Sacred Editors

Consolidated Bibliography

Primary Religious Texts

Christian Scripture

  • The Greek New Testament (Nestle-Aland, 28th Edition). Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 2012
  • New Revised Standard Version Bible. Matthew 5:1-12; Luke 6:17-26; John 15:20

Hebrew Bible/Tanakh

  • Tanakh. Psalms 17:15, 24:3-4, 34:14, 34:18, 37:11, 51:10, 51:17, 86:11, 103:8, 106:3, 126:5; Isaiah 1:17, 29:13, 40:1, 61:1, 66:2; Amos 5:24; Jeremiah 1:19; Lamentations 3:31-33; Micah 6:8; Numbers 12:3; Proverbs 4:23; Exodus 34:6-7

Early Christian and Apocryphal Sources

  • The Apostolic Constitutions. Translated by James Donaldson. In Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 7. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1951
  • The Didache: The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles. Translated by Michael W. Holmes. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2007
  • The Gospel of Thomas. Translated by Marvin Meyer. In The Nag Hammadi Scriptures, edited by Marvin Meyer. New York: HarperOne, 2007
  • The Nag Hammadi Scriptures, ed. Marvin Meyer. HarperOne, 2007
  • The Shepherd of Hermas. Translated by Bart D. Ehrman. In The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 2. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2003

Dead Sea Scrolls and Second Temple Literature

  • García Martínez, Florentino, and Eibert J.C. Tigchelaar, eds. The Dead Sea Scrolls Study Edition. 2 vols. Leiden: Brill, 2000
  • Sibylline Oracles. Translated by J.J. Collins. In The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, vol. 1, edited by James H. Charlesworth. New York: Doubleday, 1983
  • Vermes, Geza. The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English. 7th ed. London: Penguin, 2011

Islamic Sources

  • The Qur'an, trans. M.A.S. Abdel Haleem. Oxford University Press, 2004
  • Sahih al-Bukhari
  • Sahih Muslim
  • Al-Ghazali. Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din (The Revival of the Religious Sciences)

Buddhist Texts

  • The Connected Discourses of the Buddha, trans. Bhikkhu Bodhi. Wisdom Publications, 2000
  • The Dhammapada, trans. Eknath Easwaran. Nilgiri Press, 2007
  • The Dhammapada, trans. Narada Thera. Buddhist Publication Society, 1972
  • The Heart of Buddhist Meditation by Thich Nhat Hanh. Beacon Press, 1975
  • The Noble Eightfold Path by Bhikkhu Bodhi. Buddhist Publication Society, 1994
  • The Tattvartha Sutra, trans. Nathmal Tatia. Jain Study Circle, 1994

Hindu Sources

  • The Bhagavad Gita, trans. Barbara Stoler Miller. Bantam Classics, 1986
  • The Bhagavad Gita, trans. Eknath Easwaran. Nilgiri Press, 2007
  • Laws of Manu
  • Mahabharata
  • Ramayana
  • The Upanishads, trans. Swami Nikhilananda. Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Center, 1990

Taoist Sources

  • Tao Te Ching, trans. D.C. Lau. Penguin Classics, 1997
  • Tao Te Ching, trans. Stephen Mitchell. Harper & Row, 1988

Other Traditions

  • The Analects of Confucius, trans. Arthur Waley. Vintage, 1989
  • The Essential Rumi, trans. Coleman Barks. HarperOne, 2004
  • The Kojiki, trans. Donald L. Philippi. University of Tokyo Press, 1968
  • Nihon Shoki, trans. W.G. Aston. Tuttle Publishing, 1972
  • Pirkei Avot (Ethics of the Fathers)

Baha'i Sources

  • Bahá'u'lláh. The Hidden Words. Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1985

Patristic and Medieval Sources

Early Church Fathers

  • Ambrose of Milan. On the Mysteries and the Treatise on the Sacraments. Translated by T. Thompson. London: SPCK, 1919
  • Augustine of Hippo. Commentary on the Sermon on the Mount. Translated by Denis J. Kavanagh. Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 1951
  • Chrysostom, John. Commentary on Saint Matthew the Evangelist. Translated by George Prevost. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1976
  • Cyril of Jerusalem. Catechetical Lectures. Translated by Leo P. McCauley and Anthony A. Stephenson. Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 1969-1970
  • Gregory of Nazianzus. Select Orations. Translated by Martha Vinson. Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2003
  • Gregory of Nyssa. The Lord's Prayer and the Beatitudes. Translated by Hilda C. Graef. Westminster, MD: Newman Press, 1954
  • John Cassian. Conferences, trans. Colm Luibheid. Paulist Press, 1985
  • Origen. Commentary on the Gospel According to Matthew. Translated by John Patrick. In Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 9. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1951
  • Tertullian. De Patientia. In Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. III

