Spring Semester 2012 Book List

Here’s a list of my classes and texts I’m working with and reading this semester.

1. Introduction to Worship

• The Change of Conversion and The Origin of Christendom By: Alan Krieder
• The Eucharist: Bodies, Bread, & Resurrection By: Andrea Bieler, Luise Schottroff
• Early Christian Worship: A Basic Introduction to Ideas and Practice Second Edition By: Paul F. Bradshaw
• Documents of Christian Worship: Descriptive and Interpretive Sources By: James F. White
• The Art of Public Prayer: Not for Clergy Only Second Edition By: Lawrence A. Hoffman
• Introduction to Christian Worship Third Edition Revised and Expanded By: James F. White
• The Prayer Book Through the Ages: Formerly Titled: The Story of the Real Prayer Book By: William Sydnor
• Christian Worship 100,000 Sundays of Symbols and Rituals By: Gail Ramshaw
• From Age to Age: How Christians Have Celebrated The Eucharist By: Edward Foley

2. Introduction to Pastoral Theology

• In Living Color: An Intercultural Approach to Pastoral Care & Counseling Second Edition By: Emmanuel Y. Lartey Foreword by: James Newton Poling
• Cultivating Wholeness: A Guide to Care and Counseling in Faith Communities By: Margaret Kornfeld
• Drinking from the Same Well: Cross-Cultural Concerns in Pastoral Care and Counseling By: Lydia F. Johnson
• Pastoral Care Emergencies: Creative Pastoral Care and Counseling Services By: David K. Switzer
• Mighty Stories, Dangerous Rituals: Weaving Together the Human and the Divine By: Herbert Anderson, Edward Foley
• The Skilled Pastor: Counseling as the Practice of Theology By: Charles W. Taylor

3. Introduction to the New Testament

• Introducing the New Testament: A Historical, Literary, and Theological Survey By: Mark Allan Powell
• NRSV with the Apocrypha Holy Bible

4. Fundamentals of Music

• Alfred’s Essentials of Music Theory: A Complete Self-Study Course for all Musicians By: Andrew Surmani, Karen Farnum Surmani, and Morty Manus
• Practical Theory Complete: A Self-Instruction Music Theory Course By: Sandy Feldstein

 

5. History of Christianity II

• Readings in Christian Theology By: Peter C. Hodgson & Robert H. King Editors
• A History of Christianity in Asia, Africa, and Latin America 1450-1990 A Documentary Sourcebook By: Klaus Koschorke, Frieder Ludwig, Mariano Delgado Editors
• The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity Revised and Expanded Edition By: Philip Jenkins
• Modern Christianity to 1900: A People’s History of Christianity By: Amanda Porterfield Editor Denis R. Janz, General Editor