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Applied Theology
CL 203—The Orthodox Canonical Tradition (Rentel)
Required Textbooks
Erickson, John. The Challenge of Our Past. Crestwood, NY: St Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1997. 978-
0881410860. ($17)
L’Huillier, P. The Church of the Ancient Councils. Crestwood, NY: St Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1996. 978-
0881410075. ($28)
Patsavos, L. Spiritual Dimensions of the Holy Canons. Brookline, MA: Holy Cross Orthodox Press, 2003.
978-1885652683. ($11.95)
Rodopoulos, P. An Overview of Orthodox Canon Law. Rollinsford, NH: Orthodox Research Institute, 2007.
978-1933275154. ($18)
Reserve Reading
Hartmann, Wilfried, and K. Pennington, eds. The History of Byzantine and Eastern Canon Law to 1500.
Washington, D.C.: CUA Press, 2012. (K.H48 2012)
Mihai, Vasile. Orthodox Canon Law Reference Book. Brookline, MA: Holy Cross Orthodox Press, 2013.
(BX343.M54 2013)
Zizioulas,J. The One and the Many: Studies on God, Man, the Church, and the World Today. Alhambra,
CA: Sebastian Press, 2010. (BX323.Z597 2010)

PT 205—Introduction to Pastoral Theology (Solak)
Textbook Information is Currently Unavailable for this Course

PT 371—Mission and Evangelism (Hatfield)
Required Textbooks
Huneycutt, Joseph. Defeating Sin: Overcoming Our Passions and Changing Forever. Crestwood, NY: St
Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2018. 978-0881416091. ($19)
Huneycutt, Joseph. One Flew over the Onion Dome. Crestwood, NY: St Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2018.
978-0881416152. ($20)
Roberts, Adam Lowell. 100 Natural Ways to Grow a Church: A Guide for Orthodox Evangelism in North
America. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. 978-1517483876. ($22)
Rommen, Edward. Into All the World: An Orthodox Theology of Mission. Crestwood, NY: St Vladimir’s
Seminary Press, 2017. 978-0881415841. ($28)
Reserve Reading
None

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Biblical Studies
NT 445—Paul and His Churches in the Age of Syncretism (Parsenios)
Required Textbooks
Malherbe, Abraham. Moral Exhortation: A Greco-Roman Sourcebook. (Wesminster John Knox, 1986).
978-0664250164. ($24.24)
Malherbe, Abraham. Paul and the Thessalonians: The Philosophic Tradition of Pastoral Care. Eugene,
OR: Wifp & Stock, 2011. 978-1610973557. ($16.00)
Reserve Reading
Aune, David. The New Testament in Its Literary Environment. Philadelphia, PA: Westminster Press, 1987.
(BS2361.2.A96 1987)
Holloway, Paul. Consolation in Philippians: Philosophical Sources and Rhetorical Strategy. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 2001. (BS2705.6.C584 H65 2001)
Meeks, Wayne. The First Urban Christians: The Social World of the Apostle Paul. New Haven, CT: Yale
University Press, 1983. (BR166.M44 1983)
Mitchell, Margaret. The Heavenly Trumpet: John Chrysostom and the Art of Pauline Intepretation.
Louisville, KY: Westminster/John Knox, 2002. (BS2506.M59 2002)
Mitchell, Margaret. Paul and the Rhetoric of Reconciliation: An Exegetical Investigation of the Language
and Composition of 1 Corinthians. Louisville, KY: Westminster/John Knox, 1993. (BS2675.2.M58
1993)
Stambaugh, John E., and David L. Balch. The New Testament in its Social Environment. Philadelphia, PA:
Westminster Press, 1986. (BS2545.S55 S73 1986)
Sampley, J. Paul. Paul in the Greco-Roman World: A Handbook. Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press
International, 2003. (BS2506.3.P38 2003)

OT 100—Introduction to Scripture (Behr)
Required Textbooks
Pentiuc, Eugen. The Old Testament in the Eastern Orthodox Tradition. New York: OUP, 2014. 978-
0195331233. ($38.95)
Coogan, Michael D. and Cynthia R. Chapman. The Old Testament: A Historical and Literary Introduction
to the Hebrew Scriptures, Fourth Edition. New York: OUP, 2017. 978-0190608651. ($77)
Reserve Reading
Kugel, James L. How to Read the Bible: A Guide to Scripture, Then and Now. New York: Free Press, 2007.
(BS1171.3.K84 2007)

