Resources

The Wilberforce Academy is not only grounded in well-established verities of the Christian faith, but as a para-university institution situated near the University of Minnesota, its practice is both shaped by and results in new research on the interaction of Christian faith, student development, and the development of societies.

Recommended Reading:

• Bieler, Stacey Patriots or Traitors: A History of American-Educated Chinese Students

• Bieler, S. & Hamrin. C. (Eds.) Salt and Light: Lives of Faith that Shaped Modern China (Vols. 1-3)

• Hayford, Charles To the People: James Yen and Village China (1991)

• Elmer, Duane Cross-Cultural Servanthood

• Fikkert, Brian & Kapic, Kelly Becoming Whole: Why the Opposite of Poverty Isn’t the American Dream (2018)

• Guinness, Os Steering Through Chaos: Vice and Virtue in an Age of Moral Confusion

• Guinness, Os When No One Sees: The Importance of Character in an Age of Image

• Harrison, L. & Huntington, S. (Eds.) Culture Matters

• Hiebert, Paul Transforming Worldviews: An Anthropological Understanding of How People Change

• Hill, Jonathan What Has Christianity Ever Done for Us?

• Lanier, Sarah Foreign to Familiar

• Maggay, Melba Transforming Society

• Mangalwadi, Vishal Truth and Social Reform

• Mangalwadi, Vishal Truth and Transformation: A Manifesto for Ailing Nations

• Mangalwadi, Vishal The Book That Made Your World (2012)

• McDowell, Stephen & Beliles, Mark Liberating the Nations

• Miller, Darrow Discipling Nations: The Power of Truth to Transform Cultures (3rd ed) (2019)

• Miller, Darrow LifeWork: A Biblical Theology for What You Do Every Day

• Miller, Darrow Nurturing the Nations: Reclaiming the Dignity of Women in Building Healthy Cultures

• Moffitt, Bob If Jesus Were Mayor

• Pearcey, Nancy Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from its Cultural Captivity

• Sanders, Martin The Power of Mentoring: Shaping People Who Will Shape the World

• Stetson, Chuck (Ed.) Creating the Better Hour: Lessons from William Wilberforce (2007)