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LF 550 – Biblical and Vocational Foundations
Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
7 Ways of Teaching the Bible to Adults: Using Our Multiple Intelligences to Build Faith by Barbara Bruce	Abingdon Press	Barbara A. Bruce	Buy Now
All additional readings will be located within LTS Online	N/A	N/A	N/A

LF 551 – Congregation as Context
Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
All readings will be located within LTS Online	N/A	N/A	N/A

IB 551 – Ethical Forms
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Christian Ethics: A Very Short Introduction	Oxford University Press	Stephen Long	Buy Now
Textbook 2	What Are They Saying About Scripture and Ethics?	Paulist Press	William Spohn	Buy Now

LF 552 – Cultural Shifts Impacting Teaching of Faith
Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
All readings will be located within LTS Online	N/A	N/A	N/A

LF 553 – Stages of Faith
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	In My Grandmother's House: Black Women, Faith, and the Stories We Inherit	Broadleaf Books	Yolanda Pierce	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Additional reading materials will be located within LTS Online	N/A	N/A	N/A

IB 552 – God and Science: Biomedical Ethics
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Bioethics: A Primer for Christians	Eerdmans	Gilbert Meilaender	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Pro-Choice and Christian: Reconciling Faith, Politics, and Justice	Westminster John Knox Press	Kira Schlesinger	Buy Now

IB 553 - Social Ethics
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Beyond Bumper Sticker Ethics: An Introduction to Theories of Right and Wrong		Wilkens, Steve	Buy Now
Textbook 2	The Global Face of Public Faith: Politics, Human Rights, and Christian Ethics (recommended)		Hollenbach, David	Buy Now
Textbook 3	This Day: Collected & New Sabbath Poems		Berry, Wendell	Buy Now

IB 570 – Globalization and the Local Church
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	ustice in a Global Economy: Strategies for Home, Community, and World	Westminster John Knox Press	Pamela K. Brubaker, Rebecca Todd Peters, Laura A. Stivers	Buy Now

LF 570 - Children's Ministry in the Church
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Postmodern Children’s Ministry: Ministry to Children in the 21st Century	Zondervan	Ivy Beckwith	Click Here
Textbook 2	Making a Home for Faith: Nurturing the Spiritual Life of your Children	Pilgrim Press	Elizabeth Caldwell	Click Here
Textbook 3	From Generation to Generation: The Adaptive Challenge of Mainline Protestant Education in Forming Faith	Wipf & Stock Pub	Charles Foster	Click Here

LF 571 – Youth Culture and Faith Formation
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	The Godbearing Life	Upper Room	Kenda Creasy Dean and Ron Foster	Click Here

IB 571 – Social Ethics, Church Leadership and the Occupy Movement
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Occupy Religion: Theology of the Multitude		Joerg Rieger and Kwok Pui-lan	Buy Now

LF 573 – Engaging Learners: Questions & Discussions
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	How to Ask Great Questions	NavPress	Karen Lee-Thorp	Buy Now

IB 572 – Economic Ethics in Unsettled Times
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Christian Economic Ethics: History and Implications	Fortress	Daniel K. Finn	Buy Now

LF 573 – Engaging Learners: Questions & Discussions
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	How to Ask Great Questions	NavPress	Karen Lee-Thorp	Buy Now

IB 573 – Church, Society, and The Ethics of Global
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	A Moral Climate: The Ethics of Global Warming	Orbis Books	Michael Northcott	Buy Now

LF 570 - Children's Ministry in the Church
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Organic Student Ministry	Chalice Press	Ingram	Buy Now
Textbook 2	The Synaptic Gospel	University Press of America	Rodkey	Buy Now

IB 574 – Black Lives Matter: Issues of Race and Ethics for Church Leaders
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Ferguson and Faith: Sparking Leadership and Awakening Community	Chalice Press	Leah Gunning Francis	Buy Now

LF 575 – Storied Learning
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	The Stories We Live By: Personal Myths and the Making of the Self	The Guilford Press	Dan P. MacAdams	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Teaching Our Story: Narrative Leadership and Pastoral Formation (Narrative Leadership Collection)	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers	Larry A. Golemon	Buy Now

LF 551 – Congregation as Context
Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
NO Textbook – The readings will be located within LTS Online	N/A	N/A	N/A

LF 576 – Re-Imaging Christian Education in the Black Church
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Soul Stories: African American Christian Education, Revised Edition	Abingdon Press	Anne E. Streaty Wimberly	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom	Routledge	Bell Hooks	Buy Now
Textbook 3	Black Church Studies: An IntroductionMainline Protestant Education in Forming Faith	Abingdon Press	Stacey Floyd-Thomas, Juan Floyd-Thomas, Carol B. Duncan, Stephen G. Ray, Jr., Nancy Lynne Westfield	Buy Now
Textbook 4	Pedagogy of the Oppressed	Continuum	Paulo Freire	Buy Now

LF 577 – Special Topics in Youth Ministry: Baptism and Confirmation
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Models of Confirmation and Baptismal Affirmation: Liturgical and Educational Issues and Designs		Robert Browning	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Confirmation: Presbyterian Practices in Ecumenical Perspective	Geneva	Richard Osmer	Buy Now
FINAL PROJECT BOOKS – Check with professor for instructions (you will use one resource for confirmation or baptismal preparation from your denominational tradition, or another, of your choice for the final project; these are optional based on whether you would like to use them or not).
Textbook 1	Passage into Discipleship		Christopher Wilson	Buy Now
Textbook 2	A Baptism and Confirmation Journey		Jeff Wright	Buy Now
Textbook 3	Prepare the Way: Discovery Book			Buy Now
Textbook 4	Prepare the Way: Faith Partner’s Guide			Buy Now
Textbook 5	Prepare the Way: Leader’s Guide			Buy Now

IB 577 – Consumed: Ethical Transactions
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Shopping	Fortress Press	Michelle A. Gonzalez	Buy Now
Textbook 2	The Christian Consumer NOT Required but Highly Recommended	Oxford University Press	Laura M. Hartman	Buy Now

LF 578 – The Arts of Youth Ministry: An Introduction
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	The Godbearing Life	Upper Room	Dean/Foster	Buy Now

IB 578 – Public Theology and the Common Good
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	The Common Good	Knopf	Robert Reich	Buy Now
Textbook 2	The Third Reconstruction: How a Moral Movement Is Overcoming the Politics of Division and Fear	Beacon Press	Rev Dr. William J. Barber & Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove	Buy Now

LF 579 – Spiritual Formation in Adolescent Women
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Doing Girlfriend Theology: God-Talk with Young Women	Pilgrim Press	Dori Grinenko Baker	Buy Now
Textbook 2	The Sacred Selves of Adolescent Girls: Hard Stories of Race, Class And Gender	Pilgrim Press	Evelyn L. Parker	Buy Now
Textbook 3	Women’s Ways of Knowing: The Development of Self, Voice, and Mind not required	Basic Books	Mary Field Belenky, Blythe Mcvicker Clinchy, Nancy Rule Goldberger, & Jill Mattuck Tarule	Buy Now
Textbook 4	In a Different Voice: Psychological Theory and Women’s Development not requiredMainline Protestant Education in Forming Faith	Harvard University Press	Carol Gilligan	Buy Now
Textbook 5	Trouble Don’t Last Always: Emancipatory Hope Among African American Adolescents not required	Pilgrim Press	Evelyn L. Parker	Buy Now
Textbook 6	Revising Herself: The Story of Women’s Identity from College to Midlife not required	Oxford University Press	Ruthellen Josselson	Buy Now

IB 579 – Ethics, the Church, and the #MeToo Movement
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	All Readings will be located within LTS Online	N/A	N/A	N/A

LF 580 – Post-Christendom Youth Ministry
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us	Portfolio	Godin	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Beyond the Screen	Abingdon Press	Andrew Zirschky	Buy Now
Textbook 3	OPTIONAL: It’s Not Conformation: Confirmation Sermons from the Front Lines of Post-Christendom Youth Ministry	CreateSpace Independent	John Vest	Buy Now

LF 581 – Holistic Education
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Wholeness and Holiness in Education: An Islamic Perspective	International Institute of Islamic Thought	Zahra Al Zeera	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Holistic Education Resource Book		Peter Schreiner, Esther Banev, & Simon Oxley	Buy Now
Textbook 3	Wholeness of Faith and Life: Orthodox Christian Ethics: Orthodox Social Issues (Wholeness of Faith & Life Series: Orthodox Christian Ethics)	Holy Cross Orthodox Press	Stanley S. Harakas	Buy Now

