NO TIME TO READ ALL THOSE IMPORTANT BOOKS?
Here's my answer:
I've made outline notes of some key textbooks. You'll fiind some of them here. Some are detailed, others sketchy, and none do justice to the actual book. But I hope they help busy people.
MORE BOOKS ARE ADDED EACH MONTH.
ANGLICANISM
Ian Douglas & Kwok Pui-Lan (eds): Beyond Colonial Anglicanism. 2001
Miranda Hassett: The Anglican Communion in Crisis. 2007
Rowan Strong: Anglicanism and the British Empire 1700 - 1850
BIBLE:
1 HEBREW SCRIPTURES (i.e. Old Testament)
Walter Brueggemann: The Psalms & the Life of Faith. 1995
2 NEW TESTAMENT STUDIES
Crossan & Reed: Excavating Jesus. 2001
Crossan & Reed: In Search of Paul
Michael Goulder: A Tale of Two Missions. 1994
William Herzog: Jesus, Justice and the Reign of God 2000
Horsely & Silbermann: The Message and the Kingdom. 1997
Richard Horsley: Hearing the Whole Story. 2001
Richard Horsely: Jesus and Empire. 2003
Jane Kopas: Outsiders in the Gospels (paper in The Way)
David Rhoads: The Challenge of Diversity. 1996
Sawicki: Crossing Galilee (thoughts drawn from this book)
Theissen & Merz: The Historical Jesus ~ a comprehensive guide. 1996/8
Sam Wells: A Nazareth Manifesto. 2015
John J Vincent (Ed) Mark's Gospel of Action. 2006
Rowan Williams: Meeting God in Mark. 2014
Tom Wright : Lecture on Apocalyptic
THE CHURCH
Leonardo Boff: Ecclesiogenesis: 1986
Ian Douglas: Fling our the Banner
Dan Hardy: Finding the Church. 2001
Early Church History ~ Major figures.
Eduardo Hoornaert: The Memory of the Christian People. 1989
Lambeth Essays: Fallible Church 2008
Stuart Murray: A Vast Minority. 2015
Timothy Radcliffe: Address to English Bishops 2007
Sachs: Transformation of Anglicanism
Keith Ward: History of Global Anglicanism
CULTURE
Benjamin Barber: Jihad vs. McWorld. 1992
Elizabeth Bounds: Coming Together and Apart. 97
Clifford Geertz: The Interpretation of Cultures 1973
Will Kymlicka: Rights of Minority Cultures 95
Louis Luzbetak: The Church and Culture 1988
Tarik Modood: Politics of Multiculturalism 97
Richard Schreiter: Constructing Local Theologies Chapter 3.
Cornell West: Politics of Difference 93
DOING THEOLOGY
Paul Ballard & John Prichard: Practical Theology in Action. 2006
Stephen Bevans: Models of Contextual Theology. 2002
Elaine Graham, Heather Watson, Frances Ward: Theological Reflection Methods
Robert Kinast: Let Ministry Teach. 1996
Robert Kinast: What are they saying about Theological Reflection? 2000
Patricia O'Connell Killen & John de Beer: The Art of Theological Reflection. 1994
John Reader: Local Theology. 1994
Robert Schreiter: Constructing Local Theologies. 1985
Clemens Sedmak: Doing Local Theology. 2002
Judith Thompson, Stephen Pattison, Ross Thompson: Theological Reflection. 2008
Terry Veling: PracticaL Theology. 2005
James Whitehead & Evelyn Whitehead: Method in Ministry. 1995
THE HOLY TRINITY
Leonardo Boff: Trinity and Society. 1988
Leonardo Boff: Chapter in Systematic Theol (Sobrino & Ellacuria) Orbis
Nicholas Lash: Believing Three Ways in God. 1992
Miroslav Volf: After our Likeness. 1998
IMPERIAL~ POSTCOLONIAL
Brueggemann: Always in the Shadow of Empire (2000)
Douglas & Pui-Lan: Beyond Colonial Anglicanism (2001)
Laurie Green: Unity and Diverstity ((2007)
Hassett to Jenkins (open letter) New Faces of Christianity
Philip Jenkins: The Next Christendom. (2002)
Keller, Hausner, et al: Postcolonial Theologieds (2004)
Kopas: from Outsiders in the Gospel.
Briant Myers: Walking with the Poor (2011)
Keith Ward: Rethinking Christianity (2007)
INTER-FAITH STUDIES
Hewer CTR: Understanding Islam
Sen K M: Hinduism (Pelican 1961)
Keith Ward: Religion and Creation 96
MISSION & MINISTRY
A C Abraham: Liberative Solidarity Chapter 1
A C Abraham: Liberative Solidarity Chapter 9
A C Abraham: Liberative Solidarity Chapter 10
Christopher Duraisingh: World Mission 2008
Robin Greenwood: Practising Community
Robin Greenwood: Transforming Priesthood
David Heyward: Reimagining Ministry
Peterson: Under the Unpredictable Plant - Vocational Holiness (1992)
SPIRITUALITY:
Teasdale: The Mystic Heart: discovering a Universal Spirituality (1999)
Neville Ward: The Use of Praying (1976)
THEOLOGY ~ GENERAL
LaCugna: Freeing Theology in Feminist Perspective
John Robinson: Honest to God. 1963
Paul Tillich: Systematic Theology. Volume 1. 1953
Paul Tillich: Systematic Theology. Volume 2. 1957
Paul Tillich: Systematic Theology. Volume 3. 1964
Paul Tillich: The Courage to Be. chapter 6+. 1952
Miroslav Volf: Exclusion and Embrace. 1996
Keith Ward: Rethinking Christianity (2007)
Sam Wells: A Nazareth Manifesto (2015)
Rowan Williams: Resurrection. 1982
Brian Wren: What language shall I borrow? Feminist Theol from Male
URBAN
LCC: Planned Residential Developments (2010)
Lynsey Hanley: The Estates (2007)
Jones & Murie: The Right to Buy (2006)
URBAN MISSION & MINISTRY
Raymond Bakke: A Theology as big as the City (1997)
Tim Chester: Unreached. (2012)
Harvey Conn & Manual Ortiz: Urban Ministry
Elaine Graham & Stephen Lowe: What makes a good city? (2009)
Laurie Green: Building Utopia? the theology of the book.
Laurie Green: The Challenge of the Estates (1999)
Laurie Green: Urban Ministry & the Kingdom of God (2003)
Joe Hasler: Mind Body and Esates (2000)
Kilpin & Murray: Church Planting in the Inner City (2007)
Ken Leech: Through our Long Exile (2001)
Trevor Lockwood: The Church on the Housing Esate (1993)
Adrian Newman: So Yesterday (2010)
David Sheppard: Built as a City (1974)
John Vincent: Faithfulness in the City (2003)
URBAN GLOBALISATION
Rod Garner: Facing the City (2004)
Habitat 2001: Cities in a Globalising World (report)
David Harvey: Spaces of Hope (2000)
Doreen Massey: World City (2007)
Massey, Allen & Pile: Understanding Cities - World Cities (1999)
Andy Merrifield: Metro-Marxism (2002)
Eleonor Myers: Envisioning the New City (2004)
Potter & Lloyd & Evans: The City in teh Developing World (1998)
Graham Ward: Cities of God (2000)
Titles still to be uploaded.
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