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Textbooks

LF 550 – Biblical and Vocational Foundations
Title of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
7 Ways of Teaching the Bible to Adults: Using Our Multiple Intelligences to Build Faith by Barbara BruceAbingdon PressBarbara A. Bruce
Buy Now
All additional readings will be located
within LTS Online
N/AN/AN/A
LF 551 – Congregation as Context
Title of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
All readings will be located
within LTS Online
N/AN/AN/A
IB 551 – Ethical Forms
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Christian Ethics:
A Very Short Introduction
Oxford University PressStephen LongBuy Now
Textbook 2 What Are They Saying About Scripture and Ethics? Paulist PressWilliam SpohnBuy Now
LF 552 – Cultural Shifts Impacting Teaching of Faith
Title of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
All readings will be located
within LTS Online
N/AN/AN/A
LF 553 – Stages of Faith
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1In My Grandmother's House: Black Women, Faith, and the Stories We InheritBroadleaf Books
Yolanda PierceBuy Now
Textbook 2Additional reading materials will be located within LTS OnlineN/AN/AN/A
IB 552 – God and Science: Biomedical Ethics
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Bioethics:
A Primer for Christians
EerdmansGilbert
Meilaender
Buy Now
Textbook 2Pro-Choice and Christian: Reconciling Faith, Politics, and JusticeWestminster John Knox PressKira SchlesingerBuy Now
IB 553 - Social Ethics
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Beyond Bumper Sticker Ethics: An Introduction to Theories of Right and WrongWilkens, SteveBuy Now
Textbook 2The Global Face of Public Faith: Politics, Human Rights, and Christian Ethics (recommended)Hollenbach, DavidBuy Now
Textbook 3This Day: Collected & New Sabbath Poems
Berry, Wendell
Buy Now
IB 570 – Globalization and the Local Church
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1ustice in a Global Economy: Strategies for Home, Community, and WorldWestminster John Knox PressPamela K. Brubaker, Rebecca Todd Peters, Laura A. StiversBuy Now
LF 570 - Children's Ministry in the Church
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Postmodern Children’s Ministry: Ministry to Children in the 21st CenturyZondervanIvy BeckwithClick Here
Textbook 2Making a Home for Faith: Nurturing the Spiritual Life of your ChildrenPilgrim PressElizabeth CaldwellClick Here
Textbook 3 From Generation to Generation: The Adaptive Challenge of
Mainline Protestant Education in Forming Faith
Wipf & Stock PubCharles FosterClick Here
LF 571 – Youth Culture and Faith Formation
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1The Godbearing Life Upper
Room
Kenda
Creasy Dean
and
Ron Foster
Click Here
IB 571 – Social Ethics, Church Leadership and the Occupy Movement
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Occupy Religion:
Theology of the Multitude
Joerg Rieger
and Kwok Pui-lan
Buy Now
LF 573 – Engaging Learners: Questions & Discussions
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1How to Ask Great QuestionsNavPressKaren Lee-ThorpBuy Now
IB 572 – Economic Ethics in Unsettled Times
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Christian Economic Ethics: History and Implications FortressDaniel K. FinnBuy Now
LF 573 – Engaging Learners: Questions & Discussions
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1How to Ask Great QuestionsNavPressKaren Lee-ThorpBuy Now
IB 573 – Church, Society, and The Ethics of Global
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1A Moral Climate: The
Ethics of Global Warming
Orbis BooksMichael NorthcottBuy Now
LF 570 - Children's Ministry in the Church
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Organic Student MinistryChalice PressIngramBuy Now
Textbook 2The Synaptic GospelUniversity Press of AmericaRodkeyBuy Now
IB 574 – Black Lives Matter: Issues of Race and Ethics for Church Leaders
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1 Ferguson and Faith: Sparking Leadership and Awakening CommunityChalice Press Leah Gunning FrancisBuy Now
LF 575 – Storied Learning
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1The Stories We Live By: Personal Myths and the Making of the SelfThe Guilford PressDan P. MacAdamsBuy Now
Textbook 2 Teaching Our Story: Narrative Leadership and Pastoral Formation (Narrative Leadership Collection) Rowman & Littlefield PublishersLarry A. GolemonBuy Now
LF 551 – Congregation as Context
Title of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
NO Textbook – The readings will
be located within LTS Online
N/AN/AN/A
LF 576 – Re-Imaging Christian Education in the Black Church
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Soul Stories: African American Christian Education, Revised EditionAbingdon PressAnne E. Streaty WimberlyBuy Now
Textbook 2Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of FreedomRoutledgeBell HooksBuy Now
Textbook 3Black Church Studies: An IntroductionMainline Protestant Education in Forming FaithAbingdon PressStacey Floyd-Thomas, Juan Floyd-Thomas, Carol B. Duncan, Stephen G. Ray, Jr., Nancy Lynne WestfieldBuy Now
Textbook 4Pedagogy of the OppressedContinuumPaulo FreireBuy Now
LF 577 – Special Topics in Youth Ministry: Baptism and Confirmation
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Models of Confirmation and Baptismal Affirmation: Liturgical and Educational Issues and DesignsRobert BrowningBuy Now
Textbook 2Confirmation: Presbyterian Practices in
Ecumenical Perspective
GenevaRichard OsmerBuy 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 1Passage into DiscipleshipChristopher WilsonBuy Now
Textbook 2A Baptism and Confirmation Journey Jeff WrightBuy Now
Textbook 3Prepare the Way: Discovery BookBuy Now
Textbook 4Prepare the Way:
Faith Partner’s Guide
Buy Now
Textbook 5 Prepare the Way: Leader’s GuideBuy Now
IB 577 – Consumed: Ethical Transactions
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1 ShoppingFortress PressMichelle A.
Gonzalez
Buy Now
Textbook 2The Christian Consumer
** NOT Required but
Highly Recommended **
Oxford University PressLaura M.
