JPIC Resources

BY BARACK OBAMA

Memoir; a story of race and inheritance

BY DONALD J. MUELLER & JACQ. HANSEN MAGGIORE

Lay missionary from Wisconsin to Columbia; co-founder of religious communities

BY LYNNE OLSON

Portraits of more than 60 women; women's role in the struggle for racial equality from 1830-1970

BY JOHN GILMAN

World War II soldier; progressive; defender of those unjustly persecuted

BY CORRINNE GORIA, ED.

The human rights crises occurring behind the scenes of the global economy

BY JIM FOREST

Biography of Dorothy Day, founder of The Catholic Worker 

BY CORETTA SCOTT KING

Compilation from MLK's essays, lectures, and speeches

BY FRANCIS DEBERNARDO

A biography on the extraordinary life of Franciscan priest, Mychal Judge.

BY FREDERICK DOUGLASS

Frederick Douglass' autobiography.

BY ED. MARGARET KNAPKE

Roy Bourgeois becoming an activist for women's ordination

INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY ROBERT G. O'MEALLY

The book calmly but dramatically recounts the horrors and the accomplishments of Douglass' early years.

INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY IMANI PERRY

Sojourner Truth transformed herself from a runaway slave to a well-known campaigner for abolition and women's rights.

BY JACQUELINE HANSEN MAGGIORE

Maryknoll Sister; worked with the 4 church women killed in El Salvador -- she died before them

BY THE HOLY SEE

Official Catholic Church teachings

BY NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS

A pastoral letter on war and peace

BY U.S. CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS

A call to political responsibility--revised and published every four years.

BY POPE FRANCIS

An Apostolic Exhortation from the Pope

BY RELIGIOUSMINISTRIES.COM

Annual edition: religious communities of priests, brothers and sisters active in the U.S

BY POPE FRANCIS

Encyclical Letter from the Pope

BY POPE FRANCIS

An Apostolic Exhortation from the Pope

BY POPE FRANCIS

Encyclical Letter from the Pope

BY ANITA M CASPARY

Immaculate Heart of Mary Sisters in conflict with Cardinal James McIntyre of Los Angeles

BY JENNIFER MORGAN; ILLUS. BY DANA LYNNE ANDERSON

The beginning of life on Earth

BY JOYCE RUPP; ART -- MARY SOUTHARD

Prose and poetry; oneness with each other and all of life

BY THOMAS BERRY

Berry offers an inspiring vision of an alternative society in which we recover our connection to the life-sustaining mystery of the earth's creative energy and establish a new set of "biocratic" human priorities based on the needs of the planet.

BY BILL MCKIBBEN

McKibben shows that we’re living on a fundamentally altered planet – and opens our eyes to the kind of change we’ll need to order to make our civilization endure. 

BY THOMAS BERRY

Transitioning from a disrupting force on the Earth to a benign presence

BY SARAH MCFARLAND TAYLOR

How can we as human beings find ethical and sustainable ways to live with one another and with other living beings on this planet?  This book provides compelling answers from a variety of religious communities.

BY BRIAN THOMAS SWIMME & MARY EVELYN TUCKER

Readable account of the history of the universe from the Big Band to the present

BY JOSEPH CORNELL

A guidebook to a deeper awareness of nature.  You will learn, not mere facts about nature but how to get the feel of nature, through inspiring quotations from famous naturalists, stunning photography, and Cornell’s ever-popular nature awareness activities. 

BY JENNIFER MORGAN; ILLUS. BY DANA LYNNE ANDERSON

The rise of mammals and humans on planet Earth

BY JUDY CANNATO

Contemplative lessons from black; holes supernovas and other wonders of the universe

BY CAROLYN W. TOBEN

For ten years, author Carolyn spent many hours in deep discussions with Thomas Berry about his transformational thinking for healing the human-earth relationship through recovery of a sense of the sacred.

BY DR. KIMBERLY NICHOLAS

A book not about facts, but feelings, and the actions that only the people and places we love can inspire.

BY BRIAN SWIMME & THOMAS BERRY

Unites science and the humanities in a coherent story of the evolution of Earth

BY JIM SCHENK, ED.

A variety of thinkers, activists, and artists grapple with the questions of God

BY STEWART BRAND

Brand shows us exactly where the sources of our dilemmas lie and offers a bold and inventive set of policies and design-based solutions for shaping a more sustainable society. 

