Research Guides: Theological Research and Writing: Language Resources

General Works

"Writing Theology Well in a New Language: Rhetorics for International Student Writers and Their Tutors".
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Chapter 13 in Lucretia B. Yaghjian's Writing Theology Well: A Rhetoric for Theological and Biblical Writers.

Exploring Doctrine: A Theological English Curriculum.
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Will Bankston and Cheri L. Pierson.
Carlisle, UK : Langham Global Library, 2019.
Exploring Theological English: Reading, Vocabulary, and Grammar for ESL/EFL. Student Textbook.
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Cheri Pierson; Lonna J. Dickerson; Florence R. Scott.
Carlisle: Piquant, 2010.
Theological English: An Advanced ESL Text for Students of Theology.
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Pierce Taylor Hibbs and Megan Reiley.
P & R Publishing, 2018.
A Handbook of Theological English.
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Peter Sewell.
London: SPCK, 1998.
English for Theology: Developing Proficiency in Academic English for Theological Studies.
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Gabrielle Kelly.
Hindmarsh, South Australia: ATF Press, 2004.

Reading French: A Guide for Students of Religion and Theology.
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K. Janet Ritch.
Toronto : Clements, 2006.
French for Reading and Translation.
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Shannon R. Becker.
New York: Routledge, 2021.

Handbook of Reading Theological German.
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Christopher Ryan Jones and Katharina Hirt,
Grand Rapids, MI : HarperCollins Christian Publishing, 2021.
A Theological German Vocabulary: German Theological Key Words Illustrated in Quotations from Martin Luther's Bible and the Revised Standard Version.
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Walter M. Mosse.
New York: Macmillan, 1955.
Theological German: A Reader.
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Helmut W. Ziefle.
Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1986.
The online version is available on the Internet Archive, a trusted source, but one for which it is necessary to create a free account and login.
Dictionary of Modern Theological German.
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Helmut W. Ziefle.
Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1992.
The online version is available on the Internet Archive, a trusted source, but one for which it is necessary to create a free account and login.
Introduction to Theological German.
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J. D. Manton.
Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1973.
The online version is available on the Internet Archive, a trusted source, but one for which it is necessary to create a free account and login.

A Primer of Pastoral Spanish.
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Michael J. McGrath.
Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2022.
Not yet published.