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CO 720 Psychopathology

Anthony J. Headley

REQUIRED READINGS American Psychiatric Association (2000). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed.). Washington, DC: APA First, M., Frances, A., & Pincus, H. (2002). Handbook of Differential Diagnosis. Washington, DC: APA
CO 515 Forgiveness in Counceling

Virginia Todd Holeman

Required Course Texts: Hargrave, T. (2001). Forgiving the Devil: Coming to terms with damaged relationships. Phoeniz, AZ: Zeig, Tucker & Theisen, Inc. Holeman, V. T. (2004). Reconcilable Differences: Hope and Healing for Troubled Marriages. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press. Jones, G. (1995). Embodying Forgiveness. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans. Nowuen, H. J.M. (1992). The Return of the Prodigal Son. New York: Image Books. Shults, F. L., & Sandage, S. J. (2003). The Faces of Forgiveness. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic. Worthington, E.L. (2003). Forgiving and Reconciling: Bridges to Wholeness and Hope. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.
CO 601 Counseling Theories and Techniques

Virginia Todd Holeman

Required Course Texts: Corsini, R. & Wedding, D. (2004). Current psychotherapies. (6th OR 7th edition). Itasca: IL: Peacock Publishers. Note: Both editions will most likely show up in class, where possible, please use the 6th edition, but if you have obtained the 7th edition, don’t worry! We can adjust as needed. Jones, S. L. & Butman, R. E. (1991). Modern psychotherapies: A comprehensive Christian appraisal. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press.
CO 605 Treating the Serious Mentally Ill

Virginia Todd Holeman

Required Course Texts Rowan, T. & O’Hanlan, B. (2003). Solution-oriented therapy for chronic and severe mental illness. New York: W.W. Norton. ISBN: 03393704238; 180 pps. [paperback] Marsh, D. T. (2001). A family-focused approach to serious mental illness: Empirically supported interventions (Practitioner’s Resource Series). Professional Resource Exchange. ISBN: 1568870698, 110 pps. Required Pamphlets (purchase from bookstore) Marsh, D. T. (2001). Schizophreniza, Washington, DC: AAMFT. Item I073 Yapko, M. (1999). Depression, Washington, DC: AAMFT. Item I039. Recommended Course Texts Carter, L., & Minirth, F. (1995). The freedom from depression workbook. Thomas Nelson. ISBN: 0840762070 1 2 Frese, F. J. (2001). New directions for mental health services: The role of organized psychology in treatment of the seriously mentally ill, No. 88. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. ISBN: 0787914371 112 pps. [paperback] Green, M.F. (2003). Schizophrenia revealed: From neurons to social interactions. New York: WW Norton. ISBN: 0390704181, pp. 224. Jamison, K. (1997). The unquiet mind. Vintage. ISBN: 0679763309, pp. 240. Lachenmeyer, N. (2001). The outsider: A journey into my father’s struggle with madness. Broadway Trade Paperback. ISBN: 07679-0191-6, pp. 228. Miklowitz, D. (2002). The bipolar disorder survival guide: What you and your family need to know. New York: Guilford Press. ISBN 157235258, 322 pp. [paperback] Moorman, M. (2002). My sister’s keeper: Learening to cope with a sibling’s mental illness. ISBN 039332404, pp 320. Woolis, R. & Hatfield, A. (1992). When someone you love has a mental illness: A handbook for family, friends, and caregivers. J. P. Tarcher. ISBN: 0874776953, pp. 336. [paperback]
CO 660 Crisis Counseling

Virginia Todd Holeman

Required Course Texts: Gilliland, B. E.& James, R. K. (2004). Crisis Intervention Strategies (5th Ed.). New York: Brooks/Cole. Janoff-Bulman, R. (1992). Shattered Assumptions: Towards a New Psychology of Trauma. New York, NY: The Free Press. Course Packet (Purchase at ATS Bookstore)
CO 670 Marriage and Family Therapy

