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  LIMEX Course 820
Ministry in the Marketplace

LIMEX Curriculum Bibliography

Required Readings:

Diehl, William E. The Monday Connection. Reprint ed. San Francisco: Harper, 1992. ISBN: 0-0606-1860-4.


Harmer, Catherine. The Compassionate Community: Strategies that Work for the Third Millennium. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1998. ISBN: 1-57075-196-X. Lima, OH: Academic Renewal, 2003.   ISBN # 1-57075-196-X. (Copies are available through major booksellers and through the publisher by calling 800-537-1030 or 419-227-1818 or by ordering online at www.arpress.com.)


Palmer, Parker. The Company of Strangers. New York: Crossroad, 1983. ISBN: 0-8245-0601-4.

Wheatley, Margaret and Kellner-Rogers-Myron. A Simpler Way. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 1998. ISBN: 1-5767-5050-7.


Roman Catholic Documents and Resources:

John Paul II. Ecclesia in America: Post-Synodal Exhortation. 22 January 1999. http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii.

---. Sollicitudo Rei Socialis (On Social Concern). Washington, D.C.: United States Catholic Conference, 1987. No. 205-5. Document is available online at http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii.

The Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World (Gaudium et Spes). Vatican Council II: The Conciliar and Post Conciliar Documents. Vols. 1 and 2. Ed. Austin Flannery, O.P. Northport, NY: Costello, 1998. ISBN # 0-9183-4439-5 and 0-9183-4416-6. Text is available online at http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_cons_19651207_gaudium-et-spes_en.html.

Synod of Bishops. Justice in the World. Washington, D.C.: United States Catholic Conference, 1972.

U.S. Catholic Bishops. A Fair and Just Workplace: Principles and Practices for Catholic Health Care. Washington, DC: United States Catholic Conference, 1999. Available online at http://www.usccb.org/sdwp/national/workplace.htm.

–––. Everyday Christianity: To Hunger and Thirst for Justice. Washington, DC: USCC, 1998. Publication # 5-116. Order by calling 800-235-USCC, or outside the U.S. and Canada 202-722-8716; or by visiting the web site http://www.usccb.org/publishing/parish.shtml. Text is available online at:
http://www.usccb.org/sdwp/projects/everyday.htm.



Additional Sources:

Batson, David. Saving the Corporate Soul. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2003. ISBN# 0-7879-6480-8.


Butt, Howard E. Renewing America's Soul: A Spiritual Journey for Home, Work, and Nation. New York: Continuum, 1996. ISBN# 0-8264-0880-X.

Coles, Robert. The Secular Mind. Princeton, NJ: Princeton UP, 1999. ISBN# 0-6910-5805-9.

Durka, Gloria. The Teacher’s Calling: A Spirituality for Those Who Teach. New York: Paulist, 2002. ISBN# 0-8091-4062-4.

Gittins, Anthony J. Ministry at the Margins: Strategy and Spirituality for Mission. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 2002. ISBN# 1-57075-417-9.

Hammond, Pete, et al. The Marketplace Annotated Bibliography: A Christian Guide to Books on Work, Business and Vocation. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2002. ISBN# 0-8303-2672-6.

Hesselbein, Frances, et al., eds. The Drucker Foundation: The Community of the Future. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1998. ISBN# 0-7879-1006-6 (hardback edition).

Jacobsen, Eric O. Sidewalks in the Kingdom: New Urbanism and the Christian Faith. Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos, 2003. ISBN# 1-58743-057-6.

Jung, L. Shannon. Food for Life: The Spirituality and Ethics of Eating. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress, 2004. ISBN# 0-8006-3642-2.

Kung, Hans. A Global Ethic for Global Politics and Economics. London: SCM, 1998. ISBN# 0-1951-2228-3.

Mich, Marvin. Catholic Social Teaching and Movements. Mystic, CT: Twenty-Third, 1998. ISBN# 0-8962-2936-X.

Minkler, Meredith. Community Organizing and Community Building for Health. Piscataway, NJ: Rutgers UP, 1997. ISBN# 0-81352-436-9.

O'Brien, Mary Elizabeth. The Nurse's Calling: A Christian Spirituality of Caring for the Sick. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist, 2001. ISBN# 0-8091-4009-8.


Pierce, Gregory F. Spirituality@Work: Ten Ways to Balance Your Life on the Job. Chicago: Loyola UP, 2001. ISBN# 0-8294-1349-9.

Schreiter, Robert. The Ministry of Reconciliation: Spirituality and Strategies. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1998. ISBN# 1-57075-168-4.

Schwartz, Ellen and Stoddard, Suzanne. Taking Back Our Lives in the Age of Corporate Dominance. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 2000. ISBN# 1-57675-078-7.

Sennett, Richard. The Corrosion of Character: The Personal Consequences of Work in the New Capitalism. New York: W.W. Norton, 2000. ISBN# 0-3933-1987-3.

Steinfels, Peter. "A Lay Vocation in the Marketplace." Origins 29.4 (June 10, 1999).

Strong, Douglas M. They Walked in the Spirit: Personal Faith and Social Action in America. Louisville, KY: Westminster / John Knox, 1997. ISBN# 0-664-25706-2.

Van Benthem, Vinal. On the Way to Work: Stories and Reflections on Living as Christians Today. Mystic, CT: Twenty-Third, 2004. ISBN# 1-58595-291-5.

Viladesau, Richard. Theology and the Arts: Encountering God through Music, Art and Rhetoric. New York: Paulist, 2000. ISBN# 0-8091-3927-8.

Weisbord, Marvin. Productive Workplaces: Organizing and Managing for Dignity, Meaning, and Community. Reprint ed. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1991. ISBN# 1-55542-370-1.

 

Web Sites of Interest :

Business Ethics Awards. http://www.business-ethics.com/annual.htm.

Catholic Campaign for Human Development. U.S. Catholic Bishops. http://usccb.org/cchd

The Catholic Labor Network Home Page. http://www.catholiclabor.org

Catholic Social Teaching. Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. http://www.osjspm.org/cst

Christians in Secular Ministry (CHRISM). http://www.chrism.org.uk

The Center of Concern. www.coc.org

The Faith and Politics Institute Home Page. http://faith-and-politics.org

Network National Catholic Social Justice Lobby. http://www.networklobby.org

North American Coalition for Christianity and Ecology Home Page. http://www.nacce.org

The Promotion of Justice: Resources for Exploring the Jesuit and Catholic Tradition. Creighton University. http://www.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/justice-links.html.

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