New Titles in Theology, November 1 to November 17, 2022

Links for ebooks go directly to the ebook (after patron authentication). Links for print books go to the University of Toronto Library Catalogue record where patrons can obtain a call number or submit a pickup request.

Bracketed explanatory comments are written by Noel S. McFerran, Theology Librarian.

To suggest a title not already owned by any of the libraries at the University of Toronto, email Noel S. McFerran (noel.mcferran@utoronto.ca).

PHILOSOPHY and ETHICS 

[ebook] Is Atheism Dead? / Eric Metaxas 

[ebook] Philosophy, Reasoned Belief, and Faith: An Introduction/ Paul Herrick 

[ebook] Understanding Friendship: On the Moral, Political, and Spiritual Meaning of Love / Gary Chartier 

[ebook] Can War Be Just in the 21st Century?: Ethicists Engage the Tradition/ edited by Tobias Winright and Laurie Johnston 

[print] Dorothy Day et Jacques Maritain: L’activiste Radicale et le Philosophe / Sylvain Guéna 

[print] René Girard ou le Cri du Prophète: Fécondité Théologique d’une Pensée / Jacques Leroy 

JUDAISM 

[ebook] The Wisdom of Judaism: An Introduction to the Values of the Talmud / Dov Peretz Elkins 

PATRISTICS 

[ebook] The Didache: A Commentary / Shawn J. Wilhite (Apostolic Fathers Commentary Series) 

[ebook] The Epistle of Barnabas: A Commentary / Jonathan Lookadoo (Apostolic Fathers Commentary Series) 

[print] Commentary on Augustine City of God, books 1-5 / Gillian Clark 

[ebook] Christ, the Way: Augustine’s Theology of Wisdom/ Benjamin T. Quinn (Studies in Historical & Systematic Theology) 

CHURCH HISTORY 

[ebook] Tolerance, Intolerance, and Recognition in Early Christianity and Early Judaism/ edited by Outi Lehtipuu and Michael Labahn 

[print] Compagnons de Jésus pour Aimer et Servir: Profils Spirituels des Saints et Bienheureux Jésuites / edited by Jacques Fédry and Marc Lindeijer 

[print] Lily of the Mohawks: The Story of St. Kateri / Emily Cavins 

[ebook] A Dictionary of Irish Saints / Padraig O’Riain 

[ebook] A Supplement to a Dictionary of Irish Saints: Containing Additions and Corrections / Padraig O’Riain 

[print] In Context: Teresa of Ávila, John of the Cross, and Their World / Mark O’Keefe 

[ebook] A Mission Divided: The Jesuit Presence in Zimbabwe, 1879-2021 / David Harold-Barry  

[ebook] Telugu Christians: A History / James Elisha Taneti [southern India] 

[ebook] The Gates of Hell: An Untold Story of Faith and Perseverance in the Early Soviet Union / Matthew Heise [Evangelical Lutheran Church in Russia] 

SACRED SCRIPTURE 

[ebook] The End of Interpretation: Reclaiming the Priority of Ecclesial Exegesis / R. R. Reno 

[ebook] The King in His Beauty: A Biblical Theology of the Old and New Testaments / Thomas R. Schreiner 

[ebook] Before You Were Born, I Anointed You: Uncovering Scripture’s “Hidden” Female Prophets/ Anna Beresford 

[ebook] Warrior, King, Servant, Savior: Messianism in the Hebrew Bible and Early Jewish Texts / Torleif Elgvin 

[ebook] Genesis 1-11 / Anwarul Azad (Windows on the Text) [first volume in a new series of biblical commentaries written by people living in Muslim-majority countries] 

[ebook] The Book of Job/ Stephen Mitchell [translation with introduction] 

[ebook] How Isaiah Became an Author: Prophecy, Authority, and Attribution / David Davage 

[print] Dieu à la Recherche de l’Homme: Lecture Spirituelle du Livre d’Osée / Sister Marie-Ancilla 

[print] Without Typology – No Gospels: A Suffering Messiah: A Challenge for Matthew, Mark and Luke / Jean Noël Aletti 

[ebook] First-Century Gospel Storytellers and Audiences: The Gospels as Performance Literature / Thomas E. Boomershine (Biblical Performance Literature, v. 17) 

[print] The Hunger for Home: Food and Meals in the Gospel of Luke / Matthew Croasmun and Miroslav Volf 

