Becoming a Religious:
Annotated Bibliography
Ashkar, Dominic
F. Road to Emmaus: A New Model for Catechesis. San Jose,
CA: Resource Publications, 1993.
From the catechesis
(katechesis = religious formation) Jesus gave his disciples
in the Emmaus story, the author presents ten principles he has
put into practice as a Catholic priest of the Maronite Church.
He incorporates travel imagery and concepts of human development
into a catechetical and eucharistic model for the Christian faith
adventure.
Beaudoin, Thomas.
Virtual Faith: The Irreverent Spiritual Quest of Generation X.
San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 1998.
Exploration
of Gen-X images and their relationship to the search for meaning
and religion by a theologian of the generation.
Catholic Church.
Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults. Washington, D.C.:
United States Catholic Conference, 1988.
Introductions
in both ritual or study editions helpful in understanding the
process of initiation which occurs in stages and steps.
Chittister,
O.S.B., Joan. The Fire in These Ashes: A Spirituality of Contemporary
Religious Life. Kansas City: Sheed & Ward, 1995.
A strong inspirational
and motivational text on the spirituality necessary for religious
life in the 21st century.
D’Antonio,
William V., James D. Davidson, Dean R. Hoge and Katherine Meyer.
American Catholics: Gender, Generation, and Commitment. Walnut
Creek, CA: AltaMira Press, 2001.
Reflection
by noted sociologists on 20th trends in the identification of
different generations of U.S. Catholics with the Catholic Church.
Based on results of national surveys from 1987, 1993 and 1999.
Farley, Margaret
A. Personal Commitments: Beginning, Keeping, Changing. New
York, NY: Harper & Row Publishers, 1986.
A classic
work providing a theological and ethical framework for looking
at the meaning of commitment. Explores methods for making and
sustaining commitments in 20th U.S.
Garvin, R.S.M.,
Mary. "The Autobiography in Vocation Discernment." Human
Development 20:4 (Winter 1999) 22-28.
Suggests how
a "deep" reading of an autobiography written as part
of the process of vocational discernment may assist the congregation
and the author with insight into the call to religious life.
Gittins, Anthony,
C.S.Sp. Encountering Jesus: How People Come to Faith and Discover
Discipleship. Liguori, MO: Liguori/Triumph, 2002.
Sixteen New
Testament stories about persons changed by their encounter with
Jesus. A resource for studying the stages of becoming a disciple,
from a social and theological anthropologist.
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Reaching the Clouds: Mission Spirituality for New Times.
Liguori, MO: Liguori/Triumph, 1999.
A spirituality
for contemporary Christians seeking to navigate through life,
going to the margins of neighborhood and society. With healing
as a central theme, treats topics of call, incarnation, change.
Guido, O.P.,
Joseph. "College Students and Conversion." America
84:3 (Feb, 5, 2001) 13-18.
Profile of
Class of 2003 students at Catholic colleges and universities from
the Freshman Survey of the Cooperative Institutional Research
Program at U.C.L.A.
Hennessy, C.F.C.,
Paul K., ed. A Concert of Charisms: Ordained Ministry in Religious
Life. New York: Paulist, 1997.
Impact of
parochialization on communities of men who have ordained members;
ambivalence in self-identification of members. Contributors primarily
men religious examining the issue from various perspectives.
Hoge, Dean R.,
William D. Dinges, Mary Johnson, S.N.D.deN., and Juan L. Gonzalez,
Jr. Young Adult Catholics: Religion in the Culture of Choice.
Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press, 2001.
Report of
research findings comparing young adult Catholics, Latinos and
non-Latinos. Authors' conclusions presented in ten recommendations
for better understanding of young Catholics today. Invaluable
for church leadership and all religious educators.
Kanter, Rosabeth
Moss. Commitment and Community: Communes and Utopias in Sociological
Perspective. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1972.
Classic study
of types of social organization important for viability. In Chapter
3, characteristics of a social system with commitment to it and
ways a person orients oneself to a social system. Explanation
of community-building processes, looking at questions of choice
and boundaries.
Law, Eric H.
F. Inclusion: Making Room for Grace. St. Louis, MO: Chalice
Press, 2000.
