Spring 2012 Book List

LT 502 — Elementary Latin II

Required Texts

• Collins, John F. A Primer of Ecclesiastical Latin. Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America Press, 1985. Paperback. ISBN-10: 08132-06677; ISBN-13: 978-08132-06677.
• A Latin-English lexicon (dictionary) that provides all four principal parts for each verb. An economical but useful choice would be the following: Cassell’s Concise Latin-English, English-Latin Dictionary (1987). Paperback. ISBN-10: 0020133405 ISBN-13: 978-0020133407.
• Novum Testamentum Latine. Edited by Kurt Aland and Barbara Aland. 2nd revised edition. Hendrickson Publishers, 2006. ISBN-10: 1598561758; ISBN-13: 978-1598561753.

Recommended Texts

• Goldman, Norma, and Ladislas Szymanski. English Grammar for Students of Latin, 3rd edition. Olivia & Hill Press, 2004. Paperback. ISBN-10: 0934034346. ISBN-13: 978-0934034340.

PH 512 — Medieval Philosophy

• Philosophy in the Middle Ages, 3rd ed. Edited by Arthur Hyman, James J. Walsh & Thomas Williams. Indianapolis, IN: Hackett Publishing, Co., 2010. ISBN 0-915145-80-4.

PH 513 — Modern Philosophy

• Ariew, Roger and Watkins, Eric. Modern Philosophy: An Anthology of Primary Sources. Hackett Pub Co., 1998. ISBN 0-87220-440-5

PH 524 — Philosophy of Knowledge (Epistemology)

• Aquinas. St. Thomas. Summa Theologica. Tr. Dominicans of the English Province. Christian Classics, 1981. ISBN 0-87061-069-4.

PH 526 — Philosophical Anthropology

• Aquinas. St. Thomas. Summa Theologica. Tr. Dominicans of the English Province. Volumes 1 and 2 only. Christian Classics, 1981. ISBN 0-87061-069-4.
• Aristotle. The Basic Works of Aristotle. Ed. Richard McKeon. Modern Library, 2001. ISBN 978-0375757990.

PH 554 — Philosophical Ethics

• Aquinas. St. Thomas. The Summa Theologica. Tr. Dominicans of the English Province. Volumes 2 and 3 only. ISBN 0-87061-069-4.
• Aristotle. The Basic Works of Aristotle. Modern Library, 2001. Ed. Richard McKeon. ISBN 978-0375757990
• Kant, Immanuel. Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals. Translated by James Ellington. Indianapolis: Hackett, 1993. ISBN 087220166X
• Mill, John Stuart. Utilitarianism. 2nd edition. Indianapolis: Hackett, 2002. ISBN 087220605X

SS 582 — Elementary Greek II

• Croy, N. Clayton. A Primer of Biblical Greek. William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1999. Paperback. ISBN: 978-0-8028-6000-2.
• Greek New Testament: With English Introduction including Greek/English dictionary. Edited by Barbara Aland, Kurt Aland, and Johannes Karavidopoulos. 27th edition, 1998. ISBN-10: 3438051133. ISBN-13: 978-3438051134.
• Whitacre, Rodney A. A Greek Patristic Reader. Hendrickson Publishers, 2007. ISBN 978-1-59856-043-5.

SS 632 — Wisdom Literature

• Duggan, Michael W. The Consuming Fire, A Christian Guide to the Old Testament, Updated and Revised. Huntington, IN: Our Sunday Visitor, 2010. ISBN-10: 1592765971. ISBN-13: 978-1592765973
• Harrington, S.J., Daniel. Jesus Ben Sira of Jerusalem: A Biblical Guide to Living Wisely (Liturgical Press, 2005).
• Kreeft, Peter. Three Philosophies of Life, Ecclesiastes, Job, and Song of Songs (Ignatius, 1990).
• The New American Bible, Revised Edition (2011)

SS 784 — Introduction to the Septuagint

Required Texts

• Decker, Rodney. Koine Greek Reader. Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2007.
• Dines, Jennifer M. The Septuagint (T & T Clark, 2004).

Recommended Texts

• Chamberlain, Gary Alan. The Greek of the Septuagint: A Supplemental Lexicon (Hendrickson, 2011).

