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Applied Theology
CE 204—Christian Education and Discipleship (Halvorsen)
Required Textbooks
Griggs, Donald L. Teaching Today’s Teachers to Teach. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 2003. ISBN:978-0687049547. ($22)
Father Arseny, Translated by Vera Bouteneff. Second edition. Yonkers, NY: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2021. ISBN:978-0881416756 ($19.78)
Reserve Reading
Augustine, Saint. On Christian Teaching. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2008. (BR65.A655 E5 1995)
Drucker, Peter F. Managing the non-profit organization: practices and principles. New York: Harper and Row, 1990. (HD62.6.D78 1990)
Erikson, Erik H., and Joan M. Erikson. The Life Cycle Completed. Extended Version . New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1997. (BF713.F73 1997)
Gould, Meredith. Social Media Gospel: Sharing the Good News in New Ways, Second Edition. Collegeville MN: Liturgical Press, 2015. (BV4319.G67 2013)
Guroian, Vigen. Tending the Heart of Virtue: How Classic Stories Awaken a Child’s Moral Imagination. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. (PN1009.A1 G87 1998)
Koulomzin, Sophie. Our Church and Our Children. Foreword by Ann Mitsakos Bezzerides. Crestwood, NY: St Vladimir’s Press, 2004. (BV1475.2.K68 2004)
Rambo, Lewis R. Understanding Religious Conversion. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1993. (BL639.R35 1993)
Vrame, Anton C. The Educating Icon : Teaching Wisdom and Holiness in the Orthodox Way. Brookline, MA: Holy Cross Orthodox Press, 1999. (BX378.5.V73 1999)
Taylor, Charles. A Secular Age. Cambridge, MA: Bellknap, Harvard University Press, 2007. (BL2747.8.T39 2007)
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)
ET 305—Christian Morality and Bioethics (Vest)
Required Textbooks
Breck, John and Lyn. Stages on Life’s Way. Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2005. 978-0-88141-299-4. ($23)
Englehardt, H. Tristam, Jr. The Foundations of Christian Bioethics. Lisse: Swets and Zeitlinger, 2000. 978-9026515576. ($49.95)
Larchet, Jean-Claude. Theology of the Body. Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2016. 978-0-88141-560-5. ($16)
Reserve Reading
None
HO 205—Advanced Topics in Homiletics: Challenging Contexts and Special Occasions (Halvorsen)
Required Textbooks
Calciu, George. Interviews, Homilies and Talks. Introduction by Frederica Matthews-Green. Platina, CA: St Herman of Alaska Brotherhood, 2015. 978-1887904216. ($19)
Liturgical texts for the Orthodox Christian services of Baptism, Theophany, Marriage and Funeral. (Available online and in multiple printed formats)
Kubler-Ross, Elizabeth. On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss. New York: Scribner, 2014. 978-1476775555. ($10)
Schmemann, Alexander. Of Water and the Spirit. Yonkers, NY: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2000. 978-0913836101. ($18)
Reserve Reading
Buttrick, David G. Homiletic: Moves and Structures. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1987. (BV4211.2.B86 1987)
Chrysostom, St. John. Baptismal Instructions. Translated and annotated by Paul W. Harkins. Ancient Christian Writers, edited by Johannes Quasten & Walter J. Burghardt, S.J. Volume 31. New York: Paulist Press, 1963. (BR60.A35 V.31)
Huckleberry, Lee, and Dwight A. Moody, eds. A Beautiful Thing: Sermons from the Inaugural Festival of Young Preachers. St Louis: Chalice Press, 2010. (BV4241.B43 2010)
Long, Thomas G. Preaching from Memory to Hope. Louisville, KY: Westminster/John Knox Press, 2009. (BV4211.3.L65 2009)
Long, Thomas G. The Witness of Preaching, second edition. Louisville, KY: Westminster/John Knox Press, 2005. (BV4211.3.L66 2005)
Meyendorff, John. Marriage: An Orthodox Perspective. Crestwood, NY: St Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1975. (BX378.M2 M459 1970)
