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This month there are several special purchases.
[ebook] The first of these is Sources Chretiennes, acquired by the University of Toronto Libraries (a big thank you to Nadav Sharon, the Jewish Studies Librarian and Religion Selector at Robarts). This series provides patristic texts together with a French-language translation. Over 500 of the 625 print volumes are now available as ebooks (with the rest coming soon).
[ebook] The 892 page Encyclopedia of Material Culture in the Biblical World edited by Angelika Berlejung is a supplement to the Biblisches Reallexikon emphasizing the material culture of the Bible. Topics include such things as agriculture, altars, baking, baths, beer, building materials, calendars, chariots, cities, clothes, and much more.
[print] By Strange Ways: Theologians and Their Paths to the Catholic Church / edited by Jonathan Fuqua and Daniel Strudwick [spiritual journeys of ten Catholic theologians including Father Andrew Summerson of the Sheptytsky Institute]
[ebook] Treatise on Laws (Decretum DD. 1-20): with the Ordinary Gloss / Gratian; edited by Augustine Thompson, the Praeses of the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies
[ebook] Who Is the True Seer Driven by God, Balak or Balaam?: A Text Linguistic and Literary Study of Numbers 22-24 / Junhee Lee [2019 USMC PhD graduate]
Also, lots of books for future courses on interfaith studies (this summer), and on the sacraments.
PHILOSOPHY and ETHICS
[ebook] The Way toward Wisdom: An Interdisciplinary and Intercultural Introduction to Metaphysics / Benedict M. Ashley
[print] With All Her Mind: A Call to the Intellectual Life / edited by Rachel Bulman and Tracey Rowland [seventeen essays written by women]
[ebook] Thomas Aquinas and Teilhard De Chardin: Christian Humanism in an Age of Unbelief / Donald J. Goergen
[ebook] Embracing the Void: Rethinking the Origin of the Sacred / Richard Boothby [origin of religion]
[ebook] Moral Absolutes: Tradition, Revision, and Truth / John Finnis
[ebook] Abortion & Unborn Human Life / Patrick Lee (2nd edition)
[ebook] Ethics of Procreation and the Defense of Human Life: Contraception, Artificial Fertilization, and Abortion / Martin Rhonheimer
[ebook] Reimagining the Moral Life: On Lisa Sowle Cahill’s Contributions to Christian Ethics / edited by Ki Joo Choi, Sarah M. Moses, and Andrea Vicini
[ebook] Against War: Building a Culture of Peace / Pope Francis
[print] Living Calm: Mastering Anger and Frustration / Ray Guarendi
INTER-FAITH AND ECUMENICAL STUDIES
[ebook] Catholicism in Dialogue: Conversations across Traditions / Wayne Teasdale
[ebook] Attentive Voice: Reflections on the Meaning and Practice of Interreligious Dialogue / edited by William Skudlarek
[ebook] Beyond Agreement: Interreligious Dialogue amid Persistent Differences / Scott Steinkerchner
[ebook] Accommodation and Acceptance: An Exploration in Interfaith Relations / Ambrose Mong
[ebook] Another Look: One God and Three Faiths / A. J. Abraham
[ebook] Beyond Tolerance: How People Across America Are Building Bridges Between Faiths / Gustav Niebuhr
[ebook] Christianity and World Religions: Questions We Ask about Other Faiths / Adam Hamilton
[ebook] Creation and the Abrahamic Faiths / edited by Neil Spurway
[ebook] Encountering Other Faiths / Maria Hornung
[ebook] Feminism and Religion: How Faiths View Women and their Rights / Michele A. Paludi
[ebook] Interreligious Prayer: A Christian Guide / Thomas Ryan
[ebook] Jesus in the World’s Faiths: Leading Thinkers from Five Religions Reflect on His Meaning / edited by Gregory A. Barker
[ebook] Justice and Mercy Will Kiss: The Vocation of Peacemaking in a World of Many Faiths / edited by Michael K. Duffey
[ebook] « Parle à la Terre et Elle t’Instruira »: Les Religions et l’Écologie / Cory Andrew Labrecque [ecology in different religions]
[ebook] Roman Catholics & Shi’i Muslims: Prayer, Passion, & Politics / James A. Bill
[ebook] Signs of Peace: The Interfaith Letters of Thomas Merton / edited by William D. Apel
[ebook] Introduction to Ecumenism / Jeffrey Gros, Eamon McManus, and Ann Riggs
CHURCH HISTORY
[print] Les Églises d’Afrique entre Fidélité et Invention: Du Synode Romain de 1994 aux Défis du XXIe Siècle / edited by Dieudonné Mushipu Mbombo and Ignace Ndongala Maduku
[ebook] African Saints: Saints, Martyrs, and Holy People from the Continent of Africa / Frederick Quinn [brief lives of Catholics, Protestants, Orthodox, and Muslims]
[print] Jeanne Le Ber: un itinéraire / Thérèse Simard [religious recluse in New France]
[print] Faith of Our Fathers: A History of True England / Joseph Pearce
[print] The 17 Irish Martyrs / Mary McAleese [beatified in 1992]
[ebook] Witnesses to the Kingdom: The Martyrs of El Salvador and the Crucified Peoples / Jon Sobrino
