Postgraduate Reading List

MA Pastoral Theology

If you had time to read one or two of the following, it would be useful preparation, introducing you to the field.

PAS414 Foundations of Pastoral Theology

Ford, D.F. Christian theology: a very short introduction (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000)
Gallagher, M.P. Clashing Symbols (London: Darton, Longman & Todd, 1997)
Sweeney, J., Simmonds, G. and Lonsdale D. Keeping Faith in Practice: Aspects of Catholic Pastoral Theology (London: SCM, 2010)
Woodward, J. and Pattison, S. (eds), The Blackwell Reader in Pastoral and
Practical Theology (Oxford: Blackwell, 2000)

PAS413 Theology of Ministry

Gula, R. Ethics in Pastoral Ministry (NJ: Paulist Press, 1996)
O’Meara, T. Theology of Ministry (NY: Paulist Press, 1999)

PAS415 Religion – Context and Crisis

Aldridge, A. 1999 Religion in the Contemporary World: A Sociological Introduction, Cambridge: Polity Press
Kirwan, M. Political Theology: a New Introduction (London: Darton, Longman & Todd, 2007)

PAL503 Symbol and Ritual

Cooke, B. and Macy, G. Christian Symbol and Ritual (Oxford, 2005)

PAS520 Theology of Religious Life

Schneiders, S. Finding the Treasure; Selling All (NY: Paulist Press, 2000, 2001)

BIB511 The Bible in the Life of the Church

Metzger, B. M., The Canon of the New Testament: Its Origin, Development, and Significance, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1987

On Spiritual Direction

Leech, K. Soul Friend (London: Darton, Longman and Todd, 2nd ed. 1994)

On Marriage

Lawler, M.G. Marriage and Sacrament (Wilmington, Glazier, 1993)