NOTES FROM MY LIBRARY
I'VE WRITTEN RESUMES OF SIGNIFICANT BOOKS FROM MY LIBRARY.
I hope they inspire you to read the real thing
~ or maybe busy people will find them helpful.
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MORE BOOKS ARE CONSTANTLY BEING ADDED
Some notes are detailed, some sketchy - none do justice to the original. But I hope they serve.
BIBLICAL STUDIES:
HEBREW SCRIPTURES (Old Testament)
Bruggemann, Walter: The Psalms
NEW TESTAMENT
Bond, Helen K: The Historical Jesus 2012
Crossan & Reed: Excavating Jesus. 2001
Crossan & Reed: In Search of Paul. 2005
Goulder, Michael: A Tale of Two Missions. 1994
Herzog, William: Jesus, Justice and the Reign of God 2000
Horsley, Richard: Hearing the Whole Story 2001
Horsley & Silbermann: The Message and the Kingdom 1997
Horsley, Richard: Jesus and Empire 2003
Kopas, Jane: Outsiders in the Gospels (paper from The Way)
Rhoads, David: The Challenge of Diversity 1996
Sawicki, Marianne: Crossing Galilee 2000
Theissen & Merz: The Historical Jesus 1996-8
Vermes, Geza: Jesus the Jew 1983
Vincent, John J (Ed): Mark's Gospel in Action 2006
Wells, Sam: A Nazareth Manifesto 2015
Williams, Rowan: Meeting God in Mark 2014
Wright, Tom: Lecture on Apocalyptic.
GENERAL THEOLOGY
Barber, Ian G: Issues in Science & Religion. 1966
LaGungna: Freeing Theology in Feminist Perspective
Pope Francis: 'Evangelii Gaudium'
Franks, Christopher: He Became Poor [Aquinas on poverty] 2009
Green, Laurie: Let's Do Theology. 2009
Green, Laurie: Jesus & Jellied Eels. 2022
Robinson, John: Honest to God 1963
Taylor, John V: The Christlike God 1992
Tillich, Paul: Systematic Theology. Volume 1: 1953
Tillich, Paul: Systematic Theology. Volume 2 1957
Tillich, Paul: Systematic Theology. Volume 3 1964
Tillich, Paul: The Courage to Be. Chapters 6+ 1952
Volf, Miroslav: Exclusion and Embrace 1996
Williams, Rowan: Resurrection 2002
Wren, Brian: What Language shall I Borrow? 1989
DOING THEOLOGY
Ballard, Paul & Prichard, John: Practical Theology in Action 2006
Bevans, Stephen: Models of Contextual Theology. 2002
Graham, Elaine; Watson, Heather; Ward, Frances: Theological Reflection Methods.
Inernational Journal of Public Theology. Vol 1. 2007
Kinast, Robert: Let Ministry Teach. 1996
Kinast, Robert: What are they saying abouot Theological Reflection? 2000
O'Connell Killen, Patricia & de Beer, John: The Art of Theological Reflection 1994
Reader, John: Local Theologies. 1985
Sedmak, Clemens: Doing Local Theology 2002
Thompson, Judith & Pattison, Stephen & Thompson, Ross: Theological Reflection. 2008
Veliing, Terry: Practical Theology. 2005
Whitehead, James & Whitehead, Evelyn: Method in Ministry. 1995
see also my own Let's Do Theology. 2009
URBAN MISSION & MINISTRY
Bakke, Raymond: A Theology as big as the City 1997
Conn, Harvey & Ortiz, Manual: Urban Ministry
Eastman, Michael & Latham, Steve: Urban Church. 2004
Frost, Michael: Exiles, Living Missionally in a Post-Christian Culture. 2006
Graham, Elaine & Lowe, Stephen: What Makes a Good City? 2009
Green, Laurie: Jesus & Jellied Eels. 2022
Green, Laurie: The Challenge of the Estates 1999
Green, Laurie: Power to the Powerless. 1987
Green, Laurie: Urban Ministy & the Kingdom of God. 2003
Green, Laurie (ed with Baker, Chris): Building Utopia [the theology of the book]
Hasler, Joe: Mind, Body and Estates. 2000
Kilpin & Murray: Church Planting in the Inner City. 2007
Leech, Ken: Through our Long Exile. 2001
Lockwood, Trevor: The Church on the Housing Estate. 1993
Myers, Bryant: Walking with the Poor. 2011
Newman, Adrian: So Yesterday. 2010
Pope Frances: 'Evangelii Gaudium'
Rhodes, David: Faith in Dark Places. 2013
Sheppard, David: Bias to the Poor. 1983
Sheppard, David: Built as a City. 1974
Vincent, John: Faithfulness in the City. 2003
see also my:
Green, Laurie: Blessed and the Poor?