Roeber, Anthony. Mixed Marriages: An Orthodox History. Yonkers, NY: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2018. (BX378.M2R643 2018)
PT 208—Issues in Pastoral Ministry: Parish Administration (Hatfield)
Required Textbooks
Danilchick, Peter. Thy Will Be Done: Strategic Leadership, Planning, and Management for Christians. Yonkers, NY: St Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2016. 978-0881415483 ($26/$15.60 Student Discount)
Hopko, Thomas. Speaking the Truth in Love. Yonkers, NY: St Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2004. 978-0881412635. ($18/$10.80 Student Discount)
Hyatt, Michael. No-Fail Meetings. 1st edition. Michael Hyatt & Company, 2018. 978-1732189638. ($34)
Hyatt, Michael. The Vision-Driven Leader, illustrated edition. Baker Books, 2020. 978-0801075278. ($11.85)
Guroian, Vigen. The Orthodox Reality. Baker Academic, 2021. 978-0801099670. ($32)
Reserve Reading
None
Biblical Studies
NT 102—New Testament Introduction (Barnet)
Required Textbooks
Johnson, Luke Timothy. The Writings of the New Testament: An Interpretation, third edition. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 2010. 9780800663612. ($55)
Wright, N. T. What Saint Paul Really Said: Was Paul of Tarsus the Real Founder of Christianity? Eerdmans, 2014. 978-0802871787. ($18)
Reserve Reading
Kesich, Veselin. The First Day of the New Creation: The Resurrection and the Christian Faith. (BT481.K42)
Historical Studies
CH 200—The Orthodox Churches in the Modern World (Tudorie)
Required Textbooks
None. Required readings will be provided as PDF excerpts via eCampus.
Reserve Reading
None
CH 420—Confessing the Orthodox Faith [15th-18th centuries] (Tudorie)
Required Textbooks
None. Required readings will be provided as PDF excerpts via eCampus.
Reserve Reading
None
PA 101—Introduction to Patristics (Bucur)
Required Textbooks
St Irenaeus of Lyon, On the Apostolic Preaching. ISBN: 978-0881411744. SVS Press, 1997. ($17)
Melito of Sardis, On Pascha: With the Fragments of Melito and Other Material Related to the Quartodecimans. SVS Press, 2001. ISBN: 978-0881415544. ($20)
Behr, The Nicene Faith, vols 1-2. SVS Press, 2004. ($36).
St Maximus the Confessor, On the Ecclesiastical Mystagogy. SVS Press, 2019. ISBN: 978-0881416473 ($25)
Reserve Reading
None
PA 315—Exegesis of Theophanies and Doctrinal Articulation in Early Christianity (Bucur)
Required Textbooks
Barina Kaiser, Christopher. Seeing the Lord’s Glory: Kyriocentric Visions and the Dilemma of Early Christology. Fortress, 2015. ISBN: 9781451470345. ($13)
Orlov, Andrei. The Glory of the Invisible God: Two Powers in Heaven Traditions and Early Christology. T&T Clark, 2020. ISBN: 056770209X. ($39)
St Irenaeus of Lyon. On the Apostolic Preaching. SVS Press, 1997. ISBN: 9780881411744. ($17)
Melito of Sardis. On Pascha and Fragments. SVS Press, 2016. ISBN: 9780881415551. ($20)
Reserve Reading
None
PA 380—West Syriac Fathers (Daniel)
Required Textbooks
Brock, Sebastian. St. Ephrem the Syrian: Hymns on Paradise. Crestwood, New York : St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1990. 978-1479196005.($18)
Brock, Sebastian. The Syriac Fathers on Prayer and the Spiritual Life. Cistercian Studies, Book 101. Kalamazoo, MI: Cisterican Publications, 1987. 978-0879079017. ($30)
Jacob of Serug. On The Mother of God. New York: St. Vladimir's Seminiay Press,1998. 978-0881411843. ($14)
Alfeyev, Hilarion. The Spiritual World of Isaac the Syrian. Kalamazoo, MI: Cistercian Publications, 2000. 978-0879077754. ($24.53)
Reserve Reading
Shemunkasho, Aho. Healing in the Theology of Saint Ephrem. Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, 2004. [BT732.5.S533 2004 C.2]
Brock, Sebastian. The Luminous Eye: The Spiritual World Vision of Saint Ephrem. Kalamazoo, MI: Cistercian Publications, 1992. [BR65.E636 B76 1992 C.3]
