Books

Garden City by John Mark Comer
Culture Making by Andy Crouch : Crouch unpacks how culture works and gives us tools for cultivating and creating culture. He guards against naive assumptions about "changing the world," but points us to hopeful examples from church history and contemporary society of how culture is made and shaped.
Fabric of Faithfulness: Weaving Together Belief and Behavior by Steven Garber : Drawing on the history of ideas, ethics, sociology and popular culture, Garber offers a lens to make sense of life in the midst of college.
To Change the World by James Davison Hunter : In this book, the author discusses the call to make the world a better place is inherent in the Christian belief, discusses failed efforts by Christians to change the world, and how Christians today are called to live in transformative integrity.
Foolishness to the Greeks: The Gospel and Western Culture by Lesslie Newbigin : This book treats the First World as a mission field, offering a unique perspective on the relationship between the gospel + current society by presenting an outsider's view of Western culture.
Engaging God's World: A Christian Vision for Faith, Learning, and Living by Cornelius Plantinga : This book engages God’s word into the pursuit of academic life, and how faith-filled learning serves the Kingdom.
Broken Down House by Paul David Tripp : This book explores how to be an active part of the restoration at the heart of God’s plan in a world filled with sin.

Articles

"Christianity and the Survival of Creation" by Wendell Berry : An essay that discusses the relationship between Christianity and environmentalism, and our call to care for our creation.
"Making Peace with Proximate Justice" by Steven Garber : In this article, Garber looks to make sense of this tension between the now-but-not-yet nature of the Kingdom, where Jesus has made all things new, and where we still do not see that reality completely incarnate in history.