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2018 - Summer

2017 U1 - CG 0525 01 : CONGREGATIONAL CARE AND FORMATION (Dahl)
[Required] Congregational leadership in anxious times : being calm and courageous no matter what by Peter L. Steinke
ISBN: 9781566993289
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[Required] Exploring Practices of Ministry ( Foundations for Learning ) by Cooper-White, Pamela
ISBN: 9781451488937
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[Required] Practicing care in rural congregations and communities by Jeanne M. Hoeft, L. Shannon Jung, Joretta L. Marshall
ISBN: 9780800699543
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[Required] Recalling Our Own Stories: Spiritual Renewal for Religious Caregivers by Wimberly, Edward P
ISBN: 9780787903633
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[Required] The Relational Pastor: Sharing in Christ by Sharing Ourselves by Root, Andrew
ISBN: 9780830841028
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Pastoral Theology in an Intercultural World by Emmanuel Lartey
ISBN: 978-1620329733
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2017 U1 - CG 3519 01 : MIN WITH PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNES (Holt-Woehl)
[Required] Blessed are the crazy : breaking the silence about mental illness, family, and church by Lund, Sarah Griffith
ISBN: 9780827202993
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[Required] From Brokenness to Community by Vanier, Jean
ISBN: 9780809133413
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[Required] Ministry with Persons with Mental Illness and Their Families by Albers, Robert H.; William Meller; Steven D. Thurber
ISBN: 9780800698744
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[Required] Resurrecting the Person by Swinton
ISBN: 9780687082285
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2017 U1 - CL 4550 01 : TRAVEL- MISSIONAL CHURCH IN CONTEXT (Hahn)
[Required] Church Planting in Post-Christian Soil: Theology and Practice by James, Christopher B.
ISBN: 9780190673642
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2017 U1 - CY 0515 01 : THEOL FRAMEWORKS FOR MIN W CYF II (Root)
[Required] The Barefoot Way by Baker, D
ISBN: 9780664238025
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[CHOOSE ONE OF THESE THREE TITLES]
[Required] In the End-The Beginning:The Life of Hope by Moltmann, Jurgen
ISBN: 9780800636562
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[Required] Unpacking Scripture in Youth Ministry by Root, A
ISBN: 9780310670797
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[Required] Wide Welcome by Duckworth, Jessica
ISBN: 9780800699390
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2017 U1 - CY 4525 01 : CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN CYF MINISTRY (Root)
[Required] Born Believers: The Science of Children's Religious Belief by Barrett, Justin
ISBN: 9781439196540
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[Required] Origins: Christian Perspectives on Creation, Evolution, and Intelligent Design by Haarsma, Deborah; Haarsma, Loren
ISBN: 9781592555734
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[Required] Origins: God, Evolution, and the Question of the Cosmos by Rolnick, Philip A.
ISBN: 9781602583689
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2017 U1 - EL 4542 01 : LEARNING IN PRESENCE OF OTHER FAITH (Hess)
[Required] Interreligious Learning and Teaching: A Christian Rationale for Transformative Praxis by Largen, Kristin
ISBN: 9781451488777
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[Required] Introducing Theologies of Religion by Knitter, Paul
ISBN: 9781570754197
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[Required] Not in God's Name: Confronting Religious Violence by Sacks, Johnathan
ISBN: 9780805243345
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God Beyond Borders: Interreligious Learning Among Faith Communities by Kujawa, S.
ISBN: 9781625644589
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[Recommended]
Introduction to World Religions by C. Partridge
ISBN: 9781506445946
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[Recommended]
Teaching for a Multifaith World by Fernandez, E.
ISBN: 9781498239745
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2017 U1 - HC 2330 01 : CHRISTIANS OF MIDDLE EAST - AFRICA (Farag)
[Required] The Coptic Christian Heritage: History, Faith, and Culture by Farag, Lois
ISBN: 9780415781039
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2017 U1 - LG 0220 50 : NEW TESTAMENT GREEK-ONLINE (Fredrickson)
[Required] A Grammar for New Testament Greek by Adam, A K M
ISBN: 9780687016778
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[Required] Novum Testamentum Graece by Nestle-Aland
ISBN: 9781619700468
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2017 U1 - LG 4525 01 : SPANISH FOR MIN-CANCELLED 5.4.18 (Melnick/Castillo Portugal)
[Required] Teologi´a Liberadora : Enfoque Desde La Opresio´n En Una Tierra Extran~a by Gonzalez, Justo
ISBN: 9789879403914
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2017 U1 - NT 0216 01 : GOSPELS - GOSPEL ACC TO MARK (Fredrickson)
[Required] Hoping Against Hope: Confessions of a Postmodern Pilgrim by Caputo, John
ISBN: 9781451499155
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[Required] Resurrecting Wounds: Living in the Afterlife of Trauma by Rambo, Shelly
ISBN: 9781481306782
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2017 U1 - NT 0250 01 : EPISTLES-PAULS LETTER TO THE ROMANS (Henrich)
[Required] Novum Testamentum Graece: Nestle-Aland 28th Edition by Institute for New Testament Textual Research
ISBN: 9781619700307
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[Required] Reading Paul by Gorman, Michael
ISBN: 9781556351952
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[Required] The Story of Romans: A Narrative Defense of God's Righteousness by Grieb, Katherine
ISBN: 978-0664225254
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Apollos: Paul's Partner or Rival? by Hartin, Patrick J.
ISBN: 9780814652633
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[Choose one volume from "Paul's Social Network"]
Epaphras: Paul's Educator at Colossae by Trainor, Michael
ISBN: 9780814652305
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[Choose one volume from "Paul's Social Network"]
Lydia: Paul's Cosmopolitan Hostess by Ascough, Richard
ISBN: 9780814652695
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[Choose one volume from "Paul's Social Network"]
Stephen: Paul and the Hellenist Israelites by Pilch, John
ISBN: 9780814652299
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[Choose one volume from "Paul's Social Network"]
Timothy: Paul's Closest Associate by Malina, Bruce J
ISBN: 9780814651803
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[Choose one volume from "Paul's Social Network"]
2017 U1 - OT 1164 01 : PREACHING THE OLD TESTAMENT TEXTS (Schifferdecker)
[Required] Preaching the Luminous Word: Biblical Sermons and Homiletical Essays by Ellen Davis
ISBN: 9780802874238
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2017 U1 - RM 4575 01 : LDRSP HOPE STaR - CANCELLED 5.4.18 (Luedke)
[Required] Discovering Hope: Building Vitality in Rural Congregations by Goldenne, David Poling; Poling-Goldenne, David; Polling-Goldenne, David; Jung, L Shannon; Jung, L Shannon
ISBN: 9780806641478
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[Required] Dynamics of Small Town Ministry by Farris, Lawrence W
ISBN: 9781566992282
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[Required] How Your Church Family Works by Steinke, Peter L
ISBN: 9781566993296
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[Required] Ministry in an Oral Culture: Living with Will Rogers, Uncle Remus, and Minnie Pearl by Tex Sample
ISBN: 978-0664255060
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[Required] Rural Evangelism by Ruffcorn, Kevin E
ISBN: 9780806626420
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Cooperating Congregations: Portraits of Mission Strategies by Waldkoenig, Gilson A C; Avery, William O
ISBN: 9781566992251
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Leading Change in the Congregation: Spiritual & Organizational Tools for Leaders by Rendle, Gilbert R
ISBN: 9781566991872
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Leading the Team-Based Church: How Pastors and Church Staffs Can Grow Together Into a Powerful Fellowship of Leaders a Leadership Network Publication by Cladis, George
ISBN: 9780787941192
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Open Secrets: A Memoir of Faith and Discovery by Lischer, Richard
ISBN: 9780767907446
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Rural Ministry: The Shape of the Renewal to Come by Shannon Jung, et al
ISBN: 978-0687016068
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2017 U1 - SG 0401 01 : THINKING THEOLOGICALLY- CONFESSING (Malcolm)
[Required] Enfleshing Freedom by Copeland, Shawn
ISBN: 9780800662745
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[Required] Hospitality & the Other by Yong
ISBN: 9781570757723
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[Required] Mercy: The Essence of the Gospel and the Key to Christian Life by Kasper, Walter
ISBN: 9780809106097
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2017 U1 - ST 0440 01 : THE TRIUNE GOD AND THE WORLD (Padgett)
[Required] A Black Political Theology by Roberts, J. DeOtis
ISBN: 9780664249885
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[Required] Ask the Beasts: Darwin and the God of Love by Elizabeth Johnson
ISBN: 978-1472924018
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[Required] Theology for the Community of God by Stanley Grenz
ISBN: 978-0802847553
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2017 U1 - ST 1420 01 : THEOLOGY AND CHURCH IN GLOBAL SOUTH (Hansen)
[Required] Faith in the Face of Empire: The Bible through Palestinian Eyes by Rahib, Mitri
ISBN: 9781626980655
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[Required] Gustavo Gutierrez: Spiritual Writings ( Modern Spiritual Masters ) by Gutierrez, Gustavo
ISBN: 9781570759475
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[Required] The Asian Jesus by Amaladoss, Michael
ISBN: 9781570756610
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[Required] The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity by Jenkins, Philip
ISBN: 9780199767465
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2017 U1 - ST 6421 01 : THEOLOGY AND CHURCH IN GLOBAL SOUTH (Hansen)
[Required] Faith in the Face of Empire: The Bible through Palestinian Eyes by Rahib, Mitri
ISBN: 9781626980655
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[Required] Gustavo Gutierrez: Spiritual Writings ( Modern Spiritual Masters ) by Gutierrez
ISBN: 9781570759475
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[Required] The Asian Jesus by Amaladoss, Michael
ISBN: 9781570756610
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[Required] The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity by Jenkins, Philip
ISBN: 9780199767465
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2017 U1 - WO 0515 01 : PUBLIC WORSHIP-LDRSP IN WORD SACRAM (Lange)
[Required] Evangelical Lutheran Worship: Pew Edition by ELCA
ISBN: 978-0806656182
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[Lutheran students only]
[Required] The Book of Concord: The Confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church by Robert Kolb, Timothy J. Wengert
ISBN: 978-0800627409
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[Lutheran students only]
[Required] Evangelical Lutheran Worship (Leader's Desk Edition)
ISBN: 9780806656205
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[For Lutheran Students only]
[Required] Babette's Feast (DVD)
[Required] Central Things by Gordon Lathrop
ISBN: 978-0806651637
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[Required] Come Sunday: The Liturgy of Zion by McClain, William
ISBN: 9780687088843
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[Required] The Three-Day Feast: Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter by Ramshaw, Gail
ISBN: 0806651156
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[Required] Word, Water, Wine and Bread by William Willimon
ISBN: 978-0817008581
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2017 U1 - WO 4550 01 : LIFE PASSAGES-LITURGY IN TIMES OF (Lange)
[Required] ELW
ISBN: 978-0806656182
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[For Lutheran students (and anyone who may wish). Students from other denominations should find corresponding worship resources and denominational specific pastoral care resources.]
[Required] ELW Leaders Desk Edition
ISBN: 9780806656205
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[For Lutheran students (and anyone who may wish). Students from other denominations should find corresponding worship resources and denominational specific pastoral care resources.]
[Required] ELW pastoral care : occasional services, readings, and prayers.
ISBN: 978-0806653921
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[For Lutheran students (and anyone who may wish). Students from other denominations should find corresponding worship resources and denominational specific pastoral care resources.]
[Required] Joy Unspeakable : Contemplative Practices of the Black Church by Holmes, Barbara Ann
ISBN: 9781506421612
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[Required] Ritual and Pastoral Care by Elaine Ramshaw
ISBN: 978-0800617387
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[Required] Speaking to Silence: New Rites for Christian Worship and Healing by Janet S. Peterman
ISBN: 978-0664228804
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2018 - DMIN Session - BP

2017 BP - BP 7521 01 : PREACHING AS THE PROCLAIMED WORD (Schmit)
[Required] Bird by Bird by Lamott
ISBN: 9780385480017
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[Required] Flickering pixels : how technology shapes your faith by Hipps, Shane
ISBN: 9780310293217
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[Required] God's Human Speech: A Practical Theology of Preaching by Bartow, Charles
ISBN: 9780802843357
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[Required] Patterns of Preaching by Allen, Ronald
ISBN: 9780827229532
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[Required] Performing the Word: Preaching as Theatre by Jana Childers
ISBN: 978-0687074235
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[Required] The preacher King : Martin Luther King, Jr. and the word that moved America by Richard Lischer
ISBN: 9780195087796
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2017 BP - BP 7531 01 : PREACHING AS THE WORD IN CONTEXT (Jacobson)
[Required] Faith formation in a secular age : responding to the church's obsession with youthfulness by Andrew Root
ISBN: 9780801098468
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[Required] Moral, Believing Animals: Human Personhood and Culture by Christian Smith
ISBN: 9780195162028
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2017 BP - BP 7587 01 : FOUR PAGES AND BIBLICAL PREACHING (Wilson)
[Required] The four pages of the sermon : a guide to biblical preaching by Paul Scott Wilson
ISBN: 9780687023950
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[Required] The New Interpreter's Handbook of Preaching by Paul Scott Wilson
ISBN: 978-0687055562
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2017 BP - BP 7588 01 : PREACHING RACE AND RACIAL RECONCIL (Marga)
[Required] Do no harm : social sin and Christian responsibility by Stephen G. Ray
ISBN: 9780800634971
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[Required] No longer bound : a theology of reading and preaching by James Henry Harris
ISBN: 9781620322901
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[Required] The End of White Christian America by Robert Jones
ISBN: 978-1501122293
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[Required] The ground has shifted : the future of the Black church in post-racial America by Walter Earl Fluker
ISBN: 9781479810383
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[Required] Trouble I've seen : changing the way the church views racism by Drew G. I. Hart
ISBN: 9781513800004
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2018 - Spring

2017 SP - CD 1645 01 : RIGHTEOUSNESS-BEG OF GODS CREATION (Skinner)
[Required] Luther's Works Vol. 27 Galatians 5-6 by Luther, Martin
ISBN: 9780570064275
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[Required] Navigating Paul: An Introduction to Key Theological Concepts by Bassler, Jouette M
ISBN: 9780664227418
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[Required] Notes from Underground by Dostoevsky, Fyodor
ISBN: 9780679734529
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2017 SP - CG 0525 50 : CONGREGATIONAL CARE AND FORM-ONLINE (Castillo Portugal)
[Required] Caring for God's People (Integrating Spirituality Into Pastoral Counseling) by Culbertson, Philip LeRoy
ISBN: 9780800631871
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[Required] Crisis Counseling by Stone, Howard W.