Hartman
Buy Now
LF 578 – The Arts of Youth Ministry: An Introduction
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1The Godbearing Life Upper Room Dean/FosterBuy Now
IB 578 – Public Theology and the Common Good
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1The Common Good Knopf Robert ReichBuy Now
Textbook 2The Third Reconstruction: How a Moral Movement Is Overcoming the Politics of Division and FearBeacon PressRev Dr. William J. Barber & Jonathan Wilson-HartgroveBuy Now
LF 579 – Spiritual Formation in Adolescent Women
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Doing Girlfriend Theology: God-Talk with Young WomenPilgrim PressDori Grinenko BakerBuy Now
Textbook 2The Sacred Selves of Adolescent Girls: Hard Stories of Race, Class And GenderPilgrim PressEvelyn L. ParkerBuy Now
Textbook 3Women’s Ways of Knowing: The Development of Self, Voice, and Mind
**not required**
Basic BooksMary Field Belenky, Blythe Mcvicker Clinchy, Nancy Rule Goldberger, & Jill Mattuck TaruleBuy Now
Textbook 4In a Different Voice: Psychological Theory and Women’s Development
**not required**Mainline Protestant Education in Forming Faith
Harvard University PressCarol GilliganBuy Now
Textbook 5Trouble Don’t Last Always: Emancipatory Hope Among African American Adolescents
**not required**
Pilgrim PressEvelyn L. ParkerBuy Now
Textbook 6Revising Herself: The Story of Women’s Identity from College to Midlife
**not required**
Oxford University PressRuthellen JosselsonBuy Now
IB 579 – Ethics, the Church, and the #MeToo Movement
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1All Readings will be located within LTS OnlineN/AN/AN/A
LF 580 – Post-Christendom Youth Ministry
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1 Tribes: We Need
You to Lead Us
PortfolioGodinBuy Now
Textbook 2Beyond the Screen Abingdon PressAndrew
Zirschky
Buy Now
Textbook 3OPTIONAL:
It’s Not Conformation: Confirmation Sermons from the Front Lines of Post-Christendom Youth Ministry
CreateSpace Independent John VestBuy Now
LF 581 – Holistic Education
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Wholeness and Holiness in Education: An Islamic PerspectiveInternational Institute of Islamic ThoughtZahra Al ZeeraBuy Now
Textbook 2Holistic Education Resource BookPeter Schreiner, Esther Banev, & Simon OxleyBuy Now
Textbook 3Wholeness of Faith and Life: Orthodox Christian Ethics: Orthodox Social Issues (Wholeness of Faith & Life Series: Orthodox Christian Ethics)Holy Cross Orthodox PressStanley S. HarakasBuy Now
LF 582 – The Spirituality of Public Spaces
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Reset the HeartAbingdon PressMai-Anh Le TranBuy Now
Textbook 2Occupy Religion: Theology of the Multitude (Religion in the Modern World)Rowman & Littlefield PublishersJoerg Rieger & Pui-lan KwokBuy Now
IB 582 – Clergy Wellness
Title of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
All course readings will be located in LTS Online.N/AN/AN/A
LF 583 – Adult Spirituality
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Becoming Adult, Becoming Christian : Adult Development and Christian FaithJossey-BassJames W. FowlerBuy Now
Textbook 2Teaching and Learning in Communities of Faith: Empowering Adults Through Religious EducationJossey-BassLinda J. VogelBuy Now
Textbook 3The Seasons of Adult Faith Formation Mainline Protestant Education in Forming FaithLifelong Faith PublicationsJohn RobertoBuy Now
IB 583 – The Church’s Challenge to Become Antiracist: From Theory to Action
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Can “White” People Be Saved?: Triangulating Race, Theology, and Mission (Missiological Engagements, Volume 12)IVP AcademicLove 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 JeyarajBuy Now
LF 570 - Children's Ministry in the Church
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1A Many Colored Kingdom: Multicultural Dynamics for Spiritual FormationBaker AcademicElizabeth Conde-Frazier, S. Steve Kang, and Gary A. ParrettBuy Now
Textbook 2Jesus and the DisinheritedAbingdon-Cokesbury PressHoward ThurmanSee below
**This book can be downloaded for free at either of these two links: Download NowDownload Now
LF 570 - Children's Ministry in the Church
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Ecowomanism: African American Women and Earth-Honoring Faiths (Ecology and Justice Series) (Ecology & Justice)Orbis BooksMelanie L. HarrisBuy Now
LF 586 – Digital Media and Discipleship
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Fresh Expressions in a Digital Age: How the Church Can Prepare for a Post Pandemic WorldAbingdon PressMichael Adam Beck & Rosario PicardoBuy Now
Textbook 2Not Safe for Church: Ten Commandments for Reaching New GenerationsAbingdon PressF. Douglas Powe Jr. & Jasmine Rose SmothersBuy Now
LF 570 - Children's Ministry in the Church
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1 Pedagogy of the Oppressed Bloomsbury Academic Paulo FreireBuy Now
Textbook 2 Practicing Discernment with YouthPilgrim Press David F. WhiteBuy Now
IB 670 – Moral Discernment
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Moral DiscernmentPaulist PressRichard M. GulaBuy Now
Textbook 2 Introducing Moral Theology: True Happiness and the VirtuesBrazos PressWilliam Mattison IIIBuy Now
LF 671 – Christian Adaptation of Spiritual Practices
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Meet the Rabbis: Rabbinic Thought and the Teachings of Jesus Baker AcademicBrad H. YoungBuy Now
IB 671 – The Moral Agent and Responsibility
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1The Human Center Augsburg Fortress PublishingHoward HarrodBuy Now
Textbook 2The Responsible SelfWestminster John Knox PressH. Richard NiebuhrBuy Now
LF 672: Who is My Neighbor
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Neighbors: Christians and Muslims Building CommunityWestminster John Knox PressDeanna Ferree WomackBuy Now
Textbook 2Introducing Theologies of ReligionsOrbis BooksPaul F KnitterBuy Now
Textbook 3My Neighbor’s Faith: Stories of Interreligious Encounter, Growth, and TransformationOrbis BooksJennifer Howe Peace, Or N. Rose, & Gregory MobleyBuy Now
IB 672 – “Want Fries with That?” Cultural Globalization
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Shaking the Gates of Hell: Faith-Led Resistance to Corporate GlobalizationFortress PressSharon DelgadoBuy Now
Textbook 2Global Neighbors: Christian Faith and Moral Obligation in Today’s EconomyWm. 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 TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1New Seeds of ContemplationNew DirectionsThomas Merton & Sue Monk KiddBuy Now
Textbook 2SEEDS OF DESTRUCTIONFarrar, Straus and GirouxThomas MertonBuy Now
IB 673 – Spiritual Sustenance for Social Change
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Spirituality and Liberation:
Overcoming the Great Fallacy
Westminster John
Knox Press
Robert McAfee BrownBuy Now
Textbook 2Resistance: The New Role of Progressive Christians. Progressive Christians UnitingWestminster John Knox PressJohn B. Cobb, Jr., ed.Buy Now
Textbook 3Protestant Spiritual Exercises:
Theology, History, and Practice
MorehouseJoseph D. DriskillBuy Now
Textbook 3Meditations of the Heart
(RECOMMENDED)
Beacon PressHoward ThurmanBuy Now
B 674 – Race, Privilege, and the Church’s Ethical Responsibilities
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Pre-Post-Racial America: Spiritual Stories from the Front LinesChalice PressSandhya
Rani Jha
Buy Now
Textbook 2The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of ColorblindnessThe New PressMichelle AlexanderBuy Now
Textbook 3Of Poetry and Protest: From Emmett Till to Trayvon MartinW. W. Norton & CompanyPhilip Cushway and Michael WarrBuy Now
Textbook 3Ferguson and Faith: Sparking Leadership and Awakening Community
**Recommended, not required**
Chalice PressLeah Gunning FrancisBuy Now
IF 550 – Theology and Theological Language
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1 Metaphorical TheologyFortress PressSallie McFagueBuy Now
Textbook 2Thinking About GodT&T ClarkDorothee SolleBuy Now
IF 552 – Theology of Sermons
Title of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
All readings will be located
within LTS Online
N/AN/AN/A
IF 553 – Made in the Image of God
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1 Readings in Christian Theology Fortress Hodgson and KingBuy Now
Textbook 2 Essentials of Christian Theology Westminster John Knox PressWilliam
Placher, ed.
