2005-2006 Program Reading Lists

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2005-2006 Program Reading Lists

Reading Lists for 2005 & 2006 Programs

Fall 2005 & Winter/Spring 2006

Church and State in America

Brenner, L. (ed.), Jefferson & Madison on Separation of Church and State: Writings on Religion and Secularism, (2004) (includes the full text of the Jefferson Bible)
Church, Forrest (ed.), The Separation of Church and State: Writings on a Fundamental Freedom by America's Founders (2004)
Whitten, M. W., The Myth of Christian America: What You Need to Know About the Separation of Church and State (1999)

Creationism, Intelligent Design, and Evolution

Berra, T. M., Evolution and the Myth of Creationism: A Basic Guide to the Facts in the Evolution Debate (1990)
Eldredge, N., The Pattern of Evolution (1999)
Miller, K. R., Finding Darwin's God: A Scientist's Search for Common Ground Between God and Evolution (1999)
Montagu, A. (ed.), Science and Creationism (1984)
Moore, J. A., From Genesis to Genetics: The Case of Evolution and Creationism (2002)
National Academy of Sciences, Science and Creationism (1999)
Pennock, R. T., Tower of Babel: The Evidence against the New Creationism (1999)
Roughgarden, J., Evolution and Christian Faith (2006)
Ruse, M., Can a Darwinian Be a Christian? the Relationship Between Science and Religion (2001)
Ruse, M., The Evolution-Creation Struggle (2005)
Scott, E. C., Evolution vs. Creationism: An Introduction (2004)

The Jesus of History and of Popular Culture

Chilton, B., Rabbi Jesus: The Jewish Life and Teaching That Inspired Christianity (2000)
Crossan, J. D., The Historical Jesus: The Life of a Mediterranean Jewish Peasant (1991)
Crossan, J. D., Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography (1994)
Crossan, J. D., Who Killed Jesus? Exposing the Roots of Anti-Semitism in the Gospel Story of the Death of Jesus (1995)
Ehrman, B., Truth and Fiction in the Da Vinci Code: A Historian Reveals What We Really Know About Jesus, Mary Magdalene, and Constantine (2004)
Ehrman, B., Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium (1999)
Fox, R. W., Jesus in America: A History (2004)
Frederiksen, P., From Jesus to Christ: The Origins of the New Testament Images of Jesus (1988)
Frederiksen, P., Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews: A Jewish Life and the Beginnings of Christianity (1999)
Rubinstein, R. E., When Jesus Became God: The Epic Fight Over Christ's Divinity in the Last Days of Rome (1999)
Wilson, A. N., Jesus: A Life (1992)

Creating the Bible: The Word of God and the Work of Man

Ehrman, B. D., Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the New Testament and Why (2005)
Ehrman, B. D., The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings (3rd ed.) (2004)
Ehrman, B. D., The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture: The Effect of Early Christological Controversies on the Text of the New Testament (1993)
Harrisville, R. A., & Sundberg, W., The Bible in Modern Culture (2nd ed.) (2002)
Mack, B. L., Who Wrote the New Testament? The Making of the Christian Myth (1995)
Metzger, B. M., & Ehrman, B. D., The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration (4th ed.) (2005)
Metzger, B. M. (ed.), The Oxford Companion to the Bible (1994)
Pelikan, J., Whose Bible Is It? A History of the Scriptures Through the Ages (2005)

Homosexuality and the Bible

Arthur, L. Robert, The Sex Texts (Sexuality, Gender and Relationships in the Bible (1994)

Bauman, Edward W., Reflections on the Gay Life (1977, 1979)

Helminiak, Daniel A., What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality (2000)
Ostermann, Mary Jo, Claiming the Promise: An Ecumenical Welcoming Bible Study Resource (1997)

Scanzoni, Letha Dawson and Mollenkott, Virginia Ramey, Is the Homosexual My Neighbor? (A Positive Christian Response), (1978 and 1994)

The New Interpreter’s Study Bible (New Revised Standard Version with the Apocrypha), (2003)

Wink, Walter (editor), Homosexuality and Christian Faith (Questions of Conscience for the Churches), (1999)

Fall 2006

Do We Really Understand Muslims and Islam?