ISBN: 9780800663520
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[Required] Practical Theology: An Introduction by Osmer, Richard Robert
ISBN: 9780802817655
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[Required] Recalling Our Own Stories: Spiritual Renewal for Religious Caregivers ( Jossey-Bass Religion-In-Practice Series ) by Wimberly, Edward P
ISBN: 9780787903633
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[Required] Transforming Church Conflict: Compassionate Leadership in Action by Van Deusen Hunsinger, Deborah; Latini, Theresa F
ISBN: 9780664238483
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2017 SP - CG 3513 01 : SINGLENESS MARRIAGE AND FAMILY (Dahl)
[Required] Becoming a Healthier Pastor by Ronald W. Richardson
ISBN: 978-0800636395
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[Required] Families at the Crossroads: Beyond Tradition & Modern Options by Clapp, Rodney
ISBN: 9780830816552
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[Required] Life in a Glass House by C. Lee & J. Balswick
ISBN: 9781881266235
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[Required] The Narcissistic Family: Diagnosis and Treatment by Donaldson-Pressman, Stephanie; Pressman, Robert M
ISBN: 9780787908706
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[Required] The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind by Siegel, Daniel J; Bryson, Tina Payne
ISBN: 9780553807912
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2017 SP - CG 3544 01 : PRINCIPLE AND PRACT OF PAST COUNSEL (Dahl)
[Required] At Personal Risk: Boundary Violations in Professional-Client Relationships by Peterson, Marilyn R
ISBN: 9780393701388
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[Required] Living Stories by Capps, Donald
ISBN: 9780800630737
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[Required] Pastor as Counselor: Wise Presence, Sacred Conversation by J. Patton
ISBN: 9781630886905
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[Required] Pastoral Counseling: The Basics by Dittes, James E
ISBN: 9780664257385
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2017 SP - CL 4530 01 : NEW MISSIONAL MINISTRIES (Copeland)
[Required] We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy by Ta-Nehisi Coates
ISBN: 9780399590566
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[Choose between Coates and Vance]
[Required] New Worshiping Communities: A Theological Foundation by Vera White and Charles Wiley
ISBN: 9780664263096
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[Available Jan. 2018]
[Required] Choosing our Religion: The Spiritual Lives of Religious Nones by Elizabeth Drescher
ISBN: 9780199341221
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[Required] Joining God, Remaking Church, Changing the World: The New Shape of the Church in Our Time by Alan J.Roxburgh
ISBN: 978-0819232113
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[Required] Starting Missional Churches: Life with God in the Neighborhood by Branson, Mark Lau Warnes, Nicholas
ISBN: 9780830841165
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2017 SP - FE 0524 50 : CHRISTIAN PUBLIC LDR IV-SPRING-ONLI (Alitz)
[Required] Under the Unpredictable Plant: An Exploration in Vocational Holiness by Eugene Peterson
ISBN: 9780802808486
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2017 SP - HC 0305 01 : HISTORY I-FROM APOSTLES TO REFORMER (Farag)
[Required] History of the World Christian Movement: Earliest Christianity to 1453 by Dale T. Irvin and Scott W. Sunquist
ISBN: 978-1570753961
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[Required] The Story of Christianity, Vol. 1: The Early Church to the Dawn of the Reformation by Justo L. Gonzalez
ISBN: 978-0061855887
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2017 SP - HC 0307 01 : HISTORY II-FROM REFORMERS TO PRESEN (Granquist)
[Required] Global Gospel: An Introduction to Christianity on Five Continents by Douglas Jacobsen
ISBN: 978-0801049934
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[Required] Luther the Reformer by James Kittleson and Hans Wiersma
ISBN: 1451488882
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[Required] The Churching of America, 1776-2005: Winners and Losers in Our Religious Economy by Roger Finke and Rodney Stark
ISBN: 978-0813535531
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[Required] The Story of Christianity Vol. 2: Reformation to the Present Day by Justo Gonzalez
ISBN: 0061855898
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[Required] Three Treatises by Martin Luther
ISBN: 978-0800616397
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2017 SP - HT 0801 02 50 : LUTHERAN CONFESSIONAL WRIT-ONLINE (Granquist)
[Required] Free to Be by Forde/Nestingen
ISBN: 9780806611396
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[Required] The Augsburg Confession: A Commentary by Leif Grane
ISBN: 978-0806622521
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[Required] The Book of Concord by Kolb and Wengert
ISBN: 9780800627409
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[Required] The Book of Concord by Kolb and Wengert
ISBN: 9780800627409
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[Required] The Lutheran Confessions: History and Theology of the Book of Concord by Arand, Charles P; Kolb, Robert; Nestingen, James A
ISBN: 9780800627416
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Justification by Faith: A Matter of Death and Life by Forde, Gerhard O
ISBN: 9781620322109
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2017 SP - HT 0801 50 : LUTHERAN CONFESSIONAL WRIT-ONLINE (Paulson)
[Required] Free to Be by Forde/Nestingen
ISBN: 9780806611396
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[Required] The Augsburg Confession: A Commentary by Leif Grane
ISBN: 978-0806622521
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[Required] The Book of Concord by Kolb and Wengert
ISBN: 9780800627409
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[Required] The Book of Concord by Kolb and Wengert
ISBN: 9780800627409
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[Required] The Book of Concord by Kolb and Wengert
ISBN: 9780800627409
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[Required] The Lutheran Confessions: History and Theology of the Book of Concord by Arand, Charles P; Kolb, Robert; Nestingen, James A
ISBN: 9780800627416
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Justification by Faith: A Matter of Death and Life by Forde, Gerhard O
ISBN: 9781620322109
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2017 SP - LG 0110 50 : BIBLICAL HEBREW - ONLINE (Howard)
[Required] Answer Book for the First Hebrew Primer by Simon, Ethelyn, and Dorey Brandt-Finell
ISBN: 978-0939144167
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[Required] The First Hebrew Primer by Simon, Ethelyn, Irene Resnikoff, and Linda Motzkin
ISBN: 0-939144-15-8
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2017 SP - LG 0220 01 : NEW TESTAMENT GREEK (Fredrickson)
[Required] A Grammar for New Testament Greek by Adam, A K M
ISBN: 9780687016778
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2017 SP - NT 0230 01 : EPISTLES-ROMANS THROUGH REVELATION (Skinner)
[Required] A Companion to the New Testament: Paul and the Pauline Letters by Matthew L. Skinner
ISBN: 9781481307833
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[The two required volumes of A Companion to the New Testament are new books and will be available for sale beginning January 15, 2018. Beginning then, it will be possible to purchase them directly from the publisher (Baylor University Press) at a 25% textbook discount. To receive this discount, students will need to order the books with a special discount code. On January 16, Prof. Skinner will email the code to everyone pre-enrolled in the course, should they choose to obtain the books that way. Students who are not pre-enrolled by then are welcome to contact the professor to inquire about the code.]
[Required] A Companion to the New Testament: The General Letters and Revelation by Matthew L Skinner
ISBN: 9781481307871
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[The two required volumes of A Companion to the New Testament are new books and will be available for sale beginning January 15, 2018. Beginning then, it will be possible to purchase them directly from the publisher (Baylor University Press) at a 25% textbook discount. To receive this discount, students will need to order the books with a special discount code. On January 16, Prof. Skinner will email the code to everyone pre-enrolled in the course, should they choose to obtain the books that way. Students who are not pre-enrolled by then are welcome to contact the professor to inquire about the code.]
Navigating Paul: An Introduction to Key Theological Concepts by Bassler, Jouette M
ISBN: 9780664227418
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[Recommended text.]
Paul Among the People: The Apostle Reinterpreted and Reimagined in His Own Time by Sarah Ruden
ISBN: 978-0385522571
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[Optional Text]
2017 SP - NT 0230 50 : EPISTLES-ROMANS THROUGH REV-ONLINE (Skinner)
[Required] A Companion to the New Testament: Paul and the Pauline Letters by Matthew L. Skinner
ISBN: 9781481307833
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[The two required volumes of A Companion to the New Testament are new books and will be available for sale beginning January 15, 2018. Beginning then, it will be possible to purchase them directly from the publisher (Baylor University Press) at a 25% textbook discount. To receive this discount, students will need to order the books with a special discount code. On January 16, Prof. Skinner will email the code to everyone pre-enrolled in the course, should they choose to obtain the books that way. Students who are not pre-enrolled by then are welcome to contact the professor to inquire about the code.]
[Required] A Companion to the New Testament: The General Letters and Revelation by Matthew L Skinner
ISBN: 9781481307871
Search: Library or Amazon
[The two required volumes of A Companion to the New Testament are new books and will be available for sale beginning January 15, 2018. Beginning then, it will be possible to purchase them directly from the publisher (Baylor University Press) at a 25% textbook discount. To receive this discount, students will need to order the books with a special discount code. On January 16, Prof. Skinner will email the code to everyone pre-enrolled in the course, should they choose to obtain the books that way. Students who are not pre-enrolled by then are welcome to contact the professor to inquire about the code.]
Navigating Paul: An Introduction to Key Theological Concepts by Bassler, Jouette M
ISBN: 9780664227418
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[Recommended text.]
Paul Among the People: The Apostle Reinterpreted and Reimagined in His Own Time by Sarah Ruden
ISBN: 978-0385522571
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[Optional Text]
2017 SP - NT 1220 50 : ANCIENT EROTICS - ONLINE (Fredrickson)
[Required] Eros and the Christ by David Fredrickson
ISBN: 9780800698232
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[Required] If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho by Anne Carson
ISBN: 9780375724510
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[Required] Sex and the Single Savior: Gender and Sexuality in Biblical Interpretation by Dale Martin
ISBN: 9780664230463
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2017 SP - OT 0115 01 : LAW AND NARRATIVE (Schifferdecker)
[Required] An Introduction to the Old Testament, Second Edition: The Canon and Christian Imagination by Walter Brueggemann and Tod Linafelt
ISBN: 978-0664234584
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[Required] Preaching the Luminous Word: Biblical Sermons and Homiletical Essays by Ellen Davis
ISBN: 9780802874238
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[Required] Who Wrote the Bible? by Friedman, Richard
ISBN: 9780060630355
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Women's Bible Commentary by Newsom, Carol
ISBN: 9780664237073
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[Choose 1 out of 6. See syllabus for details.]
The Africana Bible by Page, Hugh
ISBN: 9780800621254
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[Choose 1 out of 6, see syllabus for details.]
Theological Bible Commentary by O'Day, Gail
ISBN: 9780664227111
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[Choose 1 out of 6, see syllabus for details.]
Africa Bible Commentary by Adeyemo, Tokunboh
ISBN: 9780310291879
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[Choose 1 out of 6, see syllabus for details]
The New Interpreters' Bible One-Volume Commentary by Gaventa, Beverly Roberts
ISBN: 9780687334117
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[Choose 1 out of 6, see syllabus for details]
Global Bible Commentary by Patte, Daniel
ISBN: 9780687064038
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[Choose 1 of 6, see syllabus for details.]
2017 SP - OT 0120 01 : PROPHETS AND POETRY (Throntveit)
[Required] Handbook on the Wisdom Books and Psalms by Daniel J. Estes
ISBN: 9780801026997
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[Required] Hebrew Syntax: An Outline by Williams, R.J.
ISBN: 9780802094292
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2017 SP - OT 1156 01 : ELIJAH ELISHA-FAMINE FAITH FAREWELL (Throntveit)
[Required] Hebrew Syntax: An Outline by Williams, R.J.