LF 582 – The Spirituality of Public Spaces
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Reset the Heart	Abingdon Press	Mai-Anh Le Tran	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Occupy Religion: Theology of the Multitude (Religion in the Modern World)	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers	Joerg Rieger & Pui-lan Kwok	Buy Now

IB 582 – Clergy Wellness
Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
All course readings will be located in LTS Online.	N/A	N/A	N/A

LF 583 – Adult Spirituality
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Becoming Adult, Becoming Christian : Adult Development and Christian Faith	Jossey-Bass	James W. Fowler	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Teaching and Learning in Communities of Faith: Empowering Adults Through Religious Education	Jossey-Bass	Linda J. Vogel	Buy Now
Textbook 3	The Seasons of Adult Faith Formation Mainline Protestant Education in Forming Faith	Lifelong Faith Publications	John Roberto	Buy Now

IB 583 – The Church’s Challenge to Become Antiracist: From Theory to Action
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Can “White” People Be Saved?: Triangulating Race, Theology, and Mission (Missiological Engagements, Volume 12)	IVP Academic	Love L. Sechrest, Johnny Ramírez-Johnson, Amos Yong, Willie James Jennings, Elizabeth Conde-Frazier, Andrea Smith, Jonathan Tran, Hak Joon Lee, Akintunde Akinade, Angel D. Santiago-Vendrell, Andrew T. Draper, Erin Dufault-Hunter, Clifton Clarke, & Daniel Jeyaraj	Buy Now

LF 570 - Children's Ministry in the Church
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	A Many Colored Kingdom: Multicultural Dynamics for Spiritual Formation	Baker Academic	Elizabeth Conde-Frazier, S. Steve Kang, and Gary A. Parrett	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Jesus and the Disinherited	Abingdon-Cokesbury Press	Howard Thurman	See below
	**This book can be downloaded for free at either of these two links:	Download Now	Download Now

LF 570 - Children's Ministry in the Church
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Ecowomanism: African American Women and Earth-Honoring Faiths (Ecology and Justice Series) (Ecology & Justice)	Orbis Books	Melanie L. Harris	Buy Now

LF 586 – Digital Media and Discipleship
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Fresh Expressions in a Digital Age: How the Church Can Prepare for a Post Pandemic World	Abingdon Press	Michael Adam Beck & Rosario Picardo	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Not Safe for Church: Ten Commandments for Reaching New Generations	Abingdon Press	F. Douglas Powe Jr. & Jasmine Rose Smothers	Buy Now

LF 570 - Children's Ministry in the Church
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Pedagogy of the Oppressed	Bloomsbury Academic	Paulo Freire	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Practicing Discernment with Youth	Pilgrim Press	David F. White	Buy Now

IB 670 – Moral Discernment
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Moral Discernment	Paulist Press	Richard M. Gula	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Introducing Moral Theology: True Happiness and the Virtues	Brazos Press	William Mattison III	Buy Now

LF 671 – Christian Adaptation of Spiritual Practices
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Meet the Rabbis: Rabbinic Thought and the Teachings of Jesus	Baker Academic	Brad H. Young	Buy Now

IB 671 – The Moral Agent and Responsibility
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	The Human Center	Augsburg Fortress Publishing	Howard Harrod	Buy Now
Textbook 2	The Responsible Self	Westminster John Knox Press	H. Richard Niebuhr	Buy Now

LF 672: Who is My Neighbor
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Neighbors: Christians and Muslims Building Community	Westminster John Knox Press	Deanna Ferree Womack	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Introducing Theologies of Religions	Orbis Books	Paul F Knitter	Buy Now
Textbook 3	My Neighbor’s Faith: Stories of Interreligious Encounter, Growth, and Transformation	Orbis Books	Jennifer Howe Peace, Or N. Rose, & Gregory Mobley	Buy Now

IB 672 – “Want Fries with That?” Cultural Globalization
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Shaking the Gates of Hell: Faith-Led Resistance to Corporate Globalization	Fortress Press	Sharon Delgado	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Global Neighbors: Christian Faith and Moral Obligation in Today’s Economy	Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.	Hicks, Douglas A. and Mark Valeri, eds.	Buy Now

LF 673: Thomas Merton – His Life, Spirituality and Social Consciousness
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	New Seeds of Contemplation	New Directions	Thomas Merton & Sue Monk Kidd	Buy Now
Textbook 2	SEEDS OF DESTRUCTION	Farrar, Straus and Giroux	Thomas Merton	Buy Now

IB 673 – Spiritual Sustenance for Social Change
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Spirituality and Liberation: Overcoming the Great Fallacy	Westminster John Knox Press	Robert McAfee Brown	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Resistance: The New Role of Progressive Christians. Progressive Christians Uniting	Westminster John Knox Press	John B. Cobb, Jr., ed.	Buy Now
Textbook 3	Protestant Spiritual Exercises: Theology, History, and Practice	Morehouse	Joseph D. Driskill	Buy Now
Textbook 3	Meditations of the Heart (RECOMMENDED)	Beacon Press	Howard Thurman	Buy Now

B 674 – Race, Privilege, and the Church’s Ethical Responsibilities
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Pre-Post-Racial America: Spiritual Stories from the Front Lines	Chalice Press	Sandhya Rani Jha	Buy Now
Textbook 2	The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness	The New Press	Michelle Alexander	Buy Now
Textbook 3	Of Poetry and Protest: From Emmett Till to Trayvon Martin	W. W. Norton & Company	Philip Cushway and Michael Warr	Buy Now
Textbook 3	Ferguson and Faith: Sparking Leadership and Awakening Community Recommended, not required	Chalice Press	Leah Gunning Francis	Buy Now

IF 550 – Theology and Theological Language
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Metaphorical Theology	Fortress Press	Sallie McFague	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Thinking About God	T&T Clark	Dorothee Solle	Buy Now

IF 552 – Theology of Sermons
Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
All readings will be located within LTS Online	N/A	N/A	N/A

IF 553 – Made in the Image of God
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Readings in Christian Theology	Fortress	Hodgson and King	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Essentials of Christian Theology	Westminster John Knox Press	William Placher, ed.	Buy Now

IF 554 – The Nature of God
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Quest for the Living God: Mapping Frontiers in the Theology of God	Bloomsbury Academic	Elizabeth Johnson	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Essentials of Christian Theology	Westminster John Knox Press	William Placher	Buy Now
Textbook 3	Readings in Christian Theology	Fortress Press	Hodgson and King	Buy Now

IF 555 – One Bread, One Body Theology of Church
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	What Would Jesus Deconstruct?	Baker Academic	Caputo	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Beyond Resistance	Fortress Press	Dorhauer	Buy Now

IF 556
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Constructive Theology: A Contemporary Approach to Classical Themes	Augsburg Fortress	Serene Jones and Paul Lakeland, editors	Buy Now

IF 557 – Theology and Pastoral Care
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Trauma and Grace: Theology in a Ruptured World	Westminster John Knox Press	Serene Jones	Buy Now

IF 558
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Constructive Theology: A Contemporary Approach to Classical Themes	Augsburg Fortress	Serene Jones and Paul Lakeland, editors	Buy Now

IF 559: Living the Catholic Experience: Mystery of the Church
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	The Church: The Evolution of Catholicism		Richard P. McBrien	Buy Now

IF 560 – Living the Catholic Experience: Sacraments I
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Doors to the Sacred: A Historical Introduction to Sacraments in the Catholic Church	Liguori Publications	Joseph Martos	Buy Now

IF 562 – Living the Catholic Experience: Our Sacred Story
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home	Our Sunday Visitor	Pope Francis	Buy Now

IF 570 – The Church and Homosexuality
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Readings will be located within LTS Online	N/A	N/A	N/A

IF 571 – African American and Women Theologies
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Their Eyes Were Watching God	Harpor	Hurston, Zora Neale	Buy Now

LF 576 – Re-Imaging Christian Education in the Black Church
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	All readings will be located within LTS Online	N/A	N/A	N/A

IF 573 – Intro to the Theology of Paul Tillich
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	The Shaking of the Foundations	Wipf and Stock	Paul Tillich	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Dynamics of Faith	HarperOne	Paul Tillich	Buy Now
Textbook 3	The Irrelevance and Relevance of the Christian Message	Wipf & Stock Publishers	Paul Tillich	Buy Now

IF 574 – Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	The Bonhoeffer Reader	Fortress Press	Clifford J. Green	Buy Now

