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You can purchase your textbooks online e.g. Fishpond, Amazon or Church Stores (Ellerslie, Auckland – Ph +64 9 525 1380). Church Stores also has some titles in stock and offers a discount to Carey students. You should order for delivery in time for the start of semester . Carey does not stock textbooks.

Semester Two 2026

Undergraduate Courses

Postgraduate Courses

Undergraduate Courses:

MB521 Thinking Theologically

Required Textbook:
Jones, Beth Felker. Practicing Christian Doctrine: An Introduction to Thinking and Living Theologically. 2nd edition. Baker Academic, 2023.
ISBN: 9781540965141
e-book accessible from the library

Required Assessment Text:
Morris, Dolores. Believing Philosophy: A Guide to Becoming A Christian Philosopher. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2021.
ISBN: 9780310109525
e-book accessible from the library

MB531 Introduction to the Old Testament

Required Textbook:
Strawn, Brent A. Lies My Preacher Told Me: An Honest Look at the Old Testament. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2021.
ISBN: 9780664265717
e-book accessible from the library

Wright, Christopher J.H. The Old Testament in Seven Sentences: A Small Introduction to a Vast Topic. Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2019.
ISBN: 9780830852253
e-book accessible from the library

MM581 Mission of God

Required Textbook:
Wright, Christopher J. H. The Mission of God’s People: A Biblical Theology of the Church’s Mission. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2010.
ISBN: 9780310291121
e-book accessible from the library

MB6/744 1 Corinthians

Required Textbook:
There is no required text book for this course.

MB6/748 Biblical Narrative (Old Testament)

Required Textbook:
Walsh, Jerome T. Old Testament Narrative: A Guide to Interpretation. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2009.
ISBN: 9780664234645
e-book accessible from the library

MI700 Integrative Project

There is no set text for the course because each student may be studying a distinct topic.

Recommended Text:
Halstead, Philip, and Myk Habets, eds. Doing Integrative Theology: Word, World, and Work in Conversation. Auckland: Archer Press, 2015.
ISBN: 9780473342036

Postgraduate Courses:

MA801 Research Methods

Required Textbooks:
Swinton, J. and H. Mowat. Practical Theology and Qualitative Research. 2nd ed. London: SCM Press, 2016.
ISBN: 9780334049883
This course textbook is available in e-book form at the Carey library.

Smith, Kevin Gary. Writing and Research: A Guide for Theology Students. Carlisle: Langham Global Library, 2016.
ISBN: 9781783688951
This course textbook is available in e-book form at the Carey library.

Both these books will be on reserve in the library and also accessible as e-books through the Carey Library.

MA805 Human Flourishing

Required Textbook:
Jipp, Joshua W. Pauline Theology as a Way of Life: A Vision of Human Flourishing in Christ. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic Press, 2023.
ISBN: 9781540965721
This course textbook is available in e-book form at the Carey library. All other readings will be posted on CareyOnline.

Croasmun, Matthew and Miroslav Volf. For the Life of the World: Theology that Makes a Difference. Grand Rapids: Brazos Press, 2019.
ISBN: 9781587435553
This course textbook is available in e-book form at the Carey library. All other readings will be posted on CareyOnline.

All additional compulsory readings will be made available electronically via CareyOnline.

MA806 Human Flourishing

To be confirmed.