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OF RECOMMENDED BOOKS
REFERENCE BOOKS:
THE NEW JEROME BIBLE HANDBOOK,
Liturgical Press, 1992
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CATHOLICISM,
Richard McBrien, Harper Collins, 1995
VATICAN COUNCIL II, THE BASIC SIXTEEN DOCUMENTS; CONSTITUTIONS, DECREES,
DECLARATIONS – A Revised
translation in inclusive language, General Editor, Austin Flannery
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE NEW TESTAMENT,
Raymond Brown, Anchor Bible Reference Library.
WOMAN AND MAN ONE IN CHRIST,
Report on the
participation of women in the Catholic Church in Australia. Harper Collins,
1996.
THE FOLLOWING ARE RELIABLE SCRIPTURAL AND THEOLOGICAL AUTHORITIES
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Carroll Stuhlmueller
Raymond Brown
Bruce Vawter
Walter Brueggemann
Dianne Bergant
Eugene LaVerdiere
Carolyn Osiek
Donald Senior
Richard Rohr
Sandra Schneiders
Eugene Maly
David Stanley
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Pheme Perkin
Roland Murphy
Joseph Fitzmyer
Jerome Murphy-O'Connor
Robert North
Francis Moloney (Aus)
Brendan Byrne(Aus)
Michael Fallon (Aus)
Peter Ellis
Elizabeth Johnson
Richard McBrien
Edward Schillebeeckx
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William
Barclay
Gerard Sloyan
Elaine Wainwright
Patricia Sanchez
Elizabeth S. Fiorenza
Megan McKenna
Sidney Callahan
Barbara Reid
Cathy Hilkert
Virginia Smith
Don Goergen
Timothy Radcliffe
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BOOKS WE RECOMMEND:
Baron and Wagele. The Enneagram Made Easy.
Bausch, William. A New Look at the Sacraments.
Beattie, Melody. Co-dependent No More. (All writings by Beattie)
Bergant, Dianne. The Collegeville Concise Glossary of Biblical Terms.
Brueggemann, Walter. Spirituality of the Psalms
Butler-Bass, Diana. Christianity For the Rest of Us. How The Neighborhood
Church is Transforming the Faith
Boys, Mary C., ed. Seeing Judaism Anew: Christianity’s Sacred Obligation
Bokenkotter, Thomas. Essential Catholicism, Dynamics of Faith and Belief.
Brown, Raymond. Responses to 101 Questions on the Bible.
Butigan, Litell, Vitale. Franciscan Non Violence.
Cahill, Lisa Sowle. Theological Bioethics: Participation, Justice, Change
Champlin, Joseph. The Marginal Catholic (All writings by Champlin)
Chittister, Joan. A Passion For Life
Coriden, James. The Rights of Catholics In the Church
Cunningham Lawrence. Faith Rediscovered: Coming Home to Catholicism.
Cwiekowski, Frederick. The Beginnings of the Church.
Dear, John. Transfiguration.
Deedy, John. Retrospect:The Origins of Catholic Belief and Practice.
Delia, Warner, Wood. Care For Creation.
Donders, Joseph. Risen Life, Healing a Broken World. (All writings
by Donders)
Donovan, Vincent. The Church in the Midst of Creation.
Eckhart, Tolle. The Power of Now
Edwards, Denis. Ecology at the Heart
of Faith: The Change of Heart That Leads to a New Way of Living on Earth.
Feiler, Bruce. Where God Was Born, A Journey by Land to the Roots of Religion
Ferder, and Heagle. Your Sexual Self: A Path to Authentic Intimacy
Flinders, Carol Lee. Enduring Grace, living portraits of Seven Women Mystics
Goergen, Don, OP. Fire of Love, Encountering the Holy Spirit
Heaps, Bishop John . A Love That Dares To Question
Henriot, Peter (et.al.). Catholic Social Teaching: Our Best Kept
Secret.
Himes, Kenneth, ed., Modern Catholic Social Teaching, commentaries and
interpretations
Hosie, John. Before You Love Again. Marriage, Divorce and Annulment.
