Bibliography

• Dorothy C. Bass. Practicing Our Faith: A Way of Life for a Searching People. Jossey-Bass, 1997.


• Debra K. Farrington. Living Faith Day by Day: How the Sacred Rules of Monastic Traditions Can Help You Live Spiritually in The Modern World. Berkley Publishing Group, 2000.


• Wayne Muller. Sabbath: Finding Rest, Renewal, and Delight in Our Busy Lives. Bantam Books, 1995.


• In the Beginning: The Story of the King James Bible and How It Changed a Nation, a Language, and a Culture, by Alister McGrath

Reading Suggestions

+In Parish Library

*In Multnomah County Library

The Episcopal Church and Anglicanism

+J. B. Bernardin. An Introduction to the Episcopal Church. Morehouse Publishing

+James E. Griffiss. The Anglican Vision. Vol. 1., The New Church’s Teaching Series, Cowley Publications, 1997

+Urban T. Holmes, III. What is Anglicanism? Morehouse-Barlow Co, 1982.

James Rosenthal, ed. The Essential Guide to the Anglican Communion. Morehouse Publishing Co, 1998.

Geoffery Rowell, ed. The English Religious Tradition and the Genius of Anglicanism. Abingdon Press, 1992.

Fredrica Harris Thompsett. We are Theologians: Strengthening the People of the Episcopal Church. Cowley Publications, 1989.

John J. Westerhoff. A People called Episcopalians. St. Luke’s Press, 1996.

Bible Reading and Bible Translations

*+ Marcus Borg. Reading The Bible Again for The First Time: The Historical Jesus & The Heart of Contemporary Faith. HarperSanFrancisco, 1994.

+Roger Ferlo. Opening The Bible. Vol. 2, The New Church’s Teaching Series. Cowley Publications, 1997.

Robert W. Funk, trans. The Five Gospels: The Search for The Authentic Words of Jesus. Scribner, 1996

+Michael Johnston. Engaging The Word. Vol. 3, The New Church’s Teaching Series. Cowley Publications, 1998.

*George M. Lamsa. Idioms in The Bible Explained and a Key to The Original Gospels. HarperSanFrancisco, 1985.

Alister McGrath. In The Beginning: The Story of the King James Bible and How It Changed A Nation, A Language, and A Culture. Anchor Books, 2001.

* Nan C. Merrill. Psalms for Praying: An Invitation to Wholeness. Continuum, 2002.

*Bruce M. Metzger. The Bible in Translation: Ancient and English Versions. BakerAcademic, 2001.

* John Shelby Spong. Liberating The Gospels: Reading the Bible with Jewish Eyes. HarperSanFrancisco, 1996.

Neil Douglas-Klotz, trans. Prayers of The Cosmos: Meditations of the Aramaic Words of Jesus. HarperSanFrancisco, 1990.

Bible Translations Recommended for Public Use

By The Episcopal Church

Good News Bible

Jerusalem Bible

King James Version

New American Bible

New English Bible

New Revised Standard Version:

Oxford Annotated, 3^rd ed.

Harper-Collins Study Bible

Revised Standard Version

Creed, Doctrine, Belief

Marcus J. Borg. The Heart of Christianity: Rediscovering A Life of Faith. HarperCollins, 2003.

Joan Chittister. In Search of Belief. Liquori Publications, 1999.

Elizabeth Rankin Geitz. Gender and the Nicene Creed. Morehouse Publishing, 1995

+Urban T. Holmes, III and John H. Westerhoff, III. Christian Believing. Vol. 1, The Church’s Teaching Series, Harper and Row, 1979.

+Mark McIntosh. Mysteries of Faith. Vol. 8, The New Church’s Teaching Series. Cowley Publications, 2000.

Kathleen Norris. Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith. Riverhead, 1998.

Richard A. Norris. Understanding the Faith of the Church. Vol. 4, The Church’s Teaching Series, Harper and Row, 1979.

Christian Church History

*+Karen Armstrong. A History of God: The Four Thousand-Year Quest for Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Ballantine Publishing Group, 1994.

*Karen Armstrong. The Battle for God. Ballantine Publishing Group, 2001.

John Dominic Crossan. Excavating Jesus: Beneath The Stones, Behind The Texts: The Key Discoveries for Understanding Jesus in His World. HarperSanFrancisco, 2001.

