I recently received the reading list for this fall’s classes at St. Stephen’s University – and I must say I am very, very excited!
Most of the books are ones that I have not read before – and better still – they are ones that have been on my must-read-one-day list. Life is good! 😀
The Early Church: Acts to Benedict’s Rule
- Early Christian Writings: The Apostolic Fathers, trans. Maxwell Staniforth
- Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History
- Athanasius, The Life of Anthony and the Letter to Marcellinus, trans. Robert C. Gregg
- The Desert Fathers, trans. Helen Waddell
- St. Augustine, The Confessions, Books 1-9
- St. Augustine, The City of God, Book 1: Chapters 1-14 and Book 22: Chapters 1-10
- The Rule of St. Benedict, trans. A. C. Meisel & M. L. del Mastro
- Tony Hendra, Father Joe: The Man Who Saved My Soul
- Francis S. Collins, The Language of God
- Sandra L. Richter, The Epic of Eden
- The Book of Genesis
- Roger E. Olson, The Story of Christian Theology (pages: 11-277)
- Justo L. Gonzalez, The Story of Christianity, Vol. 1& 2 (Preface to 220)
Gerald L. Sittser, Water from a Deep Well (Chapters 1-4)
The Pastor’s Use of Scripture
- Colin J. Humphries, The Miracles of Exodus
- Peter Fitch, Learning to Interpret Toward Love
- Peter Gomes, The Good Book:Reading the Bible with Mind and Heart