VII Christian Living
Discipleship
III New Testament: Teachings of Jesus
III New Testament: Centrality of Non-Violence
V Theology: The Church
VII Christian Living: Spiritual Formation
D. Bonhoeffer, Ethics (Simon & Shuster, 1995 [1949]) 3
G. Boyd, The Myth of a Christian Religion (Zondervan, 2010) 2
---- Repenting of Religion: Turning From Judgment to the Love of God (Baker, 2004) 2
L. Camp, Mere Discipleship (Brazos, 2003) 1
R. Foster, Celebration of Discipline (HarperSanFrancisco, 3d ed., 1998) 1
M. Hardin, The Jesus-Driven Life (JDL Press, 2010) 2
S. Hauerwas, Peaceable Kingdom (University of Notre Dame Press, 1983) 2
T. a' Kempis, The Imitation of Christ (Dover Thrift, 2003) 2
S. Kierkegaard, Purity of Heart is to Will One Thing (Feather Trail Press, 2009) 2
W. Shalit, Return to Modesty (Free Press, 2000) 1
D. Soelle, Beyond Mere Obedience (Pilgrim, 1982 [1968]) 2
T. Timmons, Jesus Plus Nothing (Embers, 2012) 1
N.T. Wright, After You Believe: Why Christian Character Matters (HarperOne, 2012) 1
J. H. Yoder, Radical Christian Discipleship (Herald, 2012) 2
Centrality of Self-Sacrificial Love
III New Testament: Centrality of the Cross
III New Testament: Centrality of Non-Violence
IV Church History: Non-violence of the Early Church
VII Christian Living: Pacifism/Peacemaking
L. C. Allen, The Cruciform Church (Abilene Christian University, 1990) 2
G. Boyd, Myth of a Christian Religion (Zondervan, 2006) 2
---- Repenting of Religion: (Baker, 2004) 2
A.R. Brown, The Cross and Human Transformation (Fortress, 1995) 2
M.Gorman, Apostle of the Crucified Lord (Eerdmans, 2004) 3
---- Cruciformity: Paul's Narrative Spirituality of the Cross (Eerdmans, 2001) 2
S. Kierkegaard, Works of Love (Princeton University Press, 1995) 2
W. Klassen, Love of Enemies (Fortress, 1984) 2
G MacGregor, He Who Lets Us Be: A Theology of Love (Seabury, 1975) 2
T. Savage, Power Through Weakness (Cambridge University Press, 1996) 3
E. C. Vacek, Love, Human and Divine (Georgetown 1994) 2
K. Vanhoozer, Nothing Greater, Nothing Better (Eerdmans, 2001) 2
T. York, The Purple Crown: The Politics of Martyrdom (Herald, 2007) 2
Spiritual Formation/Prayer
P. Balelz. Prayer and Providence (The Seabury Press, 1968) 2
H. U. von Balthasar, Prayer (Paulist Press, 1961) 3
R. H. Barton, Sacred Rhythms (InterVarsity, 2006) 1
P. E. Billheimer, Destined for the Throne (Bethany House Publishers, 1975) 1
G. Boyd, Present Perfect (Zondervan, 2010) 1
---- Seeing Is Believing: Experience Jesus Through Imaginative Prayer (Baker, 2004) 1
A.R. Brown, The Cross and Human Transformation (Fortress, 1995) 2
V. Brümmer, What Are We Doing When We Pray? (SCM, 1984) 2
A. Calhoun, Spiritual Disciplines Handbook (InterVarsity, 2005) 2
W. Casey, Toward God: The Ancient Wisdom of Western Prayer (Triumph Books, rev.ed., 1996) 1
J. P. de Caussade, The Sacrament of the Present Moment (HarperCollins, 1989) 3
D. J. Ellwood, Understanding the Will of God (AuthorHouse, 2008) 1
J. Ellul, The Ethics of Freedom (Eerdmans, 1976) 3
---- Prayer and Modern Man (Seabury, 1977) 3
R. Foster, Celebration of Discipline (HarperOne, 2002 ) 1
---- Prayer: Finding the Heart's True Home (HarperSanFran, 1992) 1
