Skip directly to: content | main navigation | functional navigation | sub navigation
Candler School of Theology Pitts Theology Library St. Jerome

Library Information

 

 

Ask a Librarian

pitts website search by google:



 

Librarian Blog

It’s summer at the library

Summer is arriving, and we look forward to welcoming students taking summer courses, Course of Study students, and everyone working on summer research projects.  We are open 7:30 AM – 5 PM Monday-Friday.  Please feel free to contact us by phone, email, or chat with any questions.

Posted May 14th, 2012 by Tracy Powell
In Uncategorized | No Comments »



Graduating? Here’s what you need to know.

Congratulations to all of Emory’s spring graduates!  The stage is rising outside of the library, so we know that the day you walk across it is fast approaching.  Please remember to turn in all of your library books before graduation (May 14).  Also note that you can still have access to the resources of Pitts Theology Library as an alumni user!  Check out our guide to Alumni Resources for details, and note some other Research Guides that may be of interest as you move into your future careers.  For questions about returning checked-out materials from the Theology library, please contact our Circulation Desk at 404.727.1221.  Best wishes with these last days of classes and finals–you’re almost to the finish line!

Posted April 30th, 2012 by Tracy Powell
In Uncategorized | No Comments »



How do you use eBooks and eReaders?

Theological libraries around the world are engaging in our first shared survey to learn more about the eReading habits of theological school faculty and students.  The survey is available in English and French, and should take less than 10 minutes to complete. Your input can help us as we work with one another and with publishers to develop electronic collections that best meet your needs and interests.  The survey will be available until May 1, 2012.

To take the survey in English, click here.

To take the survey in French, click here.

If you have any questions or problems completing the survey, please contact Tracy Powell Iwaskow (tracy.powell@emory.edu).

Posted April 18th, 2012 by Tracy Powell
In Uncategorized | No Comments »



Friends of Pitts Library Spring Book Sale

We will be holding a book sale April 18th, from 8am – 3pm.   The sale will be on the Pitts Library back porch by Rudolph Courtyard.  In addition to our usual 100s of books that start at $1, the sale will also feature a special table of slightly higher priced books, including 3 sets of the Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible (old edition) and many high quality books and commentaries.  Plan to arrive early to get the best selection.

Posted April 9th, 2012 by Matthew Collins
In Uncategorized | No Comments »



Monitors in the Reading Room

The portability of small laptops, netbook computers and tablets is great, but the screens are often too small to do extended work.  The Pitts Theology Library is providing a solution for this problem.  We have installed two large monitors in the Durham Reading Room that anyone can use.  You can connect your device to a monitor using one the provided cables (VGA or DVI) or check out a Mac or iPad adapter from the circulation desk.  The monitors are available on a first come basis.

 

Posted April 2nd, 2012 by Matthew Collins
In Uncategorized | No Comments »



Final Projects and Papers

Now that Spring Break has passed, you may be starting to focus on final papers and projects.  The library has all the resources you need to make your work more efficient and help you get a better grade.  Check out our Research Guides for specific areas.  Reference librarians can help you:

  • search more efficiently
  • focus your topic
  • find resources.

Make sure you help your fellow students by letting us reshelve any materials you use in the library.

Posted March 19th, 2012 by Matthew Collins
In Uncategorized | No Comments »



Spring Break is Coming…

We wish you all a restful spring break!  Pitts Theology Library will be closed the two weekends surrounding spring break, March 10-11 and March 17-18.  During the week of Monday, March 12 through Friday, March 16, we will be open from 7:30 AM until 5 PM.  Regular semester hours will resume on Monday, March 19.   The full schedule of library hours can be accessed on our web page.

Posted March 5th, 2012 by Tracy Powell
In Uncategorized | No Comments »



Tell us how we can help you!

Pitts Theology Library, the Candler Media Center, and Candler Information Technology are conducting our annual spring survey.  You will receive an email invitation to participate on February 27.  Your input helps us evaluate the resources and services we provide, and enables us to better support your research at Emory.  Please take a few minutes to complete the survey, and to express our appreciation, we’ll enter you to win one of several prizes, including an Amazon gift certificate!  If you have any questions or comments, please contact Tracy Powell Iwaskow at tracy.powell@emory.edu or 404.727.1221.  Thank you!

