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CD 690 Discipleship Development Through Trail Camping

Chris Kiesling

1. BACKPACKERS FIELD MANUAL directed by Rick Curtis - a reference guide to remind you of crucial info while on the trail 2. HOW TO USE CAMPING EXPERIENCES IN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION by Stephen Venable and Donald Joy - a proposal for future use in recreating meaningful camping experiences 3. EMPOWER YOUR KIDS TO BE ADULTS by Donald Joy - a reflection on the need for and how to's of rites of passage 4. WINDOWS OF THE SOUL by Ken Gire - a personal reflection paper on this devotional book that really touches the heart
CD 691 Discipleship Development Through Residential Camping

Chris Kiesling

1. HOW TO USE CAMPING EXPERIENCES IN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION by Stephen Venable and Donald Joy - a proposal for future use in recreating meaningful camping experiences 2. EMPOWER YOUR KIDS TO BE ADULTS by Donald Joy - a reflection on the need for and how to's of rites of passage 3. WINDOWS OF THE SOUL by Ken Gire - a personal reflection paper on this devotional book that really touches the heart 4. RECLAIMING OUR PRODIGAL SONS AND DAUGHTERS by Larson. 5. OTHER REQUIRED READING: Four articles by Steve and Cindy Venable
CM 510 X Foundations of Campus Ministry

Chris Kiesling

1. Gregg Taylor. Campus Ministry That Works: A Beginning Resource: Imagine Press, Fayetteville, 1999. 2. Doug Fields. Purpose Driven Youth Ministry: Grand Rapids, 1998. 3. Henri Nouwen. The Return of the Prodigal Son: Doubleday, 1992. 4. Kenda Creasy-Dean and Ron Foster. The Godbearing Life. Nashville:Upper Room, 1998. 5. Don Everts. Jesus with Dirty Feet: Intervarsity, 1999. 6. Gordon MacDonald. Ordering Your Private World: Thomas Nelson, 1984. 7. Robert Coleman. The Master's Plan of Evangelism, 8. In addition there is a reading packet
SM 711 SM712 Supervised Ministry in Christian Education/Youth Ministry

Chris Kiesling

REAL POWER by Janet O. Hagberg
PR 610 X The Servant as Proclaimer

Charles D. Killian

1. Donald Demaray: AN INTRODUCTION TO HOMILETICS 2.Fred Craddock: PREACHING.
SP 501 Communication for Christian Leaders

Charles D. Killian

1. Duane Litfin. PUBLIC SPEAKING. Baker, 1992. 2. David Cunningham. FAITHFUL PERSUASION. Univ. of Notre Dame, 1991.
CH 501 Church History I

Kenneth C. Kinghorn

1. Henry Bettenson, ed., Documents of the Christian Church, second edition (London, New York: Oxford University Press, 1963). 2. Justo L. González, The Story of Christianity, vol. I, The Early Church to the Dawn of the Reformation (San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1984). Vol. II will be used for CH 502. 3. Hugh T Kerr, ed., Readings in Christian Thought (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1966). --------------- 4. Although not required, students may wish to obtain The Baker Atlas of Christian History, ed. Tim Dowley (Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1996). 5. Collateral reading: Dale T. Irwin and Scott W. Sunquist, History of the World Christian Movement: Earliest Christianity to 1453 (New York: Orbis Books, 2001).
CH 502 Church History II

Kenneth C. Kinghorn

1. Henry Bettenson, ed., Documents of the Christian Church, second edition (London, New York: Oxford University Press, 1963). 2. Justo L. González, The Story of Christianity: The Reformation to the Present Day (San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1984). 3. Kerr, Hugh T., ed., Readings in Christian Thought, Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1966. 4. Although not required, students may wish to obtain The Baker Atlas of Christian History, ed. Tim Dowley (Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1996).
CH 600 History of Methodism

Kenneth C. Kinghorn

1. Kinghorn, Kenneth, The Heritage of American Methodism, Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1999. 2. Norwood, Frederick A., The Story of American Methodism, Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1974.
PH 501 X Introduction to Philosophy of Religion

Kevin Paul Kinghorn

(1) Hasker, William. Metaphysics. (Downer's Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1983). (2) Peterson, Michael, ed. Reason and Religious Belief. 2nd edition. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998) (3) Peterson, Michael, ed. Philosophy of Religion: Selected Readings. 2nd edition (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001).
CO 611 Dynamics of Human Sexuality

