{"id":1898,"date":"2015-10-30T08:50:27","date_gmt":"2015-10-30T13:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/?p=1898"},"modified":"2021-01-29T15:35:44","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T20:35:44","slug":"influential-theology-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/influential-theology-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Recommended Reading &#8211; Influential Theology Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In October,\u00a0seminaries and divinity schools around the country celebrate Theological Libraries Month. To join in the festivities, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary faculty answered the question, \u201cOutside of the Bible, what book has had the most influence on your theology?\u201d Here&#8217;s a list of their recommended reading. So, grab a cup of hot apple cider and a piece of pumpkin pie and start reading! Hint: These texts are also great additions to your Amazon Wish List!<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Vacek-Stations-of-the-Heart.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1900\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Vacek-Stations-of-the-Heart.jpg\" alt=\"Vacek - Stations of the Heart\" width=\"110\" height=\"165\" \/><\/a>Heather Vacek<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Stations of the Heart<\/em> by Richard Lischer and <em>Race: A Theological Account<\/em> by J. Cameron Carter. &#8220;&#8216;Stations of the Heart&#8217; offers a beautiful (and heart-wrenching) account of his adult son\u2019s life and witness of faith in the days and months before his death from cancer at age 33. Lisher\u2019s text offers a deeply moving theological account of suffering, salvation, grace, and love. The narrations have filled me with great joy by offering a glimpse of the power of human and divine relationship. Digging deeply into the long trajectory of Christian history, &#8216;Carter\u2019s Race: A Theological Account&#8217; challenges readers to consider the entanglement of race and Christianity in modernity. He presents an important call for the reorientation of Christian theology.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Hagley-The-Gospel-in-a-Pluralist-Society.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1901\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Hagley-The-Gospel-in-a-Pluralist-Society-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Hagley - The Gospel in a Pluralist Society\" width=\"115\" height=\"176\" \/><\/a>Scott Hagley<\/strong>\u00a0<em>The Gospel in a Pluralist Society <\/em>by Lesslie Newbigin. &#8220;One of the influential books for me early in my theological education was Newbigin\u2019s &#8216;The Gospel in a Pluralist Society.&#8217; I read this book when I began my M.Div. It may have been the first book I read that gave me a clear theological vision for mission and ministry in our modern (or post-modern) context. It provides an example of theological inquiry attentive to context, culture, and congregations. While I disagree with portions of the book now, Newbigin\u2019s thought and work remains deeply influential.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Creach-The-Suffering-of-God.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1902\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Creach-The-Suffering-of-God.jpg\" alt=\"Creach - The Suffering of God\" width=\"110\" height=\"165\" \/><\/a>Jerome Creach<\/strong>\u00a0<em>The Suffering of God: An Old Testament Perspective<\/em> by Terence Fretheim. &#8220;The book draws attention to divine pathos in the Old Testament \u2013 to God\u2019s suffering for, with, and because of humankind \u2013 and therefore helps us understand how the Old Testament anticipates the cross of Jesus Christ.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Hancock-Church-Dogmatics.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1903\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Hancock-Church-Dogmatics.jpg\" alt=\"Hancock - Church Dogmatics\" width=\"110\" height=\"165\" \/><\/a>Angela Hancock<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Church Dogmatics Vol. 4 Pt. 1<\/em> by Karl Barth. &#8220;This text was my introduction not only to Barth\u2019s theology, but also to his imaginative theological way of interpreting Scripture. This volume includes his account of the incarnation as &#8216;the way of the Son into the far country.&#8217; Barth reads the story of the prodigal son (or is it the prodigal father!) as a story about Jesus Christ. I was mesmerized by the depth and beauty of Barth\u2019s writing when I was an M.Div. student, and I still am today.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Cole-Turner-The-Crucified-God.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1904\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Cole-Turner-The-Crucified-God.jpg\" alt=\"Cole-Turner - The Crucified God\" width=\"110\" height=\"165\" \/><\/a>Ron Cole-Turner<\/strong> <em>The Crucified God<\/em> by J\u00fcrgen Moltmann. &#8220;By being both Biblical and intensely connected to the present context, this book redefines God for the church today.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Smith-Black-and-Free.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1905\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Smith-Black-and-Free.jpg\" alt=\"Smith - Black and Free\" width=\"110\" height=\"165\" \/><\/a>Drew Smith<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Black and Free<\/em> by Tom Skinner. &#8220;This easy to read autobiographical statement by Skinner outlines his transformation from mid-20th century Harlem gang leader to path breaking urban street evangelist, racial justice activist, and church critic. This book was followed by several more Skinner wrote that spoke with clarity, incisiveness, and conviction into the turbulent social and religious contexts of the 1960s and 1970s. Skinner&#8217;s writings and ministry continue to serve as an influence upon urban ministry thinking and approaches up through the present, including my own.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Tuell-Faith-of-a-Physicist.