Library

A number of recently published books and current DVDs have been donated to the church library.  In addition, all Movie Night DVDs are available to be signed out.  We encourage you to come in and browse.  The library is open Monday to Friday, 10am to 2pm and on Sunday mornings following the service.

 

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Armstrong, Karen

The Great Transformation: The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions (2006)

 

Bala, Sharon

The Boat People (2018)

 

Beversluis, Joel

Sourcebook of the World’s Religions: An Interfaith Guide to Religion & Spirituality (2000)

 

Borg, Marcus J.

Evolution of the Word:  The New Testament in the Order the Books Were Written (2012)

The Heart of Christianity: Rediscovering A Life of Faith (2004)

Jesus: Uncovering the Life, Teachings, and Relevance of a Religious Revolutionary (2006)

Reading The Bible Again for the First Time:  Taking the Bible Seriously but not Literally (2001)

The God We Never Knew: Beyond Dogmatic Religion to a More Authentic Contemporary Faith (1997)

 

Borg, Marcus J. & Crossan, John Dominic

The First Christmas: What the Gospels Really Teach About Jesus’s Birth (2009)

The First Paul: Reclaiming the Radical Visionary Behind the Church’s Conservative Icon (2009)

The Last Week: What the Gospels Really Teach About Jesus’s Final Days in Jerusalem (2006)

 

Boyden, Joseph

Wenjack (2016)

 

Braziller, George

Buddhism (1962)

Catholicism (1962)

Hinduism (1962)

Islam (1962)

Judaism (1962)

Protestantism (1962)

 

Brown Tayler, Barbara

Speaking of Sin: The Lost Language of Salvation (2000)

 

Butler Bass, Dianna

A People’s History of Christianity: The Other Side of the Story (2009)

 

Carson, Rachel

Silent Spring (2002)

 

Chittister, Joan

The Friendship of Women: The Hidden Tradition of the Bible (2006)

 

Craughwell, Thomas J. (Edited and Annotated by)

Every Eye Beholds You:  A World Treasury of Prayer (1998)

 

Crossan, John Dominic

God & Empire:  Jesus Against Rome, Then and Now (2007)

 

Crowe, Cathy

Dying for a Home: Homeless Activists Speak Out (2007)

 

Davis, Kenneth C.

Don’t Know Much About the Bible: Everything you Need to Know About the Good Book But Never Learned (1999)

 

Dobson, Shirley A.

The Word And The Music: The Story of Moncton’s Central United Church and Its Methodist Roots (1994)

 

Dowd, Michael

Thank God for Evolution! : How marriage of Science and Religion Will Transform Your Life and Our World (2007)

 

Ehrman, Professor Bart D.

The New Testament Course Guidebook (2000)

 

Epperly, Bruce G.

Healing Worship: Purpose & Practice (2006)

 

Farguharson, Walter & Cook, Jeff

An Audacious Invitation:  A compelling reflection on the Gospel according to John (2013)

 

Fennell, Rob & Lockhart, Ross

Three Ways Of Grace: Drawing Closer to the Trinity (2010)

 

Fenten, David M. & Proctor-Murphy, Jeff

Living the Questions: Wisdom of Progressive Christianity (2012)

 

Fox, Robin Lane

The Unauthorized Version: Truth and Fiction in the Bible (1991)

 

Goldstein, Jonathan

Ladies and Gentlemen, The Bible! (2009)

 

Goodwin, Craig L.