IF 575 – H. Richard Niebuhr’s Christ and Culture
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Christ and Culture	Harper & Row	H. Richard Niebuhr	Buy Now

LF 576 – Re-Imaging Christian Education in the Black Church
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	The God Delusion	Mariner Books	Dawkins	Buy Now
Textbook 2	God is Not Great	Twelve	Hitchens	Buy Now
Textbook 3	Writing God’s Obituary	Prometheus	Pinn	Buy Now

IF 577 – Narrative Theology
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Why Narrative? Readings in Narrative Theology	Wipf & Stock Pub	Stanley Hauerwas	Buy Now

IF 578 – Sally McFague Environmental Theology
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	The Body of God: An Ecological Theology	Fortress Press	Sallie McFague	Buy Now

IF 579 – Reinhold Niebuhr
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Major Works on Religion and Politics	Library of America	Niebuhr	Buy Now

IP/IF 582 – Augustine
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Theology of Augustine	Baker Academic	Matthew Levering	Buy Now

IF 583 – Introduction to Process Theology
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	No required textbooks, all readings will be located within LTS Online	N/A	N/A	N/A

IF 584 – Food and Faith
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Food and Faith: A Theology of Eating	Cambridge	Norman Wirzba	Buy Now

IF 587 – Theology and Domestic Violence
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Religion and Intinate Partner Violence	Oxford University Press; 1 edition	ed. Nason-Clark, Fisher-Townsend, Holtmann, McMullin	Buy Now

IF 588 – Jesus and Environmental Justice: Christology from Below
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1

IF 589 – Mystical Theology: The Mystery of God and Luminous Life
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1

IF 670 – Environmental Theology
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	The Rough Guide to Climate Change	Rough Guides	Robert Henson	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Life Abundant	Fortress Press	Sallie McFague	Buy Now
Textbook 3	Christian Environmental Ethics: A Case Method Approach	Orbis Books	James B. Martin-Schramm & Robert Stivers	Buy Now
Textbook 4	Ecofaith: Creating and Sustaining Green Congregations	Pilgrim Press	Charlene Hosenfeld	Buy Now

IF 671 – Gods and Monsters
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Religion and its Monsters	Routledge	Beal, Timothy	Buy Now
Textbook 2	The Origin of Satan: How Christians Demonized Jews, Pagans and Heretics	Vintage; Reprint edition	Pagels, Elaine	Buy Now
Textbook 3	Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus, The 1818 Text. James Rieger, ed.	University of Chicago Press	Shelly, Mary Wollstonecraft	Buy Now

IF 672 – Theology on the Border: US and Mexico
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Undocumented: How Immigration Became Illegal	Beacon Press	Chomsky, Aviva	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Illegal: Life and Death in Arizona’s Immigration War Zone	Lyons Press	Sterling, Terry Greene	Buy Now

IF 673 – Theology and Disabilities
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	A Disability History of the United States	Beacon Press	Kim Nielson	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Copious Hosting: A Theology of Access for People with Disabilities	Bloomsbury Academic	Jennie Weiss Block	Buy Now
Textbook 3	In the Beginning There Was Darkness	Bloomsbury T&T Clark	John M. Hull	Buy Now

IF 674 – Queer Theology
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Peculiar Faith: Queer Theology for Christian Witness	Seabury Books	Jay Emerson Johnson	Buy Now
Textbook 1	The Gay Revolution: The Story of the Struggle	Simon & Schuster	Lillian Faderman	Buy Now

IF 675 – Holy Spirit: Beyond Santa and Star Wars
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	The Holy Spirit	Westminster John Knox Press	Alasdair I. C. Heron	Buy Now

IP 550 and IP 551
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	The Religious History of America, revised edition (Harper One, 2004).	HarperOne	Edwin Gaustad and Leigh Schmidt	Buy Now
Textbook 2	A Documentary History of Religion in America, fourth edition (Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2018)	Eerdmans	Ed. Edwin S. Gaustad, Mark A. Noll, and Heath W. Carter	Buy Now

IP 550 and IP 551
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	The Religious History of America, revised edition (Harper One, 2004).	HarperOne	Edwin Gaustad and Leigh Schmidt	Buy Now
Textbook 2	A Documentary History of Religion in America, fourth edition (Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2018)	Eerdmans	Ed. Edwin S. Gaustad, Mark A. Noll, and Heath W. Carter	Buy Now

IP 552 – Living the Catholic Experience: Traditions I
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	A World History of Christianity	Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.	Adrian Hastings	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Readings in World Christian History	Orbis Books	John W. Coakley and Andrea Sterk	Buy Now

IP 570 – Disciples History
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Room at the Table: Struggle for Unity and Equality in Disciples	Chalice Press	Sandhya Rani Jha	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Renewing Christian Unity: A Concise History of the Christian Church	Abilene Christian University Press	Mark Toulouse	Buy Now
Textbook 3	Disciples: Who We Are and What Holds us Together	CBP	Michael Kinnamon, Jan Linn	Buy Now

IP 571 – The Church in North America
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	American Christianities: A History of Dominance and Diversity	The University of North Carolina Press	Catherine Brekus	Buy Now

IP 572 – The Great Awakening
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	The Great Awakening: A Brief History with Documents	Bedford/St. Martin’s	Thomas Kidd	Buy Now

IP 573 – The Second Great Awakening
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Cane Ridge: America’s Pentecost	University of Wisconsin Press	Paul Conkin	Buy Now

IP 574 – Church’s Engagement with Social Issues
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	American Christianities: A History of Dominance and Diversity	The University of North Carolina Press	Catherine Brekus & W. Clark Gilpin	Buy Now

IP 575 – The Orgins of Fundamentalism
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Understanding Fundamentalism and Evangelicalism	Eerdmans	George Marsden	Buy Now

IP 576 – Civil Rights Movement Through the Eyes of Christian Participants
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1

IP 580 – Heaven Below
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Heaven Below: Early Pentecostals and American Culture	Harvard University Press	Grant Wacker	Buy Now

IP 581 – UCC Polity, History and Theology
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	The Shaping of the United Church of Christ: An Essay in the History of American Christianity	United Church Press	Louis H Gunnemann	Buy Now
Textbook 2	The Evolution of a Ucc Style: History, Ecclesiology, and Culture of the United Church of Christ	United Church Press	Randi J Walker	Buy Now

IP/IF 582 – Augustine
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Theology of Augustine	Baker Academic	Matthew Levering	Buy Now

IP 584: American Religious Diversity
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Parade of Faiths: Immigration and American Religion		Joselit, Jenna Weissman	Buy Now

IP 670 – DOC History and Polity II
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Journey toward Wholeness: A History of Black Disciples of Christ in the Mission of the Christian Church	Chalice Press	Brenda M. Cardwell & William K. Fox Sr.	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Room at the Table: Struggle for Unity and Equality in Disciples History	Chalice Press	Sandhya Rani Jha	Buy Now
Textbook 3	A Handbook for Today’s Disciples	Chalice Press	D Duane Cummins	Buy Now
Textbook 4	Disciples: Who We Are and What Holds us Together	CBP	Michael Kinnamon & Jan Linn	Buy Now

IP 671 – Topics in the History of Christian Spirituality
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Confessions by St. Augustine	Oxford University Press	Translated by Henry Chadwick	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Waiting for God	Harper Perennial Modern Classics	Simone Weil	Buy Now
Textbook 3	The Sign of Jonas	Mariner Books	Thomas Merton	Buy Now

IP 672 – Religious and Spiritual Diversity in the Protestant Church
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Faith on the Avenue: Religion on a City Street	Oxford University Press	Katie Day & Edd Conboy	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Religion and American Culture: A Brief History	Eerdmans	George M. Marsden	Buy Now
Textbook 3	Antifundamentalism in Modern America	Cornell University Press	David Harrington Watt	Buy Now

IP 674 – Religion and US Politics
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Moral Combat: How Sex Divided American Christians and Fractured American Politics	Basic Books	R. Marie Griffith	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Religion and Politics in America	Routledge	Allen D. Hertzke	Buy Now
Textbook 3	Religion in American Politics: A Short History	Princeton University Press	Frank Lambert	Buy Now
Textbook 4	As a City on a Hill: The Story of America’s Most Famous Lay Sermon	Princeton University Press	Daniel T. Rodgers	Buy Now

IP 675 – Religion, Race, and Ethnicity in the USA
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Dear White Christians: For Those Still Longing for Racial Reconciliation	Eerdmans	Jennifer Harvey	Buy Now
Textbook 2	The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race	Yale University Press	Willie James Jennings	Buy Now
Textbook 3	Brown Church: Five Centuries of Latina/o Social Justice, Theology, and Identity	IVP Academic	Robert Chao Romero	Buy Now