Brock, Sebastian. Spirituality in the Syriac Tradition. Kerala, India: St. Ephrem Ecumenical Research Institute, 1989. [BT1440.H33 1989]
Beggiani, C.S. Introduction to Eastern Christian Spirituality: The Syriac Tradition. Cranbury, NJ: Associated University Presses, 1991. [BX106.2.B44 1991 C.2]
Samuel, V C. The Council of Chalcedon Re-Examined. Xlibris Corp, 2001. [BR225.S3 2001]
Mathews, Edward. Jacob of Sarug's Homilies on the Six Days of Creation: The First Day. Gorgias Press, 2009. [BS651.J33 2009]
Languages and Writing Instruction
AR 101—Introduction to Liturgical Arabic (El Massih)
Required Textbooks
Abboud, Peter. Elementary Modern Standard Arabic, Part One. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1983. 0521272955. ($75)
Reserve Reading
None
BL 200—Reading Biblical Greek (Barnet)
Required Textbooks
Croy, N. Clayton. A Primer of Biblical Greek. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1999. 978-0802867339. ($30)
Reserve Reading
None
Liturgy
LI 101—Daily and Annual Cycles of the Orthodox Christian Worship (Permiakov)
Required Textbooks
Hieratikon: Office Book for Priest and Deacon. Volumes I-II. South Canaan, PA: St Tikhon’s Monastery Press, 2014; 2017. 978‐0990502920; 978-0997471878 ($70)
The Festal Menaion. London: Faber and Faber, 1969; reprinted South Canaan, PA: St Tikhon’s Seminary Press, 1990. 1878997009. ($38)
The Lenten Triodion. London: Faber and Faber, 1978; reprinted South Canaan, PA: St Tikhon’s Seminary Press, 2002. 978-1878997517 ($38)
Reserve Reading
Alfeyev, Hilarion. Orthodox Christianity Volume IV: The Worship and Liturgical Life of the Orthodox Church. Crestwood, NY: St Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2016. (BX485 .I4313 2011 V.4)
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 [2022 Edition]
LM 101—Continued Liturgical Music of the Orthodox Church in America (H. Russin)
Required Textbooks
None
Reserve Reading
Barrett, David. Conducting and rehearsing Orthodox Liturgical Music. Southbury: Orthodox Liturgical Press, 2016. (MT85.B27 2016)
Barrett, David. Elementary Music Theory for Orthodox Liturgical Singing. Southbury: Orthodox Liturgical Press, 2016. (ML188.B274 2015)
LM 101A—Ecclesiastical Chant of the Antiochian Archdiocese (El Massih)
Required Textbooks
None
Reserve Reading
None
LS 212A—Antiochian Liturgical Arts (Belcher and El Massih)
Required Textbooks
None
Reserve Reading
None
LS 220—Liturgical Music and Practice of the Orthodox Church in America for Clergy (Aleandro and Russin)
Required Textbooks
Alfeyev, Hilarion: Orthodox Christianity vol. V. Yonkers, NY: SVS Press, 2019. 9780881418781. ($25)
Getcha, Job. The Euchologion Unveiled. Crestwood, NY: St Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2021. ($30)
Lazor, Paul (ed). Baptism. Syosset, NY: Department of Religious Education, The Orthodox Church in America. ($5)
Meyendorff, John (ed.) Holy Matrimony. The Service of the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony. Syosset, NY: Department of Religious Education, The Orthodox Church in America. ($4)
Meyendorff, Paul. The Service of the Anointing of the Sick. Crestwood, NY: SVS Press, 2005. 9780881412420. ($12)
Panikhida & Funeral. South Canaan, PA: St. Tikhon's Seminary Press, 2017. 9780997471861. ($15)
Schmemann, Alexander. Confession and Communion. Report to the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America, Syosset, NY: The Orthodox Church in America, 1972. ($2)
Schmemann, Alexander. For The Life of the World. Crestwood, NY: SVS Press. 9780881416176. ($18)
Reserve Reading
The Great Book Of Needs: expanded and supplemented. vol I, II & III. South Canaan, PA: St. Tikhon's Seminary Press, 1998. (BX375.T73 A45 1998; BX375.T73 A45 1998 v.2; BX375.T73 A45 1998 v.3)
OCA Liturgical Calendar [2022]
Mack, John. Preserve Them O Lord. Ben Lomond, CA: Conciliar Press, 1996. (BX378.M2 M52 1996)
Schmemann, Alexander. Celebration of Faith, vol. 2.: The Church Year. Crestwood, NY: St Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1994. (BX126.6.S3413 V.2)
