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Books for Pastors: Theology

Posted on April 1, 2024March 27, 2024 by ptsblog
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What are some books that every pastor should read?

PTS faculty were asked this question in spring 2023. Consider these 9 recommendations for historical theological studies:

  • Karl Barth, The Word of God and Theology
  • Karl Barth, Church Dogmatics III/4 (theological ethics)
  • Augustine, Confessions
  • Augustine, Homilies on the First Epistle of John
  • Martin Luther, “The Freedom of a Christian”
  • John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion
  • Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together
  • Jonathan Edwards, The Religious Affections
  • Robert Kolb and Charles P. Arand, The Genius of Luther’s Theology: A Wittenberg Way of Thinking for the Contemporary Church

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