[ebook] Catholic and Feminist: The Surprising History of the American Catholic Feminist Movement / Mary J. Henold
[ebook] The Index of Prohibited Books: Four Centuries of Struggle over Word and Image for the Greater Glory of God / Robin Vose
SACRED SCRIPTURE
[ebook] The Queer Bible Commentary / edited by Mona West and Robert E. Shore-Goss (2nd edition)
[ebook] The Bible and the Crisis of Modernism: Catholic Criticism in the Twentieth Century / Tomás Petráček [historico-critical method]
[ebook] Figural Reading and the Old Testament: Theology and Practice / Don C. Collett
[ebook] The Forgotten Compass: Marcel Jousse and the Exploration of the Oral World / edited by Werner H. Kelber and Bruce D. Chilton [French Jesuit about oral culture of the Biblical world]
[ebook] Hardness of Heart in Biblical Literature: Failure and Refusal / Charles B. Puskas
[print] Prophetic Disability: Divine Sovereignty and Human Bodies in the Hebrew Bible / Sarah J. Melcher
[ebook] Five Views on the Exodus: Historicity, Chronology, and Theological Implications / edited by Mark D. Janzen [dating of the Exodus, and what exactly happened]
[ebook] God of Justice and Mercy: A Theological Commentary on Judges / Isabelle Hamley
[ebook] An Intertextual Commentary to the Psalter: Juxtaposition and Allusion in Book I / David Emanuel
[print] Sept Psaumes Pour la Vie / Benoît XVI
[ebook] Judith / Jennifer L. Koosed and Robert Paul Seesengood (Wisdom Commentary)
[ebook] The Pharisees and the Temple State of Judea / Richard A. Horsley
[print] Christology, Torah, and Ethics in the Gospel of Matthew / Matthias Konradt
[print] Begging for Their Daily Bread: Beggar-Centric Interpretations of Matthew 6 / Zhenya Gurina-Rodríguez
[ebook] Matthew 25 Christianity: Redeeming Church and Society / Donald Heinz
[ebook] Risen Indeed? Resurrection and Doubt in the Gospel of Mark / Austin Busch
[ebook] Ritual and Religious Experience in Early Christianities: The Spirit In Between / David John McCollough [the Holy Spirit in Luke-Acts and in Paul]
[ebook] Jesus Becoming Jesus, Volume 3: A Theological Interpretation of the Gospel of John: The Book of Glory and the Passion and Resurrection / Thomas G. Weinandy
[print] The Law and the Gentiles in Acts 15: Divine Authority in Scripture / Hui-Chun Chen
[ebook] Paul Unbound: Other Perspectives on the Apostle / Mark D. Given (2nd edition)
[ebook] The Pauline Corpus in Early Christianity: Its Formation, Publication, and Circulation / Benjamin Laird
[ebook] Earthing the Cosmic Christ of Ephesians: The Universe, Trinity, and Zhiyi’s Threefold Truth; V. 2 / John P. Keenan
[ebook] 1 Peter / Karen H. Jobes (Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament)
[print] Croire Pour Aimer: Les Trois Lettres de Jean / Yves Simoens
THEOLOGY
[print] The Trinity in History: A Theology of the Divine Missions / Robert M. Doran
[ebook] The Light of Christ: An Introduction to Catholicism / Thomas Joseph White
[ebook] The Go-Between God: The Holy Spirit and the Christian Mission / John V. Taylor
[ebook] Plunged into the Trinity: Our Sacramental Becoming: Essays in Sacramental Ecclesiology / Ernest Skublics
[print] De la Grâce à la Béatitude / Marie de l’Assomption [Thomas Aquinas]
[print] From Here to Eternity: Reflections on Death, Immortality, and the Resurrection of the Body / Randall B. Smith
[print] Le Concile Vatican II L’Herméneutique de la Réforme / Benoît XVI
[ebook] Varieties of Ultramontanism / edited by Jeffrey von Arx [chapters on six cardinals: Geissel, Pie, Cullen, Manning, Mazzella, and O’Connell]
[print] The Church and the Pope: The Case for Orthodoxy / Robert Spencer
[print] The Green Bible: Words of Love for a Suffering Planet / edited by Stephen Bede Scharper and Simon Appolloni
[print] Pensées sur l’Environnement / Benoît XVI
[print] A Media Ecology of Theology: Communicating Faith Throughout the Christian Tradition / Paul A. Soukup
[print] Answerable For Our Beliefs: Reflections on Theology and Contemporary Culture Offered to Terrence Merrigan / edited by Peter de Mey [essays on John Henry Newman, Christology, and the Trinity]
[print] In the Image of Her: Recovering Motherhood in the Christian Tradition / Amy E. Marga
[print] Public Theology in the Secular State: A Perspective from the Global South / Rudolf von Sinner
SACRAMENTS
[ebook] Catholic Sacraments: A Rich Source of Blessings / edited by John F. Baldovin and David Farina Turnbloom
[ebook] Do This in Remembrance: An Introduction to the Sacraments / Jacob W. Wood
[ebook] Efficacious Engagement: Sacramental Participation in the Trinitarian Mystery / Kimberly Hope Belcher
[ebook] Pastoral Foundations of the Sacraments: A Catholic Perspective / Gregory L. Klein and Robert A. Wolfe.