Virginia Todd Holeman

REQUIRED TEXTS Guerin, P.J., Jr., Forgarty, T. F., Fay, L.F., Kautto, J. G. (1996). Working with Relationship Triangles. New York: Guilford Press. Holeman, V. T. (2004). Reconcilable differences: Hope and healing for troubled marriages. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press. McGoldrick, M. & Gerson, R., & Shellenberger, S. (1999). Genograms in Family Assessment (2nd Ed.). New York: Norton. Schnarch, D. (1997). Passionate Marriage. New York: Norton. Stanley, S., et al. (1998). The Lasting Promise. Jossey-Bass. ISBN: 0-7879-3983-8 1 Worthington, E. L. (1999). Hope-focused Marriage Counseling: A Guide to Brief Therapy. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.
IS 502 Christian Formation: Vocation of Ministry

Virginia Todd Holeman

Clouse, B. & Clouse, R. B. (1989). Women in Ministry: Four Views. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press. Foster, Richard J. (1998). Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth. HarperSan Francisco. Grenz, S. & Bell, R. (1995). Betrayal of Trust: Sexual Misconduct in the Pastorate. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press. Guiness, O. (1998). The Call: Finding and Fulfilling the Central Purpose of Your Life. Waco,TX: Word. Muto, S. & vanKaam, A. (1994). Divine guidance: Seeking to find and follow the will of God. Pittsburgh, PA: Epiphany Books. Sire, J. (2000). Habits of the mind: Intellectual life as a Christian calling. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press. Wesley, J. (1977/1777). A plain account of Christian perfection. Kansas City, MO: Beacon Hill Press.
MM 602 Mentored Ministry

Barbara C. Holsinger

Required Reading The Acts of the Apostles, selected chapters Sider, Olson, and Unruh, Churches that Make a Difference, (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2002). Mentored Ministry Handbook: MM/SMin 601/602 purchased from the professor for $5, or down- loaded from the website.
OT 520 Old Testament Introduction

Edwin C. Hostetter

John Drane, Introducing the Old Testament, rev. ed. (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2001) Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures, student edition (Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 1985)
MS 645 Cross Cultural Communication of Christianity

George G. Hunter

Required Textbooks for all students (MS 645 AND MB 720) in the order of assignment. 1. Storti, Craig. The Art of Crossing Cultures, second edition. Intercultural Press, Inc., 2001. 2. _________. Figuring Foreigners Out. Intercultural Press, Inc., 1999. 3. Hunter, George G. III, The Celtic Way of Evangelism. Abingdon Press, 2000. 4. Nydell, Margaret K. Understanding Arabs, Fourth Edition. Intercultural Press, Sept. 2005. Additional Required Textbooks for MB 720 students (optional for MS 645 students). 5. Berger, Peter and Thomas Luckman. The Social Construction of Reality. Doubleday @ Company, 1967. 6. Nida, Eugene. Message and Mission: The Communication of the Christian Faith, rev. ed. William Carey Library, 1990. Additional Required Readings for both MS 645 and MB730 (will be available on line; click on the ESJ icon.) 1. Milton J. Bennett, "Toward Ethnorelativism: A Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity." 2. Edward T. Hall and Mildred Reed Hall. "Key Concepts: Underlying Structures of Culture", from Understanding Cultural Differences. Intercultural Press, 1990. 3. Herbert Blumer. Symbolic Interactionism: Perspective and Method, pp. 1-21.
MI 728 Mission and Gender

Eunice L. Irwin

Required Readings: Houghton, Frank L. 1953 Amy Carmichael of Dohnavur. Fort Washington, PA: Christian Literature Crusade. Robert, Dana L. 1997 American Women in Mission: A Social History of their Thought and Practice. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press. 2002 Gospel Bearers, Gender Barriers: Missionary Women in the Twentieth Century. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books. Stocks, Janet 1997 “Voices from the Margins: Evangelical Feminist Negotiation in the Public Debate of a Small Denomination in the United States” IN Mixed Blessings: Gender and Religious Fundamentalism Cross Culturally, Judy Brink and Joan Mencher, eds. New York and London: Routledge, pp. 59-71. Storkey, Elaine 2001 Origins of Difference: The Gender Debate Revisited. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic. Zoba, Wendy Murray 2000 “Women reaching women is key to the future of missions.” Christianity Today, August 7:40-48 Additional (Suggested) Readings: Barton, R.R. 1998 Equal to the Task: Men & Women in Partnership. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press. Beaver, R. Pierce 1960 American Protestant Women in World Mission. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. Belenky, Mary F., Blythe M. Clinchy, Nancy R. Goldberger, and Jill M. Tarule 1986 Women’s Ways of Knowing: The Development of Self, Voice, and Mind. Bilezikian, New York, NY: Basic Books. Beyond Sex Roles. Grand Rapids: Baker Books. Drummond, Lewis A. and Betty Drummond 1997 Women of Awakenings: The Historic Contribution of Women to Revival Movements. Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications. Grenz, Stanley and Denise M. Kjesbo 1995 Women in the Church: A Biblical Theology of Women in Ministry. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press. Tucker, Ruth A. and Walter L. Liefeld 1987 Daughters of the Church: Women and Ministry from New Testament Times to the Present. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan
MI 880 Seminar in Mission

