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Activism & Social Justice

You want to change the world. So do we.

In these times rife with anger and division, Chalice Press offers practical resources to help you grapple with today's most critical issues and respond faithfully. Our collection features award-winning titles from a diverse group of leading progressive Christian voices to help you engage today's urgent social issues, including racism, LGBTQ+ inclusion, climate change, suicide, mental illness, religious tolerance and cooperation, and more.  

  • Forward Together: A Moral Message for the Nation
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    Forward Together: A Moral Message for the Nation

    by Rev. Dr. William Barber II and Barbara Zelter Read a Preview "Powerful God-rooted words, yearning for equality and justice for all." –Sojourner...

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  • A Journey Called Hope: Today's Immigrant Stories and the American Dream
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    A Journey Called Hope: Today's Immigrant Stories and the American Dream

    by Rick Rouseforeword by Rick Steves Read a sample Download a PowerPoint presentation with small-group study questions Author Rick Rouse weaves a t...

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  • The Bible According to Christian Nationalists
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    The Bible According to Christian Nationalists

    by Brian Kaylor Download a Sample Feel like the Bible is being misused? You're not alone. Many people of faith are heartbroken and angry watching ...

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  • Baptizing America: How Mainline Protestants Helped Build Christian Nationalism
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    Baptizing America: How Mainline Protestants Helped Build Christian Nationalism

    by Brian Kaylor and Beau Underwood foreword by Rev. Adriene Thorne Free downloads: Foreword and Chapter 1 Baptizing America Study Guide In the...

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  • Ferguson and Faith: Sparking Leadership and Awakening Community
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    Ferguson and Faith: Sparking Leadership and Awakening Community

    by Leah Gunning Francis BOOK PREVIEW Foreword by Jim Wallis“This is not your granny's revolution. A fresh, new, holy uprising is happening if we w...

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  • Faith after Ferguson: Resilient Leadership in Pursuit of Racial Justice
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    Faith after Ferguson: Resilient Leadership in Pursuit of Racial Justice

    by Leah Gunning Francis LOOK INSIDE Shipping Now!  Also available here: Bookshop.org | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Books-A-Million “Faith after ...

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  • In the Beginning Were the Women: Matriarchs, Mystics, Wise Women, and Warriors in the Hebrew Bible
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    In the Beginning Were the Women: Matriarchs, Mystics, Wise Women, and Warriors in the Hebrew Bible

    by Claire K. McKeever-Burgett Read a sample Have you ever felt a profound longing for the unheard voices of faith, sensing that the stories you kn...

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  • Blessed are the Women: Naming & Reclaiming Women’s Stories from the Gospels
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    Blessed are the Women: Naming & Reclaiming Women’s Stories from the Gospels

    by Claire K. McKeever-Burgett Read a sample Blessed are the Women centers and celebrates the women of the Bible who shaped Christianity. This book...

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  • Anxious to Talk about It: Helping White People Talk Faithfully about Racism, Second Edition
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    Anxious to Talk about It: Helping White People Talk Faithfully about Racism, Second Edition

    by Carolyn B. Helsel LOOK INSIDE Shipping now! Also available at: Bookshop | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Books-A-Million Still anxious to talk ...

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  • The ABCs of Diversity: Helping Kids (and Ourselves!) Embrace Our Differences
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    The ABCs of Diversity: Helping Kids (and Ourselves!) Embrace Our Differences

    by Carolyn B. Helsel and Y. Joy Harris-Smith Read a Preview Bookshop | Indiebound | Amazon | Barnes & NobleBooks-A-Million |  Recommended by ...

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  • Rooted in Faith and Justice: Christian Calls to Conscience & Cries for Peace in Palestine
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    Rooted in Faith and Justice: Christian Calls to Conscience & Cries for Peace in Palestine

    Edited by Rebekah Choate, Krista Johnson Weicksel, & Peter Makari Foreword by Shari Prestemon & LaMarco A. Cable Co-Executives of Global Mi...

