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Ot 520 Old Testament Introduction, Lawson G. Stone Jan 2004

Ot 520 Old Testament Introduction, Lawson G. Stone

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READING in the literature of OT studies from many perspectives, from “mainstream” (i.e. non- conservative) OT criticism as well as evangelical scholars. Some readings are difficult and not always obviously relevant to, say, sermon preparation or youth ministry. LaSor, W. S., D. A. Hubbard, F. W. Bush, Old Testament Survey: Second Edition. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1996. A Book-By-Book overview of the content and interpretation issues of the OT books followed by a section on general issues. Since this course is not organized in a book-by- book fashion, we will be reading this text "out of order" so pay close attention …

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Cs 652 Ethics Of Hospitality And Contemporary Challenges, Christine Pohl Jan 2004

Cs 652 Ethics Of Hospitality And Contemporary Challenges, Christine Pohl

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Philip Hallie, Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed. NY: HarperCollins, 1979, 1994. Christine Pohl, Making Room: Recovering Hospitality as a Christian Tradition. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1999 Miroslav Volf, Exclusion and Embrace. Nashville: Abingdon, 1996. Reading Packet Bernard Adeney, Strange Virtues: Ethics in a Multicultural World. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1995. Henri Nouwen, Reaching Out, NY: Doubleday. Brett Webb-Mitchell, Unexpected Guests at God’s Banquet: Welcoming People with Disabilities into the Church. NY: Crossroad, 1994.

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Ym 632 The Life Of The Youth Pastor, James Hampton Jan 2004

Ym 632 The Life Of The Youth Pastor, James Hampton

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Textbooks Jones, Tony. Soul Shaper. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2003. 227 pages MacDonald, Gordon. Ordering Your Private World. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2002. 231 pages Peterson, Eugene. Under the Unpredictable Plant. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1992. 197 pages

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Me 760 Evangelism In The Small Church, Ronald K. Crandall Jan 2004

Me 760 Evangelism In The Small Church, Ronald K. Crandall

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1.Lyle Schaller, Small Congregation, Big Potential (2003)—190 pages 2.Anthony Pappas, ed. Inside the Small Church (2002)—230 pages. 3.Steve Bierly, How to Thrive as a Small Church Pastor (1998)—190 pages. 4.Ron Crandall, Turnaround Strategies for the Small Church (1995)—160 pages. 5.Jeff Patton, If It Could Happen Here (2002)—115 pages.

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Sm 511 Sm 611 Sm 711 And Sm 512 Sm 612 Sm 712 Christian Education And Youth Ministries Supervised Ministry Handbook, Asbury Theological Seminary Jan 2004

Sm 511 Sm 611 Sm 711 And Sm 512 Sm 612 Sm 712 Christian Education And Youth Ministries Supervised Ministry Handbook, Asbury Theological Seminary

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The MA degree plans in Christian Education and Youth Ministries provide the elements essential to the formation of the minister in the following ways. • Theological/Theoretical Foundations - through courses in theology and biblical studies, plus theological and theoretical components in ministry related courses. • Ministry Skills - through ministry related courses and ministry applications included in theological and biblical courses. • Field Experience - through doing ministry in a placement through out the student’s time in seminary. • Formation - through life in the Asbury community, the mentoring of faculty, field supervisors, and the laity with whom students serve, …

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Ym 670 Postmodern Youth Ministry, James Hampton Jan 2004

Ym 670 Postmodern Youth Ministry, James Hampton

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Textbooks Beaudoin, Tom. Virtual Faith. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1998. 189 pages. Jones, Tony. Postmodern Youth Ministry. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2001. 223 pages Sweet, Leonard; Crouch, Andy; McLaren, Brian; and McManus, Erwin (eds.). Church in Emerging Culture: Five Perspectives. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2003. 256 pages Ward, Pete. Liquid Church. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2002. 98 pages 1 PRELIMINARY DRAFT – SUBJECT TO CHANGE Articles Baker, Tim. (2003). Building a Bridge: The Frustration Between Theory and Practice. Youthworker Journal. 20:1, 54-56. Roebben, B. (1997). Shaping a Playground for Transcendence: Postmodern Youth Ministry as a Radical Challenge. Religious Education. 92:3, 332-347. Zaher, Holly R. …

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Ym 665 Youth Culture And Trends, Dean G. Blevins Jan 2004