IS 520 – The Origin, Inspiration & Authority of the Church’s Scripture
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	The Bible; An Introduction Third Edition	Fortress	Jerry Sumney	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Introduction to the New Testament	Doubleday	Raymond Brown	Buy Now

IS 540 – Reading the Torah in the Church Today
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Permission Granted–Take the Bible into Your Own Hands	Westminster John Knox Press	Jennifer Bird	Buy Now
Textbook 2	A Feminist Companion to Exodus to Deuteronomy (Feminist Companion to the Bible)	Sheffield Academic Press	Athalya Brenner-Idan	Buy Now
Textbook 3	Handbook on the Pentateuch: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy	Baker Academic	Victor P. Hamilton	Buy Now

IS 542 – Reading the Deuteronomic Histories
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	The Historical Writings: Introducing Israel’s Historical Literature (Introducing Israel’s Scriptures)	Fortress Press	Mark A. Leuchter & David T. Lamb	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Joshua and Judges (Texts & Contexts)	Fortress Press	Athalya Brenner & Gale Yee	Buy Now
Textbook 3	The HarperCollins Study Bible: Fully Revised & Updated recommended, not required	HarperOne	Harold W. Attridge & Society of Biblical Literature	Buy Now
Textbook 4	The Jewish Study Bible: Second Edition recommended, not required	Oxford University Press	Adele Berlin & Marc Zvi Brettler	Buy Now

IS 541 – Reading the Prophets in the Church Today
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Introduction to the Prophets: Their Stories, Sayings, and Scrolls	Paulist Press	Thomas L. Leclerc	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Interpreting Prophetic Literature: Historical and Exegetical Tools for Reading the Prophets	Westminster John Knox Press	James D. Nogalski	Buy Now

IS 553 – Preparing to Help the Church Read the NT
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	The Bible; An Introduction Third Edition	Fortress	Jerry Sumney	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Introduction to the New Testament	Doubleday	Raymond Brown	Buy Now

IS 554 – Gospels as Resources for the Church
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	An Introduction to the New Testament	Yale Press	Raymond Brown
Textbook 2	The Bible; An Introduction Second Edition	Fortress	Jerry Sumney	Buy Now
Textbook 3	The New Testament Background Not Required, but Recommended	Harper Collins	C.K. Barrett	Buy Now

IS 556 – Pauline Letters as Resources for the Church
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	The Bible: An Introduction Third Edition	Fortress	Jerry Sumney	Buy Now
Textbook 2	An Introduction to the New Testament	Yale	Raymond Brown	Buy Now

IS 560 – Exegesis For the Church
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	The New Interpreter’s Bible One-Volume Commentary	Abingdon Press	Eds. Beverley Gaventa and David Petersen	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Elements of Biblical Exegesis: A Basic Guide for Students and Ministers	Baker Academic	Michael J. Gorman	Buy Now
Textbook 3	Biblical Exegesis: A Beginner’s Handbook	Westminster John Knox Press	John Hayes and Carl Hollada	Buy Now

IS 570 – Creation and Science
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Science, Creation and the Bible: Reconciling Rival Theories of Origins	IVP Academic	Richard F. Carlson and Tremper Longman III	Buy Now

IS 571 – The Book of Ezekiel
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	NO Required Textbooks – all readings will be located within LTS Online	N/A	N/A	N/A

IS 572 – Catholic Epistles
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	From Hebrews to Revelation: A Theological Introduction	Westminster John Knox Press	Lewis Donelson	Buy Now
Textbook 2	New Interpreter’s Bible, Vol. 12 not required, but highly recommended	Abingdon Press	L.E. Keck	Buy Now

IS 573 – Ruth and John
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Ruth: Interpretation	Westminster John Knox Press	Sakenfeld, Katharine Doob	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Jonah: A Commentary	Westminster John Knox Press	Limburg, James	Buy Now
Textbook 3	The HarperCollins Study Bible: Fully Revised and Updated (not required, but recommended)	HarperOne	Harold W. Attridge	Buy Now
Textbook 4	The Jewish Study Bible: Second Edition (not required, but recommended)	Oxford University Press	Adele Berlin and Marc Zvi Brettler, eds.	Buy Now

IS 574 – Paul and Women
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Our Mother Saint Paul	Westminster John Knox Press	Beverly R. Gaventa	Buy Now
Textbook 2	The Moral Teaching of Paul, 3rd edition Not required, but Recommended	Abingdon Press	Victor P. Furnish	Buy Now

IS 575 – The Book of Amos
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	The New Interpreter’s Bible Vol 7	Abingdon Press	Keck, Leander E, editor	Buy Now
Textbook 2	HarperCollins Study Bible: Fully Rev and Updated	HarperOne	Attridge, Harold W, editor	Buy Now
Textbook 3	The Book of Amos	Westminster John Knox	Jeremias, Jörg	Buy Now

IS 576 – Reading the Bible in the Black Church
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	NO Required Textbook – all readings will be located within LTS Online	N/A	N/A	N/A

IS 577 – The Book of Exodus
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	TBD

IS 578 – Ezra-Nehemiah
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	All Readings will be located within LTS Online

IS 579 – Womanist Hermeneutics and Black Church Theology
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Walk Together Children: Black and Womanist Theologies, Church and Theological Education	Cascade Books, an Imprint of Wipf and Stock Publishers	Dwight N. Hopkins & Linda E. Thomas	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Womanist Sass and Talk Back: Social (In)Justice, Intersectionality, and Biblical Interpretation	Cascade Books	Mitzi J. Smith	Buy Now
Textbook 3	I Found God in Me: A Womanist Biblical Hermeneutics Reader	Cascade Books	Mitzi J. Smith	Buy Now

IS 581 – Reading Hebrew Bible in the Broader Religious and Civic Community
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Revive Us Again: Vision and Action in Moral Organizing	Beacon Press	William J. Barber II, Rick Lowery, & Liz Theoharis	Buy Now

IS 582: Reading the Gospels in Advent
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	No required textbooks	N/A	N/A	N/A

IS 583 – Reading Bible in Lent
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	All readings will be located within LTS Online	N/A	N/A	N/A

IS 584 – Reading Colossians
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Colossians: A Commentary	Westminster John Knox Press	Jerry L. Sumney	Buy Now
Textbook 2	New Interpreter’s Bible, Vol. 11	Abingdon Press	Leander Keck	Buy Now

IS 585 – Reading Revelation
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	New Interpreter’s Bible, Vol 12	Abingdon Press	L. Keck L. Johnson F. Craddock	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Breaking the Code	Abingdon Press	Bruce Metzger	Buy Now
Textbook 3	Revelation; A Commentary Not Required, but highly Recommended	Westminster John Knox	Brian Blount	Buy Now

IS 629 – Shalom: Building the Beloved Community in a Culture of Fear
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Shalom and the Community of Creation	Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing	Randy S. Woodley	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Peace	Chalice Press	Walter Brueggemann	Buy Now
Textbook 3	White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide	Bloomsbury USA	Carol Anderson	Buy Now
Textbook 4	Bartolome de las Casa and the Conquest of the Americas	Wiley-Blackwell	Lawrence A. Clayton	Buy Now

IS 670 – A Troubled Church: 1 Corinthians
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	The First Urban Christians, 2nd ed.	Yale University Press	Wayne Meeks	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Theology of the First Letter to the Corinthians	Cambridge University Press	Victor P. Furnish	Buy Now
Textbook 3	First Corinthians, Sacra Pagina	Michael Glazier	Raymond Collins	Buy Now
Textbook 4	1 Corinthians (Abingdon New Testament Commentaries) * NOT required, BUT the book gives an anti-imperial reading to 1 Corinthians**	Abingdon Press	Richard Horsley	Buy Now

IS 671 – In Its Own Voice: Interpreting the Hebrew Bible in Social and Cultural Context
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Daily Life in Biblical Times	Society of Biblical Literature	Oded Borowski	Buy Now
Textbook 2	The Social History of Ancient Israel: An Introduction	Fortress Press	Rainer Kessler	Buy Now
Textbook 3	The Religion of Ancient Israel	Westminster John Knox Press	Patrick Miller	Buy Now

