Book discussion groups for faculty and staff continue to grow our academic inquiry and build community connections.
Books in our reading group collection:
- Native: Identity, Belonging, and Rediscovering God, by Kaitlin Curtice
- "America Is Having a Moral Convulsion," by David Brooks (The Atlantic, October 5, 2020)
- Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, by Matthew Desmond
- White Fragility: Why it's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism, by Robin DiAngelo
- Imprints: The Evidence Our Lives Leave Behind, by Patrick Gray and Justin Skeesuck
- Picking Cotton: Our Memoir of Injustice and Redemption, by Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton with Erin Torneo
- An American Summer: Love and Death in Chicago, by David Brooks
- Well: Healing Our Beautiful, Broken World from a Hospital in West Africa, by Sarah Thebarge
- The Problem of Pain, by C.S. Lewis
- The Beauty of Discomfort, by Amanda Lang
- America's Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America, by Jim Wallis
- Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis, by J.D. Vance
- Beyond Homelessness: Christian Faith in a Culture of Displacement, by Steven Bouma-Prediger and Brian J. Walsh
- The Business Ethics Field Guide, by Brad Agle, Aaron Miller, and Bill O'Rourke
- An Essential Guide to Interpersonal Communication: Building Great Relationships with Faith, Skill, and Virtue in the Age of Social Media, by Quentin J. Schultze and Diane M. Badzinski
- Excellent Sheep: the Miseducation of the American Elite & the Way to a Meaningful Life, by William Deresiewicz
- Tattoos on the Heart, by Father Greg Boyle
- The Road to Character, by New York Times columnist David Brooks
- Who are We? Critical Reflections and Hopeful Possibilities by Jean Bethke Elshtain
- Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brene Brown
- Made for Goodness and Why This Makes All the Difference by Desmond Tutu and Mpho Tutu
- The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg
- Dead Man Walking by Sr. Helen Prejean
- Cheating Lessons: Learning from Academic Dishonesty by James M. Lang
- Uncommon Decency: Christian Civility in an Uncivil World by Richard Mouw
- The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas Carr
- Shaping Character: Moral Education in the Christian College by Arthur Holmes
- The Fabric of Faithfulness: Weaving Together Belief and Behavior by Steven Garber
- Make Your Job a Calling: How the Psychology of Vocation Can Change your Life at Work by Bryan Dik and Ryan Duffy