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Note: The courses listed may also include additional readings that will be provided to students on reserve, in print, or electronically. In addition, some professors may add additional textbooks to their syllabi after the registration period. As you select a textbook vendor, you should keep in mind that textbook lists are subject to change, courses are occasionally canceled, and that students sometimes need to drop courses in the first two weeks of the term. Therefore, it is advisable to purchase books from vendors that will allow you to return books if necessary.

Summer 2013

  • CM 406 - reNEW: Skills for Leading New and Renewing Progressive Churches  - Cameron Trimble and Michael Piazza
    • Dresher, Elizabeth. Tweet If You Love Jesus. New York: Morehouse Publishing, 2011.
    • Piazza, Mike and Cameron Trimble. Liberating Hope: Daring to Renew the Mainline Church. New York: Pilgrim Press, 2011.
    • Tickle, Phyllis. Emergence Christianity. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2013.
  • TEC 473 – James Baldwin and Christianity – E.L. Kornegay
    • Baldwin, James. The Amen Corner (Vintage , 1998).
    • Baldwin, James. The Fire Next Time (Vintage, 1992).
  • CM 424 - The Theatrical Church--of Mimes, Masks and Miracles - Todd Farley
    • Required Reading:
      • Farley, Todd, A Healthy Model of the Arts, ProQuest Dissertations, Fuller Theological Seminary 2006, provided electronically.
      • Lucian. "The Dance," pp. 209-89 in Vol. 5. Loeb Classical Library.
      • Tertullian. De Spectaculis. Loeb Classical Library.
      • Schmit, Clayton and Childers, Jana, Preformance in Preaching, Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2008:
      • Abernethy, Alexis D.,  Worship that Changes Lives, Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2008
    • Recommended Reading:
      • Begbie, Jeremy S. Voicing Creation's Praise: Towards a Theology of the Arts. T&T Clark, 1991.
      • Farley, Todd. The Silent Prophet. Destiny Image, 1989.
      • Schnusenberg, Christine Catharina. The Relationship Between the Church and the Theatre. University  Press of America, 1988.
      • Nichols, Aidan. No Bloodless Myth. Catholic University of America Press, 2000.
      • Schmit, C. Too Deep For Words: A Theology of Liturgical Expression. Westminster/John Knox, 2002.
      • Adams, Doug. Dance as Religious Studies. The Crossroads Publishing Company, 1990.
      • Balthasar, Hans Urs von. Theo-Drama. Vol. 1. Ignatius Press, 1983.
      • Childers, Jana. Performing the Word: Preaching as Theatre, Abingdon, 1998.
  • TEC 475 – Anthropology of Islam – Suad Khabeer
    • Ernst, Carl W. Following Muhammad: Rethinking Islam in the Contemporary World. (University of North Carolina Press: 2004).
    • Additional readings will be made available on Moodle.
  • RH 427 – Paul desde el otro lado (from the other side) – Manuel Villalobos
    • The Colonized Apostle: Paul in Postcolonial Eyes, edited by Christopher Stanley (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2011) 
    • Harrill, J. Albert, Paul the Apostle: His Life and Legacy in Their Roman Context (Cambridge: University Press, 2012)
    • Manuel Villalobos Mendoza, Abject Bodies In the Gospel of Mark (Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2012)
  • RH 495 – Bible and Immigration – Timothy Sandoval
    • No textbooks – mandatory intensive June 21-22, additional cost of $75
  • RH/TEC 498 – Homosexuality and Biblical Interpretation – Ken Stone

