Reading

(Warning: Beware the used or library textbook with highlighting. Do the human race a favor and don't highlight your books. If you must, try restricting your annotations to pencil in the margin.)

James J. Buckley and David S. Yeago, eds., Knowing the Triune God: The Work of the Spirit in the Practices of the Church, Eerdmans, 2001.

Lesslie Newbigin, Proper Confidence: Faith, Doubt, and Certainty in Christian Discipleship, Eerdmans, 1995.

Athanasius of Alexandria, On the Incarnation of the Word, St. Vladimir's, 1993.

Brad Kallenberg, Ethics as Grammar: Changing the Postmodern Subject, Notre Dame, 2001.

William F. Abraham, The Logic of Evangelism, Eerdmans, 1989.

Jack S. Deere, Surprised by the Voice of God, Zondervan, 1998.

Justin S. Holcomb, Christian Theologies of Scripture: A Comparative Introduction, NYU, 2006.

(Honors only:) Telford Work, Living and Active: Scripture in the Economy of Salvation, Eerdmans 2002.

For students with poor writing skills, my classes also feature conditionally required reading.

Further books for optional reading on your own or in directed study:

Wolfhart Pannenberg, Introduction to Systematic Theology.
Hans Urs von Balthasar, The Word Made Flesh.
Odo Casel, The Mystery of Christian Worship.
Luke Timothy Johnson, Living Jesus: Learning the Heart of the Gospel.
Augustine, On Christian Teaching.
Gary Dorrien, The Word as True Myth: Interpreting Modern Theology.
Romano Guardini, The End of the Modern World.
John P. Burgess, Why Scripture Matters.
Colin E. Gunton et al., eds., The Practice of Theology: a Reader.
R.R. Reno, In the Ruins of the Church.