Buy Now
IF 554 – The Nature of God
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Quest for the Living God: Mapping
Frontiers in the Theology of God
Bloomsbury Academic Elizabeth JohnsonBuy Now
Textbook 2Essentials of Christian Theology Westminster John Knox PressWilliam PlacherBuy Now
Textbook 3Readings in Christian TheologyFortress PressHodgson and KingBuy Now
IF 555 – One Bread, One Body Theology of Church
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1What Would
Jesus Deconstruct?
Baker AcademicCaputoBuy Now
Textbook 2Beyond ResistanceFortress PressDorhauerBuy Now
IF 556
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Constructive Theology: A Contemporary Approach to Classical ThemesAugsburg Fortress Serene Jones and Paul Lakeland, editorsBuy Now
IF 557 – Theology and Pastoral Care
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Trauma and Grace: Theology in a Ruptured WorldWestminster John Knox PressSerene JonesBuy Now
IF 558
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Constructive Theology: A Contemporary Approach to Classical ThemesAugsburg FortressSerene Jones and Paul Lakeland, editorsBuy Now
IF 559: Living the Catholic Experience: Mystery of the Church
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1The Church: The Evolution of CatholicismRichard P. McBrienBuy Now
IF 560 – Living the Catholic Experience: Sacraments I
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Doors to the Sacred: A Historical Introduction to Sacraments in the Catholic ChurchLiguori PublicationsJoseph MartosBuy Now
IF 562 – Living the Catholic Experience: Our Sacred Story
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common HomeOur Sunday VisitorPope FrancisBuy Now
IF 570 – The Church and Homosexuality
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Readings will be located within
LTS Online
N/A N/A N/A
IF 571 – African American and Women Theologies
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Their Eyes Were Watching God HarporHurston,
Zora Neale
Buy Now
LF 576 – Re-Imaging Christian Education in the Black Church
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1All readings will be located within LTS Online N/A N/A N/A
IF 573 – Intro to the Theology of Paul Tillich
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1The Shaking of the FoundationsWipf and StockPaul TillichBuy Now
Textbook 2Dynamics of FaithHarperOnePaul TillichBuy Now
Textbook 3The Irrelevance and Relevance of the Christian MessageWipf & Stock PublishersPaul TillichBuy Now
IF 574 – Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1The Bonhoeffer ReaderFortress PressClifford J. GreenBuy Now
IF 575 – H. Richard Niebuhr’s Christ and Culture
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Christ and CultureHarper & RowH. Richard NiebuhrBuy Now
LF 576 – Re-Imaging Christian Education in the Black Church
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1 The God DelusionMariner BooksDawkinsBuy Now
Textbook 2God is Not GreatTwelveHitchensBuy Now
Textbook 3Writing God’s ObituaryPrometheusPinnBuy Now
IF 577 – Narrative Theology
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Why Narrative? Readings in Narrative Theology Wipf & Stock PubStanley HauerwasBuy Now
IF 578 – Sally McFague Environmental Theology
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1The Body of God: An Ecological TheologyFortress PressSallie McFagueBuy Now
IF 579 – Reinhold Niebuhr
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Major Works on Religion and PoliticsLibrary of AmericaNiebuhrBuy Now
IP/IF 582 – Augustine
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Theology of AugustineBaker AcademicMatthew LeveringBuy Now
IF 583 – Introduction to Process Theology
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1No required textbooks,
all readings will be located
within LTS Online
N/AN/AN/A
IF 584 – Food and Faith
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Food and Faith: A Theology of EatingCambridgeNorman WirzbaBuy Now
IF 587 – Theology and Domestic Violence
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Religion and Intinate Partner ViolenceOxford University Press; 1 edition ed. Nason-Clark, Fisher-Townsend, Holtmann, McMullinBuy Now
IF 588 – Jesus and Environmental Justice: Christology from Below
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1
IF 589 – Mystical Theology: The Mystery of God and Luminous Life
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1
IF 670 – Environmental Theology
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1The Rough Guide
to Climate Change
Rough GuidesRobert HensonBuy Now
Textbook 2Life AbundantFortress PressSallie McFagueBuy Now
Textbook 3 Christian Environmental Ethics:
A Case Method Approach
Orbis BooksJames B. Martin-Schramm
& Robert Stivers
Buy Now
Textbook 4Ecofaith: Creating and Sustaining Green Congregations Pilgrim PressCharlene HosenfeldBuy Now
IF 671 – Gods and Monsters
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Religion and its MonstersRoutledgeBeal, TimothyBuy Now
Textbook 2 The Origin of Satan: How Christians Demonized Jews, Pagans and HereticsVintage; Reprint editionPagels, ElaineBuy Now
Textbook 3Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus, The 1818 Text. James Rieger, ed.University of Chicago PressShelly, Mary WollstonecraftBuy Now
IF 672 – Theology on the Border: US and Mexico
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Undocumented: How Immigration Became IllegalBeacon PressChomsky, AvivaBuy Now
Textbook 2Illegal: Life and Death in Arizona’s Immigration War ZoneLyons PressSterling, Terry GreeneBuy Now
IF 673 – Theology and Disabilities
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1 A Disability History of
the United States
Beacon PressKim NielsonBuy Now
Textbook 2 Copious Hosting: A Theology of Access for People with DisabilitiesBloomsbury AcademicJennie
Weiss Block
Buy Now
Textbook 3In the Beginning
There Was Darkness
Bloomsbury T&T ClarkJohn
M. Hull
Buy Now
IF 674 – Queer Theology
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Peculiar Faith: Queer Theology for Christian WitnessSeabury BooksJay Emerson JohnsonBuy Now
Textbook 1The Gay Revolution: The Story of the StruggleSimon & Schuster Lillian FadermanBuy Now