ST 604 - Triune God

Required Texts

• Aquinas, St. Thomas. Summa Theologiae, I, qq. 2-43.
• DiNoia, Joseph A. “Knowing and Naming the Triune God: The Grammar of Trinitarian Confession.” in Speaking the Christian God, ed. Alvin F. Kimel, 162-187. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 1992.
• Emery, Gilles. “The Immutability of the God of Love and the Problem of Language Concerning the ‘Suffering of God’.” In Divine Impassibility and the Mystery of Human Suffering, ed. James Keating and Thomas Joseph White, 27-76. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans.
• Emery, Gilles. The Trinitarian Theology of St. Thomas Aquinas. Translated by Francesca Aran Murphy. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007; 7-35, 51-127.
• Emery, Gilles. “Essentialism or Personalism in the Treatise on God in St. Thomas Aquinas?” The Thomist 64 (2000): 521-563.
• Kelly, J.N.D. Early Christian Doctrines. 5th ed. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1977; 223-279.
• Rocca, Gregory. “Distinction Between Res Significata and Modus Significandi in Aquinas’ Theological Epistemology.” The Thomist 55 (1991): 173-197.

Recommended Texts

• First Vatican Council, Dei Filius
• Pius XII, Humani Generis, nos. 1-4.
• Second Vatican Council, Gaudium et Spes, nos. 19-21.
• Bauckham, Richard. Jesus and the God of Israel. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2008; 1-104.
• Velde, Rudi A. te. Aquinas on God: The ‘Divine Science’ of the Summa Theologiae. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2006; 37-118.
• White, Thomas Joseph. Wisdom in the Face of Modernity: A Study in Thomistic Natural Theology. Naples, Fl.: Sapientia Press, 2009; 276-289.
• Shanley, Brian J. The Thomist Tradition. Handbook of Contemporary Philosophy of Religion, v. 2. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002; ch. 8.
• Scheeben, Matthias The Mysteries of Christianity. Translated by Cyril Vollert. St. Louis, Mo.: B. Herder Book Co., 1946; 25-36.
• Shanley, “Divine Causation and Human Freedom in Aquinas,” American Philosophical Quarterly 72 (1998): 99-122.
• Kelly, J.N.D. Early Christian Doctrines. 5th ed. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1977; 83-136.
• Emery, Gilles. The Trinitarian Theology of St. Thomas Aquinas. Translated by Francesca Aran Murphy. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007; 128-311.
• Hill, William. The Three-Personed God: The Trinity as a Mystery of Salvation. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University Press, 1982; 3-79, 83-91, 111-124, 130-175, 185-186, 203-208, 225 232, 241-314.
• St. Paul’s Letter to the Colossians; especially ch. 1-3.
• The Gospel of John; ch. 1, 3, 8, 12, 14-16.
• Athanasius of Alexandria. “Three Discourses of Athanasius against the Arians.” In Select Treatises of St. Athanasius in Controversy with the Arians. New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1911; Discourse 1: Against the Arians, ch. 3-5, 8.
• Gregory of Nazianzus. Faith Gives Fullness to Reasoning: The Five Theological Orations of Gregory Nazianzen. Translated by Lionel Wickham and Frederick Williams. Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae, 13. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1991; Orations 1-5, 20.5-12; 32.5; 23.6-12; 34.8-15; 41.7-9.
• Beeley, Christopher. Gregory of Nazianzus on the Trinity and the Knowledge of God. New York: Oxford, 2008; ch. 4 (187-233).
• Gregory of Nyssa, Not Three Gods.
• Pope Benedict, Wednesday Audience on Dionysius the Areopagite, May 14, 2008.
• Pope John Paul II, Wednesday Audience on Dionysius the Areopagite, January 19, 2000.
• Fourth Lateran Council, ch. 1 and 2.
• Rahner, Karl. “Observations on the Doctrine of God in Catholic Dogmatics.” in Theological Investigations, IX, 127-144. New York: Herder and Herder, 1972.
• Vatican Clarification on the Filioque.
• 2003 Agreed Statement of the North American Orthodox-Catholic Theological Consultation.
• Rahner, Karl. The Trinity. Translated by Joseph Donceel. New York: Herder and Herder, 1970.
• Mansini, Guy. “Balthasar and the Theodramatic Enrichment of the Trinity,” The Thomist, 64 (2000), 499-519.
• Hart, David B. “Christ and Nothing.” First Things 136 (2003): 47-56.
• Levering, Matthew. Scripture and Metaphysics: Aquinas and the Renewal of Trinitarian Theology. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell, 2004; 120-132.