IS 672 – The Gospel of Mark
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Mark; A Commentary	Westminster John Knox Press	Eugene Boring	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Reading Mark; A Literary and Theological Commentary on the Second Gospel	Smyth & Helwys Publishing	Sharyn E. Dowd	Buy Now
Textbook 3	Biblical Exegesis: A Beginners Handbook, 3rd ed.	Westminster John Knox Press	C. John Hayes and Carl Holladay	Buy Now

IS 673 – Sex and Work in the Hebrew Bible
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage	Penguin	Stephanie Coontz	Buy Now
Textbook 1	Unprotected Texts: The Bible’s Surprising Contradictions About Sex and Desire	Harper One	Jennifer Knust	Buy Now

IS 674 – Stories, Speeches and Poems: Interpreting the Literature of the Hebrew Bible
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	The Art of Biblical Poetry	Basic Books	Robert Alter	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Old Testament Narrative: A Guide to Interpretation	Westminster John Knox Press	Jerome T. Walsh	Buy Now

IS 676 – Flourishing Together: Creation and the Human Community
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Scripture, Culture, and Agriculture: An Agrarian Reading of the Bible	Cambridge University Press	Ellen Davis	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Sabbath as Resistance: Saying No to the Culture of Now	Westminster John Knox Press	Walter Brueggemann	Buy Now
Textbook 3	The Seven Pillars of Creation: The Bible, Science, and the Ecology of Wonder	Oxford University Press	William Brown	Buy Now

IS 677 – Biblical Perspectives on War in the Age of Terror and Drone Warfare
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Divine Presence amid Violence: Contextualizing the Book of Joshua	Wipf & Stock Pub	Walter Brueggemann	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Killing from the Inside Out (Cascade, 2014)	Cascade Books	Robert Emmet Meagher	Buy Now

IS 678 – Romans
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Reading Paul’s Letter to the Romans	Society of Biblical Literature	Jerry Sumney	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Romans	Abingdon Press	Leander Keck	Buy Now

IS 678 – Romans
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Reading Paul’s Letter to the Romans	Society of Biblical Literature	Jerry Sumney	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Romans	Abingdon Press	Leander Keck	Buy Now

LC 520 – Pastoral Care Modalities
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	The Practice of Pastoral Care: A Postmodern Approach, The Practice of Pastoral Care: A Postmodern Approach, Revised and Expanded Edition	Westminster John Knox Press	Carrie Doehring	Buy Now

LC 550 – Creating a Congregational Culture of Care
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Creating a Healthier Church: Family Systems Theory, Leadership and Congregational Life	Fortress Press	Ronald W. Richardson	Buy Now
Textbook 1	Cut Dead But Still Alive: Caring for African American Young Men	Abingdon Press	Gregory C. Ellison II	Buy Now

LC 552 – Diagnosis & Referral: Lost Art of Listening
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Mental Illness and Psychiatric Treatment: A Guide for Pastoral Counselors	Routledge; 1 edition	Gregory Collins, Thomas Culbertson	Buy Now

LC 554 – The Art of Visitation
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Hearing Beyond the Words: How to Become a Listening Pastor	Abingdon Press	Emma Justes	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Spiritual Care at the End of Life: Chaplain as a ‘Hopeful’ Presence	Jessica Kingsley Publishers	Steve Nolan	Buy Now

LC 570 – Special Topics in Ministry: Aging
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Challenging Invisibility: Practices of Care with Older Women	Chalice Press	Karen D. Scheib	Buy Now

LC 520 – Pastoral Care Modalities
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Grief: Contemporary Theory and the Practice of Ministry	Fortress Press	Melissa M. Kelley	Buy Now
Textbook 2	It’s OK That You’re Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn’t Understand	Sounds True	Megan Devine	Buy Now

LC 572 – Crisis Response in Caring Relationships
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Crisis Counseling, 3rd. Edition	Fortress Press	Howard W. Stone	Buy Now

LC 573 – Pastoral Care with Couples
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Empowering Couples (Creative Pastoral Care & Counseling)	Fortress Press	Duane R. Bidwell	Buy Now
Textbook 2	The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work	Harmony Books	John Gottman	Buy Now

LC 574 – Trauma and Recovery
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence–from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror	Basic Books	Judith Herman	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Disaster Spiritual Care, 2nd Edition: Practical Clergy Responses to Community, Regional and National Tragedy	Skylight Paths	Rev. Willard W. C. Ashley Sr., MDiv, DMin, DH & Rabbi Stephen B. Roberts, MBA, MHL, BCJC	Buy Now
Textbook 3	Spirit and Trauma: A Theology of Remaining	Westminster John Knox Press	Shelly Rambo	Buy Now

LC 575 – Small Groups as Centers of Care
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Trekking Toward Wholeness: A Resources for Care Group Leaders	IVP Academic	Stephen P. Greggo	Buy Now

LC 576 – Pastoral Care and Substance Abuse
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Understanding and Counseling Persons with Alcohol, Drug, and Behavioral Addictions	Abingdon Press	Howard Clinebell	Buy Now

LC 577 – The Healing Power of Anger
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Anger: Discovering Your Spiritual Ally	Westminster John Knox Press	Andrew Lester	Buy Now
Textbook 2	The Gift of Anger	New Harbinger Publications	Marcia Cannon	Buy Now

LC 579 – The Journey of Development
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Stages of Faith: The Psychology of Human Development and the Quest for Meaning	HarperOne, 1995	Fowler, James	Buy Now
Textbook 2	The Dark Night of the Soul: A Psychiatrist Explores the Connection between Darkness and Spiritual Growth	HarperOne, 2005	May, Gerald	Buy Now

LC 580 – Power, Privilege & Difference:
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism	Beacon Press	Robin DiAngelo & Michael Eric Dyson	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America’s Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing	Joy Degruy Publications Inc	Joy a Degruy	Buy Now

LC 581- Care of Persons, Care of Worlds: Social Justice and Care
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Fear+Less Dialogues: A New Movement for Justice	Westminster John Knox Press	Gregory C. Ellison II	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Anxious to Talk About It: Helping White Christians Talk Faithfully about Racism	Chalice Press	Carolyn B. Helsel	Buy Now

LC 582 – Climate Change: Caring for our Planet, Caring for Ourselves
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Soil and Sacrament: A Spiritual Memoir of Food and Faith	Simon & Schuster	Fred Bahnson	Buy Now

LC 583 – Spiritual Foundations for the Pastoral Caregiver
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	The Gift of Being Yourself: The Sacred Call to Self-Discovery (The Spiritual Journey)	IVP Books	David G. Benner & M. Basil Pennington	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Invitation to a Journey	InterVarsity Press	M.Robert Mulholland	Buy Now
Textbook 3	Soul Feast, Newly Revised Edition-Enlarged: An Invitation to the Christian Spiritual Life	Westminster John Knox Press	Marjorie J. Thompson	Buy Now

LC 585 – Pastoral Care in the Digital Age
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Grace and Gigabytes: Being Church in a Tech-Shaped Culture	Fortress Press	Ryan M. Panzer	Buy Now
Textbook 2	The Virtual Body of Christ in a Suffering World	Abingdon Press	Deanna A. Thompson	Buy Now

LC 671 – Short Term Pastoral Counseling
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Narrative Therapy	Amer Psychological Assn	Stephen Madigan	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Empowering Couples	Fortress Press	Duane R. Bidwell	Buy Now
Textbook 3	Interweavings: Conversations Between Narrative Therapy and Christian Faith	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform	Richard Cook and Irene Alexander	Buy Now

LC 673 – Pastoral Care and Substance Abuse
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Perspectives on Addiction: An Integrative Treatment Model with Clinical Case Studies	SAGE Publications	Margaret A. Fetting	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Understanding Addiction as Self Medication: Finding Hope Behind the Pain	Rowman & Littlefield	Edward J. Khantzian and Mark J. Albanese	Buy Now
Textbook 3	Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Addiction	Mariner Books	David Sheff	Buy Now
Textbook 4	Buzzed: The Straight Facts About the Most Used and Abused Drugs from Alcohol to Ecstasy	W. W. Norton & Company	Kuhn, Swartzwelder, Wilson, and Foster	Buy Now

LC 674 – Incarnational Ministry: Pastoral Care in Multicultural Contexts
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	In Living Color: An Intercultural Approach to Pastoral Care and Counseling	Jessica Kingsley Publishers	Emmanuel Lartey	Buy Now
Textbook 2	The Wolf Shall Dwell with the Lamb	Chalice Press	Eric Law	Buy Now
Textbook 3	Everything I Never Told You	Penguin Books	Celeste Ng	Buy Now