Medieval Sources

  • Benedict of Nursia. The Rule of St. Benedict. Translated by Timothy Fry. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1981
  • John Climacus. The Ladder of Divine Ascent. Translated by Colm Luibheid and Norman Russell. New York: Paulist Press, 1982
  • Meister Eckhart. Selected Writings, ed. and trans. Oliver Davies. Penguin Classics, 1994
  • The Philokalia: The Complete Text. 4 vols. Translated by G.E.H. Palmer, Philip Sherrard, and Kallistos Ware. London: Faber & Faber, 1979-1995
  • Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Alphabetical Collection. Translated by Benedicta Ward. Kalamazoo: Cistercian Publications, 1975
  • Thomas Aquinas. Summa Theologica. Translated by the Fathers of the English Dominican Province. 5 vols. Westminster, MD: Christian Classics, 1981

Reformation and Early Modern Sources

Protestant Reformers

  • John Calvin. Commentary on Matthew, Mark, and Luke, trans. William Pringle
  • Martin Luther. Luther's Works, Vol. 21: Sermon on the Mount. Concordia Publishing

Catholic Counter-Reformation

  • Ignatius of Loyola. Spiritual Exercises, trans. Louis Puhl. Loyola Press, 1951
  • Teresa of Ávila. The Interior Castle, trans. Kieran Kavanaugh. Paulist Press, 1979

Modern Biblical Scholarship

Critical Commentaries

  • Allison, Dale C. Jr. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Gospel According to Saint Matthew. ICC Series. T&T Clark, 2004
  • Allison, Dale C. Jr. The Sermon on the Mount: Inspiring the Moral Imagination. Yale University Press, 1999
  • Bauckham, Richard. Jesus: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011
  • Betz, Hans Dieter. The Sermon on the Mount. Fortress Press, 1995
  • Boring, M. Eugene. Matthew: Introduction, Commentary, and Reflections. NIB Commentary. Abingdon, 1995
  • Carter, Warren. What Are They Saying About Matthew's Sermon on the Mount? Paulist Press, 1994
  • Davies, W.D. and Allison, Dale C. Matthew (3 volumes). ICC Series. T&T Clark, 1988-1997
  • Esler, Philip. Community and Gospel in Luke-Acts. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987
  • France, R.T. The Gospel of Matthew. NICNT Series. Eerdmans, 2007
  • Green, Joel B. The Gospel of Luke. NICNT Series. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1997
  • Green, Joel B. The Theology of the Gospel of Luke. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995
  • Hardy, Grant. Understanding the Book of Mormon: A Reader's Guide. Oxford University Press, 2010
  • Hauerwas, Stanley. The Sermon on the Mount: A Theological Interpretation. Baylor University Press, 2006
  • Johnson, Luke Timothy. The Gospel of Luke. Sacra Pagina Series. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1991
  • Keener, Craig S. The Gospel of Matthew: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary. Eerdmans, 2009
  • Kloppenborg, John S. Q, the Earliest Gospel: An Introduction to the Original Stories and Sayings of Jesus. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2008
  • Luz, Ulrich. Matthew 1--7: A Commentary. Hermeneia Series. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2007
  • Luz, Ulrich. Matthew in History: Interpretation, Influence, and Effects. Fortress Press, 1994
  • Nolland, John. The Gospel of Matthew: A Commentary on the Greek Text. NIGTC Series. Eerdmans, 2005
  • Pennington, Jonathan T. The Sermon on the Mount and Human Flourishing: A Theological Commentary. Baker Academic, 2017
  • Robinson, James M., Hoffmann, Paul, and Kloppenborg, John S. The Critical Edition of Q. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2000
  • Stassen, Glen H. Living the Sermon on the Mount. Jossey-Bass, 2006
  • Stassen, Glen H. and Gushee, David P. Kingdom Ethics: Following Jesus in Contemporary Context. InterVarsity Press, 2003