Year of Plenty: One Suburban Family, Four Rules, and 365 Days of Homegrown Adventure in Pursuit of Christian Living (2011)

 

Hamilton-Poore, Sam

Earth Gospel: A Guide to Prayer for God’s Creation (2008)

 

Handrich Schlabach, Joetta

Extending the Table: Recipes and stories from Argentina to Zambia in the spirit of More-with-Less (1991)

 

Harpur, Tom

Life After Death (1991)

The Pagan Christ: Recovering the Lost Light (2004)

Water Into Wine: An Empowering Vision of the Gospels (2007)

 

Haskins, Susan

Mary Magdalen: Myth and Metaphor (1993)

 

Higgins, Carmel

Cosmic Fire Local Sparks:  My Journey Into the Universe Story (2005)

Heart and Mind of the Cosmos (2018)

 

Hussain, Amir

Oil & Water: Two Faiths: One God (2006)

 

Janzen Longacre, Doris

Living More With Less (30th Anniversary edition) (2010)

 

Johnson, Paul

A History of Christianity (1977)

 

King, Thomas

The Inconvenient Indian:  A Curious Account of Native People in North America (2013)

 

Knudtson, Peter & Suzuki, David

Wisdom of the Elders: Native and Scientific Ways of Knowing about Nature (1992)

 

Leven, Christopher

Thanks Giving: Growing Generosity Among God’s People (2005)

 

Levine, Amy-Jill

The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus (2006)

 

Lovelock, James

Homage To Gaia: The Life of an Independent Scientist (2000)

 

Macdonald Alden, Raymond

Why The Chimes Rang and Other Stories (1906)

 

Mace, Nancy L. & Rabins, Peter V.

The 36-Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for People Who Have Alzheimer’s Disease, Related Dementias, and Memory Loss (2011)

 

Manji, Irshad

The Trouble With Islam Today: A Wake Up Call for Honesty and Change (2005)

 

Matlins, Stuart M. & Magida, Arthur J.

How to Be a Perfect Stranger: The Essential Religious Etiquette Handbook 4th Edition (2006)

 

McFague, Sallie

A new Climate For Theology: God, The World, and Global Warming (2008)

 

Milton, Ralph

This United Church of Ours (3rd Edition) (2008)

 

Morewood, Michael

Children Praying A New Story: A Resource for Parents Grandparents and Teachers (2009)

Faith, Hope, and a Bird Called George: A Spiritual Fable (2011)

 

Mortenson, Greg & Relin, David Oliver

Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace…Once School at a Time (2006)

 

Murray, Don

Celebrating Eve: Christianity as a Pathway to Wholeness (2001)

For Unbelieving Christians:  Rethinking the Christian Faith in Today’s World (1987)

The Death And Resurrection of God:  From Christianity to the New Story (2013)

 

Newell, J. Philip

The Book of Creation: An Introduction to Celtic Spirituality (1999)

 

Norberg-Hodge, Helena

Ancient Futures: Lessons from Ladakh for a Globalizing World (2009)

 

Norberg-Hodge, Helena, Merrifield, Todd & Gorelick, Steven

Bringing the Food Economy Home: Local Alternatives to Global Agribusiness (2002)

 

Pelikan, Jaroslav

The World Treasury of Modern Religious Thought (1990)

 

Pentland, Rev. Dr. John

Fishing Tips:  How Curiosity Transformed a Community of Faith (2015)

 

Peters, F.E.

The Children of Abraham:  Judaism, Christianity, Islam (2004)

 

Phipps, Bill

Cause for Hope: Humanity at the Crossroads (2007)

 

Reader’s Digest

ABC’s Of The Bible (1991)

After Jesus: The Triumph of Christianity (1992)

Jesus and His Times (1987)

Who’s Who In The Bible (1994)

 

Rendle, Gilbert R.

Leading Change in the Congregation: Spiritual and Organizational Tools for Leaders (1998)

 

Rupp, Joyce & Wiederkehr, Marcrina

The Circle of Life:  The Heart’s Journey Through the Seasons (2005)

 

Sanguin, Bruce

Darwin, Divinity, and the Dance of the Cosmos: An Ecological Christianity (2007)

If Darwin Prayed: Prayers for Evolutionary Mystics (2010)

The Advance of Love: Reading the Bible with and Evolutionary Heart (2012)

The Emerging Church: A Model for Change & a Map for Renewal (2008)

 