The Koran, tr. N. J. Dawood (Penguin, 2000)
Armstrong, K., Islam: A Short History (2004)
Gregorian, V., Islam: A Mosaic, Not a Monolith (2004)
Nasr, Soyyed Hossein, Islam: Religion, History, and Civilization (2003)

The Origins of American Fundamentalism

Almond, G. A., et al., Strong Religion: The Rise of Fundamentalisms Around the World (2003)
Bawer, B., Stealing Jesus: How Fundamentalism Betrays Christianity (1998)
Carpenter, J. A., Revive Us Again: The Reawakening of American Fundamentalism (1999)
Hawley, J. S., Fundamentalism and Gender (2006)
Heyrman, C. L., Southern Cross: The Beginnings of the Bible Belt (1998)
Hood, Ralph W., Jr., et al., The Psychology of Religious Fundamentalism (2005)
Marsden, G., Understanding Fundamentalism and Evangelicalism (1991)
Marsden, G., Fundamentalism and American Culture (new ed., 2006)
Noll, M., The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind (1994)
Spong, Bishop John S., Rescuing the Bible From Fundamentalism (1992)
Witherup, R. D., Biblical Fundamentalism: What Every Catholic Should Know (2001)

The Christian Right

Balmer, Randall, Thy Kingdom Come: An Evangelical's Lament (2006)
Boyd, Gregory, The Myth of a Christian Nation: How the Quest for Political Power Is Destroying the Church (2006)
Carter, Jimmy, Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis (2005)
El-Faizy, Monique, God and Country: How Evangelicals Have Become America's New Mainstream (2006)
Goldberg, Michelle, Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism (2006)
Green, J.C. (ed.), The Christian Right in American Politics: Marching Toward the Millennium (2003)
Hart, D.G., Deconstructing Evangelicalism: Conservative Protestantism in the Age of Billy Graham (2005)
Marsh, Charles, Wayward Christian Soldiers: Freeing the Gospel from Political Captivity (Oxford: 2007)
Meyers, Robin, Why the Christian Right is Wrong: A Minister's Manifesto for Taking Back Your Faith, Your Flag, Your Future (2006)
Phillips, Kevin, American Theocracy (2006)
Sandler, Lauren, Righteous: Dispatches From the Evangelical Youth Movement (2006)
Wallis, Jim, God's Politics: Why the Christian Right Is Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It (2005)
White, Mel, Religion Gone Bad: The Hidden Dangers of the Christian Right (2006)
Hendricks, Stephanie, Divine Destruction: Dominion Theology and American Environmental Policy (2005)
Kyle, Richard, Evangelicalism: An Americanized Christianity (2006)

The End-Times Decoded: Dispensationalism, the Bible, and History

Frykholm, A. J., Rapture Culture: Left Behind in Evangelical America (2004)
Harrisville, R. A., & Sundberg, W., The Bible in Modern Culture (2nd ed.) (2002)
Marsden, G., Fundamentalism and American Culture (new ed., 2006)
Marsden, G., Understanding Fundamentalism and Evangelicalism (1991)
Rossing, B. R., The Rapture Exposed: The Message of Hope in the Book of Revelation (2004)