Historical Jesus Studies

  • Borg, Marcus J. Jesus: Uncovering the Life, Teachings, and Relevance of a Religious Revolutionary. HarperOne, 2006
  • Crossan, John Dominic. God and Empire: Jesus Against Rome, Then and Now. San Francisco: HarperOne, 2009
  • Crossan, John Dominic. Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography. HarperSanFrancisco, 1994
  • Crossan, John Dominic. The Birth of Christianity. HarperOne, 1998
  • Ehrman, Bart D. Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003
  • Ehrman, Bart D. The New Testament: A Historical Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2016
  • Evans, Craig A. Fabricating Jesus: How Modern Scholars Distort the Gospels. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2006
  • Horsley, Richard A. Jesus and Empire: The Kingdom of God and the New World Disorder. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2003
  • Levine, Amy-Jill. The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus. New York: HarperOne, 2006
  • McCane, Byron R. Roll Back the Stone: Death and Burial in the World of Jesus. Trinity Press International, 2003
  • Malina, Bruce J. and Rohrbaugh, Richard L. Social-Science Commentary on the Synoptic Gospels. 2nd ed. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2003
  • Sanders, E.P. Jesus and Judaism. Fortress Press, 1985
  • Sanders, E.P. Judaism: Practice and Belief 63 BCE—66 CE. Philadelphia: Trinity Press, 1992
  • Wright, N.T. How God Became King: The Forgotten Story of the Gospels. San Francisco: HarperOne, 2012
  • Wright, N.T. Jesus and the Victory of God. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1996
  • Wright, N.T. Luke for Everyone. London: SPCK, 2001
  • Wright, N.T. The New Testament and the People of God. Vol. 1 of Christian Origins and the Question of God. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1992

Textual and Linguistic Studies

  • Bauer, Walter. A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (BDAG). 3rd ed., University of Chicago Press, 2000
  • Fee, Gordon D. New Testament Exegesis: A Handbook for Students and Pastors. 4th ed. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2011
  • Fitzmyer, Joseph A. The Impact of the Dead Sea Scrolls. New York: Paulist Press, 2009
  • The Greek New Testament (Nestle-Aland, 28th Edition). Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 2012
  • Kittel, Gerhard, ed. Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (TDNT). Multiple volumes. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1964-1976
  • Liddell, H.G., and Scott, R. A Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford University Press
  • Metzger, Bruce M. The Canon of the New Testament: Its Origin, Development, and Significance. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1987
  • Metzger, Bruce M. A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament. Stuttgart: United Bible Societies, 1994
  • Porter, Stanley E. How We Got the New Testament: Text, Transmission, Translation. Baker Academic, 2013

Apocalyptic and Second Temple Studies

  • Bauckham, Richard. The Jewish World Around the New Testament. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2010
  • Collins, John J. The Apocalyptic Imagination: An Introduction to Jewish Apocalyptic Literature. 3rd ed. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2016
  • Nickelsburg, George W.E. Jewish Literature Between the Bible and the Mishnah. 2nd ed. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2005
  • Perdue, Leo G. Wisdom Literature: A Theological History. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2007
  • Rowland, Christopher. The Open Heaven: A Study of Apocalyptic in Judaism and Early Christianity. New York: Crossroad, 1982
  • VanderKam, James C. An Introduction to Early Judaism. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2001

Liturgical and Worship Studies

  • Bradshaw, Paul F. The Search for the Origins of Christian Worship: Sources and Methods for the Study of Early Liturgy. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002
  • Ferguson, Everett. Early Christians Speak: Faith and Life in the First Three Centuries. 3rd ed. Abilene: ACU Press, 1999
  • Harper, John. The Forms and Orders of Western Liturgy from the Tenth to the Eighteenth Century. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1991
  • Jensen, Robin Margaret. Understanding Early Christian Art. London: Routledge, 2000
  • Johnson, Maxwell E. The Rites of Christian Initiation: Their Evolution and Interpretation. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2007
  • Mathews, Thomas F. The Clash of Gods: A Reinterpretation of Early Christian Art. Revised ed. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1999
  • McGuckin, John Anthony. The Orthodox Church: An Introduction to Its History, Doctrine, and Spiritual Culture. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2008
  • Palazzo, Eric. A History of Liturgical Books from the Beginning to the Thirteenth Century. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1998
  • Taft, Robert F. The Liturgy of the Hours in East and West: The Origins of the Divine Office and Its Meaning for Today. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1993

