Bloy House, ETSC Preliminary Book List for Fall 2014 Courses

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1 Bloy House, ETSC Preliminary Book List for Fall 2014 Courses EP133 Major Christian Doctrines Professor: Dr. Michael McGrath Karl Barth, Dogmatics in Outline (Harper & Row) Stanley J. Grenz, Created For Community: Connecting Christian Belief with Christian Living (Baker) George A. Lindbeck, The Nature of Doctrine: Religion and Theology in a Postliberal Age (Westminster) John Macquarrie, Principles of Christian Theology (Macmillan) Sallie McFague, Models of God: Theology for an Ecological, Nuclear Age (Fortress) *Recommended Text: Samuel E. Stumpf and James Fieser, Socrates to Sartre and Beyond, 7 th Ed. (McGraw- Hill, 2003) EP135 Introduction to Ethics Professor: Dr. Michael McGrath mmcgrath@cst.edu (* indicates electronic reserve) Robert Bellah et al., Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life, 2008 (California) *Robert Putnam, "Bowling Alone: America's Declining Social Capital," Journal of Democracy (January 1995); Crumbling American Dreams New York Times (August 4, 2013) William Frankena, Ethics, 2nd edition (Prentice-Hall) Alasdair MacIntyre, After Virtue, 3rd edition (Notre Dame) James M. Gustafson, Can Ethics Be Christian? (University of Chicago) *Paul Ramsey, Deeds and Rules in Christian Ethics (Univ. Press of America)

2 *Reinhold Niebuhr, Love and Justice, ed. D.B. Robertson (W/JKP) *Karl Barth, Church Dogmatics, II/2 (T.&T. Clark) Stanley Hauerwas, A Community of Character: Toward a Constructive Christian Social Ethic (Notre Dame) Lisa Sowle Cahill, Sex, Gender and Christian Ethics (Cambridge) Miguel De La Torre, Doing Christian Ethics from the Margins (Orbis Books) Recommended Text: Samuel E. Stumpf and James Fieser, Socrates to Sartre and Beyond, 7 th Ed. (McGraw- Hill, 2003) EP136 Old Testament I Professor: Dr. James Sanders sandersja@aol.com The principal textbook for the course is the Bible. The New Revised Standard Version and the older Revised Standard Version are recommended English translations. Required: James A. Sanders, Torah and Canon: Second Edition (Eugene OR: Cascade Books, 2005). [orders@wipfandstock.com] Walter Brueggeman, An Introduction to the Old Testament: The Canon and Christian Imagination (Louisville: WJK, 2003). Carr, David M. An Introduction to the Old Testament (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010). Recommended: John J. Collins, Introduction to the Hebrew Bible (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2004). Terence E. Fretheim, IBT (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1996) Marvin Tate, From Promise to Exile: The Former Prophets (Smith & Helwys, 1999). Alcie Ogden Bellis, Helpmates, Harlots, Heroes: Women s Stories in the Hebrew Bible (Louisville: WJK, 1994). Brenneman, J., On Jordan's Stormy Banks: Lessons from the Book of Deuteronomy (Herald Press, 2004).

3 EP138 New Testament I Professor: Dr. Gregory Riley griley@cst.edu Students just need one of the introductions, and as many of the suggested readings they think they can read. Required Readings A Scholarly Introduction to the New Testament, such as one of the following: Ehrman, B. The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings. New York and Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, [Third, Fourth, or Fifth editions are fine and nearly identical.] Holladay, Carl R. A Critical Introduction to the New Testament: Interpreting the Meaning and Message of Jesus Christ. Powell, Mark Allan. Introducing the New Testament: A Historical, Literary, and Theological Survey. Grand Rapids: Baker, Riley, Gregory J. One Jesus, Many Christs. Harper San Francisco, 1997 (hardback); Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 2000 (paperback) Suggested Readings Apuleius, The Golden Ass. Translated by Robert Graves. New York: F, S and G, Eusebius: The History of the Church: From Christ to Constantine. Penguin Classics. Kloppenborg, J., et al. Q Thomas Reader. Sonoma, Calif.: Polebridge Press, Tertullian: Apology and De Spectaculis. Minucius Felix: Octavius. Loeb Classical Library No English and Latin Edition. Riley, Gregory J. The River of God: A New History of Christian Origins. Harper San Francisco, EP143 Religious Education Professor: Dr. Sheryl Kujawa-Holbrook skujawa-holbrook@cst.edu Bozzuti-Jones, Mark. Informed by Faith, Cowley 2004

