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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.  

  • 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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  • 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’Rourke LOOK INSIDE Also available at: Bookshop | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Books-A-Million  “A wake...

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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Acting on Faith: Stories of Courage, Activism, and Hope Across Religions
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    Acting on Faith: Stories of Courage, Activism, and Hope Across Religions

    edited by Diane Faires Beadle and Jamie Lynn Haskins Read a Preview Ever wonder what your neighbors of different faiths think -- and do -- in res...

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  • Transforming Communities: How People Like You are Healing Their Neighborhood
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    Transforming Communities: How People Like You are Healing Their Neighborhood

    by Sandhya Rani Jha Book Preview The world around us is a wreck. When there’s so much conflict around the country and around the corner, it’s easy...

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  • Nobody Cries When We Die: God, Community, and Surviving to Adulthood
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    Nobody Cries When We Die: God, Community, and Surviving to Adulthood

    by Patrick B. Reyes Foreword by Jimmy Santiago Baca LOOK INSIDE When the screams of innocents dying engulf you, how do you hear God’s voice? Will ...

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  • Pre-Post-Racial America: Spiritual Stories from the Front Lines
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    Pre-Post-Racial America: Spiritual Stories from the Front Lines

    by Sandhya Rani Jha BOOK PREVIEW Those people. Their issues. The day’s news and the ways we treat each other, overtly or subliminally, prove we ar...

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  • Holy Chaos: Creating Connections in Divisive Times
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    Holy Chaos: Creating Connections in Divisive Times

    by Amanda Henderson Read a Preview Bookshop | Indiebound | Amazon | Barnes & NobleBooks-A-Million |  Daily living and loving in our fraught a...

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  • Sustaining Hope in an Unjust World: How to Keep Going When You Want to Give Up
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    Sustaining Hope in an Unjust World: How to Keep Going When You Want to Give Up

    by Timothy Charles Murphy Bookshop | Indiebound | Amazon | Barnes & NobleBooks-A-Million | Christianbook.com  Book Preview "Gripping stories,...

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  • A Bridge in Babylon: Stories of a Military Chaplain in Iraq
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    A Bridge in Babylon: Stories of a Military Chaplain in Iraq

    by Owen R. Chandler LOOK INSIDE Shipping Now!  Also available here: Bookshop | Indiebound | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Books-A-Million   P...

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  • For Such a Time as This: Hope and Forgiveness after the Charleston Massacre
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    For Such a Time as This: Hope and Forgiveness after the Charleston Massacre

    by Sharon Risher with Sherri Wood Emmons LOOK INSIDE As featured on the Today Show, MSNBC, and CBS This Morning How do you forgive the unforgivabl...

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  • 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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  • Unified We Are a Force: How Faith and Labor Can Overcome America's Inequalities
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    Unified We Are a Force: How Faith and Labor Can Overcome America's Inequalities

    by Joerg Rieger and Rosemarie Henkel-Rieger Book Preview A "Best Books of 2016" selection by Ponderings On a Faith Journey!The American dream of ...

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  • Military Moral Injury and Spiritual Care: A Resource for Religious Leaders and Professional Caregivers
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    Military Moral Injury and Spiritual Care: A Resource for Religious Leaders and Professional Caregivers

    by Nancy J. Ramsay and Carrie Doehring Read a Preview How do you care for veterans suffering from the moral trauma of war? Military moral injury d...

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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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  • Outlandish: An Unlikely Messiah, a Messy Ministry, and the Call to Mobilize
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    Outlandish: An Unlikely Messiah, a Messy Ministry, and the Call to Mobilize

    by Derek Penwell Bookshop | Indiebound | Amazon | Barnes & NobleBooks-A-Million | Christianbook.com  Read a Preview Jesus did everything wron...

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  • Better: Waking Up to Who We Could Be
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    Better: Waking Up to Who We Could Be

    by Melvin Bray Foreword by Brittney Cooper Read a Preview “Lord have mercy—I needed BETTER.” ―Glennon Doyle, NYT bestselling author of Untamed ...

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  • Blessed Are the Crazy: Breaking the Silence about Mental Illness, Family, and Church
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    Blessed Are the Crazy: Breaking the Silence about Mental Illness, Family, and Church

    by Sarah Griffith Lund LOOK INSIDE "A brave and beautiful memoir that will open up conversations about some of the most neglected, shadowy corners...

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  • Staying Awake: The Gospel for Changemakers
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    Staying Awake: The Gospel for Changemakers

    by Tyler Sit READ A PREVIEW Also available at: Bookshop | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Books-A-Million “An eloquent debut...Sit’s work sizzles wi...

