Library Catalog
Library Databases
Background material
Companion Encyclopedia of Theology (Routledge 1995) [Ref BR118 .C66] [see: "Theology as Praxis"]
Dictionary of Pastoral Care and Counseling (Abingdon, 2005) [for many articles on ministry]
- Encyclopedia of Aesthetics (Oxford, ) (see for example: The Artist]
Encyclopedia of Protestantism (Routledge, 2004) [(see: Vocation]
Encyclopedia of Social Work (Oxford, 2008) [see: Christian Social Services]
Global Dictionary of Theology (Intervarsity Press, 2008) [Ref BR95 .G56] [see: Work, Theology of]
Historical Dictionary of the Baptists (Scarecrow, 2009) [Ref BX6211 .B73] [see: Ministry, Baptist Understanding of]
New Dictionary of Pastoral Studies (Eerdmans, 2002) [Ref BV4005.5 .N48] [see: Ministry, Ordained and Lay]
Oxford Companion to Christian Thought (Oxford, 2000) [Ref BR95 .O84] [see: [Ministry|^ministry.pdf]]
Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (Eerdmans, 1964-76) [Ref BS2312 .K5813] (see: [diakonia|^dia.pdf])
UMC Book of Discipline (2012) [BX8382.2 .Z5 U54] (see: Part IV: The Ministry of all Christians)
Library Catalog
Autobiography Authorship [example: Write Your Memoir: The Soul Work of Telling Your Story]
Clergy Office [example: Theology of Ministry]
Listening [example: Active Listening: Improve Your Ability to Listen and Lead]
Lay Ministry [example: Lay Ecclesial Ministry]
Narration (Rhetoric) [example: Telling Stories: Language,Narrative and Social Life]
Spiritual Diaries [example: Journal Keeping: Exploring a Great Spiritual Practice, print copy: 248.46 K76j]
Spiritual Life [example: Inner Journeying Through Art-Journaling]
Storytelling [example: Speaking Out: Storytelling for Social Change]
Vocation Christianity [example: Doing More with Life: Connecting Christian Higher Education to a Call to Service]
Work Religious Aspects [example: Selving: Linking Work to Spirituality]
DMin Theses
- Renewing an Urban Ministry: A Case Study of Practical Theology
- Toward a Pauline Theology of Christian Ministry
- Toward a Theology of Visitation Ministry
- tip: limit your search to D.Min dissertations and to titles that contain the words, Theology of Ministry.
Databases
ATLA [example: If Globalization is True, What Shall We Do? Towards a Theology of Ministry]
ArtStor [example: "loaves and fishes", limit to: Paintings]
Biographical Resources
Black Studies Center History Makers video interviews [example: Angela Davis]
Black Women in America [example:bell hooks]
Contemporary Authors [example: Myles Horton]
Drew University Archives [example: Nelle Morton]
Literary Reference Center [example: Cecil B. Williams]
Oxford African American Studies Center [example: Bob Moses]
Who's Who in America [example: Edwidge Danticat]
note: for specialized biography, search Reference Universe for [profession] biography, e.g. Artists biography
Public Websites