R. Foster, J. B. Smith, Devotional Classics (HarperSanfrancisco, 1993) 2
D. Henderson, A Model for Making Disciples (Evangel, 1997) 2
St. Ignatius, Spiritual Exercises (Crossroad, 1992) 2
Madame J. Guyon, Experiencing the Depth of Jesus Christ (Christian Books, 1975) 2
B. Jersak, Can You Hear Me: Tuning in to the God Who Speaks? (Fresh Wind Press, 2003) 1
K. W. Kent, The Garden of the Soul (InterVarsity, 2002) 1
C.S. Lewis, Letters to Malcholm: Chiefly on Prayer (Mariner, 2002) 1
Brother Lawrence, F. Laubach, Practicing His Presence (SeedSowers, n.d.) 1
Rutba House, eds. School(s) for Conversion: 12 Marks of a New Monasticism (Cascade Books, 2005) 1
F. Stephen, D. Shadel. Vessel of Peace: A Guide for Pilgrims of the Spirit (Abingdon, 2007) 2
J. Wakefield, Sacred Listening (Baker, 2006) 1
D. Willard, The Divine Conspiracy (HarperOne, 1998) 2
---- Hearing God (InterVarsity, rev. ed. 1999 [1984]) 1
--- Renovation of the Heart (NavPress, 2002) 2
---- The Spirit of the Disciplines (HarperSanFran, 1988) 2
Central Role of Imagination in Spiritual Formation
G. Boyd, Seeing Is Believing: Experience Jesus Through Imaginative Prayer (Baker, 2004) 1
R. Foster, Celebration of Discipline (HarperOne, 2002 ) 1
St. Ignatius, Spiritual Exercises (Crossroad, 1992) 2
B. Jersak, Can You Hear Me: Tuning in to the God Who Speaks? (Fresh Wind Press, 2003) 1
M. Kelsey, The Other Side of Silence (Paulist Press, 1997) 2
St. Francis de Sales, Introduction to the Devout Life (Doubleday & Co., 1955) 2
Simplicity
V Theology: The Church, Politics and Culture
VII Christian Living: Centrality of Self-Sacrificial Love
VII Christian Living: Social Justice
D. Babbit, K. Babbitt, Downscaling (Chicago: Moody, 1993) 2
R. Clapp, ed., The Consuming Passion: Christianity and the Consumer Culture (InterVarsity, 1998) 2
J. Ellul, Money and Power (InterVarsity, 1984) 3
R. Foster, Freedom of Simplicity (Harper & Row, 1981) 2
S. Jethani, The Divine Commodity (Zondervan, 2009) 2
R. Sider, ed. Living More Simply (InterVarsity, 1980) 1
Community
III New Testament: New Testament Church
V Theology: The Church
V Theology: The Kingdom of God
J. Arpin-Ricci, The Cost of Community (InterVarsity, 2011) 2
G. Bilezikian, Community 101 (Zondervan, 1997) 1
D. Bonhoeffer, Life Together (Harper Collins, 1954) 2
S. Boren, Missional Small Groups (Baker, 2010) 1
---- The Relational Way (Touch Publications, 2007) 1
L. Crabb, Connecting: Healing Ourselves and Our Relationships (Word, 1997) 2
S. Grenz, Created For Community (Baker, 1998) 2
J. Harader, A. O. Green, A Living Alternative (Ellelloc Publishing, 2014) 2
R. Frazee, Making Room For Life (Zondervan, 2002) 1
K. Intrater, Covenant Relationships (Destiny Image, 1989) 2
S. McKnight, A Community Called Atonement (Abingdon, 2007) 2
Rutba House, eds. School(s) for Conversion: 12 Marks of a New Monasticism (Cascade Books, 2005) 1
Freedom From Religion
V Theology: The Kingdom of God
D. Andrews, Not Religion But Love (Pilgrim, 2001) 1
S. Arterburn, J. Felton, More Jesus, Less Religion (Waterbrook, 2000) 1
G. Boyd, The Myth of a Christian Religion (Zondervan, 2009) 2
---- Repenting of Religion (Baker, 2004) 2
L. Camp, Mere Discipleship (Brazos, 2003) 1