ISBN: 9780802094292
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[Required] Old Testament Theology Vol. 2: The Theology of Israel's Prophetic Traditions by Von Rad, Gerhard
ISBN: 9780664224080
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2017 SP - RM 4550 01 S6 : LEADERSHIP IN MULTI-POINT PARISHES (Luedke)
[Required] Cooperating Congregations: Portraits of Mission Strategies by Waldkoenig, Gilson A C; Avery, William O
ISBN: 9781566992251
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[Required] Dynamics of Small Town Ministry by Lawrence Farris
ISBN: 9781566992282
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[Required] How Your Church Family Works by Steinke, Peter L
ISBN: 9781566993296
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2017 SP - SG 0401 01 : THINKING THEOLOGICALLY- CONFESSING (Padgett)
[Required] Jesus the Savior: The Meaning of Jesus Christ for Christian Faith by William Placher
ISBN: 978-0664223915
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[Required] Practicing Christian Doctrine: An Introduction to Thinking and Living Theologically by Beth Felker Jones
ISBN: 9780801049330
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Pocket Dictionary of Theological Terms by Grenz, Stanley J; Smith, Jay T; Guretzki, David; Nordling, Cherith Fee; Guretzki, David; Nordling, Cherith Fee
ISBN: 9780830814497
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2017 SP - SG 0405 01 : LEADING CHRISTIAN COMM IN MISSION (Zscheile)
[Required] Churches, Cultures & Leadership: A Practical Theology of Congregations and Ethnicities by Mark Lau Branson and Juan Martinez
ISBN: 978-0830839261
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[Required] Leadership On the Line: Staying Alive Through the Dangers of Leading by Ronald A. Heifetz and Marty Linsky
ISBN: 978-1578514373
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[Required] Whose Religion is Christianity? The Gospel Beyond the West by Lamin Sanneh
ISBN: 9780802821645
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2017 SP - SG 0502 01 : CHRISTIAN PUBLIC LDR-II-BEING LDRS (Hess)
[Required] Learning While Leading: Increasing Your Effectiveness in Ministry by A. Farber-Robertson
ISBN: 9781566992305
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[Required] Living Water: Living Stories, African American Women and their Biblical Stories by B. Baldwin & A. Galloway
ISBN: 9781502448262
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[Required] Ministry that Transforms: A Contemplative Process of Theological Reflection by MJ Leddy
ISBN: 9780814632222
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2017 SP - SG 0705 01 : SCRIP AND ITS WITNESSES-CX.12.13.17 (Howard)
[Required] Cross and Khora: Deconstruction and Christianity in the Work of John D. Caputo by Marko Zlomisnic and Neal DeRoo
ISBN: 978-1606087831
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[Required] Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God by Kelly Brown Douglas
ISBN: 9781626981096
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[Required] Wrestling the Word: The Hebrew Scriptures and the Christian Believer by Carolyn Sharp
ISBN: 9780664230678
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2017 SP - ST 0440 01 : THE TRIUNE GOD AND THE WORLD (Marga)
[Required] Ask the Beasts: Darwin and the God of Love by Elizabeth Johnson
ISBN: 978-1472924018
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[Required] Spirit and Trauma: A Theology of Remaining by Rambo, Shelly
ISBN: 9780664235031
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2017 SP - ST 0440 50 : THE TRIUNE GOD AND WORLD-ONLINE (Paulson)
[Required] Lutheran Theology by Steven Paulson
ISBN: 9780567482723
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[Required] The Book of Concord by Kolb and Wengert
ISBN: 9780800627409
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2017 SP - ST 1422 01 : CHURCHS ENCOUNTER W WORLD RELIGIONS (Hansen)
[Required] The Depth of the Riches: A Trinitarian Theology of Religious Ends by Heim, S Mark
ISBN: 9780802826695
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[Required] The World's Religions by Smith, Huston
ISBN: 9780061660184
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2017 SP - ST 1435 01 : THE TRIUNE GOD - HOLY SPIRIT (Malcolm)
[Required] Holy Spirit: Creative Power in Our Lives by Lois Malcolm
ISBN: 9780806670584
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[Required] The Holy Spirit: A Guide to Christian Theology by Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen
ISBN: 978-0664235932
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[Required] The Spirit of Life: a Universal Affirmation by Jurgen Moltmann
ISBN: 9780800627379
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2017 SP - ST 2476 01 : THE DEMONIC - THEOLOGY AND MINISTRY (Padgett)
[Required] Powers, Principalities and the Spirit by Esther Acolatse
ISBN: 978-0-8028-6405-5
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[To be published in Feb. 2018]
[Required] God at War by Gregory Boyd
ISBN: 0830818855
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[Required] People of the Lie by M. Scott Peck
ISBN: 0671454927
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[Required] The Prince of Darkness: Radical Evil and the Power of Good in History by Russell, Jeffrey Burton
ISBN: 9780801480560
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2018 - January Term

2017 JT - CG 4515 01 : FORGIVENESS FAITH AND RECONCILIATIO (Dahl)
[Required] Details opened. Press escape to close. The end of memory : remembering rightly in a violent world by Miroslav. Volf
ISBN: 9780802829894
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[Required] The Book of Forgiving by Tutu, Desmond
ISBN: 9780062203564
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[Required] The Faces of Forgiveness: Searching for Wholeness and Salvation by Shults, F LeRon; Sandage, Steven J
ISBN: 9780801026249
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[Required] The Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness by Simon Wiesenthal
ISBN: 978-0805210606
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2017 JT - CY 0510 01 : THEOL FRAMEWORKS FOR MIN W CYF I (Root)
[Required] Amplifying Our Witness by Conner, Benjamin T
ISBN: 9780802867216
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[Required] Cross in Our Context by Hall, Douglas John
ISBN: 9780800635817
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[Required] Practicing Passion by Dean, Kenda Creasy
ISBN: 9780802847126
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[Required] Taking the Cross to Youth Ministry by Root, Andrew
ISBN: 9780310670780
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[Required] Taking Theology to Youth Ministry by Root, Andrew
ISBN: 9780310670766
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[Required] The Soul of Ministry by Ray Anderson
ISBN: 9780664257446
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2017 JT - CY 4564 01 : CULTURE AND EMERGING GENERATIONS (Root)
[Required] How (Not) to Be Secular by James K. A. Smith
ISBN: 978-0802867612
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[Required] How to Survive the Apocalypse by Robert Joustra and Alissa Wilkinson
ISBN: 9780802872715
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[Required] Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis by Robert Putnam
ISBN: 9781476769899
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2017 JT - EL 3539 01 : CHRISTIAN ED AND DISMANTLING RACISM (Hess)
[Required] Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most by Stone, Douglas Patton, Bruce Heen, Sheila
ISBN: 9780143118442
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[Required] The Cross and the Lynching Tree by Cone, James H
ISBN: 9781626980051
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2017 JT - HC 4337 01 : DIACONAL MINISTRY-HIST, FORM, SPIR (Lange)
[Required] Becoming Human by Vanier, Jean
ISBN: 0809139006
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[Required] Deacons and Deaconesses Through the Centuries (Revised) by Olson, Jeannine E
ISBN: 9780758600578
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[Required] Life Together: Prayerbook of the Bible by Bonhoeffer, Dietrich
ISBN: 9780800683252
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2017 JT - OT 3117 01 : FIVE SCROLLS (Howard)
[Required] Lamentations and the Tears of the World by Kathleen O'Connor
ISBN: 9781570753992
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[Required] Ruth by Tod Linafelt and Timothy Beal
ISBN: 9780814650455
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[Required] Song of SOngs by Cheryl Exum
ISBN: 9780664221904
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2017 JT - RM 4515 01 : MINISTRY IN SMALL TOWN AND RURAL (Luedke)
[Required] Dynamics of Small Town Ministry by Harris
ISBN: 9781566992282
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[Required] Ministry in an Oral Culture by Sample, Tex
ISBN: 9780664255060
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[Required] Scripture, Culture, and Agriculture: An Agrarian Reading of the Bible by Davis, Ellen F
ISBN: 9780521732239
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2017 JT - SG 0405 01 : LEADING CHRISTIAN COMM IN MISSION (Zscheile)
[Required] Churches, Cultures & Leadership: A Practical Theology of Congregations and Ethnicities by Mark Lau Branson and Juan Martinez
ISBN: 978-0830839261
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[Required] Leadership on the Line: Staying Alive Through the Dangers of Leading by Heifetz, Ronald A; Linsky, Marty
ISBN: 9781578514373
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[Required] Whose Religion is Christianity? The Gospel Beyond the West by Lamin Sanneh
ISBN: 9780802821645
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2017 JT - ST 0440 01 : THE TRIUNE GOD AND THE WORLD (Hansen)
[Required] God- The World's Future: Systematic Theology for a New Era by Ted Peters
ISBN: 9781451482225
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2017 JT - ST 2467 01 : THEOLOGY OF THE CROSS (Paulson)
[Required] A Brief Introduction to Martin Luther by Steven Paulson
ISBN: 9780664262259
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[Required] On Being a Theologian of the Cross: Reflections on Luther's Heidelberg Disputation, 1518 by Forde, Gerhard O
ISBN: 9780802843456
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[Required] Two Kinds of Love: Martin Luther's Religious World by Tuomo Mannermaa
ISBN: 9780800697075
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2017 JT - ST 2482 01 : RACE AND PROTESTANTISM IN AMERICA (Marga)
[Required] Dear White Christians: For Those Still Longing for Racial Reconciliation by Jennifer Harvey
ISBN: 978-0802872074
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[Required] The Cross and the Lynching Tree by Cone, James H
ISBN: 9781626980051
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[Required] Trouble I've seen : changing the way the church views racism by Drew G. I. Hart
ISBN: 9781513800004
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The End of White Christian America by Robert P Jones
ISBN: 9781501122293
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2017 JT - WO 0515 01 : PUBLIC WORSHIP-LDRSP IN WORD SACRAM (Lange)
[Required] Evangelical Lutheran Worship (Leaders Desk Edition) by ELCA
ISBN: B000R96U8K (ASIN)
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[Lutheran students only]
[Required] Evangelical Lutheran Worship: Pew Edition by ELCA
ISBN: 978-0806656182
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[Lutheran students only]
[Required] The Book of Concord by Robert Kolb and Timothy Wengert
ISBN: 978-0800627409
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[For Lutheran students (and anyone who may wish)]
[Required] Central Things by Lathrop, Gordon W
ISBN: 9780806651637
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[Required] The Three-Day Feast by Ramshaw, Gail
ISBN: 9780806651156
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[Required] Word, Water, Wine, and Bread: How Worship Has Changed Over the Years by Willimon, William H
ISBN: 9780817008581
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2017 - Fall

2017 FA - CD 1623 01 : THE ANGLICAN TRADITION (Zscheile)
[Required] The Constitution and Canons of the Episcopal Church 2015
[Can be downloaded for free here: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/files/documents/2015_candc.pdf]
[Required] A History of the Episcopal Church by Robert Pritchard
ISBN: 9780819228772
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[Required] An Introduction to World Anglicanism by Bruce Kaye
ISBN: 9780521853453
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[Required] Beyond Colonial Anglicanism: the Anglican Communion in the Twenty-first Century by Ian Douglas and Kwok Pui-Lan
ISBN: 9780898693577
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[Required] The Book of Common Prayer by The Episcopal Church
ISBN: 9780816450886
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[Required] The Identity of Anglicanism: Essentials of Anglican Ecclesiology by Paul Avis
ISBN: 9780567032034
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The Oxford Handbook of Anglican Studies by Chapman, Clarke, and Percy
ISBN: 9780199218561
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[Available online through the library.]
Anglicanism: A Global Communion by Andrew Wingate
ISBN: 9780898693041
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The English Reformation by A.G. Dickens
ISBN: 9780271007984
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The Transformation of Anglicanism: From State Church to Global Communion by William Sachs
ISBN: 9780521391436
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2017 FA - CD 1639 01 : LAW AND GOSPEL (Jacobson)
[Required] Martin Luther's Basic Theological Writings by Timothy Lull
ISBN: 978-0800698836
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Luther's Works vol. 26 by Luther
ISBN: 9780570064268
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2017 FA - CG 0525 01 : CONGREGATIONAL CARE AND FORMATION (Dahl)
[Required] The Relational Pastor: Sharing in Christ by Sharing Ourselves by Root, Andrew
ISBN: 9780830841028
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[This book is on back order with the distributor until 9/4/15. We are taking special orders for it and will get the book to you as soon as they come in.]
[Required] A Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the Age of the Quick Fix by Friedman, Edwin
ISBN: 9781596270428
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[Required] Community: The Structure of Belonging by Peter Block
ISBN: 978-1605092775
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[Required] Exploring Practices of Ministry ( Foundations for Learning ) by Cooper-White, Pamela
ISBN: 9781451488937
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[Required] In Living Color: An Intercultural Approach to Pastoral Care and Counseling Second Edition (Revised) ( Practical Theology ) by Lartey, Emmanuel Yartekwei
ISBN: 9781843107507
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[Required] Practical Theology: An Introduction by Osmer, Richard Robert
ISBN: 9780802817655
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[Required] Recalling Our Own Stories: Spiritual Renewal for Religious Caregivers ( Jossey-Bass Religion-In-Practice Series ) by Wimberly, Edward P
ISBN: 9780787903633
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2017 FA - CG 3520 01 S6 : GRIEF AND LOSS (Dahl)
[Required] A grief observed by C. S. Lewis
ISBN: 978-0060652388
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[Required] Bearing the Unbearable by Van Deusen Hunsinger, D.
ISBN: 978-1614292968
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[Required] Grief: Contemporary Theory and the Practice of Ministry by Kelley, M.M.
ISBN: 9780800696610
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Grief Counseling and Grief Therapy by Worden, W.J.
ISBN: 9780826101204
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2017 FA - CL 4550 01 : TRAVEL- MISSIONAL CHURCH IN CONTEXT (Elton)
Beyond Maintenance to Mission: A Theology of the Congregation by Craig Nissen
ISBN: 9780800663261
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[Choose one.]
Church Mergers: A Guidebook for Missional Change by Thomas G. Bandy and Page M. Brooks
ISBN: 9781566997959
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Introducing the Missional Church : What it is, Why it matters, How to become one by Alan Roxburgh and M. Scott Boren
ISBN: 9780801072123
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The Continuing Conversion of the Church by Darrell Guder
ISBN: 9780802847034
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The Evangelizing Church: A Lutheran Contribution by Craig van Gelder and Richard Bliese
ISBN: 9780806651095
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The Missional Church in Perspective: Mapping Trends and Shaping the Conversation by Van Gelder, Craig, et al
ISBN: 978-0801039133
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2017 FA - CL 4560 50 : MONEY AND MISSION OF CHURCH-ONLINE (Copeland)
[Required] Embracing Stewardship: How to Put Stewardship at the Heart of Your Congregation's Life by Charles R. Lane and Grace Duddy Pomroy
ISBN: 9780692577233
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[Purchase at EmbracingStewardship.com]
[Required] A Spirituality of Fundraising by Henri J. M. Nouwen
ISBN: 978-0835810449
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[Required] Imagining Abundance: Fundraising, Philanthropy, and a Spiritual Call to Service by Kerry Alys Robinson
ISBN: 978-0814637661
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[Required] Ministry and Money: A Practical Guide for Pastors by Janet T. Jamieson and Philip D. Jamieson
ISBN: 978-0664231989
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[Required] Not Your Parents' Offering Plate by Christopher, J. Clif
ISBN: 9781501804922
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2017 FA - CY 4570 01 : RELATIONAL MINISTRY-FUTURE OF CHURC (Root)
[Required] The Relational Pastor: Sharing in Christ by Sharing Ourselves by Root, Andrew
ISBN: 9780830841028
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[Choose this book or either Revisiting Relational Youth Ministry: From a Strategy of Influence to a Theology of Incarnation OR Relationships Unfiltered: Help for Youth Workers, Volunteers, and Parents on Creating Authentic Relationships.]
[Required] Jesus, Humanity, and the Trinity: A Brief Systematic Theology by Tanner, Kathryn
ISBN: 9780800632939
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[Required] Saying is Believing: The Necessity of Testimony in Adolescent Spiritual Development by Drury, Amanda Hontz
ISBN: 9780830840656
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[Required] Social: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Connect by Lieberman, Matthew D.
ISBN: 9780307889102
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Relationships Unfiltered: Help for Youth Workers, Volunteers, and Parents on Creating Authentic Relationships by Root, Andrew
ISBN: 9780310668756
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[Choose this book or either Revisiting Relational Youth Ministry: From a Strategy of Influence to a Theology of Incarnation OR The Relational Pastor to purchase.]
Revisiting Relational Youth Ministry: From a Strategy of Influence to a Theology of Incarnation by Root, Andrew
ISBN: 9780830834884
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[Choose this book or either Relationships Unfiltered: Help for Youth Workers, Volunteers, and Parents on Creating Authentic Relationships to purchase OR The Relational Pastor.]
2017 FA - EL 4535 01 : NEW MEDIA IN FAITH EDUCATION (Hess)
[Required] Finding God in the Graffiti: Empowering Teenagers through Stories by Frank Rogers
ISBN: 9780829818024
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[Required] How the Way We Talk can Change the Way We Work by R. Kegan and L. Lahey
ISBN: 9780787955359
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[Required] Mission on the Road to Emmaus: Constants, Context and Prophetic Dialogue by Stephen Bevans and Cathy Ross
ISBN: 9780334049098
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2017 FA - HC 0305 50 : HISTORY I-FROM APOSTLES TO REF-ONLI (Farag)
[Required] History of the World Christian Movement: Volume I: Earliest Christianity to 1453 by Irvin, Dale T; Sunquist, Scott W; Irvin, Sunquist
ISBN: 9781570753961
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[Required] The Story of Christianity, Vol. 1: The Early Church to the Dawn of the Reformation by Justo L. Gonzalez
ISBN: 978-0061855887
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2017 FA - HC 0307 50 : HISTORY II-FROM REFORMERS TO PR-ONL (Granquist)
[Required] Global Gospel: An Introduction to Christianity on Five Continents by Douglas Jacobsen
ISBN: 978-0801049934
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[Required] Luther the Reformer by James Kittleson and Hans Wiersma
ISBN: 1451488882
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[Required] The Churching of America by Finke
ISBN: 9780813535531
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[Required] The Story of Christianity Vol. 2: Reformation to the Present Day by Justo Gonzalez
ISBN: 0061855898
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[Required] Three Treatises by Luther
ISBN: 9780800616397
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Lutherans in America: A New History by Mark Grandquist
ISBN: 978-1451472288
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[May use this or other denominational option. Do not purchase until class begins.]
