Over the years, G.I.F.T. participants
  have selected and discussed the following books:

 How to Understand the Liturgy
Crossroads—Spring 1996

How to Understand the Sacraments
Crossroads—Fall 1996

How to Understand the Church History I 
  Crossroads—Spring 1997

How to Understand the Church History II
 Crossroads—Fall 1997

—no Spring session in 1998--

Tomorrow's Catholic 
 Michael Morwood—23rd Publications—Fall 1998

Jesus and the Cosmos 
 Denis Edwards—Paulist Press—Spring 1999

Jesus in Focus: A Life in its Setting 
 Gerard L Sloyan—23rd Publications—Fall 1999

The Resurrection of Jesus 
 Kenan Osborne—Paulist Press—Spring 2000

The Tripersonal God 
 Gerald O'Collins—Paulist Press—Fall 2000

Evolution and Eden: Balancing Original Sin and Contemporary  Science 
 Jerry D Korsmeyer—Paulist Press—Spring 2001

Is Jesus God? Finding Our Faith 
Michael Morwood—Crossroads Publishing—Fall 2001

Understanding Catholic Morality 
 Elizabeth Willems—Crossroads Publications—Spring 2002

God Is Near: Trusting Our Faith 
 Michael Morwood—Crossroads Publishing—Fall 2002

Keeping Hope Alive: Stirrings in Christian Theology 
Dermot A Lane—Paulist Press—Spring 2003

Jesus in the New Universe Story 
 Cletus Wessels—Orbis Books—Fall 2003

Evolutionary Faith: Rediscovering God in Our Great Story 
   Diarmuid O'Murchu—Orbis Books—Spring 2004

Breath of Life: A Theology of the Creator Spirit 
 Denis Edwards—Orbis Books—Fall 2004

Governance, Accountability, and the Future of the Catholic  Church 
   edited by Francis Oakley and Bruce Russett—Continuum—Spring 2005

Jesus, Symbol of God—Parts I & II
 Roger Haight—Orbis Books—Fall 2005

Jesus, Symbol of God—Parts III & IV
Roger Haight—Orbis Books—Spring 2006

The Universe Story: From the Primordial Flaring Forth to the Ecozoic Era--
A Celebration of the Unfolding of  the Cosmos
Brian Swimme and Thomas Berry—HarperCollins—Fall 2006

Jesus Today: A Spirituality of Radical Freedom
 Albert Nolan—Orbis Books—Spring 2007

Catching Up With Jesus: A Gospel Story for Our Time
 Diarmuid O'Murchu—Crossroad  Publishing—Fall 2007

Radical Amazement: Contemplative Lessons from Black Holes, Supernovas, and Other Wonders of the Universe
 Judy Cannato—Sorin Books Notre Dame—Spring 2008

Ecology at the Heart of Faith
 Denis Edwards—Orbis Books—Fall 2008

Quest for the Living God
  Elizabeth A. Johnson—Continuum Publishing Group—Spring 2009

From Sand to Solid Ground
Michael Morwood—Crossroad Publishing—Fall 2009

Ancestral Grace
Diarmuid O'Murchu—Crossroad  Publishing—Spring 2010

The First Christmas: What the Gospels Really Teach About  Jesus's Birth
 Marcus J. Borg & John Dominic Crossan—HarperCollins—Fall 2010

The Last Week: What the Gospels Really Teach About Jesus's  Final Days in Jerusalem
 Marcus J. Borg & John Dominic Crossan—HarperCollins—Spring 2011

Things Hidden: Scripture As Spirituality
 Richard Rohr—St. Anthony Messenger Press—Fall 2011

The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions
 Marcus J. Borg & N.T. Wright—HarperSanFrancisco—Spring 2012

Evolution of the  Word: The NT in the Order the Books Were Written—Part 1
 Marcus Borg—HarperCollins—Fall 2012

Evolution of the  Word: The NT in the Order the Books Were Written—Part 2
 Marcus Borg—HarperCollins—Spring 2013

On Becoming Who We Are:  Passionate Musings in the Winter of Life
 Barbara Fiand—Crossroad Publishing—Fall 2013

 The  Power of Parable: How Fiction by  Jesus Became Fiction about Jesus
 John Dominic Crossan—HarperCollins—Spring 2014

Eager to Love: The Alternative Way of Francis of Assisi
Richard Rohr--Franciscan Media--Fall 2014

Ask the Beasts: Darwin and the God of Love
Elizabeth Johnson—Bloomsbury Academy—Spring 2015

The Greatest Prayer: Rediscovering the Revolutionary Message of
THE LORD'S PRAYER
John Dominic Crossan—HarperCollins—Fall 2015

The First Paul: Reclaiming the Radical Visionary Behind the Church's Conservative Icon
Marcus Borg and John Dominic Crossan—HarperCollins—Spring 2016

Making All Things New: Catholicity, Cosmology, Consciousness
Ilia Delio, OSF—Orbis Books—Fall 2016

Resting on the Future: Catholic Theology for an Unfinished Universe
John Haught—Bloomsbury—Spring 2017

The Divine Dance: The Trinity and Your Transformation
Richard Rohr with Mike Morrell—Whitaker House—Fall 2017

Grounded: Finding God in the World: A Spiritual Revolution
Diana Butler Bass—HarperCollins—Spring 2018

The Wisdom Jesus: Transforming Heart and Mind—A New Perspective
on Jesus and His Message
Cynthia Bourgeault—Shambhala Publications—Fall 2018

Putting on the Mind of Christ: The Inner Work of Christian Spirituality
Jim Marion—Hampton Roads Publishing Company—Spring 2019

Sacred Fire: A Vision for a Deeper Human and Christian Maturity
Ronald Rolheiser—Penguin Random House—Fall 2019

Unbelievable: Why Neither Ancient Creeds Nor the Reformation
​Can Produce a Living Faith Today
John Shelby Spong—HarperCollins—Spring 2020

​​Radical Optimism: Practical Spirituality in an Uncertain World
Beatrice Bruteau—Sentient Publications—Fall 2020

The Universal Christ: How a forgotten reality can change everything
we see, hope for and believe
Richard Rohr—SPCK—Spring 2021
Faith After Doubt: Why your beliefs stopped working and what to do about it--
​Part One
Brian McLaren—Hodder & Stoughton—Fall 2021
Faith After Doubt: Why your beliefs stopped working and what to do about it--
Parts Two and Three
Brian McLaren—Hodder & Stoughton—Spring 2022
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