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Featured Titles, 2025-2026
Stacia Pelletier 98T 07G
The Deliverance of Barker McRae, Mercer University Press, September 2025
Set against the backdrop of the 1830s Georgia gold rush, the Cherokee land lotteries, and the era of Methodist circuit riders, this meticulously researched work of historical fiction has won high praise, including a starred review from Kirkus Reviews.
Mashaun Simon 13T
Faith Deconstruction for Dummies, For Dummies, November 2025
This guide in the popular For Dummies series is for readers from all walks with complicated questions about what they’ve been taught versus what they’ve begun to believe. Simon helps readers think critically about their beliefs by unlearning, processing, and considering new ways of thinking.
William Yoo 08T 14G
Reckoning with History: Settler Colonialism, Slavery, and the Making of American Christianity,
Westminster John Knox Press, January 2025
This timely volume illuminates how settler colonialism and slavery informed and ultimately deformed Protestant Christianity in the North American colonies and antebellum United States.
2026
Tom Berlin 88T, Jesus is Lord: Living into the Lordship of Christ, Abingdon Press, April 2026
Tamura Lomax 04T 05T, Loving Black Boys: A Black Feminist Bible on Racism and Revolutionary Mothering, Duke University Press, May 2026
Ron Balthazor 87T, A Book of Seasons, Mercer University Press, May 2026
Amanda Musterman 04T, Psalms for the New Earth: Sacred Somatic Meditations on Biblical Psalms, Independently published, February 2026
J. Michael Ripski 74T 77T, Monday Musings: A University Chaplain Thinks Out Loud with Heart and Head, Christian Faith Publishing, February 2026
Derek Olson 99T 11G, Prayer Book Studies, Seabury Books, January 2026
2025
Ronald Bonner 22T, Making It Plain: Deconstructing a Fictitious and Vicious Story About Racism, Gatekeeper Press, December 2025
Jabe Largen 21T, They Call Me Jabe: A Hillbilly Tale of Life, Death, and Grace, Wipf and Stock Publishers, November 2025
Stephen Redmond 09T, Exclusive Theology: The Slave Master’s Religion, Wipf and Stock Publishers, November 2025
Mashaun Simon 13T, Faith Deconstruction for Dummies, For Dummies, November 2025
Laura Hutchinson 01T, Finding Jesus in a Christian Nation, Independently Published, October 2025
Matt Miofsky 02T, The Methodist Book of Daily Prayer, Second Edition, Abingdon Press, October 2025
Stacia Pelletier 98T 07G, The Deliverance of Barker McRae, Mercer University Press, September 2025
Jan Richardson 92T, How the Stars Get in Your Bones: A Book of Blessings, Wanton Gospeller Press, September 2025
Russell Waldmann 80T, You’ll Never Know: Celebrating God’s Touch Upon Our Lives by Touching One Another in the Name of God, Christian Faith Publishing, September 2025
Erin Cash 06T, Thriving Church: What We Can Learn from Faithful Congregations, Chalice Press, July 2025
Tina Pippin 80T, The Actual Jesus, Cascade Books, July 2025
Teresa Angle-Young 07T, Creation’s Call: A Lenten Guide to Spiritual Renewal, Market Square Publishing, May 2025
Tamura Lomax 04T 05T, Freeing Black Girls: A Black Feminist Bible on Racism and Revolutionary Mothering, Duke University Press, May 2025
William Yoo 08T 14G, Reckoning with History: Settler Colonialism, Slavery, and the Making of American Christianity, Westminster John Knox Press, January 2025
2024
Ted Goshorn 15T 21T, Raise Your Ebenezer: A Field Guide to Suffering, Advocate Press, December 2024
Kate Kennedy 23T, Once Upon a School: A Story of Dreaming Big, Falling Hard, and Bouncing Back, Pine Needle, September 2024
Sandra C. Smith 93T, The Enneagram Map to Your Deeper Self: Living Beyond Your Type, Hampton Roads Publishing, September 2024
Greg Pimlott 04T, Pastoral Pause: Planning Your Renewal Leave, Upper Room, August 2024
Alice Rose 10T, Redeeming Christianity, Bilbo Books, August 2024
Jacinta Neilly 21T, Fall in Love with Intercessory Prayer: 40 Simple Prayers that can make a BIG Difference, Independently Published, March 2024
More Candler Alumni Books from Past Years
Jonathan Watts 90T, A Shorter History of Judeo/Christian Worship, Amazon, November 2023
David Graybeal 00T, Faith in the West Wing: The Portrayal of Religion in a Primetime Presidency, Wipf and Stock Publishers, January 2023
Lyn Pace 02T 17T, The Sacred Year: A Contemplative Journey through the Liturgical Year, South Carolina United Methodist Advocate Press, December 2022
Ted Goshorn 15T 21T, Prayer Changes Us, South Carolina United Methodist Advocate Press, December 2022
Tricia Hersey 17T, Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto, Little Brown Spark, October 2022
Robert E. Daniel 82T, The Bishop Is In a Hurry!: Letters of A Well-Traveled Ambassador for Christ Bishop Arthur J. Moore, Yawn Publishing, September 2022
Willie Dwayne Francois III 20T, Silencing White Noise: Six Practices to Overcome Our Inaction on Race, Brazos Press, August 2022
Austin Carty 20T, The Pastor’s Bookshelf: Why Reading Matters for Ministry, WM. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co, April 2022
Ann Champion Shaw 01T, WORTH: A Story of Favor and Forgiveness, Gatekeeper Press, February 2022
Danté Stewart 22T, Shoutin’ in the Fire: An American Epistle, Penguin Random House, October 2021
Michelle Ledder 10T, Anti-Racism 4REALS: Real Talk with Real Strategies in Real Time for Real Change, Chalice Press, October 2021
Cindy Lynn Maddox 02T, In the Neighborhood of Normal, Regal House Publishing, September 2021
Leah Gunning Francis 01T, Faith after Ferguson: Resilient Leadership in Pursuit of Racial Justice, Chalice Press, August 2021
John Ed Mathison 63T 78T, Bib or Apron, Amazon, August 2021
Ashley M. Wilcox 16T, The Women’s Lectionary: Preaching the Women of the Bible Throughout the Year, Westminster John Knox, August 2021
Devi B. Dillard-Wright 99C 02T, Self-Love: 100+ Quotes, Reflections, and Activities to Help You Uncover and Strengthen Your Self-Love, Adams Media, January 2021
Jon A. Herrin 97T, Making Sense of It All: Reflections on the Ancient Narratives of Genesis, KDP, December 2020
Mike Stone 03T, Living on the Plain: The Gospel of Luke, Church Publishing, October 2020
John Wesley Bowling 91T, Rascals, Rogues and Renegades of the Old Testament, July 2020
Khyati Yogeshkumar Joshi 92C 96T, White Christian Privilege: The Illusion of Religious Equality in America, NYU Press, July 2020
Robert Harrell 01T, The Minister’s Prayer Book: An Order of Prayers and Readings, Revised Edition, Augsburg Fortress, February 2020
Lisa Johnson 99T, Postcards from Lonnie: How I Rediscovered My Brother on the Street Corner He Called Home, Rand Smith LLC, January 2020
Matt Miofsky 02T, Let Go: Leaning into the Future Without Fear, Abingdon Press, May 2019