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The highlight this month is a book by R-SM professor Father Gerard J. Ryan, SJ:
[print] Mutual Accompaniment as Faith-Filled Living: Recognition of the Vulnerable Other / Gerard J. Ryan [we also have access to the ebook]
Also a book of essays including a contribution by R-SM professor John McLaughlin about “Hebrews” and “Israelites” in 1 Samuel:
[print] Forget Not God’s Benefits (Psalm 103:2): A Festschrift in Honor of Leslie J. Hoppe, OFM / edited by Barbara E. Reid
In addition to lots of newly published books, there are ebooks of classic works by major writers including Walter Kasper, Peter Kreeft, and Henri Nouwen.
PHILOSOPHY and ETHICS
[ebook] Being Is Better Than Not Being: The Metaphysics of Goodness and Beauty in Aristotle / Christopher V. Mirus
[ebook] Aquinas on Being and Essence: A Translation and Interpretation / Joseph Bobik
[ebook] On the Dignity of Man: On Being and the One; Heptaplus / Giovanni Pico della Mirandola; translations by Charles Glenn Wallis, Paul J. W. Miller, and Douglas Carmichael
[ebook] Adoration and Annihilation: The Convent Philosophy of Port-Royal / John J. Conley [neo-Augustinian philosophy of three French 18th century Jansenist nuns]
[ebook] Exercises in the Elements: Essays, Speeches, Notes / Josef Pieper
[ebook] Common Callings and Ordinary Virtues: Christian Ethics for Everyday Life / Brent Waters [author is Emeritus Professor of Social Ethics at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary]
PETER KREEFT
[ebook] The Best Things in Life : A Contemporary Socrates Looks at Power, Pleasure, Truth & the Good Life / Peter Kreeft
[ebook] Between Heaven and Hell: A Dialog Somewhere Beyond Death with John F. Kennedy, C. S. Lewis & Aldous Huxley / Peter Kreeft
[ebook] Between One Faith and Another: Engaging Conversations on the World’s Great Religions / Peter Kreeft
[ebook] C. S. Lewis for the Third Millenium: Six Essays on the Abolition of Man / Peter Kreeft
[ebook] Ecumenical Jihad: Ecumenism and the Culture War / Peter Kreeft
[ebook] Letters to an Atheist : Wrestling with Faith / Peter Kreeft
[ebook] Philosophy 101 by Socrates : An Introduction to Philosophy Via Plato’s Apology / Peter Kreeft
RELIGIONS
[ebook] A Student’s Guide to Religious Studies / D. G. Hart
[ebook] The Qur’an and the Christian: An In-Depth Look to Islam for Followers of Jesus / Matthew Aaron Barrett
[print] The Hidden “God”: Towards a Christian Theology of Buddhism / Peter Baekelmans
[ebook] Stepping Stones to Other Religions: A Christian Theology of Inter-Religious Dialogue / Dermot A. Lane
CHURCH HISTORY
[ebook] Christianity and the Roman Empire from Nero to Theodosius / Paul Allard
[ebook] The Testament of the Lord: Worship & Discipline in the Early Church / edited by Alistair Stewart (Popular Patristics Series, 58) [4th century Syriac [ebook] “Church Order” text which directs morality, ecclesiastical organization, and liturgy]
[print] Trace & Aura: The Recurring Lives of St. Ambrose of Milan / Patrick Boucheron
[ebook] Jesuits and Race: A Global History of Continuity and Change, 1530-2020 / edited by Nathaniel Millett and Charles H. Parker
[ebook] The Myth of the Andalusian Paradise: Muslims, Christians, and Jews under Islamic Rule in Medieval Spain / Dario Fernandez-Morera
[print] The Samurai and the Cross: The Jesuit Enterprise in Early Modern Japan / M. Antoni J. Üçerler [also available as an ebook]
[ebook] The Catholic Martyrs of the Twentieth Century: A Comprehensive World History / Robert Royal
