Greetings!

Many people in our congregation have requested a reading list from me: a bibliography which includes some of the books that I have been working with throughout my doctoral research, as well as other resources for Christian edification. What follows is a working bibliography on a variety of topics. Since most people who are not directly engaged with the research topic that I have chosen would probably find many of the books that I have to read boring — this is often the case with doctoral studies — I have selected books that I think would be accessible and enjoyable (and some a bit challenging) to a general Christian readership as opposed to scholars seeking a specialization in a very specific field.

If there is an area that you feel is lacking here, be sure to let me know and I will furnish you with other titles.

Happy reading!

The Rev. John Tamilio III

March 2003

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Selected Bibliography

I. Biblical Studies

Ceresko, Anthony R. Introduction to the Old Testament: A Liberation Perspective. Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 1997.

Davis, Kenneth C. Don’t Know Much About the Bible: Everything You Need to Know About the Good Book but Never Learned. New York: Eagle Books, 1998.

Meeks, Wayne A., et al. The HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised International Version (NRSV). New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc., 1993.

Pregeant, Russell. Engaging the New Testament: An Interdisciplinary Approach. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1995.

West, James King. Introduction to the Old Testament. Second Edition. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1981.

II. Christian Theology

Fackre, Gabriel. The Christian Story: A Narrative Interpretation of Basic Christian Doctrine. Volume 1. Third Edition. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1996.

Fackre, Gabriel, and Dorothy Fackre. Christian Basics: A Primer for Pilgrims. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1994/1991.

McGrath, Alister E. Christian Theology: An Introduction. Third Edition. Malden: Blackwell Publishers, 2001.

______, ed. The Christian Theology Reader. Malden: Blackwell Publishers, 1995.

Migliore, Daniel L. Faith Seeking Understanding: An Introduction to Christian Theology. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2000/1991.

III. Religious Pluralism, Interfaith Dialogue, and Environmental Ethics

Barber, Benjamin. Jihad vs. McWorld: How Globalism and Tribalism are Reshaping the World. New York: Ballantine Books, 1996/1995.

Cobb, John B., Jr. Transforming Christianity and the World: A Way Beyond Absolutism and Relativism. Edited and Introduced by Paul F. Knitter. Maryknoll, Orbis Books, 1999.

Küng, Hans. Global Responsibility: In Search of a New World Ethic. New York: Continuum, 1993.

Sharma, Arvind, ed. Our Religions: The Seven World Religions Introduced. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1993.

Swidler, Leonard, ed. For All Life: Toward a Universal Declaration of a Global Ethic An Interreligious Dialogue. Ashland: White Cloud Press, 1999.

Twiss, Sumner B., and Bruce Grelle. Explorations in Global Ethics: Comparative Religious Ethics and Interreligious Dialogue. Boulder: Westview Press, 2000.

IV. Spirituality

Chambers, Oswald. My Utmost for His Highest. Grand Rapids: Discovery House Publishers/A Barbour Book, 1963.

Foster, Richard J., and James Bryan Smith, eds. Devotional Classics: Selected Readings For Individuals and Groups. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1993.

Law, William. A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life. Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1955.

Moore, Thomas. Care of the Soul: A Guide for Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in Everyday Life. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc., 1992.

Norris, Kathleen. Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith. New York: Riverhead Books, 1998.

V. The United Church of Christ

Clark, Charles E., and Elizabeth C. Nordbeck, eds. Granite and Grace: Essays Celebrating the Two Hundreth Anniversary of the New Hampshire Conference of the United Church of Christ. Concord: New Hampshire Conference of the United Church of Christ, 2001.

Gunneman, Louis H. The Shaping of the United Church of Christ: An Essay in the History of American Christianity. Expanded by Charles Shelby Rooks. Cleveland: United Church Press, 1999/1977.

______. United and Uniting: The Meaning of an Ecclesiastical Journey (United Church of Christ 1957-1987). Cleveland: United Church Press, 1987.

Johnson, Daniel L., and Charles Hambrick-Stowe, eds. Theology and Identity: Traditions, Movements, and Polity in the United Church of Christ. Cleveland: United Church Press, 1990.

Paul, Robert S. Freedom with Order: The Doctrine of the Church in the United Church of Christ. Cleveland: United Church Press, 1987.

Shinn, Roger L. Confessing Our Faith: An Interpretation of the Statement of Faith of the United Church of Christ. Cleveland: United Church Press, 1990.

VI. Selected Publications by the Pastor

Tamilio, John III. Blind Painting: Poems. Dublin: William L. Bauhan, Publishers, 2003 (forthcoming).

______. Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher (1768-1834): Progenitor of Practical Theology, from the Dictionary of Modern Western Theology. Boston: Boston University, 2002. Available on-line.

______. The Practice and Understanding of the Eucharist in the United Church of Christ: A Preliminary Study, forthcoming in Prism: A Theological Journal for the United Church of Christ.