THE HOLY TRINITY
Boff, Leonardo: Trinity and Society. 1988
Boff, Leonardo: Chapter in Systematic Theology, Ed Sobrino & Ellacuria)
Greenwood, Robin: Practising Community
Lash, Nicholas: Believing Three Ways in God. 1992
Moltmann, Jurgen: The Trinity & the Kingdom of God.
Ramshaw, Gail: Liturgical Language. 1996
Volf, Miroslav: After our Likeness. 1998
THE CHURCH
ANGLICANISM
Douglas, Ian: Fling out the Banner
Hassett, Miranda: Anglican Communion in Crisis. 2007
Lambeth Essays: Fallible Church. 2008
Sachs, Jonathan: Transformation of Anglicanism
Ward, Keith: History of Global Anglicanism
also see Postcolonial Theologies
THE CHURCH
Boff, Leonardo: Ecclesiogenesis. 1986
Hardy, Dan: Finding the Church. 2001
Early Church History (various writers)
Hoornaert: The Memory of the Christian People. 1989
Murray, Stuart: A Vast Minority. 2015
Radcliffe, Timothy: Address to English Bishops. 2007
see also General Theology
MISSION & MINISTRY
A C Abraham: Liberative Solidarity Chapter 1
A C Abraham: Liberative Solidarity Chapter 9
A C Abraham: Liberative Solidarity Chapter 10
Duraisingh, Christopher: World Mission. 2008
Greenwood, Robin: Practising Community
Greenwood, Robin: Transforming Priesthood
Heyward, David: Reimagining Ministry
Peterson, Eugene: Under the Unpredictable Plant. 1992
Pope Francis'Evangelii Gaudium':
POSTCOLONIAL THEOLOGY
Brueggemann, Walter: Always in the Shadow of Empire. 2000
Douglas, Ian: Fling out the Banner
(eds.) Douglas & Pui-Lan: Beyond Colonial Anglicanism. 2001
Green, Laurie: Unity & Diversity in the CofE. 2007
Hardy, Dan: Finding the Church
Hassett, Miranda: Anglican Communion in Crisis.
Hassett to Jenkins (Open letter): New Faces of Chritianity
Jenkins: The Next Christendom. 2002
Hausner, Keller, et al: Postocolonial Theologies. 2004
Keller, Catherine, Nausner, Rivera (eds) Postcolonial Theologies: Divinity & Empire. 2004
Kopas: from Outsiders in the Gospel.
Lambeth Essays 2008: Fallible Church
Myers, Briant: Walking with the Poor. 2011
Radcliffe, Timothy: Address to English Bishops.
Sachs, Jonathan: Transformation of Anglicanism
Sen, Amartya: Development as Freedom. 1999
Strong, Rowan: Anglicanism and the British Empire.
URBANISATON
URBAN GLOBALISATION
Davey, Andrew: Urban Christianity and Global Order.
Clark, David: Urban World/Global Order 1996
Garner, Rod: Facing the City. 2004
Habitat 2001: Cities in a Globalising World (Report)
Harvey, David: Spaces of Hope. 2000
Leech, Ken: Through our Long Exile
Marcuse, Peter, van Kempen (eds) Globalizing Cities. 2000
Massey, Doreen: World City. 2007
Massey, Allen & Pile: Understanding Cities - World Cities. 1999
Merrifield, Andy: Metro-Marxism. 2002
Myers, Eleanor: Envisioning the New City. 2004
Potter, Lloyd & Evans: The City in the Developing World. 1998
Ward, Graham: Cities of God. 2000
URBAN STUDIES
LCC: Planned Residential Developments. 2010
Fitzpatrick, Suzanne & Stephens, Mark: The Future of Social Housing. (Shelter) 2009
Green, Laurie: Urban Ministry & the Kingdom of God. 2003
Hanley, Lynsey: The Estates. 2007
CULTURE
Barber, Benjamin: Jihad vs. Mc World. 1992
Bounds, Elizabeth: Coming Together and Apart. 1997
Geertz, Clifford: The Interpretation of Cultures. 1973
Kymlicka, Will: Rights of Minority Cultures. 1995
Luzbetak, Louis: The Church and Culture. 1988
Modood, Tarik: Politics of Multiculturalism. 1997
Moltmann: On World Development.
Schreiter, Richard: Constructing Local Theologies, Ch 3.
Vallely, Paul: Into the 21st Century (from his New Politics) 1998
MANY MORE BOOKS TO COME