Dan Langer

1) Penner, Clifford & Joyce. The Gift of Sex, Word Books, 1981 2) DeBecker, Gavin. Protecting the Gift, Dial Press, 1999 3) Weatherhead, Leslie. The Will of God, Abingdon Press, 1972
CO 650 Play Therapy: Theory, Techniques and theology

Reo N. Leslie

a. Play Therapy: Virginia M. Axline (1947/1969) b. The Healing Power of Play: Working with Abused Children: Eliana Gil (1991) c. Short-term Play Therapy for Children: Heidi Kaduson and Charles Schaefer (editors) (2000) d. 101 More Favorite Play Therapy Techniques: Heidi G. Kaduson and Charles Schaefer (ed.) (2001) e. “A Theology of Play Therapy:” Reo N. Leslie, Jr. (unpublished paper) f. Play Therapy with Children in Crisis: Individual, Group, and Family Treatment(2nd Ed.) Nancy Boyd Webb (ed.) (1999)
MS 685 The Church Abroad: China

James Loftin

All these must be read, viewed or listened to prior to the trip. An Introduction to the Mainland Chinese Soul. Various authors (unnamed). 2001. $5 each from LEAD Consulting, PO Box 32026, Raleigh, NC 27622. 919/783-0354. 50 pages. China, The Forgotten Harvest. Video produced by the Church of God, Cleveland that illustrates the growth of the church in China and tells the story of Pastor George Chen. 9 minutes. Counts as 5 pages. Fernando, Ajith. Sharing the Truth in Love: How to Relate to People of Other Faiths. Grand Rapids: Discovery House Publishers, 2001. 269 pages. *GO Prepared. Produced by Teams Commissioned for Christ International, Inc., 1999. Orlando, FL. 407/857-8224. Prepared for persons going on short term missions trips these six thirty-minute lectures deal with spiritual preparation, team spirit, cross-cultural ministry, and re-entry. On reserve in Wilmore and Orlando libraries. Counts as 140 pages reading. *Lambert, Anthony. China’s Christian Millions: The Costly Revival. Monarch Books/OMF, 1999. Chapters 1-14, 193 pages. USA 800/422-5330, Canada 905/568-9971. OMF Toronto books@omf.ca. Ling, Samuel. Megatrends: The Chinese, Asia and the World. 30-minute video tape by ChinaSource. On reserve in Wilmore and Orlando libraries. Counts as 20 pages reading. Ling, Samuel, ed. Serving China Together. Published by ChinaSource. 79 pages, 1996. Available from James Loftin’s assistant for $17. *Reading packet of selected articles and readings. Includes info on spiritual warfare, prayer walking, the Serving China Primer, Stone research paper, issues of China Source and other photocopied articles. 100 pages. Russell, Gary. The Role of the Short-term and Church-based Ministries. 40-minute audio tape. On reserve in Wilmore and Orlando libraries. Counts as 30 pages reading. Yamamori, Tetsunao and Chan, Kim-Kwong. Witnesses to Power: Stories of God’s Quiet Work in a Changing China. Paternoster Publishing, 2000. Distributed by O.M. Literature, Waynesboro, GA 706/554-5827. 108 pages.
CS 601 Christian Ethics

Hugo Magallanes

Dayton, Donald W., Discovering an Evangelical Heritage (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1988). Miles, Rebekah L. The Pastor as Moral Guide (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1999). CS 601 Reading Packet (readings are not necessarily in order)
CS 601 Christian Ethics

Hugo Magallanes

Dayton, Donald W., Discovering an Evangelical Heritage (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1988). Miles, Rebekah L. The Pastor as Moral Guide (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1999). CS 601 Reading Packet (readings are not necessarily in order)
CS 650 Tutorial In Christian Ethics

Hugo Magallanes

Miles, Rebekah L. The Pastor as Moral Guide (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1999). CS601 Reading Packet (readings are not necessarily in order)
CS 650 Tutorial In Christian Ethics

Hugo Magallanes

Miles, Rebekah L. The Pastor as Moral Guide (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1999). CS601 Reading Packet (readings are not necessarily in order)
IS 501 Christian Formation: Kingdom, Church, and World