IF 675 – Holy Spirit: Beyond Santa and Star Wars
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1The Holy SpiritWestminster
John Knox
Press
Alasdair
I. C.
Heron
Buy Now
IP 550 and IP 551
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1The Religious History of America, revised edition (Harper One, 2004).HarperOne
Edwin Gaustad and Leigh Schmidt
Buy Now
Textbook 2A 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 TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1The Religious History of America, revised edition (Harper One, 2004).HarperOne
Edwin Gaustad and Leigh Schmidt
Buy Now
Textbook 2A 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 TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1A World History of ChristianityWm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.Adrian HastingsBuy Now
Textbook 2Readings in World Christian HistoryOrbis BooksJohn W. Coakley and Andrea SterkBuy Now
IP 570 – Disciples History
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Room at the Table: Struggle for Unity and Equality in DisciplesChalice Press
Sandhya Rani Jha
Buy Now
Textbook 2Renewing Christian Unity: A Concise History of the Christian Church
Abilene Christian University Press
Mark Toulouse
Buy Now
Textbook 3Disciples: Who We Are and What Holds us TogetherCBPMichael Kinnamon, Jan LinnBuy Now
IP 571 – The Church in North America
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1 American Christianities: A History of Dominance and Diversity The University of North Carolina PressCatherine BrekusBuy Now
IP 572 – The Great Awakening
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1The Great Awakening: A Brief History with DocumentsBedford/St. Martin’sThomas KiddBuy Now
IP 573 – The Second Great Awakening
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Cane Ridge:
America’s Pentecost
University of Wisconsin Press Paul ConkinBuy Now
IP 574 – Church’s Engagement with Social Issues
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1 American Christianities: A History of Dominance and Diversity The University of North Carolina PressCatherine Brekus
& W. Clark Gilpin
Buy Now
IP 575 – The Orgins of Fundamentalism
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Understanding Fundamentalism and EvangelicalismEerdmansGeorge MarsdenBuy Now
IP 576 – Civil Rights Movement Through the Eyes of Christian Participants
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1
IP 580 – Heaven Below
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Heaven Below: Early Pentecostals and American CultureHarvard University PressGrant WackerBuy Now
IP 581 – UCC Polity, History and Theology
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1The Shaping of the United Church of Christ: An Essay in the History of American ChristianityUnited Church PressLouis H GunnemannBuy Now
Textbook 2The Evolution of a Ucc Style: History, Ecclesiology, and Culture of the United Church of ChristUnited Church PressRandi J WalkerBuy Now
IP/IF 582 – Augustine
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Theology of AugustineBaker AcademicMatthew LeveringBuy Now

IP 584: American Religious Diversity
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Parade of Faiths: Immigration and American ReligionJoselit, Jenna WeissmanBuy Now
IP 670 – DOC History and Polity II
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Journey toward Wholeness: A History of Black Disciples of Christ in the Mission of the Christian ChurchChalice PressBrenda M. Cardwell & William K. Fox Sr.Buy Now
Textbook 2 Room at the Table: Struggle for Unity and Equality in Disciples HistoryChalice PressSandhya Rani JhaBuy Now
Textbook 3A Handbook for Today’s DisciplesChalice PressD Duane CumminsBuy Now
Textbook 4Disciples: Who We Are and What Holds us TogetherCBPMichael Kinnamon & Jan LinnBuy Now
IP 671 – Topics in the History of Christian Spirituality
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Confessions by St. AugustineOxford University PressTranslated by Henry ChadwickBuy Now
Textbook 2Waiting for GodHarper Perennial Modern ClassicsSimone WeilBuy Now
Textbook 3The Sign of JonasMariner BooksThomas MertonBuy Now
IP 672 – Religious and Spiritual Diversity in the Protestant Church
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Faith on the Avenue: Religion on a City StreetOxford University PressKatie Day & Edd ConboyBuy Now
Textbook 2Religion and American Culture: A Brief HistoryEerdmansGeorge M. MarsdenBuy Now
Textbook 3Antifundamentalism in Modern AmericaCornell University PressDavid Harrington WattBuy Now
IP 674 – Religion and US Politics
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Moral Combat:
How Sex Divided
American Christians
and Fractured
American Politics
Basic BooksR. Marie GriffithBuy Now
Textbook 2Religion and
Politics in
America
RoutledgeAllen D. HertzkeBuy Now
Textbook 3Religion in
American Politics:
A Short History
Princeton University PressFrank LambertBuy Now
Textbook 4As a City on
a Hill: The Story
of America’s Most
Famous Lay Sermon
Princeton University PressDaniel T. RodgersBuy Now
IP 675 – Religion, Race, and Ethnicity in the USA
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Dear White Christians:
For Those Still Longing
for Racial Reconciliation
EerdmansJennifer HarveyBuy Now
Textbook 2The Christian Imagination:
Theology and the
Origins of Race
Yale University PressWillie James JenningsBuy Now
Textbook 3Brown Church: Five
Centuries of Latina/o
Social Justice, Theology, and Identity
IVP AcademicRobert Chao RomeroBuy Now
IS 520 – The Origin, Inspiration & Authority of the Church’s Scripture
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1The Bible; An Introduction
Third Edition
FortressJerry SumneyBuy Now
Textbook 2Introduction to the New TestamentDoubledayRaymond BrownBuy Now
IS 540 – Reading the Torah in the Church Today
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Permission Granted–Take the Bible into Your Own HandsWestminster John Knox PressJennifer BirdBuy Now