Eunice L. Irwin

Readings: (Abbreviations of readings follow authors' last name initials: B, BS, SS, T, V.) Sugden Constants in Context Transforming Mission Mission as Transformation Stephen Bevans, Roger Schroeder David J. Bosch Vinay Samuel, Chris Norman Thomas Charles van Engen Classical Texts in Mission & World Christianity Mission on the Way
MW 725 Primal and Folk Religions

Eunice L. Irwin

Required Reading 2000 World of the Spirits: A Christian Perspective on Traditional and Folk Religions. London: Monarch Books. Costello, Damian 2005 Black Elk: Colonialism and Lakota Catholicism. Maryknoll, NY: Burnett, David Eliade, Mircea Orbis Books. 1959 The Sacred and the Profane: The Nature of Religion. Translated by Willard R. Trask. New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc. Hiebert, Paul G., Daniel Shaw & Tite Tienou 1999 Understanding Folk Religion: A Christian Response to Popular Beliefs and Practices. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books. Niehardt, John G. 1959 [1932] Black Elk Speaks. Pocket Books. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster. Required articles (5) from MW 725 Course Reading Packet: Bill A. Musk, “Popular Islam: The Hunger of the Heart” Charles and Marguerite Kraft, “The Power of God for Christians Who Ride Two Horses” Paul G. Hiebert, “Spiritual Warfare: Biblical Perspectives” Mathias Zahniser, “Ritual Process and Christian Discipling: Contextualizing A Buddhist Rite of Passage” Michael A. Perry, “ACTS in Progress: A Diacronic Overview of Kimbanguism” Recommended Reading Achebe, Chinua 1959 Things Fall Apart. New York, NY: Anchor Books (Doubleday). Bediako, Kwame 1994 Christianity in Africa: The Renewal of a Non-Western Religion. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books. Burnett, David 1990 Clash of Worlds. Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson. Ching, Julia 1993Chinese Religions. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books. Donovan, Vincent J. 1978 Christianity Rediscovered. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books. Galileo, Segundo 1988 The Challenge of Popular Religiosity. Quezon City, Philippines: Claretian Press. Hefner, Robert, ed. 1993Conversion to Christianity: Historical and Anthropological Perspectives on A Great Transformation. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. Hultkrantz, Ake 1979 [1967] The Religions of the American Indians. Translated by Monica Setterwal. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. Ingham, John M. 1986 Mary, Michael & Lucifer: Folk Catholicism in Central Mexico. Austin: University of Texas Press. Keysser, Christian 1980 A People Reborn. Translated by Alfred Allin & John Kuder. Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library Kirwin, Michael 1994The Missionary and the Diviner. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books. Kraft, Marguerite G. 1995 Understanding Spiritual Power: A Forgotten Dimension of Cross-Cultural Mission and Ministry. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books. Lohfink, Norbert 1994 Theology of the Pentateuch: Themes of the Priestly Narrative and Deuteronomy. Translated by Linda M. Maloney. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press. Lowe, Chuck 2001 Honoring God and Family: A Christian Response to Idol Food in Chinese Popular Religion. Bangalore, India: Theological Book Trust. Magesa, Laurenti 1997 African Religion: The Moral Traditions of Abundant Life. Maryknoll, NY: McAlpine, Thomas H. 1991 Facing the Powers: What are the Options? Monrovia, CA: MARC Olson, Bruce E. 1973 Bruchko. Carol Stream, IL: Creation House. Paden, William E. 1988 Religious Worlds: The Comparative Study of Religion. Boston: Beacon. Richardson, Don 1981 Eternity in Their Hearts. Ventura, CA: Regal Books. Shetler, Joanne Orbis Books. 1992 And the Word Came with Power. Portland: Multnomah. Stewart, Charles and Rosalind Shaw, eds. 1993 Syncretism/ Anti-Syncretism: The politics of religious synthesis. London and New York: Routledge. Taylor, John V. 1963 The Primal Vision. London: SCM Press. 1972 The Go-Between God. London: SCM Press. Hie = Paul Hiebert, et al., Understanding Folk Religion B = David Burnett, World of the Spirits Elia = Mircea Eliade, The Sacred and the Profane: The Nature of Religion Nie = Paul G. Niehardt, Black Elk Speaks Cos = Damian Costello, Black Elk: Colonialism and Lakota Catholicism RP = assigned articles/ chapters for response papers, due on dates noted Locate these in the MW 725 Course Reading Packet.
MW 768 Issues in Third-World Christianity

