Item Type: Books

THEOLOGY

Marie Dennis, Cynthia Moe-Lobeda, Ched Myers, Joe Nangle, OFM, Stuart Taylor Saint Francis and the Foolishness of God., Maryknoll: Orbis Books 1996

CHURCH HISTORY AND HISTORICAL THEOLOGY

Jeannine E. Olson Deacons and Deaconesses through the Centuries., St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House 1992

Award of Commendation, Concordia Historical Institute. Second edition, 2005.

Jeannine E. Olson Calvin and Social Welfare: Deacons and the Bourse française., Selinsgrove: Susquehanna University Press; London and Toronto: Associated University Presses 1989
Jeannine E. Olson Histoire de l’Église, vingt siècles et six continents., Editions CLE Yaoundé, Cameroun and Strasbourg, France: 1972

THEOLOGY

Arthur Peacocke, Ann M. Pederson The Music of Creation with CD., Minneapolis: Fortress Press 2005

Reveals how Christian understanding of creation can be brightly lit by contemporary scientific insights and approached analogously by examining musical creativity. Included are relevant selections on an accompanying CD. Composition, fugal arrangement, rhythm and tempo, jazz improvisation — they all shed light on Christian convictions about creation.

Mary D Pellauer Toward a Tradition of Feminist Theology: The Religious Social Thought of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Anna Howard Shaw., Brooklyn, NY: Carlson 1991

WORSHIP AND PREACHING

Melina Quivik Serving the Word: Preaching in Worship., Minneapolis: Fortress Press 2009

This book invites the reader to see how God’s word can become the crux not only of the sermon but of the worship service as a whole. The preached word, then, and the liturgical event within which preaching is located become integral to each other. This book invites the reader to explore how-through God’s word-preaching informs and is, in turn, supported by the worship event as a whole.

Melina Quivik The Christian Funeral., Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress 2005

In recent years, pressure has come upon North American society to jettison the Christian funeral and opt instead for the services of a funeral business. Quivik helps the reader explore the deeper meaning of the Christian funeral so that the resources of private businesses in the burial event can be put to their proper use.

Gail Ramshaw, Mons Tieg Using Evangelical Lutheran Worship: Keeping Time, The Church’s Years., Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress 2009

Explores why Christians have different ways of looking at time, at how the life of the church is ordered and organized by days, weeks, seasons, and years. It provides detailed information about Sundays, festivals, seasons and commemorations as well as daily prayer.

Gail Ramshaw 40 Days and 40 Nights: Devotional for Lent., Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress 2006

Enjoy enriching reflections on ashes, treasure, mountain, outsider, clothing, battle, water, and many more. Each day’s devotion includes a biblical citation, meditation, prayer, Bible reading, and hymn text.