Schnase, Robert

Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations (2007)

 

Schwartzentruber, Michael

The Emerging Christian Way: Thoughts, Stories, and Wisdom for a Faith of Transformation (2006)

 

Scott, Bernard Brandon

Re-Imagine The World: An Introduction to the Parables of Jesus (2001)

The Trouble with Resurrection:  From Paul to the Fourth Gospel (2010)

 

Shah, Idries

The Exploits of the Incomparable Mulla Nasrudin (1983)

The Subtleties of the Inimitable Mulla Nasrudin (1983)

 

Spong, John Shelby

Eternal Life: A New Vision: Beyond Religion, Beyond Theism, Beyond Heaven and Hell (2010)

Jesus for the Non-Religious (2007)

A New Christianity For A New World: Why Traditional Faith is Dying & How a New Faith is Being Born (2001)

 

Suzuki, David

The Sacred Balance: Rediscovering Our Place in Nature (2007)

 

Suzuki, David & Knudson, Peter

Wisdom of the Elders: Native and Scientific Ways of Knowing about Nature (1992)

 

The United Church Of Canada

Alive & Well: Renewed Purpose for Healthier Congregations (2006)

Greening the Church: Reducing Your Church Building’s Ecological Footprint (2007)

The Authority and Interpretation of Scripture: A Statement of the United Church of Canada (1992)

 

Thurman, Robert

Infinite Life:  Awakening to Bliss Within (2004)

 

Tickle, Phyllis

Emergence Christianity: What It Is, Where It Is Going, and Why It Matters (2012)

The Great Emergence: How Christianity is Changing and Why (2008)

 

Tickle, Phyllis with Sweeney, Jon M.

The Age of the Spirit:  How the Ghost of an Ancient Controversy is Shaping the Church (2014)

 

Tolle, Eckhart

A New Earth: Awakening to your Life’s Purpose (2005)

 

Turok, Neil

The Universe Within:  From Quantum to Cosmos (2012)

 

Vermette, Katherena

The Break (2016)

 

Vollbracht, James

Small Acts of Kindness (1995)

 

Vosper, Greta

Amen:  What Prayer can Mean in a World Beyond Belief (2012)

With or Without God: Why the way we live is more important that what we believe (2008)

 

Watt-Cloutier, Sheila

The Right To Be Cold (2015)

 

Wehlander, Keri K.

Creating Change: The Arts as Catalyst for Spiritual Transformation (2008)

 

White, Christopher

Seismic Shifts:  Leading in Times of Change (2006)

 

Wilson, A.N.

Paul: The Mind of the Apostle (1997)

 

Wilson, Robert S. & Theriault, Leon

Moncton’s Religious Heritage : Historical Sketches of Moncton’s Religious Congregations (1990)

 

Winter, Miriam Therese

Woman World: A Feminist Lectionary and Psalter: Women of the New Testament (1990)

Paradoxology: Spirituality in a Quantum Universe (2009)

 

Wittmer, Michael E.

Heaven is a Place on Earth: Why Everything You Do Matters to God (2004)

 

Young, WM. Paul

The Shack: Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity (2007)

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DVDs

Ancient Futures: Learging from Ladakh DVD

Gregg Braden- Self Help Audio Books (all in one CD):

Speaking the Lost Language of God – History Points to know

Speaking the Lost Language of God- In Search of Forgotten Wisdom

Speaking the Lost Language of God- Understanding the Links of Creation

Speaking the Lost Language of God- The Mind of God, the Quantum Hologram

Speaking the Lost Language of God- The Power of Heaven in Bodies of Earth

Speaking the Lost Language of God- Rethinking Time, Space & Prophesy

Speaking the Lost Language of God- Secrets of Praying and Healing

Speaking the Lost Language of God- The Evidence

Speaking the Lost Language of God- Speaking to the Mind of God

Painting the Stars -7 session on DVD

Pathways Through Jerusalem- CD for computer

Reshaping Christian Imagination- Michael Morwood

The New Testament- Professor Bart D. Ehrman (24, 30minute lectures)