Textbook 2A Feminist Companion to Exodus to Deuteronomy (Feminist Companion to the Bible)Sheffield Academic PressAthalya Brenner-IdanBuy Now
Textbook 3Handbook on the Pentateuch: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, DeuteronomyBaker AcademicVictor P. HamiltonBuy Now
IS 542 – Reading the Deuteronomic Histories
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1The Historical Writings: Introducing Israel’s Historical Literature (Introducing Israel’s Scriptures)Fortress PressMark A. Leuchter & David T. LambBuy Now
Textbook 2Joshua and Judges (Texts & Contexts)Fortress PressAthalya Brenner & Gale YeeBuy Now
Textbook 3**The HarperCollins Study Bible: Fully Revised & Updated


**recommended, not required
HarperOneHarold W. Attridge & Society of Biblical LiteratureBuy Now
Textbook 4**The Jewish Study Bible: Second Edition


**recommended, not required
Oxford University PressAdele Berlin & Marc Zvi BrettlerBuy Now
IS 541 – Reading the Prophets in the Church Today
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Introduction to the Prophets: Their Stories, Sayings, and ScrollsPaulist PressThomas L. LeclercBuy Now
Textbook 2Interpreting Prophetic Literature: Historical and Exegetical Tools for Reading the ProphetsWestminster John Knox PressJames D. NogalskiBuy Now
IS 553 – Preparing to Help the Church Read the NT
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1The Bible; An Introduction
Third Edition
FortressJerry SumneyBuy Now
Textbook 2Introduction to the New TestamentDoubledayRaymond BrownBuy Now
IS 554 – Gospels as Resources for the Church
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1An Introduction to the New TestamentYale PressRaymond Brown
Textbook 2The Bible; An Introduction
Second Edition
FortressJerry SumneyBuy Now
Textbook 3The New Testament Background
Not Required, but Recommended
Harper CollinsC.K. BarrettBuy Now
IS 556 – Pauline Letters as Resources for the Church
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1The Bible: An Introduction
Third Edition
Fortress Jerry
Sumney
Buy Now
Textbook 2An Introduction to the New TestamentYaleRaymond
Brown
Buy Now
IS 560 – Exegesis For the Church
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1The New Interpreter’s Bible One-Volume CommentaryAbingdon PressEds. Beverley Gaventa and David PetersenBuy Now
Textbook 2Elements of Biblical Exegesis:
A Basic Guide for Students and Ministers
Baker AcademicMichael J. GormanBuy Now
Textbook 3Biblical Exegesis:
A Beginner’s Handbook
Westminster John Knox PressJohn Hayes and
Carl Hollada
Buy Now
IS 570 – Creation and Science
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Science, Creation and the Bible: Reconciling Rival Theories of Origins IVP AcademicRichard F. Carlson and
Tremper
Longman III
Buy Now
IS 571 – The Book of Ezekiel
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1 NO Required Textbooks – all readings will be located
within LTS Online
N/AN/AN/A
IS 572 – Catholic Epistles
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1From Hebrews to Revelation: A Theological IntroductionWestminster John Knox PressLewis DonelsonBuy Now
Textbook 2 New Interpreter’s Bible, Vol. 12
** not required, but
highly recommended **
Abingdon PressL.E. KeckBuy Now
IS 573 – Ruth and John
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Ruth: InterpretationWestminster John Knox PressSakenfeld, Katharine DoobBuy Now
Textbook 2Jonah: A CommentaryWestminster John Knox PressLimburg, JamesBuy Now
Textbook 3 The HarperCollins Study Bible: Fully Revised and Updated (not required, but recommended)HarperOneHarold W. AttridgeBuy Now
Textbook 4The Jewish Study Bible: Second Edition (not required, but recommended)Oxford University PressAdele Berlin and Marc Zvi Brettler, eds.Buy Now
IS 574 – Paul and Women
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1 Our Mother Saint PaulWestminster John Knox PressBeverly R.
Gaventa
Buy Now
Textbook 2 The Moral Teaching of Paul,
3rd edition
** Not required, but Recommended **
Abingdon PressVictor P. FurnishBuy Now
IS 575 – The Book of Amos
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1The New Interpreter’s Bible Vol 7Abingdon Press Keck, Leander E, editorBuy Now
Textbook 2HarperCollins Study Bible: Fully Rev and UpdatedHarperOneAttridge, Harold W, editorBuy Now
Textbook 3The Book of AmosWestminster John KnoxJeremias, JörgBuy Now
IS 576 – Reading the Bible in the Black Church
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1NO Required Textbook – all readings will be located within LTS OnlineN/AN/AN/A
IS 577 – The Book of Exodus
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1 TBD
IS 578 – Ezra-Nehemiah
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1 All Readings will be located within LTS Online
IS 579 – Womanist Hermeneutics and Black Church Theology
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Walk Together Children: Black and Womanist Theologies, Church and Theological EducationCascade Books, an Imprint of Wipf and Stock PublishersDwight N. Hopkins & Linda E. ThomasBuy Now
Textbook 2Womanist Sass and Talk Back: Social (In)Justice, Intersectionality, and Biblical InterpretationCascade BooksMitzi J. SmithBuy Now
Textbook 3I Found God in Me: A Womanist Biblical Hermeneutics ReaderCascade BooksMitzi J. SmithBuy Now
IS 581 – Reading Hebrew Bible in the Broader Religious and Civic Community
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Revive Us Again: Vision and Action in Moral OrganizingBeacon PressWilliam J. Barber II, Rick Lowery, & Liz TheoharisBuy Now
IS 582: Reading the Gospels in Advent
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1No required textbooks N/A N/A N/A
IS 583 – Reading Bible in Lent
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1All readings will be located within LTS Online N/A N/A N/A
IS 584 – Reading Colossians
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Colossians:
