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Reading List for Greenfield Convocation

Reformation, the spiritual secrets of the Greenfield Group discipline

An inquiry into the expression of our central values amid the emerging post-modern reality

April 23 - April 25, 2012 Convocation

 

READING LIST

Required

 

Greenfield Group Discipline: http://www.uugreenfieldgroup.org/discipline.html

 

Greenfield Group History (.pdf) by Bill Gardiner (to be distributed by e-mail by February 28, 2012)

 

"Dialogue, the art of thinking together" by William Isaacs

   http://www.amazon.com/dp/0385479999/ref=cm_sw_em_r_am_ip_am_us?ie=UTF8

 

“The Circle Way, a leader in every chair” by Baldwin, Linnea, and Wheatley  http://www.amazon.com/Circle-Way-Leader-Every-Business/dp/1605092568/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1326325477&sr=1-1

 

“Presence, an exploration of Profound Change in people, organizations, and society” by Senge, Scharmer, Jaworski, and Flowers, 2005

http://www.amazon.com/Presence-Exploration-Profound-Organizations-Society/dp/038551624X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1326338366&sr=1-1

 

"The Purpose of a Liberal Education" in On Being Human Religiously by James Luther Adams, edited by Max L. Stackhouse, Beacon Press, 1976.

 

“Ronald A. Heifetz: Leadership, Adaptability, Thriving” a lecture during the 2008 Convocation and Pastors’ School at Duke University by Ronald Heifetz, PhD. 1hr, 10min.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSZId1VlYxc

 

Supplemental

 

“Learning While Leading, increasing your effectiveness in ministry” by Anita Farber-Robertson, Alban Institute, 2000

http://www.alibris.com/booksearch.detail?invid=10434010929&keyword=learning+while+leading&qwork=10225865&qsort=&page=1

 

“Theory U: leading from the future as it emerges” by C. Otto Scharmer, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2009

http://www.amazon.com/Theory-Leading-Emerges-Otto-Scharmer/dp/1576757633/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1326338432&sr=1-1

 

 "The Art and Architecture of Powerful Questions" by Eric E. Vogt, et.al.  (Whole Systems Associates)

                http://www.theworldcafe.com/pdfs/aopq.pdf

 

“The Lay and Liberal Doctrine of the Church, the spirit and promise of our covenant” Minns Lecture #4, 2000-2001 by Alice Blair Wesley

  http://minnslectures.org/archive/wesley/Lecture4.pdf

 

"Liberal Religion and the Pheonix" in An Examined Faith, social context and religious commitment by James Luther Adams, edited by George K. Beach, Beacon Press, 1991.

 

“The Divine Relativity, a social conception of God” by Charles Hartshorne, Yale University Press, 1948

http://www.alibris.com/booksearch?qisbn=9780300028805&qwork=1763755&keyword=divine+relativity&qsort=p&matches=16&cm_sp=works*edition*buyused

 

“The Archetype of Initiation, sacred space, ritual process, and personal transformation”, Lectures and Essays by Robert L. Moore, XLibris Corporation, 2001.

http://www.alibris.com/booksearch.detail?invid=11067428264&qwork=400278&title=archetype+of+initiation&qsort=&page=1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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