Carol (2016)

Chocolat (2000)

Concussion (2015)

Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg (1990)

Green Book (2018)

Freeheld (2016)

Hidden Figures (2016)

I Am Sam (2001)

Interstellar (2014)

Invictus (2009)

Joyeux Noel (2005)

Lee Daniels’ The Butler (2013)

Life Is Beautiful (2005)

Lion (2017)

Loving (2017)

Milk (2008)

Million Dollar Baby (2004)

On The Side Of The Road (2013)

Pride (2014)

Smoke Signals (1998)

Spotlight (2016)

Still Alice (2015)

Still Mine (2012)

The Danish Girl (2015)

The Lady In The Van (2015)

The Necessities of Life (2008)

The Theory of Everything (2014)

Transamerica (2005)

Water (2005)

Wonder (2017)

Zootopia (2016)
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Books By Title

A History of Christianity (1977), Paul Johnson

A New Christianity For A New World: Why Traditional Faith is Dying & How a New Faith is Being Born (2001), John Shelby Spong

A new Climate For Theology: God, The World, and Global Warming (2008), Sallie McFague

A New Earth: Awakening to your Life’s Purpose (2005), Eckhart Tolle

A People’s History of Christianity: The Other Side of the Story (2009), Dianna Butler Bass

ABC’s Of The Bible (1991), Reader’s Digest

Abraham’s Curse:  The Roots of Violence in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (2008), Bruce Chilton

After Jesus: The Triumph of Christianity (1992), Reader’s Digest

Alive & Well: Renewed Purpose for Healthier Congregations (2006), The United Church of Canada

Amen:  What Prayer can Mean in a World Beyond Belief (2012),  Gretta Vosper

An Audacious Invitation:  A compelling reflection on the Gospel according to John (2013), Walter Farguharson & Jeff Cook

Ancient Futures: Lessons from Ladakh for a Globalizing World (2009), Helena Norberg-Hodge

Bringing the Food Economy Home: Local Alternatives to Global Agribusiness (2002), Helena Norberg-Hodge, Todd Merrifield & Steven Gorelick

Buddhism (1962), George Braziller

Catholicism (1962), George Braziller

Cause for Hope: Humanity at the Crossroads (2007), Bill Phipps

Celebrating Eve: Christianity as a Pathway to Wholeness (2001), Don Murray

Children Praying A New Story: A Resource for Parents Grandparents and Teachers (2009), Michael Morewood

Cosmic Fire Local Sparks:  My Journey Into the Universe Story (2005), Carmel Higgins

Creating Change: The Arts as Catalyst for Spiritual Transformation (2008), Keri K. Wehlander

Darwin, Divinity, and the Dance of the Cosmos: An Ecological Christianity (2007), Bruce Sanguin

Don’t Know Much About the Bible: Everything you Need to Know About the Good Book But Never Learned (1999), Kenneth C. Davis

Dying for a Home: Homeless Activists Speak Out (2007), Cathy Crowe

Earth Gospel: A Guide to Prayer for God’s Creation (2008), Sam Hamilton-Poore

Emergence Christianity: What It Is, Where It Is Going, and Why It Matters (2012), Phyllis Tickle

Eternal Life: A New Vision: Beyond Religion, Beyond Theism, Beyond Heaven and Hell (2010), John Shelby Spong

Every Eye Beholds You:  A World Treasury of Prayer (1998), Thomas J. Craughwell (Edited and Annotated by)

Evolution of the Word:  The New Testament in the Order the Books Were Written (2012), Marcus J. Borg

Extending the Table: Recipes and stories from Argentina to Zambia in the spirit of More-with-Less (1991), Joetta Handrich Schlabach

Faith, Hope, and a Bird Called George: A Spiritual Fable (2011), Michael Morewood

