CandlerPreSeminaryReadingList

Asyoupreparetobeginyourseminaryjourney,wehavecompiledthis
listofhelpfulguides,introductions,andfoundationaltextsinvarious
areasoftheologicalstudy.Mostofthebooksaremeantfornewcomersto
worldoftheologicaleducation,butsomeareformoreadvancedreaders
whohavesomepreviousexperiencewiththeacademicstudyofreligion.
Haveagreatsummer!

GuidestoSeminaryandMinistry
DavidPetersen
FranklinNuttingParkerProfessor
ofOldTestamentrecommends:

VirginiaSamuelCetuk,WhattoExpectinSeminary:
TheologicalEducationasSpiritualFormation
DeborahCore,TheSeminaryStudentWrites
DonaldK.McKim,WestminsterDictionaryof
TheologicalTerms
HowardW.StoneandJamesO.Duke,HowtoThink
Theologically

RussRichey
WilliamR.CannonDistinguished
ProfessorofChurchHistory
recommends:

MargaretCraven,IHeardtheOwlCallMyName
RichardLischer,OpenSecrets:AMemoirofFaithand
Discovery
CharlesJ.Scalise,BridgingtheGap:ConnectingWhat
YouLearnedinSeminaryWithWhatYouFindinthe
Congregation

BethCorrie

DavidWhite,PracticingDiscernmentWithYouth:A
TransformativeYouthMinistryApproach

DirectoroftheYouthTheological
InitiativeandAssistantProfessor
inthePracticeofYouthEducation
andPeacebuildingrecommends:

StudentandStaffRecommendations

RichardFoster,CelebrationofDiscipline:ThePathto
SpiritualGrowth
ThomasMerton,NewSeedsofContemplation
HenriNouwen,ReachingOut:ThreeMovementsofthe
SpiritualLife
ParkerPalmer,LetYourLifeSpeak:Listeningforthe
VoiceofVocation

Theology/ChristianThought
JoyMcDougal

KarlBarthDogmaticsinOutline(Advanced)
DanielMiglioreFaithSeekingUnderstanding

AssociateProfessorofSystematic
Theology

BethCorrie

ShusakuEndo,Silence

DirectoroftheYouthTheological
InitiativeandAssistantProfessor
inthePracticeofYouthEducation
andPeacebuilding

DavidPacini
AssociateProfessorofHistorical
Theology

MartinBuber,IandThou
AbrahamHeschel,BetweenGodandMan
H.RichardNiebuhr,RadicalMonotheismandWestern
Culture

StudentandStaffRecommendations

ShaneClaiborneTheIrresistibleRevolution
JohnHick,PhilosophyofReligion
SereneJones,FeministTheoryandChristianTheology
WilliamPlacher,EssentialsofChristianTheology
FriedrichSchleiermacher,OnReligion:SpeechestoIts
CulturedDespisers(Advanced)

ChurchHistoryandHistoricalTheology
RussRichey

GeorgeM.MarsdenAShortLifeofJonathanEdwards

WilliamR.CannonDistinguished
ProfessorofChurchHistory

JonathanStrom
AssociateProfessorofChurch
History

St.AugustineofHippo,Confessions
PenelopeFitzgerald,TheBlueFlower
JamesR.Gaines,EveninginthePalaceofReason:Bach
meetsFredericktheGreatintheAgeofEnlightenment

StudentandStaffRecommendations

JustoGonzalez,ChurchHistory:AnEssentialGuide
WilliamPlacher,AHistoryofChristianTheology:An
Introduction

BiblicalStudies

WesleydeSouza

MichaelJosephBrown,WhatTheyDontTellYou:A
SurvivorsGuidetoBiblicalStudies

ArthurJ.MooreAssociate
ProfessorinthePracticeof
Evangelism

DavidPetersen

BruceBirch,etalTheologicalIntroductiontotheOld
Testament

FranklinNuttingParkerProfessor
ofOldTestament

MichaelJosephBrown
AssociateProfessorofNew
TestamentandChristianOrigins
andDirectoroftheGraduate
DivisionofReligion

GntherBornkamm,JesusofNazareth
BartD.Ehrman,ABriefIntroductiontotheNew
Testament
HelmutKoester,IntroductiontotheNewTestament,
Vol.1:History,Culture,andReligionoftheHellenistic
Age(Advanced)

StudentandStaffRecommendations

JohnCollins,IntroductiontotheHebrewBible
LukeTimothyJohnson,TheWritingsoftheNew
Testament:AnInterpretation

PreachingandWorship

EdPhillips

GordonLathrop,HolyThings:ALiturgicalTheology
JamesWhite,IntroductiontoChristianWorship
AssociateProfessorofWorship
andLiturgicalTheology

JonathanStrom
rom

BarbaraBrownTaylor,ThePreachingLife

AssociateProfessorofChurch
History

StudentandStaffRecommendations

GordonLathrop,ThePastor:ASpirituality
ThomasLong,TheWitnessofPreaching
GailRamshaw,RevivingSacredSpeech:TheMeaning
ofLiturgicalLanguage:SecondThoughtsonChristin
SacredSpeech

ChristianityandCulture
DavidPacini
AssociateProfessorofHistorical
Theology

H.RichardNiebuhr,RadicalMonotheismandWestern
Culture

JonathanStrom

MaxWeber,TheProtestantEthicandtheSpiritof
Capitalism(Advanced)

AssociateProfessorofChurch
History

NoelErskine

DietrichBonhoeffer,TheCostofDiscipleship

ProfessorTheologyandEthics

StudentandStaffRecommendations

MarilynneRobinson,TheDeathofAdam:Essayson
ModernThought
HowardThurman,JesusandtheDisinherited
JohnHowardYoder,ThePoliticsofJesus

DenominationalStudies

Dr.RexMatthews
AssociateProfessorinthePractice
ofHistoricalTheology

FrederickNorwood,TheStoryofAmerican
Methodism
RichardP.Heitzenrater,WesleyandthePeopleCalled
Methodists

DavidKey
DirectorofBaptistStudies

W.Glenn,Jr.Jonas,TheBaptistRiver:EssaysonMany
TributariesofaDiverseTradition
BillLeonard,BaptistWays:AHistory

StudentandStaffRecommendations

ChristopherL.WebberandFrankT.,IIIGriswold,
WelcometotheEpiscopalChurch:AnIntroductionto
ItsHistory,Faith,andWorship
JohnA.Buehrens,AChosenFaith:AnIntroductionto
UnitarianUniversalism

AcademicWriting
ResourcesandRecommendations

CandlerWritingProgram
EmoryUniversityWritingCenter
PurdueUniversityOnlineWritingLab
WilliamStrunkandE.B.White,TheElementsofStyle,
FourthEdition(Onlineversionavailablehere)