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1907\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Tuell-Faith-of-a-Physicist.jpg\" alt=\"Tuell - Faith of a Physicist\" width=\"110\" height=\"165\" \/><\/a>Steve Tuell<\/strong> <em>The Faith of a Physicist<\/em> by John Polkinghorne. &#8220;As I am working on creation themes in Scripture and the intersection between science and theology, I keep remembering how important John Polkinghorne\u2019s book &#8220;The Faith of a Physicist: Reflections of a Bottom-Up Thinker&#8221; has been for my own theology and biblical study. This book is based on his 1993-1994 Gifford Lectures, which reflected on the Apostle\u2019s Creed through the lens of quantum physics.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Humphrey-For-the-Life-of-the-World.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1908\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Humphrey-For-the-Life-of-the-World.jpg\" alt=\"Humphrey - For the Life of the World\" width=\"110\" height=\"165\" \/><\/a>Edith Humphrey<\/strong> <em>For the Life of the World<\/em> by Alexander Schmemann and <em>Mere Christianity<\/em> by C.S. Lewis. &#8220;<em>For the Life of the World<\/em> speaks about the nature of the human being as a creature made to worship and give thanks. It explains the sacramental nature of the world, and is essential for anyone interested in ministry. <em>Mere Christianity,<\/em> originally a series of radio talks, has shaped my understanding of the Christian faith, especially in the areas of the incarnation, the Trinity, and the atonement.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Fuller-To-Change-the-World.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1909\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Fuller-To-Change-the-World.jpg\" alt=\"Fuller - To Change the World\" width=\"110\" height=\"165\" \/><\/a>Leanna Fuller<\/strong> <em>To Change the World: Christology and Cultural Criticism<\/em> by Rosemary Radford Ruether. &#8220;I first read this book in a college seminar on religion and culture, and it&#8217;s not an exaggeration to say that it profoundly changed the way I understood my faith. In this book, Ruether (a feminist theologian) engages what she sees as the four most pressing issues for contemporary Christians: poverty and oppression; religious intolerance; sexism; and environmental abuse. Reading this book helped me to see that being a faithful Christian doesn&#8217;t mean I have to be &#8216;apolitical.&#8217; In fact, it convinced me that as Christians, our theological commitments are precisely what should motivate us to take action to address the problems we see in the world around us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Purves-Theology-of-Hope.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1910\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Purves-Theology-of-Hope.jpg\" alt=\"Purves - Theology of Hope\" width=\"110\" height=\"165\" \/><\/a>Andrew Purves<\/strong> <em>Theology of Hope<\/em> by J\u00fcrgen Moltmann and <em>The Christian Doctrine of God: One Being Three Persons<\/em> by Thomas F. Torrance. &#8220;In some ways <em>Theology of Hope<\/em> was the first book to awaken my theological quest when I was a theology student in Edinburgh in 1972. However, in terms of a book that has sustained and influenced me over the long term, I think I would choose Thomas F. Torrance&#8217;s <em>The Christian Doctrine of God: One being Three Persons<\/em>. It was written in his retirement and pulls together material he has published over the years. It is a magisterial statement of the faith of the church catholic.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/van-Driel-Jesus-and-the-Victory-of-God.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1911\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/van-Driel-Jesus-and-the-Victory-of-God.jpg\" alt=\"van Driel, Jesus and the Victory of God\" width=\"110\" height=\"165\" \/><\/a>Edwin van Driel<\/strong> <em>Jesus and the Victory of God<\/em> by N.T. Wright. &#8220;I read it right when it appeared in 1997, and as a budding theologian with a deep interest in Christology it brought home to me that if Jesus is truly whom we confess him to be, God *incarnate*, I would have to take serious that in him God became a first-century Jew \u2013 and I would have to understand what that meant. In other words, I would have to learn interpreting Jesus both in terms of the church\u2019s creeds and in terms of his very particular historical context, and I would have to learn to see these are not opposites, but imply one another. This in turn convinced me that as a theologian I would also need to be the best amateur Bible scholar I could be.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Burgess-Calvins-Institutes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1912\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Burgess-Calvins-Institutes.jpg\" alt=\"Burgess, Calvins Institutes\" width=\"110\" height=\"165\" \/><\/a>John Burgess<\/strong> <em>Calvin\u2019s Institutes <\/em>by John Calvin. &#8220;When I read the Institutes, I feel as though I have come home theologically. What a glorious vision of God\u2019s love for humanity in Jesus Christ. His sections on the 10 Commandments, the Christian life, and the sacraments have shaped my theology decisively.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Esterline-Listening-for-the-Heartbeat-of-God.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1913\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Esterline-Listening-for-the-Heartbeat-of-God.jpg\" alt=\"Esterline - Listening for the Heartbeat of God\" width=\"110\" height=\"165\" \/><\/a>David Esterline<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Listening for the Heartbeat of God: A Celtic Spirituality<\/em> by J. Philip Newell.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pts.edu\/Faculty\"> Pittsburgh Theological Seminary faculty<\/a> members and their areas of research of writing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In October,\u00a0seminaries and divinity schools around the country celebrate Theological Libraries Month. 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