[ebook] Ressourcement Thomism: Sacred Doctrine, the Sacraments, and the Moral Life: Essays in Honor of Romanus Cessario, O.P. / edited by Reinhard Hutter
[ebook] Sacramentality Renewed: Contemporary Conversations in Sacramental Theology / Lizette Larson-Miller
[ebook] Sacraments and Justice / edited by Doris K. Donnelly
[ebook] The Sacraments: An Interdisciplinary and Interactive Study / Joseph Martos
[ebook] The Seven Sacraments: Entering the Mysteries of God / Stratford Caldecott
[ebook] The Seven Sacraments / Anselm Grün
[ebook] Signs of Freedom: Theology of the Christian Sacraments / German Martinez
[ebook] Speaking the Love of God: An Introduction to the Sacraments / Jacob W. Wood
[ebook] Swear to God: The Promise and Power of the Sacraments / Scott Hahn
[ebook] La Vida Sacra: Contemporary Hispanic Sacramental Theology / James L. Empereur and Eduardo Fernandez
[print] Le Sacrement Oublié: Histoire de la Confirmation, XVIe-XXe Siècle / edited by Michaël Gasperoni and Vincent Gourdon
[ebook] What Does It Mean to “Do This”?: Supper, Mass, Eucharist / edited by Michael Root and James J. Buckley
[ebook] The Eucharist: Mystery of Presence, Sacrifice, and Communion / Lawrence Feingold
[ebook] Aquinas on Transubstantiation: The Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist / Reinhard Hutter (Thomistic Ressourcement Series, 13)
[ebook] The Bible and the Priesthood (A Catholic Biblical Theology of the Sacraments): Priestly Participation in the One Sacrifice for Sins / Anthony Giambrone
PASTORAL THEOLOGY
[print] Preaching Matters: A Praxis for Preachers / Deborah Lynn Wilhelm and Sylvester Ryan
[print] Les Laïcs Peuvent-Ils Aussi Prêcher? / Enzo Bianchi
[ebook] Catholic Women Preach: Raising Voices, Renewing the Church, Cycle A / edited by Elizabeth Donnelly and Russ Petrus
[print] “Au Nom du Père”: Dans les Déserts du Sud / Jacques Fontaine [Biblical homilies]
[ebook] Uncommon Faithfulness: The Black Catholic Experience / edited by M. Shawn Copeland
[ebook] A Primer of Pastoral Spanish / Michael J. McGrath
[print] Repackaging Christianity: Alpha and the Building of a Global Brand / Andrew Atherstone
[ebook] A Time for Mission: The Challenge for Global Christianity / Samuel Escobar
[ebook] The God Who Is with Us: Theology of Mission in the Doctrine of Revelation / Benjamin H. Kim [including Barth and Bonhoeffer]
[print] Pas pratiquants, les Québécois? : regards sur la pratique religieuse aujourd’hui
[print] Disciples and Friends: Investigations in Disability, Dementia, and Mental Health: Essays in Honor of John Swinton / edited by Armand Léon van Ommen and Brian R. Brock
LITURGY
[ebook] The Festal Works of St. Gregory of Narek: Annotated Translation of the Odes, Litanies, and Encomia
[ebook] The Rites and Wrongs of Liturgy: Why Good Liturgy Matters / Thomas O’Loughlin
[ebook] Words and Gestures in the Liturgy / Antonio Donghi
[ebook] Whose Mass Is It?: Why People Care so Much about the Catholic Liturgy / Paul Turner
[ebook] Remembering the Future: The Experience of Time in Jewish and Christian Liturgy / Emma O’Donnell
[print] Born of Revolution: A Misconceived Liturgical Movement / Carol Byrne
[print] The Abbey Psalms and Canticles / Conception Abbey
SPIRITUALITY
[ebook] A World Transfigured: The Mystical Journey / Philip Sheldrake
[ebook] François Fénelon: A Biography: The Apostle of Pure Love / Peter Gorday [French bishop accused of quietism]
[ebook] Thoughts and Reflections of Armand-Jean de Rance, Abbot of La Trappe (Cistercian Studies Series, 297)
[ebook] Forged in the Fiery Furnace: African American Spirituality / Diana L. Hayes
[print] Migrant Spirituality: Correlating the Narratives of African Migrants to the USA and the “Dark Night” of John of the Cross / Dorris van Gaal