A Commentary
Westminster John Knox PressJerry L. SumneyBuy Now
Textbook 2 New Interpreter’s
Bible, Vol. 11
Abingdon PressLeander KeckBuy Now
IS 585 – Reading Revelation
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1New Interpreter’s Bible,
Vol 12
Abingdon Press L. Keck
L. Johnson
F. Craddock
Buy Now
Textbook 2Breaking the CodeAbingdon PressBruce MetzgerBuy Now
Textbook 3Revelation; A Commentary
**Not Required, but
highly Recommended**
Westminster John KnoxBrian BlountBuy Now
IS 629 – Shalom: Building the Beloved Community in a Culture of Fear
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Shalom and the Community of CreationWm. B. Eerdmans PublishingRandy S. WoodleyBuy Now
Textbook 2PeaceChalice PressWalter BrueggemannBuy Now
Textbook 3White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial DivideBloomsbury USACarol AndersonBuy Now
Textbook 4Bartolome de las Casa and the Conquest of the AmericasWiley-BlackwellLawrence A. ClaytonBuy Now
IS 670 – A Troubled Church: 1 Corinthians
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1 The First Urban Christians, 2nd ed. Yale University PressWayne MeeksBuy Now
Textbook 2Theology of the First Letter to the CorinthiansCambridge University PressVictor P. FurnishBuy Now
Textbook 3 First Corinthians, Sacra PaginaMichael GlazierRaymond CollinsBuy Now
Textbook 41 Corinthians (Abingdon New Testament Commentaries)
* NOT required, BUT the book gives an anti-imperial reading to 1 Corinthians**
Abingdon PressRichard HorsleyBuy Now
IS 671 – In Its Own Voice: Interpreting the Hebrew Bible in Social and Cultural Context
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Daily Life in Biblical TimesSociety of Biblical LiteratureOded BorowskiBuy Now
Textbook 2 The Social History of Ancient Israel: An IntroductionFortress PressRainer KesslerBuy Now
Textbook 3The Religion of Ancient IsraelWestminster John Knox PressPatrick MillerBuy Now
IS 672 – The Gospel of Mark
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Mark; A CommentaryWestminster John Knox PressEugene BoringBuy Now
Textbook 2Reading Mark; A Literary and Theological Commentary on the Second GospelSmyth & Helwys Publishing Sharyn E. DowdBuy Now
Textbook 3Biblical Exegesis: A Beginners Handbook, 3rd ed.Westminster John Knox PressC. John Hayes and Carl HolladayBuy Now
IS 673 – Sex and Work in the Hebrew Bible
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered MarriagePenguinStephanie
Coontz
Buy Now
Textbook 1Unprotected Texts: The Bible’s Surprising Contradictions About
Sex and Desire
Harper
One
Jennifer KnustBuy Now
IS 674 – Stories, Speeches and Poems: Interpreting the Literature of the Hebrew Bible
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1The Art of Biblical PoetryBasic BooksRobert AlterBuy Now
Textbook 2Old Testament Narrative: A Guide to InterpretationWestminster John Knox PressJerome T. WalshBuy Now
IS 676 – Flourishing Together: Creation and the Human Community
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Scripture, Culture, and Agriculture: An Agrarian Reading of the BibleCambridge University PressEllen DavisBuy Now
Textbook 2Sabbath as Resistance: Saying No to the
Culture of Now
Westminster John Knox PressWalter BrueggemannBuy Now
Textbook 3The Seven Pillars of Creation: The Bible, Science, and the
Ecology of Wonder
Oxford University PressWilliam BrownBuy Now
IS 677 – Biblical Perspectives on War in the Age of Terror and Drone Warfare
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Divine Presence amid
Violence: Contextualizing the Book of Joshua
Wipf & Stock PubWalter BrueggemannBuy Now
Textbook 2Killing from the Inside Out (Cascade, 2014)Cascade Books Robert Emmet MeagherBuy Now
IS 678 – Romans
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Reading Paul’s Letter
to the Romans
Society of Biblical LiteratureJerry SumneyBuy Now
Textbook 2RomansAbingdon PressLeander KeckBuy Now
IS 678 – Romans
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Reading Paul’s Letter
to the Romans
Society of Biblical LiteratureJerry SumneyBuy Now
Textbook 2RomansAbingdon PressLeander KeckBuy Now
LC 520 – Pastoral Care Modalities
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1The Practice of Pastoral Care: A Postmodern Approach, The Practice of Pastoral Care: A Postmodern Approach, Revised and Expanded EditionWestminster
John Knox Press
Carrie DoehringBuy Now
LC 550 – Creating a Congregational Culture of Care
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Creating a Healthier Church: Family Systems Theory, Leadership and Congregational LifeFortress PressRonald W. RichardsonBuy Now
Textbook 1Cut Dead But Still Alive: Caring for African American Young MenAbingdon PressGregory C. Ellison IIBuy Now
LC 552 – Diagnosis & Referral: Lost Art of Listening
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1 Mental Illness and Psychiatric Treatment: A Guide for Pastoral CounselorsRoutledge; 1 editionGregory Collins, Thomas CulbertsonBuy Now
LC 554 – The Art of Visitation
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Hearing Beyond the Words: How to Become a Listening PastorAbingdon PressEmma JustesBuy Now
Textbook 2Spiritual Care at the End of Life: Chaplain as a ‘Hopeful’ PresenceJessica Kingsley PublishersSteve NolanBuy Now
LC 570 – Special Topics in Ministry: Aging
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1 Challenging Invisibility: Practices of Care with Older WomenChalice PressKaren D. ScheibBuy Now
LC 520 – Pastoral Care Modalities
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Grief: Contemporary Theory and the Practice of Ministry Fortress Press Melissa M. KelleyBuy Now
Textbook 2It’s OK That You’re Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn’t UnderstandSounds TrueMegan DevineBuy Now
LC 572 – Crisis Response in Caring Relationships
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Crisis Counseling,
3rd. Edition
Fortress PressHoward W.