Fall 2013

Monday

  • CM 405 Leading Congregations: Thomas
    • Nannerl O. Keohane, Thinking About Leadership (Princeton, 2010)   ISBN 978-0-691-14207-4  (paperback edition also acceptable)
    • Walter Earl Fluker, Ethical Leadership:  The Quest for Character, Civility, and Community (Fortress, 2009)   ISBN 978-0-8006-6349-0 
    • Anthony Robinson, Leadership for Vital Congregations (Pilgrim, 2006)   ISBN 13:978-0-8298-1712-6
    • Norma Cook Everist, Church Conflict:  From Contention to Collaboration (Abington, 2004)  ISBN 0-687-03801-4
    • Robert Bacher and Michael Cooper-White, Church Administration (Fortress, 2007)  ISBN 978-0-8006-3742-2
  • TEC 595 Master’s Writing Seminar: Pope
    • Required of all class participants:
      • Booth, Wayne C., et al. The Craft of Research (3rd Edition). Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press, 2008.
    • All class participants must have one of the following two texts (any recent edition):
      • Chicago Manual of Style. Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press.
      • Turabian, Kate L. A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press.
  • Note: A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations is a condensed version of the Chicago Manual of Style designed especially for students. Turabian's text will probably be the easier of the two to navigate, but there is no reason to buy A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations if you already have a copy of the Chicago Manual of Style.
  • TEC 395 Introduction to Interfaith Engagement: Mikva and Nashashibi
    NOTE: This book list will be revised this summer.  The instructors do not advise you to buy books until July. An updated book list will be posted here at that time.  Also note that students will not be asked to read all portions of all books.
    • Rebecca Alpert, Whose Torah? A Concise Guide to Progressive Judaism  (New Press, 2008)
    • Eugene Borowitz, Liberal Judaism (Union for Reform Judaism, 1984)       
    • James Forbes, Whose Gospel? A Concise Guide to Progressive Protestantism (New Press, 2010)   
    • Howard Greenstein, Judaism: An Eternal Covenant (Wipf & Stock, 2006)   
    • Bud Heckman and Rori Picker Neiss, eds. Interactive Faith (Skylight Paths, 2010)
    • Paul Knitter, ed. The Myth of Religious Superiority (Orbis, 2005)           
    • Ingrid Mattson, The Story of the Qur’an: Its History & Place in Muslim Life($15-21) (Blackwell Publishing, 2008)   
    • Kate McCarthy, Interfaith Encounters in America (Rutgers, 2007)     
    • Seyyed Hossain Nasr, Islam: Religion, History and Civilization  (HarperOne, 2002)
    • Jonathan Sacks, The Dignity of Difference (Continuum, 2003)
    • Omid Safi, ed., Progressive Muslims: On Justice, Gender and Pluralism (OneWorld, 2003)
    • David Smock, ed., Interfaith Dialogue and Peacebuilding (USIP, 2002)
    • Jane Smith, Muslims, Christians & the Challenge of Interfaith Dialogue (Oxford University Press, 2007)
  • RH 321 Interpreting the Gospels: Jennings
    • R. J. Miller The Complete Gospels   ISBN: 0-06-065587-9
    • Cartlidge & Dungan  Documents for the Study of the Gospels  ISBN 0-8006-2809-8
    • K. Aland A Synopsis of the Four Gospels. (Or any other Gospel parallels.)

