Doctoral Program Reading–Year 2 (Church Readiness)
Brueggemann, Walter. Mandate to Difference. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2007. (230)
Coalter, Milton J., John M. Mulder, and Louis Weeks. Vital Signs: The Promise of Mainstream Protestantism. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2002. (190)
Dulles, Avery. Models of the Church Expanded edition. New York: Doubleday, 2002. (280)
Finke, Roger, and Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990: Winners and Losers in Our Religious Economy. Rev. expanded. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2005. (360)
Fitch, David. The Great Giveaway. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2005. (270)
Gunton, Colin. The One, the Three, and the Many. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993. (260)
Harvey, Barry. Another City. Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International, 1999. (OP) (200)
Harvey, Barry. Can these Bones Live. Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos, 2008. (300)
Hauerwas, Stanley. A Better Hope: Resources for a Church Confronting Capitalism, Democracy, and Postmodernity. Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos, 2000. (280)
Karkkainen, Veli-Matti. An Introduction to Ecclesiology. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2003. (200)
Phillip Kenneson. Life on the Vine. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1999. (240)
Lohfink, Gerhard. Jesus and Community. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1984. (220)
McClendon, James. Systematic Theology: Ethics Rev. ed. Nashville: Abingdon, 2002. (390)
Newbigin, Lesslie. The Open Secret. Rev. ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1995. (200)
Newbigin, Lesslie. Gospel in a Pluralistic Society. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1989.
O’Connor, Elizabeth. Servant Leaders, Servant Structures. Washington, D.C.: Potters House, 1991. (90)
Roxburgh, Alan & Scott Boren. Introducing the Missional Church. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2009. (200)
Van Gelder, Craig. The Ministry of the Missional Church. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2007. (200)
Wadell, Paul. Becoming Friends: Worship, Justice, and the Practice of Christian Friendship. Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos, 2002. (180)
Walsh, Brian & Sylvia C. Keesmaat. Colossians Remixed. Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2004. (250)
Ward, Graham. The Politics of Discipleship. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2009. (310)
Yoder, John Howard. Body Politics: Five Practices of the Christian Community Before the Watching World. Scottdale, PA: Herald, 2001. (80)
Yoder, John Howard. For the Nations. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2002. (250)
