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CSL Course Booklists: Practical

This guide provides the information students need for finding their textbooks for each semester

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N.B. Classes are listed in numerical order. Courses with multiple sections and different book lists are listed alphabetically according to faculty following the course number. Please look for the "Finalized" designation after the course name. This indicates the instructor has approved the booklist.

PRA506 Intro to Pastoral Ministry - Nafzger, Prieto, Rockenbach, Tinetti (finalized)

PRA512 Worship and the Word - Burreson (Finalized)

  • Students will be asked to do a book review on one of the following volumes (by Just, or Smith, or Brauer). You will not need to purchase all three volumes as only one will be required for the assignment. 
  • Students will be asked to purchase a special student license for Lutheran Service Builder, the electronic edition of Lutheran Service Book, from CPH. Cost will be $45 for a one-year license. Instructions for sign-up and registration with CPH will be provided at the first session.

PRA512 Worship and the Word - Vieker (Finalized)

  • Students will be asked to do a book review on one of the following volumes (by Just, or Smith, or Zager). You will not need to purchase all three volumes as only one will be required for the assignment. 
  • Students will be asked to purchase a special student license for Lutheran Service Builder, the electronic edition of Lutheran Service Book, from CPH. Cost will be $45 for a one-year license. Instructions for sign-up and registration with CPH will be provided at the first session.

PRA513 Teaching the Faith - Tinetti, Hoehner (finalized)

PRA521 Preaching in a Postmodern Context - Nafzger (finalized)

PRA525 Proclamation-Sermon Structures - Schmitt (Finalized)

Textbooks will be provided.

PRA533 Expository Preaching - Peter (Finalized)

PRA534 Narrative Preaching - Schmitt (Finalized)

PRA535 Classical Rhetoric-Contemporary Preaching - Tinetti (finalized)

PRA562 Christianity and Literature - Schmitt (Finalized)

PRA711 Spiritual Care Foundations

PRA940A Christ and Culture A - Schmitt (Finalized)

PRA952A Reading, Preaching, and Teaching 1st Peter - Meyer

PRA953A Suffering and Faith in Lutheran Theology - Pietsch

PRA6002A Intro to Doctoral Research Writing - Schmitt (Finalized)

PRA6004A Research Methodology and Design A - Rockenbach

Recommended Items: 

PRA6100 Pastoral Theology/Pastoral Care - Thompson (Finalized)

Students will choose 5-7 books from a large bibliography provided in the course syllabus.  

PRA6132 Leading by Preaching - Haupt (finalized 8/12/24)


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