LC 675 – Empathy in Pastoral Care & Counseling
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Shared Wisdom	Augsburg Books	Pamela Cooper-White	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Injustice and the Care of Souls: Taking Oppression Seriously in Pastoral Care	Fortress Press	Sheryl Kujawa-holbrook	Buy Now
Textbook 3	Professional Spiritual & Pastoral Care: A Practical Clergy and Chaplain’s Handbook	SkyLight Paths	Rabbi Stephen B. Roberts MBA MHL BCJC, Rev. Nancy K. Anderson, Rev. Willard W. C. Ashley Sr. MDiv DMin DH, Dr. Nancy Berlinger PhD MDiv, Rev. W. L. (Bill) Bross MDiv BCC, & 31 more	Buy Now

LC 676 – Political Pastoral Theology
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Care of Souls, Care of Polis: Toward a Political Pastoral Theology	Cascade Books, an Imprint of Wipf and Stock Publishers	Ryan LaMothe	Buy Now
Textbook 2	I Bring the Voices of My People: A Womanist Vision for Racial Reconciliation (Prophetic Christianity)	Eerdmans	Chanequa Walker-Barnes	Buy Now
Textbook 3	Practicing Care in Rural Congregations and Communities	Fortress Press	Jeanne Hoeft, L. Shannon Jung, & Joretta Marshall	Buy Now

LC 677 – Ethnic Variations in Death and Dying
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Ethnic Variations in Dying, Death and Grief: Diversity in Universality (Death Education, Aging and Health Care)	Taylor & Francis	Donald P. Irish, Kathleen F. Lundquist, & Vivian J. Nelsen	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Grief: Contemporary Theory and the Practice of Ministry	Fortress Press	Melissa M. Kelley	Buy Now

LM 520 – Program Planning and Evaluation
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Projects that Matter: Successful Planning and Evaluation for Religious Organizations	The Alban Institute	Kathleen A. Cahalan	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Holy Clarity: The Practice of Planning and Evaluation	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers	Sarah B. Drummond	Buy Now

LM 550 – Learning the Context of Ministry
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Church Administration and Finance Manual	Morehouse	Otto Crumroy	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Open Secrets: A Memoir of Faith and Discovery	Broadway Books	Richard Lischer	Buy Now
Textbook 3	The Silent Cry: Mysticism and Resistance	Fortress Press	Dorothee Soelle	Buy Now

LM 551 – Ecclesiology & Creating Culture of Call
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Church Administration and Finance Manual	Morehouse	Otto Crumroy	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Open Secrets: A Memoir of Faith and Discovery	Broadway Books	Richard Lischer	Buy Now
Textbook 3	The Silent Cry: Mysticism and Resistance	Fortress Press	Dorothee Soelle	Buy Now

LM 552 – Stewardship and Evangelism
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Not Your Parents’ Offering: A New Vision for Financial Stewardship	Abingdon Press	J. Clif Christopher	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Passing the Plate: Why American Christians Don’t Give Away More Money	Chalice Press	Smith, Emerson, and Snell	Buy Now
Textbook 3	Unbinding the Gospel: Real Life Evangelism (2nd edition)	Oxford University Press	Martha Grace Reese	Buy Now

LM 553 – Administration: Moving the Vision Along
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Church Administration and Finance Manual	Morehouse	Otto Crumroy	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Open Secrets: A Memoir of Faith and Discovery	Broadway Books	Richard Lischer	Buy Now
Textbook 3	The Silent Cry: Mysticism and Resistance	Fortress Press	Dorothee Soelle	Buy Now

LM 554 – Outreach
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	What Would Jesus Deconstruct?	Baker Academic	John Caputo	Buy Now

LM 555 – Power, Privilege & Difference
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Black and White Styles in Conflict	University Of Chicago Press	Thomas Kochman	Buy Now

LM 560 – Resources for Mission: Stewardship
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Not Your Parents’ Offering Plate	Abingdon Press	J. Clif Christopher	Buy Now
Textbook 2	The Very Good Gospel: How everything wrong can be made right	WaterBrook	Lisa Sharon Harper	Buy Now
Textbook 3	Community of Prayer	CBP	Bruce A Barkhauer	Buy Now

LM 561 – Governance and Management
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Governance and Ministry, 2nd Edition	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers	Dan Hotchkiss	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Mobilizing Congregations: How Teams Can Get Things Done	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers	John W. Wimberly, Jr.	Buy Now

LM 562 – Managing Congregational Conflict
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Discover Your Conflict Management Style	Alban Institute	Speed Leas	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Conflict Management in Congregations	Alban Institute	David B. Lott, ed.	Buy Now

LM 563 – Evangelism and Outreach
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Unbinding the Gospel	Chalice Press	Martha Grace Reese	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Sticky Church		Larry Osbourn	Buy Now
Textbook 3	Simple Church Not Required, but Recommended	B&H Books	Rainer/Geiger	Buy Now
Textbook 4	The Life of Jesus For Today Not Required, but Recommended	ohn Knox Press	Ronald J. Allen
Textbook 5	We Were Spiritual Refugees Not Required, but Recommended	Wm. Eerdmans Publishing	Katie Hays

LM 564 – Developing a Mission-Focused Congregation
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	The Power of a Vision	Baker Books	Barna, George	Buy Now
Textbook 2	The Congregational Life Cycle Assessment	The Columbia Partnership	George Bullard	Buy Now
Textbook 3	Writing the Future Story of Your Congregation	The Columbia Partnership	George Bullard	Buy Now
Textbook 4	Mission: An Essential Guide	Abingdon Press	Cardoza-Orlandi, Carlos F	Buy Now
Textbook 5	Autopsy of a Deceased Church: 12 Ways to keep Yours Alive	B&H Books	Rainer, Thom S	Buy Now

LM 565 – Transformational Leadership
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	The Practice of Adaptive Leadership	Harvard Business Press	Ronald Heifetz	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Christianity for the Rest of Us	HarperOne	Diana Butler Bass	Buy Now

LM 567 – Themes in Global Mission
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Mission after Christendom: Emergent Themes in Contemporary Mission	Westminster John Knox Press	Ogbu U. Kalu, Peter Vethanayagamony, & Edmund Kee-Fook Chia	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Restoring Dignity, Nourishing Hope \| Developing Mutuality in Mission	The Pilgrim Press	Jonathan Barnes & Peter E. Makari, EDS.	Buy Now

LM 569 – Toxic Masculinity in the Church
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	The Man They Wanted Me to Be: Toxic Masculinity and a Crisis of Our Own Making	Counterpoint	Jared Yates Sexton	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Resist and Persist: Faith and the Fight for Equality	Westminster John Knox Press	Erin Wathen	Buy Now

LM 570 – Sustaining the Call of Ecclesia: Administration in Times of Crisis
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Church on the Edge of Somewhere: Ministry, Marginality, and the Future	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers	George B. Thompson Jr.	Buy Now
Textbook 2	AdMinistry: The Nuts and Bolts of Church Administration	Abingdon Press	Thomas F. Tumblin	Buy Now

LM 571 – Beyond Activism
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Democratic Promise – Movie –	Media Process Group		Buy Now
OR
Textbook 2	Democratic Promise – Movie –	Media Process Group		Buy Now

LM 572 – The Mission Trip as Service-Learning
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Mission Trips that Matter: Embodied Faith for the Sake of the World	Upper Room	Don C. Richter	Buy Now

LM 573 – Funding Special Ministries
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	The Only Grant-Writing Book You’ll Ever Need	Basic Book	Karsh Ellen & Arlen Sue Fox	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Grant Writing 101: Everything You Need to Start Raising Funds Today	McGraw-Hill	Victoria Johnson	Buy Now

LM 574 – Building Communities from the Inside Out: The Church and Community Development
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	ABCD: When People Care Enough to Act Paperback – June 4, 2007	Inclusion Press	Mike Green, Henry Moore & John O’Brien	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Transforming Communities: How People Like You are Healing Their Neighborhoods	Chalice Press	Sandhya Rani Jha	Buy Now

LM 575 – Discerning Gifts for the Church and the World
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Created and Called: Discovering Our Gifts for Abundant Living Will be loaded in course	Augsburg Fortress Pub	Jean Morris Trumbauer	N/A
Textbook 2	Discerning Your Spiritual Gifts	Cowley Publications	Lloyd Edwards	Buy Now
Textbook 3	Lifekeys Not Required, but Recommended	Bethany House Publishers	Jane A.G. Kise, Davud Stark and Sandra Krebs Hirsh	Buy Now
Textbook 4	Listening Hearts Not Required, but Recommended	Morehouse Publishing	Suzanne G. Farnham, Joseph P. Gill, R. taylor McLean, & Susan Ward	Buy Now