Eunice L. Irwin

Required Texts: Escobar, Samuel 2003 The New Global Mission: The Gospel from Everywhere to Everyone. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press. Jenkins, Philip 2002 The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity. New York: Oxford University Press. Sanneh, Lamin 2003 Whose Religion is Christianity? The Gospel beyond the West. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans. Shenk, Wilbur 2004 Enlarging the Story: Perspectives in Writing Christian World History. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books. Yamamori, Tetsunao and C. Rene Padilla, eds. 2004 Local Church, Agent of Transformation: An Ecclesiology for Integral Mission. Buenos Aires: Kairos.
CD 511 The Pastor and Christian Discipleship

Beverly C. Johnson-Miller

REQUIRED TEXTS Basics of Christian Education by Karen B. Tye The Younger Evangelicals by Robert Webber John Wesley’s Class Meeting: A model for making disciples by Michael Henderson Making All Things New: An Invitation to the Spiritual Life by Henri Nouwen The Big Little School: Two Hundred Years of The Sunday School by Robert W. Lynn and Elliott Wright Growing in the Life of Faith: Education and Christian Practices by Craig Dykstra *On Reserve - Leading the Congregation: Caring for Yourself While Serving the People by Norman Shawchuck and Roger Heuser Christian Religious Education: Sharing Our Story and Vision by Thomas Groome
CD 552 A ADULT EDUCATION SEMINAR WITH DR. JIM WILHOIT

Beverly C. Johnson-Miller

Reading of all required texts: The Way of the Heart by Henri Nouwen Prayer by Richard Foster Embracing the Love of God by Jim Smith
CD 560 The Ministry of Teaching

Beverly C. Johnson-Miller

REQUIRED TEXTS Donald M. Joy, Meaningful Learning in the Church. Indianapolis: Light and Life Press, 1969, revised 1989. ISBN 0-89367-019-7 John M. Bracke and Karen B. Tye, Teaching the Bible in the Church. St. Louis: Chalice Press , 2003. ISBN 0-8272-3643-3 Joseph Lowman, Mastering The Techniques of Teaching. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, Inc. 1995. ISBN 0-7879-0127-X. Marlene D. LeFever, Learning Styles: Reaching Everyone God Gave You to Teach. Colorado Springs: Cook Communications Ministries, 1995. ISBN: 0-7814-5117-5 Parker Palmer, The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher’s Life. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1998. ISBN: 0-7879-1058-9 Susan Shaw, Storytelling in Religious Education. Birmingham: Religious Education Press, 1999. ISBN: 0-89135-111-6. Learning Styles Inventory. Available at the bookstore. RECOMMENDED TEXTS Parker J. Palmer, To Know as we are Known: a spirituality of education. San Francisco: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1983. ISBN: 0-06-066456-8 Thomas Groome, Christian Religious Education. San Francisco: Harper & Row Publishers, 1980, ISBN 0-06-063491-X Anne Streaty Wimberly, Soul Stories: African American Christian Education. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1994. ISBN: 0-687-00932-4
CD 651 Professional Foundations of Christian Education