Hugo Magallanes

Clapp, Rodney. A Peculiar People. InterVarsity Press, 1996. Hauerwas, Stanley and William Willimon. Resident Aliens. Abingdon McClaren, Brian D. A New Kind of Christian. Jossey-Bass, 2001. Snyder, Howard. A Kingdom Manifesto. Wipf and Stock, 1997 Wright, Tom. The Challenge of Jesus. InterVarsity, 1999.
IS 501 Christian Formation: Kingdom, Church, and World

Hugo Magallanes

Clapp, Rodney. Border Crossings. Brazos Press, 2000. Crandall, Ron. Witness. Discipleship, 2001. Hauerwas, Stanley and William Willimon. Resident Aliens. Abingdon McClaren, Brian D. A New Kind of Christian. Jossey-Bass, 2001. Snyder, Howard. A Kingdom Manifesto. Wipf and Stock, 1997 Wright, Tom. The Challenge of Jesus. InterVarsity, 1999.
IS 501 Kingdom, Church, and World

Hugo Magallanes

Clapp, Rodney. Border Crossings. Brazos Press, 2000. Crandall, Ron. Witness. Discipleship, 2001. Hauerwas, Stanley and William Willimon. Resident Aliens. Abingdon McClaren, Brian D. A ew Kind of Christian. Jossey-Bass, 2001. Snyder, Howard. A Kingdom Manifesto. Wipf and Stock, 1997 Wright, Tom. The Challenge of Jesus. InterVarsity, 1999.
MS 652 Christian Ministry in a Multicultural Society

Hugo Magallanes

Adeney, Bernard T. Strange Virtues: Ethics in a Multicultural World. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1995. Brimelow, Peter. Alien Nation Law, Eric. The Wolf Shall Dwell with the Lamb: A Spirituality for leadership in a Multicultural Community. Chalice Press, Muck, Terry C. Those Other Religions in your Neighborhood: Loving your Neighboor when you don’t know how. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1992. Parillo, Vincent N. Diversity in America. Thousand Oaks: Pine Forge Press, 1996. Rhodes, Stephen A. Where the Nations Meet: The Church in a Multicultural World. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1998.
BT 660 Theology of the New Testament

Howard Marshall

COURSE READING: REQUIRED BOOK Ladd, G. E., A Theology of the New Testament (Grand Rapids, Eerdmans, 1974; revised edition by D. Hagner, 1993). COURSE READING: REFERENCE WORKS (These books will be on reserve in the Library) Students should come to each class session prepared by having read (where appropriate) the New Testament texts assigned for the class and the relevant articles in NDBT and EDBT. (15%) Alexander, T. D., and Rosner, B. S. (ed.), New Dictionary of Biblical Theology [NDBT] (Leicester/Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2000) * articles on individual NT books and authors. Elwell, W. A. (ed), Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology [EDBT] (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1996) * articles on individual NT books and authors. Green, J. B., and Knight, S., [DJG] Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels (Downers Grove/Leicester: InterVarsity Press, 1992). Hawthorne, G. F., Martin, R. P., and Reid, D. G., Dictionary of Paul and his Letters [DPL] (Downers Grove/Leicester: InterVarsity Press, 1993). Martin, R. P., and Davids, P. H., Dictionary of the Later New Testament and its Developments [DLNTD] (Downers Grove/Leicester: InterVarsity Press, 1992).
SP 501 Communication as Christian Rhetoric

Stacy R. Minger

Cunningham, David S. Faithful Persuasion: In Aid of a Rhetoric of Christian Theology. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 1990. ISBN 0-268-00985-6 Shaw, R. Daniel, and Charles E. Van Engen. Communicating God's Word in a Complex World. Lanham, MA: Rowman & Littlefield, 2003. ISBN 0-7425-1447-1 Sprague, J., and D. Stuart. The Speaker's Handbook. 7th ed. Belmont, CA: Thomson Wadsworth, 2005. ISBN 0-534-63880-5
CO 601 Counseling Theories and Techniques

Tapiwa N. Mucherera

1) Corsini, R. & Wedding, D. (2000). Current Psychotherapies. 2) Jones, S. L. & Butman, R. E. (1991). Modern Psycho-therapies. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press.
CO 621 Psychology of Religion

Tapiwa N. Mucherera

1) David M.Wulff, Psychology of Religion John Wiley & Sons, 1997. 2) William James, Varieties of Religious Experience. 3) Spilka & McIntosh The Psychology of Religion: theoretical approaches. Westview Press, 1997.