[ebook] The Poor and Their Possessions: Possessions and the Poor in Luke-Acts / David Peter Seccombe 

[ebook] Paul and His Recent Interpreters: Some Contemporary Debates / N. T. Wright 

[ebook] Recovering Paul’s Mother Tongue: Language and Theology in Galatians / Susan Grove Eastman, 2nd edition [maternal imagery in Pauline letters] 

THEOLOGY 

[ebook] Across the Spectrum: Understanding Issues in Evangelical Theology / Gregory A. Boyd, 3rd edition 

[ebook] Reformed Dogmatics in Dialogue/ edited by Uche Anizor and Kyle C. Strobel 

[ebook] To Sanctify the World: The Vital Legacy of Vatican II / George Weigel 

[ebook] Created Freedom under the Sign of the Cross: A Catholic Public Theology for the United States / David E. DeCosse 

[print] Atonement: Soundings in Biblical, Trinitarian, and Spiritual Theology / Margaret M. Turek [John Paul II, Benedict XVI, Hans Urs von Balthasar, and Norbert Hoffmann] 

[ebook] Risen Indeed: A Historical Investigation Into the Resurrection of Jesus / Gary R. Habermas 

[ebook] For the Nation: Jesus, the Restoration of Israel and Articulating a Christian Ethic of Territorial Governance / Nicholas R. Brown 

[ebook] Intercommunal Ecclesiology: The Church, Salvation, and Intergroup Conflict / Steven J. Battin 

[print] L’Église à la Rencontre de l’Autre / Laurent Villemin 

[print] Synodality: A New Way of Proceeding in the Church / Rafael Luciani 

[ebook] Revelations of Humanity: Anthropological Dimensions of Theological Controversies/ Richard Schenk 

[ebook] When, Questions for Catholicism: Women, Homosexuality, Ecumenism, and Non-Ordained / Michael J. Tkacik 

[ebook] Black and Catholic: The Challenge and Gift of Black Folk: Contributions of African American Experience and Thought to Catholic Theology / edited by Jamie T. Phelps 

[print] The Craft of Innovative Theology: Argument and Process / edited by John Allen Knight and Ian S. Markham 

[print] L’Écologie, Champ de Bataille Théologique / Stéphane Lavignotte 

[print] Responsabilités Chrétiennes dans la Crise Écologique: Quelles Solidarités Nouvelles? / edited by Anne-Sophie Vivier-Muresan and Joël Molinario 

[ebook] Raging with Compassion: Pastoral Responses to the Problem of Evil / John Swinton 

[print] “Distinct, but inseparable”: Thomas Aquinas and John Wesley on Grace and Nature / Jaesung Ryu 

[ebook] Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Christological Reinterpretation of Heidegger / Nik Byle 

[ebook] Love Itself Is Understanding: Hans Urs von Balthasar’s Theology of the Saints / Matthew A. Rothaus Moser 

[print] L’Église Comme Communauté Narrative en Contexte Pluraliste: Clé Épistémologique de la Théologie de Stanley Hauerwas / Marc Fassier 

[ebook] The New Testament and the People of God / N. T. Wright (Christian Origins and the Question of God, 1) 

[ebook] Jesus and the Victory of God / N. T. Wright (Christian Origins and the Question of God, 2) 

[ebook] Evil and the Justice of God / N. T. Wright 

[ebook] Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church / N. T. Wright 

[ebook] African Ecological Ethics and Spirituality for Cosmic Flourishing: An African Commentary on Laudato si’ / edited by Stan Chu Ilo 

[print] African Ecological Ethics and Spirituality for Cosmic Flourishing: An African Commentary on Laudato si’ / edited by Stan Chu Ilo 

[ebook] Ethics, Sustainability and Fratelli Tutti: Towards a Just and Viable World Order Inspired by Pope Francis/ edited by Kuruvilla Pandikattu 

[ebook] The Apostolic Constitution ‘Preach the Gospel’ (Praedicate Evangelium): With an Appraisal of Francis’s Reform of the Roman Curia / Massimo Faggioli  

[print] Faith-Freedom-Commitment: Biblical and Theological Reflections for Today Inspired by George M. Soares-Prabhu / edited by Thomas Karimundackal 

[print] L’Eglise en Question / Christine Fontaine 

SPIRITUALITY 

[print] Les Fondements Bibliques de la Consécration Chrétienne / Marc Homedes-Palau 