Comparative Religion and World Religions

General Comparative Studies

  • Armstrong, Karen. The Case for God. Knopf, 2009
  • Armstrong, Karen. The Great Transformation: The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions. Knopf, 2006
  • Aslan, Reza. God: A Human History. Random House, 2017
  • Eck, Diana. A New Religious America. HarperOne, 2001
  • Eliade, Mircea. Patterns in Comparative Religion. University of Nebraska Press, 1996
  • Eliade, Mircea. The Sacred and the Profane. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1987
  • Smith, Huston. The World's Religions. HarperOne, 2009
  • Smart, Ninian. The World's Religions. Cambridge University Press, 1998

Islamic Studies

  • Ernst, Carl W. Sufism: An Introduction to the Mystical Tradition of Islam. Shambhala, 2011
  • Nasr, Seyyed Hossein. The Heart of Islam. HarperSanFrancisco, 2002
  • Schimmel, Annemarie. Mystical Dimensions of Islam. University of North Carolina Press, 1975

Buddhist Studies

  • Thich Nhat Hanh. Being Peace. Parallax Press, 1987
  • Thich Nhat Hanh. No Death, No Fear. Riverhead Books, 2002

Hindu Studies

  • Doniger, Wendy. The Hindus: An Alternative History. Penguin Press, 2009
  • Yogananda, Paramahansa. The Yoga of Jesus. Self-Realization Fellowship, 2007

East Asian Traditions

  • Ching, Julia. Confucianism and Christianity: A Comparative Study. Kodansha, 1977
  • de Bary, William Theodore. Sources of Chinese Tradition. Columbia University Press, multiple volumes
  • Dundas, Paul. The Jains. Routledge, 2002
  • Hall, John Whitney. Japan: From Prehistory to Modern Times. University of Tokyo Press, 1990
  • Hansen, Chad. A Daoist Theory of Chinese Thought. Oxford University Press, 1992
  • Hoff, Benjamin. The Tao of Pooh. Dutton, 1982
  • Jaini, Padmanabh S. The Jaina Path of Purification. University of California Press, 1998
  • Kaplan, Aryeh. Jewish Meditation: A Practical Guide. Schocken, 1985
  • Kasulis, Thomas. Shinto: The Way Home. University of Hawaii Press, 2004
  • Merton, Thomas. The Way of Chuang Tzu. New Directions, 1965
  • Tamura, Yoshiro. Japanese Buddhism: A Cultural History. Kosei Publishing, 2000
  • Tu Wei-ming. Centrality and Commonality: An Essay on Confucian Religiousness. SUNY Press, 1989

Jewish Studies

  • Heschel, Abraham Joshua. The Prophets. Harper & Row, 1962
  • Matt, Daniel C. The Essential Kabbalah. HarperSanFrancisco, 1995
  • Scholem, Gershom. Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism. Schocken Books, 1995

Christian Movements and Denominations

Gnosticism

  • Koester, Helmut. Ancient Christian Gospels: Their History and Development. Philadelphia: Trinity Press, 1990
  • Layton, Bentley. The Gnostic Scriptures. Yale University Press, 1987
  • Pagels, Elaine. The Gnostic Gospels. Vintage, 1989
  • Patterson, Stephen J. The Gospel of Thomas and Jesus. Sonoma, CA: Polebridge Press, 1993

Quakerism

  • Brinton, Howard. Friends for 300 Years. Pendle Hill Publications, 2002
  • Dandelion, Pink. An Introduction to Quakerism. Cambridge University Press, 2007
  • Jones, Rufus M. The Faith and Practice of the Quakers. Methuen, 1927

Mormonism

  • Givens, Terryl. People of Paradox: A History of Mormon Culture. Oxford University Press, 2007
  • The Book of Mormon. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Baha'i Faith

  • Momen, Moojan. Understanding the Baha'i Faith. Dunedin Academic Press, 2008
  • Smith, Peter. An Introduction to the Baha'i Faith. Cambridge University Press, 2008