LM 576 – Congregation-based Community Organizing
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	A Framework for Understanding Poverty	aha Process, Inc	Ruby K. Payne	Buy Now

LM 577 – Antagonists in the Church
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Antagonists in the Church	Augsburg	Kenneth C. Haugk	Buy Now

LM 578 – New Church Starts
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	NO Required Textbooks – Readings will be located within LTS Online	N/A	N/A	N/A

LM 579 – Women and Ministry
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	The Nearness of God:Parish Ministry as Spiritual Practice	Church Publishing Inc.	Julia Gatta	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Just a Sister Away: Understanding the Timeless Connection Between Women of Today and Women in the Bible	Walk Worthy Press	Renita Weems	Buy Now

LM 580 – Leadership in the Black Church
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	The Divided Mind of the Black Church: Theology, Piety & Public Witness	NYU Press	Raphael G. Warnock	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Black Theology: a documentary history volume one: 1966-1979. 2nd ed	Orbis Books	James Cone & Wilmore Gayraud	Buy Now
Textbook 3	Church Administration in the Black Perspective. Rev. ed.	Judson Press	Floyd Massey, Jr. and Samuel Berry McKinney	Buy Now
Textbook 4	African American Pastoral Care. Rev. ed	Abingdon Press	Edward P. Wimberly	Buy Now

LM 582 – Leadership in Small Churches
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Entering the World of the Small Church	Alban	Anthony G. Pappas	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Reframing Hope: Vital Ministry in a New Generation	Rowman & Littlefield	Carol Howard Merritt	Buy Now

LM 584 – Strategic Thinking for Congregations
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Holy Conversations: Strategic Planning as a Spiritual Practice for Congregations	Alban Institute	Gil Rendle & Alic Mann	Buy Now

LM 585 – Hosting a New Kind of Conversation
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Holy Conversations: Strategic Planning as a Spiritual Practice for Congregations	Alban Institute	Gil Rendle and Alice Mann	Buy Now
Textbook 2	The Power of Asset Mapping: How Your Congregation Can Act On Its Gifts	Alban Institute	Luther K. Snow	Buy Now

LM 586 – Mission as Dialogue: Faith in a Pluralistic World
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Strangers or Co-Pilgrims?: The Impact of Interfaith Dialogue on Christian Faith and Practice	Fortress Press	S. Wesley Ariarajah	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Doing Theology with Humility, Generosity, and Wonder: A Christian Theology of Pluralism	Fortress Press	Damayanthi Niles	Buy Now

LM 587 – Developing Green Congregations
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	NO Required Textbooks – Readings will be located within LTS Online	N/A	N/A	N/A

LM 670 – Serving Faithfully: Principles and Practices of Ministry Ethics
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Church Administration: Programs/Process/Purpose	Fortress Press	Robert N. Bacher and Michael L. Cooper-White	Buy Now
Textbook 2	The Ethical Process: An Approach to Disagreements and Controversial Issues Third Edition	Prentice Hall	Marvin T. Brown	Buy Now

LM 671 – Character and Leadership
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Let Your Life Speak	Jossey-Bass	Parker Palmer	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Heart, Mind, and Strength: Theory and Practice of Congregational Leadership	The Alban Institute	Jeffrey D. Jones	Buy Now
Textbook 3	Blue Collar Resistance and the Politics of Jesus: Doing Ministry with Working Class Whites	Abingdon Press	Tex Sample	Buy Now
Textbook 4	Introverts in the Church	IVP Books	Adam McHugh	Buy Now
Textbook 5	Not Without a Struggle	United Church Press	Vashti Murphy McKenzie	Buy Now

LM 672 – Church Administration and Property
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	The Business of the Church	Rowman & Littlefield	John W. Wimberly, Jr.	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Projects That Matter: Successful Planning & Evaluation for Religious Organizations	The Alban Institute	Kathleen A. Cahalan	Buy Now

LM 673 – Culturally Attentive Conflict Ministry
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Conflict Mediation Across Cultures	Westminster John Knox Press	David Augsburger	Buy Now

LM 678 – Congregational Systems
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	A Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the Age of the Quick Fix	Church Publishing	Edwin H. Friedman	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Uproar: Calm Leadership in Anxious Times	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers	Peter L. Steinke	Buy Now
Textbook 3	Stages of Faith: The Psychology of Human Development and the Quest for Meaning	HarperOne	James W. Fowler	Buy Now

LW 550 – Introduction to Worship
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Introduction to Christian Worship	Abingdon	James White	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Christian Worship: 100,000 Sundays of Symbols and Ritual	Fortress Press	Gail Ramshaw	Buy Now
Textbook 3	Let the Whole Church Say Amen! A Guide for Those Who Pray in Public	Abingdon Press	Laurence Stookey	Buy Now

LW 552 – Congregational Song
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Introduction to Christian Worship	Abingdon	James White	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Let the Whole Church Say Amen! – A Guide for Those Who Pray in Public	Abingdon	Laurence Stookey	Buy Now
Textbook 3	Student’s Denominational Worship Book			Buy Now

LW 553 – New Birth to Dying in Christ
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Introduction to Christian Worship, 3rd ed.	Abingdon Press	James White	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Christian Worship: 100,000 Sundays of Symbols and Ritual	Fortress Press	Gail Ramshaw	Buy Now
Textbook 3	Student’s Primary Denominational Worship Book, or for traditions without a worship book, you can get a pastor’s handbook used in the tradition for helping with worship or use Chalice Worship
Textbook 4	Student’s Primary Denominational Hymnal or for traditions without a hymnal, you can use the one chosen by your current congregation, or use Chalice Hymnal.

LW 554 – Sermon Preparation
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Preaching: An Essential Guide	Abingdon Press	Ronald J. Allen	Buy Now

LW 570 – Liturgical Performance & Sermon Delivery
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Determining the Form: Structures for Preaching	Fortress Press	O. Wesley Allen, Jr.	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Shaping the Claim	Fortress Press	Marvin A. McMickle	Buy Now
Textbook 3	Novel Preaching: Tips from Top Writers on Crafting Creative Sermons	Westminster John Knox Press	Alyce M. McKenzie	Buy Now

LW 572 – Preaching & Leading Worhsip in the Black Church
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	God’s Yes Was Louder Than My No-Rethinking the African American Call to Ministry	Eerdmans Publishing Co.	William H. Meyers	Buy Now
Textbook 2	The Heart of Black Preaching	Westminster John Knox	LaRue Cleophus	Buy Now
Textbook 3	African American Preaching	Fortress Press	Kenyatta R. Gilbert	Buy Now

LW 573 – Biblical Preaching
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Contemporary Biblical Interpretation for Preaching	Judson Press	Ronald J. Allen	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Preaching and the Literary Forms of the Bible	Fortress Press	Thomas G. Long	Buy Now

LW 575 – Worship Renewal
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Beyond the Worship Wars	Alban Institute	Thomas G. Long	Buy Now

LW 576 – Worship Space
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Introduction to Christian Worship	Abingdon	James White	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Let the Whole Church Say Amen! A Guide for Those Who Pray in Public	Abingdon	Laurence Stookey	Buy Now
Textbook 3	A Place of Encounter: Renewing Worship Spaces	Augsburg	D. Foy Christopherson	Buy Now

LW 577 – Practice Preaching
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	All readings will be located within LTS Online

LW 579 – Preaching and Leading Worship: Small Church
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Wonderful Worship in Smaller Churches	Pilgrim	David R. Ray	Buy Now

LW 580 – Proclamation and Song
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Preaching in the Context of Worship (Preaching and Its Partners)	Chalice Press	David M. Greenhaw & Ronald J. Allen	Buy Now

LW 581 – Digitally Mediated Worship
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	@ Worship: Liturgical Practices in Digital Worlds	Routledge	Teresa Berger	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Embodied Liturgy: Virtual Reality and Liturgical Theology in Conversation	Church Publishing	The Rt. Rev. C. Andrew Doyle	Buy Now