2017 FA - HC 2326 50 : PROCL EARLY CHR-CANCELED 7.17.17 (Farag)
[Required] Commentary on John Vol. 1 by Cyril/Maxwell/Elowsky
ISBN: 9780830829118
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[Required] Commentary on the Gospel According to John, Book 13-32 by Origen/Heine
ISBN: 9780813214658
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Commentary on John Vol. 2 by Cyril, Mazwell, Elowsky
ISBN: 9780830829125
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2017 FA - HC 4350 01 S6 : CHRISTIANITY AND NEW AMER IMMIGRANT (Granquist)
[Required] African Immigrant Religions in America by Olupona/Gemignani
ISBN: 9780814762127
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[Required] Asian American Religions by Schoenberger/Carnes/Yang
ISBN: 9780814716304
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[Required] Immigrant Faiths by Leonard, Karen
ISBN: 9780759108172
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[Required] Latinos and the New Immigrant Church by Badillo, David
ISBN: 9780801883880
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2017 FA - HT 0801 01 : LUTHERAN CONFESSIONAL WRITINGS (Lange)
[Required] A Formula for Parish Practice: Using the Formula of Concord in Congregations by Timothy J. Wengert
ISBN: 978-0802830265
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[Required] Crossing the Bar: Home by Another Way by Johnson, James G
ISBN: 9780982931301
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[Required] The Augsburg Confession: A Commentary by Leif Grane
ISBN: 978-0806622521
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[Required] The Book of Concord by Kolb and Wengert
ISBN: 9780800627409
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2017 FA - LD 0540 50 : INNOVATION WITHIN CONG AND OTHER (Elton)
[Required] Change by Design: How Design Thinking Transforms Organizations and Inspires Innovation by Tim Brown
ISBN: 9780061766084
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[Required] Innovative Intelligence: The Art and Practice of Leading Sustainable Innovation in Your Organization by David Weiss and Claude Legrand
ISBN: 9780470677674
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[Required] Leading Congregations and Nonprofits in a Connected World: Platforms, People, and Purpose by Terri Martinson Elton and Hayim Herring
ISBN: 9781566997690
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[Required] The Innovator's Way: Essential Practices for Successful Innovation by Peter Denning and Robert Dunham
ISBN: 9780262014540
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2017 FA - LG 0220 50 : NEW TESTAMENT GREEK - ONLINE (Fredrickson)
[Required] A Grammar for New Testament Greek by Adam, A K M
ISBN: 9780687016778
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2017 FA - NT 0219 01 : GOSPELS-THE GOSPELS AND ACTS (Skinner)
[Required] Historical Jesus: What Can We Know and How Can We Know It? by Anthony Le Donne
ISBN: 9780802865267
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[Required] Jesus and the Gospels: An Introduction by John Carroll
ISBN: 9780664239725
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[Required] The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus by Amy-Jill Levine
ISBN: 9780060789664
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Gospel Parallels: A Comparison of the Synoptic Gospels : with Alternative Readings from the Manuscripts and Noncanonical Parallels by Burton H. Throckmorton
ISBN: 9780840774842
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Seven Events That Shaped the New Testament World by Warren Carter
ISBN: 978-0801039164
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Sinners: Jesus and His Earliest Followers by Greg Carey
ISBN: 9781602581463
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2017 FA - NT 0254 01 : EPISTLES-GALATIANS AND PHILIPPIANS (Fredrickson)
[Required] A reader's Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament ; and, A beginner's guide for the translation of New Testament Greek by Sakae Kubo
ISBN: 9780310269205
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[Find this used if possible. Don't worry about if it is not the revised version.]
[Required] Eros and the Christ by Fredrickson
ISBN: 9780800698232
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[Required] Mortal Subjects by Christina Howells
ISBN: 9780745652757
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[Required] Novum Testamentum Graece by Nestle-Aland
ISBN: 9781619700468
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2017 FA - NT 1250 50 F6 : THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES-ONLINE (Skinner)
[Required] Study Bible
[This professor is a good study bible for this class. If you need ideas for a good study bible, the library recommends the NRSV Harper Collins study bible or the New Oxford Annotated Bible.]
The First Christian Historian" Writing the "Acts of the Apostles" by Daniel Marguerat
ISBN: 9780521816502
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[Suggested Textbook]
Acts: The Gospel of the Spirit by Justo Gonzalez
ISBN: 9781570753985
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[Choose one or more critical commentary on the Acts of the Apostles.]
Acts by Willie James Jennings
ISBN: 9780664234003
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[Choose one or more critical commentaries on the Acts of the Apostles.]
Acts by J. Bradley Chance
ISBN: 9781573120807
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[Choose one or more critical commentaries on the Acts of the Apostles.]
2017 FA - NT 4282 01 S6 : INTERPRETING THE PASSION NARRATIVES (Skinner)
[Required] A Crucified Christ in Holy Week: Essays on the Four Gospel Passion Narratives by Raymond E. Brown
ISBN: 9780814614440
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[Required] The Cross and the Lynching Tree by Cone, James H
ISBN: 9781626980051
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[Required] The Trial Narratives: Conflict, Power, and Identity in the New Testament by Matthew Skinner
ISBN: 9780664230326
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Crucifixion in the Ancient World and the Folly of the Message of the Cross by Martin Hengel
ISBN: 9780334019596
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The Death of Jesus in Early Christianity by John T. Carroll and Joel B. Green
ISBN: 9781565631519
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2017 FA - OT 0115 50 : LAW AND NARRATIVE - ONLINE (Howard)
[Required] Fortress Commentary on the Bible: The Old Testament and Apocrypha by Gale Yee, Hugh R. Page, Matthew Coomber
ISBN: 9780800699161
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[Required] Introduction to Reading the Pentateuch by Jean-Louis Ska
ISBN: 1575061228
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[Required] The Africana Bible by Page, Hugh
ISBN: 9780800621254
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[Required] The Five Books of Moses: A Translation with Commentary by Robert Alter
ISBN: 0393019551
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[Required] Wrestling the Word: The Hebrew Scriptures and the Christian Believer by Carolyn Sharp
ISBN: 9780664230678
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The New Oxford Annotated Bible
ISBN: 9780195284782
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[Needs to be an NRSV study bible, it doesn't have to be the New Oxford Annotated Bible.]
Ancient Israel : the Former Prophets : Joshua, Judges, Samuel and Kings : a translation with commentary by Robert Alter
ISBN: 9780393082692
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Poetics and Interpretation of Biblical Narrative by Adele Berlin
ISBN: 9781575060026
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2017 FA - OT 0120 50 : PROPHETS AND POETRY - ONLINE (Jacobson)
[Required] Invitation to the Psalms by Jacobson
ISBN: 9780801036446
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[Required] The Prophets ( Perennial Classics (Paperback) ) by Heschel
ISBN: 9780060936990
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2017 FA - OT 1124 01 : SEX GENDER AND THE OLD TESTAMENT (Howard)
[Required] An Introduction to Womanist Biblical Interpretation by Nyasha Junior
ISBN: 9780664259877
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[Required] Battered Love: Marriage, Sex, and Violence in the Hebrew Prophets by Weems, Renita
ISBN: 9780800629489
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[Required] Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Winterson, Jeanette
ISBN: 9780802135162
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[Required] Texts of Terror by Trible, Phyllis
ISBN: 9780800615376
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[Required] Women's Bible Commentary by Newsom, Carol
ISBN: 9780664237073
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2017 FA - PR 0510 01 : FOUNDATIONS OF BIBLICAL PREACHING (Lewis)
[Required] The Preaching Life by Barbara Brown Taylor
ISBN: 978-1561010745
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[Required] The Witness Of Preaching by Thomas G. Long
ISBN: 978-0664229436
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2017 FA - RM 4510 01 : EXPL SMALL TOWN AND RURAL MINISTRY (Luedke)
[Required] Dynamics of Small Town Ministry by Lawrence Farris
ISBN: 9781566992282
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[Required] Ministry in an Oral Culture: Living with Will Rogers, Uncle Remus, and Minnie Pearl by Sample, Tex
ISBN: 9780664255060
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[Required] Postville: A Clash of Cultures in Heartland America by Bloom
ISBN: 9780156013369
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[Required] Rural Ministry by Jung
ISBN: 9780687016068
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[Required] Scripture, Culture, and Agriculture: An Agrarian Reading of the Bible by Davis, Ellen
ISBN: 9780521732239
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Open Secrets: A Memoir of Faith and Discovery by Lischer, Richard
ISBN: 9780767907446
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2017 FA - SG 0401 01 : THINKING THEOLOGICALLY- CONFESSING (Malcolm)
[Required] Mercy: The Essence of the Gospel and the Key to Christian Life by Kasper, Walter
ISBN: 9780809106097
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2017 FA - SG 0401 50 : THINKING THEOL- CONFESSING-ONLINE (Marga)
[Required] How (Not) to Be Secular by Smith, James
ISBN: 9780802867612
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[Required] Jesus and the Disinherited by Howard Thurman
ISBN: 978-0807010297
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[Required] The Jesus Wars by Philip Jenkins
ISBN: 9780061768934
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2017 FA - SG 0405 01 : LEADING CHRISTIAN COMM IN MISSION (Elton)
[Required] Leadership on the Line by Ronald Heifetz and Marty Linsky
ISBN: 1578514371
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[Required] Leadership On the Line: Staying Alive Through the Dangers of Leading by Ronald A. Heifetz and Marty Linsky
ISBN: 978-1578514373
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[Required] Leadership On the Line: Staying Alive Through the Dangers of Leading by Ronald A. Heifetz and Marty Linsky
ISBN: 978-1578514373
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[Required] The Open Secret: An Introduction to the Theology of Mission by Leslie Newbigin
ISBN: 978-0802808295
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2017 FA - ST 0440 01 : THE TRIUNE GOD AND THE WORLD (Paulson)
[Required] Luther and Erasmus: Free Will and Salvation by Rupp, E Gordon Watson, Philip S
ISBN: 9780664241582
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[Required] Melanchthon and Bucer by Pauck, Wilhelm
ISBN: 9780664241643
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[Required] On Being a Theologian of the Cross: Reflections on Luther's Heidelberg Disputation, 1518 by Forde, Gerhard O
ISBN: 9780802843456
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2017 FA - ST 1426 01 : GOD AND ECONOMY-FAITH AND CONSUMER (Hansen)
[Required] At the Altar of Wall Street : the Rituals, Myths, Theologies, Sacraments, and Mission of the Religion known as the Modern Global Economy by Gustafson, Scott
ISBN: 9780802872807
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[Required] Covenant Economics: A Biblical Vision of Justice for All by Horsley, Richard
ISBN: 9780664233952
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[Required] Shopping for Meaningful Lives by Rittenhouse, Bruce
ISBN: 9781620321140
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[Required] World-System Analysis: An Introduction by Wallerstein, Immanuel
ISBN: 9780822334422
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2017 FA - ST 1448 50 : FORGIVENESS RECONC HEALING-ONLINE (Malcolm)
[Required] Forgiveness: A Theology by Anthony Bush
ISBN: 978-1498201483
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[Required] The Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness by Simon Wiesenthal
ISBN: 978-0805210606
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2017 FA - ST 1466 50 : THEOLOGY ENVIRON AND ETHICS-ONLINE (Padgett)
[Required] Environmental Ethics by Robin Attfield
ISBN: 9780745652535
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[Required] Introducing Evangelical Ecotheology: Foundations in Scripture, Theology, History, and Praxis by Daniel L. Brunner, et al.
ISBN: 9780801049651
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[Required] What Are They Saying About Scripture & Ethics? by William Spohn
ISBN: 9780809136094
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Pocket Dictionary of Ethics by Stanley Grenz and J.T. Smith
ISBN: 9780830814688
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[The library has this book in the reference room.]
Dictionary of Scripture and Ethics by J. Green, et al.
ISBN: 9780801034060
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[The library has a copy of this book in the reference room.]
Ask the Beasts: Darwin and the God of Love by Elizabeth Johnson
ISBN: 978-1472924018
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Beyond Bumper Sticker Ethics: An Introduction to Theories of Right and Wrong by Steve Wilkens
ISBN: 9780830839360
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Living With Other Creatures: Green Exegesis and Theology by Richard Bauckham
ISBN: 9781602584112
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2017 FA - ST 2472 01 : CHURCH,DISCIPLE AND ETHICS OF JESUS (Padgett)
[Required] Discipleship (Revised) ( Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works (Paperback) #04 ) by Bonhoeffer, Dietrich
ISBN: 9780800683245
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[Required] Discipleship (Revised) ( Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works (Paperback) #04 ) by Bonhoeffer
ISBN: 9780800683245
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[Required] Liberating the Church: The Ecology of Church and Kingdom by Snyder, Howard
ISBN: 9781579100131
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[Required] Liberating the Church: The Ecology of Church and Kingdom by Snyder, Howard
ISBN: 9781579100131
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[Required] Strength to Love by Martin Luther King, Jr.
ISBN: 0800697405
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[Required] The Politics of Jesus: Vicit Agnus Noster (2ND ed.) by Yoder, J.H.
ISBN: 9780802807342
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[Required] The Politics of Jesus: Vicit Agnus Noster (2ND ed.) by Yoder, J.H.
ISBN: 9780802807342
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2017 FA - ST 2484 01 : JUSTICE AND RECONCILATION (Hansen)
[Required] Six Theories of Justice by Lebacqz, Karen
ISBN: 9780806622453
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[Required] The Book of Forgiving by Tutu, Desmond
ISBN: 9780062203564
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2017 - Summer

2016 U1 - CG 0525 01 : CONGREGATIONAL CARE AND FORMATION (Castillo Portugal)
[Required] Caring for God's People (Integrating Spirituality Into Pastoral Counseling) by Culbertson, Philip LeRoy
ISBN: 9780800631871
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[Required] Crisis Counseling by Stone, Howard W.
ISBN: 9780800663520
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[Required] Practical Theology: An Introduction by Osmer, Richard Robert
ISBN: 9780802817655
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[Required] Transforming Church Conflict by Van Deusen Hunsinger, Deborah; Latini, Theresa F
ISBN: 9780664238483
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2016 U1 - CG 3552 01 : CARE OF SELF AND CARE OF OTHERS (Lonsbury)
[Required] Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life by Rosenberg, M. B
ISBN: 9781892005038
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[Required] Recalling Our Own Stories by Wimberly, E.P.
ISBN: 978078793633
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[Required] The Faces of Forgiveness: Searching for Wholeness and Salvation by Schults, F.L. & Sandage, S.J.
