Alvin C. Bibbs, Crazy Enough to Care: Changing Your World Through Compassion, Justice and Racial Reconciliation. IVP Books, 2009. Referenced in: Strategies for Social Ministry LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is an excellent 12-lesson small group study curriculum that helps awaken perspectives and practices for social justice. As the title suggests, it divides social ministry into three
Brian Cox, Faith-Based Reconciliation: A Moral Vision That Transforms People and Societies. Xlibris, 2007. Referenced in: Conflict Education, Biblical Visions of Peacemaking/Reconciliation LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is a dense, rich look into interfaith and ethnic conflict or other situations with deeply entrenched alternative moral visions such as nationalism, liberal democracy/free market capitalism, or militant Islam. The
John M. Perkins, Let Justice Roll Down: John Perkins Tells His Own Story. Regal Books, 2006. Referenced in: John Perkins on Social Ministry Theological and Philosophical Foundations of Social Ministry LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is John Perkins’ honest, humble, and compelling autobiography. It is recognized as a modern classic, and is referenced by virtually every resource
John Perkins on Social Ministry Referenced in: Theological and Philosophical Foundations of Social Ministry Introduction John Perkins is one of the most widely recognized modern prophets of social justice, community development, and racial reconciliation. He is a scarred veteran of the American civil rights movement of the 1960s, founder of the Christian Community Development Association
