In Their (Almost) Own Words

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In Their (Almost) Own Words:
Faith Journeys of Theologians

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The following books and websites chronicle the lives and faith journeys of some well-known persons of faith. With permission from the CHARIS Ecumenical Center, we’ve borrowed from a recent bulletin and added additional resources from our own resource center. This is a work in progress and we welcome your additions!

Karen Armstrong. The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness. Knopf, 2004

Gregory Baum – Amazing Church: A Catholic Theologian Remembers a Half- Century of Change. Orbis, 2005

Gregory Baum, editor Journeys: The Impact of Personal Experience on Religious Thought. Paulist, 1975 (Autobiographical essays by Monika Hellwig, Andrew Greeley, Rosemary Radford Ruether, Charles Curran, Richard McBrien, and others)

Hildegard of Bingen. Journal of Hildegard of Bingen by Barbara Lachman. Crown, 1993
Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Letters and Papers from Prison, Touchstone, 1997 and a novel, I Am: A Credible Life by Paul Barz. Fortress, 2008

Marcus Borg. “Me and Jesus-the Journey Home: An Odyssey (external link)”

Frederick Buechner.The Longing for Home: Reflections at Midlife. HarperSanFrancisco, 1996

Richard John Neuhaus. As I Lay Dying: Meditations on Returning. Basic Books, 2002

Reinhold Niebuhr. Leaves from the Notebook of a Tamed Cynic. Westminster John Knox, 1991 and Remembering Reinhold Niebuhr: Letters of Reinhold and Ursula Niebuhr. Westminster John Knox, 1991

Kathleen Norris. Dakota: A Spiritual Geography. Ticknor and Fields, 1993

Henri Nouwen. Sabbatical Journey: The Diary of His Final Year. Crossroad, 1998 and the video, “Journey of the Heart”, Vision Video, 2003

Flannery O’Connor. The Habit of Being: The Letters of Flannery O’Connor by Sally Fitzgerald, 1979

Eugene Peterson. “Transparent Lives: the Contemplative Christian” in Christian Century, November, 2003

Gail Ramshaw. Under the Tree of Life: the Religion of a Feminist Christian. Continuum, 1999

Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI). Milestones: Memoirs 1927-1977. Ignatius, 1998

Edward Schillebeeckx, OP. “Dominican Spirituality (external link)”

Alexander Schmemann. Journals of Alexander Schmemann. St. Vladimir’s Press, 2000

Dorothy Soelle. Against the Wind. Augsburg Fortress, 2004

Barbara Brown Taylor. Leaving Church: A Memoir of Faith. HarperSanFrancisco, 2006

Mother Teresa. Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light by Brian Kolodiejchuk. Doubleday, 2007

Joan Chittister. In Search of Belief, Liguori, 1999 and Scarred by Struggle, Transformed by Hope, Benetvision, 2003

John Cobb. “A Critical View of Inherited Theology (external link)”

William Sloane Coffin. Credo. Westminster John Knox, 2004 and the video, “An American Prophet”, Westminster John Knox, 2004

John Dominic Crossan. “Almost the Whole Truth (external link)“. His book length autobiography is A Long Way from Tipperary: A Memoir. Harper Collins, 2000

Dorothy Day. The Long Loneliness: An Autobiography. HarperSanFrancisco, 1981

Diana Eck. Encountering God: A Spiritual Journey from Bozeman to Benares. Beacon, 2003

Mircea Eliade. Journal (4 volume autobiography). University of Chicago Press

Douglas John Hall. Bound and Free: A Theologian’s Journey. Fortress. 2005

Kosuke Koyama. “Christ’s Homelessness (external link)”

Hans Kung. My Struggle for Freedom: Memoirs. Eerdmans, 2003

C. S. Lewis. Surprised by Joy. Harcourt Brace, 1984, A Grief Observed, Bantam, 1961, and Mere Christianity, HarperSanFrancisco, 1953

Richard Lischer. Open Secrets: A Spiritual Journey Through a Country Church, Doubleday, 2001

Martin Marty. Cry of Absence. Harper and Row, 1983

Paul Tillich. “My Search for Absolutes (external link)”

Desmond Tutu. Crying in the Wilderness. Eerdman’s, 1992

Geza Vermes. Providential Accidents: An Autobiography. Rowman and Littlefield, 1998

James Wallis. Revive Us Again: A Sojourner’s Story. Abingdon, 1983

Robert Webber. Evangelicals on the Canterbury Trail: Why Evangelicals are Attracted to the Liturgical Church. Jarrell, 1985 Webber’s own story and the stories of others.

N.T. Wright. “My Pilgrimage in Theology (external link)”

Philip Yancey. What’s So Amazing About Grace. Harper Collins, 1997

The preceding resources are highlighted and recommended for your consideration. If you have questions or would like to reserve a resource, contact Julie Aageson at 701-232-3381 or julie.aageson@ecunet.org

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Telling the Stories

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At the heart of our identity as Christians are the biblical stories. Wherever we gather, stories are told: creeds, songs, sagas, dramas, Old Testament stories passed from generation to generation, New Testament stories proclaiming a crucified and risen Christ. Telling the stories of God is our highest calling. Cracking open new meanings and uncovering the many layers of meaning in the biblical stories is a life-long challenge. You will find here a selection of resources that speak of God’s presence in all of life. They help us know who we are and who God is. Most importantly, they reveal to us the God whose presence permeates all of life, the God to be found in the cleft of the wood, the turn of the stone.

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In Their (Almost) Own Words