[print] Post-Christendom Studies, volumes 3-6 [peer-reviewed journal published by the McMaster Divinity College Centre for Post-Christendom Studies]
[print] Paul VI: The Divided Pope / Yves Chiron
SACRED SCRIPTURE
[ebook] Invitation to Biblical Interpretation: Exploring the Hermeneutical Triad of History, Literature, and Theology / Andreas J. Kostenberger with Richard D. Patterson, 2nd edition
[ebook] Biblical Reasoning: Christological and Trinitarian Rules for Exegesis / R. B. Jamieson and Tyler R. Wittman
[ebook] Biblical Worship: Theology for God’s Glory / edited by Benjamin K. Forrest, Walter C. Kaiser Jr, and Vernon M. Whaley
[print] The Translation of the Seventy: History, Reception, and Contemporary Use of the Septuagint / Edmon L. Gallagher
[ebook] Torah: Functions, Meaning, and Diverse Manifestations in Early Judaism and Christianity / edited by William M. Schniedewind, Jason M. Zurawski, and Gabriele Boccaccini
[ebook] Beginnings: Ancient Christian Readings of the Biblical Creation Narratives / Peter C. Bouteneff
[ebook] “In the Beginning …”: A Catholic Understanding of the Story of Creation and the Fall / Pope Benedict XVI (Joseph Ratzinger)
[ebook] The Message of Kings / John W. Olley (The Bible Speaks Today), revised edition
[ebook] Psalm 29: A Canaanite Hymn to YHWH in the Psalter / Nissim Amzallag (Etudes Bibliques, 89)
[ebook] Psalms 73–150: A Pastoral and Contextual Commentary / Federico G. Villanueva (Asia Biblical Commentary)
[ebook] Reading the Prophets as Christian Scripture: A Literary, Canonical, and Theological Introduction / Eric J. Tully
Comment? Les Lamentations de Jérémie / Roland Meynet (Rhetorica Biblica et Semitica)
[print] Amos: A Handbook on the Greek Text / W. Edward Glenny (Baylor Handbook on the Septuagint
[ebook] Paul, Then and Now / Matthew V. Novenson
[print] God’s Search for Us: Five Truths from a Missing Coin / Jeffrey Kirby
[print] Lazarus: The Miracle of Resurrection in World History / Valentin Tomberg [includes other healing miracles of the Gospel of Saint John]
[ebook] Romans: An Orthodox Commentary / Patrick Henry Reardon
[ebook] 1 and 2 Thessalonians/ Gary S. Shogren (Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament)
[ebook] Revelation through Old Testament Eyes / Tremper Longman, III
THEOLOGY
[print] Christianity: A Biblical, Historical, and Theological Guide for Students / edited by Kathryn M. Lopez
[print] What’s the Point of Theology?: Wisdom, Wellbeing and Wonder / Alister E. McGrath
[ebook] When the Magisterium Intervenes: The Magisterium and Theologians in Today’s Church / edited by Richard R. Gaillardetz
[ebook] Theological Anthropology at the Beginning of the Third Millenium / edited by Kevin Wagner, Peter John McGregor, M. Isabell Naumann [essays by Australian Catholics]
[ebook] The Perils of Human Exceptionalism: Elements of a Nineteenth-Century Theological Anthropology/ Dennis L. Durst
[ebook] The Irreducibility of the Human Person: A Catholic Synthesis/ Mark K. Spencer
[ebook] Mapping Atonement: The Doctrine of Reconciliation in Christian History and Theology / Willima G. Witt and Joel Scandrett
[ebook] New Narratives for Old: The Historical Method of Reading Early Christian Theology: Essays in Honor of Michel Rene Barnes / edited by Anthony Briggman and Ellen Scully
[print] Towards an Ecumenical Metaphysics / Antuan Arzhakovskiĭ
[ebook] On Pascha / Melito of Sardis, second edition (Popular Patristics Series, 55) [2nd century homily on the Paschal mystery]
[ebook] The Analogy of Love: St. Maximus the Confessor and the Foundations of Ethics / Demetrios Harper