Tuesday

  • TEC 504 Augustine, Niebuhr and Malcolm X: Terrell
    • St. Augustine.  City of God. (All versions accepted.)
    • ___________.  Confessions. (All versions accepted.)
    • Cone, James H.  Martin and Malcolm and America: A Dream or a Nightmare (Maryknoll: Orbis) 1991. ISBN: 978-0-88-344824-3.
    • DeCaro, Louis.  On the Side of My People:  A Religious Life of Malcolm X (NYU Press) 1997. ISBN:  978-0-81-471864-3
    • Malcolm X (with Alex Haley) Autobiography of Malcolm X (New York: Ballantine Books, 1966, 1987). ISBN: 978-0-34-535068-8
    • Marable, Manning.  Malcolm X:  A Life of Reinvention (New York: Viking, 2011). ISBN:  978-0-67-002220-5
    • Rasmussen, Larry.  Reinhold Niebuhr:  Theologian of Public Life (Minneapolis: Fortress) 1991. ISBN:  0-8006-3407-1
  • RH 344 History of Christian Thought: Jennings
    • Placher, William, A History of Christian Theology (Westminster John Knox, Louisville: 1983).
    • One of the following two:
      • Miles, Margaret R., The Word Made Flesh:  A History of Christian Thought, Blackwell Publishing, MA 2005. [ISBN 1-1405-10861]
      • Meister, Chad, and Stump J. B., Christian Thought: A Historical Introduction, Routledge, London, 2010. [ISBN978-0-415-44007-3]
  • TEC 603 Philosophical Thought: Seo
    • Giovanna Borradori, Philosophy in a Time of Terror: Dialogues with Jurgen Habermas and Jacques Derrida (U. of Chicago Press, 2004).
    • Maria del Guadelupe Davidson, et. al., Convergences: Black Feminism and Continental Philosophy (SUNY Press, 2010).
  • RH 402 History of Jewish Thought: Mikva
    • A copy of the Hebrew Bible with the JPS translation, either:
      • JPS Hebrew-English Tanakh if you want to work also in Hebrew, or
      • The Jewish Study Bible (Oxford University Press, 2004).
    • Barry Holtz, ed. Back to the Sources (Simon and Schuster, 1984).
    • Isador Twersky, ed. A Maimonides Reader (Behrman House, 1972).
    • Nahum Glatzer, ed. Franz Rosenzweig: His Life and Thought (Hackett, 1998).
    • Martin Buber, I and Thou, trans. by Walter Kaufmann (Free Press, 1971).
    • Abraham Joshua Heschel, God in Search of Man (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1996).
    • Jonathan Sacks, To Heal a Fractured World (Schocken, 2007).
    • Suggested: Elyse Goldstein, ed., New Jewish Feminism (Jewish Lights, 2008).
  • CM 331 Introduction to Pastoral Care: Butler
    • Butler, Lee H., Jr. Listen My Son: Wisdom to Help African American Fathers. Publisher: Abingdon Press (March 2010). ISBN-13: 978-0-687-46749-5. Kindle Edition.
    • Capps, Donald Giving Counsel: A Minister's Guidebook. Publisher: Chalice Press (November 1, 2001). ISBN-10: 082721247X. ISBN-13: 978-0827212473
    • Gorsuch, Nancy Pastoral Visitation. Publisher: Fortress Press (November 1, 1999). ISBN-10: 9780800631901. ISBN-13: 978-0800631901
    • Justes, Emma Hearing Beyond the Words. Publisher: Abingdon Press (August 2006). ISBN-10: 0687494990. ISBN-13: 978-0687494996
    • Kelcourse, Felicity Human Development and Faith. Publisher: Christian Board of Publication (October 1, 2004). ISBN-10: 0827214421. ISBN-13: 978-0827214422
    • Lartey, Emmanuel Pastoral Theology in an Intercultural World. Publisher: Wipf and Stock (March 13, 2013). ISBN 13: 978-1-62032-973-3
    • Recommended Texts:
      • Doehring, Carrie The Practice of Pastoral Care. Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press; 1 edition (February 16, 2006). ISBN-10: 9780664226848. ISBN-13: 978-0664226848
      • Fowler, Gene Caring Through the Funeral. Publisher: Chalice Press (February 1, 2004). ISBN-10: 9780827204935. ISBN-13: 978-0827204935
      • Graham, Larry Kent Discovering Images of God: Narratives of Care Among Lesbians and Gays. Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press; 1st edition (March 1, 1997). ISBN-10: 0664256260. ISBN-13: 978-0664256265.
  • CM 480 Interpreting the Parables: Edgerton
    • David B. Gowler, What Are They Saying About the Parables? ISBN: 0809139626 - $10.95
    • Bernard Brandon Scott, Hear Then the Parable ISBN: 0800624815 - $26.00
    • William Herzog,  Parables as Subversive Speech ISBN: 0664253555 - $25.00
    • Edward Buetner, ed., Listening to the Parables of Jesus ISBN: 978-1598150032 - $18.00
    • David Buttrick, Speaking Parables: A Homiletical Guide ISBN: 0664221912 - $20.00
    • Charles Cosgrove and Dow Edgerton, In Other Words: Incarnational Translation for Preaching. ISBN:9780802840370 - $16.00
    • St. Augustine.  City of God. (For St. Augustine's works I prefer Henry Chadwick's translations in the Oxford World's Classics Series but any paperback version will suffice).
    • ___________.  Confessions.
    • ___________.  Enchiridion.
    • Cone, James H.  Martin and Malcolm and America: A Dream or a Nightmare (Maryknoll: Orbis) 1991.
    • DeCaro, Louis.  On the Side of My People:  A Religious Life of Malcolm X (NYU Press).
    • Malcolm X (with Alex Haley) Autobiography of Malcolm X (paperback).
    • Rasmussen, Larry.  Reinhold Niebuhr:  Theologian of Public Life (Minneapolis: Fortress) 1991.

