Reading List
Books mentioned at cityprayer
Trauma Recovery
Forgiveness
Contemplation
Books mentioned at cityprayer, December 2007
Experiencing the Depths of Jesus Christ - Madame Guyon
Rees Howells, Intercessor - Norman P. Grubb
The Cloud of Unknowing - Anonymous
Abandonment to Divine Providence - Jean-Pierre de Caussade
Trauma Recovery
Allender, Dan B and Longman, Tremper. Bold Love. Colorado Springs: Navpress, 1992.
Beattie, Melody. Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself. Center City, MN: Hazelden, 1992.
Calhoun, Lawrence G. and Tedeschi, Richard D. Handbook of Posttraumatic Growth: Research and Practice. New York: Psychology Press, 2006.
Cloud, Henry and Townsend, John. Boundaries. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1992.
Cockayne, Joshua, Harrower, Scott, and Hill, Preston. Dawn of Sunday: The Trinity and Trauma-Safe Churches. Eugene: Cascade Books, 2022.
Frankl, Viktor E. Man's Search for Meaning. Boston: Beacon Press, 2006.
Gallagher, Matthew W. and Lopez, Shane J. The Oxford Handbook of Hope. New York: Oxford, 2018.
Glasser, William. Choice Theory: A New Psychology of Personal Freedom. New York: HarperCollins, 1998.
Green, Chris. Trauma, Healing, and the Life of Faith, Part 1
—. Trauma, Healing, and the Life of Faith, Part 2
Herman, Judith M.D. Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror. New York: Basic, 1997.
Hunsinger, Deborah van Deusen. Bearing the Unbearable: Trauma, Gospel, and Pastoral Care. Grand Rapids: Eerdmanns, 2015.
Katherine, Anne. Where to Draw the Line: How to Set Healthy Boundaries Every Day. New York: Fireside, 2000.
McGilchrist, Iain. The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World. Expanded edition. New Haven: Yale, 2019.
Seligman, Martin E. P. Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life. New York: Vintage Books, 2006.
Shay, Jonathan. Achilles in Vietnam: Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character. New York: Scribner, 1994.
Strategies for Trauma Awareness & Resilience (STAR) - https://www.emu.edu/cjp/star/ and https://www.emu.edu/cjp/star/toolkit
Thompson, Curt. Anatomy of the Soul: Surprising Connections between Neuroscience and Spiritual Practices That Can Transform Your Life and Relationships. Carol Stream, IL: Salt River, 2010.
—. The Soul of Shame: Retelling the Stories We Believe About Ourselves. Westmont, IL: IVP, 2015.
—. The Soul of Desire: Discovering the Neuroscience of Longing, Beauty, and Community. Westmont, IL: IVP, 2021.
—. Into the Deepest Place: Suffering and the Formation of Hope. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2023.
—. Being Known Podcast Being Known Podcast, Season 1, Episode 1.
Van der Kolk, Bessel. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma. New York: Penguin, 2014.
von Balthasar, Hans Urs. The Christian and Anxiety San Francisco: Ignatius, 2000.
Wardle, Terry. Healing Care, Healing Prayer: Helping the Broken Find Wholeness in Christ. Abilene, TX: Leafwood Press, 2001
—. Strong Winds & Crashing Waves: Meeting Jesus in the Memories of Traumatic Events. Abilene, TX: Leafwood Press, 2013
—. Every Breath We Take: Living in the Presence, Love, and Generosity of God. Abilene, TX: Leafwood Publishers, 2015.
—. Identity Matters: Discovering Who You Are in Christ. Abilene, TX : Leafwood Publishers, 2017.
Wright, H. Norman. Experiencing Grief. Nashville: B&H Publishing, 2004
Wright, N.T. Evil and the Justice of God. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 2006.
Yoder, Carolyn. The Little Book of Trauma Healing. Intercourse, PA: Good Books, 2005
Forgiveness
Jones, L. Gregory. Embodying Forgiveness: A Theological Analysis. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995
Lederach, John Paul. The Journey Toward Reconciliation. Scottsdale, PA: Herald Press, 1999
Tutu, Desmond Mpilo. No Future Without Forgiveness. New York: Image Books, 1999
Volf, Miroslav. Exclusion & Embrace: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1996.
Wright, N. T. Evil and the Justice of God. Downers Grove: IVP Books, 2006.
Zehr, Howard. The Little Book of Restorative Justice. Intercourse, PA: Good Books, 2002
—. Changing Lenses: A New Focus for Crime and Justice. Scottdale: Herald Press, 2005.