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  • Confessions of a Former Prosecutor
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    Confessions of a Former Prosecutor

    by Preston Shipp with Eric Wilson Read a Preview Preston Shipp, a former Assistant Attorney General for the State of Tennessee whose work kept off...

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  • Rebels, Despots, and Saints: The Ancestors Who Free Us and The Ancestors We Need to Free
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    Rebels, Despots, and Saints: The Ancestors Who Free Us and The Ancestors We Need to Free

    by Sandhya Rani Jha Read a sample In decades of community organizing, racial justice, and pastoral work, Sandhya Rani Jha has discovered that comm...

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  • Something in the Water: A 21st Century Civil Rights Odyssey
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    Something in the Water: A 21st Century Civil Rights Odyssey

    by Michael W. Waters foreword by Beto O’RourkeLOOK INSIDE Also available at: Bookshop | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Books-A-Million    “A wake...

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  • Stakes Is High: Race, Faith, and Hope for America
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    Stakes Is High: Race, Faith, and Hope for America

    by Michael W. Waters  Book Preview Foreword by Vashti Murphy McKenzie2018 Religion Communicators Council Wilbur Award Winner"Michael W. Waters... ...

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  • After Botham: Healing From My Brother's Murder by a Police Officer
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    After Botham: Healing From My Brother's Murder by a Police Officer

    by Allisa Charles-Findley with Jeremiah Cobra “When Amber Guyger took Botham Jean’s life on September 6, 2018, she murdered more than Bo. She kill...

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  • Blessed Union: Breaking the Silence about Mental Illness and Marriage
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    Blessed Union: Breaking the Silence about Mental Illness and Marriage

    by Sarah Griffith Lund LOOK INSIDE  Also available at: Bookshop | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Books-A-Million  “A must-read book for clergy, pr...

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  • The World Is about to Turn: Mending a Nation’s Broken Faith
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    The World Is about to Turn: Mending a Nation’s Broken Faith

    by Rick Rouse and Paul O. Ingram LOOK INSIDE Bookshop | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Books-A-Million  A top pick for activists, faith leaders, ...

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  • Wired to Lead: Being the Leader the Church Didn't Think You Could Be
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    Wired to Lead: Being the Leader the Church Didn't Think You Could Be

    by Suzanne Nadell Read a sample Do you feel called to lead but struggle to find your place in the church? You have a passion to make a difference,...

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  • A House Divided: Engaging the Issues through the Politics of Compassion
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    A House Divided: Engaging the Issues through the Politics of Compassion

    by Mark Feldmeir LOOK INSIDE Bookshop | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Books-A-Million  “...a clarion call for critical thinking and critical acti...

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  • Preaching about Racism: A Guide for Faith Leaders
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    Preaching about Racism: A Guide for Faith Leaders

    By Carolyn B. Helsel Book Preview Book of the Year Award 2019, Academy of Parish Clergy"Helsel is both unflinching about the need for transformati...

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  • To My Beloveds: Letters on Faith, Race, Loss, and Radical Hope
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    To My Beloveds: Letters on Faith, Race, Loss, and Radical Hope

    by Jennifer Bailey PREVIEW Also Order on: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Indiebound | Books-A-Million | Cokesbury “I could not put this book down...

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  • In Defense of Kindness: Why It Matters, How It Changes Our Lives, and How It Can Save the World
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    In Defense of Kindness: Why It Matters, How It Changes Our Lives, and How It Can Save the World

      by Bruce Reyes-Chow LOOK INSIDE Also available at: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Bookshop | Books-a-Million | Cokesbury Now Available as an audi...

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  • Healing Racial Divides: Finding Strength in Our Diversity
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    Healing Racial Divides: Finding Strength in Our Diversity

    by Terrell Carter Book Preview "Carter’s wise work will compel white Christian readers to engage in race relations in a more up-front, graceful, a...

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