Wednesday

  • TEC 400 Constructive Theology: Thistlethwaite and Roncolato
  • RH 301 Interpreting the Hebrew Bible: Stone
    • John Collins, A Short Introduction to the Hebrew Bible (Fortress, 2007)
    • Douglas Knight and Amy-Jill Levine, The Meaning of the Bible: What the Jewish Scriptures and the Christian Old Testament Can Teach Us (HarperCollins, 2011)
    • Victor Matthews and Don Benjamin, eds., Old Testament Parallels: Laws and Stories from the Ancient Near East, Fully Revised and Expanded Third Edition (Paulist Press, 2006) *Students should be certain that they purchase the third edition of this book*
    • Carol Newsom, Sharon Ringe, and Jacqueline Lapsley, eds., Women's Bible Commentary, 3rd Revised and Updated Edition (Westminster John Knox, 2012) *Students should be certain that they purchase the third edition of this book*
    • Students should plan to purchase any one of the following Study Bibles:
      • The People's Bible: New Revised Standard Version with Apocrypha (Fortress Press, 2009)
      • The HarperCollins Study Bible, Fully Revised and Updated: New Revised Standard Version Including Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books (HarperCollins, 2006)
      • The Jewish Study Bible: Tanakh Translation (Oxford University Press, 2004)
  • CM 416 Leading Worship: Haldeman
    • Duck, Ruth. Finding Words for Worship (WJK, 1995).
    • Long, Kimberly Bracken. The Worshiping Body: The Art of Leading Worship (WJK, 2009).
    • Procter-Smith, Marjorie. A Church in Her House (Pilgrim, 2008).
    • Saliers, Don. Worship Come to Its Senses (Abingdon, 1996).
    • Stookey, Larry. Let the Whole Church Say Amen (Abingdon, 2001).
    • Willimon, William H. A Guide to Preaching and Leading Worship (WJK, 2008).
  • TEC 390 Intro to the Study of Black Faith and Life: Butler
    • Akbar, Na'im Know Thy Self. Publisher: Mind Productions & Associates (1998). ISBN: 978-0935257069
    • Drake, St. Clair The Redemption of Africa and Black Religion. Publisher: Third World Press (1970). ISBN: 0-88378-017-8
    • Fauset, Arthur Black Gods of the Metropolis. Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press (December 15, 1970). ISBN-10: 0812210018. ISBN-13: 978-0812210019
    • Hurston, Zora Neale Moses, Man of the Mountain. Publisher: Harper Perennial (December 7, 1990). ISBN: 978-0060919948
    • Jones, William R. Is God a White Racist? Publisher: Beacon Press (November 1997). ISBN: 978-0807010334
    • Mitchell, Beverly Black Abolitionism. Publisher: Orbis Books (January 30, 2005). ISBN: 978-1570755910
    • Roberts, J. Deotis Africentric Christianity. Publisher: Judson Press (April 2000). ISBN: 978-0817013219
    • Townes, Emilie Womanist Ethics and the Cultural Production of Evil. Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan (November 2006). ISBN: 978-1403972736
    • Wilmore, Gayraud Black Religion and Black Radicalism, 3rd edition. Publisher: Orbis Books (February 4, 1998). ISBN: 978-1570751820
    • Recommended
      • Diop, Cheikh Anta Pre-Colonial Black Africa. Publisher: Lawrence Hill Books (August 1, 1988). ISBN: 978-1556520884
      • Hinks, Peter, ed. David Walker's Appeal. Publisher: Pennsylvania State Univ Pr (March 1, 2000). ISBN: 978-0271019949
      • DuBois, W. E. B. The Souls of Black Folk. Kindle Edition–free.
  • CM 505 Poetics of Grief: Edgerton
    • Sandra Gilbert, Death's Door:  Modern Dying and the Ways We Grieve (Norton) ISBN: 0393329690 - $18.00
    • Kenneth Doka & Joyce Davidson, Living With Grief: Who We Are, How We Grieve (Routledge, previously published by the Hospice Foundation of America) ISBN:  0876308981 - $30.00
    • Karla F.C. Holloway, Passed On: African American Mourning Stories (Duke University Press) ISBN: 0822328607 - $18.00
    • C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed (Harper) ISBN: 0060652381 - $12.00
    • Suzanne Redfern & Susan K. Gilbert,  The Grieving Garden: Living With the Death of a Child (Hampton Roads), ISBN: 1571745815 - $12.00
    • Kevin Young, The Art of Losing: Poems of Grief and Healing (Bloomsbury) ISBN: 1608194663 - $15.00
    • Melissa M Kelly Grief:  Contemporary Theory and the Practice of Ministry (Fortress), ISBN: 0800696611 - $13.00
  • CM 365 Global Sensitivity: Seo
    • Diana Eck, Encountering God, 2003 Beacon Press
    • Shusaku Endo, Silence (Trans. By William Johnston), Taplinger Publishing.
    • John Parratt, ed., An Introduction to Third World Theologies. 2004. Cambridge University Press
    • Joerg Rieger, No Rising Tide: Theology, Economics, and the Future. 2009. Fortress Press
    • Tzvetan Todorov,  The Conquest of America: The Question of the Other. 1999. University of Oklahoma Press.
  • TEC 484 Theological and Ethical Perspectives on AIDS and Violence: Terrell
    • Anderson, Cheryl B.  Ancient Laws and Contemporary Controversies: The Need for Inclusive Biblical Interpretation (Oxford, 2009).

