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CSL Course Booklists: Systematics

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

SYS532: Man/Woman Creation - Biermann

Why Gender Matters, Second Edition by Leonard Sax
Call Number: HQ1075 .S29 2017
ISBN: 9780451497772
Publication Date: 2017-08-29
The Meaning of Marriage by Timothy Keller; Kathy Keller
Call Number: BV835 .K455 2011
ISBN: 9780525952473
Publication Date: 2011-11-01
The Office of Woman in the Church by Albert Merkens (Translator); Fritz Zerbst
Call Number: BV676 .Z45 1983
ISBN: 9780997519723
Publication Date: 2017-06-27
Biblical Foundations for Manhood and Womanhood by Wayne Grudem (Contribution by, Editor, Preface by); Wayne A. Grudem (Editor); Bruce A. Ware (Contribution by); John Piper (Contribution by); Richard Hove (Contribution by); Dan Doriani (Contribution by); Peter R. Jones (Contribution by); Daniel R. Heimbach (Contribution by)
Call Number: BS680.S5 B52 2002
ISBN: 9781581344097
Publication Date: 2002-10-04
Taking Sex Differences Seriously by Steven E. Rhoads
Call Number: HQ1075 .R48 2004
ISBN: 9781594030918
Publication Date: 2005-05-01

SYS522: Civil Affairs - Francois

SYS561 Adult Catechumenate - Burreson

Required: The Change of Conversion and the Origin of Christendom by Alan Kreider
Call Number: BV4916 .K74 1999
ISBN: 1563382989
Publication Date: 1999-12-01
Required: Faith Forming Faith by Paul E. Hoffman; Diana Butler Bass (Foreword by)
Call Number: BV813.3 .H64 2012
ISBN: 9781610975278
Publication Date: 2012-01-01

Books Recommended for Course:

Faith Shaping Ministry by Paul E. Hoffman; Christian Scharen (Foreword by)
ISBN: 1620325829
Publication Date: 2013-09-16
Transforming Conversion by Gordon T. Smith
ISBN: 0801032474
Publication Date: 2010-08-01

SYS513: Church and World - Biermann, Okamoto - Finalized

Catholic Matters by Richard John Neuhaus
Call Number: BX946 .N48 2006 c.2
ISBN: 9780465049363
Publication Date: 2007-02-27
The Nature of Doctrine by George A. Lindbeck
Call Number: BT83.595 .L57 1984
ISBN: 9780664233358
Publication Date: 2009-07-20
The Lost Soul of American Protestantism by D. G. Hart; R. Laurence Moore (Foreword by)
Call Number: BR515 .H37 2002
ISBN: 9780742507692
Publication Date: 2004-08-27
Telling God's Story by John W. Wright
Call Number: BV4235.S76 W75 2007
ISBN: 9780830827404
Publication Date: 2007-04-16
All Things Shining by Hubert Dreyfus; Sean Dorrance Kelly
Call Number: BL80.3 .D74 2011
ISBN: 9781416596165
Publication Date: 2011-08-09
The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self by Carl R. Trueman; Rod Dreher (Foreword by)
Call Number: HQ32 .T784 2020
ISBN: 9781433556333
Publication Date: 2020-11-24

