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  • Brown Church: Five Centuries of Latina/o Social Justice, Theology, and Identity, By Robert Chao Romero
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    Brown Church

    Five Centuries of Latina/o Social Justice, Theology, and Identity

    by Robert Chao Romero

    Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Finalist

    Interest in and awareness of the demand for social justice as an outworking of the Christian faith is growing. But it is not new.

    For five hundred years, Latina/o culture and identity have been shaped by their challenges to the religious, socio-economic, and political status quo, whether in opposition ...

  • Twelve Lies That Hold America Captive: And the Truth That Sets Us Free, By Jonathan P. Walton
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    Twelve Lies That Hold America Captive

    And the Truth That Sets Us Free

    by Jonathan P. Walton
    Foreword by Greg Jao

    "America is a Christian nation." "All men are created equal." "We are the land of the free and the home of the brave." Except when we're not. These commonly held ideas break down in the light of hard realities, the study of Scripture, and faithful Christian witness. The president is not the Messiah, the Constitution is not the Bible, and the United States is not a city on ...

  • The Way Is Made by Walking: A Pilgrimage Along the Camino de Santiago, By Arthur Paul Boers
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    The Way Is Made by Walking

    A Pilgrimage Along the Camino de Santiago

    by Arthur Paul Boers
    Foreword by Eugene H. Peterson

    The Word Guild Canadian Christian Writing Awards finalist

    Pilgrimage is a spiritual discipline not many consider. Aren't the destinations far? Don't they involve a lot of time and walking? Just a few years ago, Arthur Paul Boers wasn't thinking about pilgrimage either. But he began to sense a deep call from God to walk the five-hundred-mile pilgrimage route known as Camino ...

  • Prophetic Lament: A Call for Justice in Troubled Times, By Soong-Chan Rah
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    Prophetic Lament

    A Call for Justice in Troubled Times

    by Soong-Chan Rah
    Foreword by Brenda Salter McNeil

    Missio Alliance Essential Reading List
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    When Soong-Chan Rah planted an urban church in Cambridge, Massachusetts, his first full sermon series was a six-week exposition of the book of Lamentations. Preaching on an obscure, depressing Old Testament book ...

  • Faith-Rooted Organizing: Mobilizing the Church in Service to the World, By Rev. Alexia Salvatierra and Peter Heltzel
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    Faith-Rooted Organizing

    Mobilizing the Church in Service to the World

    by Rev. Alexia Salvatierra and Peter Heltzel

    With so many injustices, small and great, across the world and right at our doorstep, what are people of faith to do? Since the 1930s, organizing movements for social justice in the U.S. have largely been built on assumptions that are secular origin—such as reliance on self-interest and having a common enemy as a motivator for change. But what if Christians were to shape their organizing around ...

  • Evil and the Justice of God (with DVD), By N. T. Wright
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    Evil and the Justice of God (with DVD)

    by N. T. Wright

    • Merit Award, 2007 Christianity Today Theology/Ethics Book

    With every earthquake and war, understanding the nature of evil and our response to it becomes more urgent. Evil is no longer the concern just of ministers and theologians but also of politicians and the media. We hear of child abuse, ethnic cleansing, AIDS, torture and terrorism, and rightfully we are ...

  • A Year of Slowing Down: Daily Devotions for Unhurried Living, By Alan Fadling
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    A Year of Slowing Down

    Daily Devotions for Unhurried Living

    by Alan Fadling

    With the overwhelming pace of life, many of us struggle to stop long enough to be present. Our long to-do lists and full calendars leave little breathing room to hear from God. We know we need to slow down but we don't even know how to begin.

    Alan Fadling has spent years coaching leaders and communities on how to live an unhurried life, teaching that productivity and success ...

  • The Mission of Worship, By Sandra Maria Van Opstal
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    The Mission of Worship

    Urbana Onward

    by Sandra Maria Van Opstal

    Worship gives us a glimpse of the majesty and grandeur of God. But that's not all. It also paints a picture of God's purposes for the world. He is in the process of gathering together a multitude of worshipers from every language and nation. Urbana worship director Sandra Van Opstal shows that worship both takes people where they want to go and challenges them to go where they need to go. Worship ...

  • Embrace: God's Radical Shalom for a Divided World, By Leroy Barber
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    Embrace

    God's Radical Shalom for a Divided World

    by Leroy Barber

    The walls between us seem impenetrable. We live in an age of strife and division. Factors such as race, class, values and lifestyles keep us from connecting with others in meaningful ways. It's easy to avoid or ignore those who make us uncomfortable and those we simply do not like, but God's call to the church is to do just the opposite. Leroy Barber has spent decades pursuing reconciliation and ...