+Rebecca Lyman. Early Christian Traditions. Vol. 6, The New Church’s Teaching Series. Cowley Publications, 1999.

John McManners, ed. The Oxford History of Christianity. Oxford University Press, 1990.

Anglican and Episcopal Church History

+John E Booty. The Church in History (vol. 3, The Church’s Teaching Series). Harper San Francisco, 1979.

Henry Chadwick, ed. Not Angels, but Anglicans. Canterbury Press, 2000.

+Fredrica Harris Thompsett. Living with History. Vol. 5, The New Church’s Teaching Series. Cowley Publications, 1999.

David L Holmes. A Brief History of the Episcopal Church. Trinity Press International, 1993.

+Caroline Litzenberger. The English Reformation and the Laity. Cambridge University Press, 1997.

Peter B. Nockles. The Oxford Movement in Context. Cambridge University Press, 1994.

*Richard Prichard. A History of the Episcopal Church. rev’d edn. Morehouse Publishing, 1999.

William Sydnor. Prayer Book Through the Ages. Morehouse Publishing, 1997.

Justice

Earl H. Brill, The Christian Moral Vision. Vol. 6, The Church’s Teaching Series, Harper and Row, 1979.

Matthew Fox. Creation Spirituality: Liberating Gifts for the People of the Earth. Harper San Francisco, 1991.

Stephen Holmgren. Ethics after Easter. Vol. 9, The New Church’s Teaching Series. Cowley Publications, 2000.

+Harold Lewis. Christian Social Witness. Vol. 10, The New Church’s Teaching Series. Cowley Publications, 2001.

Titus Pressler. Horizons of Mission. Vol. 11, The New Church’s Teaching Series. Cowley Publications, 2001.

*Hernando de Soto. The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in The West and Fails Everywhere Else. Basic Books, 2000.

+Titus L. Presler. Horizons of Mission. Vol. 13, The New Church’s Teaching Series. Cowley Publications,

Prayer Books and Prayer

The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. A New Zealand Prayer Book. HarperSanFrancisco, 1989.

Neil Douglas-Klotz, trans. Prayers of The Cosmos: Meditations of the Aramaic Words of Jesus. HarperSanFrancisco, 1990.

Elizabeth Rankin Gietz, et al., eds. Women’s Uncommon Prayers: Our Lives Revealed, Nurtured, Celebrated. Morehouse Publishing, 2000.

Suzanne Guthrie. Grace's Window: Entering the Seasons of Prayer. Cowley Publications, 1996.

Suzanne Guthrie. Praying the Hours. Cowley Publications, 2000.

+Jeffrey D. Lee. Opening The Prayer Book. Vol. 7, The New Church’s Teaching Series. Cowley Publications, 1999.

* Nan C. Merrill. Psalms for Praying: An Invitation to Wholeness. Continuum, 2002.

Charles Price and Louis Weil. Liturgy for Living. Vol. 5, The Church’s Teaching Series, Harper and Row, 1979.

P Ray Simpson. A Holy Island Prayer Book. Morehouse Publishing, 2003.

Martin L. Smith. The Word is Very Near You: A Guide to Praying with Scripture. Cowley Publications, 1989.

David Steindl-Rast. Gratefulness, the Heart of Prayer: An Approach to Life in Fullness. Paulist Press, 1984.

+Louis Weil. A Theology of Worship. Vol. 12, The New Church’s Teaching Series. Cowley Publications, 2002.

Reflections

Frederick Buechner. Beyond Words: Daily Readings in The ABC’s of Faith. HarperSanFrancisco, 2004.

Joan D. Chittister. Called to Question: A Spiritual Memoir. Sheed & Ward, 2004.

George Connor, ed. Listening to Your Life: Daily Meditations with Frederick Buechner. HarperSanFrancisco, 1992.

Barbara Cawthorne Crafton. The Sewing Room: Uncommon Reflections on Life, Love and Work. Penguin Books, 1994.

Alan Jones. Passion for Pilgrimage: Note for the Journey Home. Harper San Francisco, 1995.

Lawrence Kushner. Invisible Lines of Connection: Sacred Stories of the Ordinary. Jewish Lights Publishing, 1998.