SYS951: Work and Art - Biermann

Redeeming Transcendence in the Arts by Jeremy Begbie
Call Number: BR115.A8 B443 2018
ISBN: 9780802874948
Publication Date: 2018-02-14
Voicing Creation's Praise by Jeremy Begbie
Call Number: BR115.A8 B44 1991
ISBN: 9780567291882
Publication Date: 2000-11-06
Religious aesthetics : a theological study of making and meaning by Frank Burch Brown
Call Number: BR115.A8 B76 1989
ISBN: 069107366X
Publication Date: 1990
A Theology of Work by Darrell T. Cosden; Jürgen Moltmann (Foreword by)
Call Number: BT738.5 .C67 2004
ISBN: 9781597527576
Publication Date: 2006-10-19
The Christian in Society I by Helmut T. Lehmann (Editor); James Atkinson (Editor); Martin Luther
Call Number: BR330.E5 A447
ISBN: 0800603443
Publication Date: 1966-01-01
Martin Luther's Theology of Beauty by Mark C. Mattes
Call Number: BR333.3 .M388 2017
ISBN: 9780801098376
Publication Date: 2017-08-22
Working by Gilbert C. Meilaender
Call Number: BJ1498 .W67 2000
ISBN: 9780268019624
Publication Date: 2000-04-03
Leisure by Josef Pieper; T. S. Eliot; A24
Call Number: BJ1498 .P513 1963
ISBN: 9781586172565
Publication Date: 2007-12-19
Only the Lover Sings by Josef Pieper; Lothar Krauth (Translator)
Call Number: BR115.A8 P4513 1990
ISBN: 9780898703023
Publication Date: 1990-10-01
Beauty: a Very Short Introduction by Roger Scruton
Call Number: B1649.S2473 B438 2011
ISBN: 9780199229758
Publication Date: 2011-04-08
Theological Aesthetics by Richard Viladesau
Call Number: BR115.A8 V552 1999
ISBN: 9780199959761
Publication Date: 2012-12-21

SYS954A: Church and State - Biermann - Finalized

Required: Just War As Christian Discipleship by Daniel M. Bell; Scott Sterling (Foreword by)
Call Number: BT736.2 .B437 2009
ISBN: 9781587432255
Publication Date: 2009-10-01
Required: To Change the World by James Davison Hunter
Call Number: BR517 .H86 2010
ISBN: 9780199730803
Publication Date: 2010-04-14
Required: The Promise of Martin Luther's Political Theology by Michael Richard Laffin
Call Number: BR333.5.P6 L344 2016
ISBN: 9780567669896
Publication Date: 2016-10-20
Required: American Babylon by Richard John Neuhaus
Call Number: BR526 .N39 2009
ISBN: 9780465020713
Publication Date: 2010-12-28
Required: Christ and Culture by H. Richard Niebuhr
Call Number: BR115.C8 N5 2001
ISBN: 9780061300035
Publication Date: 2001-12-24
The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self by Carl R. Trueman; Rod Dreher (Foreword by)
Call Number: HQ32 .T784 2020
ISBN: 9781433556333
Publication Date: 2020-11-24
Required: The Politics of Jesus by John Howard Yoder
Call Number: BS2417.S7 Y63 1994
ISBN: 9780802807342
Publication Date: 1994-06-09
Christ and the Common Life by Luke Bretherton
ISBN: 0802881793
Publication Date: 2022-05-31
to be course reserves

SYS537: Baptism - Kolb

The Doctrine of Baptism by Edmund Schlink; Herbert Bouman (Translator)
Call Number: BV811.2 .S3513 c.2
ISBN: 9780570037262
Publication Date: 1975-03-01
Make Disciples, baptizing: God's gift of new life and Christian witness (Concordia Seminary Publication) by Robert Kolb
Call Number: BX8073.5 .K65 1997 c.2
ISBN: 9780911770667
Publication Date: 1997
Baptism : Historical, Theological, and Pastoral Perspectives by Gordon L. Heath (Editor); James D. Dvorak (Editor)
Call Number: BV811.3 .B369 2011
ISBN: 9781608994861
Publication Date: 2011-01-10

SYS542: Byzantine Theology - Burreson

SYS522: Civil Affairs - Biermann

Required: A Basic Guide to the Just War Tradition by Eric Patterson
ISBN: 9781540965479
Publication Date: 2023-09-26
Required: Wholly Citizens by Joel Bierman
Call Number: BX8065.3 .B547 2017
ISBN: 1506420354
Publication Date: 2017-05-01
Required: To Change the World by James Davison Hunter
Call Number: BR517 .H86 2010
ISBN: 9780199730803
Publication Date: 2010-04-14
Required: American Babylon by Richard John Neuhaus
Call Number: BR526 .N39 2009
ISBN: 9780465013678
Publication Date: 2009-03-17
Required: Christ and Culture by H. Richard Niebuhr
Call Number: BR115.C8 N5 2001
ISBN: 0061300039
Publication Date: 2001-12-24
Required: Luther's Works Vol. 44-47 by Luther, Martin. Luther’s Works. Edited by Jaroslav Pelikan and Helmut T. Lehmann. American Edition, vols. 44-47
Publication Date: St. Louis and Philadelphia: Concordia Publishing House and Fortress Press, 1958-86.

