Suggestions for further reading:
Chapter 2
Suggestions for Further Reading
Selected Speeches (1997) by Ernest L. Boyer, Jr.
Talks about life and education by one of America’s best teachers.
The Dialogue (1980) by Catherine of Sienna
Catherine is one of only three women “doctors of the church” in the Catholic tradition. Originally written in the mid-1300s, this is her best known work.
Shantung Compound (1991) by Langdon Gilkey
During World War II, Gilkey was imprisoned in a Japanese detention camp in China with several hundred other westerners. This book reflects on what it means to be human in trying circumstances and what faith means.
John Wesley on the Sermon on the Mount (2002) by Kenneth C. Kinghorn
Wesley is always instructive to read and this collection of his sermons in slightly updated language makes them very accessible.
Living Justice: Catholic Social Teaching in Action (2000) by Thomas Massaro
Catholic documents can often be hard to read even when they say great things. Massarro’s book highlights what is important in language all can understand.
The Dignity of Difference (2003) by Jonathan Sacks
This book by the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of Great Britain is a wonderful celebration of human difference and a reminder of how much Christian understandings of grace are rooted in Jewish faith.
Gender and Grace (1990) by Mary Stewart Van Leeuwen
This important work looks at how views of gender have shaped and sometimes misshaped our understanding of what it means to be human. Van Leeuween writes from a distinctly Reformed position.
The School of Charity (1934) by Evelyn Underhill
This delightful commentary on the Nicene Creed is full of wisdom. Underhill was the leading scholar of mysticism in the twentieth century and a mystical sense of wonder infuses her writing.