Church Life and Spirituality

Anderson, Harold W. “Biblical Authority Based Upon a Process Cosmology.”  M.A. Thesis.  Pacific School of Religion, 1980.  [Available at CPS for photocopying]

Anonymous.  “Thinking about God Dispatches from the Frontlines.”  [Bill Stegall & Robert Brizee]

Arnott, Robert J. “Toward a Theological Study of Institutions.” Religion in Life (1968):417-428. [abstract]

Barciauskas, Jonas.  Landscapes of Wisdom: In a Search of a Spirituality of Knowing.  Lanham: University Press of America, 2000.

Beardslee, William A.  First Corinthians: A Commentary for Today.  St. Louis, Mo.: Chalice Press, c1994.

_____.  A House for Hope: A Study in Process and Biblical Thought.  Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1972.

_____.  Margins of Belonging:  Essays on the New Testament and Theology.  Atlanta, GA:  Scholars Press, 1991.

Beardslee, William A. and David J. Lull.  Biblical Preaching on the Death of Jesus.  Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1990.

Blume, Andrew C. "Towards a Process Sacramental Ecclesiology." Process Studies 37, no. 1 (Spring-Summer 2008): 39-54. [abstract

Bohler, Carolyn Stahl. Opening to God: Guided Imagery Meditation on Scripture. Nashville: Upper Room Books, 1996. [abstract]

Bracken, Joseph A. S. J., Curriculum Vitae (unpubl.)

_____. "Salvation through Community," (unpubl.)

Brizee, Robert. The Gift of Listening. St. Louis: Chalice Press, 1993. [abstract]

Brizee, Robert, et al. Dancing with the Divine: An Interactive Journey into God. Claremont: P & F Press, 2005. [abstract]

Brock, Rita Nakashima and Rebecca Ann Parker. Saving Paradise: How Christianity Traded Love of This World for Crucifixion and Empire. Boston: Beacon Press, 2008. [abstract]

Campbell, Edward F. “Poverty and the Bible.” The Common Good: A Journal of Faith and Public Issues, (July/August 2000).

Casanova, Judith Boice, John B. Cobb, Jr., Lewis S. Ford, William A. Beardslee, and Joseph A. Deegan.  What Can We Believe about the Bible?  A Process & Faith Booklet, 1986.

Cauthen, Kenneth. The Ethics of Enjoyment: The Christian’s Pursuit of Happiness in this Complicated World. Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1975. [abstract]

Cobb, John B., Jr.   "The Identity of Christian Spirituality and Global Consciousness." (unpubl.)

_____. Lay Theology. St. Louis: Chalice Press, 1994. [abstract]

_____. Liberal Christianity at the Crossroads.  Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1973. [abstract]

_____. “A Normative View of Progressive Christianity.” (2006), In http://www.tcpc.org

_____. Progressive Christians Speak: A Different Voice on Faith and Politics. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2003. [abstract]

_____. Reclaiming the Church: Where the Mainline Church Went Wrong and What to Do about It. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 1997. [abstract]

_____. Resistance: The New Role of Progressive Christians. Louisville: Westminster JohnKnox Press, 2008.

Coleman, Monica A. Dinah Project: A Handbook for Congregational Response to Sexual Violence. Cleveland: The Pilgrim Press, 2004.

Epperly, Bruce G. Crystal and Cross: Christians and New Age in creative dialogue.  Mystic, CT : Twenty-Third Publications, 1996.

_____.  Spirituality and Health, Health and Spirituality.  Mystic, CT:  Twenty-Third Publications, 1997.

Farley, Edward. Ecclesial Reflection: An Anatomy of Theological Method. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1982. [abstract]

Fisher, Kathleen.  Winter Grace:  Spirituality for the Later Years.  New York:  Paulist Press, 1985.

Fowler, Dean. "A Process Theology of Interdependence." Theological Studies, vol. 39, no.1 (March 1979): 44-58.

_____. "A Process Theology of Relations." (unpubl).

Fretheim, Terrence E.  The Suffering of God:  An Old Testament Perspective.  Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1984.

Griffin, David Ray, ed. Spirituality and Society:  Postmodern Visions.  Albany:  State University of New York Press, 1988.

Jackson, Gordon E.  Pastoral Care and Process Theology.  Landham, MD : University Press of America, 1981.

_____.  A Theology for Ministry: Creating Something of Beauty.  St. Louis, Mo.: Chalice Press, 1998.

Kinast, Robert L.  Caring for Society:  A Theological Interpretation of Lay Ministry.  Chicago, IL:  Thomas More Press, 1985. [abstract]

_____.  Let Ministry Teach: A Guide to Theological Reflection.  Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1996.

Lee, Bernard. The Becoming of the Church: A Process Theology of the Structure of Christian Experience. New York: Paulist Press, 1974. [abstract]

_____. "The Lord's Supper." Religious Experience and Process Theology. Harry James Cargas and Bernard Lee, eds. New York: Paulist Press, 1976. 283-297.

McFague, Sallie. “God’s Household: Christianity, Economics and Planetary Living.” Available at http://www.progressivechristianwitness.org/pcw.cfm?p=5#The Creation and Christian Stewardship.

Marshall, Rick.  “Life Connections: A Confirmation Curriculum from the Perspective of a Relational Theology.”  (unpubl.)

