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The
Augustana Ministerium Annual Conference Reading Lists
Please read the following before the
conference, as these works will guide our discussion
Reclaiming the Old Lutheran Axiom:
We Teach Our Own—To Keep our
Baptized Children Alive
Luther, Martin, “To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation,” Luther’s Works, American Edition, vol. 44, section 25
Prefaces to the Large and Small
Catechisms
Sayers, Dorothy L., “The Lost Tools of Learning” (available in Wilson’s
book or for free on the web, along with other resources at The Well-Trained Mind)
Wilson, Douglas, Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning: An Approach to Distinctively Christian Education
Hicks, David V., Norms and Nobility: A Treatise on Education
Spitz, Lewis W., and Tinsley, Barbara, Johann Sturm on Education
Nurturing the Foundations of Faith:
Equipping God’s People to Defend Against the Reasoned Arguments of Unbelief
James W. Sire, The Universe Next Door (Intervarsity Press), Chapters 3-6, 9
The Balanced Spiritual Diet of Full-Strength Law and Gospel,
and the Deadly Signs of Imbalance (Boredom and Despair)
Walther, C.F.W, The Proper Distinction Between Law and Gospel (especially Thesis XXVI)
Forde, Gerhard, On Being a Theologian of the Cross
Instilling Christian Citizenship:
The Freedom of Grace and the
Bondage of the Neighbor
Luther, Martin, Freedom of the Christian,” Luther’s Works, American Edition, vol. 31
The Seven Deadly Values of Contemporary Culture:
The Shape of
the Enemy’s Weapons against Our People Today
In descending order of priotrity:
Michael Allen Gillespie, The Theological Origins of Modernity (Chicago, 2008)
Douglas V. Porpora, Landscapes of the Soul—The Loss of Moral Meaning in American Life (Oxford, 2001)
A. J. Conyers, The Long Truce—How Toleration Made the World Safe for Power and Profit (Spence, 2001)
John Lukacs, Democracy and Populism—Fear and Hatred (Yale, 2005)
Loren J. Samons II, What's Wrong with Democracy?—From Athenian Practice to American Worship (California, 2004)
Mark Bauerlein, The Dumbest Generation (Tarcher, 2008)
Barry Alan Shain, The Myth of American Individualism—The Protestant Origins of American Political Thought (Princeton, 1994)