To Be Announced

  • RH 390A United Methodist History

Hybrid

  • CM 400 Leadership and Ministry in Context: Derylak and Haldeman
    • Daniel, Lillian, and Martin Copenhaver. Odd and Wondrous Calling (Eerdmanns, 2009)
    • Flunder, Yvette. Where the Edge Gathers (Pilgrim, 2005)
    • Gunderson, Gary. Deeply Woven Roots  (Augsburg Fortress, 1997)
    • Lathrop, Gordon. Pastor: A Spirituality (Fortress, 2011)
    • Lipsky, Laura Van Dernoot, and Connie Burk. Trauma Stewardship (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2009)
    • Miles, Sara. Take This Bread (Ballantine, 2008)
    • Morrison, Toni. Beloved (Vintage, 2004)
    • Neumark, Heidi. Breathing Space (Beacon, 2004)
    • Rah, Soong-Chan. Many Colosr: Cultural Intelligence for a Changing Church  (Moody, 2010)
    • Thurman, Howard. Meditations of the Heart (Beacon, 1999)

Online

  • RH 301 Interpreting the Hebrew Bible: Stone
    • John Collins, A Short Introduction to the Hebrew Bible (Fortress, 2007)
    • Douglas Knight and Amy-Jill Levine, The Meaning of the Bible: What the Jewish Scriptures and the Christian Old Testament Can Teach Us (HarperCollins, 2011)
    • Victor Matthews and Don Benjamin, eds., Old Testament Parallels: Laws and Stories from the Ancient Near East, Fully Revised and Expanded Third Edition (Paulist Press, 2006) *Students should be certain that they purchase the third edition of this book*
    • Carol Newsom, Sharon Ringe, and Jacqueline Lapsley, eds., Women's Bible Commentary, 3rd Revised and Updated Edition (Westminster John Knox, 2012) *Students should be certain that they purchase the third edition of this book*
    • Students should plan to purchase any one of the following Study Bibles:
      • The People's Bible: New Revised Standard Version with Apocrypha (Fortress Press, 2009)
      • The HarperCollins Study Bible, Fully Revised and Updated: New Revised Standard Version Including Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books (HarperCollins, 2006)
      • The Jewish Study Bible: Tanakh Translation (Oxford University Press, 2004)
  • RH 321 Interpreting the Gospels: Jennings
    • R. J. Miller The Complete Gospels   ISBN: 0-06-065587-9
    • Cartlidge & Dungan  Documents for the Study of the Gospels  ISBN 0-8006-2809-8
    • K. Aland A Synopsis of the Four Gospels. (Or any other Gospel parallels.)
  • RH 344 History of Christian Thought: Jennings
    • Placher, William, A History of Christian Theology (Westminster John Knox, Louisville: 1983).
      • One of the following two:
        • Miles, Margaret R., The Word Made Flesh:  A History of Christian Thought, Blackwell Publishing, MA 2005. [ISBN 1-1405-10861]
        • Meister, Chad, and Stump J. B., Christian Thought: A Historical Introduction, Routledge, London, 2010. [ISBN978-0-415-44007-3]
  • RH 350 Biblical Interpretation in Contemporary Context: Hunt
    • Method Matters:  Essays on the Interpretation of the Hebrew Bible in Honor of David L. Peterson, edited by Joel M. LeMon and Kent Harold Richards, Society of Biblical Literature, 2009
    • Merold Westphal, Whose Community? Which Interpretation? Philosophical Hermeneutics for the Church, Baker Academic, 2009
    • Michael J. Brown, Blackening of the Bible: The Aims of African American Biblical Scholarship, Trinity Press International, 2004