Johnson, Elizabeth. She Who Is. ( all writings by E. Johnson)
Kaufman, Philip, Why You Can Disagree and Remain a Faithful Catholic.
LaVerdiere, Eugene. Fundamentalism: A Pastoral Concern
Lewis, Thomas. Finding God: Praying the Psalms In Times of Depression
Linn Dennis, Sheila & Matthew, Good Goats. Healing Our Image of God.
March, John, MD. Talking Back to OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder)
McBrien, Richard. Catholicism. (All writings by McBrien)
McKenna, Megan. Not Counting Women and Children.
Moloney, Frank. A Body Broken for a Broken People: Eucharist in the N.T.
Morneau, Bishop Robert. Reconciliation
Murphy-O’Connor, Jerome. Paul, His Story
Nolan, Albert. Jesus Before Christianity.
O’Donohue, John. To Bless the Space Between Us. A Book of Blessings.
(all works by O’Donohue)
O’Gorman and Faulkner. The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Understanding
Catholicism
O'Meara, Thomas. Fundamentalism: A Catholic Perspective.
O’Murchu, Diarmui., Catching Up With Jesus: A Gospel Story for Our Time
O'Shea, Bill. Questions Catholics Ask.
Pable, Martin. Catholics and Fundamentalism
Radcliffe, Timothy, OP. What is the Point of Being a Christian?
Reid Barbara, Choosing the Better Part, women in the Gospel of Luke.
Robinson, Bishop Geoffrey. Confronting Power and Sex in the Catholic Church
Rohr, Richard. Everything Belongs. The Gift of Contemplative Prayer
(All writings by Rohr)
Rolheiser, Ron. The Holy Longing.
Rosenberg, Marshall. Nonviolent Communication
Rupp, Joyce. Walk In a Relaxed Manner (All writings by Rupp)
St. Anthony Press (Ed.) A Retreat With ..a variety of books on
spirituality of saints
Sanchez, Patricia. The Word We Celebrate. (Commentary on Sunday
Lectionary,
Schillebeeckx, Edward. Church, The Human Story of God.
Schussler-Fiorenza, Elizabeth. Bread Not Stone, The challenge of
Feminist Biblical Interpretation.
Shlemon, Barbara, Healing the Wounds of Divorce.
Schmidt, Joseph. Praying Our Experiences.
Schneiders, Sandra. Written That You May Believe, Encountering Jesus in the
Fourth Gospel
Sherman, Barbara. Dementia With Dignity, A Handbook For Caregivers.
Simon, Arthur. How Much Is Enough? Hungering for God in an Affluent Culture
Simpson, Robert and Anne. Through the Wilderness of Alzheimer’s, a
guide in two voices.
Sloyan, Gerard. So You Mean to Read the Bible.
Sofield and Juliano. Collaborative Ministry, skills & guidelines.
Smith, Virginia. God For Grownups.
Stuhlmueller, Carroll. Biblical Meditations -readings for the liturgical
year/ 6 vol.
Wallis, Jim. Living God’s Politics: A Guide to Putting Your Faith Into Action
Wessels, Cletus. Jesus In the New Universe Story
Whitehead, Evelyn and James, A Sense of Sexuality. (All writings by
Whiteheads)
Wilkes, Paul. The Good Enough Catholic (all writings by Wilkes)
Wills, Garry. What the Gospels Meant (all writings by Wills)
Wolski-Conn, Joann, ed. Women’s Spirituality, resources for Christian
Development
Zwack, Joseph. Your Chance to Remarry Within the Catholic Church
TRANSLATIONS OF THE
BIBLE:
New Jerusalem Bible
New American Bible (Catholic Edition or Catholic Edition Study Bible)
New Revised Standard Version (Catholic Edition)
The Way (Catholic Edition) Transliteration of the Bible
BIBLE COMMENTARIES
Collegeville Bible Commentaries (Either one volume
or commentary on individual books)
New American Bible (Catholic Study Edition)
Revised
May 2008