Fishing Tips: How Curiosity Transformed a Community of Faith (2015), Rev. Dr. John Pentland

Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations (2007), Robert Schnase

For Unbelieving Christians:  Rethinking the Christian Faith in Today’s World (1987), Don Murray

God & Empire:  Jesus Against Rome, Then and Now (2007), John Dominic Crossan

Greening the Church: Reducing Your Church Building’s Ecological Footprint (2007), The United Church of Canada

Healing Worship: Purpose & Practice (2006), Bruce G. Epperly

Heart and Mind of the Cosmos (2018), Carmel Higgins

Heaven is a Place on Earth: Why Everything You Do Matters to God (2004), Michael E. Wittmer

Hinduism (1962), George Braziller

Homage To Gaia: The Life of an Independent Scientist (2000), James Lovelock

How to Be a Perfect Stranger: The Essential Religious Etiquette Handbook 4th Edition (2006), Stuart M. Matlins & Arthur J. Magida

If Darwin Prayed: Prayers for Evolutionary Mystics (2010), Bruce Sanguin

Infinite Life:  Awakening to Bliss Within (2004), Robert Thurman

Islam (1962), George Braziller

Jesus and His Times (1987), Reader’s Digest

Jesus for the Non-Religious (2007), John Shelby Spong

Jesus: Uncovering the Life, Teachings, and Relevance of a Religious Revolutionary (2006), Marcus J. Borg

Judaism (1962), George Braziller

Ladies and Gentlemen, The Bible! (2009), Johnathan Goldstein

Leading Change in the Congregation: Spiritual and Organizational Tools for Leaders (1998), Gilbert R. Rendle

Life After Death (1991), Tom Harpur

Living More With Less (30th Anniversary edition) (2010), Doris Janzen Longacre

Living the Questions: Wisdom of Progressive Christianity (2012), David M. Felten & Jeff Proctor-Murphy

Mary Magdalen: Myth and Metaphor (1993), Susan Haskins

Moncton’s Religious Heritage : Historical Sketches of Moncton’s Religious Congregations (1990), Robert S. Wilson & Leon Theriault

Oil & Water: Two Faiths: One God (2006), Amir Hussain

Paradoxology: Spirituality in a Quantum Universe (2009), Miriam Therese Winter

Paul: The Mind of the Apostle (1997), A.N. Wilson

Protestantism (1962), George Braziller

Reading The Bible Again for the First Time:  Taking the Bible Seriously but not Literally (2001), Marcus J. Borg

Re-Imagine The World: An Introduction to the Parables of Jesus (2001), Bernard Brandon Scott

Seismic Shifts:  Leading in Times of Change (2006), Christopher White

Silent Spring (2002), Rachel Carson

Small Acts of Kindness (1995), James Vollbracht

Sourcebook of the World’s Religions: An Interfaith Guide to Religion & Spirituality (2000), Joel Beversluis

Speaking of Sin: The Lost Language of Salvation (2000), Barbara Brown Taylor

Thank God for Evolution! : How marriage of Science and Religion Will Transform Your Life and Our World (2007), Michael Dowd

Thanks Giving: Growing Generosity Among God’s People (2005), Christopher Leven

The 36-Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for People Who Have Alzheimer’s Disease, Related Dementias, and Memory Loss (2011), Nancy L. Mace & Peter V. Rabins

The Advance of Love: Reading the Bible with and Evolutionary Heart (2012), Bruce Sanguin

The Age of the Spirit:  How the Ghost of an Ancient Controversy is Shaping the Church (2014), Phyllis Tickle with Jon M. Sweeney

The Authority and Interpretation of Scripture: A Statement of the United Church of Canada (1992), The United Church Of Canada

The Boat People (2018), Sharon Bala

The Book of Creation: An Introduction to Celtic Spirituality (1999), J. Philip Newell

