Textbooks / Bookstore
Required textbooks are available for purchase by Booth College students in our online bookstore.
Bookstore contact details:
phone | 02 9502-0462
email | bookstore@boothcollege.edu.au
Please ensure that you are purchasing the correct textbook for the level you are studying at (some subjects vary - outlined below).
Individual links to each book are included in the list below, as titles arrive in-store. It is recommended, to save on postage costs, that students wait until all required books for their subject are available.
A flat rate of $6.95 postage within Australia applies to each order. Please contact us for international shipping costs.
Required Texts Semester 1-2012
Apologetics
Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion, Houghton-Mifflin, 2006
PLUS Alister McGrath, The Dawkins Delusion: Atheist Fundamentalism and the Denial of the Divine. Downers Grove:IVP, 2007
PLUS David Ferguson, Faith and its Critics. Oxford University Press, 2009.
Christology
Gerald O'Collins SJ. Christology: A Biblical, Historical, and Systematic Study of Jesus, Oxford University Press, 2009
PLUS Beilby & Eddy (eds). The Nature of the Atonement, IVP 2006 (this text to read before lesson 6)
Church History Survey
Jonathan Hill, ed. Lion Handbook to the History of Christianity. Grand Rapids:Zondervan, 2006
Gospels and Holy Living
Brower, Kent. Holiness in the Gospels, Beacon Hill Press 2005
History of Christianity in Australia
Compilation Reader, Booth College
Intro to Theology
McGrath, A. Christian Theology - An Introduction, Blackwell 2010
PLUS The Salvation Army Handbook of Doctrine, London: Salvation Books 2010
PLUS Required for BTh Essay - Hill, Harold. Leadership in The Salvation Army, Wipf & Stock 2006
Introduction to Christian Worship
Constance M. Cherry, The Worship Architect, Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2010
PLUS Required for book review (1 of the following)
[Dip/BTh] Basden & Engle (eds). Exploring the Worship Spectrum: 6 Views, Grand Rapids: Zondervan 2004
[Dip/BTh] Pinson. Perspectives on Christian Worship: 5 Views, Nashville: Broadman & Holman 2009
[BTh] Reinstra. Worship Words: Discipling Language for Faithful Ministry, Grand Rapids: Baker, 2009
[BTh] Hall. Worshipping with the Church Fathers, Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2009
[BTh] Dyrness. A Primer on Christian Worship: Where We've Been, Where We Are, Where We Can Go, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans 2009
Introduction to the Old Testament
Diploma: Collins, J.J. A Short Introduction to the Hebrew Bible. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2007
BTh: Coogan, M. The Old Testament London: OUP, 2006.
New Paradigms for a Missional Revolution
Alan Roxburgh. Missional: Joining God in the Neighbourhood, Baker Books, 2011
Old Testament Historical Books
Mills, Mary E. Joshua to Kings: History, Story, Theology (T&T Clark Approaches to Biblical Studies)
Pastoral Theology 1
No required set textbook
Preaching 2
Joel B. Green and Michael Pasquarello, Narrative Reading, Narrative Preaching: Reuniting New Testament Interpretation and Proclamation, Baker Books, 2003
PLUS Mark Elliott, Creative Styles of Preaching, Westminster John Knox Press, 2000
Supervised Ministry 2
Peterson, Eugene H. The Contemplative Pastor, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans 1989
