Contemporary Social Issues

The dejected disciples walking home to Emmaus from Jerusalem after the crucifixion were walking away from a narrative that had failed them. They ar...

The hour is critical. The American republic is suffering its gravest crisis since the Civil War. Conflicts, hostility, and incivility now threaten ...

In an age of relativism, tolerance and political correctness, the church is called to walk in the footsteps of Christ. As his witnesses, we must re...

Author Craig Groeschel addresses the new tension in our world today: how can we be engaged with social media and at the same time keep our eyes foc...

What is critical race theory?It may be one of the most widely referenced issues of the day, but it's also one of the least understood. In its trans...

We are in the business of seeing others, seeing them the way God sees them, and letting them know they have value.Amy L. Williams has spent three d...

O where are the sympathies of Christians for the slave and where are their exertions for their liberation? . . . It seems as if the church were asl...

Men of their time?Jonathan Edwards, John Wesley, and George Whitefield were the three most prominent early evangelicals—and all three were deeply c...

When Western Christians think about God, the default image that comes to mind is usually white and male. How did that happen?Christianity is rooted...

So what are you? Go back where you belong!Majority white American culture has historically marginalized people of color, who at times feel invisibl...

Like Jonathan Cahn’s other eight New York Times best sellers, The Dragon’s Prophecy is explosive and mind-blowing. Readers will discover how the ev...

As Christians we're supposed to love our neighbor as ourselves. But we can't stop wondering if we showed welcome to the world, would it change our ...

One of the Church of England’s central aims is that it should become more diverse. This book is a contribution to the debate on how the church nati...

America the beautiful — founded on the God-given rights of “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” — is being systematically destroyed by tho...

Is it possible that what we see taking place at the end of the age is the answer to ancient revelation--and that we are now seeing it unfold? Like ...

A #1 New York Times bestseller, this is a powerful, true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix America’s brok...

Neither Christianity nor Marxism are doing well in contemporary Britain. Yet whatever problems might afflict each individually, many consider them ...

Offering an ideal companion volume to Anglican Social Theology (CHP 2014), a range of leading contributors tell the story of Anglican social theolo...

Justice, as a concept, mostly refers to all members of a society getting a just deal in provision and opportunity. As contrasted to legal justice b...

In this very personal work Bryan Stevenson recounts many and varied stories of his work as a lawyer in the US criminal justice system on behalf of ...

Among many young people of color, there is a growing wariness about organized religion and Christianity in particular. If Christianity is for every...

American evangelicals are often assumed to be a monolithic political force absolutely unified in their priorities. This collection of articles from...

Everyone has an interest in housing, because we all live in some kind of home. While there has been plenty of theological reflection on the natural...

Reconciliation is not true reconciliation without justice! Brenda Salter McNeil has come to this conviction as she has led the church in pursuing r...

It's easy to feel overwhelmed by all of the injustices that we see in the world. We don't know what to do and might think that we don't have anythi...

Historian and theologian Charles Marsh partners with veteran activist John Perkins to chronicle God’s vision for a more equitable and just world. P...

We Carry the Fire  describes a social and political spirituality defined by actions that save families, civilization, and the planet. These actions...

Beloved nun and social activist Joan Chittister, who appeared on Oprah’s Super Soul Sunday, offers a soul-stirring and inspiring guide that speaks ...

The Moral Case for Conservatism is not about a political party, but rather about the philosophy of conservatism. Author Samuel Burgess (Edmund Burk...

In 1968, at the climax of the sixties, Os Guinness visited the United States for the first time. There he was struck by an impression he'd already ...

With humor, and a sharp, easily-readable style, Peter Jarrett-Schell delves deeply into how Whiteness has shaped his life. By telling his story, he...

We can see the injustice and inequality in our lives and in the world. We are ready to rise up. But how, exactly, do we do this? How does one recon...

Susan K. Williams Smith is a minister and activist who has been on the front lines of social and racial justice for many years. As she has marched ...

Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove grew up in the Bible Belt in the American South as a faithful church-going Christian. But he gradually came to realize th...

Why is everyone so angry online? The internet seems to have brought the world together only so we can tear each other apart. Social media platforms...

St. Basil's homilies on the subject of wealth and poverty, although delivered in the fourth century, remain utterly fresh and contemporary. Whether...

"The first step in the reconciliation process," Spencer Perkins writes, "is admitting that the race problem exists and that our inability to deal w...

As a freelance filmmaker, Nikole Lim's career allowed her to step in and out of the lives of marginalized people around the world. But when confron...