Becoming the Answer to Our Prayers: Prayer for Ordinary Radicals by Shane Claiborne, InterVarsity Press, 2008. Activist Shane Claiborne writes that a life of prayer is the beginning of a call to action.
Beyond Humanitarianism: What You Need to Know About Africa and Why It Matters, Princeton N. Lyman and Patricia Dorff, editors, Council on Foreign Relations Books, 2007. This book looks at Africa’s increasing significance – as an emerging player in world politics, its importance to the oil industry, and its health and poverty issues.
Compassion Fatigue: How the Media Sell Disease, Famine, War and Death by Susan D. Moeller, Routledge, 1999. Moeller discusses how sensational news coverage has dulled public sensitivity to global disasters and crises.
God’s Politics by Jim Wallis, HarperSanFrancisco, 2005. Jim Wallis proposes a new kind of politics – the sort where the right and the left embrace working for peace and social justice while relying on spiritual guidance to reconcile their differences.
Good News About Injustice: A Witness of Courage in a Hurting World (updated 10th anniversary edition) by Gary A. Haugen, InterVarsity Press, 2009. This book contains stories of Christians who have stood up against injustice, and offers guidance for those who would like to do the same.
Human Rights and Human Wrongs: Major Issues for a New Century by John R. W. Stott, Baker Books, 1999. John Stott outlines a Christian’s responsibility to demonstrate God’s love through participation in social justice.
The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical by Shane Claiborne, Zondervan, 2006. Shane Claiborne tells the story of his personal faith journey, which took him from the Bible Belt to Calcutta, and living in the radical faith community Simple Way, located among the poor and destitute of Philadelphia.
Just Courage: God’s Great Expedition for the Restless Christian by Gary A. Haugen, InterVarsity Press, 2008. International Justice Mission president Gary Haugen challenges the conventional American Christian lifestyle, asserting that living a life for Christ can also mean living a life of adventure.
Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman’s Quest to Make a Difference by Warren St. John, Spiegel & Grau, 2010. This is the story of a Jordanian woman’s experience coaching a group of refugee boys who formed soccer teams after resettling in Clarkston, Ga., from the Middle East, Africa and the Balkans.
The Poverty & Justice Bible, American Bible Society, 2009. A version of the Bible with highlighted verses relating to poverty and justice.
Practical Ethics, 2nd ed., by Peter Singer, Cambridge University Press, 1993. A compendium of case studies and analyses, this book is a practical look at the ethics of our society, and the controversy that accompanies making moral choices.
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, 2007. This is the fictional story of Mariam, a young Afghan girl who struggles with her status as an illegitimate child and her arranged marriage to a much older, abusive man.
Welcoming Justice: God’s Movement Toward Beloved Community by Charles Marsh and John Perkins, InterVarsity Press, 2009. This book details God’s plan for the reconciliation of differences and the end of division between communities.
