The following lists the bibliography required for use in the MA and MTS degree general comprehensive examinations as approved by the Faculty Senate (8/23/2007). List arranged by the departments and courses.
Department of Ecclesiastical History
EH531—Early and Medieval Church
Blumenthal, Uta-Renate. The Investiture Controversy: Church and Monarchy from the Ninth to the Twelfth Century. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1988.
Finn, Thomas M. “Mission and Expansion,” from The Early Christian World. Volume I. Edited by Philip Esler. New York: Routledge, 2000, pp. 295-315.
Schatz, Klaus. Papal Primacy: From Its Origins to the Present. Translated by John A. Otto and Linda M. Maloney. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1996.
EH532—Reformation and Modern Church
Birely, Robert. The Refashioning of Catholicism, 1450-1700: A Reassessment of the Counter Reformation. Washington, DC: Catholic University, 1999.
Davis, Natalie Zemon. “Marie de L’Incarnation.” Chapter in Women on the Margins: Three Seventeenth Century Lives. Cambridge: Harvard, 1995, pp. 63-122.
Vidler, Alec R. The Church in an Age of Revolution. New York: Penguin, 1974.
O’Malley, John W., S.J. “ Developments, Reforms, and Two Great Reformations: Towards a Historical Assessment of Vatican II,” Tradition and Transition: Historical Perspectives on Vatican II. Wilmington: Michael Glazier, 1989, pp. 82-125.
Department of Sacred Scripture
SS517—Pentateuch and Historical Books
Mendenhall, George E. “Moses and the Exodus: the Formative Period of the Biblical Tradition.” Chapter in Ancient Israel’s Faith and History: Introduction to the Bible in Context. Louisville, KY: John Knox, 2001, pp. 43-72.
Dever, William G. Who Were the Early Israelites and Where Did They Come From? Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2003. Pp. 167-221.
Tucker, Gene M. Form Criticism of the OT.Fortress Press, 1971, pp. 1-54.
SS520—Critical Study of the New Testament
Malina, Bruce."Honor and Shame: Pivotal Values of the First-Century Mediterranean World." Chapter in The New Testament World: Insights from Cultural Anthropology. Third edition. Revised and Expanded.& Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2001, pp. 27-57.
Brown, Raymond.“Chapter 15: Classifications and Format of New Testament Letters,” and “Chapter 16: General Issues in Paul’s Life and Thought.” An Introduction to the New Testament. The Anchor Bible Reference Library, New York: Doubleday, 1997, pp. 409-45.
Holladay Carl R. “Chapter 8: The Gospel of Luke.”A Critical Introduction to the New Testament: Interpreting the Message and Meaning of Jesus Christ. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2005, pp. 158-85.
Department of Spirituality Studies
SS757—Biblical Foundations for Contemporary Spirituality
Buggert, Don, O. Carm., “Grace and Religious Experience: The Everyday Mysticism of Karl Rahner.
Chapter in Master of the Sacred Page. Essays in Honor of Roland E. Murphy, O. Carm., on the Occasion of his Eightieth Birthday. Washington DC: The Carmelite Institute, 1997, pp.189-218.
Conn, Walter E., Christian Conversion, esp. Ch.4, “Conversion: Moral, Cognitive, and Affective. New York: Paulist Press, pp. 105-57.
Conn, Joann Wolski. Women’s Spirituality. NY: Paulist Press, 1986, pp. 9-31.
Küng, Hans. “End of the World and Kingdom of God,” “Epilogue: Assent to Eternal Life.”Eternal Life? NY: Crossroad, 1996, pp. 203-234, and notes, pp. 255-7.
SP705—Foundations of Christian Spirituality
Gorman, Michael “ Cruciform Love” Chapter in Cruciformity: Paul’s Narrative Spirituality of the Cross. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2001.
Miller, Vincent.Consuming Religion. New York: Continuum, 2004. Introduction and chapters 3-5.
Rolheiser, Ronald. The Holy Longing: The Search for a Christian Spirituality. New York: Doubleday, 1998. Chapters 4-5.
