Reading List
Notes
- Authors marked with * are not in full communion with the Catholic Church.
- There is a book stall available at Wonersh on formation days.
- Where possble, the works mentioned below contain either a link to online content of a search for the book.
- Many Church documents such as the Catechism, Vatican II documents and papal encyclicals are available online at the Vatican website or in hard copy from the Catholic Truth Society.
- Some older works listed below may have multiple editions and ISBNs.
General
- Catechism of the Catholic Church
- Basic Norms for the Formation of Permanent Deacons/Directory for Ministry and Life of Permanent Deacons (Congregation for Catholic Education/Congregation for the Clergy)
- Vatican Council II, The Conciliar and Post Conciliar Documents (Austin Flannery OP)
- The Christian Faith in the Doctrinal Documents of the Catholic Church (J. Neuner SJ & J. Dupuis SJ)
Scripture
- New Jerusalem Bible or Catholic Edition of NRSV Bible or American Catholic Community Bible
- New Jerome Biblical Commentary Student Edition (ed. R. Brown, J. Fitzmyer & R. Murphy)
- Synopsis of the Four Gospels (ed. K. Aland)
- The Gospel of John (R. Brown)
- The Birth of the Messiah (R. Brown)
- The Death of the Messiah (R. Brown)
- The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church (Pontifical Biblical Commission)
- Ancient Israel (R. DeVaux OP)
- Handbook for Biblical Studies (N. Turner*)
- Paul: A Critical Life (J. Murphy-O’Connor)
- Alive and Active (A. Graffy)
- Trustworthy and True (A. Graffy)
Philosophy & Dogma
- Early Christian Writings (ed. M. Staniforth)
- St Thomas Aquinas Summa Theologica A Concise Translation (T. McDermott)
- Fides et Ratio (Pope John-Paul II)
- Ecclesia de Eucharistia (Pope John-Paul II)
- Epiphany (A. Nichols OP) – text also available here.
- The Shape of Catholic Theology (A. Nichols OP)
- The Cappadocians (A. Meredith SJ)
- Torture and Eucharist (W. Cavanaugh)
- Radical Orthodoxy (ed. J. Milbank*, C. Pickstock & G. Ward)
- Sacrament of Salvation (P. McPartlan)
- Questions about God (P. Clarke)
- The Divine Trinity (D. Brown*)
- Arius (R. Williams*)
- On Christian Theology (R. Williams*)
- The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy (S. Blackburn*)
- The Oxford Companion to Philosophy (T. Honderich*)
- Early Christian Doctrines (J. Kelly)
- A Rahner Reader (G. McCool)
- Foundations of Christian Faith (K. Rahner SJ)
- Theology: Science of Salvation (R. Latourelle)
- Fundamental Theology (G. O’Collins SJ)
- What Are They Saying About Jesus? (G. O’Collins SJ)
- The Easter Jesus (G. O’Collins SJ)
- John Henry Newman (I. Ker)
- Magisterium (F. Sullivan)
- After Writing (C. Pickstock*)
- Ecclesia: A Theological Encyclopedia of the Church (C. O’Donnell)
- What Binds Marriage? (T. Buckley CSsR)
- Marriage and Sacrament (M. Lawler)
- The Oxford Companion to Christian Thought (ed. A. Hastings)
Moral Theology
- Familiaris Consortio (Pope John-Paul II)
- Veritatis Splendor (Pope John-Paul II)
- Evangelium Vitae (Pope John-Paul II)
- Humanae Vitae (Pope Paul VI)
- The Way of the Lord Jesus Vol 1, Vol 2 (G. Grisez)
- Humanae Vitae: A Generation Later (J. Smith)
- Nuclear Deterrence, Morality and Realism (J. Finnis, J. Boyle & G. Grisez)
- Love and Responsibility (K. Wojtyla)
- Human Sexuality (G. Coleman)
- Ethics of Health Care (B. Ashley & K. O’Rourke)
- Issues for a Catholic Bioethic (ed. L. Gormally)
- Nuclear Weapons and Christian Conscience (ed. W. Stein)
- Choices (D. Brown*)
- Catholic Sexual Ethics (R. Lawler OFM Cap, J. Boyle & W. May)
- Ethics and Community (E. Dussel)
- Contraception and Chastity (G. Anscombe)
Social Teaching & Liberation Theology
- Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church (Pontifical Council For Justice And Peace) also available online here.