Sokolov, Dimitrii Pavlovich. A Manual of the Orthodox Church’s Divine Services. Jordanville, NY: Holy Trinity Monastery, 2001. (BX350.S613 2001)
LS 222A—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)
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 492—Liturgical Mystagogy in the Eastern Christian Tradition (Permiakov)
Required Textbooks
Germanus of Constantinople. On the Divine Liturgy, trans. by Paul Meyendorff. Crestwood, NY: St Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1985. ISBN: 0881410381. ($14)
Maximus the Confessor. On the Ecclesiastical Mystagogy: a Theological Vision of the Liturgy. Trans. by Jonathan Armstrong. Yonkers, NY: St Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2019. ISBN: 0881416479. ($25)
Nicholas Cabasilas. A Commentary on the Divine Liturgy. Trans. by J.M. Hussey, P.A. McNulty. Crestwood, NY: St Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1997. ISBN: 0913836370. ($14)
Pseudo-Dionysius: The Complete Works. Trans. Colm Luibheid, Paul Rorem. New York, Mahwah: Paulist Press, 1987. ISBN: 0809128381. ($21)
Symeon of Thessalonica. The Liturgical Commentaries. Ed. trans. Steven Hawkes-Teeples. Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies, 2011. ISBN: 0888444230. ($40)
Reserve Reading
Bornert, René. Les commentaires byzantins de la Divine Liturgie du VIIe au XVe siècle. Paris: Institut francais d’études byzantines, 1966. (BX 350.B63)
Golitzin, Alexander. Mystagogy: A Monastic Reading of Dionysius Areopagita. Collegeville: Cistercian Publications, 2013. (BR65.D66 G65 2013)
Sacred Arts
SA 311—The Life of Christ in Orthodox Iconography (Schroeder)
Required Textbooks
None. Required readings will be provided as PDF excerpts via eCampus.
Reserve Reading
None
SA 430—Theology and Vernacular Culture in Medieval Christianity, East and West (H. Russin)
Required Textbooks
Alighieri, Dante. The Divine Comedy. Trans. John Ciardi. New York: American Library, 2003; and reprinted several times. 978-0451208637 ($14 new)
Julian of Norwich. Revelations of Divine Love. Trans. Barry Windeatt. New York: Oxford University Press, 2015. 978-0199641185 ($17.65 new)
Langland, William. Piers Plowman: A New Translation of the B-Text. Trans. A.V.C. Schmidt. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. 978-0199555260 ($15 new)
Reserve Reading
Aers, David. Sanctifying Signs. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2004. (BV823.A345 2004)
Digenis Akritas, the two-blood border lord: the Grottaferrata version. Trans. Denison Hull. Athens: Ohio University Press, 1985. (PA5310.D5 E5 1985)
Fedotov, George. A Treasury of Russian Spirituality. London: Sheed and Ward, 1950. (BV5077.R8 F4 1950)
Gregory, Brad. The Unintended Reformation. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2012. (BL2747.8.G74 2012)
The Life of St Andrew the Fool. Uppsala: Uppsala University, 1995. (BX395.A53 N5413 1995)
Pfau, Thomas. Minding the Modern. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2013. (B821.P45 2012)
Thompson, Augustine. Cities of God. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2005. (BX1210.T48 2005)
Systematic Theology
DT 101—Dogmatic Theology in Christ (Bouteneff)
Required Textbooks
Bouteneff, Peter. Sweeter than Honey: Orthodox Thinking on Dogma and Truth. SVS Press, 2006. 978-0881413076 . ($19)
Reserve Reading
Florovsky, Georges. Creation and Redemption. Belmont, MA: Nordland, 1976. (BX260.F55 V.3)
Lossky, Vladimir. The Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church. SVS Press, 1976. (BV5082.2.L6713 1976)
ST 202—Modern Orthodox Theology (Bouteneff)
Required Textbooks
Louth, Andrew. Modern Orthodox Thinkers from the Philokalia to the Present. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2015. ISBN: 978-0830851218 ($38)
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