Beverly C. Johnson-Miller

A History of Christian Education by Reed and Prevost is an excellent reading investment. It largely covers the history of Christian education in early centuries. Sourcebook of the Christian Faith: Primary source readings from the history of Christian education(latest edition), edited by Robert F. Lay, Taylor Universtiy, 2004. Augustine and the Catechumenate by William Harmless The Big Little School: Two Hundred Years of the Sunday School, by Robert W. Lynn and Elliott Wright Recommended Reading Models of Religious Education: Theory and Practice in Historical and Contemporary Perspective by Harold Burgess Philosophy of Education
CD 651 Professional Foundations of Christian Education

Beverly C. Johnson-Miller

REQUIRED TEXTS A History of Christian Education by Reed and Prevost The Big Little School by Robert Lynn Augustine and the Catechumenate by William Harmless SOURCEBOOK of the Christian Faith by Robert Lay RECOMMENDED TEXT Models of Religious Education: Theory and Practice in Historical and Contemporary Perspective by Harold Burgess
CD 663 Older Adult Ministry

Beverly C. Johnson-Miller

REQUIRED TEXTS The Force of Character and the Lasting Life by James Hillman (202 pages) Aging: God’s challenge to church and synagogue by Richard H. Gentzler, Jr., and Donald F. Clingan. (153 pages) Designing Older Adult Ministry by Richard H. Gentzler (96 pages) Senior Adult Ministry in the 21st century: Step-by-Step Strategies for Reaching People Over Fifty by David P. Gallagher (147 pages) Loses in Later Life: a new way of walking with God, 2nd edition by R. Scott Sullender ( 186 pages) Aging: The fulfillment of Life by Henri J. M. Nouwen (160 pages) Aging, Spirituality, and Religion, a handbook by editors Melvin A. Kimble and Susan H. McFadden On Reserve in Library (200 pages of reading required) *Several journal articles are also required reading on reserve in library. (70 plus pages)
SF 503 The Life of Prayer

Reginald Johnson

- Dimensions of Prayer, Douglas Steere - The God Who Hears, Bingham Hunter - Prayer, The Heart's True Home, Richard Foster - Churches that Pray, Peter Wagner - Windows of the Soul, Ken Gire
NT 501 Comprehensive Greek

Abson Predestin Joseph

(1) Black, David Alan. Learn to Read New Testament Greek. Expanded edition; Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 1994. Learn. (2) [You need only choose one of the following, though it would not hurt to have more than one!!!] Black, David Alan. It’s Still Greek to Me: An Easy-to-Understand Guide to Intermediate Greek. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1998. Still. Or Wallace, Daniel B., The Basics of New Testament Syntax: An Intermediate Greek Grammar. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2000. BNTS. Or Wallace, Daniel B., Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1997.
CD 560 The Ministry of Teaching

Chris Kiesling

TEXTBOOKS Hermann Hesse, Beneath the Wheel. New York: Bantam, 1968. ISBN 0-553-20858-6 Donald M. Joy, Meaningful Learning in the Church. Indianapolis: Light and Life Press, 1969, revised 1989. ISBN 0-89367-019-7 Marlene D. LeFever, Learning Styles: Reaching Everyone God Gave You to Teach. Colorado Springs: David C. Cook, 1995. ISBN 0-7814-5117-5 Joseph Lowman, Mastering the Techniques of Teaching (second edition). San Francisco: Jossey Bass, 1995. ISBN 0-7879-0127-X Parker Palmer, The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher’s Life. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1998. Learning Style Inventory – The older version of the LSI may still be available in the bookstore for about two dollars. If the newer version is all that is available at about eight dollars feel free to pass this up. I can provide the information in another format.
CD 615 Discipleship Development in the Home

