{"id":6796,"date":"2021-12-14T08:00:13","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T13:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/?p=6796"},"modified":"2022-01-04T15:13:03","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T20:13:03","slug":"faculty-book-recommendations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/faculty-book-recommendations\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty Book Recommendations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We asked our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/Faculty\">faculty members<\/a> to share some of the books they&#8217;ve been loving lately. So if you&#8217;re still looking for a last-minute gift idea, or you want to enrich yourself in the new year, here are some of their top recommendations\u2014including some of their own recent work!<\/p>\n<p><strong>John Burgess<\/strong><br \/>\nJames Henry Snowden Professor of Systematic Theology<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Barth, Karl. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/35603272-the-christian-life\"><em>The Christian Life<\/em><\/a>. New York: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017.<\/li>\n<li>Burgess, John P. \u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/39678410-confessing-our-faith\">Confessing Our Faith<\/a>:<\/em> <em>The <\/em><em>Book of Confessions for Church Leaders<\/em>. Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster John Knox Press, 2018.<\/li>\n<li>Small, Joseph D. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/36525397-flawed-church-faithful-god\"><em>Flawed Church, Faithful God<\/em><\/a>. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2018. [Pictured below.]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6797 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/fcfg-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/fcfg-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/fcfg-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/fcfg-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/fcfg-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/fcfg-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/fcfg-300x450.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/fcfg-850x1275.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/fcfg-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tucker Ferda<br \/>\n<\/strong>Associate Professor of New Testament<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gorman, Michael, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/23529439-becoming-the-gospel\">Becoming the Gospel<\/a>: Paul, Participation, and Mission<\/em>. Grand Rapids, Michigan: \u00a0William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2015.<\/li>\n<li>Levine, Amy-Jill and Marc Zvi Brettler. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/51179799-the-bible-with-and-without-jesus\">The Bible with and without Jesus<\/a>: How Jews and Christians Read the Same Stories <\/em>Differently. New York, New York: HarperOne, 2020. [Pictured below.]<\/li>\n<li>McCaulley, Esau. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/48994895-reading-while-black\">Reading While Black<\/a>: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope<\/em>. Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press, 2020.<\/li>\n<li>Sanders, E.P.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/1291341.Jesus_and_Judaism\"><em>Jesus and Judaism<\/em><\/a>. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1985.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6800 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bwawj-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bwawj-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bwawj.jpg 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Leanna Fuller<br \/>\n<\/strong>Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty; Associate Professor of Pastoral Care<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Holton, M. Jan.\u00a0 <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/27248495-longing-for-home\">Longing for Home<\/a>: Forced Displacement and Postures of Hospitality<\/em>. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2016.<\/li>\n<li>Jennings, Willie James.\u00a0 <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/50376048-after-whiteness\">After Whiteness<\/a>: An Education in Belonging (Theological Education between the Times)<\/em>. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2020. [Pictured below.]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6801 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/wjj-aw-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/wjj-aw-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/wjj-aw-663x1024.jpg 663w, https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/wjj-aw-768x1187.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/wjj-aw-994x1536.jpg 994w, https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/wjj-aw-1325x2048.jpg 1325w, https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/wjj-aw-300x464.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/wjj-aw-850x1314.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/wjj-aw.jpg 1650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott Hagley<br \/>\n<\/strong>Associate Professor of Missiology<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Immerwahr, Daniel. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/40121985-how-to-hide-an-empire\">How to Hide an Empire<\/a>: A History of the Greater United States. <\/em>New York: Picador, 2019.<\/li>\n<li>Johnson, Luke Timothy. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/10101321-sharing-possessions\">Sharing Possessions<\/a>: What Faith Demands, <\/em>2nd Ed. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2011. [Pictured below.]<\/li>\n<li>Johnson, Walter. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/16241458-river-of-dark-dreams\">River of Dark Dreams<\/a>: Slavery and Empire in the Cotton Kingdom. <\/em>Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2013.