B. Cavey, The End of Religion (NavPress, 2007) 1
E. Gungor, Religiously Transmitted Diseases (Nelson, 2006) 1
D. Schmelzer, Not the Religious Type (Tyndale, 2008) 1
Pacifism/ Peacemaking
III New Testament: Centrality of the Cross
III New Testament: Centrality of Non-Violence
IV Church History: Non-violence of the Early Church
IV Church History: The Anabaptist and Other Peace Movements
VII Christian Living: Centrality of Self-Sacrificial Love/Humble Service
A. C. Arnold, Seeking Peace (The Plough Publishing House, 1998) 2
M. Battles, Blessed Are The Peacemakers (Mercer, 2004) 2
G. Boyd, The Myth of a Christian Religion (Zondervan, 2009) 2
R. Brimlow, What About Hitler? (Brazos, 2006) 1
D. Brown, Biblical Pacifism (Brethren Press, 1986) 1
J. Dear, The God of Peace: Toward a Theology of Nonviolence (Oribis, 1994) 2
J. W. Douglass, The NonViolent Coming of God (Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2006) 3
J. Driver, How Christians Made Peace With War ( Wipf & Stock, 2007) 2
V. Eller, Christian Anarchy (Wipf & Stock, 1999) 2
---- War and Peace (Wipf & Stock, 2003 [1981]) 1
J. Ellul., Violence (Seabury, 1969) 3
A. Fiala, The Just War Myth: The Moral Illusions of War (Rowan and Littlefield, 2007) 3
M. Hornus, It Is Not Lawful for Me to Fight (Herald, 1980) 2
S. Hauerwas, The Peaceable Kingdom (Notre Dame, 1983 ) 3
--- Performing the Faith (Brazos, 2001) 2
R. Hays, The Moral Vision of the New Testament (HarperSanFrancisco, 1996) 3
W. Klassen, Love of Enemies: The Way of Peace (Fortress, 1984) 2
K. Kern, In Harm's Way: A History of Christian Peacemaker Teams (Cascade, 2009) 2
G. J. Mast, D. Weaver, Defenseless Christianity (Cascade/Herald, 2009) 2
M.L, King, Stride Toward Freedom (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1984 [1958]) 2
M. E. Miller, B. N. Gingerich, The Church's Peace Witness (Eerdmans, 1994) 2
T. Nhat Hanh, The Art of Power (HarpeOne, 2007) 1
---- Being Peace (Parallax, 1987) 1
---- Creating True Peace (Free Press, 2003) 1
---- Peace is Every Step (Bantam, 1992) 1
J. Roth, Choosing Against War (Good Books, 2002) 1
R. Sider, Christ and Violence (Herald, 1979) 2
---- Nonviolent Action (Brazos, 2015) 2
P. Sprinkle, Fight: A Christian Case for Nonviolence (David C. Cook, 2013) 1
G. Stassen, Just Peacemaking (Pilgrim Press, 1998) 2
M. Steger, N. Lind, Violence and Its Alternatives (St. Martin's Press, 1999) 2
---- ed., The Love of Enemy and Nonretaliation in the New Testament (John Knox, 1992) 2
---- ed., Violence Renounced (Pandora, 2000) 3
T. B. Taylor, A Change of Allegiance (Radical Reformation Books, 2008) 1
L. Tolstoy The Kingdom of God is Within You (University of Nebraska, 1984 [1894]) 3
A. Trocmè, Jesus and the Nonviolent Revolution (Orbis, 2004) 3
T. Trzyna, Blessed Are The Pacifists (Herald, 2006) 2
R. Schwager, Must There Be Scapegoats? (Harper Collins, 1987) 3
W. Wink, Engaging the Powers (Fortress, 1992) 3
J. Yoder, The Original Revolution (Herald, 1971) 2
---- The Politics of Jesus (Eerdmans, 2nd ed., 1994) 2
---- Radical Christian Discipleship (Herald, 2012) 2
---- What Would You Do? (Herald, 1992) 2
T. York, J. B. Barringer, eds., A Faith Not Worth Fighting For (Cascade, 2012) 2
