I. General Background (for meeting August 2002)

Coalter, Milton J; Mulder, John M.; and Weeks, Louis B., The Re-forming Tradition: Presbyterian and Mainstream Protestantism. Westminster/John Knox Press , Louisville, KY 1992

Job, Rueben P., A Guide to Spiritual Discernment, Upper Room Books, Nashville, TN
1996

Longfield, Bradley J., The Presbyterian Controversy: Fundamentalist, Modernists and Moderates. Oxford University Press, New York, 1991

Wolff, Pierre, Discernment: The Art of Choosing Well. Liguori/Triumph, Ligouri, MO, 1993

II. In Preparation for meeting dealing with Christology and our present social and religious context. (October 2002)

Hope in the Lord Jesus Christ - study booklet - Office of Theology and Worship PC(USA)

Coalter, Milton J., One Mapping of the American Religious Context (working paper) prepared for the Theological Task Force's use

Migliore , Daniel L., Faith Seeking Understanding, An Introduction to Christian Theology, Willian B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, MI, 1991, chapter 8, "The Person and Work of Jesus Christ"

Placher , William C., A History of Christian Theology , An Introduction. Westminster Press, Philadelphia, PA, 1963 chapter 6, "Truly Human, Truly Divine"

Steinmetz, David, Memory and Mission, Theological Reflections on the Christian Past. Abingdon Press, Nashville, TN 1998, chapter 1, "The Necessity of the Past"

III. In Preparation For Meeting Dealing with Bible, Creeds, and Confessions in Faith and Life; How the Presbyterian Church Understands and Proclaims Its Faith (February 2003)

The Confessional Nature of the Church. Office of the General Assembly, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Minutes, 1986, Part I, pp. 516-527)

Presbyterian Understanding and Use of Holy Scripture. Office of the General Assembly, Presbyterian Church in the United States (Minutes, 1983, Part I, pp. 607-617)

Biblical Authority and Interpretation. Office of the General Assembly, United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (Minutes, 1982, Part I, pp. 316-331)

Hays, Richard B. The Moral Vision of the New Testament. 1996, Chapter 16, “Homosexuality”

Moorhead, James H. The Confessional Mosaic: Presbyterians and Twentieth-Century Theology. ed. Milton J Coalter, John M. Mulder, and Louis B. Weeks. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 1990, pages 59-83, “Redefining Confessionalism: American Presbyterianism in the Twentieth Century”

Placher, William C., Walter Brueggemann, and Brian K. Blount, Struggling with Scripture. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2002, pages 32-50, “Struggling with Scripture”

Purvis, Andrew, and Charles Partee. The Use of Scripture. 2000, pages 126-132, “Encountering God: Christian Faith in Turbulent Times”

Rogers, Jack B. and Donald K. McKim, The Confessional Mosaic: Presbyterians and Twentieth-Century Theology. ed. Milton J Coalter, John M. Mulder, and Louis B. Weeks. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press: 1990, pages 37-58, “Pluralism and Policy in Presbyterian Views of Scripture”

IV. In preparation for meeting dealing with the nature and purpose of the church in the Reformed tradition, and decision-making in the Presbyterian Church (August & October, 2003)

The Adopting Act of 1729. Minutes of the Presbyterian Church in America, 1706-1788. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Historical Society, 1796, p. 322.

Book of Order (G-1.0305, 2.0500, 4.0200, 4.0201, 4.0203, 4.0302, 4.0303)

The Book of Confessions – Confession of 1967 (9.34)

The Constitution of the Presbyterian Church in the United States (1789). Minutes of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America. From its organization, 1789-1820, inclusive.

The Historical Principles, Conscience and Church Government. Office of the General Assembly, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Minutes, 1983, Part I, p.105

Report of the Special Commission of 1925 to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America. Baltimore, MD, May 27, 1926

Manual for Meetings – The Uniting Church in Australia

Curtiss, Victoria G. Outgrowing Old Ways: How We Engage One Another in Conflict (working paper prepared for the Theological Task Force’s use)

Grace, Eden. Guided by the Mind of Christ: Yearning for a New Spirituality of Church Governance. Delivered at the Amesbury Council of Churches Annual Meeting, January 19, 2003, Amesbury, MA

Longfield, Bradley J. The Presbyterian Controversy: Fundamentalists, Modernists, and Moderates. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991

Wheeler, Barbara G. and Achtemeier, P. Mark. The Church and Its Unity. Office of Theology and Worship, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Church Issues Series, No. 1

Wiley, Charles. Ordinary and Extraordinary Discipline. Office of Theology and Worship, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Church Issues Series, No. 6

V. In preparation for meeting dealing with theology of sexuality and sexual orientation (October, 2003)

Gagnon, Robert A. J. “The Bible and Homosexual Practice: Theology, Analogies, and Genes.” Theology Matters, Vol. 7, No. 6, Nov/Dec 2001

‘I’m Here’: An Interview With Andrew Sullivan. Used with permission from the AndrewSullivan.com Web site.

Johnson, Luke Timothy. “Disputed Questions: Debate and Discernment, Scripture and the Spirit,” Chapter 33 in Theology and Sexuality: Classic and Contemporary Readings. edited by Eugene F. Rogers, Jr., Blackwell Publishers, 2002

Schmidt, Thomas E. Straight & Narrow: Compassion & Clarity in the Homosexuality Debate. Downers Grove. IL: InterVarsity Press, 1992. Chapter 3, “Sexuality from the Beginning”

Siker, Jeffrey S. “How to Decide? Homosexual Christians, the Bible, and Gentile Inclusion.” Theology Today, 51(1994): 219-34

Thielicke, Helmut. Theological Ethics, Vol. 3: Sex. Grand Rapids, MI: William Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1964