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Recommended Books and Publications

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Set Them Free Book Cover

The Prophetic Imagination by Walter Brueggeman

 

Set Them Free by Laurel Dykstra**

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Politics of Ancient Israel book cover

The Hebrew Bible by Norman  Gottwald**

 

The Politics of Ancient Israel by Norman Gottwald**

 

The Tribes of Yahweh by Norman Gottwald **

 

Binding the Strong Man by Ched Myers**

 

Who Will Roll Away the Stone? by Ched Myers**

 

Say to this Mountain by Ched Myers**, Marie Dennis, Cynthia Moe-Lobeda, Joseph Nangle, Stuart Taylor



Movement History  

(Represented at all schools)

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Cloud of Witnesses by Jim Wallis and Joyce Hollyday**

 

 


Civil Rights Movement/Racism/African American History and Theology

(Represented at the Greensboro, Philadelphia and Memphis Schools)

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The Black Christ by Kelly Brown Douglas

 

Black Workers Remember by Michael Honey

 

There Is a River by Vincent Harding**

 

Hope and History by Vincent Harding**

 

Clarence Jordan edited by Joyce Hollyday**

 

A Testament of Hope edited by James Washington

 

White Theology by James W. Perkinson**

 

Shamanism, Racism, and Hip Hop Culture by James W. Perkinson**


Nonviolence / Restorative Justice

(Represented at the Greensboro and Philadelphia Schools)

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Proverbs of Ashes by Rita Nakashima Brock and Rebecca Ann Parker

 

Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg

 

Reconciliation by Robert Schreiter

 

The Executed God by Mark Lewis Taylor

 

No Future Without Forgiveness by Desmond Tutu

 

The Nonviolent Atonement by J. Denny Weaver


Sabbath Economics

(Represented at the Tuscon, Philadelphia and Memphis Schools)

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Property for People, Not for Profits by Ulrich Duchrow and Franz J. Hinkelammert

 

God's Economy by Gloria and Ross Kinsler

 

The Biblical Jubilee and the Struggle for Life by Gloria and Ross Kinsler

 

The Biblical Vision of Sabbath Economics by Ched Myers


Liberation Theology

(Represented at the Tuscon School)

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A Theology of Liberation by Gustavo Gutierrez

 

We Drink from Our Own Wells by Gustavo Gutierrez

 

Christology at the Crossroads by Jon Sobrino

 

The True Church and the Poor by Jon Sobrino


Resistance to Militarism / Powers and Principalities

(Represented at the Philadelphia and Stringfellow Schools)

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The Nightmare of God by Daniel Berrigan

 

The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

 

Conscience & Obedience by William Stringfellow

 

Count it All Joy by William Stringfellow

An Ethic for Christians & Other Aliens in a Strange Land by William Stringfellow

 

A Private and Public Faith by William Stringfellow

 

Naming the Powers by Walter Wink

 

Unmasking the Powers by Walter Wink

     
 

Engaging the Powers by Walter Wink

 

The Powers That Be by Walter Wink

 

Seasons of Faith and Conscience by Bill Wylie Kellerman**

 

A Keeper of the Word edited by Bill Wylie Kellerman**


Feminist / Womanist Theology / Gender and Sexuality Inclusion

(Represented at the Rochester School)

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Jesus Acted Up by Robert Goss

 

The Redemption of God by Isabel Carter Heyward

 

Clothed with the Sun by Joyce Hollyday**

 

Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde

 

Grace of Coming Home by Melanie Morrison**

Sisters in the Wilderness by Delores S. Williams


Poetry / Literature

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Against Forgetting by Carolyn Forche

Breathing Betweeen the Lines by Demetria Martinez**

 

The Devil's Workshop by Demetria Martinez**

Mother Tongue by Demetria Martinez**

 
 

 


Alphabetical List of Authors

Berrigan, Daniel

The Nightmare of God

Bonhoeffer, Dietrich

The Cost of Discipleship

Brock, Rita Nakashima and Rebecca Ann Parker

Proverbs of Ashes: Violence, Redemptive Suffering, and the Search for What Saves Us

Brueggeman, Walter

The Prophetic Imagination

Douglas, Kelly Brown

The Black Christ

Duchrow, Ulrich, and Franz J. Hinkelammert

Property for People, Not for Profit: Alternatives to the Tyranny of Capital

Dykstra, Laurel**

Set Them Free: The Other Side of Exodus.

Forche, Carolyn

Against Forgetting: Twentieth Century Poetry of Witness

Gottwald, Norman**

The Hebrew Bible: A Socio-Literary Introduction

The Politics of Ancient Israel

The Tribes of Yahweh: A Sociology of the Religion of Liberated Israel, 1250-1050 BCE

Gross, Robert

Jesus Acted Up: A Gay and Lesbian Manifesto

Gutierrez, Gustavo

Theology of Liberation

We Drink from Our Own Wells                    

Harding, Vincent**

There is a River: The Black Struggle for Freedom in America

Hope and History: Why We Must Share the Story of the Movement

Veterans of Hope interview series
(to access click here)

Heyward, Isabel Carter

The Redemption of God: A Theology of Mutual Relation

Hollyday, Joyce**

Clarence Jordan: Essential Writings

Clothed with the Sun  

Honey, Michael

Black Workers Remember       

King, Martin Luther

A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Kinsler, Ross and Gloria**

God's Economy

The Biblical Jubilee and the Struggle for Life: An Invitation to Personal, Ecclesial, and Social Transformation

Lorde, Audre

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

Martinez, Demetria**

Breathing Between the Lines

The Devil's Workshop

Mother Tongue

Morrison, Melanie**

The Grace of Coming Home: Spirituality, Sexuality, and the Struggle for Justice

Myers, Ched**

‘And distributed to whoever had need…’ The Biblical Vision of Sabbath Economics

Binding the Strong Man

Who Will Roll Away the Stone?: Discipleship Queries for First World Christians

Say to this Mountain: Mark's Story of Discipleship by Ched Myers, Marie Dennis, Cynthia Moe-Lobeda, Joseph Nangle, Stuart Taylor

Perkinson, Jim**

White Theology: Outing Supremacy in Modernity

Shamanism, Racism, and Hip Hop Culture: Essays on White Supremacy and Black Subversion

Rosenberg, Marshall

Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life

Schreiter, Robert J.

Reconciliation: Mission and Ministry

Sobrino, Jon

Christology at the Crossroads

The True Church and the Poor

Stringfellow, William

An Ethic for Christians and Other Aliens in a Strange Land

Conscience and Obedience

Count it All Joy

A Private and Public Faith

Taylor, Mark Lewis

The Executed God

Tutu, Desmond

No Future Without Forgiveness

Wallis, Jim, and Joyce Hollyday**

Cloud of Witnesses

Weaver, J. Denny

The Nonviolent Atonement

Williams, Delores

Sisters in the Wilderness: The Challenge of Womanist God-talk

Wink, Walter

Naming the Powers

Unmasking the Powers

Engaging the Powers

The Powers that Be: Theology for a New Millennium

Wylie-Kellermann, Bill **

Seasons of Faith and Conscience

A Keeper of the Word: Selected Writings of William Stringfellow

   
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