Resources

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Recommended Reading

Theology and Practice:
A Theology as Big as the City by Ray Bakke
Faith Works
by Jim Wallis
Good News About Injustice by Gary Haugen
Jesus and The Disinherited by Howard Thurman
Kingdom Come by Allen Wakabayashi
Practical Justice by Kevin Blue
Real Christianity by William Wilberforce
The Beloved Community by Charles Marsh
The Irresistible Revolution by Shane Claiborne
The Revolution edited by Heather Zydek

Racial Reconciliation:
Divided by Faith by Michael O. Emerson et al.
I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King Jr.
The Heart of Racial Justice by McNeil and Richardson
United by Faith by Emerson et. al.

Poverty/Wealth/Economics:
God and Your Stuff by Wesley Willmer
Just Generosity by Ron Sider
Rich Christians in an Age
of Hunger by Ron Sider
The End of Poverty by Jeffery Sachs
The Tragedy of American Compassion by Marvin Olasky
The White Man’s Burden by William Easterly
Walking with the Poor by Bryant Myers
When Work Disappears by William Julius Wilson

Community Development:

Beyond Charity by John Perkins
Compassion, Justice and the Christian Life by Robert Lupton
Soul of a Citizen by Paul Rogat Loeb

Is your favorite book not on this list? Please feel free to suggest any books that have helped you understand what it looks like to live a life of love and justice.