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  • Fear Not: Living Grace and Truth in a Frightened World
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    Fear Not: Living Grace and Truth in a Frightened World

    By Eric H.F. Law Read a Preview Discover how to break free of fear and live courageously in anxious times. We’re more afraid than ever right now....

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  • The Wolf Shall Dwell with the Lamb: A Spirituality for Leadership in a Multicultural Community
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    The Wolf Shall Dwell with the Lamb: A Spirituality for Leadership in a Multicultural Community

    By Eric H.F. Law From the author of the best-selling Holy Currencies series, Eric H. F. Law, this groundbreaking work explores how certain culture...

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  • Organizing Church: Grassroots Practices for Embodying Change in Your Congregation, Your Community, and Our World
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    Organizing Church: Grassroots Practices for Embodying Change in Your Congregation, Your Community, and Our World

    by Tim Conder and Dan Rhodes Book Preview The 21st century is the age of community organizing, from rallies in the streets to online movements for...

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  • Native Americans, the Mainline Church, and the Quest for Interracial Justice
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    Native Americans, the Mainline Church, and the Quest for Interracial Justice

    by David Phillips Hansen BOOK PREVIEW The Native American drive for self-governance is the most important civil rights struggle of our time — a st...

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  • The Word at the Crossings: Living the Good News in a Multicontextual Community
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    The Word at the Crossings: Living the Good News in a Multicontextual Community

    by Eric H.F. Law BOOK PREVIEW Eric Law believes that we are called by God to actively seek encounters with people who are different from us becaus...

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  • Towards the "Other America": Anti-Racist Resources for White People Taking Action for Black Lives Matter
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    Towards the "Other America": Anti-Racist Resources for White People Taking Action for Black Lives Matter

    by Chris Crass BOOK PREVIEW Order the paperback version now from Amazon. Also available as a FREE PDF: Fill out this short sign-up form to order a...

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  • Remember Me When... : Creating Memories to Last a Lifetime
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    Remember Me When... : Creating Memories to Last a Lifetime

    by Todd Williams Illustrated by Ciara Compton LOOK INSIDE   Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Books-a-Million “How do you talk to a child about death?...

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  • Anti-Racism 4REALS: Real Talk with Real Strategies in Real Time for Real Change
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    Anti-Racism 4REALS: Real Talk with Real Strategies in Real Time for Real Change

    by Sheila M. Beckford and E. Michelle Ledder PREVIEW Order here:  Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Books-a-Million | Bookshop.org | Cokesbury Featur...

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  • When Kids Ask Hard Questions, Volume 2: More Faith-Filled Responses for Tough Topics
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    When Kids Ask Hard Questions, Volume 2: More Faith-Filled Responses for Tough Topics

    edited by Bromleigh McCleneghan and Karen Ware Jackson LOOK INSIDE Now available! Also ORDER here: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Bookshop.org | Bo...

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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 audio...

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  • Blessed Youth: Breaking the Silence about Mental Illness with Children and Teens
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    Blessed Youth: Breaking the Silence about Mental Illness with Children and Teens

    By Sarah Griffith Lund Also available: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Bookshop.org | Books-A-Million “Thank you to Sarah for this timely, practica...

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  • Colors of Hope: A Devotional Journal from LGBTQ+ Christians
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    Colors of Hope: A Devotional Journal from LGBTQ+ Christians

    edited by Melissa Guthrie Colors of Hope draws upon the iconic Pride flag and raises a call to embody our beliefs. Using Gilbert Baker’s original ...

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  • Parenting for a Better World: Social Justice Practices for Your Family and the Planet
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    Parenting for a Better World: Social Justice Practices for Your Family and the Planet

    edited by Susanna Snyder and Ellen Ott Marshall Read a sample Living faithfully isn’t only about attending church. Being Christian is about living...

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  • Blessed Youth Survival Guide
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    Blessed Youth Survival Guide

    by Sarah Griffith Lund Also available: Amazon | Barnes & Noble  Today's youth need to hear the message "It’s okay to not be okay." They need to...

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  • Multi-pack of 5 copies: Blessed Youth Survival Guide
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    Multi-pack of 5 copies: Blessed Youth Survival Guide

    by Sarah Griffith Lund Today's youth need to hear the message "It’s okay to not be okay." They need to know hope and help are always available. B...

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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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  • Doing Anti-Racist Business: Dislodging and Dismantling Racism with the 4REALS
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    Doing Anti-Racist Business: Dislodging and Dismantling Racism with the 4REALS

    by Sheila M. Beckford and E. Michelle Ledder There is a vast difference between talking about racism and doing the work of anti-racism. Using th...

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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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  • 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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  • 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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