    • Eryl W. Davies, The Dissenting Reader: Feminist Approaches to the Hebrew Bible, Ashgate, 2003.
    • Ken Stone, practicing safer texts: food, sex and Bible in queer perspective, T&T Clark, 2005
    • Stanley Porter and Jason Robinson, Hermeneutics: An Introduction to Interpretive Theory, Eerdmans, 2011.
  • CM 332 Introduction to Pastoral Theology: Butler
    • Butler, Lee H., Jr. Listen My Son: Wisdom to Help African American Fathers, Abingdon Press (March 2010), ISBN-13: 978-0-687-46749-5, Kindle Edition.
    • Capps, Donald Giving Counsel: A Minister’s Guidebook. Chalice Press (November 1, 2001). ISBN-10: 082721247X. ISBN-13: 978-0827212473
    • Graham, Larry Kent Discovering Images of God: Narratives of Care Among Lesbians and Gays. Westminster John Knox Press; 1st edition (March 1, 1997). ISBN-10: 0664256260. ISBN-13: 978-0664256265
    • Lartey, Emmanuel Pastoral Theology in an Intercultural World. Wipf and Stock (March 13, 2013). ISBN 13: 978-1-62032-973-3
    • Smith, Archie Jr. and Ursula Riedel-Pfaefflin Siblings by Choice: Race, Gender, and Violence, Chalice Press (2004). ISBN-978-0-827234-56-2
    • Townsend, Loren Introduction to Pastoral Counseling, Abingdon Press (June 2009). ISBN-10: 0687658357. ISBN-13: 978-0687658350
  • CM 365 Global Sensitivity in Ministry: Seo
    • Diana Eck, Encountering God, 2003 Beacon Press
    • Shusaku Endo, Silence (Trans. By William Johnston), Taplinger Publishing.
    • John Parratt, ed., An Introduction to Third World Theologies. 2004. Cambridge University Press
    • Joerg Rieger, No Rising Tide: Theology, Economics, and the Future. 2009. Fortress Press
    • Tzvetan Todorov,  The Conquest of America: The Question of the Other. 1999. University of Oklahoma Press.
  • CM 415 Ritual Studies: Haldeman
    • Bell, Catherine. Ritual: Perspectives and Dimensions, revised edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010 (also on reserve).
    • Driver, Tom. Liberating Rites. BookSurge, 2006; originally Westview Press, 1997 [available through Amazon.com; also on reserve].
    • Grimes, Ronald. Deeply into the Bone: Re-inventing Rites of Passage. Berkeley: University of California, 2000 (also on reserve).
    • Grimes, Ronald (editor). Readings in Ritual Studies. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1996 (also on reserve).
    • Additional readings available via Moodle.
  • CM 450 Issues in Faith and Health: David Stewart and Jill Westberg McNamara
    • Brooke, Avery. Healing in the Landscape of Prayer (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Morehouse, 1996), ISBN-10: 0819221260, ISBN-13: 978-0819221261.
    • Chase-Ziolek, Mary.  Health, Healing, and Wholeness: Engaging Congregations in Ministries of Health. (Cleveland: Pilgrim Press, 2005), ISBN-10: 0829816526, ISBN-13: 978-0829816525.
    • Epperly, Bruce Healing Worship: Purpose and Practice (Cleveland: Pilgrim Press, 2006), ISBN-10: 0829817425, ISBN-13: 978-0829817423.
    • Gunderson, Gary, and Larry Pray.  Leading Causes of Life (Nashville: Abingdon, 2009),ISBN-10: 0687655331, ISBN-13: 978-0687655335.
    • Kelsey, Morton.  Healing and Christianity. (Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1995),ASIN: B002G9U3R8.