ISBN: 9780801026249
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[Required] Transforming Church Conflict: Compassionate Leadership in Action. by Hunsinger, D. van Deusen and T.F. Latini
ISBN: 9780664238483
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2016 U1 - CY 0515 01 : THEOL FRAMEWORKS FOR MIN W CYF II (Root)
[Required] Children's Ministry in the Way of Jesus by Csinos/Beckwith
ISBN: 9780830841080
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[CHOOSE ONE OF THESE THREE TITLES]
[Required] The Barefoot Way by Baker, D
ISBN: 9780664238025
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[CHOOSE ONE OF THESE THREE TITLES]
[Required] The Juvenilization of American Christianity by Bergler, T
ISBN: 9780802866844
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[CHOOSE ONE OF THESE THREE TITLES]
[Required] In the End-The Beginning:The Life of Hope by Moltmann, J
ISBN: 9780800636562
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[Required] Unpacking Scripture in Youth Ministry by Root, A
ISBN: 9780310670797
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[Required] Wide Welcome by Duckworth, J
ISBN: 9780800699390
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2016 U1 - CY 4525 01 : CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN CYF MINISTRY (Root)
[Required] Amplifying Our Witness by Conner, Benjamin T
ISBN: 9780802867216
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[Required] Becoming friends of time : disability, timefullness, and gentle discipleship by Swinton, John
ISBN: 9781481304085
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[Required] The Bible, disability, and the church : a new vision of the people of God by Yong, Amos
ISBN: 9780802866080
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[Required] The language of God : a scientist presents evidence for belief by Francis S. Collins
ISBN: 0743286391
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2016 U1 - HC 2338 01 : ADAM AND EVE (Farag)
[Required] Feminism, Law and Religion by Failinger, Marie A., Elizabeth R. Schiltz, and Susan J. Stabile
ISBN: 9781409444190
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[Required] The Concept of Women by Allen, Prudence
ISBN: 9780802842701
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Eve and Adam: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Readings on Genesis and Gender by Kvam, Kristen E., Linda S. Schearing, and Valarie H. Ziegler
ISBN: 9780253334909
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Homilies on Genesis by John Chrysostom, and Robert C. Hill
ISBN: 0813200741
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Selected Prose Works by Ephraem, Edward G. Mathews, Joseph P. Amar, and Kathleen E. McVey
ISBN: 0813200911
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Women in the Early Church by Clark, Elizabeth A.
ISBN: 0894533401
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2016 U1 - HC 6338 01 : ADAM AND EVE (Farag)
[Required] Feminism, Law and Religion by Failinger, Marie A., Elizabeth R. Schiltz, and Susan J. Stabile
ISBN: 9781409444190
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[Required] The Concept of Woman: The Aristotelian Revolution, 750 B.C. - A. D. 1250 by Prudence Allen
ISBN: 978-0802842701
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Eve and Adam: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Readings on Genesis and Gender by Kvam, Kristen E., Linda S. Schearing, and Valarie H. Ziegler
ISBN: 9780253334909
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Homilies on Genesis by John Chrysostom, and Robert C. Hill
ISBN: 0813200741
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Selected Prose Works by Ephraem, Edward G. Mathews, Joseph P. Amar, and Kathleen E. McVey
ISBN: 0813200911
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Women in the Early Church by Clark, Elizabeth A.
ISBN: 0894533401
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2016 U1 - LG 0110 50 : BIBLICAL HEBREW - ONLINE (Howard)
[Required] Answer Book for the First Hebrew Primer by Simon, Ethelyn, and Dorey Brandt-Finell
ISBN: 978-0939144167
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[Required] The First Hebrew Primer by Simon, Ethelyn, Irene Resnikoff, and Linda Motzkin
ISBN: 0-939144-15-8
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A Reader’s Hebrew Bible by Brown, A. Phillip II, and Bryan W. Smith, eds.
ISBN: 978-0310269748
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The concise dictionary of classical Hebrew by Clines, David J.A., ed.
ISBN: 1906055793
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2016 U1 - NT 3215 01 : GOSPEL OF JOHN (Koester)
[Required] John: a commentary by Marianne Meye Thompson
ISBN: 9780664221119
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[Required] Symbolism in the Fourth Gospel by Koester, Craig
ISBN: 0800635949
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[Required] The Gospel and letters of John by R. Alan. Culpepper
ISBN: 0687012392
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[Required] The New interpreter's Bible : vol. 9 : the gospel of Luke, the gospel of John by O'Day, G.
ISBN: 0687278228
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2016 U1 - OT 0110 01 : BIBLICAL EXEGESIS FOR MINISTRY (Howard)
[Required] A handbook to Old Testament exegesis by Brown, William P
ISBN: 9780664259938
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[Required] David, King of Israel, and Caleb in Biblical Memory by Wright, Jacob L.
ISBN: 9781107062276
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[Required] The David Story: A Translation with Commentary of 1 and 2 Samuel by Alter, Robert
ISBN: 978-0393320770
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Samuel, Kings and Chronicles, v. 1 by Brenner-Idan, Athalya, and Archie C. C. Lee, eds.
ISBN: 9780567671158
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2016 U1 - OT 1144 01 : THE BOOK OF JOB (Schifferdecker)
[Required] J.B. by MacLeish
ISBN: 9780395083536
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[Required] Job (Interpretation) by Janzen
ISBN: 9780664238773
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[Required] Trial of God by Wiesel
ISBN: 9780805210538
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[Required] Wisdom's Wonder: Character, Creation, and Crisis in the Bible's Wisdom Literature by Brown, William P
ISBN: 0802867936
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2016 U1 - SG 0401 01 : THINKING THEOLOGICALLY- CONFESSING (Marga)
[Required] How (Not) to Be Secular by Smith, James
ISBN: 9780802867612
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2016 U1 - WO 0515 01 : PUBLIC WORSHIP-LDRSP IN WORD SACRAM (Lange)
[Required] ELW
ISBN: 978-0806656182
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[Required for Lutheran students]
[Required] ELW Leaders Edition
ISBN: 9780806656205
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[Required for Lutheran students]
[Required] The Book of Concord by Kolb and Wengert
ISBN: 9780800627409
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[Required for Lutheran Students]
[Required] Babette's Feast (DVD)
ISBN: 079284839X
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[Required] Central things: worship in Word and Sacrament. by Lathrop, Gordon
ISBN: 0806651636
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[Required] The Three-Day Feast: Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter by Ramshaw, Gail
ISBN: 0806651156
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[Required] Word, Water, Wine and Bread by William Willimon
ISBN: 9780817008581
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2016 U1 - WO 4550 01 : LIFE PASSAGES-LITURGY IN TIMES OF (Lange)
[Required] Becoming Human by Vanier, Jean
ISBN: 0809139006
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[Required] Ritual and Pastoral Care by Ramshaw, Elaine
ISBN: 080061738X
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[Required] Speaking to Silence: New Rites for Christian Worship and Healing by Peterman, Janet
ISBN: 0664228801
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2017 - Spring

2016 SP - CD 1624 01 : UNITED METHODIST CHUR DOCT AND HIST (Padgett)
[Required] Practical Divinity: Theology in the Wesleyan Tradition, vols 1 & 2 by Thomas A. Langford
[Vol. 1: 978-0687073825 (ISBN) Vol. 2: 978-0687012473 (ISBN)]
[Required] American Methodism: A Compact History by Jean Miller Schmidt, Russell E. Richey, and Kenneth E. Rowe
ISBN: 978-1426742279
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[Required] John Wesley by Albert C. Outler
ISBN: 978-0195011920
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[Required] Responsible Grace: John Wesley's Practical Theology by Randy L. Maddox
ISBN: 978-0687003341
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[Required] United Methodist Doctrine: The Extreme Center by Scott Jones
ISBN: 978-0687034857
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[Required] Wesley and the People Called Methodists by Richard P. Heitzenrater
ISBN: 978-1426742248
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2016 SP - CG 0525 50 : CONGREGATIONAL CARE AND FORM-ONLINE (Castillo Portugal)
[Required] Caring for God's People (Integrating Spirituality Into Pastoral Counseling) by Philip Culbertson
ISBN: 978-0800631871
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[Required] Crisis Counseling by Howard W. Stone
ISBN: 978-0800663520
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[Required] Practical Theology: An Introduction by Richard Osmer
ISBN: 978-0802817655
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[Required] Recalling Our Own Stories: Spiritual Renewal for Religious Caregivers by Edward P. Wimberly
ISBN: 978-0787903633
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[Required] Transforming Church Conflict: Compassionate Leadership in Action by Deborah van Deusen Hunsinger and Theresa F. Latini
ISBN: 978-0664238483
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2016 SP - CG 3511 01 : PASTORAL AND CONG CARE OF ADDICTION (Lonsbury)
[Required] Adult children of Alcoholics by Janet Geringer Woititz
ISBN: 978-1558741126
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[Required] Courage to Change: One Day at a Time in Al-Anon II by Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc
ISBN: 978-0910034791
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[Required] Unbroken Brain: A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction by Maia Szalavitz
ISBN: 978-1250055828
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[Required] Understanding and Counseling Persons with Alcohol, Drug, and Behavioral Addictions by Howard J. Clinebell
ISBN: 978-0687025640
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2016 SP - CG 3525 50 : MINISTRY WITH OLDER ADULTS-ONLINE (Castillo Portugal)
[Required] Aging, Spirituality, and Religion: A Handbook, Vol. 2 by Melvin Kimble and Susan H. McFadden
ISBN: 978-0800632731
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[Required] Catching the Age Wave: A Handbook for Effective Ministry with Older Adults by Win Am and Charles Am
ISBN: 978-0834118003
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[Required] Pastoral Care of Older Adults by Harold Koenig and Andrew J. Weaver
ISBN: 978-0800629649
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2016 SP - CG 3540 01 : REL VOC MIN & MOVIES-CANCELED 1.19 (Okafor)
[Required] 978-0865547759 by Bryan Stone
ISBN: 978-0827210271
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[Required] Celluloid Saints: Images of Sanctity in Film by Theresa M. Sanders
ISBN: 978-0865547759
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2016 SP - CL 0510 50 : EVANGELISM IN CONTEMP CONTEXTS-ONLI (Hahn)
[Required] Graceful Evangelism: Christian Witness in a Complex World by Frances S. Adeney
ISBN: 978-0801031854
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[Required] Not God's Type: An Atheist Academic Lays Down Her Arms by Holly Ordway
ISBN: 978-1586179991
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[Required] Seized by Truth: Reading the Bible as Scripture by Joel B. Green
ISBN: 978-0687023554
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2016 SP - CL 0535 01 : GODS MISSION-BIBLICAL AND THEOL EXP (Simpson)
[Required] Discovering Trinity in Disability: A Theology for Embracing Difference by Myroslaw Tataryn and Maria Truchan-Tataryn
ISBN: 978-1626980372
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[Required] The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race by Willie James Jennings
ISBN: 978-0300171365
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[Required] Transforming Mission: Paradigm Shifts in Theology of Mission by David J. Bosch
ISBN: 978-1570759482
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2016 SP - CL 0540 01 : TRANSFORMING CHR COMM FOR MISSION (Zscheile)
[Required] Joining God, Remaking Church, Changing the World: The New Shape of the Church in Our Time by Alan J.Roxburgh
ISBN: 978-0819232113
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[Required] Memories, Hopes, and Conversations: Appreciative Inquiry, Missional Engagement, and Congregational Change by Mark Lau Branson
ISBN: 978-1566997836
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[Required] Starting Missional Churches: Life with God in the Neighborhood by Mark Lau Branson and Nicholas Warnes, eds.
ISBN: 978-0830841165
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[Required] Who Is the Holy Spirit?: A Walk with the Apostles by Amos Yong
ISBN: 978-1557256355
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2016 SP - CL 4560 01 : MONEY AND MISSION OF THE CHURCH (Copeland)
[Required] Embracing Stewardship: How to Put Stewardship at the Heart of Your Congregation's Life by Charles R. Lane and Grace Duddy Pomroy
ISBN: 9780692577233
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[Purchase at EmbracingStewardship.com]
[Required] A Spirituality of Fundraising by Henri J. M. Nouwen
ISBN: 978-0835810449
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[Required] Ministry and Money: A Practical Guide for Pastors by Janet T. Jamieson and Philip D. Jamieson
ISBN: 978-0664231989
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[Required] Not Your Parents' Offering Plate: A New Vision for Financial Stewardship by J. Clif Christopher
ISBN: 978-1501804922
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2016 SP - HC 0316 01 : APOSTLES TO REFORMERS (Farag)
[Required] History of the World Christian Movement: Earliest Christianity to 1453 by Dale T. Irvin, Scott W. Sunquist
ISBN: 978-1570753961
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[Required] On the Incarnation by Athanasius of Alexandria
ISBN: 978-0881414271
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[Required] The Story of Christianity, Vol. 1: The Early Church to the Dawn of the Reformation by Justo L. Gonzalez
ISBN: 978-0061855887
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2016 SP - HC 1333 01 F6 : DESERT SPIRITUALITY FOR 21ST CENT (Farag)
[Required] Balance of the Heart: Desert Spirituality for Twenty-First-Century Christians by Lois Farag
ISBN: 978-1556359774
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[Required] On the Incarnation by Athanasius of Alexandria
ISBN: 978-0881414271
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[Required] The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Alphabetical Collection by Benedicta Ward
ISBN: 978-0879079598
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2016 SP - HC 2324 50 02 S6 : EUSEBIUS OF CAESAREA-CANCELED1.17 (Farag)
[Required] Eusebius' Ecclesiastical History: Complete and Unabridged by C F Cruse, Eusebius Pamphill, Eusebius, Christian Frederic Cruse
ISBN: 978-1565633711
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2016 SP - HC 2324 50 S6 : SOCRATES ECCLESIASTICAL HIST-ONLINE (Farag)
[Required] Socrates, Sozomenus by Socrates, Philip Schaff, Henry Wace, Andrew Zenos, Chester Hartranft, and Sozomen
ISBN: B000VPMIEA (ASIN)
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2016 SP - HC 6324 50 02 S6 : EUSEBIUS OF CAESAREA-CANCELED1.17 (Farag)
[Required] Eusebius' Ecclesiastical History: Complete and Unabridged by C F Cruse, Eusebius Pamphill, Eusebius, Christian Frederic Cruse
ISBN: 978-1565633711
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2016 SP - HC 6324 50 S6 : SOCRATES ECCLESIASTICAL HIST-ONLINE (Farag)
[Required] Socrates, Sozomenus by Socrates, Philip Schaff, Henry Wace, Andrew Zenos, Chester Hartranft, and Sozomen
ISBN: B000VPMIEA (ASIN)
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2016 SP - HC 6333 01 F6 : DESERT SPIRITUALITY FOR 21ST CENT (Farag)
[Required] Balance of the Heart: Desert Spirituality for Twenty-First-Century Christians by Lois Farag
ISBN: 978-1556359774
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[Required] On the Incarnation by Athanasius of Alexandria
ISBN: 978-0881414271
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[Required] The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Alphabetical Collection by Benedicta Ward
ISBN: 978-0879079598
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2016 SP - HT 0801 50 : LUTHERAN CONFESSIONAL WRIT-ONLINE (Haemig)
[Required] A Formula for Parish Practice: Using the Formula of Concord in Congregations by Timothy Wengert
ISBN: 978-0802830265
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[Required] Crossing the Bar: Home by Another Way by James G. Johnson
ISBN: 978-0982931301
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[Required] The Augsburg Confession: A Commentary by Leif Grane
ISBN: 978-0806622521
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[Required] The Book of Concord: The Confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church by Robert Kolb and Timothy J. Wengert
ISBN: 978-0800627409
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2016 SP - LG 0110 50 : BIBLICAL HEBREW - ONLINE (Howard)
[Required] Answer Book for The First Hebrew Primer by Ethelyn Simon and Dorey Brandt-Finell
ISBN: 978-0939144167
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[Required] The First Hebrew Primer: The Adult Beginner's Path to Biblical Hebrew by Ethelyn Simon, Linda Motzkin, and Irene Resnikoff
ISBN: 978-0939144150
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2016 SP - NT 0220 50 : BIBLICAL EXEGESIS FOR MIN-ONLINE (Skinner)
[Required] Commentary on Mark
[Please check syllabus for options. Commentaries will also be held on reserve in the library.]