Indigenous and African Traditions

Indigenous Wisdom

  • Battiste, Marie. Decolonizing Education: Nourishing the Learning Spirit. Purich Publishing, 2013
  • Brown, Joseph Epes. The Sacred Pipe: Black Elk's Account of the Seven Rites of the Oglala Sioux. University of Oklahoma Press, 1953
  • Cajete, Gregory. Native Science: Natural Laws of Interdependence. Clear Light Publishers, 2000
  • Deloria, Vine Jr. God Is Red: A Native View of Religion. Fulcrum Publishing, 2003
  • Kimmerer, Robin Wall. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants. Milkweed Editions, 2013
  • LaDuke, Winona. Recovering the Sacred: The Power of Naming and Claiming. South End Press, 2005
  • Tinker, George E. Spirit and Resistance: Political Theology and American Indian Liberation. Fortress Press, 2004

African Traditions

  • Bujo, Benezet. African Theology in Its Social Context. Orbis Books, 1992
  • Longman, Timothy. Christianity and Genocide in Rwanda. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010
  • Mbiti, John S. African Religions and Philosophy. Heinemann, 1990
  • Oduyoye, Mercy Amba. Daughters of Anowa: African Women and Patriarchy. Orbis Books, 1995
  • Sanneh, Lamin. Whose Religion Is Christianity? The Gospel Beyond the West. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2003
  • Some, Malidoma Patrice. Ritual: Power, Healing and Community. Swan Raven, 1993
  • Wiredu, Kwame. Cultural Universals and Particulars: An African Perspective. Indiana University Press, 1996

Modern Theological Movements

Liberation Theology

  • Abesamis, Carlos H. A Third Look at Jesus: A Guidebook Along the Road of People's Theology. Manila: Claretian Publications, 1998
  • Ateek, Naim. Justice and Only Justice: A Palestinian Theology of Liberation. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1989
  • Boff, Leonardo. Jesus Christ Liberator: A Critical Christology for Our Time. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1978
  • Brueggemann, Walter. The Prophetic Imagination. 2nd ed. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2001
  • Cone, James H. The Cross and the Lynching Tree. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2011
  • Cone, James H. God of the Oppressed. Revised ed. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1997
  • Gebara, Ivone. Longing for Running Water: Ecofeminism and Liberation. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1999
  • González, Justo L. Luke: The Gospel of the Outcast. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2002
  • Gutiérrez, Gustavo. A Theology of Liberation: History, Politics, and Salvation. Revised ed. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1988
  • Nirmal, Arvind P. Heuristic Explorations. Madras: Christian Literature Society, 1990
  • Raheb, Mitri. I Am a Palestinian Christian. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1995
  • Romero, Oscar. The Violence of Love. Compiled by James R. Brockman. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2004
  • Sobrino, Jon. Spirituality of Liberation: Toward Political Holiness. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1988

Social Gospel and Progressive Christianity

  • Rauschenbusch, Walter. Christianity and the Social Crisis. 1907. Reprint: Westminster John Knox Press

Feminist and Womanist Theology

  • Fabella, Virginia, and Mercy Amba Oduyoye, eds. With Passion and Compassion: Third World Women Doing Theology. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1988
  • Schüssler Fiorenza, Elisabeth. In Memory of Her: A Feminist Theological Reconstruction of Christian Origins.Crossroad, 1983
  • Williams, Delores. Sisters in the Wilderness: The Challenge of Womanist God-Talk. Orbis Books, 1993

World Christianity and Missiology

  • Fulton, Brent. China's Urban Christians: A Light That Cannot Be Hidden. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2015
  • Kim, Sebastian C.H. Theology in the Public Sphere: Public Theology as a Catalyst for Open Debate. London: SCM Press, 2011
  • Robert, Dana L. Christian Mission: How Christianity Became a World Religion. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2009
  • Sugirtharajah, R.S. The Bible and the Third World: Precolonial, Colonial and Postcolonial Encounters. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001
  • Suh, Nam-dong. "Towards a Theology of Han." In Minjung Theology: People as the Subjects of History, edited by Commission on Theological Concerns of the Christian Conference of Asia, 51-65. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1983
  • Walls, Andrew F. The Cross-Cultural Process in Christian History. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2002

