{"id":63,"date":"2012-11-15T14:23:43","date_gmt":"2012-11-15T21:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themystagogue.org\/?p=63"},"modified":"2013-05-08T09:37:27","modified_gmt":"2013-05-08T15:37:27","slug":"recommended-sources-sacramental-theology-spirituality-and-ethics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themystagogue.org\/?p=63","title":{"rendered":"Recommended sources\u2014sacramental theology, spirituality, and ethics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following are sources that I highly recommend (watch for frequent additions):<\/p>\n<p>Benedict XVI. (2009). <em>Charity in Truth. <\/em>San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Benedict XVI. <em>God is Love. <\/em>San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2006.<\/p>\n<p>Benedict XVI. (2008). <em>Saved in Hope. <\/em>San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Browning, Robert L. and Roy A. Reed. <em>The Sacraments in Religious Education and Liturgy. <\/em>Birmingham, Alabama: Religious Education Press, 1985.<\/p>\n<p>Cooke, Bernard. <em>Sacraments and Sacramentality<\/em>, revised ed. Mystic, Conn.: Twenty-Third Publications, 1994.<\/p>\n<p>Emminghaus, Johannes H. <em>The Eucharist: Essence, Form, Celebration.<\/em> Translated by Linda M. Maloney. Collegeville, Minn.: The Liturgical Press, 1978. Reprint with new translation, Collegeville, Minn.: The Liturgical Press, 1992.<\/p>\n<p>Guroian, Vigen. <em>Ethics after Christendom: Toward and Ecclesial Christian Ethic.<\/em> Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock Publishers, 1994.<\/p>\n<p>Guroian, Vigen. <em>Incarnate Love: Essays in Orthodox Ethics,<\/em> 2nd ed. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2002.<\/p>\n<p>Hay, Leo. <em>Eucharist: A Thanksgiving Celebration.<\/em> Message of the Sacraments, ed. Monika K. Hellwig. Wilmington, Delaware: Michael Glazier, Inc., 1989.<\/p>\n<p>Irwin, Kevin W. <em>Models of the Eucharist.<\/em> New York: Paulist Press, 2005.<\/p>\n<p>Jones, Chelsyn, Geoffrey Wainwright, and Edward Yarnold, eds. <em>The Study of Spirituality.<\/em> New York: Oxford University Press, 1986.<\/p>\n<p>Koenig, John. <em>The Feast of the World\u2019s Redemption: Eucharistic Origins and Christian Mission. <\/em>Harrisburg, Penn.: Trinity Press International, 2000.<\/p>\n<p>LaVerdiere, Eugene. <em>The Eucharist in the New Testament and the Early Church.<\/em> Collegeville, Minn.: The Liturgical Press, 1996.<\/p>\n<p>McIntosh, Mark A. <em>Mysteries of Faith.<\/em> The New Church\u2019s Teaching Series, ed. Cynthia Shattuck, vol. 8. Boston: Cowley Publications, 2000.<\/p>\n<p>McIntosh, Mark A. <em>Mystical Theology: The Integrity of Spirituality and Theology.<\/em> Challenges in Contemporary Theology. eds. Gareth Jones and Lewis Ayres. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1998.<\/p>\n<p>Nouwen, Henri J. M. <em>With Burning Hearts: A Meditation on the Eucharistic Life.<\/em> Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 1994.<\/p>\n<p>Old, Hughes Oliphant. <em>The Shaping of the Reformed Baptismal Rite in the 16th Century.<\/em> Grand Rapids, Mich.: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1992.<\/p>\n<p>Peterson, Eugene H. <em>Christ plays in Ten Thousand Places: A Conversation with Spiritual Theology.<\/em> Grand Rapids, Mich.: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2005.<\/p>\n<p>Schmemann, Alexander. <em>Church, World, Mission: Reflections on Orthodoxy in the West.<\/em> Crestwood, New Jersey: St. Vladimir&#8217;s Seminary Press, 1979.<\/p>\n<p>Schmemann, Alexander. <em>For the Life of the World: Sacraments and Orthodoxy. <\/em>Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir\u2019s Seminary Press, 1973.<\/p>\n<p>Schmemann, Alexander. <em>The Eucharist: Sacrament of the Kingdom.<\/em> Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir\u2019s Seminary Press, 1987.<\/p>\n<p>Schmemann, Alexander. <em>The Journals of Father Alexander Schmemann 1973-1983. <\/em>Translated by Juliana Schmemann. Crest wood, NY: St. Vladimir\u2019s Seminary Press, 2002.<\/p>\n<p>Schmemann, Alexander. <em>Liturgy and Tradition: Theological Reflections of Alexander Schmemann. <\/em>Edited by Thomas Fisch. Crestwood, New York: St. Vladimir\u2019s Press, 2003.<\/p>\n<p>Schmemann, Alexander. <em>Of Water and the Spirit: A Liturgical Study of Baptism. <\/em>Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir\u2019s Seminary Press, 1974.<\/p>\n<p>Sheldrake, Philip. <em>Explorations in Spirituality: History, Theology, and Social Practice. <\/em>New York: Paulist Press, 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Sheldrake, Philip. <em>Spirituality and History: Questions of Interpretation and Method.<\/em> Marynoll, New York: Orbis Books, 1995.<\/p>\n<p>Sheldrake, Philip. <em>Spirituality and Theology: Christian Living and the Doctrine of God.<\/em> London: Darton, Longman and Todd, Ltd., 1998.<\/p>\n<p>Staples, Rob L. <em>Outward Sign and Inward Grace: The Place of Sacraments in Wesleyan Spirituality. <\/em>Kansas City: Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City, 1991.<\/p>\n<p>Stookey, Laurence Hull. <em>Baptism: Christ\u2019s Act in the Church.<\/em> Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1982<\/p>\n<p>Stookey, Laurence Hull. <em>Eucharist: Christ\u2019s Feast with the Church. <\/em>Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1993.<\/p>\n<p>Taft, Robert. \u201cHow Liturgies Grow: The Evolution of the Byzantine Divine Liturgy.\u201d <em>OCP<\/em> 43 (1977) reproduced in his collected essays, <em>Beyond East and West.<\/em> 2nd ed., Rome, 1997, 203-4. Quoted in Bradshaw, Paul F. <em>The Search for the Origins of Christian Worship: Sources and Methods for the Study of Early Liturgy.<\/em> 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.<\/p>\n<p>Vander Zee, Leonard J. <em>Christ, Baptism and the Lord\u2019s Supper.<\/em> Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press, 2004.<\/p>\n<p>Webber, Robert E. <em>The Divine Embrace: Rediscovering the Passionate Spiritual Life.<\/em> Ancient-Future Faith Series. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Books, 2006.<\/p>\n<p>Wright, David F. \u201cAugustine and the Transformation of Baptism.\u201d In <em>The Origins of Christendom in the West,<\/em> ed. Alan Kreider, 287-310. New York: T&amp;T Clark, 2001.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following are sources that I highly recommend (watch for frequent additions): Benedict XVI. (2009). Charity in Truth. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2009. Benedict XVI. God is Love. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2006. Benedict XVI. (2008). 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