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Children's Books


ENS photo by James Solheim 2000
 

Walter Wangerin, Jr. Water Come Down! The Day You Were Baptized
(Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 1999)

Elaine Ward, Baptism: Celebrating the Wonder of Water and the Word
(Prescott, AZ: Educational Ministries, Inc., 1997)

John H. Westerhoff, Holy Baptism: A Guide for Parents & Godparents
(Institute for Pastoral Studies – St. Luke’s Press: 1996)

Gretchen Wolff Pritchard, New Life
(The Sunday Paper, 1986)

& other (children’s baptism) resources

A Gift for the Journey: A Baptismal Preparation Kit (Anglican Book Centre, Anglican Church of Canada, 1993)

Baptism - one of the reproducible series of Anglican Learning Centers by Patricia Bays (available from Forward Movement)

Various pamphlets on Eucharist and Baptism, for use in families and parishes, from Candle Press, candlepress@juno.com


Adult Books
A. Theodore Eastman, The Baptizing Community: Christian Initiation and the Local Congregation. (Wilton Ct: Morehouse Publishing, 1991)

Linda Grenz and J. Fletcher Lowe, Jr. ed, Ministry in Daily Life: A Guide to Living the Baptismal Covenant (Episcopal Church Center, 1996)

Maxwell E. Johnson, Images of Baptism: Forum Essays Number Six
(Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 2001)

Marianne Micks, Deep Water: An Introduction to Baptism
(Boston: Cowley Publications, 1996)

Klara Tammany, Living Water: Baptism as a Way of Life
(Church Publishing, 2002)

Caroline A. Westerhoff, Calling: A Song for the Baptized
(Boston: Cowley Publications, 1994)

William H. Willimon, Remember Who You Are: Baptism, A Model for Christian Life
(Nashville: The Upper Room, 1980)

Mary Lee Wile, I Will With God's Help: Episcopal Confirmation for Youth and Adults
(Denver: Living the Good News, 2000)

Mary Lee Wile, Christ's Own Forever: Episcopal Baptism of Infants and Young Children
(Denver: Living the Good News, 2003)

& other (adult baptism) resources

A Baptism Sourcebook
(Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 1993)

Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry: Faith and Order Paper No 111
(Geneva: World Council of Churches, 1982)

Baptism and Ministry: Liturgical Studies One
(Church Hymnal Corporation, 1994)

Liturgy: Water Journal of the Liturgical Conference, vol 15, no. 3
(Silver Spring, MD: The Liturgical Conference, Winter 1999)