The Break (2016), Katherena Vermette

The Children of Abraham:  Judaism, Christianity, Islam (2004), F.E. Peters

The Circle of Life:  The Heart’s Journey Through the Seasons (2005), Joyce Rupp & Marcrina Wiederkehr

The Death And Resurrection of God:  From Christianity to the New Story (2013), Don Murray

The Emerging Christian Way: Thoughts, Stories, and Wisdom for a Faith of Transformation (2006), Michael Schwartzentruber

The Emerging Church: A Model for Change & a Map for Renewal (2008), Bruce Sanguin

The Exploits of the Incomparable Mulla Nasrudin (1983), Idries Shah

The First Christmas: What the Gospels Really Teach About Jesus’s Birth (2009), Marcus J. Borg & John Dominic Crossan

The First Paul: Reclaiming the Radical Visionary Behind the Church’s Conservative Icon (2009), Marcus J. Borg & John Dominic Crossan

The Friendship of Women: The Hidden Tradition of the Bible (2006), Joan Chittister

The God We Never Knew: Beyond Dogmatic Religion to a More Authentic Contemporary Faith (1997), Marcus J. Borg

The Great Emergence: How Christianity is Changing and Why (2008), Phyllis Tickle

The Great Transformation: The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions (2006), Karen Armstrong

The Heart of Christianity: Rediscovering A Life of Faith (2004), Marcus J. Borg

The Inconvenient Indian:  A Curious Account of Native People in North America (2013), Thomas King

The Last Week: What the Gospels Really Teach About Jesus’s Final Days in Jerusalem (2006), Marcus J. Borg & John Dominic Crossan

The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus (2006), Amy-Jill Levine

The New Testament Course Guidebook (2000), Professor Bart D. Ehrman

The Pagan Christ: Recovering the Lost Light (2004), Tom Harpur

The Right To Be Cold  (2015), Sheila Watt-Cloutier

The Sacred Balance: Rediscovering Our Place in Nature (2007), David Suzuki

The Shack: Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity (2007), WM Paul Young

The Subtleties of the Inimitable Mulla Nasrudin (1983), Idries Shah

The Trouble With Islam Today: A Wake Up Call for Honesty and Change (2005), Irshad Manji

The Trouble with Resurrection:  From Paul to the Fourth Gospel (2010), Bernard Brandon Scott

The Unauthorized Version: Truth and Fiction in the Bible (1991), Robin Lane Fox

The Universe Within:  From Quantum to Cosmos (2012), Neil Turok

The Word And The Music: The Story of Moncton’s Central United Church and Its Methodist Roots (1994), Shirley A. Dobson

The World Treasury of Modern Religious Thought (1990), Jaroslav Pelikan

This United Church of Ours (3rd Edition) (2008), Ralph Milton

Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace…Once School at a Time (2006), Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin

Three Ways Of Grace: Drawing Closer to the Trinity (2010), Rob Fennell & Ross Lockhart

Water Into Wine: An Empowering Vision of the Gospels (2007), Tom Harpur

Wenjack (2016), Joseph Boyden

What’s In The Bible and How do I Use It?  Real Help for Regular People, Abingdon Press

Who’s Who In The Bible (1994), Reader’s Digest

Why The Chimes Rang and Other Stories (1906), Raymond Macdonald Alden

Wisdom of the Elders: Native and Scientific Ways of Knowing about Nature (1992). David Suzuki & Peter Knudson

With or Without God: Why the way we live is more important that what we believe (2008), Greta Vosper

Woman World: A Feminist Lectionary and Psalter: Women of the New Testament (1990), Miriam Therese Winter

Year of Plenty: One Suburban Family, Four Rules, and 365 Days of Homegrown Adventure in Pursuit of Christian Living (2011), Craig L. Goodwin

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Children’s Books

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (1972), Judith Viorst

The Manger Where Jesus Lay (1996), Martha Larchar

The Peace Book (2004), Todd Parr

When Dinosaurs Die: A Guide to Understanding Death (1996). Laurie Krasny Brown & Marc Brown

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