Historical Studies
CH 110—History of the Church until the Fall of Byzantium (Roeber)
Required Textbooks
Irvin, Dale, and S. Sunquist. History of the World Christian Movement: Earliest Christianity to 1453.
Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2001. 978-157075396. ($34)
Coakley, John, and A. Sterk. Readings in World Christian History. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2004. 978-
1570755200. ($34)
Reserve Reading
None
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CH 361 (461)—Orthodox Christianity in North America (Roeber)
Required Textbooks
Destivelle, Hyacinthe. The Moscow Council. Notre Dame, IN: U of Notre Dame Press, 2015. 0268026173.
($39)
Erickson, John H. Orthodox Christians in North America. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.
0195333084. ($16)
Oleksa, Michael. Orthodox Alaska. Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1998. 0881410926.
($20)
Slagle, Amy. The Eastern Church in the Spiritual Marketplace. DeKalb, IL: Northern Illinois University
Press, 2011. 0875806708. ($25)
Reserve Reading
None

PA 413—St Irenaeus (Behr)

Required Textbooks
Behr, John. Irenaeus of Lyons: Identifying Christianity. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. 978-
0199214624. ($30.00)
Brakke, David. The Gnostics: Myth, Ritual, and Diversity in Early Christianity. Cambridge, MA: Harvard
University Press, 2012. 978-0674066038. ($20.50)
Reserve Reading
King, Karen. What is Gnosticism? Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2003. (BT1390.K55 2003)
Lampe, Peter. From Paul to Valentinus. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2003. (BR878.R7 L3513 2003)
Markschies, C. Gnosis: An Introduction. London: T&T Clark, 2003. (BT1390.M37 2003)
Minns, Denis. Irenaeus: An Introduction. London: T&T Clark, 2010. (BR1720.I7 M56 2010)
Osborn, Eric. Irenaeus of Lyons. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. (BR1720.I7 O83 2001)
Williams, Michael A. Rethinking Gnosticism. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1996.
(BT1390.W475 1996)
Wingren, Gustaf. Man and the Incarnation. Eugene, OR: Wifp & Stock, 2004. (BR65.I64 W53 2004)

Languages and Writing Instruction

BL 100—Introduction to New Testament Greek (Barnet)
Required Textbooks
Croy, N. Clayton. A Primer of Biblical Greek. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1999. 978-0802867339. ($30)
Reserve Reading
None

BL 313—The Letters of John (Parsenios)
Required Textbooks
Croy, N. Clayton. A Primer of Biblical Greek. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1999. 978-0802867339.
($30.00)
Culy, Martin. I, II, III John: A Handbook on the Greek Text. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2004. 978-
1932792089. ($29.95)
Novum Testamentum Graece, 28th Edition. German Bible Society, 2012. 978-1619700307. ($40.19)
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Reserve Reading
Brown, Raymond Brown. The Epistles of John, Anchor Bible. New York: Doubleday, 1982. (BS192.2.A1
1964 G3 V.30)

TW 100—Grammar for Biblical Greek and Rhetoric (Gustilo)
Required Textbooks
None
Reserve Reading
None

TW 101—Introduction to Theological Writing (Gustilo)
Required Textbooks
None
Reserve Reading
None

Liturgy
LM 323—Advanced Choral Conducting (Freeman)
Required Textbooks
Althouse, Jay. The Complete Choral Warm-up Book: A Sourcebook for Choral Directors (Comb Bound
Book). 978-0882846576. ($14.18)
Corporon, Eugene, and James Jordan. The Anatomy of Conducting: Architecture & Essentials (7358
Workbook Edition). 978-1579997250. ($10.95)
Drillock, David, John H. Erickson, and Helen Breslich Erickson, eds. The Divine Liturgy. 978-0881412963.
($45)
Glagolev, Sergei. Selected Orthodox Sacred Choral Works, Vol. 1. ($20) (available at Music Russica)
Reserve Reading
None

LS 101—General Intro to Music and Liturgics (Freeman and Rentel)
Required Textbooks
Conable, Barbara. The Structures and Movement of Breathing: A Primer for Choirs and Choruses. 978-
1579990992. ($8)
Getcha, Job. The Typikon Decoded. Crestwood, NY: St Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2012. 0881414123.
($26)
Subscription to Meludia.com ($39.90 for full academic year – do not purchase until after the first class)
Reserve Reading
The Festal Menaion. London: Faber and Faber, 1969; reprinted South Canaan, PA: St Tikhon’s Seminary
Press, 1990. (BX375.M37 A445 1994)
Fekula, Peter and Williams Matthew. The Order of Divine Services According to the Usage of the Russian
Orthodox Church. Liberty, TN: St. John of Kronstadt Press, 1997. (BX350.A5 F459 2009)
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LS 101A—Ecclesiastical Chant and Arabic (El Massih)
Required Textbooks
Abboud, Peter. Elementary Modern Standard Arabic, Part One. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University
Press, 1983. 0521272955. ($75)
O’Leary, De Lacy. Colloquial Arabic. London, UK: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd., 2008. 978-1409727330.
($27.95)
Reserve Reading
None

