Here are the books I’ll be reading as part of my course work. I’ve only listed the main texts and not the supplemental readings.
Engaging Early and Medieval Church History:
Bruce Shelley, Church History in Plain Language, 3rd edition
Rodney Stark, The Rise of Christianity
G.R. Evans, Faith in the Medieval World
Thomas F. Madden, A Concise History of the Crusade, 2nd edition
C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
Globalization in Theological Education:
Virgilio Elizondo, Galilean Journey: The Mexican-American Promise
Michael Emerson and Christian Smith, Divided by Faith: Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America
Samuel G. Freedman, Upon This Rock: Miracles of a Black Church
Robert Lupton, Theirs Is the Kingdom: Celebrating the Gospel in Urban America
John M. Perkins, ed. Restoring At-Risk Communities-Doing It Together & Doing It Right
Analysis of Hebrews:
L.T. Johnson, Hebrews
C.R. Koester, Hebrews
Ben Witherington III, Letters and Homilies for Jewish Christians: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary on Hebrews, James and Jude.
F.F. Bruce, The Epistle to the Hebrews (NICNT)
Using Greek in New Testament Exegesis:
David A. Black, It’s Still Greek to Me
D.A. Carson, Exegetical Fallacies
Douglas J. Moo, The Epistle to the Romans (NICNT)
Understanding Early Israel & Its Wisdom Literature:
Richard Hess, Israelite Religions: An Archaeological and Biblical Survey
Richard Hess, Joshua: An Introduction and Commentary. Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries 6
Richard Hess, Song of Songs. Baker Commentary on the Old Testament Wisdom and Psalms
Survey of Christian Doctrine I:
Gordon R. Lewis and Bruce A. Demarest, Integrative Theology
Gerald Bray, The Doctrine of God
Introduction to Christian Formation and Training & Mentoring:
Howard Baker, Soul Keeping
Bruce Demarest, Satisfy Your Soul: Restoring the Heart of Christian Spirituality