J. Young, The Violence of God and the War on Terror (2008) 3
B. Zahn, A Farewell to Mars (D. C. Cook, 2014) 1
Spiritual Warfare
I Biblical Interpretation: Spiritual Warfare/Cosmic Conflict in Scripture
IV Church History: Spiritual Warfare in the Early Church
V Theology: Warfare Worldview
VII Apologetics: The Reality of Satan/Angels /Demons
VII Apologetics: The Problem of Evil
N. T. Anderson, The Bondage Breaker (Harvest House, 1990) 1
C.Arnold, 3 Crucial Questions about Spiritual Warfare (Baker, 1997) 1
J. Beilby, P. R. Eddy, Understanding Spiritual Warfare: Four Views (BakerAcademic, 2012) 2
E. Christenson, Battling the Prince of Darkness (Victor, 1990)I 1
F. Dickason, Demon Possession and the Christian (Moody, 1989) 1
V. Eller, Christian Anarchy: Jesus' Primacy Over The Powers (Eerdmans, 1987) 2
M. Heiser, The Unseen Realm (Lexham Press, 2015) 2
A. H. van den Heuvel, Those Rebellious Powers (Friendship, 1965) 2
K. Kock, Demonology, Past and Present (Kregel, 1973) 2
--- Occult Bondage and Deliverance (Kregel, 1970) 2
C. H. Kraft, M. White, eds. Behind Enemy Lines (Servant, 1994) 1
G. Mallone, Arming for Spiritual Warfare (Nelson, 1992) 1
T. H. McAlpine, Facing the Powers (MARC, 1991) 1
J. W. Montgomery, ed., Demon Possession (Bethany, 1976) 1
J. Penn-Lewis, War on the Saints (Christian Literature Crusade, 1977) 1
J. Sanford, M. Sanford, A Comprehensive Guide to Deliverance and Inner Healing (Chosen, 1981) 2
D. Sherman, Spiritual Warfare for Every Believer (YWAM, 1990) 1
G. Twelftree, Christ Triumphant: Exorcism Then and Now (Hodder & Stoughton, 1985) 2
C. P. Wagner, F. D. Pennoyer, Wrestling With Dark Angels (Regal, 1990) 1
T. White, The Believer's Guide to Spiritual Warfare (Servant, 1994) 1
W. Wink, Engaging the Powers (Fortress, 1992) 3
Social Justice
V Theology: Black Theology
V Theology: Feminist Theology
V Theology: Theology From Third World Perspectives / Liberation Theology
V Theology: Humanity (Imago Dei)
V Theology: Church, Politics, Culture
VII Christian Living: Pacificism/Peacemaking
VII Christian Living: Reconciliation
M. Alexander, The New Jim Crow (The New Press, 2010) 3
D. Andrews, Christi-Anarchy: Radical Spirituality for a New Millennium (Lion, 1999) 1
G. Boyd, The Myth of a Christian Nation (Zondervan, 2007) 2
---- The Myth of a Christian Religion (Zondervan, 2009) 2
S. Corbet, When Helping Hurts (Moody, 2014) 2
R. D. Lupon, Compassion, Justice and the Christian Life (Baker, 2007) 2
J. Perkins, Beyond Charity (Baker, 1993) 2
R. Sider, Completely Pro-Life (InterVarsity, 1987) 1
---- Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger (Nelson, 2005) 2
J. Sobrino, The True Church and the Poor (Oribis, 1984) 2
S. Wells, A Nazareth Manifesto: Being With God (Wiley, 2015) 2
---- M. A. Owen, Living Without Enemies (InterVarsity, 2012) 2
H. Zydek, The Revolution (Relevant, 2006) 2
Reconciliation
V Theology: Black Theology
V Theology: Theology From Third World Perspectives / Liberation Theology
V Theology: Church, Politics, Culture
VII Christian Living: Pacificism/Peacemaking
J. Barndt, Dismanting Racism (Augsburg, 1991) 2
C. Cleveland, Disunity in Christ (InterVarsity, 2013) 2
