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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 201
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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 20
20
The Universal Christ: How a forgotten reality can change everything
we see, hope for and believe
Richard Rohr—SPCK—Spring 2021
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