[print] L’Union Mystique dans le Judaïsme, le Christianisme et l’islam: Recherches Transversales / edited by Moshé Idel and Bernard McGinn 

[print] Pilgrim Spirituality: Defining Pilgrimage Again for the First Time / Rodney Aist 

[print] “Et du Fils”: en Galilée / Jacques Fontaine [pilgrimage] 

[print] Amazing Friendships Between Animals and Saints / Greg Kennedy 

[ebook] Dearest Sister Wendy …: A Surprising Story of Faith and Friendship / Wendy Beckett and Robert Ellsberg 

[print] Intern Handbook: Training Interns to Direct the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius 19th Annotation / Ellen M. Tomaszewski 

[ebook] Losing Susan: Brain Disease, the Priest’s Wife, and the God Who Gives and Takes Away / Victor Lee Austin [personal story of love and loss of Episcopalian couple] 

[print] Ritual: How Seemingly Senseless Acts Make Life Worth Living / Dimitris Xygalatas 

[print] Merton & Confucianism: Rites, Righteousness and Integral Humanity / edited by Patrick F. O’Connell 

PASTORAL THEOLOGY (including liturgy and evangelism) 

[ebook] Your Roadmap to a Conversion-Centered Catechumenate: A Report from the Trenches / John McGlynn 

[ebook] Missions Disrupted: From Professional Missionaries to Missional Professionals / Larry W. Sharp 

[ebook] Let the Nations Be Glad!: The Supremacy of God in Missions / John Piper 

[ebook] A Just Mission: Laying Down Power and Embracing Mutuality/ Mekdes Haddis

SOCIAL ISSUES 

[ebook] Fire Road: The Napalm Girl’s Journey throught he Horrors of War to Faith, Forgiveness, and Peace / Kim Phuc Phan Thi 

[ebook] All Oppression Shall Cease: A History of Slavery, Abolitionism, and the Catholic Church / Christopher J. Kellerman 

[ebook] Necessary Risks: Challenges Privileged People Need to Face / Terri McDowell Ott 

[print] Cardinal Sin: Challenging Power Abuse in the Catholic Church / Brian Devlin 

[ebook] You Shall Not Condemn: A Story of Faith and Advocacy on Death Row / Jennifer M. McBride 

[ebook] Religious Freedom after the Sexual Revolution: A Catholic Guide / Helen Alvaré 

[ebook] Sexual Identity: The Harmony of Philosophy, Science, and Revelation / edited by John DeSilva Finley 

[ebook] The Bible on the Question of Homosexuality / Innocent Himbaza, Adrian Schenker, and Jean-Baptiste Edart  

[ebook] Torn Asunder: Children, the Myth of the Good Divorce, and the Recovery of Origins / edited by Margaret Harper McCarthy 

[ebook] No Apologies: Why Civilization Depends on the Strength of Men / Anthony Esolen 

EDUCATION 

[ebook] Jesuit Colleges and Universities in the United States: A History / Michael T. Rizzi 

[print] Trust in Theological Education: Deconstructing ‘Trustworthiness’ for a Pedagogy of Liberation / Eve Rebecca Parker 

ART 

[print] Dimensions of Aesthetic Encounters: Perception, Interpretation, and the Signs of Art / Robert E. Innis 

[ebook] Mother of the Lamb: The Story of a Global Icon/ Matthew J. Milliner [icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help/Virgin of the Passion] 

[print] Images of Purgatory: Studies in Religious Imagination and Innovation (the Czech Lands, 1600-1800) / Tomáš Malý and Pavel Suchánek 

[print] Visual Spirituality: Art, Mediums, Cognitive Dissociation / Susan B. Barnes 

[print] L’Art des Missions Catholiques au Japon (XVIe-XVIIe Siècle) / Sylvie Morishita 

[print] Tania Bruguera: The Francis Effect / edited by Noah Simblist 

[print] Exploring the Invisible: Art, Science, and the Spiritual / Lynn Gamwell 

SCIENCE 

[ebook] Theology and Technology, volume 1: Essays in Christian Analysis / edited by Carl Mitcham, Jim Grote, and Levi Checketts 

[ebook] Theology and Technology, volume 2: Essays in Christian Exegesis and Historical Theology / edited by Carl Mitcham, Jim Grote, and Levi Checketts 

[ebook] AI, Faith, and the Future: An Interdisciplinary Approach / edited by Michael J. Paulus, Jr., and Michael D. Langford [artificial intelligence]