Yale Divinity School

Booklist

Spring Semester 2006

 

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R.S. 801                       Problems in the History of Israelite Religion                     Wilson

 

*** Albertz                              History of Israelite Religion vol 1

*** Albertz                              History of Israelite Religion vol 2

*** Miller                                 Religion of Ancient Israel

*** Zevit                                 Religions of Ancient Israel

*** Smith                                 Early History of God rev ed

*** Overholt                           Prophecy in Cross Cultural Perspective

**   King & Stager                   Life in Biblical Israel

 

R.S. 805                      History & Methods of Interpretation of the OT   Collins,Wilson

 

*** Childs                                Biblical Theology

**   Barr                                   Concept of Biblical Theology

**   Bird                                   Missing Persons & Mistaken Identity

**   Collins                               Bible After Babel

**    Davies                              In Search of Ancient Israel

**    Dever                               What Did the Biblical Writers Know and When Did They…

**   Gunkel                              Legends of Genesis

**   Nicholsen                          Pentateuch in the 20th Century

**   Trible                                God & the Rhetoric of Sexuality

**   Wellhausen                       Prolegomena to the History of Israel

**   Whitelam                          Invention of Ancient Israel

*     von Rad                            Old Testament Theology vol 1

 

Rel. 600                                  Old Testament Interpretation                                 Sharp

 

*** Collins                               Bible After Babel

*** Petersen & Richards          Interpreting Hebrew Poetry

*** Crenshaw                          Old Testament Wisdom rev ed

*** Blenkinsopp                      A History of Prophecy in Israel

**   Collins                               Intro to the Hebrew Bible

 

Rel 604                                   Biblical Hebrew                                                        Lemos

 

*** Brown Driver Briggs         Hebrew English Lexicon

***                                           Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia

 

Rel 605                                   Elementary New Testament Greek                                Nongbri

 

*** Liddell & Scott                  An Intermediate Greek English Lexicon

*** Metzger                             Lexical Aids for Students of New Testament Greek

*    Smyth                                Greek Grammar

*    Funk                                  Greek Grammar of the New Testament

 

Rel 618                                    Intermediate Greek – Septuagint                           Hultin

 

*** Rahlfs, ed                          Septuaginta

*** Jobes & Silva                     Invitation to the Septuagint

 

Rel 633                                   English Exegesis of Luke                                        Hultin

 

*** Sanders                              Historical Figure of Jesus

**   Johnson                             The Gospel of Luke

 

Rel. 645                                  Friendship & Paul’s Letter to the Phillipians     Swancutt

 

*** Fee                                                Paul’s Letter to the Phillippians

 

Rel. 648          African American, Latino/a, Asian American Approaches…          Ahn

 

*** Wilson                               Sociological Approaches to the OT

*** Sugirtharajah                     Postcolonial Criticism & Biblical Interpretation

*** Segovia                              Decolonizing Biblical Studies

*** Morgan                              Biblical Interpretation

*** Felder                                Stony the Road We Trod

*** Adam                                What is Postmodern Criticism?

*** Bailey                                Yet With a Steady Beat

 

Rel. 654                                  The Messiah                                                            Collins

 

*** Mowinckel                                    He That Cometh

*** Schniedewind                    Society & the Promise to David

*     Charlesworth                    OT Pseudepigrapha

*     Martinez                           Dead Sea Scrolls in Translation

 

Rel. 669                                  Crafting Early Christian Identities                     Swancutt

 

*** Martin                               Corinthian Body

*** Meeks                                Origins of Christian Morality

 

 

Rel. 678                                  Hebrew Exegesis: Psalms                                       Sharp

 

*** Crenshaw                          Psalms: An Introduction

           

Rel. 680                                  Greek Exegesis: Matthew                                        Collins

 