[Required] Preaching Mark in Two Voices by Brian K. Blount and Gary W. Charles
ISBN: 978-0664223939
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2016 SP - OT 1142 50 : ISAIAH 40-66 - ONLINE (Howard)
[Required] Interpreting Hebrew Poetry (Guides to Biblical Scholarship Old Testament Series) by David Petersen and Kent Harold Richards
ISBN: 978-0800626259
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[Required] The Prophetic Imagination by Walter Brueggemann
ISBN: 978-0800632878
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[Required] The Theology of the Book of Isaiah by John E. Goldingay
ISBN: 978-0830840397
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2016 SP - RM 4545 01 S6 : SMALL TOWN RURAL- CANCELLED3.17.17 (Luedke)
[Required] Model Constitution for Congregations of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America by ELCA Office of the Secretary
[Download from ELCA website]
[Required] Church Administration: Programs/Process/Purpose by Robert Bacher and Michael Cooper-White
ISBN: 978-0800637422
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[Required] Clergy Self-Care: Finding a Balance for Effective Ministry by Roy M. Oswald
ISBN: 978-1566990448
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[Required] Healthy Congregations: A Systems Approach by Peter L. Steinke
ISBN: 978-1566993302
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[Required] Rural Evangelism: Catching the Vision by Kevin E. Ruffcorn
ISBN: 978-0806626420
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2016 SP - SG 0301 01 : REFORM AND EXPANSION OF CHRISTIANIT (Haemig)
[Required] A History of Christianity in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, 1450-1990: A Documentary Sourcebook by Roland Spliesgart, Klaus Koschorke, Frieder Ludwig (Editor)
ISBN: 978-0802828897
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[Required] Handbook of Consolations: For the Fears and Trials That Oppress Us in the Stuggle with Death by Johann Gerhard and Carl Beckwith
ISBN: 978-1606086643
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[Required] Luther the Reformer: The Story of the Man and His Career by James Kittelson
ISBN: 978-0800635978
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[Required] Martin Luther's Basic Theological Writings by Timothy Lull
ISBN: 978-0800698836
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[Required] Pia Desideria by Philip Jacob Spener
ISBN: 978-0800619534
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[Required] The European Reformations by Carl Lindberg
ISBN: 978-1405180672
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[Required] The Protestant Reformation: Major Documents by Lewis Spitz
ISBN: 978-0570049937
Search: Library or Amazon
[Required] The Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius by Anthony Mottola, trans.
ISBN: 978-0385024365
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[Required] Three Threatises by Martin Luther
ISBN: 978-0800616397
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2016 SP - SG 0405 01 : LEADING CHRISTIAN COMM IN MISSION (Keifert)
[Required] Forming Missional Churches by Patrick Keifert and Nigel Rooms
[Book can be purchased at the following: http://churchinnovations.org/product/forming-missional-church/]
[Required] We Are Here Now: A New Missional Era by Patrick Keifert
ISBN: 978-0977718412
Search: Library or Amazon
[Book can be purchased at the following: http://churchinnovations.org/product/forming-missional-church/]
[Required] Leadership on the Line: Staying Alive through the Dangers of Leading by Ronald Heifetz and Marty Linsky
ISBN: 978-1578514373
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[Required] The Open Secret: An Introduction to the Theology of Mission by Lesslie Newbigin
ISBN: 978-0802808295
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2016 SP - SG 0702 01 : SCRIPTURE AND ITS WITNESSES - II (Schifferdecker)
[Required] Study Bible
[Professor recommends NRSV version, specifically The HarperCollins Study Bible with Apocryphal/Deuteronomical Books or The New Oxford Annotated Bible]
[Required] Biblical Commentary of your choice
[Please check syllabus for options]
[Required] An Introduction to the Old Testament, Second Edition: The Canon and Christian Imagination by Walter Brueggemann and Tod Linafelt
ISBN: 978-0664234584
Search: Library or Amazon
[Required] Can I Get a Witness?: Reading Revelation through African American Culture by Brian K. Blount
ISBN: 978-0664228699
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[Required] Getting Involved with God: Rediscovering the Old Testament by Ellen Davis
ISBN: 978-1561011971
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[Required] Paul Among the People: The Apostle Reinterpreted and Reimagined in His Own Time by Sarah Ruden
ISBN: 978-0385522571
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[Required] Paul: Apostle and Fellow Traveler by Jerry L. Sumney
ISBN: 978-1630885885
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[Required] Seven Events That Shaped the New Testament World by Warren Carter
ISBN: 978-0801039164
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2016 SP - ST 0425 01 : TRIUNE GOD AND WORLD-JESUS SAVIOR (Padgett)
[Required] Christology: A Biblical, Historical, and Systematic Study of Jesus by Gerald O'Collins SJ
ISBN: 978-0199557875
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[Required] Jesus the Savior: The Meaning of Jesus Christ for Christian Faith by William Placher
ISBN: 978-0664223915
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[Required] Pocket Dictionary of Theological Terms by Stanley Grenz, et al
ISBN: 978-0830814497
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2016 SP - ST 2482 01 : RACE AND PROTESTANTISM IN AMERICA (Marga)
[Required] Dear White Christians: For Those Still Longing for Racial Reconciliation by Jennifer Harvey
ISBN: 978-0802872074
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[Required] Jesus and the Disinherited by Howard Thurman
ISBN: 978-0807010297
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[Required] The End of White Christian America by Robert Jones
ISBN: 978-1501122293
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[Required] Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? by Martin Luther King, Jr.
ISBN: 978-0807000670
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2016 SP - ST 6484 01 : RACE AND PROTESTANTISM IN AMERICA (Marga)
[Required] Dear White Christians: For Those Still Longing for Racial Reconciliation by Jennifer Harvey
ISBN: 978-0802872074
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[Required] Jesus and the Disinherited by Howard Thurman
ISBN: 978-0807010297
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[Required] The End of White Christian America by Robert Jones
ISBN: 978-1501122293
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[Required] Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? by Martin Luther King, Jr.
ISBN: 978-0807000670
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2017 - January Term

2016 JT - EL 3539 01 : CHRISTIAN ED AND DISMANTLING RACISM (Castillo Portugal)
[Required] Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life by Marshall Rosenberg
ISBN: 978-1892005281
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[Required] Reset the Heart: Unlearning Violence, Relearning Hope by Le Tran, Mai-Anh
ISBN: 9781501832468
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[Required] The Wolf Shall Dwell with the Lamb: A Spirituality for Leadership in a Multicultural Community by Eric Law
ISBN: 978-0827242319
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[Required] The World Café: Shaping Our Futures Through Conversations That Matter by Juanita Brown
ISBN: 978-1576752586
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2016 JT - OT 1160 01 : PSALMS (Jacobson)
[Required] Study Bible
[Recommended: Lutheran Study Bible or HarperCollins Study Bible]
[Required] Hebrew Bible
[Recommended: A Reader's Hebrew Bible (Zondervan); an electronic Bible (Accordance); also acceptable is any other Hebrew Bible]
[Required] Invitation to the Psalms: A Reader's Guide for Discovery and Engagement by Karl Jacobson and Rolf Jacobson
ISBN: 978-0801036446
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[Required] The Book of Psalms by Nancy L. deClaisse-Walford, Rolf A. Jacobson, and Beth LaNeel Tanner
ISBN: 978-0802824936
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2016 JT - PR 0510 01 : FOUNDATIONS OF BIBLICAL PREACHING (Lewis)
[Required] The Witness of Preaching by Thomas G. Long
ISBN: 978-0664229436
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2016 JT - RM 4515 01 : MINISTRY IN SMALL TOWN AND RURAL (Luedke)
[Required] Dynamics of Small Town Ministry by Lawrence W. Farris
ISBN: 978-1566992282
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[Required] Ministry in an Oral Culture: Living with Will Rogers, Uncle Remus, and Minnie Pearl by Tex Sample
ISBN: 978-0664255060
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[Required] Scripture, Culture, and Agriculture: An Agrarian Reading of the Bible by Ellen F. Davis
ISBN: 978-0521732239
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2016 JT - ST 0415 01 : TRIUNE GOD AND WORLD-GOD THE CREATO (Padgett)
[Required] Ask the Beasts: Darwin and the God of Love by Elizabeth Johnson
ISBN: 978-1472924018
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[Required] Pocket Dictionary of Theological Terms by Stanley Grenz, et al.
ISBN: 978-0830814497
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[Required] Theology for the Community of God by Stanley Grenz
ISBN: 978-0802847553
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2016 JT - WO 0515 01 : PUBLIC WORSHIP-LDRSP IN WORD SACRAM (Lange)
[Required] Evangelical Lutheran Worship (Leaders Desk Edition) by ELCA
ISBN: B000R96U8K (ASIN)
Search: Library or Amazon
[Lutheran students only]
[Required] Evangelical Lutheran Worship: Pew Edition by ELCA
ISBN: 978-0806656182
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[Lutheran students only]
[Required] The Book of Concord: The Confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church by Robert Kolb, Timothy J. Wengert
ISBN: 978-0800627409
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[Lutheran students only]
[Required] Babette's Feast (DVD) by Gabriel Axel, Director
ISBN: B00MRKX9AE (ASIN)
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[Required] Central Things by Gordon Lathrop
ISBN: 978-0806651637
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[Required] Three Day Feast by Gail Ramshaw
ISBN: 978-0806651156
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[Required] Word, Water, Wine, and Bread: How Worship Has Changed Over the Years by William H. Willimon
ISBN: 978-0817008581
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2016 - Fall

2016 FA - CD 1633 01 : GOD EVIL AND SUFFERING (Padgett)
[Required] Creation and the Persistence of Evil by Jon D. Levenson
ISBN: 978-0691029504
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[Required] Encountering Evil, A New Edition: Live Options in Theodicy by Stephen T. Davis
ISBN: 978-0664222512
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[Required] God and Human Suffering by Douglas John Hall
ISBN: 978-0806623146
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[Required] In God's Presence: Theological Reflections on Prayer by Marjorie Hewitt Suchocki
ISBN: 978-0827216150
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[Required] Night by Elie Wiesel
ISBN: 978-0374500016
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[Required] Quarks, Chaos & Christianity: Questions to Science And Religion by John Polkinghorne
ISBN: 978-0824524067
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[Required] The Suffering of God: An Old Testament Perspective (Overtures to Biblical Theology) by Terence E. Frethheim
ISBN: 978-0800615383
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2016 FA - CD 1646 01 : COMPARATIVE CONFESSIONS (Padgett)
[Required] Christian Confessions by Ted Campbell
ISBN: 978-0664256500
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[Required] Creeds of the Churches by John Leith
ISBN: 978-0804205269
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2016 FA - CG 4515 50 : FAITH FORGIVENESS AND HEALING-ONLIN (Castillo Portugal)
[Required] No Future Without Forgiveness by Desmund Tutu
ISBN: 978-0385496902
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[Required] The Faces of Forgiveness: Searching for Wholeness and Salvation by F. LeRon Shults and Steven J. Sandage
ISBN: 9780801026249
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[Required] The Forgiving Self: The Road from Resentment to Connection by Robert Karen
ISBN: 978-0385488747
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2016 FA - CL 0520 01 : CHURCH ORGANIZATION AND LEADERSHIP (Zscheile)
[Required] Church Administration: Programs/Process/Purpose by Robert N. Bacher and Michael L. Cooper-White
ISBN: 978-0800637422
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[Required] Discover Who You Are: LifeKeys Discovery Workbook by Jane Kise, David Stark, and Sandra Krebs Hirsch
ISBN: 978-0764200762
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[Required] Discover Your Conflict Management Style by Speed B. Leas
ISBN: 978-1566991841
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[Required] LeadershipNext: Changing Leaders in a Changing Culture by Eddie Gibbs
ISBN: 978-0830832835
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[Required] The Leadership Challenge: How to Make Extraordinary Things Happen in Organizations by James Kouzes and Barry Posner
ISBN: 978-0470651728
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2016 FA - CY 4566 01 : DIETRICH BONHOEFFER-YOUTH WORKER (Root)
[Required] Bonhoeffer as Youth Worker: A Theological Vision for Discipleship and Life Together by Andrew Root
ISBN: 978-0801049057
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[Required] Dietrich Bonhoeffer: A Spoke in the Wheel by Renate Wind
ISBN: 978-0802806321
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[Required] Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
ISBN: 978-0800683245
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[Required] Life Together by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
ISBN: 978-0800683252
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[Required] Strange Glory: A Life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer by Charles March
ISBN: 978-0307390387
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2016 FA - HC 0316 50 : APOSTLES TO REFORMERS - ONLINE (Farag)
[Required] History of the World Christian Movement: Earliest Christianity to 1453 by Dale T. Irvin and Scott W. Sunquist
ISBN: 978-1570753961
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[Required] The Story of Christianity, Vol. 1: The Early Church to the Dawn of the Reformation by Justo L. Gonzalez
ISBN: 978-0061855887
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2016 FA - HC 0330 01 : CHRISTIANITY 1800-ON - CONFESS CHR (Haemig)
[Required] Lutherans in America: A New History by Mark Grandquist
ISBN: 978-1451472288
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[Required] Pilgrims in Their Own Land by Martin Marty
ISBN: 978-0140082685
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[Required] The Churching of America, 1776-2005: Winners and Losers in Our Religious Economy by Roger Finke and Rodney Stark
ISBN: 978-0813535531
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[Required] The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity by Philip Jenkins
ISBN: 978-0199767465
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[Required] The Routledge Historical Atlas of Religion in America by Brett Carroll
ISBN: 978-0415921374
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2016 FA - HC 2324 01 : EUSEBIUS OF CAESAREA-CANCELED 8/23 (Farag)
[Required] Eusebius' Ecclesiastical History: Complete and Unabridged by Christian Frederic Cruse and Isaac Boyle
ISBN: 1565633717
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2016 FA - HC 2324 S6 50 : LORDS PRAYER-STUD IN EARLY CHR-ONL (Farag)
[Required]
[Required readings are posted as e-reserve.]