M. Cromwell, A Biblical Approach to Racism (Xlibris Corp.,1999) 2
C. De Young, M Emerson, G. Yancey, K. Kim, United by Faith (Oxford University Press, 2003) 2
K. L. Edwards, The Elusive Dream (Oxford University Press, 2008 2)
M. Emerson, C. Smith, C. Divided by Faith (Oxford University Press, 2000) 2
E. Gilbreath, Reconciliation Blues (InterVarsity, 2006) 2
S. Hines, P. DeYong, Beyond Rhetoric: Reconciliation as a Way of Life (Judson, 2000) 2
R. Lupton, Theirs is the Kingdom (HarperSan Francisco, 1989) 2
B. S. McNeil, B. Richardson, The Heart of Racial Justice (InterVarsity, 2004) 1
C. Myers, E. Enns, Ambassadors of Reconciliation (Orbis, 2009) 2
D. Sharp, No Partiality (InterVarsity, 2002) 3
E. Smith, The Post-Black and Post-White Church (Jossey-Bass, 2012) 1
S. Wells, M. A. Owen, Living Without Enemies (InterVarsity, 2012) 2
Creation Care
V Theology: Doctrine of Creation
V Theology: Humanity (Imago Dei)
VII Christian Living: Centrality of Self-Sacrificial Love
R. Bauckham, The Bible and Ecology (Baylor University Press, 2010) 2
W. Berry,The Unsettling of America (Seirra Club Books, rev. ed. 2001 [1977]). 2
S. Bouma-Prediger, For the Beauty of the Earth (BakerAcademic, 2nd ed., 2011) 2
C. C .Camosy, For Love of Animals: Christian Ethics, Consistent Action (Franciscan Media, 2013) 2
M. Cromartie, ed., Creation at Risk? (Eerdmans, 1995) 2
T. Finger, Evangelicals, Eschatology, and the Environment (Evangelical Environmental Network, 1998) 2
T. Grandin, C. Johnson, Animals Make Us Human (Houghton Mifflin, 2009) 3
D. J. Hall, Imaging God: Dominion as Stewardship (Eerdmans, 1986) 2
J. Hart, What Are They Saying About Environmental Theology? (Paulist Press, 2004) 2
A. Linzey, Animal Theology (University of Illinois Press, 1995) 2
---- Christianity and the Rights of Animals (SPCK, 1987) 2
---- Why Animal Suffering Matters (Oxford University Press, rpt.2013) 3
A. Linzey, T. Regan, eds., Animals and Christianity: A Book of Readings (Crossroads, 1988) 2
M. Scully, Dominion (St. Martin's Griffin, 2003) 2
P. K. Tull, Inhabiting Eden: Christians, The Bible, and the Ecological Crisis (John Knox, 2013) 2
F. Van Dyke, D. Mahan, J. Sheldon, R. Brand, Redeeming Creation (InterVarsity, 1996) 2
S. Webb, On God and Dogs (Oxford University Press, 2001) 2
Christians and Homosexuality
V Theology: Humanity (Imago Dei)
V Theology: Ethics
VII Christian Living: Centrality of Self-Sacrificial Love
VII Christian Living: Freedom From Religion
VIII Philosophy: Ethics
A. O. Billis, T. L. Hufford, Science, Scripture and Homosexuality (Pilgrim, 2002) 2
K. DeYoung, What Does The Bible Really Teach About Homosexuality? (Crossway, 2015) 2
S. Kadar, Openly Gay Openly Christian (Leyland, 1999) 1
J. Lee, Torn: Rescuing the Gospel From the Gay-vs.-Christians Debate (Jericho Books, rpt. 2013) 1
A. Marin, Love is an Orientation (InterVarsity, 2009) 1
D. Via, R. Gagnon, Homosexuality and the Bible: Two Views (Fortress, 2003) 2
W. Webb, Slaves, Women and Homosexuals (InterVarsity, 2001) 3
K. Wilson, A Letter To My Congregation (Spirit Books, 2014) 1
W. Wink, ed., Homosexuality and Christian Faith (Fortress, 1999) 2
Legend:
Especially important
Good introduction
Difficulty: 1 Easiest - 4 Hardest