Ken Carder’s course The Local Church in Mission to God’s World books

I am the preceptor (teaching assistant) for retired United Methodist Church Bishop Ken Carder’s course “The Local Church in Mission to God’s World” this semester at Duke Divinity School.  Here are the books on the reading list and his syllabus.   Update January 2010: Here is the 2010 version: Ken Carder's course The Local Church in Mission to God's World

Required Texts:

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  David J. Bosch: Transforming Mission: Paradigm Shifts in Theology of Mission

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  John Paul Lederach: The Journey Toward Reconciliation

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  Leander E. Keck: The Church Confident

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  Tex Sample: Blue Collar Resistance and the Politics of Jesus: Doing Ministry With Working Class Whites

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  Walter Wink: The Powers That Be: Theology for a New Millennium

Other resources:

See the Sustaining Pastoral Excellence website for more Duke Divinity School resources on pastoring.

Posts on Ken Carder's other course Introduction to Christian Ministry (Fall 2008):

Ken Carder: Introduction to Christian Ministry books (Fall 2008)

Education in the Local Church: Taylor, Willimon, Storey, Niebuhr, and Groome

Review of Pastor: Theology and Practice by Will Willimon

Review of With God in the Crucible by Peter Storey