BY SISTER HELEN PREJEAN

Helen accompanies a man on death row; comes to know the executioners & families of the victims

BY BRYAN STEPHESON

Justice and redemption for one man on death row

BY SISTER JUANITA UJCIK, OSF

Real-life stories; information, strategies, resources and common sense

BY PIPER KERMAN

A memoir of one woman's year in a federal correctional facility

BY DALE S. RECINELLA

Reflections and stories about a man's prison ministry; sociological and psychological thinking on incarceration

BY DONALD J. MUELLER & JACQ. HANSEN MAGGIORE

The Catholic stance against capital punishment intertwined with racism and mental health

BY LINDA PISCHKE

Insights into the journeys of incarcerated women; stories of courage, resilience, and hope

BY THE ACTION INSTITUTE

This collection of essays seeks to articulate the broad Judeo-Christian theological principles concerning the environment, and to distinguish those principles from contrary ideas popular in the environmental movement. 

BY THOMAS BERRY

We stand at a defining moment in history, one in which the Earth itself calls out to us to embark upon a resacralization of nature, a new ecological beginning (1990).

BY SARAH MCFARLAND TAYLOR

How can we as human beings find ethical and sustainable ways to live with one another and with other living beings on this planet? This book provides compelling answers from a variety of religious communities.

BY ALEX PRUD’HOMME

Prud’homme explains the basics of hydraulic fracturing, considers the economic and political benefits and explores concerns about health dangers and damage to the environment.

NARRATED BY WOODY HARRELSON AND DIRECTED BY JOSH TICKELL AND REBECCA HARREL

An 85-minute long feature film which unveils a game-changer: We can reverse global warming and the Earth’s soil is the solution. 

BY WILL ALLEN, CEO OF GROWING POWER

From the plots of his Milwaukee, WI urban farm to low-income communities across America, Will Allen shows us a new type of heroism.

A 2021 FILM BASED ON THE BESTSELLING BOOK BY PETER WOHLLEBEN

The whole world is talking about the environment, but frequently fails to listen to nature itself. It is Peter Wohlleben’s mission to change that.

BY JOSEPH CORNELL

A guidebook to a deeper awareness of nature.  You will learn, not mere facts about nature but how to get the feel of nature, through inspiring quotations from famous naturalists, stunning photography, and Cornell’s ever-popular nature awareness activities. 

BY ANNIE LEONARD

We have a problem with Stuff.  With just 3% of the world’s population, the U.S. consumes 30% of the world’s resources and creates 30% of the world’s waste.

BY NAOMI KLEIN

Author Naomi Klein tackles the most profound threat humanity has ever faced: The war our economic model is waging against life on earth.

BY DR. KIMBERLY NICHOLAS

A book not about facts, but feelings, and the actions that only the people and places we love can inspire.

BY STEWART BRAND

Brand shows us exactly where the sources of our dilemmas lie and offers a bold and inventive set of policies and design-based solutions for shaping a more sustainable society. 

BY FRANCIS DEBERNARDO AND ROBERT SHINE (2 copies)

A brief 60-page book created for Catholics in the pews, pastoral ministers, and educators to understand why their Catholic faith promotes equality for LGBTQ people, despite some church leaders' opposition. 

INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY IMANI PERRY

Sojourner Truth transformed herself from a runaway slave to a well-known campaigner for abolition and women's rights.

BY SHAWN MADIGAN, PHD, CSJ

Women from various parts of the world who have experienced violence and used it to foster peace

BY RACHEL LLOYD

Rachel's memoir of being trafficked for sex

BY THROUGH GOD'S GRACE MINISTRY

Ideas and resources about how once individual can make a difference.

BY STEPHANIE HEPBURN AND RITA J. SIMON

Economics, geography, civil unrest, societal inequality, gender disparities -- role in trafficking

BY EDDIE BYUN

Biblical and practical perspective on addressing human trafficking

BY VICTOR MALAREK

A portrait of the men and organizations that foster and drive the sex trade

BY DENISE BRENNAN

Personal stories of people who escaped forced labor in the US

BY JANICE G. RAYMOND

Exposing the myths about prostitution and the global sex trade

BY DAVID BATSTONE

The global slave trade and how to fight it

BY GAIL DINES

The economics and cultural power of the pornography industry

BY HOLLY AUSTIN SMITH

Smith's personal story; how to help, not hurt child sex trafficking victims.