SYS562: Faith and Science - Arand

SYS511, Creeds and Confessions - Arand, Kolb, Maxwell

The Book of Concord by Robert Kolb; Timothy J. Wengert (Editor)
Call Number: BX8068 .A3 2000
ISBN: 9780800627409
Publication Date: 2000-08-04
The Lutheran Confessions by Charles P. Arand; Robert Kolb
Call Number: BX8068 .A82 2012
ISBN: 9780800627416
Publication Date: 2012-04-01
Sources and Contexts of the Book of Concord by Robert Kolb; James A. Nestingen (Editor)
Call Number: BX8068 .S68 2001 c.4
ISBN: 9780800632908
Publication Date: 2001-06-28
A Formula for Parish Practice by Timothy Wengert
Call Number: BX8069.4 .W46 2006
ISBN: 9781506427034
Publication Date: 2006

SYS901: Creeds and Confessions - Okamoto - Finalized

Required: Retrieving Nicaea by Khaled Anatolios; Brian Daley (Foreword by)
Call Number: BT109 .A52 2011
ISBN: 9781540960696
Publication Date: 2018-02-20
Required: The Lutheran Confessions by Charles P. Arand; Robert Kolb
Call Number: BX8068 .A82 2012
ISBN: 9780800627416
Publication Date: 2012-04-01
Required: Nicaea and Its Legacy by Lewis Ayres
Call Number: BT109 .A985 2004
ISBN: 9780198755050
Publication Date: 2006-06-22
Required: The Book of Concord by Robert Kolb; Timothy J. Wengert (Editor)
Call Number: BX8068 .A3 2000
ISBN: 9780800627409
Publication Date: 2000-08-04
Required: The Way of Concord : From Historic Text to Contemporary Witness by Robert Kolb and Charles P. Arand
Call Number: BX8068 .K653 2017
ISBN: 0911770828
Publication Date: 2017
Required: Creeds of the Churches by John H. Leith
Call Number: BT990 .C655 1982
ISBN: 9780804205269
Publication Date: 1982-01-01
Required: Credo by Jaroslav Pelikan
Call Number: BT990 .C74 2003
ISBN: 9780300109740
Publication Date: 2005-12-12

SYS901A: Creeds and Confessions Part A - Maxwell

Required: Athanasius by Khaled Anatolios
Call Number: BR1720.A7 A52 2004
ISBN: 9780415202039
Publication Date: 2004-10-28
Required: Retrieving Nicaea by Brian Daley (Foreword by); Khaled Anatolios
Call Number: BT109 .A52 2011
ISBN: 9780801031328
Publication Date: 2011-10-01
Required: Nicaea and Its Legacy by Lewis Ayres
Call Number: BT109 .A985 2004
ISBN: 9780198755050
Publication Date: 2006-06-22
Required: On the Apostolic Preaching by Irenaeus; John Behr (Translator)
Call Number: BR65.I63 E6413 1997
ISBN: 9780881411744
Publication Date: 1997-11-01
Required: Christology of the Later Fathers by Edward R. Hardy (Editor)
Call Number: BR60 .L5 v.3
ISBN: 9780664241520
Publication Date: 1954-01-01
Required: God for Us by Catherine M. LaCugna
Call Number: BT111.2 .L33 1991
ISBN: 0060649127
Publication Date: 1991-12-01
Required: The Creed by Berard L. Marthaler
Call Number: BT999 .M37 1993
ISBN: 0896225372
Publication Date: 1993-01-01
Required: On Pascha by Melito; Alistair Stewart-Sykes (Translator, Introduction by, Annotations by)
Call Number: BR65.M453 H6513 2001
ISBN: 0881412171
Publication Date: 2000-12-01
Required: Cyril of Jerusalem by E.J. Yarnold S.J.
Call Number: BR65.C932 E5 2000
ISBN: 0415199034
Publication Date: 2000-11-07

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