Textbook List
Summer 2020/2021
Henderson, Distance Learning
Please Note
Books that are designated under “Required Texts” are books that you will need for your course. “Recommended Texts” will be helpful for your assignment writing and worthwhile texts to add to your library, but won’t be needed for course reading.
Following are websites that you can order your textbooks from. You can order through the Manna Store henderson@manna.co.nz or through Manna Online. If you choose to do this, allow plenty of time for delivery.
- www.fishpond.co.nz
- www.koorong.com
- www.amazon.com
- www.manna.co.nz
- www.churchstores.co.nz
- www.thenile.co.nz
Electronic books: Be aware that you can often buy the books cheaper through Amazon as electronic Kindle books. To read these you can down load free software “Kindle for PC” and read them on a laptop or you can buy a Kindle e-Reader or use a tablet (ipad etc). The advantages are price (often about $10) and instant delivery. The possible downside is having to read it on a laptop.
115 Reading the Bible
Required:
Bartholomew, Craig G, and Michael W. Goheen. The Drama of Scripture: Finding Our Place in the Biblical Story. 2nd Edition. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2014.
215 Beginning Theology
The required textbook is supplied as a PDF within Moodle:
Breingan, Lucienne. Beginning Theology: An Introduction for Students. Newcastle, Aus.: Lucienne Breingan, 2015.
Students are also strongly recommended to acquire the following:
Harris, Brian. The Big Picture: Building Blocks of a Christian World View. Milton Keynes: Paternoster, 2015.
271 Gospel and Culture
No set text.
401 Formation
No set text.
403 Spirituality for Ministry
No set text.
505 Christian Leadership & Mission
Recommended textbook:
Dixon, Nigel. Villages without Walls: An Exploration of the Necessity of Building Christian Community in a Post-Christian World. New Zealand: Vox Humana, 2010.
The eBook is available for purchase on the Laidlaw College website: https://www.laidlaw.ac.nz/products/villages-without-walls/
617 Mercy, Justice, and Social Transformation
Required:
Myers, Bryant L. Walking With the Poor: Principles and Practices Of Transformational Development, Revised and Expanded edition. Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2011.
R215 Theologian in Context
No set text.