 

Posted February 26th, 2012 by Tracy Powell
In Uncategorized | No Comments »



Transformational Reading Recommendations

On Wednesday, February 8, two local ministers discussed the books that had been transformative for them in their lives and ministries.  Although one minister serves in a Baptist church and the other is an Episcopalian priest, several of the books and authors that spoke to each overlapped.  Below are the books discussed, many of which are available at the Emory libraries.  Please ask a librarian if you would like assistance in locating a copy.

Recommendations from Dr. Jim King, Senior Pastor of Parkway Baptist Church in Duluth, GA:

  • The Classics Illustrated versions of classic literature (read as a child)
  • Biographies of famous people as children
  • The works of Charles Dickens
  • The King James version of the Bible – particularly for the value of the story and the narrative
  • The works of William Faulkner
  • Anything written by Frederick Buechner
  • On Being a Christian by Hans Küng
  • A History of Christian Thought by Justo Gonzalez

Recommendations from Rev. Benno Pattison, Rector of Church of the Epiphany in Decatur, GA:

Scripture:

  • Genesis
  • The story of Jacob wrestling with God (and later, Frederick Buechner’s The Son of Laughter)
  • The book of Job
  • The Moses story
  • The Joseph story — as a story about recapitulation, placing God into his story

Children’s literature:

  • Incident at Hawk’s Hill by Allan W. Eckert
  • The Fireflies (a picture book)
  • Grimm’s fairy tales
  • Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne (read as an adult)

Books read in high school / early adulthood

  • Westerns written by Zane Gray
  • John Le Carré’s spy novels (especially The Perfect Spy)
  • Animal Farm and 1984 by George Orwell
  • Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
  • Lord of the Flies by William Golding
  • Call of the Wild, White Fang, and other works by Jack London
  • Graham Greene’s novels, for the politics of human relationships presented therein
  • Shakespeare’s plays, particularly Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth

Poetry

  • T.S. Eliot, The Four Quartets
  • William Butler Yeats
  • Ogden Nash –words are playful
  • Mary Oliver
  • Bones of the Earth by Carol Jane Bangs
  • Jaan Kaplinsky
  • Kenneth Bernard, The Baboon in the Night Club
  • Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet

Naturalists

  • Chet Raymo – Honey from Stone: A Naturalist’s Search for God and 365 Starry Nights
  • David James Duncan – The River Why (fiction) and River Teeth: Stories and Writings (essays)

Periodicals: Sports Illustrated (for the passion of those writing about what they cared most about), National Geographic (for travelling the world), The New Yorker (for narrative journalism)

Liturgical and Theological Texts:

  • Easter Vigil in the Book of Common Prayer
  • Compline and evening prayer in the Book of Common Prayer
  • Magnificat
  • Athanasian Creed
  • Chicago Lambeth Quadrilateral – the sociological and anthropological dictates of a church
  • Robert Capon’s An Offering of Uncles, the Priesthood of Adam and the Shape of the World
  • Augustine (in the negative) led me to explore the writings of Pelagius
  • Christ Through the Centuries by Jaroslav Pelikan
  • The Unfolding Drama of the Bible by Bernhard Anderson
  • Prayer is Thinking by John Macquarrie
  • Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Letters and Papers from Prison
  • Peter Miller, The Singer, The Song, and The Finale – portrays Jesus as a singer
  • C.S. Lews, The Chronicles of Narnia
  • E. Mansell Pattison, Pastor and Parish: A Systems Approach

 

Posted February 16th, 2012 by Tracy Powell
In Uncategorized | No Comments »



Great Lenten Resources

Scrambling to find resources to use in your ministry for Lent? (Ash Wednesday is Feb. 22nd).  Join us on February 8th in our Wednesday Workshop to learn of an amazing array of resources that can be found at the Pitts Theology Library and through the Research Guides on our website.  Topics will include music, lectionary helps, sermon notes, and images – all free materials that you can use!  Remember that the first 12 registered get a free lunch.  Register here.

Posted February 12th, 2012 by Matthew Collins
In Uncategorized | No Comments »