ST 614 — Theology of Grace

• Aquinas, St. Thomas. Summa Theologiae, I-II.
• Garrigou-Lagrange, R. Grace (available from www.lulu.com)
• Hwang, Alexander Y. Intrepid Lover of Perfect Grace. The Life and Thought of Prosper of Aquitaine. Washington, DC: CUA Press, 2009.
• The Sources of Catholic Dogma. Denzinger 15th edition, Deferrari English translation. Loreto Publication.

ST 636 — Sacraments of Penance and Anointing

• The Rite of Penance, Catholic Book Publishing, ISBN 9780805899425283
• Pastoral Care of the Sick, Catholic Book Publishing, ISBN 9780899421568
• Kurt Stasiak, OSB. A Confessor’s Handbook. Paulist Press, ISBN 978089146758
• Lizetter Larson Miller. Lex Orandi: The Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick. Liturgical Press, ISBN 100814625231
• The Code of Canon Law, 1983.
• Documents of Vatican II
• Catechism of the Catholic Church

ST 638 — Sacrament of Orders

• Aquinas, St. Thomas. Summa Theologiae.
• Butler, M.S.B.T., Sr. Sarah. The Catholic Priesthood and Women: A Guide to the Teaching of the Church. Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 2007.
• Cole, O.P., Basil. Christian Totality. Available on Reserve.
• Cole, O.P., Basil. The Hidden Enemies of the Priesthood. Available on Reserve.
• Garrigou-Lagrange, R. The Priest in Union with Christ. TAN Books and Publishers, 2002.
• Mansini, O.S.B., Guy. The Word Has Dwelt Among Us; Explorations in Theology. Sapientia Press, 2008.
• Nichols, Aidan. Holy Order. Oscott: Veritas, 1999.
• Tillard, Jean Marie Rene. Flesh of the Church, Flesh of Christ. Pueblo Press, 2001.
• Vanhoye, Albert. Old Testament Priests and the New Priest. Available on Reserve.

ST 664 — Ecclesiology

No books required for this course.

ST 722 — Liturgy and Time

No books requested for this course.

ST 726 — Liturgy and Spirituality

No books requested for this course.

ST 750 — Mariology

• Cameron, O.P. Peter John. Mysteries of the Virgin Mary: Living Our Lady’s Graces. Cincinnati, OH: Servant Books, 2010.
• Elizondo. Virgil. Guadalupe: Mother of the New Creation. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1997.
• Gambero. Luigi. Mary and the Fathers of the Church: The Blessed Virgin Mary in Patristic Thought. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1999.
• Garrigou-Lagrange, O.P. Reginald. Mother of the Saviour and Our Interior Life. Trans. Bernard J. Kelly, C.S.Sp. Reprinted. Rockford, IL: Tan, 1993.
• Haffner. Paul. The Mystery of Mary. Mundelein, IL: Hillenbrand Books, 2004.

ST 882 - Thomistic Seminar II

• Ashley, Benedict M (O.P.). The Way Toward Wisdom: An Interdisciplinary and Intercultural Introduction to Metaphysics. Notre Dame, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Press, 2006.
• Emery, Gilles. Trinity, Church, and the Human Person. Naples, Florida: Sapientia Press of Ave Maria University, 2007.
• Torrell, Jean-Pierre. Saint Thomas Aquinas. Volume 2: Spiritual Master. Translated by Robert Royal. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2003.

MT 602 — Principles of Christian Moral Life II

• Berkman, John and Titus, Craig Steven, eds. The Pinckaers Reader. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 2005.
• Cunningham, Lawrence S., ed. Intractable Disputes About the Natural Law. Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press, 2009.
• Kaczor, Christopher. Proportionalism and the Natural Law Tradition. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 2002.

