1968
Moral Character as a Problem for Theological Ethics.
1974
Vision and Virtue; Essays in Christian Ethical Reflection (Notre Dame, Ind., Fides Publishers).
1975
Character and the Christian Life : A Study in Theological Ethics (Trinity University Press).
1977
Truthfulness and Tragedy : Further Investigations in Christian Ethics (University of Notre Dame Press).
1981
A Community of Character : Toward a Constructive Christian Social Ethic (University of Notre Dame Press).
1983
The Peaceable Kingdom : A Primer in Christian Ethics (University of Notre Dame Press). New edition by SCM, 2003.
Revisions, Changing Perspectives in Moral Philosophy (with A. MacIntyre) (University of Notre Dame Press).
1984
Should War Be Eliminated? : Philosophical and Theological Investigations (Marquette University Press).
1985
Against the Nations : War and Survival in a Liberal Society (Winston Press).
1986
Suffering Presence : Theological Reflections on Medicine, the Mentally Handicapped, and the Church (University of Notre Dame Press).
1988
Christian Existence Today : Essays on Church, World, and Living in Between (Labyrinth Press).
Speak up for Just War or Pacifism : A Critique of the United Methodist Bishops' Pastoral Letter "in Defense of Creation" (with Paul Ramsey) (Pennsylvania State University Press).
1989
Why Narrative: Readings in Narrative Theology (ed, with L. Gregory Jones), (Eerdmans).
Resident Aliens : Life in the Christian Colony (with Will Willimon) (Abingdon Press).
1990
Naming the Silences : God, Medicine, and the Problem of Suffering (Wm. B. Eerdmans).
1991
Abortion Theologically Understood (Taskforce of United Methodists on Abortion and Sexuality).
After Christendom: How the Church Is to Behave If Freedom, Justice, and a Christian Nation Are Bad Ideas (Abingdon Pr).
1992
Schooling Christians : "Holy Experiments" in American Education (with J.H. Westerhoff) (W.B. Eerdmans).
Preaching to Strangers: Evangelism in Today's World (with Will Willimon) (Westminster/John Knox Pr).
But Was It Just: Reflections on the Morality of the Persian Gulf War (eds with J.B. Elshtain et.al.) (Doubleday).
1993
Unleashing the Scripture : Freeing the Bible from Captivity to America (Abingdon Press).
1994
Dispatches from the Front : Theological Engagements with the Secular (Duke University Press).
God, Medicine, and Suffering (Wm. B. Eerdmans).
Theology without Foundations : Religious Practice and the Future of Theological Truth (ed with N.C. Murphy et.al.) (Abingdon Press).
1995
In Good Company : The Church as Polis (University of Notre Dame Press).
1996
Lord, Teach Us: The Lord's Prayer and the Christian Life (with Will Willimon) (Abingdon Pr).
Where Resident Aliens Live : Exercises for Christian Practice (with Will Willimon) (Abingdon Press).
1997
Wilderness Wanderings: Probing 20th-Century Theology and Philosophy (Westview Pr).
Christians among the Virtues : Theological Conversations with Ancient and Modern Ethics (with C.R. Pinches) (University of Notre Dame Press).
1998
Sanctify Them in the Truth : Holiness Exemplified (T&T Clark).
1999
Prayers Plainly Spoken (SPCK).
The Wisdom of the Cross : Essays in Honor of John Howard Yoder (ed), (Eerdmans).
The Truth About God : The Ten Commandments in Christian Life (with Will Willimon) (Abingdon Press).
2000
A Better Hope : Resources for a Church Confronting Capitalism, Democracy, and Postmodernity (Brazos Press).
Faithfulness and Fortitude : In Conversation with the Theological Ethics of Stanley Hauerwas (eds M.T. Nation & S. Wells) (T&T Clark).
2001
The Hauerwas Reader (Duke University Press).
Dissent from the Homeland : Essays after September 11 (ed. with F. Lentricchia) (Duke University Press).
2003
Growing Old in Christ (ed) (W.B. Eerdmans).
2004
Performing the Faith : Bonhoeffer and the Practice of Nonviolence (Brazos Press).
The Blackwell Companion to Christian Ethics (ed with S. Wells) (Blackwell Pub.).