(P) PREREQUISITE: Background reading prior to beginning of course
(R) REQUIRED: Necessary texts for the course period
(HR) HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: Related or supplement readings

TM 480 Rev. Michael Himes: The Church in the World

(R) On Religion: Speechless to Its Cultured Despisers Crouter Cambridge University Press
(R) The Documents of Vatican II Abbot, ed. The America Press
*Additional readings on e-reserve

TM 496 Kenneth R. Himes, O.F.M.: The Moral Dimension of the Christian Life

(R) Reason Informed by Faith Gula Paulist
(R) The Catholic Moral Tradition Today Curran Georgetown
(HR) The Acting Person and Christian Moral Life Weaver Georgetown

TM 511 Barbara Radtke: Jesus the Christ: Who Do You Say I Am?

(R) College Student’s Intro to Christology, Loewe
(R) Thinking of Christ, Wiley
*Additional readings on Blackboard Vista

TM 530 Theresa O’Keefe: Contextual Education

(R) Making Faith-Sense, Kinast
(R) Shared Wisdom, Manhan

TM540 Daniel Harrington, S.J.: Introduction to the New Testament

(R) The Harper Collins Study Bible (2006 edition)
(R) Who is Jesus?  Why is He Important?

TM 604 Theresa O’Keefe: Evangelizing a New Generation: Ministry with Youth and Young Adults

(R) Big Questions, Worthy Dreams Parks Jossy-Bass
(R) Soul Searching Smith, Denton Oxford
(R) Practicing Discernment with Youth White Pilgrim
(HR) Sons and Daughters of Light USCCB
(HR) Renewing the Vision USCCB

TM 620 Richard Gaillardetz: Keys to the Council

(P) A Brief History of Vatican II Alberigo Orbis
(P) Still Interpreting Vatican II: Some Hermeneutical Principles Rush Paulist Press
(R) Vatican Council II: Constitutions, Decrees, Declarations Flannery Costello Publishing
(R) Keys to the Council: Unlocking the Teaching of Vatican II Clifford and Gaillardetz Liturgical Press
(R) We Drink From Our Own Wells Gutiérrez Orbis

TM 644 Nancy Pineda-Madrid: Theological Foundations in Practical Perspective

(R) Systematic Theology: A Roman Catholic Perspective

TM 647 Catherine Vincie, RSHM: Sacraments for the Life of the Church

(P) Worship: A Primer in Christian Ritual Pecklers Liturgical Press
(R) Sacramental Theology Vorgrimler Liturgical Press
(R) Saying Amen: A Mystagogy of Sacrament Hughes LTP
(R) Ordering the Baptismal Priesthood Wood Liturgical Press
*Additional readings on Blackboard Vista

TM 676 Jon Sobrino, S.J. and James Nickoloff: God and the Crucified People

(R) Witnesses to the Kingdom Sobrino Orbis
(R) Where is God? Sobrino Orbis

TM 680 Rev. Richard Lennan: Theology for Mission and Ministry

(R) *Readings on Blackboard Vista

TM 686 Allan Figueroa Deck, S.J.: The New Evangelization

(R) Evangelization for the Third Millennium Dulles Paulist
(R) Evangelii Nuntiandi Paul VI
*Additional readings on Blackboard Vista

TM 687 Sandra Schneiders, IHM: Religious Life: Vocation in and for the People of God

(R) Buying the Field: Catholic Religious Life in Mission to the World Schneiders Paulist Press
*Additional readings on e-reserve

TM 700 Jane Regan: Adult Believers in a Postmodern Context

(R) In Over Our Heads: The Mental Demands of Modern Life Kegan Harvard
*Additional readings on Blackboard Vista

TM 730 Barbara Quinn, R.S.C.J.: Spiritual Formation

(R) Let Your Life Speak Palmer
*Additional readings on Blackboard Vista

TM 738 Brita Gill-Austern: Introduction to Pastoral Care and Counseling

(P&R) Mighty Stories, Dangerous Rituals (paper), Anderson Jossey Bass
(P&R) Practice of Pastoral Care: A Post-Modern Approach (paper), Doehring Westminister
(HR) The Evolving Self (paper), Kegan
(R) Narrative Pastoral Counseling (paper), Burrell Xulon
(R) Strategies for Brief Pastoral Counseling (paper), Stone Fortress
(R) As We Are Now (paper), Sarton

TM 767 Hosffman Ospino: Ministry in a Culturally Diverse Church

(R) Latino Catholicism: Transformation in America’s Largest Church, Matovina
(R) Hispanic Ministry in the 21st Century: Present and Future, Ospino
(R) The Faithful: A History of Catholics in America, Belknap
(R) Building Intercultural Competence for Ministers, USCCB
*Additional readings on Blackboard Vista

TM 790 Philip Sheldrake: Spirituality and the Christian Life

(P) Spirituality: A Brief History, 2nd Edition Sheldrake Wiley-Blackwell
(R) The Desert FathersL Sayings of early Christian Monks Ward Penguin Putnam
(R) Julian of Norwich: Showings Colledge and Walsh Paulist Press
(R) St. Ignatius of Loyola: Personal Writings Munitiz and Endean Penguin Books
(R) We Drink From Our Own Wells Gutiérrez Orbis
*Additional readings on e-reserve

TM 816 Thomas Groome: Sharing Faith in Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry

(R) Pedagogy of Oppressed, Freire
(R) Christian Religious Education, Groome
(R) Sharing Faith, Groome
(R) Will There Be Faith?, Groome
* Additional readings on Blackboard Vita and e-reserve

TM 826 Corrine Carvalho: Introduction to Old Testament

(R) HarperCollins Study Bible
(R) Introduction to Old Testament: A Liberation Perspective, revised/expanded Ceresko Orbis
(R) Primer on Biblical Methods Carvalho Anselm Academic
(HR) Encountering Ancient Voices, 2nd Edition Carvalho Anselm Academic
(HR) The Back Door Introduction to the Bible McKenzie and Kaltner Anselm Academic
*Additional readings on Blackboard Vista

TM 853 Colleen Griffith: Post Master’s Certificate In Spiritual Formation

TBA

TM 936 John McDargh: Spirituality and Sexuality

(R) Embodiment: Approach to Sexuality and Christian Theology, Nelson
(R) Sexuality and Sacred, Nelson

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