*** Aland                                Synopsis Quattuor Evangelorium – Greek

*** Neirynck                           Q-Parallels & IQP Critical ed

**   Davies & Allison              Matthew 1-7

**   Davies & Allison              Matthew 8-18

**   Davies & Allison              Matthew 19-28

**   Luz                                    Matthew 1-7

**   Luz                                    Matthew 8-20

**   Luz                                    Matthew 21-28

 

Rel. 691/R.S. 622                   History & Methods of New Testament Study       Collins

 

*** Baird                                 History of New Testament Research Vol 1

*** Baird                                 History of New Testament Research Vol 2

*** Dibelius                             From Tradition to Gospel

**   Elliott                               What is Social Scientific Criticism?

**   Aland & Aland                  Text of the New Testament

*    Vaganay & Amphoux        An Intro to the NT Textual Criticism

*     Schweitzer                                    Quest of the Historical Jesus

*     Stowers                             Letter Writing in Greco-Roman Antiquity

*     Thiessen                           Social Setting of Pauline Christianity

*     Kennedy                           New Testament Interpretation through Rhetorical Criticism

*     Kermode                           Genesis of Secrecy

*     Metzger                             Text of the New Testament

 

 

Rel. 700                                  History of Western Christianity                             Rittgers

 

*** Volz                                  Medieval Church

*** Lindberg                            European Reformations

*** Tierney                              Crisis of Church & State

*** Thomas of Celano             First Life of St Francis of Assisi

*** Dolan, ed                          Essential Erasmus

*** Luther                               Three Treatises

*** Olin                                   A Reformation Debate

*** A Kempis                          Imitation of Christ

*** Mottola                             Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius

 

 

 

 

 

Rel 701                        Religion in American Society 1550-1870                            Balmer

 

*** Butler                                Awash in a Sea of Faith

*** Butler & Stout                   Religion in American History

*** Gaustad                             Faith of the Founders

*** Hatch                                Democratization of American Christianity

*** Morgan                              Visible Saints

*** Wilson                               Baptized in Blood

 

Rel. 713                                   Religious Ethics in Modern Moral Issues              Outka

 

**   Kierkegaard                      Fear & Trembling

**   Juergensmeyer                   Terror in the Mind of God

**   Brockopp                          Islamic Ethics of Life

 

Rel. 721                                   Historical Theology                                                 Turner           

 

***  Bonaventure                     Itinerarium Mentis in Deum/Journey of the Mind to God

***  Anonymous                      Cloud of Unknowing

***  Julian of Norwich             Revelation of Divine Love

***  Porete                               Mirror of Simple Souls

*     Eckhart                             Essential Sermons

 

Rel. 725                                  Patristic Christology                                                 Beeley

 

*** McGuckin                         On the Unity of Christ

**   Norris                                Christological Controversy

**   St Theodore the Studite    On the Holy Icons

*     Hardy, ed                          Christology of the Later Fathers

*     Louth                                Maximus the Confessor

 

Rel 733                       Christian Mysticism in Late Medieval Europe              Schwebel

 

*** Hilton                                Scale of Perfection

*** Rolle                                  Richard Rolle & English Works

*** Eckhart                             Essential Sermons

*** Porete                                Mirror of Simple Souls

*** Walsh,ed                           Cloud of Unknowing

*** Norwich                            Revelations of Divine Love

*** Staley,ed                            Book of Margery Kempe

*** Armstrong,ed                    Francis & Clare: Complete Works

*** Petroff                               Medieval Women’s Visionary Literature

**   McGinn                             Flowering of Mysticism

**   Bynum                              Holy Feast & Holy Fast

 

 

 

Rel. 738                      Historiography of the German Reformation                  Rittgers

 

*** Hendrix                             Recultivating the Vineyard

*** Scribner & Dixon              German Reformation, 2nd ed

*** Ozment                             Protestants: Birth of a Revolution

*** Ozment                             Reformation in the Cities

*** Dixon                                Reformation in Germany

**   Dixon                                German Reformation

 

