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An Examination of Conscience based on the Ten Commandments

An Examination of Conscience based on the Beatitudes

An Examination of Conscience based on the Fruits of the Spirit

Prayers for Renewal in the Holy Spirit

Annual Review Template

Personal Compass

Bibliographies

Bibliography for Empire and Spirit (focusing on Romans)

Bibliography for Basics of Integral Thought

Bibliography for Setting our Stories Straight

Bibliography for Theology from under the Rubble

Bibliography for Life in Christ: An Integral Study of Ephesians

Bibliography for Empire and Spirit Series (focusing on Romans)

Barrett, C.K. A Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans. London: A&C Black, 1991. Bray, Gerald, ed. Romans. New Testament Volume VI. ACCS. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1998. Brueggemann, Walter. Interpretation and Obedience: From faithful reading to faithful living. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1991. Childs, Brevard S. The Church’s Guide for Reading Paul: The Canonical Shaping…

Facing the Beast: An Integral Reading of Romans 1.18-32 (Full Resource)

Romans 1.18-32 is the most explicit text in the New Testament condemning homosexuality. It is therefore the text most often used to support the continued exclusion of gay and lesbian Christians from the Church and its sacraments. As such, it’s important to understand it as best as we can, from as many angles as possible,…

Bibliography for ‘Facing the Beast: An Integral Study of Romans 1.18-32’

Barrett, C.K. A Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans. London: A&C Black, 1991. Boswell, John. Same-Sex Unions in Premodern Europe. New York: Vintage Books, 1994. Bray, Gerald, ed. Romans. New Testament Volume VI. ACCS. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1998. Garton, Stephen. Histories of Sexuality. London: Equinox, 2004. Greenberg, Steven. Wrestling with God and Men: Homosexuality in the…

Bibliography & Reading List on Decolonization, Indigeneity, Resurgence, and Reconciliation

Truth & Reconciliation Asch, Michael. “Confederation Treaties and Reconciliation,” in Resurgence and Reconciliation: Indigenous-Settler relations and Earth Teachings, ed. Michael Asch, John Borrows, and James Tully. Toronto: U Toronto Press, 2018. Borrows, John. ““Earth-Bound: Indigenous Resurgence and Environmental Reconciliation,” in Resurgence and Reconciliation: Indigenous-Settler relations and Earth Teachings, ed. Michael Asch, John Borrows, and James…

The Personal Compass: A Tool for Discernment

[Note: This tool has been adapted from The Discerning Heart by Wilkie Au and Noreen Cannon Au.] Human lives are not simple things. We are all a mix of competing drives, desires, and messages; there are lessons we are learning and old lessons we need to forget. This can make it difficult to know which…

Bibliography for Theology from under the Rubble

Below are the works cited in my series ‘Theology from under the Rubble’, from Lent 2022 Lamentations Allen, Leslie C. A Liturgy of Grief: A pastoral commentary on Lamentations. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Books, 2011. Mongelluzzo, Nanette Burton. Understanding Loss and Grief: A Guide Through Life Changing Events. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 2013. Parry,…

Cleansed by Blood: An Integral Reading of Hebrews 10.11-25

As part of an ongoing series on different biblical metaphors for sin and salvation, I recently introduced the complicated issue of sacrifice in Christianity, focusing especially on the development of the substitutionary models of Christ’s death that have dominated Western Christian theology for the past millennium. These models assume that Jesus was punished for our…

Bibliography for Life in Christ: An Integral Study of Ephesians

Arnold, Clinton E. Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament: Ephesians. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, 2010. Bird, Jennifer. “The Letter to the Ephesians,” in A Postcolonial Commentary of the New Testament Writings, ed. Fernando F. Segovia and R.S. Sugirtharajah. The Bible and Postcolonialism, Vol. 13. London: T&T Clark, 2007. Cottrell, Jack W., ed. Perspectives on Election.…

Annotated Bibliography on Integral Thought

Forman, Mark D. A Guide to Integral Psychotherapy. Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 2010. An excellent introduction to how Integral thought might be applied to human growth and development within a psychotherapeutic context. Hamilton, Diane Musho. Everything is Workable. Boston: Shambhala Press, 2013. Diane Musho Hamilton is a Buddhist conflict mediator who works within in Integral…

Bibliography for A Faith that Lasts

Dekkers, Rob. Applied Systems Theory. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2015. Hemenway, Toby. The Permaculture City. White River Junction, Vermont: Chelsea Green Publishing, 2015. Holmgren, David. Permaculture: Principles and Pathways beyond Sustainability. Hepburn, Vic. : Holmgren Design Services, 2002. Meadows, Donella H.. Thinking in Systems: A Primer. White River Junction, Vt. : Chelsea Green Pub., 2008. Mollison, B.…

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