LW 670 – Interpreting and Preaching the Synoptic Gospels
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Reading the Synoptic Gospels (Revised and Expanded)	Fortress Press	O. Wesley Allen, Jr.	Buy Now
Textbook 2	The Gospel of Matthew	Liturgical Press	Daniel J. Harrington	Buy Now
Textbook 3	Matthew (Fortress Biblical Preaching Commentaries) recommended but not required	Fortress Press	O. Wesley Allen, Jr.	Buy Now
Textbook 4	Gospel Parallels: A Comparison of the Synoptic Gospels, New Revised Standard Version	Thomas Nelson; 5th Revised edition	Jr. Burton H. Throckmorton	Buy Now

LW 671 – Technology in the Sanctuary
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Christian Worship and Technological Change	Abingdon Press	Susan J. White	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business	Penguin Books	Neil Postman	Buy Now
Textbook 3	The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains	W. W. Norton & Company	Nicholas Carr	Buy Now
Textbook 4	High-Tech Worship: Using Presentational Technologies Wisely	Baker Books	Quentin Schultze	Buy Now

LW 673 – Preaching in Postmodernity
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Peculiar Speech	Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co	William Willimon	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Homiletic of All Believers	Westminster John Knox Press	O. Wesley Allen	Buy Now

LW 674 – Generational Issues in Preaching and Worship
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Bridging Divided Worlds	Jossey-Bass	Carroll and Roof	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Tribal Church	Alban Institute	Carol Howard Merritt	Buy Now
Textbook 3	America’s Changing Religious Landscape	Pew Research Center	N/A	Buy Now

LW 675 – Courageous Preaching
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Preaching in the Purple Zone	Rowman & Littlefield	Leah Schade	Buy Now

LW 676 – Next Level Preaching: Rooted and Reaching
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	The Jazz of Preaching: How to Preach with Great Freedom and Joy	Abingdon Press	Kirk Bryon Jones	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Finding Language and Imagery: Words for Holy Speech (Elements of Preaching)	Fortress Press	Jennifer Lord	Buy Now
Textbook 3	Experiential Storytelling: (Re) Discovering Narrative to Communicate God's Message	Zondervan/Youth Specialties	Mark Miller	Buy Now
Textbook 4	I Refuse to Preach a Boring Sermon!: Engaging the 21st Century Listener	Pilgrim Press	Karyn L Wiseman	Buy Now

LW 677 – Witness and Testimony in Appalachia: Environment, Community, and Purple Zone Preaching
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	A Handbook to Appalachia: An Introduction to the Region	Univ Tennessee Press	Grace Toney Edwards, JoAnn Aust Asbury, & Ricky L. Cox	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Creation-Crisis Preaching: Ecology, Theology, and the Pulpit	Chalice Press	Leah D. Schade & John-S.-McClure	Buy Now
Textbook 3	Preaching in the Purple Zone: Ministry in the Red-Blue Divide	Rowman & Littlefield	Leah D. Schade	Buy Now

LW 678 – Preaching as Performance
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	And Then, You Act: Making Art in an Unpredictable World	Routledge	Anne Bogart	Buy Now
Textbook 2	The Jazz of Preaching: How to Preach with Great Freedom and Joy	Abingdon Press	Kirk Byron Jones	Buy Now
Textbook 3	Finding Language and Imagery: Words of Holy Speech (Elements of Preaching)	Fortress Press	Jennifer Lord & O. Wesley Allen	Buy Now

SIS 570 – The 3R’s of Seminary
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 7th ed.	Modern Language Association	Modern Language Association	Buy Now
Textbook 2	A Concise Guide to MLA Style and Documentation	Coyote Canyon Press	Thomas Fasano	Buy Now

SIS 571 – The 2P’s of Seminary
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	All readings located in LTS Online.

MLCI 702
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Not Your Parents’ Offering Plate: A New Vision for Financial Stewardship	Abingdon Press	J. Clif Christopher	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Passing the Plate: Why American Christians Don’t Give Away More Money	Oxford University Press	Christian Smith	Buy Now

DM811 – Building the Capacity of the Reflective Practitioner
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	The Action Research Dissertation: A Guide for Students and Faculty	SAGE Publications, Inc	Kathryn G. Herr, Gary Anderson	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Hybrid Ethnography: Online, Offline, and In Between (Qualitative Research Methods	SAGE Publications	Liz Przybylski	Buy Now
Textbook 3	Ethnography as Christian Theology and Ethics	Continuum	Christian Scharen, Ann Marie Vigen	Buy Now
Textbook 4	A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations	Zondervan	Kate L. Turabian, Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams, Joseph Bizup, William T. FitzGerald, The University of Chicago Press Editorial Staff	Buy Now

DM 812 – Building Cultural Frameworks for Contemporary Contexts
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Tell Me Why My Children Died	Duke University Press Books; Reprint edition (May 27, 2016)	Charles L. Briggs and Clara Mantini-Briggs	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Method Meets Art	The Guilford Press; Second edition (January 8, 2015)	Patricia Leavy	Buy Now

DM 813 – Interpreting Contemporary Congregational Contexts
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Studying Congregations: A New Handbook 1998 edition	Abingdon Press	Ammerman, Carroll, Dudley, and McKinney	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Roots and Routes: Calling, Ministry, and the Power of Place	Abingdon Press	Randy G Litchfield	Buy Now
Textbook 3	Ethnography As A Pastoral Practice: An Introduction	Pilgrim Press	Mary Clark Moschella	Buy Now
Textbook 4	Church on the Edge of Somewhere: Ministry, Marginality, and the Future	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers	George B. Thompson Jr.	Buy Now

DM814 – Building Theological Frameworks for Contemporary Contexts
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Cultural Interpretation: Reorienting New Testament Criticism	Wipf & Stock Pub	Brian K. Blount	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Models of Contextual Theology (revised edition)	Orbis Books	Stephen B. Bevans	Buy Now
Textbook 3	Christ and Culture (50th anniversary edition)	Harper & Row	H. Richard Niebuhr	Buy Now

DM815 – Building Capacity for Transformative Ministries
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Organizing Church: Grassroots Practices for Embodying Change in Your Congregation, Your Community, and Our World	Chalice Press	Tim Conder & Daniel Rhodes	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Another Way: Living and Leading Change on Purpose	Chalice Press	Stephen Lewis, Matthew Wesley Williams, & Dori Baker	Buy Now
Textbook 3	Faith-Rooted Organizing: Mobilizing the Church in Service to the World	IVP Books	Rev. Alexia Salvatierra & Peter Heltzel	Buy Now

D.Min. 855.04 – Ministry With Older Adults
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Never Say Die: The myth and Marketing of the New Old Age	Pantheon	Susan Jacoby	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Baby Boomer and Beyond: Tapping the Ministry	Jossey-Bass	Amy Hanson	Buy Now
Textbook 3	Aging and Ministry in the 21st Century	Discipleship Resources	Richard Gentzler	Buy Now
Textbook 4	Finding Meaning in Life, at Midlife and Beyond NOT REQUIRED but Recommended	Praeger	David Guttermann	Buy Now

DMin 890 – Writing the Project Proposal
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations	University Of Chicago Press	Kate L. Turabian	Buy Now
Textbook 2	The Craft of Research	University Of Chicago Press	W. Booth, G. Gregory, J. Williams	Buy Now

IB 675 - Ethical Decision Making: Doing the Work Our Soul Must Have
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness	The New Press	Michelle Alexander	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Climate Church, Climate World: How People of Faith Must Work For Change	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers	Jim Antal	Buy Now
Textbook 3	The Way of Integrity	The Open Field	Martha Beck	Buy Now
Textbook 4	Finding Me	HarperOne	Viola Davis	Buy Now

LW 582 - Congregational Music, Identity and Postcoloniality
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Christian Congregational Music: Performance, Identity and Performance	Routledge	Ingalls, Monique; Landau, Carolyn; and Wagner, Tom	Buy Now

LW 557 - Practice Preaching
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Introduction to Preaching: Scripture, Theology, and Sermon Preparation	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers	Leah D. Schade, Jerry L. Sumney, Emily Askew	Buy Now

LC 587 - Pastoral Ministry and Human Trafficking
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Not For Sale	HarperOne; Revised, Updated ed. edition (October 12, 2010)	David Batstone	Buy Now
Textbook 2	Ending Human Trafficking: A Handbook of Strategies for the Church Today	eChristian	Moore, Shayne (et al)	Buy Now

LF 676 - Creation Spiritualities
Number of Textbooks	Title of Textbook	Publisher	Author	Amazon Link
Textbook 1	Original Blessing: A Primer in Creation Spirituality	TarcherPerigee	Matthew Fox	Buy Now
Textbook 2	The Coming of the Cosmic Christ	HarperOne	Matthew Fox	Buy Now