BY S. ROSE, L. O'DONOVAN, STAFFF AND VOLUNTEERS

Stories of immigrant children who are fled Central America

BY FERGUSON, NORMA A. PRICE, TED PARKS

Stories of the journeys of people crossing the US-Mexico borders; help from local people

BY PETER A. GENIESSE

The role of U.S. politics and trade policies in producing the immigration crisis

BY KHALID KOSER

Migration's fundamental links with globalization, development, poverty, and human rights.

BY DEIRDRE CORNELL

Biblical stories of migrants; suffering and blessing that accompanies the migrant journey

BY AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

An overview of the rights of migrants; an agenda for migrants' rights

BY JEFFERY KAYE

The phenomena of immigration; how it impacts all of us

BY TOM GJELTEN

US immigration since the passage of the 1965 Immigration Act

BY ED. DANIEL G. GROODY, GIOACCHINO CAMPESE

A compilation of essays taking a theological and rights-based approach to the issue of migration

BY SR. JOSEPHE MARIE FLYNN

Sister Josephe's efforts on behalf of Regina reveal the complexity of the US immigration system

BY SR. SIMONE CAMPBELL (2 copies available)

Prophetic Communities, Contemplation and the Common Good

BY MARTHA A. OJEDA AND ROSEMARY ENNESY, EDS.

Maquiladora workers, farmers, and Indigenous Communities speak out about Free Trade in Mexico

BY BRANDON VOGT

Social justice as lived by 14 different saints

BY HOWARD ZEHR

Workable principles and practices for making restorative justice both possible and useful.

BY ARCHBISHOP OSCAR ROMERO

Romero's Four Pastoral Letters and Other Statements

BY LIZ THEOHARIS

Reading the Bible with the Poor People's Campaign

A FILM BY T. N. MOHAN

This gripping documentary captures the life, times, and thought of Bonhoeffer.

BY GEORGE ARDESS AND MARVIN L. ERIER MICH

Catholics and Muslims Working Together for the Common Good

BY SAM HARRIS AND MAAJID HAWAZ

Addresses the question, "Is Islam a religion of peace or war?"

BY WALTER WINK

The relation of Jesus and his message to politics and nonviolence.

BY MICHAEL CROSBY

The creative energy of power can heal

BY ARTHUR LAFFIN

Living Gospel non-violence in the nuclear age

BY JOHNNY F

The use of the twelve step process to bring about peace

BY ERICA CHENOWETH & MARIA J. STEPHAN

Study of countries and territories and their non-violent resistance campaigns

BY BARACK OBAMA

Thoughts on reclaiming the American Dream

BY MIKE MCCABE

The makeover of American politics.

BY ANTHONY ANNETT

An ethical and practical guide for readers of all faiths and backgrounds seeking to create a world economy that is more prosperous, inclusive, and sustainable for all.

BY JOHN NICHOLS; ROBERT MCCHESNEY

Money-media and the election process

BY JIM WALLIS

Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It

BY DAVID SIROTA

Big money and corruption conquered our government-- how we take it back

BY SR. SIMONE CAMPBELL

In 2012, Simone and other sisters rally against Paul Ryan's budget.

BY ROBERT W. MCCHESNEY; JOHN NICHOLS

The Fight Against a Jobless Economy and a Citizenless Democracy

BY HEATHER MCGHEE

One of today's most insightful and influential thinkers offers a powerful exploration of inequality and the lesson that generations of Americans have failed to learn: Racism has a cost for everyone, not just people of color.

BY LARRY SNYDER

How Poverty in America Affects Us all and What We Can Do about It

BY KATHRYN J. EDIN, LUKE SHAEFER

Living on Almost Nothing in America

BY RALPH NADER

Left-right alliance to dismantle the corporate state
 

BY NOAM CHOMSKY

A collection of conversations conducted in 2006 and 2007, which explore the most urgent U. S. issues of that time.

BY JACOB HACKER; PAUL PIERSON

How Washington Made the Rich Richer--and Turned Its Back on the Middle Class

BY CHARLES MARSH

Marsh traces the history of the radical idea of Christian love over the past five decades.

BY FREDERICK DOUGLASS 

Douglass' second autobiography released during the tense and politically charged years preceding the Civil War.