[ebook] Karl Barth’s Church Dogmatics for Everyone, Volume 1—The Doctrine of the Word of God: A Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners and Pros / Marty Folsom
[ebook] Models of the Church / Avery Dulles, expanded edition
[ebook] Harvesting the Fruits: Basic Aspects of Christian Faith in Ecumenical Dialogue / Walter Kasper
[ebook] Faith: Practices, Models, and Sources of the Spirit / Walter Kasper
[ebook] Pope Francis’ Revolution of Tenderness and Love: Theological and Pastoral Perspectives / Walter Kasper
[ebook] That They May All Be One: The Call to Unity Today / Walter Kasper
[ebook] Catholicism and Fundamentalism: The Attack on “Romanism” by “Bible Christians” / Karl Keating
[ebook] Further Up and Further In: Orthodox Conversations with C. S. Lewis on Scripture and Theology / Edith M. Humphrey
[ebook] An Ecumenical Priesthood: The Spirit of God and the Structure of the Church / Karl Rahner
[ebook] The Ratzinger Reader: Mapping a Theological Journey / Benedict XVI (Joseph Ratzinger)
PASTORAL THEOLOGY
[ebook] Stimulus Pastorum: A Charge to Pastors / Bartholomew of the Martyrs, O.P. [by a 16th century canonized Portuguese Dominican]
[ebook] Evangelization for the Third Millennium / Avery Dulles
[ebook] Resilience and Survival: Understanding and Healing Intergenerational Trauma / Clara Mucci
[ebook] Creation Care in Christian Mission / edited by Kapya J. Kaoma
[ebook] Translating the Message: The Missionary Impact on Culture / Lamin O. Sanneh, revised and expanded
[ebook] Into All the World: An Orthodox Theology of Mission / Edward Rommen
LITURGY AND SACRAMENTS
[ebook] Seasons of Grace: A Spiritual Companion to the Liturgical Year / Walter Kasper
[ebook] Why Catholics Can’t Sing / Thomas Day, revised edition [music in the Catholic Church]
[print] The Traditional Mass: History, Form, and Theology of the Classical Roman Rite / Michael Fiedrowcz
[ebook] Glory and Honor: Orthodox Christian Resources on Marriage / edited by David C. Ford, Mary S. Ford, and Alfred Kentigern Siewers
[ebook] Building an Orthodox Marriage: A Practical Commentary on the Eastern Orthodox Marriage Rite / John Abdalah and Nicholas G. Mamey
[ebook] Consensual Incapacity to Marry / Catherine Godfrey-Howell [canon law and sacrament]
SPIRITUALITY
[ebook] Spiritual Fatherhood: Evagrius Ponticus on the Role of the Spiritual Father / Gabriel Bunge
[ebook] From the Depths of the Heart: Annotated Translation of the Prayers of St. Gregory of Narek / Abraham Terian
[print] Two Lives of Saint Colette: With a Selection of Letters by, to, and about Colette / Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski
[ebook] The Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius Loyola: With Commentary / Joseph A. Tetlow
[ebook] esus Crucified: The Baroque Spirituallity of St. Dimitri of Rostov (Treasures of Orthodox Spirituality Series, 1)
[print] Spiritual Diary / Sergius Bulgakov
[ebook] 40 Questions about Prayer / Joseph C. Harrod [the author is a professor of biblical spirituality at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary]
[ebook] Holiness through Work: Commemorating the Encyclical Laborem exercens / edited by Martin Schlag
[print] Stronger than Steel: Soldiers of the Great War Write to Thérèse of Lisieux
[print] Under the Gaze of God / Edward Poppe [“counsels of perfection” by a beatified Belgian priest]
[ebook] Spiritual Formation as if the Church Mattered: Growing in Christ through Community / James C. Wilhoit [the author is a professor of Christian formation at Wheaton College]