Tetlow, Joseph. “The Fundamentum: Creation in the Principle and Foundation.”Studies in the Spirituality of Jesuits (September, 1989): pp. 1-30.
EH735—Christian Spirituality Through the Ages I
McGinn, Bernard and Patricia Ferris McGinn. Early Christian Mystics: The Divine Vision of the Spiritual Masters. New York: Crossroad, 2003, pp. 135-170, 207-230.
Louth, Andrew.The Origins of the Christian Mystical Tradition. Revised Edition. New York: Oxford, 1981, pp.& 52-74, 159-78.
Schneiders, Sandra M. “Scripture and Spirituality.” Chapter in Christian Spirituality: Origins to the Twelfth Century. Eds. Bernard McGinn and John Meyendorff. Vol. 1. New York: Crossroad, 1985, pp. 1-20.
Sheldrake, Philip.Spirituality and History: Questions of Interpretation and Method. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis, 1995, pp. 40-90, 141-167.
EH 736—Christian Spirituality Through the Ages II
Bynum, Caroline Walker. Holy Feast and Holy Fast: The Religious Significance of Food to Medieval Women.Berkeley: University of California, 1987.
Dupre, Louis and Don E. Saliers, editors. Christian Spirituality: Post-Reformation and Modern. New York: Crossroad, 1989.
Merton, Thomas. New Seeds of Contemplation. New York: New Directions, 1961.
Department of Systematic and Moral Theology
Systematic Theology Courses
SY512—Christian Anthropology
1. John F. Haught. God After Darwin. Chapters Six and Seven. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2000, pp. 81-120; or Edwards, Denis. “For Your Immortal Spirit Is in All Things: The Role of the Spirit in Creation.” Chapter in Earth Revealing-Earth Healing. Edited by Denis Edwards. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2001, 45-66
2. Brian O. McDermott. “Original Sin: Recent Developments.” Theological Studies 38 (1977): 478-512; or Daly, Gabriel. Creation and Redemption. Chapters six and seven. Wilmington, DE: M. Glazier, 1989, pp. 114-47.
3. Haight, Roger, S.J. The Experience of Grace. New York: Paulist Press, 1979, pp. 6-118; or Duffy, Stephen J.The Dynamics of Grace” Perspectives in Theological Anthropology. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1993, pp. 75-259.
4. Karl Rahner. Foundations of Christian Faith.New York: Crossroads, 1995, pp. 116-175.
SY611—Christology
1. McDermott, Brian O. Word Become Flesh. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1993, pp. 36-75; or
Thompson, William Merle. Jesus Lord and Savior. New York: Paulist Press, 1980, pp. 59-112.
2. Johnson, Elizabeth. “The Theological Relevance of the Historical Jesus: A Debate and a Thesis.”The Thomist 48 (January, 1984): 1-43.
3. Buggert, Donald, O. Carm. “Theotokos Yesterday and Today.” Chapter in Mother, Behold Your Son. Edited by Donald Buggert, O.Carm. Washington, D.C.: Carmelite Institute: 2001, 373-404; or
Haight, Roger. Jesus Symbol of God. Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis, 1999, pp. 192-212; 273-298; 424-466.
4. Karl Rahner. Foundations of Christian Faith. New York: Crossroad, 1995, pp. 176-228; 285-305.
SY511—Foundations of Theology
Dulles, Avery. Models of Revelation. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 1983 (rep. 1994). Fiorenza, Francis Schüssler. "Systematic Theology: Task and Methods." Chapter in Systematic Theology: Roman Catholic Perspectives vol. 1. Edited by Francis Schüssler Fiorenza and John Galvin. Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress Press, 1991, pp. 1-85
Guarino, Thomas. Foundations of Systematic Theology.New York: T. and T. Clark, 2005, pp. 1-25, 39-62.
Rahner, Karl. Foundations of Christian Faith: An Introduction to the Idea of Christianity. New York: Crossroad, 1994, pp. 24-89.
SY 651—Theology of the Church
Brown, Raymond E. The Churches the Apostles Left Behind. New York: Paulist Press, 1984.
