A Biblical Word for an Urban World, by Ray Bakke

A Theology as Big as the City, Ray Bakke (Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press. 1997. 221 pp.)

Urban Christians: Effective Ministry in Today’s Urban World, Ray Bakke and Jim Hart (Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1987, 202 pp.)

World Class Cities and World Evangelization, David B. Barrett (Birmingham, AL: New Hope, 1986, 60 pp.)

Empowering the Poor - Study Guide, David M. Best (Nashville, TN, 1997)

Successfully Serving the City, David M. Best (Nashville, TN, 1997, audio book on cassette, 94 minutes)

The Urban Imperative, David M. Best (Kansas City: Mission Strategy, 2004, 32 pp.)

Spirituality and Liberation: Overcoming the Great Fallacy, Robert McAfee Brown (Westminster/John Knox Press, 1988, 164 pp.)

The American City and the Evangelical Church, Harvie M. Conn (Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1994, 232 pp.)

Planting and Growing Urban Churches: From Dream to Reality, Harvie M. Conn, editor (Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1997, 270 pp.)

Urban Ministry: The Kingdom, The City and the People of God, Harvie M. Conn and Manuel Ortiz. (Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2001, 527 pp.)

The Secular City, Harvey Cox (New York: Collier Books, 1990)

Urban Christianity and Global Order: Theological Resources for an Urban Future, by Andrew Davey

City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles, Mike Davis (New York: Vintage Books, 1992)

United By Faith: The Multiracial Congregation as an Answer to the Problem of Race, Curtiss Paul Deyoung, with Michael O. Emerson, George Yancey, Karen Chai Kim, editors (Oxford University Press, 2003, 240 pp.)

The Meaning of the City, Jacques Ellul (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Eerdmans, 1970)

Upon This Rock: The Miracles of a Black Church, Samuel G. Freedman (Perennial, 1994, 384 pp.)

Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Pablo Freire, Myra Bergman Ramos, translator (New York: Continuum Publishing, 2000, 180 pp.)

A Heart for the City: Effective Ministries to Urban Community, John Fuder, General Editor (Chicago: Moody Publishers, 1999, 523 pp.)

Cities: Missions’ New Frontier, Roger S. Greenway and Timothy M. Monsma (Baker Book House, 2nd ed., 2000, 288 pp.)

Urban Injustice: How Ghettos Happen, David Hilfiker (Seven Stories Press, 2003, 158 pp.)

There Are No Children Here, Alex Kotlowitz (New York: Doubleday-Anchor, 1991)

Rachel and Her Children: Homeless Families in America, Jonathan Kozol (New York: Fawcett-Columbine, 1988)

Savage Inequalities: Children in America’s Schools, Jonathan Kozol (New York: Harper Perennial, 1992)

Two Nations: Black and White, Separate, Hostile, Unequal, Andrew Hacker (New York: Charles Scribners, 1992)

The Death and Life of Great American Cities, Jane Jacobs (Vintage Books, 1961)

City of God, City of Satan, Robert C. Linthicum (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1991, 336 pp.)

Empowering the Poor, Robert C. Linthicum (Monrovia: MARC, 1991, 118 pp.)

The Black Church in the African-American Experience, C. Eric Lincoln and Lawrence H. Mamiya (Duke University Press, 1990)

The First Urban Christians: The Social World of the Apostle Paul, Wayne A. Meeks (Yale University Press, 2nd ed., 2003, 336 pp.)

Biblical Ethics and Social Change, Stephen Charles Mott (Oxford University Press, 1982,. 254 pp.)

The City in History, Lewis Mumford (New York: Harcourt, Brace, and Janovich, 1961)

Starting Strong Churches in the Black Community: A Guide for Pastors and Church Leaders, Oliver R. Phillips (Kansas City: Multicultural Ministries, 2003, 28 pp.)

Center City Churches: The New Urban Frontier, Lyle E. Schaller, editor (Nashville: Abingdon, 1993, 187 pp.)

Sharing God's Heart for the Poor: Meditations for Worship, Prayer, and Service, by Amy L. Sherman

Churches that Make a Difference: Reaching Your Community with Good News and Good Works, Ron Sider, Philip Olson, and Heidi Rolland Unruh (Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2002)

The Gospel and Urbanization, edited by Glenn Smith

Compassionate Ministry: Theological Foundations, Bryan P. Stone (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1996, 168 pp.)

God So Loves the City: Seeking a Theology for Urban Mission, Jude Tiersma and Charles Van Engen, editors. (Monrovia, CA: MARC Publications, 1994, 315 pp.)

A Gospel for the Cities: A Socio-Theology of Urban Ministry, Benjamin Tonna (Orbis Books, 1982)

Seek the Peace of the City: Reflections on Urban Ministry, Eldin Villafane, Douglas Hall, Efrain Agosto, Bruce W. Jackson (Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1995, 164 pp.)

Transforming the City: Reframing Education for Urban Ministry, Eldin Villafane, Bruce W. Jackson, Roberta A. Evans, and Alice Frazer Evans (Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2001, 192 pp.)

The City, Max Weber (New York: Collier Books, 1958)

No Hiding Place: Empowerment and Recovery for Our Troubled Communities, Cecil Williams, with Rebecca Laird (HarperCollins, Paperback edition, 1993)

The Truly Disadvantaged: The Inner City, The Underclass, and Public Policy, William Julius Wilson (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987)

The Powers that Be: Theology for a New Millennium, Walter Wink (New York: Doubleday/Galilee, 1998, 1999, 224 pp.)

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