Stone
Buy Now
LC 573 – Pastoral Care with Couples
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Empowering Couples (Creative Pastoral Care & Counseling) Fortress PressDuane R. BidwellBuy Now
Textbook 2The Seven Principles for Making Marriage WorkHarmony
Books
John GottmanBuy Now
LC 574 – Trauma and Recovery
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence–from Domestic Abuse to Political TerrorBasic BooksJudith HermanBuy Now
Textbook 2 Disaster Spiritual Care, 2nd Edition: Practical Clergy Responses to Community, Regional and National TragedySkylight PathsRev. Willard W. C. Ashley Sr., MDiv, DMin, DH & Rabbi Stephen B. Roberts, MBA, MHL, BCJCBuy Now
Textbook 3Spirit and Trauma: A Theology of RemainingWestminster John Knox PressShelly RamboBuy Now
LC 575 – Small Groups as Centers of Care
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1 Trekking Toward Wholeness: A Resources for Care Group Leaders IVP AcademicStephen P. GreggoBuy Now
LC 576 – Pastoral Care and Substance Abuse
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Understanding and Counseling Persons with Alcohol, Drug, and Behavioral AddictionsAbingdon PressHoward
Clinebell
Buy Now
LC 577 – The Healing Power of Anger
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1 Anger: Discovering Your
Spiritual Ally
Westminster John Knox PressAndrew
Lester
Buy Now
Textbook 2The Gift of Anger New Harbinger PublicationsMarcia
Cannon
Buy Now
LC 579 – The Journey of Development
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Stages of Faith: The Psychology of Human Development and the Quest for MeaningHarperOne, 1995Fowler, JamesBuy Now
Textbook 2The Dark Night of the Soul: A Psychiatrist Explores the Connection between Darkness and Spiritual GrowthHarperOne, 2005May, GeraldBuy Now
LC 580 – Power, Privilege & Difference:
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About RacismBeacon PressRobin DiAngelo & Michael Eric DysonBuy Now
Textbook 2Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America’s Legacy of Enduring Injury and HealingJoy Degruy Publications IncJoy a DegruyBuy Now
LC 581- Care of Persons, Care of Worlds: Social Justice and Care
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Fear+Less Dialogues: A New Movement for JusticeWestminster John Knox PressGregory C. Ellison IIBuy Now
Textbook 2Anxious to Talk About It: Helping White Christians Talk Faithfully about RacismChalice PressCarolyn B. HelselBuy Now
LC 582 – Climate Change: Caring for our Planet, Caring for Ourselves
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Soil and Sacrament: A Spiritual Memoir of Food and FaithSimon & SchusterFred BahnsonBuy Now
LC 583 – Spiritual Foundations for the Pastoral Caregiver
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1The Gift of Being Yourself: The Sacred Call to Self-Discovery (The Spiritual Journey)IVP BooksDavid G. Benner & M. Basil PenningtonBuy Now
Textbook 2Invitation to a JourneyInterVarsity PressM.Robert MulhollandBuy Now
Textbook 3Soul Feast, Newly Revised Edition-Enlarged: An Invitation to the Christian Spiritual LifeWestminster John Knox PressMarjorie J. ThompsonBuy Now
LC 585 – Pastoral Care in the Digital Age
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Grace and Gigabytes: Being Church in a Tech-Shaped CultureFortress PressRyan M. PanzerBuy Now
Textbook 2The Virtual Body of Christ in a Suffering WorldAbingdon PressDeanna A. ThompsonBuy Now
LC 671 – Short Term Pastoral Counseling
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Narrative Therapy Amer Psychological AssnStephen MadiganBuy Now
Textbook 2Empowering CouplesFortress PressDuane R. BidwellBuy Now
Textbook 3 Interweavings: Conversations Between Narrative Therapy
and Christian Faith
CreateSpace Independent Publishing PlatformRichard Cook and Irene AlexanderBuy Now
LC 673 – Pastoral Care and Substance Abuse
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Perspectives on Addiction: An Integrative Treatment Model with Clinical Case StudiesSAGE PublicationsMargaret
A. Fetting
Buy Now
Textbook 2Understanding Addiction as Self Medication: Finding Hope Behind the PainRowman & LittlefieldEdward J. Khantzian and
Mark J. Albanese
Buy Now
Textbook 3Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s AddictionMariner BooksDavid SheffBuy Now
Textbook 4Buzzed: The Straight Facts About the Most Used and Abused Drugs from Alcohol to EcstasyW. W. Norton & CompanyKuhn, Swartzwelder, Wilson, and FosterBuy Now
LC 674 – Incarnational Ministry: Pastoral Care in Multicultural Contexts
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1 In Living Color: An Intercultural Approach to Pastoral Care and CounselingJessica Kingsley PublishersEmmanuel
Lartey
Buy Now
Textbook 2The Wolf Shall
Dwell with the Lamb
Chalice Press Eric LawBuy Now
Textbook 3Everything I Never Told YouPenguin BooksCeleste NgBuy Now
LC 675 – Empathy in Pastoral Care & Counseling
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Shared WisdomAugsburg BooksPamela Cooper-WhiteBuy Now
Textbook 2Injustice and the Care of Souls: Taking Oppression Seriously in Pastoral CareFortress PressSheryl Kujawa-holbrookBuy Now
Textbook 3Professional Spiritual & Pastoral Care: A Practical Clergy and Chaplain’s HandbookSkyLight PathsRabbi 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 moreBuy Now
LC 676 – Political Pastoral Theology
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Care of Souls,
Care of Polis:
Toward a
Political Pastoral
Theology
Cascade Books,
an Imprint of
Wipf and Stock
Publishers
Ryan LaMotheBuy Now
Textbook 2I Bring the Voices
of My People:
A Womanist Vision
for Racial
Reconciliation
(Prophetic Christianity)
EerdmansChanequa
Walker-Barnes
Buy Now
Textbook 3Practicing Care in
Rural Congregations
and Communities
Fortress PressJeanne Hoeft,
L. Shannon
Jung, &
Joretta Marshall
Buy Now
LC 677 – Ethnic Variations in Death and Dying
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Ethnic Variations in Dying, Death and Grief: Diversity in Universality (Death Education, Aging and Health Care)Taylor & FrancisDonald P. Irish, Kathleen F. Lundquist, & Vivian J. NelsenBuy Now
Textbook 2Grief: Contemporary Theory and the Practice of MinistryFortress PressMelissa M. KelleyBuy Now
LM 520 – Program Planning and Evaluation
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Projects that Matter: Successful Planning and Evaluation for Religious OrganizationsThe Alban InstituteKathleen A. CahalanBuy Now
Textbook 2Holy Clarity: The Practice of Planning and EvaluationRowman & Littlefield PublishersSarah B. DrummondBuy Now
LM 550 – Learning the Context of Ministry
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Church Administration and
Finance Manual
MorehouseOtto CrumroyBuy Now
Textbook 2Open Secrets: A Memoir of Faith and DiscoveryBroadway BooksRichard LischerBuy Now
Textbook 3The Silent Cry: Mysticism and ResistanceFortress PressDorothee SoelleBuy Now
LM 551 – Ecclesiology & Creating Culture of Call
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Church Administration and Finance ManualMorehouseOtto CrumroyBuy Now
Textbook 2Open Secrets: A Memoir of Faith and DiscoveryBroadway BooksRichard LischerBuy Now
Textbook 3The Silent Cry: Mysticism and ResistanceFortress PressDorothee SoelleBuy Now
LM 552 – Stewardship and Evangelism
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Not Your Parents’ Offering:
A New Vision for
