Partial Bibliography and Selected Reference
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Major Texts on Bowen Theory:

Bowen, Murray (1978). Family Therapy in Clinical Practice. New York: Jason Aaronson.

Kerr, Michael and Murray Bowen (1988). Family Evaluation. New York: W.W. Norton.

Kerr, Michael (2003). One Family's Story: A Primer on Bowen Theory. Bowen Center for the Study of the Family: Georgetown Family Center: Washington, D.C.

Papero, Daniel (1990). Bowen Family Systems Theory. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon.

Gilbert, Roberta (1992). Extraordinary Relationships: A New Way of Thinking About Human Interactions. New York: Wiley.

Major Friedman Sources:

Friedman, Edwin (1985). Generation to Generation: Family Process in Church and Synagogue. New York: Guilford Press.

Friedman, Edwin (1990). Friedman's Fables. New York: Guilford Press.

Friedman, Edwin. Reinventing Leadership (Video and Study Guide). Guilford Press.

Friedman, Edwin. Reprints--a collection of articles **

Friedman, Edwin. Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the Age of the Quick Fix. Bethesda, MD: Edwin Friedman Estate and Trust. **

** May be ordered through:
The Friedman Trust
6 Wynkoop Court
Bethesda, MD. 20817 Reprints: $45.00, Failure of Nerve:
$65.00 plus S & H

Other Georgetown Publications:

Family Systems: A Journal of Natural Systems Thinking in Psychiatry and the Sciences.
Published by the Georgetown Family Center: Washington, D.C.

Bowen: Theory and Practice. (Features articles from the Family Center Report).

The Emotional Side of Organization: Applications of Bowen Theory. Patricia Comella, et. al.

Understanding Organizations. Ruth Sagar and Kathleen Wiseman.

Referenced by Rabbi Friedman During Seminars and Presentations:

Arendt, Hannah (1966). The Origins of Totalitarianism. New York: Harcourt & Brace.

Bainton, Roland (1958,1951). The Travail of Religious Liberty. New York: Harper.

Bonner, John T. (1988). The Evolution of Complexity by Means of Natural Selection. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Beal, Edward & Gloria Hochman (1991). Adult Children of Divorce: Breaking the Cycle and Finding Fulfillment in Love, Marriage, and Family. New York, N.Y. Delacorte Press.

Des Pres, Terrence (1980, 1976). The Survivor: An Anatomy of Life in the Death Camps. New York :Oxford University Press.

Farber, Leslie H. (1966). The Ways of the Will: Essays Toward a Psychology and Psychopathology of Will. New York: Basic Books.

Flint, Valerie (1992). The Imaginative landscape of Christopher Columbus. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Freud, Sigmund and Iise Grubrich-Simitis (1987). A Phylogenetic Fantasy: Overview of the Transference Neuroses. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.

Fromm, Eric (1941). Escape from Freedom. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.

Golding, William (1955). Lord of the Flies.

Kagan, Donald (1995). On the Origins of War and the Preservation of Peace. New York: Doubleday.

Karpel Mark, ed. (1996). Family Resources: The Hidden Partner in Family Theory. New York: Guilford.

Koestler, Arthur (1959). The Sleep Walkers: A History of Man's Changing Vision of the Universe. New York: Macmillan.

Malinowski, Bronislaw (1954, c.1948). Magic, Science and Religion, and other Essays. Garden City, NY: Doubleday.

Mann, Thomas (1944). The Magic Mountain. Translated from German by H.T. Lowe-Porter. New York: A.A. Knopf.

McGoldrick, Monica (1999). Genograms in Family Assessment. New York: W.W. Norton.

Murray, Gilbert (1955). Five Stages in Greek Religion. Garden City, NY: Doubleday.

Rhodes, Richard (1986). The Making of the Atomic Bomb. New York: Simon & Schuster.

Sass, Louis A. (1992). Madness and Modernism: Insanity in the Light of Modern Art, Literature, and Thought. New York: Basic Books.

Sheldrake, Rupert (1988). The Presence of the Past: Morphic Resonance and the Habits of Nature. New York: Times Books.

Smith, John Maynard & Eors Szathmary (1995). The Major Transitions in Evolution. Oxford, New York: W.H. Freeman Spectrum.

Sommers, Christina (1994). Who Stole Feminism? New York: Simon & Schuster.

Thomas, Lewis (1974). The Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher. New York: Viking Press.

Thomas, Lewis (1992). The Fragile Species. New York: Scribners.

Toman Walter (1993). Family Constellation: Its Effects on Personality and Social Behavior. New York: Springer Pub. Co.

Toman, Walter (1988). Family Therapy and Sibling Position. Northvale, NJ: J. Aronson..

Wills, Garr, ed., The Federalists Papers, by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay.

Theological Discussions:

Brueggemann, Walter (1972). In Man We Trust: The Neglected Side of Biblical Faith. Richmond, VA: John Knox Press.

Haught, John (2000). God After Darwin: A Theology of Evolution. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.

Haught, John (2000). Science and Religion In Search of Cosmic Purpose. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press.

Haught, John (2003). Deeper Than Darwin: The Prospect for Religion in the Age of Evolution. .Boulder, CO: Westview Press.

