Books

• Chester Gillis. Catholic Faith in America, Second edition. New York: Facts on File, Second Edition, 2012.
• Chester Gillis. Catholic Faith in America. New York: Facts on File, 2003.
• Chester Gillis. Roman Catholicism in America. New York: Columbia University Press, 1999.
• Chester Gillis. Pluralism: A New Paradigm for Theology. Leuven and Grand Rapids: Peeters & Eerdmans, 1993.
• Chester Gillis. A Question of Final Belief: John Hick’s Pluralistic Theory of Salvation . London & New York: Macmillan & St. Martin’s, 1989.

Articles in journals

• Chester Gillis. "The Exodus of Americans from the Catholic Church." Conversations on Jesuit Higher Education 42 (2012): 40-41.
• Chester Gillis. "“Complexities of Hiring for Mission,” ." Conversations on Jesuit Higher Education Fall .34 (2008).
• Chester Gillis. " Papal Term Limits? Give it some thought." Commonweal CXXI.15 (2004): 12-13.
• Chester Gillis. "Bishops: Cultures, Codes, and Publics ." America 187.3 (2002): 8-11.
• Chester Gillis. " Not Dead Yet: Catholic Subculture in America ." Chicago Studies 40.2 (2001): 168-184.
• Chester Gillis. "Radical Christologies? Analysis of the Christologies of John Hick and Paul Knitter." Bibliotheca Ephemerdium Theologicarum Louvaniensium CLII (2000): 521-534.
• Chester Gillis. "Christian Approaches to Interreligious Dialogue." Louvain Studies 22.2 (1997): 15-38.
• Chester Gillis. "Evangelical Inclusivism: Progress or Betrayal?." The Evangelical Quarterly 68.2 (1996): 139-50.
• Chester Gillis. "Feminist Theology, Roman Catholicism and Alienation." Horizons 20.2 (1993): 280-300.
• Chester Gillis. "Teaching Feminist Theology: A Male Perspective." Horizons 17.2 (1990): 244-255.
• Chester Gillis. "John Hick’s Christology." Bijdragen 49 (1988): 41-57.

Articles in books

• Chester Gillis. "The People of God: The Church of the Second Vatican Council and Beyond." Columbia History of American Catholicism. Ed. James Fisher. New York: Columbia University Press, 2013: 428-57
• Chester Gillis. "John Hick: Theologian or Philosopher of Religion?." Religious Pluralism and the Modern World. Ed. Sharada Sugurtharajah. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012: 137-51
• Chester Gillis. "American Catholics: 1800 to 1950." The Cambridge History of Religions in America. Ed. Stephen J. Stein. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2012: 251-72
• Chester Gillis. "Devotionalism." The Encyclopedia of Relgion in America. Ed. Charles H. Lippy and Peter W. Williams. Washington DC: CQ Press, 2010: 551-58
• Chester Gillis. "Roman Catholicism: Tradition and Heritage." Encyclopedia of Religion in America. Ed. Charles H. Lippy and Peter W. Williams. Washington DC: CQ Press, 2010: 2008-19
• Chester Gillis. "The Pope and the Roman Catholic Church." Wolrd Book Encyclopedia. Ed. World Book. Chicago, IL: World Book, 2010.
• Chester Gillis. "Dominicans." Wolrd Book Encyclopedia. Ed. World Book. Chicago, IL: World Book, 2010.
• Chester Gillis. "Angelus." World Book Encyclopedia. Ed. World Book. Chicago, IL: World Book, 2010.
• Chester Gillis. "Saint Alban." World Book Encyclopedia. Ed. World Book. Chicago., IL: World Book, 2010.
• Chester Gillis. "Roman Catholicism: The Cold War and Vatican II." Encyclopedia of Religion in America. Ed. Charles Lippy. Washington DC: CQ Press, 2010: 1984-1988
• Chester Gillis. "On the Plain of Unity." Globalization & Civilization: Are They Forces in Conflict?. Ed. Ali D. Mazuri, Patrick M. Dikirr, Shalahudin Kafrawi. New York: Global Scholarly Publications, 2008: 151-174
• Chester Gillis. "Roman Catholicism." Christianity: The Illustrated History. Ed. Hans Hillerbrand. London : Duncan Baird, 2008.
• Chester Gillis. "Cultura Americana E Cultura Cattolica." Storia Della Chiesa: I cattolici e le Chiese cristaine durante il pontificato de Giovanni Paolo II (1978-2005) . Ed. Marco Impagliazzo. Milan: San Paolo, 2006.
• Chester Gillis. "Post-Vatican II Catholicism: A New Church for a New Day?." Faith in America: Changes, Challenges, and a New Spirituality . Ed. Charles H. Lippy. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2006: 25-43
• Chester Gillis. "Vatican II." Religion and American Cultures: An Encyclopedia of Traditions, Diversity, and Popular Expression. Ed. Gary Laderman and Luis León . Santa Barbara, CA: ABC CLIO, 2003: 94-96
• Chester Gillis. "American Catholics: Neither Out far Nor in Deep." Religion and Immigration: Christian, Jewish, and Muslim Experiences in the United States . Ed. Yvonne Haddad, Jane I. Smith, and John L. Esposito . Walnut Creek, CA: Altamira Press, 2003: 33-51
• Chester Gillis. "The Information Explosion and the Quest for Knowledge." Values in Conflict. Ed. Phyllis O’Callaghan . Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1997: 63-72
• Chester Gillis. "John Hick." A New Handbook of Christian Theologians: Biographical and Analytical Introductions to Contemporary Christian Theologians . Ed. Donald W. Musser and Joseph L. Price. Philadelphia: Abingdon,, 1996: 212-219
• Chester Gillis. "Interpretation of ‘An Interpretation Of Religion’." Problems in the Philosophy of Religion . Ed. Harold Hewitt, Jr. . London: Macmillan, 1991: 28-45
• Chester Gillis. "Priesthood." Encyclopedia Britannica Micropedia 15th ed. Ed. Philip W. Goetz. Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica, 1985.
• Chester Gillis. "Canon Law." Encyclopedia Britannica Micropedia 15th ed. Ed. Philip W. Goetz. Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica , 1985.

Edited books

• Chester Gillis, ed. The Political Papacy. Boulder, CO: Paradigm Press, 2006.

Book reviews

• Chester Gillis. "Review of Dermot A. Lane, Stepping Stones to Other Religions: A Christian Theology of Inter-Religious Diualogue." Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations 7.1 (2012).