Social Justice Syllabus

Faith, Social Justice, & Civic Engagement

  • Jim Wallis, Christ in Crisis: Why We Need to Reclaim Jesus (2019) [Discussion Guide]
  • William J. Barber II, Revive Us Again: Vision and Action in Moral Organizing (2018)
  • William J. Barber II and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, The Third Reconstruction: How a Moral Movement Is Overcoming the Politics of Division and Fear (2016)
  • Abraham George and Nikki A. Toyama-Szeto, God of Justice: The IJM Institute Global Church Curriculum (2015)
  • Bethany Hanke Hoang and Kristen Deede Johnson, The Justice Calling: Where Passion Meets Perseverance (2017)
  • Parker Palmer, Healing the Heart of Democracy (2017)

Racial Justice

  • Imani Perry, Breathe: A Letter to My Sons (2019) [Discussion Guide]
  • Robin DiAngelo, White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism (2018) [Discussion Guide]
  • Jim Wallis, America’s Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America (2017)
  • Michael Eric Dyson, Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America (2017)
  • William Willemon, Who Lynched Willie Earle?: Preaching to Confront Racism (2017)
  • Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me (2015)

Criminal Justice Reform

  • Bryan Stevenson, Just Mercy (2015) [Discussion Guide]
  • Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow (2012)
  • Kelly Brown Douglas, Standing Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God (2015)
  • Leah Gunning Francis and Jim Wallis, Ferguson and Faith: Sparking Leadership and Awakening Community (2015)

Youth Track


Immigration Justice

  • Stephan Bauman, et al, Seeking Refuge: On the Shores of the Global Refugee Crisis (2016)
  • Ched Myers, Our God is Undocumented: Biblical Faith and Immigrant Justice (2012)
  • M. Daniel Carroll R., Christians at the Border: Immigration, the Church, and the Bible, 2nd Edition (2013)

Economic Equality

  • Jeremy Everett, I Was Hungry: Cultivating Common Ground to End an American Crisis (2019)
  • Steve Corbett, When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor . . . and Yourself (2014)
  • Richard Stearns, The Hole in Our Gospel, Special Edition (2014)