- Gaudium et Spes (Vatican II)
- Laborem Exercens (Pope John-Paul II)
- Sollicitudo Rei Socialis (Pope John-Paul II)
- Centesimus Annus (Pope John-Paul II)
- Ecclesia in Europa (Pope John-Paul II)
- The Common Good and the Catholic Church’s Social Teaching (CBCEW)
- Vote for the Common Good (CBCEW)
- Human Rights and the Catholic Church (CBCEW)
- Jubilee for Refugees (CBCEW)
- The Call of Creation (CBCEW)
- The Common Good in Education (CES)
- The New Dictionary of Catholic Social Thought (ed. J. Dwyer)
- Liberation Theology (G. Gutierrez)
- Christology at the Crossroads (J. Sobrino SJ)
- The Beatitudes (S. Galilea)
- Unemployment and the Future of Work (CT in Britian & Ireland)
- The Social Teaching of Vatican II (R. Charles SJ)
- The New Politics (P. Vallely)
- Option for the Poor (D. Dorr)
- Catholic Social Teaching (T. Herr)
Canon Law
- The Code of Canon Law (Numerous editions)
- The Canon Law, Letter and Spirit (Canon Law Society)
- An Introduction to Canon Law (J. Coriden)
- Mixed Marriages: The Revised Directory (CBCEW)
Spiritual Theology
- Confessions (St Augustine)
- Prayers and Meditations (St Anselm)
- The Interior Castle (St Teresa of Avila)
- Spirit of Flame (E. Allison Pears) London SCM 1943
- Mother of Carmel (E. Allison Pears) London 1945
- The Seven Story Mountain (Thomas Merton)
- Seeds of Contemplation (Thomas Merton)
- The Desert in the City (C. Carretto)
- To Be a Pilgrim – A Spiritual Notebook (B. Hume OSB)
- On Prayer (H. von Balthasar)
- School for Prayer (A. Bloom*)
- The Study of Spirituality (C. Jones* et al)
- The Wound of Knowledge (R. Williams*)
- Soul Friend (K. Leech*)
- True God (K. Leech*)
- Spirituality and Pastoral Care (K. Leech*)
- Dictionary of Christian Spirituality (G. Wakefield*)
- Good Friday People (S. Cassidy)
- God of Surprises (G. Hughes SJ)
- In Search of a Way (G. Hughes SJ)
- The Road from La Storta (P-H. Kovenbach SJ)
Liturgy
- Ceremonial of Bishops
- The Roman Rite Described
- The Rite of Baptism for Children
- Pastoral Care of the Sick
- Order of Christian Funerals
- The Rites of the Catholic Church, Vol 1, Vol 2
- The New Dictionary of Sacramental Worship (P. Fink SJ)
- General Instruction to the Roman Missal
- Christian Celebration (J. Crichton)
- Ceremonies of the Modern Roman Rite (P. Elliott)
- The Study of Liturgy (ed. C. Jones* et al)
- Diocesan liturgical newsletters if available
Church History & Hagiography
- The History of the Early Church (Eusebius)
- The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (ed. E. Livingstone)
- The Early Church (H. Chadwick*)
- The Reformation (O. Chadwick*)
- The Church in the Age of Revolution (A. Vidler*)
- John XXIII (P. Hebblethwaite)
- Paul VI (P. Hebblethwaite)
- Augustine of Hippo (P. Brown*)
- Roman Catholicism in England (E. Norman*)
- Cardinal Hume ad the Changing Face of English Catholicism (P. Stanford)
- John Paul II (Lord Longford)
- A History of Christianity (O. Chadwick*)
- The Stripping of the Altars (E. Duffy)
- Saints and Sinners: A History of the Popes (E. Duffy)
- The Life of Thomas More (P. Ackroyd*)
- The Handle and the Axe (J. Aveling)
- A History of English Christianity 1920-1985 (A. Hastings)
- Butler’s Lives of the Saints (M. Walsh)
- The Memory of the Christian People (E. Hoornaert)
Pastoral Theology & the Deacon’s Ministry
- Sacrum Diaconatus Ordinem (Pope Paul VI)
- Ad Pascendum (Pope Paul VI)
- Christ the Sacrament of the Encounter with God (E. Schillebeeckx)
- The Way of the Heart (H. Nouwen)
- The Wounded Healer (H. Nouwen)
- Compassion (H. Nouwen)
- Care and Conflict (K. Leech*)
- The Art of Christian Listening (T. Hart)
- General Directory for Catechesis (Congregation for the Clergy)
- Preaching: The Art and the Craft (W. Burghardt SJ)
- Preaching the Just Word (W. Burghardt SJ)
- The Practical Preacher (P. Edwards)
- The Deacon’s Ministry (C. Hall*)
- Diakonia (J. Collins)
- Baptising Babies and Clearing Gutters (B. Stringer)
Journals
- The Tablet
- The Pastoral Review
- Priests and People
- New Blackfriars
- Communio
- Concilium
- Faith
- The Way
- Spirituality