[ebook] On the Lord’s Appearing: An Essay on Prayer and Tradition / Jonathan Robinson [founder of the Toronto Oratory]
[print] Chemins vers le Silence Intérieur avec les Maîtres du Ier Millénaire: Catéchèses du Pape Benoît XVI: 11 février 2009-17 juin 2009 / Benoît XVI
[print] Catechism of the Spiritual Life / Robert Sarah
[ebook] Why Celibacy?: Reclaiming the Fatherhood of the Priest / Carter Griffin
[ebook] What Would Monica Do?: Consolation, Hope, and Inspiration in the Spirit of St. Monica for Those Bearing the Cross of a Loved One Who Is away from the Faith / Patti Maguire Armstrong and Roxane Beauclair Salonen
[ebook] Anxious: Choosing Faith in a World of Worry / Amy Simpson
[ebook] Humble Strength: The Eye-Opening Benefits of Humility / Kevin Vost
[ebook] Radical Gratitude / Mary Jo Leddy
T[ebook] he Other Face of God: When the Stranger Calls Us Home / Mary Jo Leddy [Romero House for refugees in Toronto]
CONSECRATED LIFE
[print] La Vie Consacrée depuis Vatican II / Aquilino Bocos Merino
[ebook] Canon Law and Cloistered Women: Periculoso and Its Commentators, 1298-1545 / Elizabeth Makowski [strict monastic enclosure for all women religious]
[ebook] What Makes a Carmelite a Carmelite: Exploring Carmel’s Charism / Keith J. Egan
[ebook] ‘To Draw and Assemble All People Unto God’: The Spiritual Journey of Maria Van Oisterwijk (1470/80-1547) / Lieve Uyttenhove [German Carthusian]
[ebook] The Dominicans / Benedict M. Ashley
[print] Les Jésuites: Histoire et Dictionnaire / edited by Pierre-Antoine Fabre and Benoist Pierre
[ebook] From Ignatius to Francis: The Jesuits in History / Michael Walsh
[print] From Ignatius to Francis: The Jesuits in History / Michael Walsh
[print] Religieuses abusées en Afrique: faire la vérité / Mary Lembo [abuse of consecrated women in Africa]
SOCIAL ISSUES
[ebook] Enacting Catholic Social Tradition: The Deep Practice of Human Dignity / Clemens Sedmak
[print] Fragments of Truth: Residential Schools and the Challenge of Reconciliation in Canada / Naomi Angel
[ebook] Unruly Saint: Dorothy Day’s Radical Vision and Its Challenge for Our Times / D. L. Mayfield
[ebook] Care: How People of Faith Can Respond to Our Broken Health System / G. Scott Morris
[ebook] Thomas More on Statesmanship / Gerard B. Wegemer
[ebook] One Generation After / Elie Wiesel [reflections on his deportation from his home town to Auschwitz]
[ebook] Leveling the Praying Field: Can the Church We Love, Love Us Back? / Ansel Augustine [Catholic Church and racism]
[print] Décoloniser la Pensée, Inculturer l’Évangile: Une Lecture de Walter Mignolo et du Pape François / Jean-Valère Lamègou Kouwama
[ebook] Hagar’s Daughters: Womanist Ways of Being in the World / Diana L. Hayes
[print] À la Droite du Père: Les Catholiques et les Droites de 1945 à Nos Jours / edited by Florian Michel and Yann Raison du Cleuziou [French Catholics and political activity]
EDUCATION
[ebook] The Challenge to Care in Schools: An Alternative Approach to Education / Nel Noddings
[print] Exhortation and Advice for the Teachers of Young Students in Jesuit Schools / Francesco Sacchini
[print] Ever to Excel: A History of Boston College / James M. O’Toole
ART
[print] From Idols to Icons: The Rise of the Devotional Image in Early Christianity / Robin Margaret Jensen
[print] Lyric Theology: Art and the Doctrine of Creation / Thomas Gardner
[print] Images et Déification: La Contribution des Icônes Moldaves Médiévales des XVe-XVIIe Siècles à la Théologie et à l’Art Byzantin / Magdalena Burlacu
SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY
[ebook] Ecclesiology for a Digital Church: Theological Reflections on a New Normal / edited by Heidi A. Campbell and John Dyer