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Gettysburg Seminary Booklist Spring 2009
Faculty assigned books for Spring 2009  

1.114 Exodus: Shaping a Community –Stevens
            - Exodus, Fretheim   (Interpretation Commentary)

1.172  The Psalter and the Life of Faith  - Schramm
            - the Book of Psalms, Alter
            - Psalms, Mays    (Interpretation Commentary)
            - They Cried to the Lord, Miller
            - A God of Vengeance? , Zenger

1.174  Daniel & Apocalyptic  -  Schramm
            - Daniel, Pace

1.200  OL  New Testament Foundation Online  - Carlson
            -  Introducing the New Testament, Achtemeier

1.205  The Witness of the Gospels  -  Hoffman
            - NRSV Bible
            - NET Bible
            -  The Shadow of the Galilean, Theissen
            - Palestine in the Time of Jesus, Hanson
            -  Jesus as a Figure in History, Powell
            - Fortress introduction to the Gospels, Powell
            - Mark as Story, Rhoads

1.274  Teaching the Bible  -  Richard Carlson & Michelle Holley Carlson
            - Opening the Book of Faith, Jacobson
            - Teaching the Bible in the Church, Bracker
            - Teaching the Bible: Practical Strategies for Classroom

1.280  The Methodology of Contextual Interpretation and the Bible  -  Nelavala
            - Reading from this Place  Volume 1
            - Voices from the Margin

2.301  Introduction to Systematic Theology  -  Largen
            -  Constructive Theology, Jones
   Or     -  Faith Seeking Understanding, Migliori 
            - Sexism & God Talk, Ruether
   Or     - A Black Theology of Liberation, Cone
   Or     - A Theology of Liberation, Gutierrez
            - The Asian Jesus, Amaladoss
   Or     - Saving Jesus from those who are Right, Heyward
   Or     - The Scandalous God, Westhelle

 

2.307  The Theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer  - Steinke
            - Dietrich Bonhoeffer:  A Biography, Bethge
            -  Life Together, Prayerbook of the Bible,  D. Bonhoeffer Works Volume 5
            -  Discipleship, D. Bonhoeffer Works Volume 4

2.362-11  Theology and Human Sexuality  -  Crump
            - Sexuality and the Sacred, Nelson
            - From Sacrament to Contract, Witte
            - The Construction of Homosexuality, Greenberg
            - Law, Sex and Christian Society in Medieval Europe, Brundage

2.362-17  Faith, Hope and Love: The Unity of the Theological Virtues  -  Crump
            - Systematic Theology  Volume III, Tillich
            - Systematic Theology  Volume III, Pannenberg   Backordered
            - Itinerarium Mentis in Deum, Bonaventure

2.362-22  Sin & the Human Condition: The 7 Deadly Sins  -  Largen
            - The Purgatorio, Dante
            - Sinning Like a Christian, Willimon
            - Confessions, Augustine
            - Free of Charge, Volf

2.401  Luther and the Reformation  -  Stjerna
            - European Reformation, Lindberg
            - Reformation Reader 2nd Ed., Janz

2.402  Religion in America  -  Erling
            - A Religious History of the American People, Ahlstrom
            - Religion in American History:  A Reader, Butler & Stout
            - Religious Pluralism in America, Hutchinson

2.454-07  Luther Seminar:  Luther and the Jews  -  Schramm & Stjerna
            -  Luther and the Old Testament, Bornkamm
            - Luther’s Works Volume 47
            - The Roots of Anti-Semitism, Obermann   (OUT OF PRINT)

2.461  Women’s Voices in Christian History and Theology  - Stjerna
            - Her Story, Machaffie

2.481  Religion, The Civil War and Pilgrimage to Gettysburg’s Battlefield  -  Erling/Hummel
            - This Republic of Suffering, Faust
            - Confederates in the Attic, Horwitz
            - Gettysburg:  Memory, Market, & American Shrine, Weeks

3.101  Stewardship – Stevens/Avery
            - There  Shall be No Poor Among You, Hoppe
            - Giving to God, Powell
            - Not your Parents’ Offering Plate, Christopher

3.400  Church Administration  -  Cooper-White
            - ELCA Constitution
            - One Great Cloud of Witnesses, Almen
            - Church Administration, Cooper-White
            - Discover Your Conflict Management Style, Leas
            - Transforming Leadership, Everist

3.530  A Thing that Cannot and Can be Changed: Pastoral Theology of Cancer  -  Hummel
            - Counseling People with Cancer, Clanton
            - Cancer: A Medical & Spiritual Guide for Patients & Their Families, Fintel
            - Virtually Virgins, Gregg
            - The Nazi War on Cancer, Procter
            - Clothed in Nothingness, Hummel

3.720  Preaching Occasional Sermons – Hedahl
            - ELW – Pastoral Care Volume 1
            - What Makes this Day Different, Schlafer

3.754  Preaching the Gospel of Mark  -  Hedahl
            - Mark: A Commentary, Boring

3.841  Interchangeable Ministries: Strangers, Friends & Kin  -  Waldkoenig/Eshbach
            - How to be A Perfect Stranger, Matlins
            - Honoring Our Neighbors Faith, Farlee

3.850OL  Urban Ministry  -  Waldkoenig
            - Living Faith: How Faith Inspires Social Justice, DeYoung
            - Breathing Spaces, Neumark  Backordered
            - Everything Must Chane, McLaren

3.901  Music in the Town & Country Parish  -  Folkemer
            - The Story of Christian Music, Dixson
            - Key Words in Church Music, Schalk
            - Leading the Church’s Song, Farlee

3.904  Music Reading/Beginner Keyboard for the Parish Leader  -  Folkemer
            - Alfred’s Group Piano for Adults, Book 1
           
3.919  Practicum in Worship Music  -  Folkemer
            - No Books

 

RECOMMENDED:

1.172   Seeing the Psalms, William Brown

1.205   God With Us, Powell
            Matthew: Storyteller, Interpreter, Evangelist, Carter
            Gospel of Luke, Green
            Theology of the gospel of John, Smith
            Social-Science Commentary on the Synoptic Gospels, Malina

1.274   Seized by Truth: Reading the Bible as Scripture, Green

1.280   Reading from This Place  Volume II, Seqovia

2.307   Ethics, Bonhoeffer      Note: Go to Class before purchasing recommended books!
            Sancturum Communio, Bonhoeffer
            Act in Being, Bonhoeffer
            Creat and Fall, Bonhoeffer

2.401   Martin Luther’s Basic Theological Writings, Lull
            Women and the Reformation, Stjerna
            Reformation Christianity, Matheron

2.402   American Religions: A Documentary, Griffith

2.461   Women and the Reformation, Stjerna
            Medieval Visionary Women, Petroff

2.481   The Gettysburg Gospel, Boritt
            The Hospital on Seminary Ridge, Dreese
            John Brown: Abolitionist, Reynolds

3.400   Becoming Colleagues, Becker
            Good to Great, Collins
            Church Administration & Finance Manual, Crumroy
            Leadership, Giuliani
            Listening Ministry, Hedahl
            Leadership on the Line, Heifetz
            Five Challenges for the Once & Future Church, Mead
            The Contrarian’s Guide to Leadership, Sample

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

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