Rel. 739                                  Life & Thought of Jonathan Edwards     Stout, Minkema

 

*** Miller                                 Errand into the Wilderness                             

*** Hatch & Stout                   Jonathan Edwards & the American Experience

*** Smith et al                         Jonathan Edwards Reader

*** Conforti                             Jonathan Edwards, Religious Tradition & American Culture

*** Marsden                            Jonathan Edwards: A Life

 

Rel. 743                      Feminist Liberation & Feminist Pastoral Care                  Leslie

 

*** Lakoff                               Don’t Think of An Elephant

*** Lorde                                 Sister Outsider

*** Neuger                              Counseling Women

*** Pohl                                   Making Room

*** Russell                               Church in the Round

*** Kwok                                Postcolonial Imagination & Feminist Theology

 

Rel. 745                                  Political Theology                                                     Jones

 

***  Hauerwas                         After Christendom

*** Yoder                                Priestly Kingdom

***  Dionne et al eds               One Electorate Under God?

*** Audi & Wolterstorff          Religion in the Public Square

**   Bell                                   Liberation Theology After the End of History

**   O’Donovan                       Desire of the Nations

**   Tanner                              Politics of God

**   Cavanagh                          Torture & Eucharist

**   Jones                                 Grammar of the Christian Faith

*     Jones                                 On Being the Church of Jesus Christ

 

Rel 746                                   Practicing Grace                                                         Volf

 

*** Volf                                   Free of Charge

*** Volf                                   Exclusion & Embrace

*** Tanner                               Economy of Grace

*     Ricoeur                             Memory History Forgetting

 

Rel. 768                        Conversational Theology of Rowan Williams                 Britton

 

***  Williams                           On Christian Theology

***  Williams                           Poems of Rowan Williams

***  Highton                            Difficult Gospel

***  Shortt                               Rowan Williams

*** Williams                            Resurrection

*** Williams                            Christ on Trial

*** Williams                            Writing in the Dust

*** Williams                            Ray of Darkness

 

Rel 774           Biblical Foundations for Christian Social Teaching                   Ogletree

 

*** Hanson                              The People Called

**   Yoder                                Politics of Jesus

**   Augustine                          Political Writings

*     Sigmund ed                       St Thomas Aquinas on Politics and Ethics

 

 

Rel 777                                   Freedom & Action                                                    Farley

 

*** Sartre                                 Being & Nothingness

*** Frankfurt                           Importance of What We Care About

*** Frankfurt                           Necessity Volition & Love

*** Aristotle                            Nicomachean Ethics

*** Kant                                  Groundwork (Fundamental Principles)

**   Ricoeur                             Freedom & Nature

**   Rahner                              Foundations of Christian Faith

*    Kant                                  Critique of Practical Reason

 

Rel. 778                                  Agape & Special Relations                                      Outka

 

***  Aelred of Rivaulx             On Spiritual Friendship

**   Meilander                          Friendship

**   Hallett                               Priorities & Christian Ethics

**   Taylor                               Multiculturalism & “the Politics of …

**   Cone                                 Martin & Malcolm & America

**   Cahill                                Family: A Christian Social Perspective

**   Kierkegaard                      Works of Love

*     Outka                               Agape

 

Rel. 780                                  Churches of the East                                                            Spinks

 

*** Dalrymple                         From the Holy Mountain

**   Binns                                 An Intro to the Christian Orthodox Churches

 

 

 

Rel 786                                   Liturgical Theology                                                Lathrop

 

*** Vogel                                 Primary Sources of Liturgical Theology

*** Lathrop                             Holy Things

*** Hughes                              Worship As Meaning

 

Rel 790                                   Lutheran Liturgy                                                    Lathrop

 