BY FREDERICK DOUGLASS 

Douglass' second autobiography released during the tense and politically charged years preceding the Civil War.

BY ROBERT LIVINGSTON

Livingston's books aims to combat the discomfort and uncertainty that accompany racial conversations by increasing confidence, capacity, and commitment to engaging in racial dialogue.

BY JAMES MCBRIDE

A story of a black man's tribute to his white mother.

BY W.E. DUBOIS

BY BRENDA SALTER MCNEIL & RICK RICHARDSON

Racism as a spiritual battle

BY JAMES MCBRIDE

A mystery story, crime novel, an urban force, a sociological portrait of late 1960s Brooklyn.

BY CAROL CORNELIUS

Drawing on a rich collection of primary sources, Cornelius walks readers through how, why, and for whom the treaties were made and how the federal government's failure and unwillingness to acknowledge their legitimacy led to the further loss of Indigenous lands.

BY LAURIE M CASSIDY & ALEX MIKULICH, EDS.

White theologians address colleagues and readers on our complicity in the social sin of racism

BY U.S CATHOLIC BISHOPS

Articles on racism written by US bishops

INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY ROBERT G. O'MEALLY

The book calmly but dramatically recounts the horrors and the accomplishments of Douglass' early years.

INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY IMANI PERRY

Sojourner Truth transformed herself from a runaway slave to a well-known campaigner for abolition and women's rights.

BY MICHELLE ALEXANDER

The US criminal justice system functions as a contemporary system of racial control

BY ROBERT D. PUTNAM

How growing income gaps have shaped our children

BY EDUARDO BONILLA-SILVA

Color-blind racism and racial inequality in contemporary America

BY JEANINE HILL FLETCHER

The theology of Christian supremacy gave birth to the ideology of White supremacy

BY HEATHER MCGHEE

One of today's most insightful and influential thinkers offers a powerful exploration of inequality and the lesson that generations of Americans have failed to learn: Racism has a cost for everyone, not just people of color.

BY DOUGLAS A BLACKMON

Blackmon unearths the lost stories of slaves and their descendants who journeyed into freedom after the Emancipation Proclamation and then back into the show of involuntary servitude shortly thereafter. 

DVD - NARRATED BY LAURENCE FISHBURNE

A 90-minute documentary that challenges one of American's most cherished assumptions: That slavery in this country ended with the Emancipation Proclamation

BY JOSEPH ELLWANGER

Ellwanger's insights from the Civil Rights Movement and urban ministry

BY PAUL KIVEL

Tools for helping white people work for equal opportunity, democracy and justice

BY DEBBY IRVING

Irving's story of waking up to the reality of racism

BY ROBIN DIANGELO

A look at "whiteness" for what it is; how to make things better

BY MARVIN L. KRIER MICH

Overview Catholic Church's social teaching; biographical stories and ethical analysis

BY HENRI J. M.NOUWEN, DONALD P. MCNEILL. AND DOUGLAS A. MORRISON

Where do we place compassion in our lives?

BY JOHN J. PILCH

100 distinctive, Middle-Eastern notions found in the Bible

BY ROBERT ELLSBERG, ED.

Reflects that faith and work of Dorothy Day

BY PATRICK JORDAN, ED.

Articles, reviews, and published letters-to-the editor

BY JOAN D CHITTISTER

Feminist spirituality - shaped by compassion, humility, nonviolence, respect

BY KAREN ARMSTRONG

Concept of God shaped and altered by Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

BY ALBERT NOLAN

The spiritually of Jesus and its relevance for us today

BY DIANNE BERGANT

The biblical notion of the relationship between human beings and the created world.

BY WALTER BRUEGGEMANN

Old Testament Scripture as it relates to contemporary issues

BY ANN M. GARARIDO

Stories of Catholic Saints depicting the 12 habits

BY JOHN NEAFSEY

A personal story of vocation and social conscience

BY JOHN DEAR

Finding peace and harmony within in a world torn by violence and hatred through following Jesus

BY CINDY PRESTON-PILE AND IRENE WOODWARD

A Small Group Process in Women's Spirituality and Peacemaking

BY RICHARD W. MILLER, ED.

Catholicism and American Political Life

BY BRIAN D. MCLAREN

This book's 50+ readings offer everything you need to explore what a difference an honest, living, growing faith can make in our world today.