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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.

Beyond Racial Division: A Unifying Alternative to Colorblindness and Antiracism, By George A. Yancey
Beyond Racial Division
George Yancey
What Are Christians For?: Life Together at the End of the World, By Jake Meador
What Are Christians For?
Jake Meador
Young, Gifted, and Black: A Journey of Lament and Celebration, By Sheila Wise Rowe
Young, Gifted, and Black
Sheila Rowe
Calvinism for a Secular Age: A Twenty-First-Century Reading of Abraham Kuyper's Stone Lectures, Edited by Jessica R. Joustra and Robert J. Joustra
Calvinism for a Secular Age
Edited by Jessica Joustra and Robert J. Joustra
When Everything's on Fire: Faith Forged from the Ashes, By Brian Zahnd
When Everything's on Fire
Brian Zahnd
To Think Christianly: A History of L'Abri, Regent College, and the Christian Study Center Movement, By Charles E. Cotherman
To Think Christianly
Charles E. Cotherman
We the Fallen People: The Founders and the Future of American Democracy, By Robert Tracy McKenzie
We the Fallen People
Robert Tracy McKenzie
Reading the Times: A Literary and Theological Inquiry into the News, By Jeffrey Bilbro
Reading the Times
Jeffrey Lyle Bilbro
When We Stand: The Power of Seeking Justice Together, By Terence Lester
When We Stand
Terence Lester
Posting Peace: Why Social Media Divides Us and What We Can Do About It, By Douglas S. Bursch
Posting Peace
Douglas S Bursch
Refuge Reimagined: Biblical Kinship in Global Politics, By Mark R. Glanville and Luke Glanville
Refuge Reimagined
Mark R Glanville and Luke Glanville
Public Intellectuals and the Common Good: Christian Thinking for Human Flourishing, Edited by Todd C. Ream and Jerry A. Pattengale and Christopher J. Devers
Public Intellectuals and the Common Good
Edited by Todd C. Ream and Jerry Pattengale and Christopher J. Devers
Misreading Scripture with Individualist Eyes: Patronage, Honor, and Shame in the Biblical World, By E. Randolph Richards and Richard James
Misreading Scripture with Individualist Eyes
E. Randolph Richards and Richard James
"Here Are Your Gods"
Christopher J. H. Wright
The Colors of Culture: The Beauty of Diverse Friendships, By MelindaJoy Mingo
The Colors of Culture
MelindaJoy Mingo
The Liturgy of Politics: Spiritual Formation for the Sake of Our Neighbor, By Kaitlyn Schiess
The Liturgy of Politics
Kaitlyn Schiess
The Dust of Death: The Sixties Counterculture and How It Changed America Forever, By Os Guinness
The Dust of Death
Os Guinness
Reconstructing the Gospel: Finding Freedom from Slaveholder Religion, By Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
Reconstructing the Gospel
Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
The Beautiful Community: Unity, Diversity, and the Church at Its Best, By Irwyn L. Ince Jr.
The Beautiful Community
Irwyn Ince
Compassion (&) Conviction: The AND Campaign's Guide to Faithful Civic Engagement, By Justin Giboney and Michael Wear and Chris Butler
Compassion (&) Conviction
Justin Giboney and Michael R Wear and Chris Butler
Free at Last?: The Gospel in the African American Experience, By Carl F. Ellis Jr.
Free at Last?
Carl F. Ellis
Roadmap to Reconciliation 2.0: Moving Communities into Unity, Wholeness and Justice, By Brenda Salter McNeil
Roadmap to Reconciliation 2.0
Brenda Salter McNeil
Brown Church: Five Centuries of Latina/o Social Justice, Theology, and Identity, By Robert Chao Romero
Brown Church
Robert Chao Romero
Rediscipling the White Church: From Cheap Diversity to True Solidarity, By David W. Swanson
Rediscipling the White Church
David W Swanson
Discerning Ethics: Diverse Christian Responses to Divisive Moral Issues, Edited by Hak Joon Lee and Tim Dearborn
Discerning Ethics
Edited by Hak Joon Lee and Tim Dearborn