Resources and Recommended Reading

For Fur­ther Study on the Pub­lic Wit­ness of the Church

A Social Creed for the 21st Cen­tury, National Coun­cil of Churches of Christ

AGAPE Doc­u­ment: Alter­na­tive Glob­al­iza­tion Address­ing Peo­ples and Earth, World Coun­cil of Churches

Back­ground on the AGAPE Document

Accra Con­fes­sion: Covenant­ing for Jus­tice in the Econ­omy and the Earth, World Alliance of Reformed Churches

Pres­by­ter­ian Social Wit­ness Pol­icy Compilation

Worship/Christian Edu­ca­tion Resources

Dale P. Andrews, Ronald J. Allen, & Dawn Ottoni-Wilhelm, Preach­ing God’s Trans­form­ing Jus­tice: A Lec­tionary Com­men­tary, Year B, Louisville, KY: West­min­ster John Knox Press, 2011.

Mar­garet Aymer, Con­fess­ing the Beat­i­tudes, 2011–2012 Hori­zons Bible Study, Louisville, KY: Pres­by­ter­ian Women, 2011.

Steve Bach­mann, Preach Lib­erty: Selec­tions from the Bible, New York City: Four Walls Eight Win­dows, 1990.

Phil Tom, Congregation-Based Com­mu­nity Orga­niz­ing, A Guide

West­min­ster Pres­by­ter­ian Church (Min­neapo­lis), “Hope for the World,” PDF of a Pow­er­Point cre­ated by WPC as a vision state­ment grow­ing out of a congregation-wide study and dia­logue. View the longer (com­plete) ver­sion here.

Cen­ter for the Con­gre­ga­tion in Pub­lic Life, Faith­ful Cit­i­zen: Act­ing Respon­si­bly in a Global Soci­ety, a six week long web-based cur­ricu­lum for adult edu­ca­tion classes in churches.

Poverty Ini­tia­tive, Bible Study and Wor­ship Resources

Rec­om­mended Reading

Mar­garet Aymer, Con­fess­ing the Beat­i­tudes, 2011–2012 Hori­zons Bible Study, Louisville, KY: Pres­by­ter­ian Women, 2011.

Steve Bach­mann, Preach Lib­erty: Selec­tions from the Bible, New York City: Four Walls Eight Win­dows, 1990.

Diet­rich Bon­ho­ef­fer, The Cost of Dis­ci­ple­ship, New York: Touch­stone, 1995.

Pamela M. Brubaker, Rebecca Todd Peters, & Laura A. Stivers, Jus­tice in a Global Econ­omy: Strate­gies for Home, Com­mu­nity, and World, Louisville, KY: West­min­ster John Knox Press, 2006.

John B. Cobb Jr. (ed.), Pro­gres­sive Chris­tians Speak: A Dif­fer­ent Voice on Faith and Pol­i­tics, Louisville, KY: West­min­ster John Knox Press, 2003.

James H. Cone, God of the Oppressed, Mary­knoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2003 (orig­i­nally pub­lished in 1975).

Marie T. Cross (ed.), Evan­ge­lism and Social Jus­tice, Nov/Dec 2001 Church & Soci­ety, Pres­by­ter­ian Church (U.S.A.).

Mark Dou­glas, Believ­ing Aloud: Reflec­tions on Being Reli­gious in the Pub­lic Square, Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock Pub­lish­ers, 2010.

Gus­tavo Gutier­rez, A The­ol­ogy of Lib­er­a­tion: His­tory, Pol­i­tics, and Sal­va­tion, Mary­knoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2000 (orig­i­nally pub­lished in 1971).

Nile Harper (ed.), Jour­neys into Jus­tice: Reli­gious Col­lab­o­ra­tives Work­ing for Social Trans­for­ma­tion, Min­neapo­lis, MN: Bas­com Hill Pub­lish­ing Group, 2009.

Dieter T. Hes­sel (ed.), The Church’s Pub­lic Role, Grand Rapids, Michi­gan: William B. Eerd­mans Pub­lish­ing Com­pany, 1993.

Mar­tin Luther King Jr., Let­ter from a Birm­ing­ham Jail.

Jef­frey K. Kre­hbiel, Reflect­ing with Scrip­ture on Com­mu­nity Orga­niz­ing, Chicago, IL: ACTA Pub­li­ca­tions, 2010.

Lewis S. Mudge Jr., Why Is the Church in the World?, Board of Chris­t­ian Edu­ca­tion, 1967.

Tim­o­thy Njoya, The Divine Tag on Democ­racy, Yaounde (Cameroon): Edi­tions CLE, 2003.

Rebecca Todd Peters & Eliz­a­beth Hin­son Hasty, To Do Jus­tice: A Guide for Pro­gres­sive Chris­tians, Louisville, KY: West­min­ster John Knox Press, 2008.

Wal­ter Rauschen­busch, Chris­tian­ity and the Social Cri­sis, Louisville, KY: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1991 (orig­i­nally pub­lished in 1907).

Cyn­thia L. Rigby, Pro­mo­tion of Social Right­eous­ness, Louisville, KY: With­er­spoon Press, 2010.

Martha Lou Lem­mon Stohlman, John With­er­spoon: Par­son, Politi­cian, Patriot, Louisville, KY: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1976.

Jim Wal­lis, The Great Awak­en­ing: Reviv­ing Faith and Pol­i­tics in a Post-Religious Right Amer­ica, New York: Harper Collins, 2008.

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