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6802 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/spwfd-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/spwfd-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/spwfd.jpg 261w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>L. Roger Owens<br \/>\n<\/strong>Professor of Christian Spirituality and Ministry<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gutierrez, Gustavo. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/259080.We_Drink_from_Our_Own_Wells\">We Drink from Our Own Wells<\/a>: The Spiritual Journey of a People<\/em>, 20th Anniversary Edition. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2003.<\/li>\n<li>Holmes, Barbara A. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/1241188.Joy_Unspeakable\">Joy Unspeakable<\/a>: Contemplative Practices in the Black Church<\/em>. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Fortress Press, 2017. [Pictured below.]<\/li>\n<li>Laird, Martin<em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/299451.Into_the_Silent_Land\">Into the Silent Land<\/a>: A Guide to the Christian Practice of Contemplation<\/em>. New York, New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.<\/li>\n<li>Owens, L. Roger. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/bookstore.upperroom.org\/Products\/1991\/everyday-contemplative.aspx\">Everyday Contemplative<\/a>: The Way of Prayerful Living<\/em>. Nashville, Tennessee: Upper Room Books, 2022. (Will be released in February.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6803\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bh-ju-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bh-ju-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bh-ju-300x461.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bh-ju.jpg 309w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>R. Drew Smith<br \/>\n<\/strong>Professor of Urban Ministry<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sanneh, Lamin O. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/109622.Translating_the_Message\">Translating the Message<\/a>: The Missionary Impact on Culture<\/em>. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 1989.<\/li>\n<li>Wright, Almeda M. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/35705126-the-spiritual-lives-of-young-african-americans\"><em>The Spiritual Lives of Young African Americans<\/em><\/a>. New York: Oxford University Press, 2017. [Pictured below.]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6804\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/slyaa-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/slyaa-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/slyaa-300x456.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/slyaa.jpg 329w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Denise Thorpe<br \/>\n<\/strong>Former Interim Director of the Doctor of Ministry Program<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kinloch, Valerie. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/7049291-harlem-on-our-minds\">Harlem on Our Minds<\/a>: Place, Race, and the Literacies of Urban Youth<\/em>. New York, New York: Teachers College Press, 2010.<\/li>\n<li>Morgan, David. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/12225707-religion-and-material-culture\">Religion and Material Culture<\/a>: The Matter of Belief<\/em>. London and New York: Routledge Taylor and French Group, 2010. [Pictured below.]<\/li>\n<li>Rambo, Shelly. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/33889874-resurrecting-wounds\">Resurrecting Wounds<\/a>: Living in the Afterlife of Trauma<\/em>. Waco, Texas: Baylor University Press, 2017.<\/li>\n<li>Sharpe, Christina. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/28956825-in-the-wake\">In the Wake<\/a>: On Blackness and Being<\/em>. Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2016.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6805\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ramc-m-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ramc-m-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ramc-m.jpg 266w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Edwin Chr. van Driel<br \/>\n<\/strong>Directors&#8217; Bicentennial Professor of Theology<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Holland, Tom. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/43885149-dominion\">Dominion<\/a>: How the Christian Revolution Remade\u00a0the World.\u00a0<\/em>New York: Basic Books, 2019.<\/li>\n<li>Jennings, Willie James. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/34408817-acts\">Acts<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em>Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2017.<\/li>\n<li>Paas, Stefan. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/49186553-pilgrims-and-priests\">Pilgrims and Priests<\/a>: Christian Mission in a Post-Christian Society. <\/em>London: SCM Press, 2019. [Pictured below.]<\/li>\n<li>Van Driel, Edwin Chr. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/57181655-rethinking-paul\">Rethinking Paul<\/a>: Protestant Theology and Pauline Exegesis.\u00a0<\/em>Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021 (a paperback edition will come out next year).<\/li>\n<li>Van Driel, Edwin Chr.<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/50761383-what-is-jesus-doing\"> What Is Jesus Doing?<\/a> Divine Agency in the Life of the Church and the Ministry of the Pastor<\/em>. Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2020.<\/li>\n<li>Wells, Samuel. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/25781046-a-nazareth-manifesto\">A Nazareth Manifesto<\/a>: Being With God.\u00a0<\/em>Malden: Wiley Blackwell, 2015.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6806\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/p-p-and-p-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/p-p-and-p-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/p-p-and-p.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Happy holidays\u2014and happy reading!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We asked our faculty members to share some of the books they&#8217;ve been loving lately. So if you&#8217;re still looking for a last-minute gift idea, or you want to enrich yourself in the new year, here are some of their top recommendations\u2014including some of their own recent work! 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