LS 211—Continued music, Matins, Presanctified, Lent & Holy Week (Rentel and Freeman)
Required Textbooks
The Daily Office. Book One: Including the Necessary Service Texts for both Priests and Deacons for Daily
Vespers, Little Compline, and Daily Matins during the period of the Octoechos and Pentecost. (Online
at http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/daily-office-book-1/7941448 for $6.12)
Conable, Barbara. The Structures and Movement of Breathing: A Primer for Choirs and Choruses. 978-
1579990992. ($8)
Hieratikon: Office Book for Priest and Deacon. Volumes I-II. South Canaan, PA: St Tikhon’s Seminary
Press, 2014; 2017. 978-0990502920; 978-0997471878 ($70)
Subscription to Meludia.com ($39.90 for full academic year – do not purchase until after the first class)
Reserve Reading
The Festal Menaion. London: Faber and Faber, 1969; reprinted South Canaan, PA: St Tikhon’s Seminary
Press, 1990. (BX375.M37 A445 1994)
Fekula, Peter and Williams Matthew. The Order of Divine Services According to the Usage of the Russian
Orthodox Church. Liberty, TN: St. John of Kronstadt Press, 1997. (BX350.A5 F459 2009)
Getcha, Job. The Typikon Decoded. Crestwood, NY: St Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2012. (BX350.G4813
2012)
OCA Liturgical Calendar [2018 Edition]

LS 211A—Antiochian Liturgical Arts (Belcher and El Massih)
Required Textbooks
Abboud, Peter. Elementary Modern Standard Arabic, Part One. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University
Press, 1983. 0521272955. ($75)
O’Leary, De Lacy. Colloquial Arabic. London, UK: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd., 2008. 978-1409727330.
($27.95)
Reserve Reading
None

LS 221A—Antiochian Liturgical and Pastoral Practice (Belcher)
Required Textbooks (contact instructor before purchasing textbooks)
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of N.A. Service Book of the Antiochian Archdiocese, twelfth
edition. Englewood, NJ: Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of N.A., 2006. 0962419044.
($19.25)
Essey, Basil, ed. The Liturgikon, third edition. Dickson Press, Grand Rapids, MI: Dickson Press, 1989.
0962419001. ($50)
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Najim, Michel, and Patrick B. O’Grady, trans. Services of Initiation into the Holy Orthodox-Catholic and
Apostolic Church. Antiochian Orthodox Institute, 2017. 978-0998616506. ($25)
Reserve Reading
None

LT 331 / 431—The Sanctification of Life (White)
Required Textbooks
Dallen, J. The Reconciling Community: The Rite of Penance. New York: Pueblo, 1986. 0916134768.
($28.15)
Meyendorff, J. Marriage: An Orthodox Perspective. Crestwood, NY: St Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1975.
0913836052. ($16)
Meyendorff, P. The Anointing of the Sick. Crestwood, NY: St Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2009. 978-
0881411874. ($18)
Schmemann, A. For the Life of the World. Crestwood, NY: St Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1973.
0913836087. ($17)
Schmemann, Alexander. The Liturgy of Death. Crestwood, NY: St Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2017. 978-
0881415568. ($20)
Reserve Reading
Meyendorff, John. Holy Matrimony. Syosset, NY: Department of Religious Education, 1975.
(BX375.M285 A43 1975)
Rutherford, R. The Death of a Christian: The Order of Christian Funerals, revised edition. Collegeville:
Liturgical Press, 1990. (BX2020.R87 1990)
Schmemann, Alexander. Introduction to Liturgical Theology. Crestwood, NY: St Vladimir’s Seminary
Press, 1986. (BX350.S3713 1986)
Stevenson, Kenneth. To Join Together: The Rite of Marriage. New York: Pueblo Publishing, 1987.
(BX2035.6.M37 S74 1987)