4 Hendrickson, Richard. Yearning. Morehouse, Lytle, Julie Anne. Faith Formation 4.0. Morehouse, Pearson, Sharon Ely. Signed, Sealed, Delivered. Morehouse, Spellers, Stephanie. Radical Welcome, Recommended (see in class) : Pearson & Szoke, The Prayerbook Guide to Christian Education, Morehouse, 2010 Edition; or Pearson, The Christian Educator's Handbook, Morehouse, EP150 Anglicanism I Professor: Dr. Sheryl Kujawa-Holbrook skujawa-holbrook@cst.edu Kujawa-Holbrook & Thompsett, Born of Water, Born of Spirit, Alban Markham, et al. The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to the Anglican Communion. Wiley, Quinn, To Be A Pilgrim. Crossroad, Tutu, God has a Dream. doubleday, Zink, Backpacking through the Anglican Communion. Morehouse, EP153 Introduction to Episcopal Worship Professor: The Rev. Dr. Sylvia Sweeney ssweeney@cst.edu Foley, Edward. From Age to Age: How Christians Have Celebrated the Eucharist (Revised and Expanded Edition). Liturgical Press. Kreider, Alan. The Change of Conversion and the Origins of Christendom. Trinity Press International. Mitchell, Leonel. Praying Shapes Believing. Morehouse Publishing. Weil, Louis. A Theology of Worship. Cowley Publications. Walton, Janet. Feminist Liturgy: A Matter of Justice. Liturgical Press. Duck, Ruth. Worship for the Whole People of God: Vital Worship for the 21 st Century. Westminster John Knox Press.

5 Saliers, Don E. Worship Come to Its Senses. Abingdon Press. Choose One of the Following Texts Bergant, Dianne. The Earth is the Lord s: The Bible, Ecology, and Worship. Liturgical Press. Spellers, Stephanie. Radical Welcome: Embracing God, The Other, and the Spirit of Transformation. Church Publishing. Hellwig, Monika. The Eucharist and the Hunger of the World (2 nd ed.) Sheed & Ward. EP157 Mission and Ministry of the Church Professor: Dr. Bob Honeychurch Bosch, David. Transforming Mission. Orbis Books, 2011 Branson, Mark Lau and Juan F. Martinez. Churches, Cultures, and Leadership. Intervarsity Press, Butler Bass, Diana. Christianity After Religion. Harper Collins McNeal, Reggie. Missional Renaissance. Jossey-Bass, Zscheile, Dwight. People of the Way. Morehouse Publishing, EP162 Wisdom and the Prophets Professor: Dr. James Sanders Required readings: Roland Murphy, Wisdom in the OT. Anchor Bible Dictionary (Doubleday, 1992) Vol. 6, James A. Sanders, Torah and Canon (Cascade Books, 2005), , The Monotheizing Process (Cascade Books, 2014). Recommended readings: Roland Murphy, The Tree of Life : an exploration of biblical wisdom literature. 3rd ed. Grand Rapids, Mich. William B. Eerdmans, Leo Perdue, The Sword and the Stylus : an introduction to wisdom in the age of empires. (Eerdmans, 2008).

6 Abraham Heschel, The Prophets. Harper&Row, Reprinted often. James A. Sanders, The Book of Job and the Origins of Judaism, Biblical Theology Bulletin 39/2 (May, 2009), (Handout) Samuel Terrien, The Play of Wisdom in Horizons in Biblical Theology 3 (1981) 125ff.