Gaillardetz, Richard R. “The Shifting Meanings in the Lay-Clergy Distinction.” Irish Theological Quarterly 64 (1999): 115-139.
Komonchak, Joseph A. “The Significance of Vatican Council II for Ecclesiology.” Chapter in The Gift of the Church: A Textbook on Ecclesiology in Honor of Patrick Granfield, O.S.B. Edited by Peter Phan. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2000, pp. 69-92.
Rausch, Thomas P.Towards a Truly Catholic Church: An Ecclesiology for the Third Millenium. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2005.
Moral Theology Courses
MO541—The Christian Moral Life
Gula, Richard. "Conscience," and "The Formation of Conscience." Chapters in Reason Informed by Faith. New York: Paulist Press, 1989, pp. 123-151.
Cahill, Lisa Sowle. "The Bible and Christian Moral Practices." Chapter in Christian Ethics: Problems and Prospects, edited by Lisa Cahill and James Childress. Cleveland, OH: Pilgrim Press, 1996, pp. 1-17
Gaillardetz, Richard. "What the Church Teaches: In Service of the Word of God" and "What the Church Teaches: Gradations of Church Doctrin." Chapters in Teaching with Authority. Collegeville, Minnesota: The Liturgical Press, 1997, 69-128.
Department of Word and Worship
WW500—Word and Worship
Chupungco, Anscar J. “Liturgy and Inculturation.” Chapter in Handbook for Liturgical Studies. Volume 2. Fundamental Liturgy. Collegeville, MN: Pueblo, 1998, pp. 337-375.
Crichton, J.D. “A Theology of Worship.” Chapter in The Study of Liturgy. Edited by Cheslyn Jones, et al. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992, pp. 3-31.
Kelleher, Mary Margaret. “Sacraments and the Ecclesial Mediation of Grace.” Louvain Studies 23 (1998): 180-197.
Kilmartin, Edward J. “Human Sciences and Sacramental Theology.” Chapter in Christian Liturgy: Theology and Practice. Kansas City, MO: Sheed & Ward, 1988, pp. 17-52.
WW654—Sacraments of Initiation: Baptism and Confirmation
Kavanagh, Aidan. “Introduction,” and “The Foundations.” Chapters in The Shape of
Baptism: The Rite of Christian Initiation. Studies in the Reformed Rites of the Catholic Church, Volume I. New York: Pueblo, now Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1978, pp. ix-xv and 3-34.
Stasiak, Kurt. “Return to Grace: A Theology for Infant Baptism.” Chapter in Return to Grace: A Theology for Infant Baptism. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1996, pp. 161-212.
Quinn, Frank. “Confirmation Reconsidered: Rite and Meaning.” Chapter in Living Water, Sealing Spirit: Readings on Christian Initiation. Edited by Maxwell E. Johnson, et al. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1995, pp. 219-237.
Mitchell, Nathan. “The Dissolution of the Rite.” Chapter in Made, Not Born: New Perspectives on Christian Initiation and the Catechumenate. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 1976, pp. 50-79.
WW655—Sacraments of Initiation: Eucharist
Mitchell, Nathan. “Controversy and Estrangement [9th Century].” Chapter in Cult and Controversy: The Worship of the Eucharist Outside Mass. Studies in the Reformed Rites of the Catholic Church, Volume IV. New York: Pueblo, now Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1982, pp. 66-96.
Mitchell, Nathan. “The Eucharistic Controversies of the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries.” Chapter in Cult and Controversy: The Worship and the Eucharist Outside Mass. Studies in the Reformed Rites of the Catholic Church, Volume IV. New York; Pueblo, now Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1982, pp. 137-163.
Dallen, James. “The Eucharistic Sacrifice and the Communion Service.” Chapter in The Dilemma of Priestless Sundays. Archdiocese of Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 1994, pp. 87-106.
Mazza, Enrico. “The Scholastic High Middle Ages.” Chapter in The Celebration of the Eucharist: The Origin of the Rite and the Development of Its Interpretation. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1998, pp. 199-224.