Marty, Martin E. The Public Church: Mainline-Evangelical-Catholic. New York: Crossroad Publishing, 1981. [abstract]

Mead, Sidney E. “Church History Explained.” Church History 32, no. 1 (March 1963): 1-15. [abstract]

_____.  “Reinterpretation in American Church History.” In Reinterpretation in American Church History, ed. By Jerald C. Brauer, 169-93. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1968. [abstract]

Moore, Mary Elizabeth Mullino.  Covenant and Call: Mission of the Future Church. Nashville: Discipleship Resources, 2000. [abstract]

_____.  “Images of Hospitality: Images Gathered on a Journey.” Creative Transformation 4, no. 2 (Winter 1995): 3-7.

Newman, Paul W.  A Spirit Christology:  Recovering the Biblical Paradigm of Christian Faith.  Lanham, MD:  University Press of America, 1987.

Obama, Barak. “’Call to Renewal’ Keynote Address.” (June 28, 2006), [Paper presented at the Sojourner’s Call to Renewal Conference.]

Oden, Thomas C. “Articles on Current Literature: Laity and Vocation.” Encounter 26, no. 4 (1965): 484-505. [abstract]

ญญ_____. “From Event to Language: The Church’s Use of Gnostic Mythology.” Religion in Life (1967): 92-99. [abstract]

_____. “Methodist Theology: Its Needs and Promise.” Christian Advocate (13 April 1961): 7-8. [abstract]

_____. “The Institutional Church.” The Christian 105, no. 20 (May 1967): 612-613. [abstract]

_____. “Theology.” Together (December 1964): 47-50. [abstract]

Overman, Richard. “Pluralism, Suffering and the Organic Vision.” (Unpubl.) [abstract]

Pannenberg, Wolfhart. “A Liberal Logos Christology: The Christology of John Cobb.” (Unpubl.) [abstract]

_____. “The Christian Understanding of the Human Person.” (Unpubl.) [abstract]

Pittenger, Norman. The Christian Church as Social Process. Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1971. [abstract]

_____. Life as Eucharist. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1973. [abstract]

Pittenger, W. Norman. “Review: Lionel Thornton, C.R., The Common Life in the Body of Christ. Historical Magazine of the Ptotestant Episcopal Church (December 1943). [Biblical Studies, Chruch]

Potthoff, Harvey. “The Church as a Saving Fellowship.” The Iliff Review (Winter 1960): 35-46. [abstract]

_____. “The Free Spirit and the Church’s Theological Task.” The Iliff Review 12, no. 2 (Spring 1955): 3-12.

Pregeant, Russell.  Christology Beyond Dogma:  Matthew’s Christ in Process Hermeneutic.  Philadelphia:  Fortress Press, 1978.

Renesch, John. ed.  Leadership in a New Era: Visionary Approaches to the Biggest Crisis of Our Time.  San Francisco: New Leaders Press, 1994.

Russell, Helene Tallon.  “We Are One, But We Are Not The Same.”  Encounter 67, no. 1 (2006): 75-80.

Ruether, Rosemary. “Choose Life: The Boston Affirmations.” (Unpubl.) [abstract]

_______. “Christianity and the Family: Ancient Challenge, Modern Crisis.” [Lecture presented at the St. Jerome’s Centre for Catholic Experience, St. Jerome’s Univ. Waterloo, Ontario, March 9, 2001].

_____. "Religious Ecofeminism: Healing the Ecological Crisis." In The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Ecology ed. by Roger S. Gottlieb (Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2006): 362-75. 

Sontag, Frederick.  "Beyond Process Theology?"  The Thomist 48 (October 1984): 645-61.  [abstract]

_____.  “The Roman Catholic: Visible and Invisible.” America. 121, no. 11 (October 1969): 298-301. [abstract]

Sprague, C. Joseph. Bishop. “Strategies for Leaving the Wilderness and Approaching the Promised Land.” (unpubl.) (January 27, 2007.) Presented at Back to the Future: The Past is Prologue. Annual Meeting of the Methodist Federation for Social Action, California-Pacific Chapter. A Celebration of the 100th Anniversary of MFSA. United University Church, Campus of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.  

Stowe, David M. “Toward a Process Theology of Mission.” Occasional Bulletin of Missionary Research. 4, no. 3 (July 1980): 124-26. [abstract]

Tillich, Paul. Systematic Theology III. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1963. [abstract]

Tracy, David. On Naming the Present: God, Hermeneutics, and Church. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1994. [abstract]

Tucker, Mary Evelyn. "Religion and Ecology: Survey of the Field." In The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Ecology ed. by Roger S. Gottlieb (Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2006): 398-418.

Walker, Claire.  “A Unity Link: Report on a Short Excursion to Claremont.”  Leisure World Unity Church Newsletter 7, no.3 (March 1997): 1-2

Williams, Daniel Day. What Present-Day Theologians Are Thinking. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1959 [abstract].

Williamson, Clark M.  A Guest in the House of Israel: Post-Holocaust Church Theology. Louisville, KY: Westminster, 1993. [abstract]

_____. Way of Blessing, Way of Life: A Christian Theology. St. Louis: Chalice Press, 1999.

Williamson, Clark M. and Ronald J. Allen.  Interpreting Difficult Texts:  Anti-Judaism and Christian Preaching.  Philadelphia:  Trinity Press International, 1989.

_____. The Vital Church: Teaching, Worship, Community, Service. St. Louis: Chalice Press, 1998. [abstract]