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Christian Cultural Engagement

How should Christians engage with their neighbors, their political systems, and the culture at large? These books give wisdom and inspiration for how we can be a force for good in the spaces we inhabit. You can also read articles on cultural engagement from IVP authors or browse books on how the church interacts with society.

Passing the Torch: An Apology for Classical Christian Education, By Louis Markos
Passing the Torch
Louis Markos
Revolution of Values: Reclaiming Public Faith for the Common Good, By Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
Revolution of Values
Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
Citizenship Without Illusions: A Christian Guide to Political Engagement, By David T. Koyzis
Citizenship Without Illusions
David T. Koyzis
The Religion of American Greatness: What’s Wrong with Christian Nationalism, By Paul D. Miller
The Religion of American Greatness
Paul David Miller
Faithful Politics: Ten Approaches to Christian Citizenship and Why It Matters, By Miranda Zapor Cruz
Faithful Politics
Miranda Zapor Cruz
Lay Me in God's Good Earth: A Christian Approach to Death and Burial, By Kent Burreson and Beth Hoeltke
Lay Me in God's Good Earth
Kent Burreson and Beth Hoeltke
Disarming Leviathan: Loving Your Christian Nationalist Neighbor, By Caleb E. Campbell
Disarming Leviathan
Caleb Campbell
Untangling Critical Race Theory: What Christians Need to Know and Why It Matters, By Ed Uszynski
Untangling Critical Race Theory
Edward Thomas Uszynski
Worth Seeing: Viewing Others Through God's Eyes, By Amy L. Williams
Worth Seeing
Amy Lyn Williams
Faithful Work: In the Daily Grind with God and for Others, By Ross Chapman and Ryan Tafilowski
Faithful Work
Ross Chapman and Ryan Tafilowski
The Artistic Sphere: The Arts in Neo-Calvinist Perspective, Edited by Roger D. Henderson and Marleen Hengelaar-Rookmaaker
The Artistic Sphere
Edited by Roger D. Henderson and Marleen Hengelaar-Rookmaaker
Working from the Inside Out: A Brief Guide to Inner Work That Transforms Our Outer World, By Jeff Haanen
Working from the Inside Out
Jeffrey Haanen
Rethinking the Police: An Officer's Confession and the Pathway to Reform, By Daniel Reinhardt
Rethinking the Police
Daniel Eugene Reinhardt
Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling, By Andy Crouch
Culture Making
Andy Crouch
Carpe Diem Redeemed: Seizing the Day, Discerning the Times, By Os Guinness
Carpe Diem Redeemed
Os Guinness
Religions on Trial: A Lawyer Examines Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, and More, By W. Mark Lanier
Religions on Trial
W. Mark Lanier
Strong and Weak Bible Study, By Andy Crouch
Strong and Weak Bible Study
Andy Crouch
6 Sessions
Join the Resistance: Step into the Good Work of Kingdom Justice, By Michelle Ferrigno Warren
Join the Resistance
Michelle Ferrigno Warren
War, Peace, and Violence: Four Christian Views, Edited by Paul Copan
War, Peace, and Violence: Four Christian Views
Edited by Paul Copan
The Gospel of Peace in a Violent World: Christian Nonviolence for Communal Flourishing, Edited by Shawn Graves and Marlena Graves
The Gospel of Peace in a Violent World
Edited by Marlena Graves and Shawn Graves
Analog Christian: Cultivating Contentment, Resilience, and Wisdom in the Digital Age, By Jay Y. Kim
Analog Christian
Jay Y. Kim
How to Be a Patriotic Christian: Love of Country as Love of Neighbor, By Richard J. Mouw
How to Be a Patriotic Christian
Richard J. Mouw
Agents of Flourishing: Pursuing Shalom in Every Corner of Society, By Amy L. Sherman
Agents of Flourishing
Amy L. Sherman
Participating in Abundant Life: Holistic Salvation for a Secular Age, By Mark R. Teasdale
Participating in Abundant Life
Mark R. Teasdale
The Art of New Creation: Trajectories in Theology and the Arts, Edited by Jeremy Begbie and Daniel Train and W. David O. Taylor
The Art of New Creation
Edited by Jeremy S Begbie and Daniel Mark Train and W. David O. Taylor