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SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Books Authored by Dr. Leith
Leith, John H[addon]. The Church: A Believing Fellowship. Richmond, Va.: CLC Press, 1965; Rev. ed., Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1981.
This introduction was written for young people in a communicant’s class. It was later used in the denomination’s Sunday School curriculum. It has also been used for adult classes and officer training.
________. Assembly at Westminster: Reformed Theology in the Making. Richmond, Va.: John Knox Press, 1973.
________. Greenville Presbyterian Church: The Story of a People, 1765–1973. Greenwood County, S.C.: Greenville Presbyterian Church, 1973.
________. Introduction to the Reformed Tradition: A Way of Being the Christian Community. Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1977; Edinburgh: Saint Andrew Press, 1978; rev. ed., Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1981.
This book helps set forth the Reformed tradition as understood by the Foundation and as the Foundation seeks to promote it.
________. Reformed Imperative: What the Church Has to Say That No One Else Can Say. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1988.
This book intends to articulate the unique message of the Christian faith.
________. John Calvin’s Doctrine of the Christian Life. Ph.D. diss., Yale University, 1949; Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1989.
________. From Generation to Generation: The Renewal of the Church According to Its Own Faith and Practice. Louisville, Ky.: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1990.
This book is the best introduction of which I know to the nature and practice of the Christian pastoral ministry. By saying what the church is to be and to do, it also says what the minister is to be and to do. In many ways, this sets forth the program of the Foundation.
________. Basic Christian Doctrine. Louisville, Ky.: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1993.
This book intends to set forth the basic doctrine of the Christian faith in clear and understandable language.
________. Crisis in the Church: The Plight of Theological Education. Louisville, Ky.: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1997.
This book mounts a sharp critique of the church and its seminaries; to date, the charges have gone unanswered.
________. Greenville Presbyterian Church: The Story of a People, 1765–1997. Greenwood County, S.C.: Greenville Presbyterian Church, 1997.
________. Pilgrimage of a Presbyterian: Collected Shorter Writings. Charles E. Raynal, editor. Louisville, Ky.: Geneva Press, 2001.
These writings, including sermons, articles, addresses, and essays, span six decades. They are not readily available otherwise.
Books Edited by Dr. Leith
Leith, John H[addon], as editor. Creeds of the Church: A Reader in Christian Doctrine, from the Bible to the Present. New York: Doubleday, 1963; rev. ed., Richmond, Va.: John Knox Press, 1973; 3d ed., Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1982.
________, ed., with Charles Raynal. Calvin Studies I. Papers Presented at Colloquium on Calvin Studies at Davidson College Presbyterian Church, Davidson, North Carolina, and Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina, 1982.
_______, ed. John Calvin—The Christian Life. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1984.
________, ed., with Charles Raynal. Calvin Studies II. Papers Presented at Colloquium on Calvin Studies at Davidson College Presbyterian Church, Davidson, North Carolina, and Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina, 1984.
________, ed. Calvin Studies III. Papers Presented at Colloquium on Calvin Studies at Davidson College Presbyterian Church, Davidson, North Carolina, and Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina, 1986.
________, ed., with W. Stacy Johnson. Calvin Studies IV. Papers Presented at Colloquium on Calvin Studies at Davidson College Presbyterian Church, Davidson, North Carolina, and Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina, 1988.
________, ed. Calvin Studies V: Papers Presented at the Colloquium on Calvin Studies, 1990. Davidson College Presbyterian Church, Davidson, North Carolina, and Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina, 1990.
________, ed. Calvin Studies VI: Papers Presented at the Colloquium on Calvin Studies, 1992. Davidson College Presbyterian Church, Davidson, North Carolina, and Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina, 1992.
________, editor, with Stacy Johnson. Reformed Reader: A Sourcebook for Christian Theology. Louisville, Ky.: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1990, 2 vols. Volume 2, edited by George Stroup.
________, ed. Calvin Studies VII: Papers Presented at the Colloquium on Calvin Studies, 1994. Davidson College Presbyterian Church, Davidson, North Carolina, and Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina, 1994.
________, ed. Calvin Studies VIII: Papers Presented at the Colloquium on Calvin Studies, 1996. Davidson College Presbyterian Church, Davidson, North Carolina, and Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina, 1996.
________, ed., with Robert Johnson. Calvin Studies IX: Papers Presented at the Colloquium on Calvin Studies, 1998. Davidson College Presbyterian Church, Davidson, North Carolina, and Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina, 1998. |