*** Satterlee                            Presiding in the Assembly

*** Ramshaw                           A Three Year Banquet

*** Lathrop                             Central Things

**                                             Renewing Worship 2: Principles

**                                             Renewing Worship 3: Holy Baptism

**                                             Renewing Worship 6: Holy Communion

**                                             Renewing Worship 8: Church’s Year

*      Lange ed                          Ordo: Bath Word Prayer Table

 

Rel. 793                                  United Methodist History & Doctrine               Kirkwood

 

*** Rowe                                 United Methodist Studies: Basic Bibliographies

*** Norwood                           Story of American Methodism

*** Outler                               John Wesley

 

Rel. 795                 Anglican Theology & History in Great Britain                      Beeley

 

***  Lewis                                Great Divorce

***  Baxter                               Reformed Pastor

***  Hylson-Smith                   Churches in England from… Vol 1

**    Hylson-Smith                   Churches in England from…Vol 2

*      Hylson-Smith                   Churches in England from …Vol 3

*      Sykes et al                                    Study of Anglicanism

 

Rel. 796                                  Christian Marriage                                                   Spinks

 

*** St John Chrysostom           On Marriage & Family Life

*** Meyendorff                        Marriage: An Orthodox Perspective

*** Erdokimov                                    The Sacrament of Love

***  Scola                                Nuptial Mystery

 

 

Rel. 816                                   World Chrisitanity                                                    Sanneh

 

*** Bamat & Wiest                  Popular Catholicism

*** Donovan                           Christianity Rediscovered

*** Sanneh & Carpemter         Changing Face of Christianity

*** Sanneh                              Translating the Message

 

Rel. 819                                   African Religions                                                    Sanneh

 

***  Evans-Pritchard               Nuer Religion

***  Evans-Pritchard               Theories of Primitive Religion

***  Griaulle                            Conversations with Ogotemmeli

 

Rel. 820                      Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion                         Willis

 

***   Locke                              Reasonableness of Christianity

***   Kant                                Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics

***   Hume                              Dialogues & Natural History of Religion

***   Schleiermacher                On Religion

***   Feuerbach                       Essence of Christianity

***   Kierkegaard                     Philosophical Fragments

***   von Harnack                   What is Christianity?

***   Nietzsche                                    On the Genealogy of Morals

 

Rel. 825                      Religious Thought of David Hume                                       Willis

 

*** Hume                                Dialogues & Natural History of Religion

*** Hume                                Enquiries Concerning Human Understanding

*** Hume                                A Treatise on Human Nature

*     Hume                                Selected Essays

 

Rel. 847                                  House of the Lord                                                        Lara

 

*** Morman                             House of God

*** Foley                                 From Age to Age

*** White                                Protestant Worship & Architecture

 

Rel. 851                                               Business Ethics                                              Miller

 

***  Pauchant                          Ethics & Spirituality

*** Zinbarg                             Faith, Morals & Money

*** Williams, ed                      Business, Religion & Spirituality

*    Capaldi                              Business & Religion

*    Hicks                                 Religion & the Workplace

*    Stackhouse                                    On Moral Business

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rel. 873                                              Christian Social Ethics                              Ogletree

 

***  Curran                              Catholic Social Teaching

***  May                                  Beleaguered Rulers

***  Roberts                             A Black Political Theology

**   Stassen                              Just Peacemaking

**   Johnson                             Morality & Contemporary Warfare

**   Weissert                            Governing Health

**   Drinan                               Mobilization of Shame

**   Blank                                It Takes a Nation

**   Ogletree                            World Calling

 

Rel 880                                   Sexual Ethics                                                             Farley

 

*** Foucault                            History of Sexuality Vol 1

 

Rel. 906                                  Transitions                                                                 Leslie

 

*** Gerkin                               An Intro to Pastoral Care

*** Switzer                              Pastoral Care Emergencies

**   Stevenson-Moessner         Through the Eyes of Women

**   Culbertson                                    Counseling Men

**   Capps                                Giving Counsel

**   Cooper-White                   Cry of Tamar

 