Ym 665 Youth Culture And Trends, Dean G. Blevins

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Class Texts 1) Web-based Publications: Chapman R. Clark, “Entering Their World: A Qualitative Look at the Changing Face of Contemporary Adolescence,” Journal of Youth Ministry (Fall 2002) available on-line (6/9/2004) at http://ayme.gospelcom.net/jym_article.php?article_id=21 Read also the five part seminar on Qualitative Research courtesy Don Ratcliff (6/09/2004)at http://www.vanguard.edu/faculty/dratcliff/qual/ (apx. 25 pages). Also read Dean G. Blevins, “The Means of Grace and Christian Religious Education: Formation, Discernment, Transformation” 15 pages, online http://homepages.trevecca.edu/faculty/dblevins/Writings/Means%20Book%20Chapter %204.htm. 2) Patricia Hersch, A Tribe Apart: A Journey Into the Heart of American Adolescence (New York: Ballentine Books Readers Companion, 1999), 379 pages; OR Barbara Schneider & David Stevenson, The …

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Ym 610 Communicating The Gospel To Youth, James Hampton Jan 2004

Ym 610 Communicating The Gospel To Youth, James Hampton

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Textbooks Davis, Ken. How to Speak to Youth. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1996. 183 pages (HSY) Hampton, Jim and Edwards, Rick (eds.). Worship-Centered Teaching. Kansas City: Beacon Hill, 2001. 98 pages. (WCT) 1 Long, Jimmy (ed.). Small Group Leader’s Handbook. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1995. 196 pages. (SGLH) McNabb, Bill and Mabry, Scott. Teaching the Bible Creatively. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1990. 193 pages. (TBC) Myers, Joseph R. The Search to Belong: Rethinking Intimacy, Community, and Small Groups. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2003. 154 pages. (TSB) Palmer, Parker. To Know as We are Known. San Francisco: Harper, 1993. 140 pages. (TKWK)

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Sp 501 Communication For Christian Leaders, Michael Pasquarello Jan 2004

Sp 501 Communication For Christian Leaders, Michael Pasquarello

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REQUIRED TEXTS Richard Winter, Still Bored in Culture of Entertainment: Rediscovering Passion and Wonder Augustine of Hippo, On Christian Doctrine David Cunningham, Faithful Persuasion William H. Willimon, The Last Word: Reflections on Church and Ministry

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Ym 510 Foundations Of Youth Ministry, James Hampton Jan 2004

Ym 510 Foundations Of Youth Ministry, James Hampton

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Textbooks Crabtree, Jack. Better Safe Than Sued. Loveland, CO: Group Publishing, 1998. 217 pages (7-223) (BSS) Dean, Kendra Creasy and Ron Foster. The Godbearing Life: The Art of Soul Tending for Youth Ministry. Nashville: Upper Room, 1998. 202 pages (9-210) (GL) DeVries, Mark. Family-Based Youth Ministry. InterVarsity Press, 2004. 168 pages (15-182) (FBYM) Electronic Course Packet for YM510 (291 pages) Myers, William. Black and White Styles of Youth Ministry. Cleveland: United Church Press, 1991. 188 pages (3-190) (B&W)

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Ym 551 Seminar In Youth Ministry, James Hampton Jan 2003

Ym 551 Seminar In Youth Ministry, James Hampton

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Middendorf, Jon. Worship-Centered Youth Ministry. Kansas City: Beacon Hill, 2000.102 pages (9-110) Srommen, Merton and Hardel, Richard. Passing on the Faith: A Radical New Model for Youth and Family Ministry. Winona, MN: St. Mary’s Press, 2000. 300 pages (7-306)

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Sm 511 611 711 And Sm 512, Asbury Theological Seminary Jan 2003

Sm 511 611 711 And Sm 512, Asbury Theological Seminary

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You answered God’s call and came to seminary to prepare for ministry. How will that happen? Before you graduate you will read scores of books, sit through hundreds of hours of classes, write papers and pass exams. But that will not guarantee preparation for ministry. Your spiritual and vocational formation is the heart of preparation for ministry. A servant of God is formed through the integration of Being, Knowing, and Doing. It takes place in community, as God graciously works in and through each person. Formation calls for biblical/theological and theoretical foundations, the developing of ministry skills, the doing of …

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Cs 652 Ethics Of Hospitality And Contemporary Challenges, Christine Pohl Jan 2003

Cs 652 Ethics Of Hospitality And Contemporary Challenges, Christine Pohl

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Philip Hallie, Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed. NY: HarperCollins, 1979, 1994. Christine Pohl, Making Room: Recovering Hospitality as a Christian Tradition. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1999 Miroslav Volf, Exclusion and Embrace. Nashville: Abingdon, 1996. Reading Packet Bernard Adeney, Strange Virtues: Ethics in a Multicultural World. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1995. Henri Nouwen, Reaching Out, NY: Doubleday. Brett Webb-Mitchell, Unexpected Guests at God’s Banquet: Welcoming People with Disabilities into the Church. NY: Crossroad, 1994.

