Social Justice Resource Center

Jesus and Justice: Organizing for God’s Reign on Earth Then and Now

By John Dominic Crossan and Michael Okinczyc-Cruz. Presents the life of the historical Jesus as a bold and transformative call to action, inviting...

Jesus and the Disinherited

By Howard Thurman. Demonstrates how the gospel may be read as a manual of resistance for the poor and disenfranchised. Jesus is...

Jesus and the Holocaust: Reflections on Suffering and Hope

By Joel Marcus. Offers meditations on the relationship between the deaths of six million Jews at the hands of the Nazis and...

Jesus Christ Peacemaker

By Terrence Rynne. Shows how the early church took seriously the “hard sayings” of the Sermon on the Mount, put them into...

Jesus Takes a Side: Embracing the Political Demands of the Gospel

By Jonny Rashid. Lays out the political demands of following Jesus and offers strategies for how to engage politics practically and prophetically—even...

Jesus Was a Migrant

By Deidre Cornell. A lay missioner meditates on biblical stories and explores how the migrant journey can be a source of great...

Jesus’ Alternative Plan: The Sermon on the Mount

By Richard Rohr OFM. Explores the implications of Jesus’ vision in the Sermon on the Mount. Goes through the teachings, explaining the...

Jesus, King of Strangers: What the Bible Really Says about Immigration

By Mark W. Hamilton. Examines the Bible’s key ideas about human movement and the relationship between migrants and their hosts. Argues that reclaiming the...

Jewish Muslims: How Christians Imagined Islam as the Enemy

By David M. Freidenreich. Uncovers the hidden history of Islamophobia and its surprising connections to the long-standing hatred of Jews. Explores the...