Rel. 917                                   Spirituality & Religious Education                          Smith

 

*** Palmer                               Courage to Teach

*** Thompson                         Family: The Forming Center

*** Thurman                           Disciplines of the Spirit

*** Moore                                Teaching as a Sacramental Art

*     Bass                                  Practicing Our Faith

*     Dykstra                             Growing in the Life of Faith

 

Rel 919                        Christian Education in African American Experience     Smith

 

*** Wimberly                           Nurturing Faith & Hope

*** Westfield                           Dear Sisters

*** Hale-Benson                     Black Children

*** McKinney                         Christian Ed in the African American Church

*** Parker                                Trouble Don’t Always Last

*** Wimberly                           Soul Stories

*** Smith                                 Reclaiming the Spirituals

 

Rel. 927                                  Text, Memory & Performance                                Avram

 

      Myers                                 Binding the Strong Man

 

 

Rel. 929                                  Church Administration                                     Highsmith

 

*** Berkley                              Leadership Handbook of Management & Administration

*** Boers                                 Never Call Them Jerks           

*** Mazur & Bullis                  Legal Guide for Day to Day Church Matters

*** Olsen                                Transforming Church Boards…

*** Willimon                           Pastor: The Theology and Practice of Ordained Ministry

***  Lott ed                             Conflict Management in Congregations

**   Peterson                            Contemplative Pastor

 

and ONE of the following:

 

*** Branson                             Memories Hopes & Conversations

*** Rendle                               Leading Change in the Congregation

*** Rendle & Mann                 Holy Conversations

 

Rel. 961                                   Preaching Workshop                                                           Avram

 

*** Myers                                With Ears to Hear

*** Clarke ed                           Exilic Preaching

 

and ONE of the following;

 

*** Turner & Hudson              Saved from Silence

*** Brueggemann                    Finally Comes the Poet

*** Graves                               What’s the Matter with Preaching

 

Rel. 962                      Hymnody as a Resource for Preaching & Worship         Troeger

 

***                                           the official Hymnal of your denomination

*** Eskew & McElrath           Sing with Understanding

*** Jones                                 Wade in the Water

*** Parker                                Melodious Accord

***  Saliers & Saliers               A Song to Sing

***  Wren                                Praying Twice

*     Routley                             Panorama of Christian Hymnody

 

Rel. 967                                  Theologies of Preaching                                        Troeger

 

*** Childers                             Purposes of Preaching

*** Long & Farley                   Preching As a Theological Task

*** Smith                                 Preaching As Weeping, Confession…

*** Troeger                              Preaching While the Church Is Under Reconstruction

*** Tisdale                              Preaching As Local Theology

*** Turner & Hudson              Saved From Silence

 

 

Rel. 980                      Nonviolence as a Path to Social & Personal…                  Perry

 

*** Muller-Fahrenholz             Art of Forgiveness

*** Kaseman                           Overcoming Violence

*** Wink                                 Engaging the Powers

*** Gilligan                             Violence

*** Yoder                                When War is Unjust

*** Dear                                  Mohandas Gandhi

**  Wink                                  Peace is the Way

**  Smith-Christopher              Subverting Hatred

**   Butigan                             From Violence to Wholeness

 

Rel. 988                      Sexuality Issues for Religious Professionals                     Haffner

 

*** Fisher                                Why We Love

*** Haffner                              A Time to Build

*** Haffner                              A Time to Heal

*** Haffner                              Beyond the Big Talk

*** Maguire                             Sacred Choices: The Right to Contraception & Abortion

*** Pagels                                Adam, Eve & the Serpent

*** Augustine                          Confessions

*** Boylan                               She’s Not There

*** Britton                               Art of Sex Coaching

*** Carr                                   Erotic Word

*** Clapp                                 Faith Matters

*** Ellison & Smith                Body & Soul

*    Jennings                             The Man Jesus Loved

*    UUA                                  Safe Congregations Handbook