of books that I recommend. Many of these books were required/recommended reading at TEDS, many more are ones I’ve stumbled across in my search for the best voices on social issues, both secular and religious. I will add more as I encounter them.
- Divided By Faith, Christian Smith & Michael Emerson, Oxford University Press, 2000
- Disunity in Christ, Christena Cleveland, IVP, 2013
- More than Just Race: Being Black and Poor in the Inner City, William Julius Wilson, Norton, 2009
- The Myth of Equality, Ken Wytsma, IVP, 2017
- Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, Bryan Stevenson, Spiegel & Grau, 2015
- Prophetic Lament: A Call for Justice in Troubled Times, Soong-Chan Rah, IVP, 2015
- Roadmap to Reconciliation, Brenda Salter McNeil, IVP, 2016
- The New Jim Crow, Michelle Alexander, The New Press, 2010
- Welcoming the Stranger, Matthew Soerens & Jenny Hwang Yang, IVP, 2010
- Christians at the Border: Immigration, the Church, and the Bible, M. Daniel Carroll R, Brazos Press, 2013
- Generous Justice, Tim Keller
- On Wealth and Poverty, Chrysostom
Photo credit: Personal photo of display at the Chicago Botanic Gardens, Fall 2017