2016 FA - HC 2338 01 : ADAM AND EVE-CANCELED 8-23 (Farag)
[Required] The Concept of Woman: The Aristotelian Revolution, 750 B.C. - A. D. 1250 by Prudence Allen
ISBN: 978-0802842701
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2016 FA - HC 6324 01 : EUSEBIUS OF CAESAREA-CANCELED 8/23 (Farag)
[Required] Eusebius' Ecclesiastical History: Complete and Unabridged by Christian Frederic Cruse and Isaac Boyle
ISBN: 1565633717
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2016 FA - HC 6324 S6 50 : LORDS PRAYER-STUD IN EARLY CHR-ONL (Farag)
[Required]
[Required readings are posted as e-reserve]
2016 FA - HC 6338 01 : ADAM AND EVE-CANCELED 8-23 (Farag)
[Required] The Concept of Woman: The Aristotelian Revolution, 750 B.C. - A. D. 1250 by Prudence Allen
ISBN: 978-0802842701
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2016 FA - HT 0801 01 : LUTHERAN CONFESSIONAL WRITINGS (Haemig)
[Required] A Formula for Parish Practice: Using the Formula of Concord in Congregations by Timothy J. Wengert
ISBN: 978-0802830265
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[Required] Crossing the Bar: Home by Another Way by James G. Johnson
ISBN: 978-0982931301
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[Required] The Augsburg Confession: A Commentary by Leif Grane
ISBN: 978-0806622521
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[Required] The Book of Concord: The Confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church by Robert Kolb, Timothy J. Wengert, and Charles P. Arand
ISBN: 978-0800627409
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2016 FA - LD 0515 01 : PROFESSIONAL VOCATION IN CHR LDRSP (Lonsbury)
[Required] A Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the Age of the Quick Fix by Edwin H. Friedman
ISBN: 978-1596270428
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[Required] Community: The Structure of Belonging by Peter Block
ISBN: 978-1605092775
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[Required] Practical Theology: An Introduction by Richard R. Osmer
ISBN: 978-0802817655
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[Required] The Agile Church: Spirit-Led Innovation in an Uncertain Age by Dwight J. Zscheile
ISBN: 978-0819229779
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[Required] Transforming Church Conflict: Compassionate Leadership in Action by Deborah van Deusen Hunsinger and Theresa F. Latini
ISBN: 978-0664238483
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2016 FA - LD 0515 50 : PROF VOCATION IN CHR LDRSP-ONLINE (Lonsbury)
[Required] A Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the Age of the Quick Fix by Edwin H. Friedman
ISBN: 978-1596270428
Search: Library or Amazon
[Required] Community: The Structure of Belonging by Peter Block
ISBN: 978-1605092775
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[Required] Practical Theology: An Introduction by Richard R. Osmer
ISBN: 978-0802817655
Search: Library or Amazon
[Required] The Agile Church: Spirit-Led Innovation in an Uncertain Age by Dwight J. Zscheile
ISBN: 978-0819229779
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[Required] Transforming Church Conflict: Compassionate Leadership in Action by Deborah van Deusen Hunsinger and Theresa F. Latini
ISBN: 978-0664238483
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2016 FA - NT 1217 01 : THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO LUKE (Skinner)
[Required] Luke (Belief: A Theological Commentary on the Bible) by Justo L. González
ISBN: 978-0664232016
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[Required] The Gospel According to Luke: All Flesh Shall See God's Salvation by Greg Carey
ISBN: 978-1907534669
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2016 FA - PR 0510 01 : FOUNDATIONS OF BIBLICAL PREACHING (Lewis)
[Required] The Preaching Life by Barbara Brown Taylor
ISBN: 978-1561010745
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[Required] The Witness Of Preaching by Thomas G. Long
ISBN: 978-0664229436
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2016 FA - RM 4535 01 : CHANGING STaR COMM-CANCELED 8/23 (Luedke)
[Required] Caring for Creation: Vision, Hope, and Justice by Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
ISBN: 978-6000027926
Search: Library or Amazon
[May be downloaded from ELCA website: http://www.elca.org/Faith/Faith-and-Society/Social-Statements/Caring-for-Creation?_ga=1.224278813.701203975.1466698063]
[Required] Freed in Christ: Race, Ethnicity, and Culture by Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
[May be downloaded from ELCA website: http://www.elca.org/en/Faith/Faith-and-Society/Social-Statements/Race-Ethnicity-and-Culture?_ga=1.262599946.701203975.1466698063]
[Required] Sufficient, Sustainable Living for All: A Social Statement on Economic Life by Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
ISBN: X1-2345-6789-X
Search: Library or Amazon
[May be downloaded from ELCA website: http://download.elca.org/ELCA%20Resource%20Repository/Economic_LifeSS.pdf?_ga=1.220656926.701203975.1466698063]
[Required] Dynamics of Small Town Ministry by Lawrence Farris
ISBN: 9781566992282
Search: Library or Amazon
[Required] Rural Ministry: The Shape of the Renewal to Come by Shannon Jung, et al
ISBN: 978-0687016068
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2016 FA - SG 0301 50 : REFORM AND EXPAN OF CHRISTIAN-ONLIN (Haemig)
[Required] A History of Christianity in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, 1450-1990: A Documentary Sourcebook by Roland Spliesgart, Klaus Koschorke, Frieder Ludwig, Mariano Delgado, eds.
ISBN: 978-0802828897
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[Required] Handbook of Consolations: For the Fears and Trials That Oppress Us in the Stuggle with Death by Johann Gerhard and Carl L. Beckwith
ISBN: 978-1606086643
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[Required] Luther the Reformer: The Story of the Man and His Career by James Kittelson
ISBN: 978-0800635978
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[Required] Martin Luther's Basic Theological Writings by Timothy Lull
ISBN: 978-0800698836
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[Required] Pia Desideria by Philip Jacob Spener
ISBN: 978-0800619534
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[Required] The European Reformations by Carter Lindberg
ISBN: 978-1405180672
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[Required] The Protestant Reformation: Major Documents by Lewis Spitz
ISBN: 978-0570049937
Search: Library or Amazon
[Required] The Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius by Anthony Mottola, trans.
ISBN: 978-0385024365
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[Required] Three Treatises by Martin Luther
ISBN: 978-0800616397
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2016 FA - SG 0401 01 : THINKING THEOLOGICALLY- CONFESSING (Padgett)
[Required] Evangelical Theology: An Introduction by Karl Barth
ISBN: 978-0802818195
Search: Library or Amazon
[Required] Pocket Dictionary of Theological Terms by Stanley J. Grenz, David Guretzki, and Cherith Fee Nordling
[Required] Practicing Christian Doctrine: An Introduction to Thinking and Living Theologically by Beth Felker Jones
2016 FA - SG 0405 01 : LEADING CHRISTIAN COMM IN MISSION (Zscheile)
[Required] Churches, Cultures & Leadership: A Practical Theology of Congregations and Ethnicities by Mark Lau Branson and Juan Martinez
ISBN: 978-0830839261
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[Required] Leadership on the Line: Staying Alive through the Dangers of Leading by Ronald Heifetz and Marty Linsky
ISBN: 978-1578514373
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[Required] The Open Secret: An Introduction to the Theology of Mission by Leslie Newbigin
ISBN: 978-0802808295
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2016 FA - SG 0501 50 : CHRISTIAN PUBLIC LDR I-FALL SEM-ONL (Coltvet)
[Required] Strengths Based Leadership: Great Leaders, Teams, and Why People Follow by Tom Rath and Barry Conchie
ISBN: 978-1595620255
Search: Library or Amazon
[Students must purchase a brand new book (not used) in order to receive an interactive code that will be utilized in the course.]
The Power of Asset Mapping: How Your Congregation Can Act on Its Gifts by Luther K. Snow
ISBN: 978-1566992947
Search: Library or Amazon
2016 FA - SG 0701 01 : SCRIPTURE AND ITS WITNESSES - I (Schifferdecker)
[Required] Study Bible
[Professor recommends the NRSV translation. Two good options: The HarperCollins Study Bible with Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books and The New Oxford Annotated Bible]
[Required] An Introduction to the Old Testament, Second Edition: The Canon and Christian Imagination by Walter Brueggemann and Tod Linafelt
ISBN: 978-0664234584
Search: Library or Amazon
[Required] Fortress Introduction to the Gospels by Mark Allan Powell
ISBN: 978-0800630751
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[Required] Getting Involved with God: Rediscovering the Old Testament by Ellen Davis
ISBN: 978-1561011971
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[Required] Reading Jesus: A Writer's Encounter with the Gospels by Mary Gordon
ISBN: 978-0307277626
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[Required] Seven Events That Shaped the New Testament World by Warren Carter
ISBN: 978-0801039164
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2016 FA - ST 0435 01 : TRIUNE GOD AND WORLD-HOLY SPIRIT (Malcolm)
[Required] Holy Spirit: Creative Power in Our Lives by Lois Malcolm
ISBN: 978-0806670584
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[Required] The Holy Spirit: A Guide to Christian Theology by Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen
ISBN: 978-0664235932
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[Required] The Spirit of Life: a Universal Affirmation by Jurgen Moltmann
ISBN: 9780800627379
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2016 FA - ST 0435 50 : TRIUNE GOD AND WORLD-HOLY SPIR-ONLI (Malcolm)
[Required] Holy Spirit: Creative Power in Our Lives by Lois Malcolm
ISBN: 978-0806670584
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[Required] The Holy Spirit: A Guide to Christian Theology by Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen
ISBN: 978-0664235932
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[Required] The Spirit of Life: a Universal Affirmation by Jurgen Moltmann
ISBN: 9780800627379
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2016 FA - ST 1448 50 : FORGIVENESS RECONC HEALING-ONLINE (Malcolm)
[Required] Forgiveness: A Theology by Anthony Bush
ISBN: 978-1498201483
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[Required] The Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness by Simon Wiesenthal
ISBN: 978-0805210606
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2016 FA - ST 1454 01 : ST PAUL AS EXEGETE PHILOSOPHER AND (Malcolm)
[Required] Becoming the Gospel: Paul, Participation, and Mission by Michael J. Gorman
ISBN: 978-0802868848
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[Required] Paul in Fresh Perspective by N.T. Wright
ISBN: 978-0800663575
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2016 FA - ST 6454 01 : ST PAUL AS EXEGETE PHILOSOPHER (Malcolm)
[Required] Becoming the Gospel: Paul, Participation, and Mission by Michael J. Gorman
ISBN: 978-0802868848
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[Required] Paul in Fresh Perspective by N.T. Wright
ISBN: 978-0800663575
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2016 - Summer

2015 U1 - CG 0525 01 : CONGREGATIONAL CARE AND FORMATION (Lonsbury)
[Required] Caring For God's People by Philip Culbertson
ISBN: 978-0800631871
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[Required] Pastoral Care and Counseling: Redefining the Paradigms by Nancy J. Ramsay
ISBN: 978-0-687-02224-3
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[Required] Practical Theology: An Introduction by Richard Osmer
ISBN: 978-0-8028-1765-5
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[Required] Recalling Our Own Stories: Spiritual Renewal for Religious Caregivers by Edward Wimberly
ISBN: 978-0-7879-363-3
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[Required] Transforming Church Conflict by Deborah Van Deusen Hunsinger and Theresa Latini
ISBN: 978-0-664-23848-3
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An Introduction to Pastoral Care by Charles Gerkin
ISBN: 978-0687016747
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Becoming a Healthier Pastor by Ronald W. Richardson
ISBN: 978-0800636395
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Cultivating Wholeness: A Guide to Care and Counseling in Faith Formation by Margaret Kornfeld
ISBN: 978-0826412324
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Healing Moments in Psychotherapy by Daniel Siegel and Marion Solomon
ISBN: 978-0393707625
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Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life by Marshall B. Rosenberg
ISBN: 978-1892005038
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Pastoral Theology in an Intercultural World by Emmanuel Lartey
ISBN: 978-1620329733
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Pray Without Ceasing by Deborah Van Deusen Hunsinger
ISBN: 978-0802847591
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Shame: A Faith Perspective by Robert Albers
ISBN: 9781560249351
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Understanding and Counseling Persons with Alcohol, Drug and Behavioral Addictions by Howard Clinebell
ISBN: 9780687025640
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2015 U1 - CG 3520 01 : GRIEF DEATH AND DYING (Okafor)
[Required] A grief observed by C. S. Lewis
ISBN: 978-0060652388
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[Required] Lament for a son by Nicholas Wolterstorff
ISBN: 978-0802802941
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[Required] The courage to grieve by Judy Tatelbaum
ISBN: 978-0060911850
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2015 U1 - CL 4560 50 : MONEY AND MISSION OF CHURCH-ONLINE (Copeland)
[Required] Embracing Stewardship: How to Put Stewardship at the Heart of Your Congregation's Life by Charles R. Lane and Grace Duddy Pomroy
[Purchase at EmbracingStewardship.com]
[Required] Imagining Abundance: Fundraising, Philanthropy, and a Spiritual Call to Service by Kerry Alys Robinson
ISBN: 978-0814637661
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[Required] Ministry and Money: A Practical Guide for Pastors by Janet T. Jamieson and Phillip D. Jamieson
ISBN: 978-0664231989
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[Required] Not Your Parents' Offering Plate: A New Vision for Financial Stewardship by J. Clif Christopher
ISBN: 978-1501804922
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2015 U1 - CY 4525 01 : CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN CYF MINISTRY (Root)
[Required] The Whole-Brain Child by David Siegel and Tina Bryson
ISBN: 978-0553386691
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Cognitive Science, Religion, and Theology: From Human Minds to Divine Minds by Justin Barrett
ISBN: 978-1599473819
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Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation by Daniel Siegel
ISBN: 978-0553386394
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2015 U1 - HC 1354 01 : MISSION IMPULSE-CANCELED 5.6.16 (Granquist)
[Required] Christian Missions: How Christianity Became a World Religion by Dana L. Robert
ISBN: 978-0631236207
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[Required] Errand to the World: American Protestant Thought and Foreign Missions by William Hutchison
ISBN: 978-0226363103
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[Required] The Unexpected Christian Century by Scott Sundquist
ISBN: 978-0801097461
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Global Gospel: An Introduction to Christianity on Five Continents by Douglas Jacobsen
ISBN: 978-0801049934
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2015 U1 - HC 2336 01 50 : AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO-ONLINE (Farag)
[Required] Augustine in His Own Words by Augustine, and William Harmless
ISBN: 978-0813217437
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[Required] Confessions / St. Augustine by Translated with introduction/notes by Henry Chadwick
ISBN: 978-0192817747
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2015 U1 - HC 6354 01 : MISSION IMPULSE-CANCELED 5.5.16 (Granquist)
[Required] Christian Missions: How Christianity Became a World Religion by Dana L. Robert
ISBN: 978-0631236207
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[Required] Errand to the World: American Protestant Thought and Foreign Missions by William Hutchison
ISBN: 978-0226363103
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[Required] Global Gospel: An Introduction to Christianity on Five Continents by Douglas Jacobsen
ISBN: 978-0801049934
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[Required] The Unexpected Christian Century by Scott Sundquist
ISBN: 978-0801097461
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2015 U1 - NT 0220 01 : BIBLICAL EXEGESIS FOR MINISTRY (Barreto)
[Required] HarperCollins Study Bible, New Revised Standard Version with Apocryphal/Deuteronomic Books
ISBN: 978-0060786847
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[Required] Navigating Paul: An Introduction to Key Theological Concepts by Bassler, Jouette M.