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		Fall 2005 & Winter/Spring 2006 Church and State in America Brenner, L. (ed.), Jefferson & Madison on Separation of Church and State: Writings on Religion and Secularism, (2004) (includes the full text of the Jefferson Bible) Church, Forrest (ed.), The Separation of Church and State: Writings on a Fundamental Freedom by America's Founders (2004) Whitten, M. W., The Myth of Christian America: What You Need to Know About the Separation of Church and State (1999) Creationism, Intelligent Design, and Evolution Berra, T. M., Evolution and the Myth of Creationism: A Basic Guide to the Facts in the Evolution Debate (1990) Eldredge, N., The Pattern of Evolution (1999) Miller, K. R., Finding Darwin's God: A Scientist's Search for Common Ground Between God and Evolution (1999) Montagu, A. (ed.), Science and Creationism (1984) Moore, J. A., From Genesis to Genetics: The Case of Evolution and Creationism (2002) National Academy of Sciences, Science and Creationism (1999) Pennock, R. T., Tower of Babel: The Evidence against the New Creationism (1999) Roughgarden, J., Evolution and Christian Faith (2006) Ruse, M., Can a Darwinian Be a Christian? the Relationship Between Science and Religion (2001) Ruse, M., The Evolution-Creation Struggle (2005) Scott, E. C., Evolution vs. Creationism: An Introduction (2004) The Jesus of History and of Popular Culture Chilton, B., Rabbi Jesus: The Jewish Life and Teaching That Inspired Christianity (2000) Crossan, J. D., The Historical Jesus: The Life of a Mediterranean Jewish Peasant (1991) Crossan, J. D., Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography (1994) Crossan, J. D., Who Killed Jesus? Exposing the Roots of Anti-Semitism in the Gospel Story of the Death of Jesus (1995) Ehrman, B., Truth and Fiction in the Da Vinci Code: A Historian Reveals What We Really Know About Jesus, Mary Magdalene, and Constantine (2004) Ehrman, B., Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium (1999) Fox, R. W., Jesus in America: A History (2004) Frederiksen, P., From Jesus to Christ: The Origins of the New Testament Images of Jesus (1988) Frederiksen, P., Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews: A Jewish Life and the Beginnings of Christianity (1999) Rubinstein, R. E., When Jesus Became God: The Epic Fight Over Christ's Divinity in the Last Days of Rome (1999) Wilson, A. N., Jesus: A Life (1992) Creating the Bible: The Word of God and the Work of Man Ehrman, B. D., Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the New Testament and Why (2005) Ehrman, B. D., The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings (3rd ed.) (2004) Ehrman, B. D., The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture: The Effect of Early Christological Controversies on the Text of the New Testament (1993) Harrisville, R. A., & Sundberg, W., The Bible in Modern Culture (2nd ed.) (2002) Mack, B. L., Who Wrote the New Testament? The Making of the Christian Myth (1995) Metzger, B. M., & Ehrman, B. D., The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration (4th ed.) (2005) Metzger, B. M. (ed.), The Oxford Companion to the Bible (1994) Pelikan, J., Whose Bible Is It? A History of the Scriptures Through the Ages (2005) Homosexuality and the Bible Arthur, L. Robert, The Sex Texts (Sexuality, Gender and Relationships in the Bible (1994) Bauman, Edward W., Reflections on the Gay Life (1977, 1979) Helminiak, Daniel A., What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality (2000) Ostermann, Mary Jo, Claiming the Promise: An Ecumenical Welcoming Bible Study Resource (1997) Scanzoni, Letha Dawson and Mollenkott, Virginia Ramey, Is the Homosexual My Neighbor? (A Positive Christian Response), (1978 and 1994) The New Interpreter’s Study Bible (New Revised Standard Version with the Apocrypha), (2003) Wink, Walter (editor), Homosexuality and Christian Faith (Questions of Conscience for the Churches), (1999)						Fall 2006 Do We Really Understand Muslims and Islam? The Koran, tr. N. J. Dawood (Penguin, 2000) Armstrong, K., Islam: A Short History (2004) Gregorian, V., Islam: A Mosaic, Not a Monolith (2004) Nasr, Soyyed Hossein, Islam: Religion, History, and Civilization (2003) The Origins of American Fundamentalism Almond, G. A., et al., Strong Religion: The Rise of Fundamentalisms Around the World (2003) Bawer, B., Stealing Jesus: How Fundamentalism Betrays Christianity (1998) Carpenter, J. A., Revive Us Again: The Reawakening of American Fundamentalism (1999) Hawley, J. S., Fundamentalism and Gender (2006) Heyrman, C. L., Southern Cross: The Beginnings of the Bible Belt (1998) Hood, Ralph W., Jr., et al., The Psychology of Religious Fundamentalism (2005) Marsden, G., Understanding Fundamentalism and Evangelicalism (1991) Marsden, G., Fundamentalism and American Culture (new ed., 2006) Noll, M., The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind (1994) Spong, Bishop John S., Rescuing the Bible From Fundamentalism (1992) Witherup, R. D., Biblical Fundamentalism: What Every Catholic Should Know (2001) The Christian Right Balmer, Randall, Thy Kingdom Come: An Evangelical's Lament (2006) Boyd, Gregory, The Myth of a Christian Nation: How the Quest for Political Power Is Destroying the Church (2006) Carter, Jimmy, Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis (2005) El-Faizy, Monique, God and Country: How Evangelicals Have Become America's New Mainstream (2006) Goldberg, Michelle, Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism (2006) Green, J.C. (ed.), The Christian Right in American Politics: Marching Toward the Millennium (2003) Hart, D.G., Deconstructing Evangelicalism: Conservative Protestantism in the Age of Billy Graham (2005) Marsh, Charles, Wayward Christian Soldiers: Freeing the Gospel from Political Captivity (Oxford: 2007) Meyers, Robin, Why the Christian Right is Wrong: A Minister's Manifesto for Taking Back Your Faith, Your Flag, Your Future (2006) Phillips, Kevin, American Theocracy (2006) Sandler, Lauren, Righteous: Dispatches From the Evangelical Youth Movement (2006) Wallis, Jim, God's Politics: Why the Christian Right Is Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It (2005) White, Mel, Religion Gone Bad: The Hidden Dangers of the Christian Right (2006) Hendricks, Stephanie, Divine Destruction: Dominion Theology and American Environmental Policy (2005) Kyle, Richard, Evangelicalism: An Americanized Christianity (2006) The End-Times Decoded: Dispensationalism, the Bible, and History Frykholm, A. J., Rapture Culture: Left Behind in Evangelical America (2004) Harrisville, R. A., & Sundberg, W., The Bible in Modern Culture (2nd ed.) (2002) Marsden, G., Fundamentalism and American Culture (new ed., 2006) Marsden, G., Understanding Fundamentalism and Evangelicalism (1991) Rossing, B. R., The Rapture Exposed: The Message of Hope in the Book of Revelation (2004)



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