Equality in Relationships/
Egalitarianism
Many Christian traditions are overrun by material that promotes patriarchy and complementarianism. Finding another way to understand relationships is an essential part of deconstruction and reconstruction.
ZimZum of Love by Rob Bell
The Works of Les and Leslie Parrott
Love Talk: Speak Each Other's Language Like You Never Have Before
Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts — And After — You Mary
The Seven Principles for Making a Marriage Work by Daniel Gottman
Blog Post: Egalitarian Books on Marriage by Marg Mowczko
Feminism
The rights and equality of women is an essential part of deconstruction. Many men and women find that the denigration of women to second class is no longer something that makes sense.
The top links in this collection are from a specifically Christian perspective. The Global links include secular and other view of feminism.
CHristian Feminism
A Year of Biblical Womanhood by Rachel Held Evans
Jesus Feminist by Sarah Bessey
Pastrix by Nadia Bolz-Weber
Living on the Boundaries: Evangelical Women, Feminism and the Theological Academy by Nicola
Hoggard Creegan and Christine D. Pohl
Making Paper Cranes: Toward an Asian American Feminist Theology
(The Young Clergy Women Project) by Mihee Kim-Kort and Grace Ji-Sun Kim
Sexism and God Talk: Toward a Feminist Theology by Rosemary R. Ruether
She Who Is by Elizabeth Johnson
Blog Posts: Equality Matters by Kathy Escobar
Website: Marg Mowczko, Women and Church
Global Feminism
Dance of the Dissident Daughter by Sue Monk Kidd
Ecowomanism: African American Women and Earth-Honoring Faiths by Melanie Harris
Feminist Thought: A More Comprehensive Introduction by Tong, Rosemarie Putnam
Introducing Feminism: A Graphic Guide Introducing by Jenainati, Cathia, Groves, Judy
Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Taylor, Sonya Renee
The Red Tent (Fiction) by Anita Diamant
Women Experiencing Faith by Janel Apps Ramsey
Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Women Archtype
by Clarissa Pinkola Estés
Gender Equality/
LGBTQIA+
For many people, including LGBTQIA+ folx in their understanding of Christianity is an essential element in their deconstruction. These resources address both the theological and social issues sexuality and gender.
Changing Our Minds by David Gushee (A great overview and introduction.)
What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality by Daniel A. Helminiak
God and the Gay Christian: The Biblical Case in Support of Same-Sex Relationships by Matthew
Vines
Homosexuality in the Church: Both Sides of the Debate (Movements) Both Sides of the Debate
Movements by Siker, Jeffrey S.
“Mom, I'm Gay," Revised and Expanded Edition: Loving Your LGBTQ Child and Strengthening Your
Faith Paperback by Susan Cottrell
Qu(e)erying Evangelism: Growing a Community From the Outside In (Center for Lesbian
and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry) by Dinovo, Cheri
Racial Equality
During deconstruction we are often faced with uncomfortable truths. One of those truths is white privilege and the way it has shaped American Christianity. Included here is a list of books that address race, white privilege, and discrimination.
America's Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America by Jim
Wallis and Bryan Stevenson
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Burying White Privilege: Resurrecting a Badass Christianity by MIguel De La Torre
Critical Race Theory: The Key Writings That Formed the Movement The Key Writings That Formed the
Movement by Kimberle Crenshaw, Neil Gotanda, Gary Peller, Kendall Thomas
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in an Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander and
Cornell West
Speaking Treason Fluently: Anti-Racist Reflections From an Angry White Male by Tim Wise
We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy by Ta-Nehisi Coates
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo, Michael
Eric Dyson
White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son by Tim Wise
Bias and Discrimination
In deconstruction it is often helpful to explore what’s going on underneath what we see on the surface. Exploring bias and discrimination is an important part of this process.
Blind Spot: The Hidden Biases of Good People by Mahzarin R. Banaji and Anthony G. Greenwald
The Hidden Brain: How Our Unconscious Minds Elect Presidents, Control Markets, Wage Wars, and
Save Our Lives by Shankar Vendatam - Book and Podcast
Inclusion: Diversity, The New Workplace & The Will To Change by Jennifer Brown
Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do (Issues of Our Time) Issues of Our
Time by Steele, Claude M.