Monastic and Spiritual Formation Studies

  • Harmless, William. Desert Christians: An Introduction to the Literature of Early Monasticism. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004
  • McGinn, Bernard. The Foundations of Mysticism: Origins to the Fifth Century. New York: Crossroad, 1991

Eastern Christianity

  • Brock, Sebastian P. The Luminous Eye: The Spiritual World Vision of Saint Ephrem the Syrian. Kalamazoo: Cistercian Publications, 1992
  • Ibrahim, Vivian. The Copts of Egypt: The Challenges of Modernisation and Identity. London: I.B. Tauris, 2011
  • Meyendorff, John. Byzantine Theology: Historical Trends and Doctrinal Themes. New York: Fordham University Press, 1974

Spiritual Formation and Contemporary Applications

Catholic Spirituality

  • Day, Dorothy. The Long Loneliness. HarperOne, 1952
  • Manning, Brennan. The Ragamuffin Gospel. Multnomah, 2005
  • Moltmann, Jürgen. The Crucified God: The Cross of Christ as the Foundation and Criticism of Christian Theology. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1993
  • Nouwen, Henri J.M. A Letter of Consolation. Harper & Row, 1982
  • Nouwen, Henri J.M. The Return of the Prodigal Son. New York: Doubleday, 1992
  • Palmer, Parker J. Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2000
  • Rohr, Richard. Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life. Jossey-Bass, 2011
  • Vanier, Jean. Becoming Human. Paulist Press, 1998
  • Weil, Simone. Waiting for God. Harper Perennial, 2009
  • Willard, Dallas. The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life in God. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1998

Protestant Spirituality

  • Bonhoeffer, Dietrich. The Cost of Discipleship. Touchstone, 1995
  • Kierkegaard, Søren. Purity of Heart Is to Will One Thing. Harper Torchbooks, 1956
  • Ware, Kallistos. The Inner Kingdom. Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 2000

Contemporary Spiritual Writers

  • Beck, Richard. The Slavery of Death. Cascade Books, 2013
  • Wilken, Robert Louis. The Spirit of Early Christian Thought: Seeking the Face of God. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2003
  • Young, Frances M. From Nicaea to Chalcedon: A Guide to the Literature and Its Background. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2010

Biographies and Memoirs

Christian Leaders

  • Forest, Jim. All Is Grace: A Biography of Dorothy Day. Orbis Books, 2011
  • Kagawa, Toyohiko. Before the Dawn. Friendship Press, 1925

Global Leaders

  • Easwaran, Eknath. Gandhi the Man. Nilgiri Press, 2011
  • Gandhi, Mahatma. An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth. Beacon Press, 1993
  • King Jr., Martin Luther. Strength to Love. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2010
  • Maathai, Wangari. Unbowed: A Memoir. New York: Knopf, 2006
  • Mandela, Nelson. Long Walk to Freedom. Little, Brown, 1994
  • Tutu, Desmond. No Future Without Forgiveness. New York: Doubleday, 1999
  • Yousafzai, Malala. I Am Malala. Little, Brown, 2013

Psychology and Grief Studies

Grief and Loss

  • Devine, Megan. It's OK That You're Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn't Understand.Sounds True, 2017
  • Didion, Joan. The Year of Magical Thinking. Vintage Books, 2007
  • Lewis, C.S. A Grief Observed. Bantam Books, 1976
  • Wolterstorff, Nicholas. Lament for a Son. Eerdmans, 1987

Psychology of Religion

  • Fowler, James. Stages of Faith. Harper & Row, 1981

Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution

Peace and Reconciliation

  • Lederach, John Paul. The Little Book of Conflict Transformation. Good Books, 2003
  • Stassen, Glen H. Just Peacemaking: The New Paradigm for the Ethics of Peace and War. Pilgrim Press, 2008

Environmental Ethics

Religion and Ecology

  • Gottlieb, Roger S. A Greener Faith: Religious Environmentalism and Our Planet's Future. Oxford University Press, 2006
  • Tucker, Mary Evelyn and Grim, John (eds.). Religion and Ecology: Can the Climate Change? Daedalus, 2001

Social Justice and Ethics

Civil Rights and Social Movements

  • West, Cornel. Prophesy Deliverance! Westminster John Knox Press, 1982

Reference Works

  • Ellsberg, Robert. All Saints: Daily Reflections on Saints, Prophets, and Witnesses for Our Time. Crossroad, 1997