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Cm 510 Foundations Of Campus Ministry, Chris Kiesling Jan 2003

Cm 510 Foundations Of Campus Ministry, Chris Kiesling

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Steve Shadrach, The Fuel and the Flame: Body Builders, 2003. Doug Fields. Purpose Driven Youth Ministry: Grand Rapids, 1998. Henri Nouwen. The Return of the Prodigal Son: Doubleday, 1992. Gordon MacDonald. Ordering Your Private World: Thomas Nelson, 1984. Robert Coleman. The Master's Plan of Evangelism: Spire Books, 1964. James Sire, Discipleship of the Mind: Sharon Parks, Big Questions, Worthy Dreams: Jossey-Bass, 2000.

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Cs 652 Ethics Of Hospitality And Contemporary Challenges, Christine Pohl Jan 2003

Cs 652 Ethics Of Hospitality And Contemporary Challenges, Christine Pohl

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Philip Hallie, Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed. NY: HarperCollins, 1979, 1994. Christine Pohl, Making Room: Recovering Hospitality as a Christian Tradition. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1999 Miroslav Volf, Exclusion and Embrace. Nashville: Abingdon, 1996. Reading Packet Bernard Adeney, Strange Virtues: Ethics in a Multicultural World. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1995. Henri Nouwen, Reaching Out, NY: Doubleday. Brett Webb-Mitchell, Unexpected Guests at God’s Banquet: Welcoming People with Disabilities into the Church. NY: Crossroad, 1994.

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Ms 615 Foundations Of Church Growth, George G. Hunter Jan 2003

Ms 615 Foundations Of Church Growth, George G. Hunter

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Textbooks: The following textbooks are for students in MS 615 and ME 700. The literature, especially McGavran's Understanding Church Growth, should be perceived as the heart of the course. Class sessions will stimulate deeper reading, provide perspective, headline some themes and expand upon others, fill gaps, suggest implications and applications, and facilitate learning and strategic thinking. Class sessions may involve varied technologies, such as lectures, experiential lectures, case studies, visiting speakers, films, maps, data gener-ation, simulations, pencil and paper instruments, reports, processing of assigned readings, etc.

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Cd 510 Foundations Of Christian Discipleship, R. Dale Hale Jan 2003

Cd 510 Foundations Of Christian Discipleship, R. Dale Hale

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Is It a Lost Cause? Having the Heart of God for the Church's Children, Marva J. Dawn Educating Congregations: The Future of Christian Education, Charles R. Foster. John Wesley's Class Meeting: A Model for Making Disciples, D. Michael Henderson. Creative Ministry, Henri Nouwen. Reaching Out, Henri Nouwen. Patterns in Moral Development, Catherine M. Stonehouse. The Gospel of Mark

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Cd 511 The Pastor And Christian Discipleship, Catherine Stonehouse Jan 2003

Cd 511 The Pastor And Christian Discipleship, Catherine Stonehouse

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The Pastor as Religious Educator, Robert L. Browning, ed. Making Disciples: Faith Formation in the Wesleyan Tradition, Sondra Higgins Matthaei Disciple Making Teachers, Josh Hunt Creative Ministry, Henri Nouwen – Chapters 1 and 4 Reaching Out, Henri Nouwen – Chapter 5 Patterns in Moral Development, Catherine M. Stonehouse. "Learning from Gender Differences," Catherine M. Stonehouse

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Ym 510 Foundations Of Youth Ministry, James Hampton Jan 2003

Ym 510 Foundations Of Youth Ministry, James Hampton

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Crabtree, Jack. Better Safe Than Sued. Loveland, CO: Group Publishing, 1998. 217 pages (7-223) (BSS) Dean, Kenda; Chap Clark, and Dave Rahn. Starting Right: Thinking Theologically About Youth Ministry. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2001. 346 pages (15-179, 195-207, 223-390) (SR) Dean, Kendra Creasy and Ron Foster. The Godbearing Life: The Art of Soul Tending for Youth Ministry. Nashville: Upper Room, 1998. 202 pages (9-210) (GL) Elkind, David. All Grown Up and No Place to Go. Perseus Press, 1997. 263 pages (3-265) (AGU) Myers, William. Black and White Styles of Youth Ministry. Cleveland: United Church Press, 1991. 188 pages (3-190) (B&W) Senter, …

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Ot 520 Old Testament Introduction, Lawson G. Stone Jan 2003

Ot 520 Old Testament Introduction, Lawson G. Stone

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conservative) OT criticism as well as evangelical scholars. Some readings are difficult and not always obviously relevant to, say, sermon preparation or youth ministry. Dillard, R. B. and Trempor Longman, An Introduction to the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1994. A traditional OT introduction written by two evangelical scholars. An “introduction” to the OT is not a guide to the uninformed, but is a summary of current scholarly opinion about the authorship, date, origins, and composition of each OT book and the issues involved in their interpretation. It follows the book-by-book order of the OT. John Drane. Introducing the Old …

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Sm 711 712 Senior Closure, Catherine Stonehouse Jan 2003

Sm 711 712 Senior Closure, Catherine Stonehouse

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Working the Angles by Eugene H. Peterson.

