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The School of Theology and Religious Studies
Religious Education/Catechetics MA Comprehensive Reading List
N.B. In addition to readings from your course history, the following texts should be reviewed:
Church Documents
Flannery, Austin, ed. The Vatican Collection. Vatican Council II. Vol. 1 of Conciliar and Post Conciliar
Documents. Rev. ed. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1992.
Connell, Martin, ed. The Catechetical Documents: A Parish Resource. Chicago: Liturgy Training
Publications, 1996. [The following documents are contained in this volume.]
Congregation for the Clergy. General Catechetical Directory. Washington, DC: United
States Catholic Conference (USCC), 1971.
National Conference of Catholic Bishops. To Teach as Jesus Did: A Pastoral Message on
Catholic Education. Washington, DC: USCC, 1972.
National Conference of Catholic Bishops. Basic Teachings for Catholic Religious
Education. Washington, DC: USCC, 1973.
Pope Paul VI. On Evangelization in the Modern World (Evangelii Nuntiandi). Apostolic
Exhortation. (8 December, 1975) Washington, DC: USCC, 1976.
Department of Education, USCC. Sharing the Light of Faith: National Catechetical
Directory for Catholics of the United States. Washington, DC: USCC, 1979.
Pope John Paul II. On Catechesis in Our Time (Catechesi Tradendae). Apostolic
Exhortation, (16 October, 1979). Washington, DC: USCC, 1979.
International Committee on English in the Liturgy (ICEL). Rite of Christian Initiation of
Adults. Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 1988.
Congregation for the Clergy. General Directory for Catechesis. Vatican City: Libreria Editrice Vaticana,
1997; Washington, DC: USCC, 1998.
National Conference of Catholic Bishops. Go and Make Disciples: A National Plan and Strategy for
Catholic Evangelization in the United States. Washington, DC: NCCB, 1999.
Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2nd ed. Washington, DC: USCC, 1997.
Department of Education, United States Catholic Conference. Our Hearts Were Burning Within Us: A
Pastoral Plan for Adult Faith Formation in the United States. Washington, DC: USCC, 1999.
Pontifical Biblical Commission. The Jewish People and Their Sacred Scriptures in the Christian Bible.
Boston: Pauline Books and Media, 2002.
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United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Co-Workers in the Vineyard of the Lord,
Washington, DC: USCCB, 2005.
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. National Directory for Catechesis. Washington, DC:
USCCB, 2005.
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. United States Catholic Catechism for Adults. Washington,
DC: USCCB, 2006.
Theological Tradition
Vatican Document
International Theological Commission, Theology Today: Perspectives, Principles and Criteria.
http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/cti_documents/rc_cti_doc_2011
1129_teologia-oggi_en.html
Allen, John L., Jr. The Future Church: How Ten Trends are Revolutionizing the Catholic Church. NY:
Doubleday, 2009.
Augustine of Hippo. Instructing Beginners in Faith. Translated by Raymond Canning.
Hyde Park, New York: New City Press, 2006.
Bleichner, Howard. In the Circle of Mysteries the Coherence of Catholic Belief. NY: Crossroads
Publishing Company, 2008.
Boadt, Lawrence. Reading the Old Testament: An Introduction. 2nd ed. Revised and updated by Richard
Clifford and Daniel Harrington. New York/New Jersey: Paulist Press, 2012.
Bohr, David. Catholic Moral Tradition: In Christ a New Creation. Revised ed. Wipf and Stock, 2006
(ISBN: 1597525838)
Bradshaw, Paul. The Search for the Origin of Christian Worship: Sources and Methods for the Study of
Early Liturgy. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford Press, 2002.
Bradshaw, Paul and Maxwell Johnson. The Origin of Feasts, Fasts, and Seasons in Early Christianity.
Collegeville: The Liturgical Press, 2011.
Downey, Michael. Understanding Christian Spirituality. New York/Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1997.
Emery, Gilles. The Trinity: An Introduction to Catholic Doctrine on the Triune God. Washington, DC:
The Catholic University of America Press, 2011.
Jacobsen, Douglas. The World’s Christians: Who They Are, Where They Are, How They Got There. UK:
Wiley Blackwell, 2011.
Mattison, William C. Introducing Moral Theology: True Happiness and the Virtues. Grand Rapids:
Brozos, 2008.
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Ratzinger, Joseph. Introduction to Christianity. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1990.
Schreiter, Robert. The New Catholicity: The Theology Between the Global and the Local. Maryknoll:
Orbis Press, 1997.
Smolarski, Dennis C. Sacred Mysteries: Sacramental Principles and Liturgical Practice. New
York/Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1994.
Religious Education/Catechetics
Barker, Kenneth. Religious Education, Catechesis, and Freedom. Birmingham, AL: Religious Education
Press, 1981.
Bryce, Mary Charles. Pride of Place: The Role of Bishops in the Development of Catechesis in the United
States. Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America Press, 1984.
Darcy-Bérubé, Françoise. Religious Education at a Crossroads. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1995.
Elias, John. A History of Christian Religious Education: Protestant, Catholic and Orthodox Perspectives.
Malabar, FL: Krieger Publishing, 2002.
Fox, Zeni. New Ecclesial Ministry: Lay Professionals Serving the Church. Franklin, WI: Sheed and
Ward, 2002.
Groome, Thomas H. Christian Religious Education: Sharing Our Story and Vision.
San Francisco: Harper, 1980.
Harris, Maria and Gabriel Moran. Reshaping Religious Education. Louisville, KY: Westminster John
Knox Press, 1989.
Hofinger, Johannes, ed. Teaching All Nations: A Symposium on Modern Catechetics. New York: Herder
and Herder, 1961.
Jungmann, Josef. Handing on the Faith: A Manual of Catechetics. Herder and Herder, 1959.
______. The Good News Yesterday and Today. New York: Sadlier, 1962.
Kravatz, Marylin. Partners in Wisdom and Grace: Catechesis and Religious Education in Dialogue.
New York: University Press of America, Inc., 2010.
O’Hare, Padraic. Foundations of Religious Education. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1978.
Sloyan, Gerard S., ed. Shaping the Christian Message. New York: Macmillan, 1958.
Warren, Michael. Source Book for Modern Catechetics. 2 vols. Winona, MN: Saint Mary’s Press, 1983,
1997.
Westerhoff, John. Will Our Children Have Faith? New York: Seabury Press, 1976.
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