Annie Lamott. Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith. Pantheon Books, 1999.

Kathleen Norris. Dakota: A Spiritual Geography. Houghton Mifflin, 1993.

Barbara Brown Taylor. Gospel Medicine. Cowley Publications, 1995.

Barbara Brown Taylor. Bread of Angels. Cowley Publications, 1997.

Spiritual Practice

* Dorothy C. Bass. Practicing Our Faith: A Way of Life for a Searching People. Jossey-Bass, 1997.

Joan Chittister. Wisdom Distilled from the Daily: Living the Rule of St. Benedict Today. Harper San Francisco, 1991.

Patricia Hart Clifford. Sitting Still: An Encounter with Christian Zen. Paulist Press, 1994.

* Debra K. Farrington. Living Faith Day by Day: How the Sacred Rules of Monastic Traditions Can Help You Live Spiritually in The Modern World. Berkley Publishing Group, 2000.

+Margaret Guenther. The Practice of Prayer. Vol. 4, The New Church’s Teaching Series. Cowley Publications, 1998.

Rachel Hosmer and Alan Jones. Living in the Spirit. Vol. 7, The Church’s Teaching Series, Harper and Row, 1979.

Wayne Muller. Sabbath: Finding Rest, Renewal, and Delight in Our Busy Lives. Bantam Books, 1995.

Donna Schaper. Sabbath Keeping. Cowley Publications, 1999.

Spiritual Formation and Theology

Marcus Borg. Jesus, A New Vision: Spirit, Culture and the Life of Discipleship. Harper San Francisco, 1995.

Marcus Borg. Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time: The Historical Jesus and the Heart of Contemporary Faith. Harper San Francisco, 1995.

Marcus Borg. The God We Never Knew: Beyond Dogmatic Religion to a More Authentic Contemporary Faith. Harper San Francisco, 1998.

Avery Brooke. Finding God in the World. Cowley Publications, 1994.

Frederick Buechner. Wishful Thinking: A Theological ABC. Harper & Row, 1988.

Joan Chittister. Heart of Flesh: A Feminist Spirituality for Women and Men. William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1998.

L. William Countryman. Living on the Borders of the Holy: Renewing the Priesthood of All. Morehouse Publishing, 1999.

L. William Countryman and M. R. Ritley. Gifted by Otherness: Gay and Lesbian Christians in the Church. Morehouse Publishing, 2001.

Tich Nhat Hanh. Living Buddha, Living Christ. Riverhead Books, 1995.

+Stephen Holmgren. Ethics After Easter. Vol. 11, The New Church’s Teaching Series. Cowley Publications,

Paul F. Knitter. No Other Name? A Critical Survey of Christian Attitudes Toward The World Religions. Orbis Books, 1985.

Madeleine L'Engle. The Irrational Season. Seabury Press, 1977.

Michael Lerner. Spirit Matters. Hampton Roads Publishing Co., 2000.

Martin L. Smith. A Season for The Spirit. Cowley Publications, 1991.

+Martin L. Smith. Christian Wholeness. Vol. 12, The New Church’s Teaching Series. Cowley Publications,

John Shelby Spong. Why Christianity Must Change or Die: A Bishop Speaks to Believers in Exile. Harper San Francisco, 1998.

Phyllis Tickle. The Shaping of a Life. Image Books / Doubleday, 2001.

Esther de Waal. Every Earthly Blessing: Rediscovering The Celtic Tradition. Morehouse Publishing, 1991.

+Louis Weil. A Theology of Worship. Vol. 12, The New Church’s Teaching Series. Cowley Publications, 2002.

Vocation and Ministry

Susan Farnham, et al. Listening Hearts: Discerning Call in Community. Morehouse Publishing, 1991.

Nora Gallagher. Practicing Resurrection: A Memoir of Work, Doubt, Discernment, and Moments of Grace. Alfred A. Knopf, 2003.

Herbert O'Driscoll. Baptism: Saying Yes to Being a Christian. Forward
Movement, 1998.

*+ Parker J. Palmer. Let Your Life Speak: Listening for The Voice of Vocation. Jossey-Bass, 2000.

Anne Rowthorn. The Liberation of the Laity. Morehouse-Barlow, 1986.

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