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Ot 520 Old Testament Introduction, Lawson G. Stone Jan 2003

Ot 520 Old Testament Introduction, Lawson G. Stone

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Basic Textbook: Dillard, R. B. and Trempor Longman, An Introduction to the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1994. A traditional OT introduction written by two evangelical scholars. An “introduction” to the OT is not a guide to the uninformed, but is a summary of current scholarly opinion about the authorship, date, origins, and composition of each OT book and the issues involved in their interpretation. Required Supplementary Texts: Three additional textbooks are required for this course W. W. Klein, C. L. Blomberg, R. L. Hubbard, Introduction to Biblical Interpreatation. Waco: Word, 1993. Introduces essential issues involved in biblical interpretation and …

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Ym 551 Youth Ministry Seminar, Helen Musick Jan 2002

Ym 551 Youth Ministry Seminar, Helen Musick

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Help I’m an Urban Youth Worker When Kumbaya is Not Enough Risk in Our Mist

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Ms 630 Ministry And Evangelism In The Small Church, Ronald K. Crandall Jan 2002

Ms 630 Ministry And Evangelism In The Small Church, Ronald K. Crandall

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1. Ron Crandall, Turnaround Strategies for the Small Church (1995) 2 Steve Bierly, How to Thrive as a Small Church Pastor (1998) 3. Lyle Schaller, The Small Membership Church: Scenarios for Tomorrow (1994) 4. Anthony Pappas, Entering the World of the Small Church (2000)

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Ms 610 The Ministry Of Evangelism, James B. Buskirk Jan 2002

Ms 610 The Ministry Of Evangelism, James B. Buskirk

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Required Texts: (1) Bama, George. Evangelism That Works, Regal Books, Ventura, CA, 1995, 164 pp. (2) Beckham, William A. The Second Reformation, Touch Pub., 1995, 241 pp. (3) Hybels and Mittelberg. Becoming a Contagious Christian, Zondervan, 1994, 221 pp. (4) Seamands, John T. Tell It Well, Beacon Hill Press, 1981, 223 pp. (5) Streett, R. Alan. The Effective Invitation, Kregel Publications, 1984, 218 pp. (6) Swanson and Clement. The Faith Sharing Congregation, Discipleship Resources, 1999, 104 pp. (7) Tuttle, Robert G., Jr. Can We Talk? Abingdon, 1999, 119 pp.

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Sm 711 Sm712 Supervised Ministry In Christian Education/Youth Ministry, Chris Kiesling Jan 2002

Sm 711 Sm712 Supervised Ministry In Christian Education/Youth Ministry, Chris Kiesling

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REAL POWER by Janet O. Hagberg

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Ce / Ym 602 Professional Foundations, Harold W. Burgess Jan 2001

Ce / Ym 602 Professional Foundations, Harold W. Burgess

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A History of Christian Education, James E. Reed and Ronnie Prevost Models of Religious Education: Theory and Practice in Historical and Contemporary Perspective, Harold W. Burgess

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Ir 750 780 Senior Closure, Catherine Stonehouse Jan 2001

Ir 750 780 Senior Closure, Catherine Stonehouse

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Working the Angles by Eugene H. Peterson

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Ot 520 Foundations For Old Testament Study, Lawson G. Stone Jan 2001

Ot 520 Foundations For Old Testament Study, Lawson G. Stone

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Basic Textbook: Dillard, R. B. and Trempor Longman, An Introduction to the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1994. A traditional OT introduction written by two evangelical scholars. An “introduction” to the OT is not a guide to the uninformed, but is a summary of current scholarly opinion about the authorship, date, origins, and composition of each OT book and the issues involved in their interpretation. Required Supplementary Texts: Three additional textbooks are required for this course W. W. Klein, C. L. Blomberg, R. L. Hubbard, Introduction to Biblical Interpreatation. Waco: Word, 1993. Introduces essential issues involved in biblical interpretation and …

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Cs 652 Ethics Of Hospitality And Contemporary Challenges, Christine Pohl Jan 2001

Cs 652 Ethics Of Hospitality And Contemporary Challenges, Christine Pohl

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Philip Hallie, Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed. NY: HarperCollins, 1979, 1994. Christine Pohl, Making Room: Recovering Hospitality as a Christian Tradition. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1999 Miroslav Volf, Exclusion and Embrace. Nashville: Abingdon, 1996. Reading Packet Bernard Adeney, Strange Virtues: Ethics in a Multicultural World. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1995. Henri Nouwen, Reaching Out, NY: Doubleday. Brett Webb-Mitchell, Unexpected Guests at God’s Banquet: Welcoming People with Disabilities into the Church. NY: Crossroad, 1994.

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