• Denotes Highly Recommended Reading.

Prayer

Appleton, George, ed. The Oxford Book of Common Prayer. Oxford University Press.

  • Baillie, John. Diary of Private Prayer. Fireside Press.

Buttrick, George. Prayer. Abingdon Press.

Collins, Owen, ed. 2000 Years of Classic Christian Prayers. Orbis Press.

  • Cymbala, Jim. Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire. Zondervan Publishing.

Breakthrough Prayer, Zondervan Publishing.

Dupleix, Andrew. 15 Days of Prayer with Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. Liguori Publications

  • Foster, Richard. Celebration of Discipline. Harper Collins Publishing.
  • French, R.M. The Way of a Pilgrim and the Pilgrim Continues in His Way, Harper Collins Publishing.

Greig, Pete and Roberts, Dave. Red Moon Rising: How 24-7 is Awakening a Generation. Relevant Books.

Hall, Thelma. Too Deep for Words: Rediscovering Lectio Divina. Paulist Press.

Miley, Jeannie. Ancient Psalms for Contemporary Pilgrims: A Prayer Book. Smyth & Helwys Publishing.

Murray, Andrew. The Ministry of Intercession. Whitaker House.

Shannon, William H. Silence on Fire: Prayer of Awareness. Crossroad Publishing.

Torrey, R. A. How to Pray. Whitaker House.

  • Willis, Garry, tr. Augustine, Confessions, Penquin Classics.
    • Yancy, Philip. Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference. Zondervan.
    • Highly Recommended
    • McManus, Erwin. An Unstoppable Force: Daring to Become the Church God Had in Mind Group Press.
    • Invitation to Solitude and Silence
    • New Seeds of Contemplation. New Directions Books, 1961.
    • Norris, Kathleen. Acedia and Me. Riverhead Books, 2008.
    • The Cloister Walk, Riverhead Books, 1998.
    • Life of the Beloved. Crossroad Publishing, 1993.
    • St John of the Cross, Peers, trs. Dark Night of the Soul. Image Books, 1959
    • Teresa of Avila, Kavanaugh, trs. The Interior Castle. Paulist Press 1979.
    • Rohr, Richard. Everything Belongs. Crossroad Publishing, 1999.
    • Rolheiser, Ronald. The Holy Longing. Doubleday, 1999.
    • (All)Willard, Dallas. The Divine Conspiracy.
    • Wright, N. T. Simply Christian. HarperOne, 2006.

    • Prayer Pamplets:

    Seek God for the City, Waymakers.

    Texas Hope 2010: Call to Prayer,Texas Baptists.

    Awakening, Revival and the Church

    Edwards, Brian. Revival! A People Saturated with God. Evangelical Press.

    Tickle, Phyllis. The Great Emergence: How Christianity is Changing and Why. Baker Books.

    References:

    Bainton, Roland. Christendom: A Short History of Christianity and Its Impact on Western Civilization. Harper, Torch Books.

    McLoughlin, Jr., William. Modern Revivalism: Charles Finny to Billy Graham. Ronald Press.

    Revivals, Awakenings, and Reform: An Essay on Religion and Social Change in America, 1607-1977. University of Chicago Press.

    Ministers of Scotland. Lectures on Revival of Religion. Roberts Publishing.

    Orr, J. Edwin. Good News in Bad Times: Signs of Revival. Zondervan Publishing.

    The Event of the Century: The 1857-1858 Awakening.

    International Awakening Press.

    The Fervant Prayer: the Worldwide Impact of the Great Awakening of 1858.

    Moody Press.

    Reid, William, ed. Authentic Records of Revival: Now in Progress in the United Kingdom (1860). Roberts Publishers.

    Shelley, Bruce. Church History in Plain Language. Word Books.

    Pamphlets:

    Culpepper, CL. Spiritual Awakening: The Shantung Revival. Cresendo Book Publications.

    Drummond, Lewis. Spiritual Awakening: God’s Divine Work. SBC Home Mission Board.

    Eklund, Bobby. Spiritual Awakening. Baptist General Convention of Texas.

    Spiritual Formation, Spirituality and Theology

    Bader-Saye, Scott. Following Jesus in a Culture of Fear. Brazos Press.

    Barton, Ruth.

    Intervarsity Press, 2004.

    Sacred Rhythms. Intervarsity Press, 2006.

    Baxter, Sidlow. Christian Holiness: Restudied and Restated. Zondervan, 1977.

    Bonhoeffer, Dietrich. Cost of Discipleship.

    Brother Lawrence. The Practice of the Presence of God. Whitaker House.

    Denison, Janet. Content to Be Good, Called to be Godly. Tyndale, 2008.

    Denison, Jim. Wrestling with God. Saltriver, 2008.

    Edwards, Tilden. Living in the Presence. Harper San Francisco, 1995.

    Ford, Leighton. The Attentive Life. Intervarsity Press, 2008.

    Foster, Richard. Celebration of Discipline. HarperSanFrancisco, 1978.

    Foster, Richard and Smith, James B., ed. Devotional Classics. Harper Collins, 1993.

    Spiritual Classics. HarperSanFrancisco, 2000.

    George, Timothy and McGrath, Alister, eds. For All the Saints. Westminster John Knox Press, 2003.

    Guiness, Os. The Call. HarperCollins, 1998.

    Hinson, Glenn. A Serious Call to a Contemplative Life-Style, Westminster Press, 1974.

    Holt, Bradley. Thirsty for God: A Brief History of Christian Spirituality. Fortress Press, 2005.

    Lewis, C. S. Mere Christianity. HarperSanFrancisco, 1952.

    Kelly, Thomas. A Testament of Devotion. Harper and Brothers, 1941.

    May, Gerald. Will and Spirit. HarperCollins, 1982.

    McLaren, Brian. A New Kind of Christian. Jossey-Bass, 2001.

    McNeal, Reggie. A Work of Heart. Jossey-Bass, 2000.

    Merton, Thomas. Contemplative Prayer. Image Books, 1996.

    Dialogues with Silence. HarperSanFrancisco, 2001.

    Miley, Jeanie. Creative Silence. Word Publishers, 1989.

    Miller, Donald. Blue Like Jazz. Thomas Nelson Publishers, 2003.

    Monroe, Kelly, ed. Finding God at Harvard. Zondervan Publishing, 1996.

    Palmer, Parker. Let Your Life Speak. Jossey-Bass, 2000.

    To Know as We Are Known. Harper & Row, 1966.

    Paxson, Ruth. Life on the Highest Plane. Moody Press, 1928.

    Nouwen, Henri. Here and Now. Crossroad Publishing, 1997.

    The Way of the Heart. Ballantine Books, 1981.

    O’Conner, Elizabeth. Call to Commitment. Servant Leadership Press, 1994.

    Schimmel, Solomon. The Seven Deadly Sins. Free Press, 1992. (Reference)

    Sheppard,Trent. God on Campus: Sacred Causes & Global Effects. Intervarsity Press, 2009.

    Sproul, R.C. The Holiness of God. Tyndale Press, 1987.

    Tickel, Phyllis. Divine Hours: Spring. Doubleday.

    Divine Hours: Summertime.

    Divine Hours: Autumn and Wintertime.

    Underhill, Evelyn. The Ways of the Spirit. Crossroad Publishing, 2001.

    Willard, Dallas.  Hearing God. Intervarsity Press, 1984.

    Knowing Christ Today: Why We Can Trust Spiritual Knowledge. HarperCollins, 2009.

    Renovation of the Heart. NavPress, 2002.

    The Spirit of the Disciplines. HarperSanFrancisco, 1991.

    Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church. HarperOne, 2008.