Financial Stewardship
Abingdon PressJ. Clif
Christopher
Buy Now
Textbook 2Passing the Plate: Why American Christians Don’t Give
Away More Money
Chalice PressSmith, Emerson,
and Snell
Buy Now
Textbook 3Unbinding the Gospel:
Real Life Evangelism
(2nd edition)
Oxford University PressMartha Grace
Reese
Buy Now
LM 553 – Administration: Moving the Vision Along
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Church Administration and
Finance Manual
MorehouseOtto CrumroyBuy Now
Textbook 2Open Secrets: A Memoir of Faith and DiscoveryBroadway BooksRichard LischerBuy Now
Textbook 3The Silent Cry: Mysticism and ResistanceFortress PressDorothee SoelleBuy Now
LM 554 – Outreach
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1What Would Jesus Deconstruct?Baker AcademicJohn CaputoBuy Now
LM 555 – Power, Privilege & Difference
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Black and White
Styles in Conflict
University Of Chicago PressThomas
Kochman
Buy Now
LM 560 – Resources for Mission: Stewardship
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Not Your Parents’
Offering Plate
Abingdon PressJ. Clif ChristopherBuy Now
Textbook 2The Very Good Gospel: How everything wrong can be made right
WaterBrook
Lisa Sharon Harper
Buy Now
Textbook 3Community of PrayerCBPBruce A BarkhauerBuy Now
LM 561 – Governance and Management
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Governance and Ministry,
2nd Edition
Rowman & Littlefield PublishersDan HotchkissBuy Now
Textbook 2Mobilizing Congregations: How Teams Can Get Things DoneRowman & Littlefield PublishersJohn W. Wimberly, Jr.Buy Now
LM 562 – Managing Congregational Conflict
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Discover Your Conflict Management StyleAlban InstituteSpeed LeasBuy Now
Textbook 2Conflict Management in CongregationsAlban InstituteDavid B. Lott, ed.Buy Now
LM 563 – Evangelism and Outreach
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Unbinding the Gospel Chalice PressMartha Grace
Reese
Buy Now
Textbook 2Sticky ChurchLarry OsbournBuy Now
Textbook 3Simple Church

Not Required, but Recommended
B&H BooksRainer/GeigerBuy Now
Textbook 4The Life of Jesus For Today

Not Required, but Recommended
ohn Knox PressRonald J. Allen
Textbook 5We Were Spiritual Refugees

Not Required, but Recommended
Wm. Eerdmans PublishingKatie Hays
LM 564 – Developing a Mission-Focused Congregation
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1The Power of a VisionBaker BooksBarna, GeorgeBuy Now
Textbook 2The Congregational Life Cycle AssessmentThe Columbia PartnershipGeorge BullardBuy Now
Textbook 3Writing the Future Story of
Your Congregation
The Columbia PartnershipGeorge BullardBuy Now
Textbook 4Mission: An Essential GuideAbingdon PressCardoza-Orlandi, Carlos FBuy Now
Textbook 5Autopsy of a Deceased Church: 12 Ways to keep Yours AliveB&H BooksRainer, Thom SBuy Now
LM 565 – Transformational Leadership
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1The Practice of
Adaptive Leadership
Harvard Business PressRonald HeifetzBuy Now
Textbook 2Christianity for the Rest of UsHarperOneDiana
Butler Bass
Buy Now
LM 567 – Themes in Global Mission
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Mission after Christendom: Emergent Themes in Contemporary MissionWestminster John Knox PressOgbu U. Kalu, Peter Vethanayagamony, & Edmund Kee-Fook ChiaBuy Now
Textbook 2Restoring Dignity, Nourishing Hope | Developing Mutuality in MissionThe Pilgrim PressJonathan Barnes & Peter E. Makari, EDS.Buy Now
LM 569 – Toxic Masculinity in the Church
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1The Man They Wanted Me to Be:
Toxic Masculinity and a Crisis of Our Own Making
CounterpointJared
Yates
Sexton
Buy Now
Textbook 2Resist 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 TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Church on the Edge of Somewhere: Ministry, Marginality, and the FutureRowman & Littlefield PublishersGeorge B. Thompson Jr.Buy Now
Textbook 2AdMinistry: The Nuts and Bolts of Church AdministrationAbingdon PressThomas F. TumblinBuy Now
LM 571 – Beyond Activism
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Democratic Promise
– Movie –
Media Process GroupBuy Now
OR
Textbook 2Democratic Promise
– Movie –
Media Process GroupBuy Now
LM 572 – The Mission Trip as Service-Learning
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Mission Trips that Matter:
Embodied Faith for the
Sake of the World
Upper RoomDon C. RichterBuy Now
LM 573 – Funding Special Ministries
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1The Only Grant-Writing Book
You’ll Ever Need
Basic BookKarsh Ellen &
Arlen Sue Fox
Buy Now
Textbook 2 Grant Writing 101: Everything You Need to Start Raising Funds TodayMcGraw-HillVictoria JohnsonBuy Now
LM 574 – Building Communities from the Inside Out: The Church and Community Development
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1ABCD: When People Care Enough to Act Paperback – June 4, 2007Inclusion PressMike Green, Henry Moore & John O’BrienBuy Now
Textbook 2Transforming Communities: How People Like You are Healing Their NeighborhoodsChalice PressSandhya Rani JhaBuy Now
LM 575 – Discerning Gifts for the Church and the World
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Created and Called: Discovering Our Gifts for Abundant Living
**Will be loaded in course**
Augsburg Fortress PubJean Morris Trumbauer N/A
Textbook 2Discerning Your Spiritual GiftsCowley PublicationsLloyd EdwardsBuy Now
Textbook 3Lifekeys
**Not Required, but
Recommended**
Bethany House PublishersJane A.G. Kise, Davud Stark and Sandra Krebs HirshBuy Now
Textbook 4 Listening Hearts
**Not Required, but
Recommended**
Morehouse PublishingSuzanne G. Farnham, Joseph P. Gill, R. taylor McLean, & Susan WardBuy Now
LM 576 – Congregation-based Community Organizing
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1A Framework for
Understanding Poverty
aha Process, IncRuby K. PayneBuy Now
LM 577 – Antagonists in the Church
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1Antagonists in the ChurchAugsburgKenneth C. HaugkBuy Now
LM 578 – New Church Starts
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1NO Required Textbooks – Readings will be located within LTS OnlineN/AN/AN/A
LM 579 – Women and Ministry
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1The Nearness of God:Parish Ministry as Spiritual PracticeChurch Publishing Inc.Julia GattaBuy Now
Textbook 2 Just a Sister Away: Understanding the Timeless Connection
Between Women of Today and
Women in the Bible
Walk Worthy PressRenita WeemsBuy Now
LM 580 – Leadership in the Black Church
Number of TextbooksTitle of TextbookPublisherAuthorAmazon Link
Textbook 1The Divided Mind of
the Black Church: Theology,
Piety & Public Witness
NYU PressRaphael G.
Warnock
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Textbook 1 Introduction to
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LW 554 – Sermon Preparation
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Textbook 1Determining the Form:
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Textbook 1Wonderful Worship
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Textbook 1A Handbook to Appalachia: An Introduction to the RegionUniv
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Textbook 1Original Blessing: A Primer in Creation Spirituality
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