www.etseminary.edu 313.831.5200 Ecumenical Theological Seminary 2930 Woodward Avenue Detroit, MI 48201 Ecumenical Theological Seminary 2015 Spring Course Book List Instructor Course Text Books Waddell B7010 The Prophetic Tradition Miller, John W. Meet The Prophets Paulist Press, 1987 0809128993 978-0809128990. Blenkinsopp, Joseph. A History of Prophecy in Israel. Westminster John Knox Press, 1996. 0664256392 978-0664256395. Gorman, Michael J. Elements of Biblical Exegesis Baker Academic; Rev Expedition (October 1, 2008). ISBN: 0801046408 9780801046407. Grafius BL6002 Hebrew Exegesis Holdstedt, Robert. Ruth: A Handbook on the Hebrew Text. Waco: Baylor University. 2010. ISBN: 978-1932792911. As well as the required books from the previous quarters. Packer Tutor (Greek) N/A Henry TPM 6110 Advanced Preaching Long, Thomas. The Witness of Preaching (2nd edition). Westminster John Knox Press, 2005. ISBN: 978-0664229436. Wilson, Paul Scott. The Four Pages of the Sermon. Abingdon Press, 1999. ISBN: 978-0687023950. Allen, Ron. Patterns of Preaching: A Sermon Sampler.
Sinnott Waddell Perkinson SYS6003- Theology in a Multi-Cultural Context B5121 Foundations of the New Testament ETH5000- Church and Society Christian Board of Education. ISBN: 978-0827229532. Graves, Mike. What s the Matter with Preaching Today. Westminster John Knox Press, 2004. ISBN: 978-0664226329. Larue, Cleophus. I Believe I ll Testify. Westminster John Knox Press, 2011. ISBN: 978-0664236779. Fabella, Virginia, M.M. and Sugirtharajah, R.S., ed. Dictionary of Third World Theologies. Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2000. ISBN: 978-1570754050. Theissen, Gerd. Fortress Introduction to the New Testament. Augsburg Fortress, 2003. ISBN: 978-0800636227. Brown, Raymond E. An Introduction to the New Testament. Yale, 1997. ISBN: 978-0300140163. Bible (NRSV preferred) RECOMMENDED... Levine, The Jewish Annotated New Testament. Oxford University Press, 2011. ISBN: 978-0195297706. Quinn, Daniel. Ishmael. New York: Bantam Books, 1992. ISBN:9780-553-37540-4. Albrecht, Gloria. The Character of Our Communities: Toward An Ethic of Liberation for 2
Wheeler TPM 6600- UCC History and Polity the Church. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1995. ISBN: 9780687002832. Cone, James. God of the Oppressed. Maryknoll: Orbis Press, 1997. ISBN: 9780687002832. Perkinson, James W. White Theology: Outing Supremacy in Modernity. New York: Palgrave Press, 2004. ISBN: 9781403965844. Rasmussen, Larry. 1997. Earth Community, Earth Ethics, Maryknoll: Orbis Press. ISBN: 9781570751868. Boggs, & Kurashige, The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty- First Century. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2011. ISBN-10: 0520272595 ISBN-13: 978-0520272590 Required Books: Hoffman, Jane Fisler Covenant: A Study for the United Church of Christ. Cleveland: United Church Press, 2008. ISBN: 978-0829817942. Johnson, Daniel and Hambrick-Stowe, Charles, eds. Theology and Identity: Traditions, Movements and Polity in the United Church of Christ. Cleveland, United Church Press, 2007. ISBN: 978-0829817720. Post, Margaret R. History and Program (revised and updated by Thomos Dipko). Cleveland: United Church Press, 2007. ISBN: 978-0829817638. 3
Swink TPM 5001- Church Leadership for the 21 st Century Walker, Randi J. The Evolution of a UCC Style: Essays in the History, Ecclesiology,and Culture of the United Church of Christ, Cleveland: United Church Press, 2005. ISBN: 978-0829814934. Recommended: United Church of Christ Book of Worship, Cleveland, United Church Press, Zikmund, Barbara B with Troost, Frederick, editors, Living Theological Heritage Of the United Church of Christ, Cleveland, Pilgrim Press. * *recommend purchasing the LTH on the thumb drive available in UCC resources Wheatley, Margaret J, Leadership and the New Science. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2006. (ISBN-10: 1576753441 and ISBN-13: 978-1576753446) McKenzie, Vashti M. Not Without a Struggle: Leadership Development for African American Women in Ministry. Cleveland, Ohio: United Church Press, 1996 ISBN: 9780829810769. Shawchuck, Norman and Henser, Roger, Leading the Congregation: Caring for Yourself While Serving the People, Revised Edition. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2010. (ISBN-10: 1426711395 and ISBN-13: 978-1426711395) 9780687084203) Courageous Leadership Expanded Edition. Hybels, Bill. Grand Rapids, Zondervan, 2008. (ISBN-10: 0310291577 and ISBN-13 Heifetz, Ronald and Marty Linsky, Leadership On The Line.. 4
Perkinson SYS 6004- Theology, Ecology, and Spirituality Harvard School of Business, 2002. (ISBN: 9781578514373). Required Texts: Abram, David. Becoming Animal: An Earthly Cosmology. New York: Pantheon Books, 2010. ISBN-10: 0375713697 ISBN-13: 978-0375713699. Berry, Thomas. The Dream of the Earth. San Francisco: Sierra Book Club, 1988. ISBN-10: 1578051355 ISBN-13: 9781578051359. Corbett, Jim. A Sanctuary for All Life: the Cowbalah of Jim Corbett. Englewood, CO: Howling Dog Press, 2005. ISBN: 1882863739. Santmire, H. Paul. Nature Reborn: The Ecological and Cosmic Power of Christian Theology. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2000. ISBN: 0800632346. One of the following two texts below will be required, students will be told which one to purchase in class. Edwards, Denis Ecology at the Heart of Faith: the Change of Heart that Leads to a New Way of Life. Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2011. ISBN-10: 1570756651 ISBN-13: 9781570756658. Or Northcott, Michael S. A Political Theology of Climate Change. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Publishing, 2013. 5
Henderson Sinnott Sinnott TPM5012- Introduction to Pastoral Care and Counseling UM 107: Theology in Context PM 5002- Traditions and Trends in Ministry ISBN 9780802870988. Clinebell, Howard. Basic Types of Pastoral Care and Counseling: Resources for the Ministry of Healing and Growth. Abingdon Press, 2011. ISBN-10: 0687663806 ISBN-13: 978-0687663804. Pyle, William T. and Mary Alice Seals. Experiencing Ministry Supervision: A Field-Based Approach. Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1995. ISBN 0-8054-1163-1 McMickle, Marvin A. and J. Dwight Stinnett. Caring Pastors, Caring People: Equipping Your Church for Pastoral Care. Judson Press, 2011. ISBN: 978-0817017002. Engel, Marry Potter and Susan Thistelwaite, Lift Every Voice: Constructing Christian Theologies from the Underside. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Press ISBN: 1-57075-163-3. No textbook required. Misssion Statement Ecumenical Theological Seminary provides a multi-confessional Christian theological education within an urban context, while initiating interfaith engagement. Our approach creates spiritual leadership through personal transformation, social responsibility, critical reflection and academic rigor. ETS graduates are prepared to lead communities of faith while sharing God s compassion in relationship to various ecumenical, interfaith, political, social, economic, and cultural contexts. Ecumenical Theological Seminary is accredited by the Commission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada, and the following degree programs are approved: MDiv, MA in Pastoral Ministry, DMin. 6