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There are many resources that can guide you on your journey through academic writing. Beginning texts will serve to ground you in the fundamentals of theological and academic writing, while advanced texts will help you develop your own unique voice and style.

Additionally, reading classic literature and literary essays can help you learn to write more clearly, cogently, and beautifully. Contact a or the Center for Theological Writing for suggestions.

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Beginning Writing Texts

Adler, Mortimer J., and Charles Van Doran. . Rev. ed. New York: Touchstone, 1972.

Badke, William B. . 6th ed. iUniverse, Inc, 2011.

Williams, Joseph M., and Joseph Bizup. . 12th ed. New York: Pearson, 2016. (Earlier editions are also fine.)

Kane, Thomas S. . New York: Berkley Books, 2000.

Orwell, George. “Politics and the English Language.” In , 148–155. New York: Houghton, Mifflin, Harcourt, 1981.

Strunk, William, Jr., and E. B. White. . 4th ed. New York: Allyn & Bacon, 2000.

Turabian, Kate L. . 9th ed. Chicago: Chicago University Press, 2018.

Zinsser, William. . 30th Anniv. Ed. New York: Harper Collins, 2006.

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Advanced Writing Texts

Barzun, Jacques, and Henry F. Graff. . 6th ed.  Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 2003.

Bradley, James E & Richard A. Muller. . Rev. ed. Grand Rapids:  Eerdmans, 2016.

Cook, Claire Kehrwald. . Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1985.

Garner, Bryan A. “Grammar and Usage.” In , 17th. ed., 223–362. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2017. (An excellent review of advanced grammar)

Garner, Bryan A. . 3rd ed. New York: Oxford, 2009.

Lunsford, Andrea A. . 8th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2015.

McGraw, Ryan. . London: T&T Clark, 2019.

Stilman, Anne. . 2nd ed. Cincinnati, OH: Writer’s Digest Books, 2010.

Thomas, Francis-Noel, and Mark Turner. . 2nd ed. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2011.

Trueman, Carl. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2010.