ISBN: 978-0664227418
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[Required] The Story of Romans: A Narrative Defense of God's Righteousness by Grieb, Katherine
ISBN: 978-0664225254
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[Required] Writing Theologically by Barreto, Eric
ISBN: 978-1451483406
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A Feminist Introduction to Paul by Polaski, Sandra Hack
ISBN: 978-0827210370
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Reading Theologically by Barreto, Eric
ISBN: 978-1451483420
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Thinking Theologically by Barreto, Eric
ISBN: 978-1451483413
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What They Don't Tell You: A Survivor's Guide to Biblical Studies by Brown, Michael Joseph
ISBN: 9780664222208
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2015 U1 - NT 3275 01 : THE BOOK OF REVELATION (Koester)
[Required] Revelation and the End of All Things by Craig R. Koester
ISBN: 978-0802846600
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[Required] The Theology of the Book of Revelation by Richard Bauckham
ISBN: 978-0521356916
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Can I Get a Witness?: Reading Revelation through African American Culture by Brian K. Blount
ISBN: 978-0664228699
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Fallen Is Babylon: The Revelation to John by Frederick J. Murphy
ISBN: 978-1563381522
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Revelation by Reddish, Mitchell G.
ISBN: 978-1573120876
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Revelation: A Commentary by Brian K. Blount
ISBN: 978-0664221218
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The Revelation of John: A Narrative Commentary by James L. Resseguie
ISBN: 978-0801032134
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2015 U1 - OT 0110 01 : BIBLICAL EXEGESIS FOR MINISTRY (Howard)
[Required] Exodus and Deuteronomy: Texts and Contexts by Athalya Brenner and Gale A. Yee, eds.
ISBN: 978-0800698942
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[Required] Exodus: a Bible commentary for teaching and preaching by Terence E. Fretheim
ISBN: 978-0804231022
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[Required] Old Testament exegesis: a handbook for students and pastors by Douglas Stuart
ISBN: 978-0664233440
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2015 U1 - OT 1160 01 : PSALMS (Schifferdecker)
[Required] Answering God: The Psalms as tools for prayer by Eugene Peterson
ISBN: 978-0060665128
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[Required] Answering God: The Psalms As Tools For Prayer by Eugene H. Peterson
ISBN: 978-0060665128
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[Required] Getting involved with God by Ellen F. Davis
ISBN: 978-1561011971
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[Required] Getting Involved with God: Rediscovering the Old Testament by Ellen Davis
ISBN: 978-1561011971
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[Required] Psalms by James Limburg
ISBN: 978-0664255572
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[Required] Psalms (Westminster Bible Companion) by James Limburg
ISBN: 978-0664255572
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[Required] The New Oxford Annotated Bible with Apocrypha: New Revised Standard Version by Michael D. Coogan
ISBN: 978-0195289602
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2015 U1 - SG 0301 50 : REFORM AND EXPAN CHRISTIAN - ONLINE (Haemig)
[Required] A History of Christianity in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, 1450-1990: A Documentary Sourcebook by Klaus Koschorke, Frieder Ludwig, and Mariano Delgado, editors
ISBN: 978-0802828897
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[Required] Handbook of Consolations: For the Fears and Trials That Oppress Us in the Stuggle with Death by Johann Gerhard and Carl Beckwith
ISBN: 978-1606086643
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[Required] Luther the Reformer: The Story of the Man and His Career by James M. Kittelson
ISBN: 978-0800635978
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[Required] Martin Luther's Basic Theological Writings by Timothy Lull
ISBN: 978-0800698836
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[Required] Pia Desideria by Philip Jacob Spener
ISBN: 9780800619534
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[Required] The European Reformations by Carter Lindberg
ISBN: 978-1405180672
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[Required] The Protestant Reformation: Major Documents by Lewis Spitz
ISBN: 978-0570049937
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[Required] The Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius by Anthony Mottola, trans.
ISBN: 978-0385024365
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[Required] Three Treatises by Martin Luther
ISBN: 978-0800616397
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Atlas of the European Reformations by Tim Dowley
ISBN: 978-1451499698
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2015 U1 - SG 0401 01 : THINKING THEOLOGICALLY- CONFESSING (Marga)
[Required] How (Not) to Be Secular by James K. A. Smith
ISBN: 978-0802867612
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2015 U1 - ST 0425 01 : TRIUNE GOD AND WORLD-JESUS SAVIOR (Padgett)
[Required] Christ Present In Faith: Luther's View Of Justification by Tuomo Mannermaa and Kirsi Irmeli Stjerna
ISBN: 978-0800637118
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[Required] Christology: A Biblical, Historical, and Systematic Study of Jesus by Gerald O'Collins, SJ
ISBN: 978-0199557875
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[Required] Jesus the Savior: The Meaning of Jesus Christ for Christian Faith by William Placher
ISBN: 978-0664223915
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[Required] Pocket Dictionary of Theological Terms by Stanley Grenz, et al
ISBN: 978-0830814497
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2015 U1 - WO 0515 01 : PUBLIC WORSHIP-LDRSP IN WORD SACRAM (Lange)
[Required]
[Students from other denominations should consult with the instructor to substitute worship books from their tradition]
[Required] ELW Leaders Desk Edition
ISBN: 9780806656205
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[For Lutheran students (and anyone who may wish)]
[Required] The Book of Concord by Robert Kolb and Timothy Wengert
ISBN: 978-0800627409
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[For Lutheran students (and anyone who may wish)]
[Required] Babette's Feast (DVD)
[Required] Central Things: Worship in Word and Sacrament by Gordon Lathrop
ISBN: 9780806651637
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[Required] Evangelical Lutheran Worship
ISBN: 978-0806656182
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[Required] Three Day Feast by Gail Ramshaw
ISBN: 978-0806651156
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[Required] Word, Water, Wine and Bread by William Willimon
ISBN: 978-0817008581
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2015 U1 - WO 4550 01 : LIFE PASSAGES-LITURGY IN TIMES OF (Lange)
[Required] Corresponding denominational worship resources
[Required for non-Lutheran students]
[Required] Denominational specific pastoral care resources
[Required for non-Lutheran students]
[Required] ELW
ISBN: 978-0806656182
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[Required for Lutheran students]
[Required] ELW Leaders Edition
ISBN: 9780806656205
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[Required for Lutheran students]
[Required] ELW pastoral care : occasional services, readings, and prayers.
ISBN: 978-0806653921
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[Required for Lutheran students]
[Required] Becoming Human by Jean Vanier
ISBN: 978-0809145874
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[Required] Ritual and Pastoral Care by Elaine Ramshaw
ISBN: 978-0800617387
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[Required] Speaking to Silence: New Rites for Christian Worship and Healing by Janet S. Peterman
ISBN: 978-0664228804
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[Required] The Book of Concord by Robert Kold and Timothy Wengert
ISBN: 978-0800627409
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2016 - DMIN Session I - CML

2015 C1 - CL 7521 01 : MISSIONAL CHURCH (Hahn)
[Required] After Our Likeness: The Church as the Image of the Trinity by Miroslav Volf
ISBN: 978-0802844408
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[Required] Being Promised: Theology, Gift, and Practice by Gregory Walter
ISBN: 978-0802864154
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[Required] God for Us: The Trinity and Christian Life by Catherine Mowry LaCugna
ISBN: 978-0060649135
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[Required] Qualitative Interviewing: The Art of Hearing Data by Herbert J. Rubin and Irene S. Rubin
ISBN: 978-1412978378
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[Required] Transforming Mission: Paradigm Shifts in Theology of Mission by David Bosch
ISBN: 978-1570759482
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[Required] Who is the Church? An Ecclesiology for the Twenty-First Century by Cheryl M. Peterson
ISBN: 978-0800698812
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The Missional Church in Perspective: Mapping Trends and Shaping the Conversation by Van Gelder, Craig, et al
ISBN: 978-0801039133
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[Recommended chapter: "The History and Development of the Missional Conversation," pp.15-40]
An Introduction to Ecclesiology: Ecumenical, Historical & Global Perspectives by Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen
ISBN: 978-0830826889
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[Recommended]
God as Trinity: Relationality and Temporality in Divine Life by Ted Peters
ISBN: 978-0664254025
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[Recommended]
Introducing Christian Mission Today: Scripture, History, and Issues by Michael W. Goheen
ISBN: 978-0830840472
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[Recommended]
Missional Church: A Vision for the Sending of the Church in North America by Darrell L. Guder
ISBN: 978-0802843500
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[Recommended]
The Church Between Gospel and Culture: The Emerging Mission in North America by George Hunsberger
ISBN: 978-0802841094
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[Recommended]
2015 C1 - CL 7531 01 : CONGREGATIONAL PRACTICES AND THESIS (Luedke)
[Required] Forming the Missional Church: Creating Deep Cultural Change in Congregations by Rooms, Nigel and Patrick Keifert
ISBN: 9781851749133
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[Information about how to access this resource will be provided by instructors]
[Required] Constructing Grounded Theory: A Practical Guide Through Qualitative Analysis by Kathy Charmaz
ISBN: 978-0857029140
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[Required] Cultivating Sent Communities: Missional Spiritual Formation by Dwight J. Zscheile
ISBN: 978-0802867278
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[Required] Doing Action Research in Your Own Organization by Coghlan, David and Teresa Brannick
ISBN: 978-1446272572
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[Required] Doing Survey Research: A Guide to Quantitative Methods by Peter M. Nardi
ISBN: 978-1612053066
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[Required] Qualitative Interviewing: The Art of Hearing Data by Rubin, Herbert J. and Irene S. Rubin
ISBN: 978-1412978378
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[Required] Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches by John W. Creswell
ISBN: 978-1452226101
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2016 - DMIN Session - BP

2015 BP - BP 7511 01 : PREACHING AS THE WORD OF GOD (Lewis)
[Required] Sustainable children's ministry : from last-minute scrambling to long-term solutions by DeVries, Mark, and Annette Safstrom
ISBN: 9780830845224
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[CHOOSE ONE OF THREE TITLES]
[Required] Raising Hope: 4 Paths to Courageous Living for Black Youth by Wimberly, Anne; Farmer, Sarah
ISBN: 9780938162346
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[CHOOSE ONE OF THE THREE TITLES]
[Required] Homiletics by Karl Barth
ISBN: 9780664251581
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[Required] John (Fortress Biblical Preaching Commentaries) by Karoline Lewis
ISBN: 978-0800699246
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[Required] Saint Augustine: On Christian Doctrine by Augustine. D. W. Robertson, Jr., translator
ISBN: 978-0024021502
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[Required] What Do They Hear? Bridging the Gap Between Pulpit and Pew by Mark Allan Powell
ISBN: 978-0687642052
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The Bible in the Pulpit: The Renewal of Biblical Preaching by Leander Keck
ISBN: 978-0687031603
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2015 BP - BP 7521 01 : PREACHING AS THE PROCLAIMED WORD (Ward)
[Required] Bringing the Word to Life: Engaging the New Testament through Performing It by Richard Ward and David Trobisch
ISBN: 978-0802868855
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[Required] Performing the Word: Preaching as Theatre by Jana Childers
ISBN: 978-0687074235
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[Required] Speaking of the Holy: The Art of Communication in Preaching by Richard Ward
ISBN: 978-0827234482
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Performance in Preaching: Bringing the Sermon to Life by Jana Childers and Clayton Schmit
ISBN: 978-0801036132
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[Recommended]
Story Journey: An Invitation to the Gospel as Storytelling by Thomas Boomershine
ISBN: 978-0687396627
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[Recommended]
2015 BP - BP 7529 01 : COLLOQUY - SECOND YEAR DMIN - BP (Rehfeldt)
[Required] Research in Ministry: A Primer for the Doctor of Ministry Program by William Myers
ISBN: 978-0913552636
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[Required] The New Interpreter's Handbook of Preaching by Paul Scott Wilson
ISBN: 978-0687055562
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2015 BP - BP 7583 01 : PREACHING CHURCH INTO GODS FUTURE (Hogan)
[Required] Blue Note Preaching in a Post-Soul World: Finding Hope in an Age of Despair by Otis Moss III
ISBN: 978-0664261603
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[Required] Prophetic Preaching: A Pastoral Approach by Leonora Tubbs Tisdale
ISBN: 978-0664233327
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[Required] The Practice of Prophetic Imagination: Preaching an Emancipating Word by Walter Brueggemann
ISBN: 978-0800698973
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[Required] The Sermon Without End: A Conversational Approach to Preaching by Ronald J. Allen and O. Wesley Allen, Jr.
ISBN: 978-1630883218
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Preaching At the Crossroads: How the World and Our Preaching Is Changing by David Lose
ISBN: 978-0800699734
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The Prophetic Imagination by Walter Brueggemann
ISBN: 978-0800632878
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2015 BP - BP 7584 01 : PSALMS (Jacobson)
[Required] Study Bible
[Lutheran Study Bible or HarperCollins Study Bible are recommended]
[Required] A Commentary on the Psalms
[Instructor recommends The Book of Psalms, by Nancy DeClaisse-Walford, Rolf Jacobson, and Beth Tanner]
[Required] A Hebrew Bible
[Instructor recommends A Reader's Hebrew Bible (Zondervan), an electronic Bible (Accordance is recommended), or any other Hebrew Bible]
[Required] Invitation to the Psalms: A Reader's Guide for Discovery and Engagement by Karl Jacobson and Rolf Jacobson
ISBN: 978-0801036446
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[Required] Preaching the Psalms by J. Clinton McCann and James C. Howell
ISBN: 978-0687044993
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