Contemplation
Blumhardt, Christoph. Ansprachen, Predigten, Reden, Briefe:1865-1917. 3 Bände Neukirchen:Neukirchner Verlag, 1978
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich. Nachfolge. Gütersloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 1992
—. The Cost of Discipleship. New York: Collier, 1963
Burrows, Ruth. Essence of Prayer. London: Bloomsbury, 2006
—. Guidelines for Mystical Prayer. New York: Paulist Press, 2007
—. Before the Living God. Mahwah: HiddenSpring, 2008
Calhoun, Adele Ahlberg. Spiritual Disciplines Handbook: Practices That Transform Us. Downers Grove: IVP, 2015
Caussade, Jean-Pierre De. The Sacrament of the Present Moment:and The Book of Privy Counseling. Translated by Kitty Muggeridge. New York:Harper Collins, 1982
Foster, Richard J. Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth. New York: Harper Collins, 2018
French, R.M. trans The Way of a Pilgrim and The Pilgrim Continues His Way. London: SPCK, 2012
Harmless, William. Mystics. New York:OUP, 2008
Ignatius of Loyola. The Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius or Manresa. Charlotte:TAN Books, 1999
Johnston, William. (trans) The Cloud of Unknowing. New York: Image, 1973
Kavanaugh, O.C.D., Kieran and Rodriguez O.C.D., Otilio. The Collected Works of St. John of the Cross. Washington, D.C. : ICS Publications, 1973
Laird, Martin. Into the Silent Land: A Guide to the Christian Practice of Contemplation. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006
—. A Sunlit Absence: Silence, Awareness, and Contemplation. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011
—. An Ocean of Light: Contemplation, Transformation, and Liberation. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019
Laubach, Frank C. Letters By a Modern Mystic. Mansfield Center, CT: Martino Publishing, 2012
Lawrence, Brother. The Practice of the Presence of God, Critical Edition. Washington, DC: ICS Publications, 2015
Lossky, Vladimir. The Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church. Crestwood, New York:St. Vincent's Seminary Press, 1976
McGinn, Bernard. The Essential Writings of Christian Mysticism. New York: Modern Library, 2006
Peterson, Eugene H. Five Smooth Stones for Pastoral Work. Grand Rapids: Eerdmanns, 1980
—. A Long Obedience in the Same Direction: Discipleship in an Instant Society. 2nd. ed. Downers Grove: IVP, 1980
—. Run With the Horses: The Quest for Life at its Best. Commemorative edition. Downers Grove:IVP, 2019
—. Working the Angles: The Shape of Pastoral Integrity. Grand Rapids: Eerdmanns, 1987
—. Traveling Light: Modern Meditations on St. Paul’s Letter of Freedom. Colorado Springs: Helmers & Howard, 1988.
—. The Contemplative Pastor: Returning to the Art of Spiritual Direction. Dallas:Word, 1989
—. Under the Unpredictable Plant: An Exploration in Vocational Holiness. Grand Rapids: Eerdmanns, 1992
—. Leap Over a Wall: Earthy Spirituality for Everyday Christians. New York: HarperOne, 1997
—. Subversive Spirituality. Grand Rapids: Eerdmanns, 1997
—. Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places: A Conversation in Spiritual Theology. Grand Rapids: Eerdmanns, 2005
—. Living the Resurrection:The Risen Christ in Everyday Life. Colorado Springs:NavPress, 2006
—. The Jesus Way: A Conversation on the Ways That Jesus is the Way. Grand Rapids: Eerdmanns, 2007
—. Tell it Slant: A Conversation on the Language of Jesus in His Stories and Prayers. Grand Rapids: Eerdmanns, 2008
—. Practice Resurrection: A Conversation on Growing Up in Christ.Grand Rapids: Eerdmanns, 2010
—. Conversations About Being a Pastor. New Life Leadership Conference 2012
Teresa of Avila. The Interior Castle. Trans. by Kieran Kavanaugh, O.C.D. and Otilio Rodriguez, O.C.D. Mahwah: Paulist Press, 1979
Torrance, James B. Worship, Community and the Triune God of Grace. Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 1996
Willard, Dallas. The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life in God. New York: HarperCollins, 1997
—. The Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Changes Lives. New York: HarperOne, 1999.
—. The Great Omission: Reclaiming Jesus's Essential Teachings on Discipleship. New York: HarperOne, 2006
Williams, Rowan. The Wound of Knowledge: Christian Spirituality from the New Testament to Saint John of the Cross. 2nd edition. London: Cowley Publications, 1990
>—. Archbishop’s address to the Synod of Bishops in Rome http://rowanwilliams.archbishopofcanterbury.org/articles.php/2645/archbishops-address-to-the-synod-of-bishops-in-rome.html. 2012