    • Levin, Jeff.  God, Faith, and Health: Exploring the Spirituality-Healing Connection. (New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2001), ISBN-10: 0471218936, ISBN-13: 978-0471218937.
  • TEC 395 Introduction to Interfaith Engagement: Mikva, Nashashibi, and Thistlethwaite
    NOTE: This book list will be revised this summer.  The instructors do not advise you buy books until July. An updated book list will be posted here at that time.  Also note that students will not be asked to read all portions of all books.
    • Rebecca Alpert, Whose Torah? A Concise Guide to Progressive Judaism  (New Press, 2008)
    • Eugene Borowitz, Liberal Judaism (Union for Reform Judaism, 1984)       
    • James Forbes, Whose Gospel? A Concise Guide to Progressive Protestantism (New Press, 2010)   
    •  Howard Greenstein, Judaism: An Eternal Covenant (Wipf & Stock, 2006)   
    • Bud Heckman and Rori Picker Neiss, eds. Interactive Faith (Skylight Paths, 2010)
    • Paul Knitter, ed. The Myth of Religious Superiority (Orbis, 2005)           
    • Ingrid Mattson, The Story of the Qur’an: Its History & Place in Muslim Life($15-21) (Blackwell Publishing, 2008)   
    • Kate McCarthy, Interfaith Encounters in America (Rutgers, 2007)     
    • Seyyed Hossain Nasr, Islam: Religion, History and Civilization  (HarperOne, 2002)
    • Jonathan Sacks, The Dignity of Difference (Continuum, 2003)        
    • Omid Safi, ed., Progressive Muslims: On Justice, Gender and Pluralism (OneWorld, 2003)                               
    • David Smock, ed., Interfaith Dialogue and Peacebuilding (USIP, 2002)
    • Jane Smith, Muslims, Christians & the Challenge of Interfaith Dialogue (Oxford University Press, 2007)
  • TEC 400 Constructive Theology: Thistlethwaite
  • TEC 435 Intersectional Queer Ethics: Robyn Henderson-Espinoza
    • The Routledge Queer Studies Reader (Routledge Literature Readers) [Paperback]
      Donald E. Hall, Annamarie Jagose (Eds.): 2012. ISBN-10: 0415564115 | ISBN-13: 978-0415564113.
    • Queer Times, Queer Becomings [Paperback], E. L. McCallum, Mikko Tuhkanen [Paperback] SUNY Press: 2011.  ISBN-10: 1438437722; ISBN-13: 978-1438437729.
    • Queer Activism in India: A Story in the Anthropology of Ethics [Paperback]. Naisargi Dave [Paperback]. Duke University Press Books: 2012. ISBN-10: 0822353199; ISBN-13: 978-0822353195.
    • Time Binds: Queer Temporalities, Queer Histories (Perverse Modernities) [Paperback]. Elizabeth Freeman [Paperback]. Duke University Press Books: 2010. ISBN-10: 0822348047; ISBN-13: 978-0822348047
    • Troubling the Line: Trans & Genderqueer Poetry & Poetics. TC Tolbert, Ed. [Paperback] Nightboat: 2013.  ISBN-10: 1937658104.  
  • TEC 595 Master’s Writing Seminar
  • TEC 609 Derrida: Jennings
    • Derrida and Roudinescu For What tomorrow(Stanford, 2004) 0-8047-4627-3
    • DerridaActs of Religion (Chicago, 2001)  ISBN 0-415-92401-4
    • Derrida Rogues (Stanford, 2005) ISBN 0-8047-4951-5
    • Derrida Gift of Death 2nd edition(Chicago, 2007) ISBN -10: 0-226-14277-9
    • DerridaOn Hospitality(Stanford, 2000) ISBN 0-8047-3406-2
    • DerridaSpecters of Marx(Routledge, 1994) ISBN 0-415-91045-5
    • Coward (Ed) Derrida and Negative theology.(SUNY, 1992) ISBN 0-7914-0964-3
    • Recommended:
      • Jennings Reading Derrida/Thinking Paul(Stanford, 2006)
      • Caputo  Prayers and Tears of Jacques Derrida(Indiana, 1997)