LT 366—The Liturgical Calendar and Feasts of the West Syriac Tradition (Daniel)
Required Textbooks
The Liturgical Book of Major Feasts (Anduthaksa). Kottayam: MOSC Publications, 2014. ($8)
OR
The Liturgical Book of Major Feasts (Anduthaksa). Ernakulum: JSC Publications, 2016. ($8)
OR
The Book of the Church Festivals (Madedono). Piscataway: Gorgias Press, 2011. ISBN: 13-
9781593334512. ($30)
The Malankara Orthodox Christian’s Holy Liturgy of Passion Week. MOSC, 2011. ($5)
Prayers in Lent Seasons. Kottayam: MOSC Publications, 2013. ($4)
Reserve Reading
Basil the Great. On Fasting and Feasts. Crestwood, NY: St Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1980. (BR65.B36H6
2013)
Family Prayers for the Great Lent, Nineveh Lent and the Passion Week. Kottayam: MOSC Publications,
2016. (BV255.F36 2016)
Gregorios, P. The Joy of Freedom: Eastern Worship and Modern Man. Madras: The Christian Literature
Society, 1986. (BX107.V4)
Gregorios, P. Worship in a Secular Age. Tiruvalla: Christava Sahithya Samithi, 2003. (BV3.G74 2013)

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Systematic Theology
SP 316—Prayer and Sanctity (Bouteneff)
Required Textbooks
None
Reserve Reading
None

ST 201—The Rise of Orthodox Systematic Theology in the Twentieth Century (Bouteneff)
Required Textbooks
Louth, Andrew. Modern Orthodox Thinkers: From the Philokalia to the Present Day. Downers Grove, IL:
InterVarsity Press, 2015. 978-0830851218. ($25.20)
Meyendorff, John. Byzantine Theology: Historical Trends and Doctrinal Themes. New York: Fordham
University Press, 1983. 082309679. ($25)
Pomazansky, Michael. Orthodox Dogmatic Theology: A Concise Exposition. Platina, CA: Saint Herman of
Alaska Brotherhood, 1984. 0938635697. ($19.95)
Reserve Reading
None

ST 320 (420)—Faith and Science (Halvorsen)
Required Textbooks
McGrath, Alister E. Science and Religion: A New Introduction, second edition. West Sussex, UK: Wiley-
Blackwell, 2010. 978-14051879156. ($43.97)
Nesteruk, Alexei V. Light from the East: Theology, Science, and the Eastern Orthodox Tradition.
Minneapolis, MN: Augsuburg Fortress, 2003. 978-0800634995. ($22.41)
Reserve Reading
Anastasios of Sinai. Questions and Answers: Introduction, Translation and Notes. Corpus Christianorum
Series Graeca 59. Trans. Joseph A. Munitz. Turnhout: Brepols Publishers, 2011. (BX320.A4713 2011)
—, Hexaemeron. Edited and translated by C. Kuehn and J.D. Baggarly. Orientalia Christiana Analecta 278.
Rome: Pontificio Istituto Orientale, 2007. (BX101.O7 V.278)
Bouteneff, Peter. Beginnings: Ancient Christian Readings of the Biblical Creation Narrative. Grand
Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2008. (BT695.B63 2008)
Buxhoevedan, Daniel, and Gayle Woloschak, eds. Science and the Eastern Orthodox Church. Surrey,
England: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2011. (BX342.9.S35 S35 2011)
Clayton, Philip, and Zachary Simpson, eds. The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Science. New York:
Oxford University Press, 2006. (BL240.3.O94 2006)
Dowe, Phil. Galileo, Darwin, and Hawking: the Interplay of Science, Reason, and Religion. Grand Rapid,
MI: Wm B Eerdmans, 2005. (BL240.3.D39 2005)
Gay, Peter. The Enlightenment: An Interpretation. New York: W. W. Norton, 1977. (B802.G3 1977)
Haught, John. Science and Faith: A New introduction. New York: Paulist Press, 2012. (BL240.3.H39 2013)
Polkinghorne, John. Serious Talk: Science and Religion in Dialogue. Valley Forge, PA: Trinity Press
International, 1995. (BL240.2.P5764 1995)
Polkinghorne, John. Quarks, Chaos and Christianity: Questions to Science and Religion. New York:
Crossroad, 1996. (BL240.2.P5754 1995)
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Puhalo, Lazar. The Evidence of Things Not Seen: Orthodox Christianity and Modern Physics. Dewdney, BC,
Canada: Synaxis Press, 1996. (Bl240.2.P83 1996)
Smiles, Vincent M. The Bible and Science. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2011. (BS650.S64 2011)