Faculty Reading Lists

Do you want to know what the faculty is reading and/or considers significant books in their lives? Scan the sections below and quickly view the top picks; or, view more information about each book at: https://lib.cairn.edu/faculty-reading-lists

Prof. G's Reading List

ISBN: 9781582882666
Title: Northwest Passage
Author: Roberts, Kenneth Lewis

ISBN: 9780205309023
Title: Elements of style
Author: Strunk & White

Title: The source : a novel
Author: MIchener, James A.

Title: The goal : a process of ongoing improvement
Author: Goldratt & Cox

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ISBN: 9780143108580
Title: Prayer : experiencing awe and intimacy with God
Author: Keller, Timothy

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ISBN: 0062221620
Title: Once an eagle
Author: Myrer, Anton

Title: Downbelow station
Author: Cherryh, C.J.

Title: Dandelion wine
Author: Bradbury, Ray

Title: Cannery row
Author: Steinbeck, John

Title: Starship troopers
Author: Heinlein, Robert A.

Dr. Juliet Campbell-Farrell's Reading List

ISBN: 9780525950493
Title: The reason for God : belief in an age of skepticism
Author: Tim Keller

Title: Knowing God
Author: J.I. Packer

ISBN: 9780801091698
Title: Jesus Christ, Disciplemaker
Author: Bill Hull

ISBN: 9780060652968
Title: The Problem of Pain
Author: C.S. Lewis

ISBN: 9780891079194
Title: This Present Darkness
Author: Frank E. Peretti

ISBN: 9780830834396
Title: The Crucifixion of Ministry : Surrendering our Ambitions to the Service of Christ
Author: Andrew Purves

ISBN: 9781595586438
Title: The New Jim Crow
Author: Michelle Alexander

Title: Confronting Injustice and Oppression : Concepts and Strategies for Social Workers
Author: David G. Gil

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Dr. Minto's Reading List

Title: Lord of the Rings
Author: Tolkien, J. R. R

Title: The Silmarillion
Author: The Silmarillion

Title: Till We Have Faces
Author: Lewis, C.S.

Title: The Screwtape Letters
Author: Lewis, C.S.

Title: Pride and Prejudice
Author: Austen, Jane

Title: Sense and Sensibility
Author: Austen, Jane

Title: Brunelleschi’s Dome
Author: King, Ross

Title: Zvi
Author: McQuaid, Elwood

Title: Their Eyes Were Watching God
Author: Hurston, Zora Neale

Title: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Author: Rowling, J.K.

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Title: Lady Macbeth
Author: King, Susan Fraser

Title: Queen Hereafter
Author: King, Susan Fraser

Title: Hinds Feet On High Places
Author: Hurnard, Hannah

Title: The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Author: Morris, Heather

Title: The Sistine Secrets
Author: Blech, Benjamin and Doliner, Roy

Title: The Things We Cannot Say
Author: Rimmer, Kelly

Title: The Secret Life of Trees
Author: Wohlleben, Peter

Title: Petals of Blood
Author: wa Thiong'o, Ngugi

Prof. Gavin Hobbs' Reading List

Title: On Basilisk Station
Author: David Weber

Title: Honor of the Queen
Author: David Weber

Title: I, Robot
Author: Isaac Asimov

Title: Dreadnought
Author: Robert K. Massie

Title: Castles of Steel
Author: Robert K. Massie

Title: The Art of War
Author: Sun Tzu

Title: The Five Love Languages : How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate
Author: Gary D. Chapman

Title: Pegasus Bridge
Author: Stephen Ambrose

Title: A Bridge too Far
Author: Cornelius Ryan

Title: Foundation
Author: Isaac Asimov

Prof. Mark Jalovick's Reading List

Title: The Art of War
Author: Sun Tzu

Title: Screwtape Letters
Author: C.S. Lewis

Title: Hearing God : Developing a Conversational Relationship with God
Author: Dallas Willard

Title: The Art of the Commonplace : The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry
Author: Wendell Berry

Title: The Way of the Heart : The Spirituality of the Desert Fathers and Mothers
Author: Henri Nouwen

Title: Population : 485- Meeting Your Neighbors One Siren at a Time (P.S.)
Author: Michael Perry

Title: The Essentials of Christian Thought : Seeing Reality Through the Biblical Story
Author: Roger Olson

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Title: Singing Wilderness
Author: Sigurd F. Olson

Title: Education of a Wandering Man
Author: Louis L'Amour

Title: Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places : A Conversation in Spiritual Theology
Author: Eugene Peterson

Title: For All God's Worth : True Worship and the Calling of the Church
Author: N.T. Wright

Title: Proper Confidence : Faith, Doubt, and Certainty in Christian Discipleship
Author: Lesslie Newbigin

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Title: The Gospel According to Peanuts
Author: Robert Short

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Prof. Marika Ravin's Reading List

Title: In Order to Live : A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom
Author: Yeonmi Park

Title: Not for Sale : The Return of the Global Slave Trade-and How We Can Fight It
Author: David Batstone

Title: Justice Awakening : How You and Your Church Can Help End Human Trafficking
Author: Eddie Byun

Title: Tattoos on the Heart : The Power of Boundless Compassion
Author: Gregory Boyle

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Title: Fast Food Nation : The Dark Side Of The All-American Meal
Author: Eric Schlosser

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Title: Crabgrass Frontier : The Suburbanization of the United States
Author: Kenneth T. Jackson

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Readings on the Reformation

ISBN: 1619700972
Title: Here I stand : a life of Martin Luther
Author: Bainton, Roland

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ISBN: 1619708906
Title: The Reformation then and now : 25 years of Modern Reformation articles celebrating 500 years of the Reformation
Author: Landry, Eric

ISBN: 0745956351
Title: Mrs Luther and her sisters : women of the Reformation
Author: Wilson, Derek

ISBN: 0801017130
Title: Rescuing the Gospel : the story and significance of the Reformation
Author: Lutzer, Erwin

ISBN: 0310515785
Title: Faith alone-- the doctrine of justification : what the reformers taught ...and why it matters
Author: Schreiner, Thomas

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ISBN: 1433543281
Title: Reformation theology : a systematic summary
Author: Barrett, Matthew

ISBN: 0670032964
Title: The Reformation
Author: MacCulloch, Diarmaid

ISBN: 0195104285
Title: Reformers in the wings : from Geiler von Kaysersberg to Theodore Beza
Author: Steinmetz, David C.

ISBN: 0830838805
Title: Getting the Reformation wrong : correcting some misunderstandings
Author: Payton, James R.

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ISBN: 0664224024
Title: The division of Christendom : Christianity in the sixteenth century
Author: Hillerbrand, Hans J.

ISBN: 066420810X
Title: John Calvin : a biography
Author: Parker, T. H. L.

ISBN: 0792861914
Title: Luther
Author: Till, Eric

ISBN: 1506413471
Title: The Babylonian captivity of the Church
Author: Luther, Martin

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ISBN: 9781506423371
Title: Remembering the Reformation : Martin Luther and Catholic theology
Author: Marmion, Declan

ISBN: 0567082865
Title: The Reformation roots and ramifications
Author: Oberman, Heiko Augustinus