Chris Kiesling

Textbooks: Herbert Anderson, Don Browning, Ian Evison, and Mary Stewart Van Leeuwen, The Family Handbook. Westminster: John Knox Press. 1998. Larry Crabb, Connecting: A Radical New Vision. Nashville: Word, 1997. Donald Joy, Empower Your Kids to be Adults. Nappanee: Indiana, 2000. OR Marjorie Thompson, Family: The Forming Center. Nashville: Upper Room Books, 1996. Donald Joy, Two Become One. Napannee: Indiana, 2000. OR Gary Thomas, Sacred Marriage. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2000. OR Mike Mason, The Mystery of Marriage. Multnomah Press. 1985. Dennis Kinlaw, Sacred Pedagogy. (booklet from Francis Asbury Press) The following required articles and book chapters are contained in a reading packet: Clifford Stevens, The Trinitarian Roots of the Nuptual Community. St. Vladimir’s Theological Quarterly, 35 (4), 351-358. June, Lee (ed.) ( ) The Black Extended Family in The Black Family. Dobson, James (2001) The Essential Father in Bringing Up Boys: Practical Advice and Encouragement for those Shaping the Next Generation of Men. Tyndale House, pp. 53- 66. Hart, Archibald, (1994) How Men think About Sex in The Sexual Man: Masculinity without Guilt. Word Publishing, pp 51-68. Josselson, Ruthellen, (1987) Becoming Herself: Identity, Individuation, and Intimacy in Finding Herself: Pathways to Identity Development in Women. Jossey Bass, pp. 10-41. Schnarch, David (1997) Differentiation: Developing a Self in Relation in Passionate Marriage. Henry Holt and Co., pp. 53-69. Boyer, Ernst, (1984) Separate Spiritualities in A Way in the World. San Francisco: Harper & Row pp. 27-36 Henry Cloud and John Townsend, chapter five from Raising Great Kids: Parenting with Grace and Truth. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1999. Merton Strommen and Richard Hardell, Chapter 1 from Passing on the Faith: A Radical New Model for Youth and Family Ministry. Winona:St. Mary’s Press, 2000. Additionally there are several articles and book chapters that are recommended reading or referenced in class that are available on my reserve shelf at the library: Clifford Stevens, The Trinitarian Roots of the Nuptual Community. St. Vladimir’s Theological Quarterly, 35 (4), 351-358. Hart, Archibald, (1994) How Men Think About Sex in The Sexual Man: Masculinity without Guilt. Word Publishing, pp 51-68. Josselson, Ruthellen, (1987) Conclusions: Reflections on Female Identity in Finding Herself: Pathways to Identity Development in Women. Jossey Bass, pp. 10-41.
CD 615 Discipleship Development in the Home

Chris Kiesling

Textbooks: Paul Borgman, Genesis: The Story We Haven’t Heard. Downers Grove: Intervarsity Press. 2001 Larry Crabb, Connecting: A Radical New Vision. Nashville: Word, 1997. Merton Strommen and Richard Hardell, Passing on the Faith. Winona: St. Mary’s Press, 2000. Donald Joy, Empower Your Kids to be Adults. Nappanee: Indiana, 2000. OR Marjorie Thompson, Family The Forming Center. Nashville: Upper Room Books, 1996. Donald Joy, Two Become One. Napannee: Indiana, 2000. OR Walt Wangerin, As For Me and My House. Thomas Nelson: Nashville. 1987. Dennis Kinlaw, Sacred Pedagogy. (booklet from Francis Asbury Press) The following required articles and book chapters are contained in a reading packet: Clifford Stevens, The Trinitarian Roots of the Nuptual Community. St. Vladimir’s Theological Quarterly, 35 (4), 351-358. June, Lee (ed.) ( ) The Black Extended Family in The Black Family. Dobson, James (2001) The Essential Father in Bringing Up Boys: Practical Advice and Encouragement for those Shaping the Next Generation of Men. Tyndale House, pp. 53- 66. Hart, Archibald, (1994) How Men think About Sex in The Sexual Man: Masculinity without Guilt. Word Publishing, pp 51-68. Josselson, Ruthellen, (1987) Becoming Herself: Identity, Individuation, and Intimacy in Finding Herself: Pathways to Identity Development in Women. Jossey Bass, pp. 10-41. Schnarch, David (1997) Differentiation: Developing a Self in Relation in Passionate Marriage. Henry Holt and Co., pp. 53-69. Boyer, Ernst, (1984) Separate Spiritualities in A Way in the World. San Francisco: Harper & Row pp. 27-36 If you have read one of these texts and/or have reason that you want to focus on a particular topic not covered by these texts I will allow some substitutions.