WWC’s Recommended Reading List
Women & Work - Christian Perspective
Women, Work, & Calling: Step into Your Place in God’s World by Joanna Meyer
A Woman’s Place: A Christian Vision for Your Calling in the Office, the Home, and the World by Katelyn Beaty
Called to Cultivate: A Gospel Vision for Women and Work by Chelsea Sobolik (Good for complementarian settings)
Women and Work: Bearing God’s Image and Joining His Mission through our Work by Courtney Moore, editor
Sacred Work: A Christian Woman’s Guide to Leadership in the Marketplace by Pegge Bodde
Are Women Human? Penetrating, Sensible, and Witty Essays on the Role of Women in Society by Dorothy Sayers
“Women and Work in the Old Testament”, Theology of Work Project
“Women and Work in the New Testament”, Theology of Work Project
Holy Ambition: Thriving as a Catholic Woman at Work and at Home by Taryn DeLong and Elise
Crawford Gallagher
Faith & Work - Not Gender-Specific
Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God’s Work by Tim Keller & Katherine Leary Alsdorf
Kingdom Calling: Vocational Stewardship for the Common Good / Agents of Flourishing: Pursuing
Shalom in Every Corner of Society by Amy Sherman
Make Work Matter: Finding Meaningful Work in a Changing World by Michaela O’Donnell
Working in the Presence of God: Spiritual Practices for Everyday Work by Denise Daniels and Shannon Vandewarker
The Call: Finding and Fulfilling God’s Purpose for Your Life by Os Guinness
Visions of Vocation: Common Grace for the Common Good by Steven Garber
The Missional Disciple: Pursuing Mercy and Justice at Work by Redeemer City to City and Kimberly Deckel / Go Forth: God’s Purpose for Your Work by Redeemer City to City and Charlie Meo
Work Matters: Lessons from Scripture by R. Paul Stevens
Garden City: Work, Rest, and the Art of Being Human by John Mark Comer
Embracing Rhythms of Work and Rest by Ruth Haley Barton
Wisdom-Based Business by Hannah Stolze
Workship: How to Use Your Work to Worship God (Parts 1 and 2) by Kara Martin
Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling by Andy Crouch
The Theology of Work Project’s website is packed with great resources, including easily
readable commentaries on faith and work https://www.theologyofwork.org/
On Work: Money, Meaning, Identity (Atlantic Editions) by Derek Thompson
Workplace Issues & Women’s Leadership
You Should Smile More: How to Dismantle Gender Biasin the Workplace by The Band of Sisters
Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (and More Life to Live)
by Eve Rodsky (Also a documentary on Amazon Video)
Good Guys: How Men Can Be Better Allies for Women in the Workplace by David G. Smith & W.
Brad Johnson
Don’t Fix Women: The Practical Guide to Gender Equality at Work by Joy Burnford
Find Your Leadership Voice In 90 Days: How to Show Up, Speak Up, and Stand Out With Confidence
by Kadi ColeThe First, the Few, the Only: How Women of Color Can Redefine Power in Corporate America by
Deepa Purushothaman
Life in Flux: Navigational Skills to Guide and Ground You in an Ever-Changing World by Michaela
O’Donnell and Lisa Pratt Slayton
When Work Hurts: Building Resilience When You’re Beat Up or Burnt Out by Meryl Herr
Creating Cultures of Belonging: Cultivating Organizations Where Women and Men
Thrive by Beth Birmingham and Eeva Sallinen Simard
Women in Scripture
Tell her Story: How Women Taught, Led and Ministered in the Early Church by Nijay Gupta
Worthy: Celebrating the Value of Women / Jesus and Gender: Living as Brothers and Sisters in
Christ by Elyse Fitzpatrick & Eric Schumacher
Jesus through the Eyes of Women by Rebecca McLoughlin
Women Who Do: Female Disciples in the Gospels by Holly J. Carey
The Mary We Forgot: What the Apostle to the Apostle Teaches the Church Today by Jennifer
Powell McNutt
Women and the Gender of God by Amy Peeler
Phoebe: A Story and Lydia: A Story by Paula Gooder (fictionalized accounts of New Testament women based on scholar and theologian Paula Gooder’s abundant research)
Gender & Church
The Making of Biblical Womanhood by Beth Allison Barr
Half the Church: Recapturing God’s Global Vision for Women by Carolyn Custis James
Malestrom: How Jesus Dismantles Patriarchy and Redefines Manhood by Carolyn Custis James
Developing Female Leaders: Navigate the Minefields and Release the Potential of Women in Your Church by Kadi Cole
Together in Ministry: Women and Men in Flourishing Partnerships by Rob Dixon
Gender & Culture
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez
Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do about It by Richard V. Reeves
Faith & Work Resources for Children & Teens
Her Story, Her Strength: 50 God-Empowered Women of the Bible by Sarah Parker Rubio
The Creator in You / The Royal in You by Jordan Raynor
Fertile Ground: Faith and Work Field Guide for Youth Pastors by Luke Bobo (Made to Flourish)