Past Reading Groups

Book discussion groups for faculty and staff continue to grow our academic inquiry and build community connections.

Books in our reading group collection:

  • Well: Healing Our Beautiful, Broken World from a Hospital in West Africa, by Sarah Thebarge
  • The Problem of Painby 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 Characterby 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 Brené 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