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Church & Society

How should the church as an institution interact with society at large? These books dive into the complex questions surrounding how the body of Christ influences and is shaped by our society. You can also read more about Christian cultural engagement, Evangelicalism, and ecclesiology.

Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope, By Esau McCaulley
Reading While Black
Esau McCaulley
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
Everywhere You Look: Discovering the Church Right Where You Are, By Tim Soerens
Everywhere You Look
Tim Soerens
Analog Church: Why We Need Real People, Places, and Things in the Digital Age, By Jay Y. Kim
Analog Church
Jay Y. Kim
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
Stewards of Eden: What Scripture Says About the Environment and Why It Matters, By Sandra L. Richter
Stewards of Eden
Sandra L. Richter
What Is Jesus Doing?: God's Activity in the Life and Work of the Church, Edited by Edwin Chr. van Driel
What Is Jesus Doing?
Edited by Edwin Chr. van Driel
The #MeToo Reckoning: Facing the Church's Complicity in Sexual Abuse and Misconduct, By Ruth Everhart
The #MeToo Reckoning
Ruth Everhart
A Big Gospel in Small Places: Why Ministry in Forgotten Communities Matters, By Stephen Witmer
A Big Gospel in Small Places
Stephen Witmer
Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery, By Mark Charles and Soong-Chan Rah
Unsettling Truths
Mark Charles and Soong-Chan Rah
Seeking Church: Emerging Witnesses to the Kingdom, By Darren T. Duerksen and William A. Dyrness
Seeking Church
Darren T. Duerksen and William A. Dyrness
Evangelical Theologies of Liberation and Justice, Edited by Mae Elise Cannon and Andrea Smith
Evangelical Theologies of Liberation and Justice
Edited by Mae Cannon and Andrea Smith
The Church, By John Stott
The Church
John Stott
The World, By John Stott
The World
John Stott
Together for the City: How Collaborative Church Planting Leads to Citywide Movements, By Neil Powell and John James
Together for the City
Neil Powell and John James
Taking It to the Streets: Lessons from a Life of Urban Ministry, By Harry Louis Williams II
Taking It to the Streets
Harry Louis Williams
Why Church?: A Basic Introduction, By Scott W. Sunquist
Why Church?
Scott W. Sunquist
In Search of Christ in Latin America: From Colonial Image to Liberating Savior, By Samuel Escobar
In Search of Christ in Latin America
Samuel Escobar
Becoming a Just Church: Cultivating Communities of God's Shalom, By Adam L. Gustine
Becoming a Just Church
Adam L. Gustine
Twelve Lies That Hold America Captive: And the Truth That Sets Us Free, By Jonathan P. Walton
Twelve Lies That Hold America Captive
Jonathan P Walton
Seeing Jesus in East Harlem: What Happens When Churches Show Up and Stay Put, By José Humphreys
Seeing Jesus in East Harlem
José Humphreys
What Does It Mean to Be Welcoming?: Navigating LGBT Questions in Your Church, By Travis Collins
What Does It Mean to Be Welcoming?
Travis Collins