Academy #39 Required Reading

Session One: July 23-28, 2017

Wilkie Au: Attentiveness to the Word

God’s Unconditional Love: Healing Our Shame, by Wilkie Au and Noreen Cannon Au (Paulist Press, 2016).
Abide: Keeping Vigil with the Word of God, by Macrina Wiederkehr, Liturgical Press, 2011

Roger Owens: Traditions of Christian Spirituality

Thirsty for God: A Brief History of Christian Spirituality, Second Edition, by Bradley P. Holt
We Drink from Our Own Wells: The Spiritual Journey of a People, 20th Anniversary Edition (2003), by Gustavo Gutierrez

               

Session Two: November 12-17, 2017

Rachel Barenblat:  Hebrew Spirituality

The Path of Blessing, by Rabbi Marcia Prager
Psalms of the Jewish liturgy: A Guide to Their Beauty, Power, and Meaning, by Miryam Glazer.(Out of Print- Kindle and a few used avail)

Marjorie Thompson:  Spiritual Disciplines

Soul Feast, by Marjorie Thompson (WJK Press, 2014) I recommend the 3rd Edition because it has a new chapter on Sabbath and an expanded final chapter on Rule of Life
A Spiritual Life: Perspectives from Poets, Prophets, and Preachers, Ed. Allan Hugh Cole, Jr. (WJK press, 2011)

               

Session 3: January 28 – February 2, 2018

Sr. Kathleen Flood: Roman Catholic Spirituality

Ways of Imperfection by Simon Tugwell. Can be purchased from publisher for $18.95 plus shipping here: https://templegate.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=154&osCsid=f7c8ceb713e5c24e0fdc7414b1035f20
Four Women Doctors of The Church, by Mary E Malone (Orbis Books – August 17, 2017)

Don Saliers: Liturgy and Spirituality

Discernment: Reading the Signs of Daily Life, Henri Nouwen (Harper One, 2013)
Worship and Spirituality, by Don Saliers (OSL Publications, 1997)

               

Session 4:  April 22-27, 2018

Fr. John Mefrige: Orthodox Spirituality

The Orthodox Understanding of Salvation: “Theosis” in Scripture and Tradition by Christopher Veniamin (Printed book available at www.mountthabor.com)
The Art of Prayer: An Orthodox Anthology by Igumen Chariton.

Additional recommended: The Way of a Pilgrim: and The Pilgrim Continues His Way, by R.M. French (translator)

Dan Wolpert & Debra Bell: Spirituality and Embodiment

Health and Healing: The Philosophy of Integrative Medicine and Optimum Health, by Andrew Weil
The Chemistry of Calm, by Henry Emmons

               

Session 5:  August 12-17, 2018

Roberta Bondi: Prayer and the Art of Discernment

Help, Thanks, Wow: The Three Essential Prayers, by Ann Lamont
To Pray and to Love, Conversations on Prayer with the Early Church by Roberta Bondi

Optional:
Beginning to Pray by Anthony Bloom
Hallelujah Anyway by Anne Lamott
The Heart of Centering Prayer: Nondual Christianity in Theory and Practice by Cynthia Bourgeault

Leticia Guardiola-Saenz: New Testament Spirituality

The Spirituality of the Gospels by Stephen C. Barton, Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2005.
The Spirituality of Saint Paul: A Call to Imitation by Frank J. Matera, New York: Paulist Press, 2017.

               

Optional reading from Roberta Bondi:

          

Session 6:  October 28 – November 2, 2018

Amy Oden: Protestant Spirituality

Barbara Holmes, Joy Unspeakable: Contemplative Practices of the Black Church. Fortress Press, 2017 (revised edition).

Gregory Clapper, As If the Heart Mattered: A Wesleyan Spirituality, Wipf and Stock, 2014.

Grace Imathiu: Spirituality and Ways of Healing

Being Mortal by Atul Gawande

The Prophetic Imagination by Walter Brueggemann

               

Session 7:  February 17-o22, 2019

Luther Smith: Spiritual Leadership in Local Faith Communities

  • AWED TO HEAVEN, ROOTED IN EARTH by Walter Brueggemann; Fortress Press
  • INTIMACY AND MISSION by Luther E. Smith, Jr.; Wiph & Stock

Carlos Cardoza-Orlandi: Christian Spirituality in the Global Context

(reading list provided to participants separately)

Session 8:  May 5-10, 2019

Kathryn Damiano: Sustaining  Our Life in Christ

  • Integral Christianity: The Spirit’s Call to Evolve  by Paul R. Smith
  • The Quotidian Mysteries by Kathleen Norris.

Ray Buckley: Bearing Witness to the Reign of God in the World

  • Horse Sense for People, by Monty Roberts;
  • Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion, by Fr. Gregory Boyle