Hefner, Philip (1993). The Human Factor: Evolution, Culture, and Religion. Minneapolis, Fortress Press.

Levenson, Jon (1988). Creation and the Persistence of Evil: The Jewish Drama of Divine Omnipotence. San Francisco: Harper & Row.

Context:. Martin E. Marty on Religion and Culture. Claretian Publications: Chicago.

Pannenberg, Wolfart (1985). Anthropology in Theological Perspective. Philadelphia:Westminster Press.

Pannenberg, Wolfart (1993). Toward a Theology of Nature: Essays on Science and Faith. Louisville, KY: Westministe John Knox Press.

Perdue, Leo G. (1994). Wisdom and Creation: The Theology of Wisdom Literature. Nashville, TN: Abiingdon.

Sittler, Joseph (2000). Evocations of Grace: Writings on Ecology, Theology, and Ethics. Errdmans.

Sittler, Joseph (1986). Gravity and Grace: Reflections and Provocations. Minneapolis: Augsburg Press.

Sponheim, Paul (2000, 1952). Faith and Process: The Significance of Process Thought for Christian Faith. Minneapolis: Augsburg Press.

Tillich, Paul (2000, 1952). The Courage to Be. New Haven, CN: Yale University Press.

Westermann, Claus (1995). Roots of Wisdom: The Oldest Proverbs of Israel and Other Peoples. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox.

Witherinton III, Benjamin (1994). Jesus the Sage: The Pilgrimage of Wisdom. Minneapolis: Fortress Press.

Zygon, Phil Hefner, ed. (Journal of Religion and Science).

Further References and Related Sources:

Allman, John Morgan (2000, 1999). Evolving Brains. New York: Scientific American Library.

Barash, David (1994). Beloved Enemies: Our Need for Opponents. Amherst, NY : Prometheus Books.

Bonner, Jon Tyler (1966, 1955). Cells and Societies. New York: Atheneum.

Bonner, John Tyler (1995). Life Cycles: Reflections of an Evolutionary Biologist. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Bonner, Jon Tyler (2000). First Signals: The Evolution of Multicellular Development. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Bruner, Jerome S. (1986). Actual Minds, Possible Worlds. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Bruner, Jerome s. (1995, 1990). Acts of Meaning. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Buss, Leo W. (1987). The Evolution of Individuality. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Calhoun, John B. (1983). Environment and Population: Problems of Adaptation. New York: Praeger.

Clark, William R. (1995). At War Within: The Double Edged Sword of Immunity. Oxford University Press: New York, Oxford.

Damasio, Antonio R. (1995, 1994). Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain. New York: Avon Books.

Damasio, Antonio R. (1999). The Feeling of What Happens: Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness. New York: Harcourt Brace.

Gilbert, Roberta (1999). Connecting with Our Children: Guiding Principles for Parents in a Troubled World. New York: Wiley.

Gilmore, Mikal (1994). Shot in the Heart. New York: Doubleday.

Higgins, Gina O'Connell (1994). Resilient Adults: Overcoming a Cruel Past. San Francisco: Jossey Bass.

Keller, Evelyn Fox (1993, 1983). A Feeling for the Organism: The Life and Work of Barbara McClintock. New York: W.H. Freeman.

Luria, A.R. (1979). The Making of Mind: A Personal Account of Soviet Psychology. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

MacLean, Paul D. (1990). The Triune Brain in Evolution: Role in Paleocerebral Functions. New York: Plenum Press.

Pert, Candace B. (1997). Molecules of Emotion: Why You Feel the Way You Feel. New York: Scribner.

Sagan, Leonard A. (1987). The Health of the Nation: True Causes of Sickness and Well-being. New York: Basic Books.

Richardson, Ronald W. (1996). Creating a Healthier Church: Family Systems Theory, Leadership and Congregational Life. Minneapolis: Fortress Press.

Roberts, Cokie (2004). Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation. New York: Harper Collins.

Sapolsky, Robert M. (1998). Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers: An Updated Guide to Stress, Stress-related Diseases and Coping. New York: W.H. Freeman.

Steinke, Peter L. (1993). How Your Church Family Works: Understanding Congregations as Emotional Systems. Washington DC: Alban Press.

Steinke, Peter L. (1996). Healthy Congregations: A Systems Approach. Bethesda, MD: Alban Press.

Thomas, Elizabeth Marshall (1994). The Hidden Life of Dogs. Thorndike, ME: G. K. Hall.

Titelman, Peter, ed. (2003). Emotional Cutoff: Bowen Family Systems Theory Perspectives. Hew York: Haworth Clinical Practice Press.

Vygotsky, Lev (1978). Mind in Society: The Development of High Psychological Processes. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Waal, Frans de (1989). Peacemaking Among Primates. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

West, Cornel (1993). Race Matters. New York: Vintage Books.

Wheatley, Margaret (1999). Leadership and the New Science: Discovering Order in a Chaotic World. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers.

Wilson, E. O. (1999, 1998). Consilience: the Unity of Knowledge. New York: Vintage Books.

Regular References (articles and clippings) Used by Rabbi Friedman:

Scientific American

The Wall Street Journal

The New York Times

The Washington Post