MT 612 — Cardinal and Moral Virtues

• Cessario, Romanus. The Virtues, or the Examined Life. New York: Continuum International Publishing, 2002-2006.

MT 622 — Catholic Social and Sexual Teaching

• Catechism of the Catholic Church. Rome: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1997.
• John Paul II, Pope. Man and Woman He Created Them: A Theology of the Body. Trans. Michael Waldstein. Pauline Books and Media, 2006.
• Pius XI. Casti Connubii

MT 710 — Moral Truth and Aesthetic Judgment

Books on Reserve

• Booth, Wayne C. The Company We Keep An Ethics of Fiction. Berkley, California: University of California Press, 1988.
• Dubus, Andre. Selected Stories. New York, NY: Vintage Books, 1996.
• Forche, Carolyn. Blue Hour Poems. New York, NY: HarperCollins, 2002.
• Joyce, James. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. New York, NY: Viking Press, 1966.
• Lynch, William F. Images of Faith The Exploration of the Ironic Imagination. Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press, 1973.
• Maritain, Jacques. Art and Scholasticism and The Frontiers of Poetry. New York, NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1962.
• Nussbaum, Martha. Love’s Knowledge. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 1990.
• O’Connor, Flannery. The Complete Stories. New York, NY: Noonday Press, 1972.

HT 611 — Patrology

• Beatrice, Pier Frano. Introduction to the Fathers.
• Bettenson, Henry. The Early Christian Writes, Vol. I: Clement to Athanasius.
• Bettenson, Henry. The Early Christian Writes, Vol. II: Cyril to Leo.
• Chryssavgis, John. The Way of the Fathers: Exploring the Patristic Mind.

HT 720 — Aquinas and the Fathers: St. Thomas’s Engagement with His Patristic Sources

• Aquinas, Thomas. Faith, Reason and Theology, Questions I-IV of his Commentary on the De Trinitate of Boethius. Trans. Armand Maurer. Medieval Sources in Translation 32. Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies, 1987.
• Dauphinais, Michael, David, Barry and Levering, Matthew, eds. Aquinas the Augustinian. Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2007.
• O’Rourke, Fran. Pseudo-Dionysius and the Metaphysics of Aquinas. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2005.

PS 572 — Communicating God’s Word

• New American Bible
• Webster’s Pocket Dictionary.

PS 603 — Supervised Ministry

• St. Gregory the Great. Liber Regulae Pastoralis (The Pastoral Rule). Any translation will suffice.
• Champlin, Joseph M. The Marginal Catholic: Challenge, Don’t Crush. Revised ed. Alba House, 2001.
• Pickett, William L. A Concise Guide to Pastoral Planning. Ave Maria Press, 2007.
• Switzer, David K. Pastoral Care Emergencies. Fortress Press, 2000.

PS 663 — Priesthood Practicum

• Elliott, Peter J. Ceremonies of the Modern Roman Rite: The Eucharist and the Liturgy of Hours: A Manual for Clergy and All Involved in Liturgical Ministries. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2004.

PS 672 - Preaching: Preparation and Presentation

• Cameron, Peter John. Why Preach: Encountering Christ in God’s Word. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2009
• Tugwell, Simon. Early Dominicans: Selected Writings. Classics of Western Spirituality. New York: Paulist Press, 1982.

PS 781 — Introduction to Islam

Main sources

• A bilingual Quran (translation of Yusuf Ali or M. M. Kha).
• The Biography of Muhammad: Al-Bukhari (Bilingual edition).

Secondary sources

• Y. Nevo and J. Koren: Crossroad to Islam. Prometheus Books. New York, 2003
• David Cook: Understanding Jihad. University of California Press. Berkeley, 2005
• Ibn Warraq (ed.): The Quest for the Historical Muhammad. Prometheus Books. New York, 2000
• F.M. Donner: Muhammad and the Believers. Harvard University Press. Cambridge, 2010
• J. Wansbrough: Quranic Studies. Prometheus Books. New York, 2004
• W. Montgomery Watt: Muhammad, Prophet and Statesman. Oxford Press, 1974.

Updated 12/16/11