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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.

Still Evangelical?: Insiders Reconsider Political, Social, and Theological Meaning, Edited by Mark Labberton
Still Evangelical?
Edited by Mark Labberton
Understanding Postmodernism: A Christian Perspective, By Stewart E. Kelly
Understanding Postmodernism
Stewart E. Kelly
Beauty, Order, and Mystery: A Christian Vision of Human Sexuality, Edited by Gerald L. Hiestand and Todd Wilson
Beauty, Order, and Mystery
Edited by Gerald L. Hiestand and Todd A Wilson
Between One Faith and Another: Engaging Conversations on the World's Great Religions, By Peter Kreeft
Between One Faith and Another
Peter Kreeft
Movies Are Prayers: How Films Voice Our Deepest Longings, By Josh Larsen
Movies Are Prayers
Josh Larsen
Winsome Persuasion: Christian Influence in a Post-Christian World, By Tim Muehlhoff and Richard Langer
Winsome Persuasion
Tim Muehlhoff and Richard Langer
Beyond the Modern Age: An Archaeology of Contemporary Culture, By Bob Goudzwaard and Craig G. Bartholomew
Beyond the Modern Age
Bob Goudzwaard and Craig G. Bartholomew
Culture Care: Reconnecting with Beauty for Our Common Life, By Makoto Fujimura
Culture Care
Makoto Fujimura
From Bubble to Bridge: Educating Christians for a Multifaith World, By Marion H. Larson and Sara L. H. Shady
From Bubble to Bridge
Marion H. Larson and Sara L. H. Shady
Created and Creating: A Biblical Theology of Culture, By William Edgar
Created and Creating
William Edgar
Imagine: A Vision for Christians in the Arts, By Steve Turner
Imagine
Steve Turner
The Faithful Artist: A Vision for Evangelicalism and the Arts, By Cameron J Anderson
The Faithful Artist
Cameron J Anderson
Impossible People: Christian Courage and the Struggle for the Soul of Civilization, By Os Guinness
Impossible People
Os Guinness
Modern Art and the Life of a Culture: The Religious Impulses of Modernism, By Jonathan A. Anderson and William A. Dyrness
Modern Art and the Life of a Culture
Jonathan A. Anderson and William A. Dyrness
American Exceptionalism and Civil Religion: Reassessing the History of an Idea, By John D. Wilsey
American Exceptionalism and Civil Religion
John D. Wilsey
Christian Mission in the Modern World, By John Stott and Christopher J. H. Wright
Christian Mission in the Modern World
John Stott
Effective Discipling in Muslim Communities: Scripture, History and Seasoned Practices, By Don Little
Effective Discipling in Muslim Communities
Don Little
The Church in Exile: Living in Hope After Christendom, By Lee Beach
The Church in Exile
Lee Beach
Renaissance: The Power of the Gospel However Dark the Times, By Os Guinness
Renaissance
Os Guinness
Evangelical Postcolonial Conversations: Global Awakenings in Theology and Praxis, Edited by Kay Higuera Smith and Jayachitra Lalitha and L. Daniel Hawk
Evangelical Postcolonial Conversations
Edited by Kay Higuera Smith and Jayachitra Lalitha and L. Daniel Hawk
The Cross and Gendercide: A Theological Response to Global Violence Against Women and Girls, By Elizabeth Gerhardt
The Cross and Gendercide
Elizabeth Gerhardt
The Passionate Intellect: Christian Faith and the Discipleship of the Mind, By Alister McGrath
The Passionate Intellect
Alister McGrath
Sentness: Six Postures of Missional Christians, By Kim Hammond and Darren Cronshaw
Sentness
Kim Hammond and Darren Cronshaw
Faith-Rooted Organizing: Mobilizing the Church in Service to the World, By Rev. Alexia Salvatierra and Peter Heltzel
Faith-Rooted Organizing
Alexia Salvatierra and Peter Heltzel
Playing God: Redeeming the Gift of Power, By Andy Crouch
Playing God
Andy Crouch