Wabash College: Pastoral Leadership

Resources

The following resource list includes readings for various sessions of cohort groups between 2009-2012. It is organized alphabetically by topic.

Community Engagement

Alinsky, Saul. Reveille for Radicals. 1946. Reprint, New York and Toronto: Vintage Books, 1989.

Hercules, Bob, Bruce Orenstein, Alec Baldwin. The Democratic Promise: Saul Alinsky & His Legacy.

Chicago: Media Process Educational Films, Chicago Video Project, Independent Television Service, Berkeley

Media, DVD, 1999.

Horton, Myles. The Long Haul: An Autobiography. New York: Teachers College Press, 1997. See esp. 177-180.

Lewis, Anne. “The Rough Side of the Mountain,” an episode of Headwaters Television. Whitesburg, KY:

Appalshop, #205. DVD, 1996.

Lewis, Helen. “Rebuilding Communities: A 12 Step Recovery Program.” In Participatory Development in

Appalachia: Cultural Identity, Community, and Sustainability, edited by Susan E. Keefe, 67-88. Knoxville:

The University of Tennessee Press.

Migliore, Daniel. “Appendix C.” In Faith Seeking Understanding, 2^nd edition, 384-401. Grand Rapids, Michigan:

William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2004.

Weeks, Lou. “Introduction to Alinsky,” unpublished.

Conflict Transformation, Resolution, Reconciliation

Fisher, Roger and William L. Ury. Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In.

2^nd edition. New York: Penguin Books, 1991.

Demography

Farley, Edward. “Interpreting Situations: An Inquiry into the Nature of Practical Theology,” 29-43

In Practicing Gospel: Unconventional Thoughts on the Church’s Ministry. Louisville: Westminster John Knox,

2003. First published 1987 by Fortress Press in Formation and Reflection: The Promise of Practical Theology,

edited by Lewis S. Mudge and James Poling.

The Association of Religion Data Archives

Economy

Niebuhr, H. Richard. “The Meaning of Responsibility.” In The Responsible Self: An Essay in Christian Moral

Philosophy, 47-68. Library of Theological Ethics edition. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 1999. First

edition Harper and Row, 1963.

Niebuhr, H. Richard, "The Meaning of Revelation." Library of Theological Ethics edition. Louisville, KY: Westminster

John Knox, 2006. First edition MacMillan, 1941. See esp. Chapter 2 and 3.

Gustafson, James. “Moral Discernment in the Christian Life.” In Moral Discernment in the Christian Life: Essays in

Theological Ethics, 25-40. Library of Theological Ethics First Edition. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox,

2007.

Education

Hauerwas, Stanley. “A Christian Critique of Christian America” In The Hauerwas Reader, 459-480. Durham, NC:

Duke University Press, 2001.

College Board, ACT High School Profile Report: The Graduating Class of 2008: Indiana.

College Board, Education Pays: Second Update, 2006.

College Board, SAT 2008 College Bound Seniors State Profile Report: Indiana.

College Board AP: The Fifth Annual AP Report to the Nation, February 4, 2009.

Indiana Commission for Higher Education. Reaching Higher: Strategic Initiatives for Higher Education in Indiana

Overview, 2008.

———, Reaching Higher: Strategic Initiative for Higher Education in Indiana: Dashboard of Key Indicators, 2008.

Indiana Youth Institute, Kids Count Data Center.

Health Care in Indiana Communities

Flaherty, Liam. “Life.” In Being Human: Readings from the President’s Council on Bioethics, 314-320

December 2003. Excerpts available at http://bioethics.georgetown.edu/pcbe/bookshelf/.

Gunderman, Richard. “The Good Samaritan.” In We Make Life by What We Give, 37-45. Bloomington, Indiana:

Indiana University Press, 2009.

Gunderman, Richard. “Treasure in Earthen Vessels.” In We Make Life by What We Give, 174-190. Bloomington,

Indiana: Indiana University Press, 2009.

Selzer, Richard. “The Surgeon as Priest.” In Being Human: Readings from the President’s Council on Bioethics,

131-139. December, 2003. Excerpts available at http://bioethics.georgetown.edu/pcbe/bookshelf/.

India

Erickson, Erik H. Gandhi’s Truth: On the Origins of Militant Nonviolence. New York: W. W. Norton and Company,

1969. See esp. 9-10, 24-32, 296-303.

Williams, Raymond Brady. “Swaminarayan Hinduism.” In The Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements, edited by

Peter Clarke. London: Routledge, 2005.

Williams, Raymond Brady. “Christian Stories about India.” In Christian Pluralism in the United States: The Indian

Immigrant Experience, 47-91. London: Cambridge University Press, 1996.

Leadership

Heifetz, Ronald. Leadership without Easy Answers. Cambridge, MA:

The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1994.

Daniels, Governor Mitch. State of the State Address, 2009. Video, 29:19. January 13, 2009.

Text also available on site.

Daniels, Governor Mitch. State of the State Address, 2011. Video, 33:07. January 11, 2011.

Text also available on site.

Nouwen, Henri. In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership. New York: The Crossroad

Publishing Company, 1989.

Obama, Barack Hussein. Inaugural Address. Video, 21:21. January 21, 2009. Text also available at site.

Orientation

Dykstra, Craig. “Pastoral and Ecclesial Imagination.” In For Life Abundant, 41-61. Grand Rapids, MI:

William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2008.

Wind, James P. and David J. Wood. Becoming a Pastor: Reflections on the Transition into Ministry.

August 18, 2008.