Excellent
guide for leaders initiating new faith communities or guiding
struggling communities into a graced future. Suggests ways of
creating a "grace margin, the space in which God moves us
out of our safe zone and into a new future." Internationally
respected author, priest, consultant, educator and trainer in
multicultural community development.
Lonergan, S.J.,
Bernard J.F. Insight: A Study of Human Understanding, New
York: Philosophical Library, 1958.
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Method in Theology [by] Bernard J. F. Lonergan, New York:
Herder and Herder, 1972.
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A Third Collection: Papers, Frederick E. Crowe, Ed., New
York: Paulist Press, 1985.
Ludwig, Robert.
Reconstructing Catholicism for a New Generation. Eugene,
OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2000.
Presentation
of a relevant Catholicism for young adults suffering the effects
of post-Vatican II Catholicism in a deconstructed world. Author’s
description: "a reader-friendly compendium of the basics–the
central themes of the tradition presented in experiential categories."
Markham, O.P.,
Donna. "Fire and Flame, Purification and Vocation." Review
for Religious 61:5 (September/October 2002) 454-461.
Recommendations
by psychologist for formation process, including psychological
evaluation to confirm admissions board recommendation; a two-way
discernment process after admission; spiritual direction; immersion
experience among the marginalized; and community-building.
Neal, S.N.D.deN.,
Marie Augusta. From Nuns to Sisters: An Expanding Vocation.
Mystic, CT: Twenty-Third Publications, 1990.
Sociological
examination of the impact of a "preferential option for the
poor" on the present and future life of sisters in North
America.
Newton, S.V.D.,
Dennis and Ed Peklo, S.V.D. "Cross-Cultural Issues in Vocation
and Formation Ministry." Review for Religious 54:1 (Jan.-Feb.
1995) 73-81.
Concrete presentation
of issues of multicultural recruitment and formation faced by
admissions and novitiate directors, and strategies for dealing
with them.
Nygren, CM,
David J. and Miriam D. Ukeritis, CSJ. The Future of Religious
Orders in the United States: Transformation and Commitment.
Westport, CT: Praeger, 1993.
Documents
findings of a comprehensive national study of the condition of
U.S. religious orders conducted by two psychologists. Question
of boundaries within and between religious orders discussed on
pages 241-242.
Philibert, O.P.,
Paul J., ed. Living in the Meantime: Concerning the Transformation
of Religious Life. New York: Paulist, 1994.
Perspectives
of noted authors on religious life, such as Margaret R. Brennan,
Donna Markham, Donald Senior, Mary Collins, and Howard J. Gray.
Quinonez, C.D.P.,
Lora Ann and Mary Daniel Turner S.N.D.deN., The Transformation
of American Catholic Sisters. Philadelphia: Temple University
Press, 1992.
History of
the Leadership Conference of Women Religious as a lens for examining
the dynamics of transformation of women’s religious communities.
Radcliffe, O.P.,
Timothy. Sing a New Song: The Christian Vocation, Templegate
Publishers, 1999.
Theological
reflections by the English-born Dominican Master that give a global
perspective on religious vocations, vows, formation, freedom and
government, inculturation, and life as a Dominican. Raises the
question: Is there sense in following a religious calling today?
Schneiders,
I.H.M., Sandra M. New Wineskins: Re-imagining Religious Life
Today. New York: Paulist, 1986.
A pioneer
theological work in analysis and re-imagining contemporary religious
life.
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Selling All: Commitment, Consecrated Celibacy, and Community
in Catholic Religious Life. New York, NY: Paulist Press, 2001.
Part One:
Commitment includes chapters on vocation and discernment, formation
and incorporation, and commitment and profession. Theological
presentation of the formation process as apprenticeship for interdependent
living.
Zoba, Wendy
Murray. Generation 2K: What Parents and Others Need to Know About
the Millennials. Downers Grove, IL: Inter Varsity Press, 1999.
Findings about
spiritual interest and "moral ambivalence" of today’s
youth. Recommendations for parents and those in youth ministry.
Zullo, F.S.C.,
James. God and Gen-X: Faith & the New Generation. Listening:
Journal of Religion and Culture, Annual Seminar. Romeoville, IL:
Lewis University, Fall, 1999.
Examination
of Generation X in light of postmodern culture by a psychologist
and campus minister. Identifies need for a mentoring community,
a community of imagination, invitation and affirmation.
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