[ebook] Agrarian Spirit: Cultivating Faith, Community, and the Land / Norman Wirzba [agrarianism’s significance for the spiritual life today]
[ebook] The Men We Need: God’s Purpose for the Manly Man, the Avid Indoorsman, or Any Man Willing to Show Up / Brant Hansen
[ebook] Unoffendable: How Just One Change Can Make All of Life Better / Brant Hansen
HENRI NOUWEN
[ebook] Beyond the Mirror: Reflections on Death and Life / Henri Nouwen
[ebook] Finding My Way Home: Pathways to Life and Spirit / Henri Nouwen
[ebook] Here and Now: Living in the Spirit / Henri Nouwen
[ebook] Life of the Beloved: Spiritual Living in a Secular World / Henri Nouwen
[ebook] Our Second Birth: Christian Reflections on Death and New Life / Henri Nouwen
[ebook] Sabbatical Journey: The Diary of His Final Year / Henri Nouwen
SOCIAL ISSUES
[print] Cathonomics: How Catholic Tradition Can Create a More Just Economy / Anthony M. Annett
[print] Hospicing Modernity: Facing Humanity’s Wrongs and the Implications for Social Activism / Vanessa Machado de Oliveira
[ebook] The Sin of White Supremacy: Christianity, Racism, and Religious Diversity in America / Jeanine Hill Fletcher
[ebook] Christ Divided: Antiblackness as Corporate Vice / Katie Walker Grimes
[ebook] Buried Seeds: Learning from the Vibrant Resilience of Marginalized Christian Communities / Alexia Salvatierra and Brandon Wrencher [Global South base ecclesial communities and hush harbors of the United States Deep South]
[ebook] The Abandoned Generation / Gabiele Kuby [children, family, government social policies]
[ebook] Life under Compulsion: Ten Ways to Destroy the Humanity of Your Child / Anthony Esolen
[ebook] The Triumph of Faith: Why the World Is More Religious than Ever / Rodney Stark
[ebook] The War for Righteousness: Progressive Christianity, the Great War, and the Rise of the Messianic Nation / Richard M. Gamble
[ebook] The Meaning of Conservatism / Roger Scruton
[ebook] The Dynamics of World History / Christopher Dawson
[ebook] Conscience and Its Enemies: Confronting the Dogmas of Liberal Secularism / Robert P. George
[ebook] The Clash of Orthodoxies: Law, Religion, and Morality in Crisis / Robert P. George
[print] Implementing Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: A Handbook for Academic Libraries / edited by Corliss Lee and Brian Lym [also available as an ebook]
[ebook] Interpreting Your World: Five Lenses for Engaging Thelogy and Culture / Justin Ariel Bailey [meaning, power, morality, religion, and aesthetic]
EDUCATION
[print] Memoirs of Seventeen Boarders at the College of Nobles in Parma (1670): Youth and Education in Early Modern Italy / Orazio Smeraldi
[ebook] Climbing Parnassus: A New Apologia for Greek and Latin / Tracy Lee Simmons
[ebook] God and Man at Georgetown Prep: How I Became a Catholic Despite 20 Years of Catholic Schooling / Mark Gauvreau Judge
[ebook] Jesus Christ, Learning Teacher: Where Theology and Pedagogy Meet / Mark Chater
LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
[ebook] Dante’s Inferno: The Indiana Critical-Edition / translated and edited by Mark Musa
[ebook] Dante’s Lyric Poems / translated into English verse by Joseph Tusiani
[ebook] La Vita Nuova: A Dual-Language Edition with Parallel Text / Dante Alighieri, translated by Virginia Jewiss
[ebook] The Complete Stories / Flannery O’Connor
ART
[print] Krystyna Sadowska: Sculptures, Drawings, Collages, Batiks, Paintings / Krystyna Sadowska
[print] Die Glasbilder von Johannes Schreiter = The Stained Glass Art of Johannes Schreiter / Johannes Schreiter
[ebook] Questions Are the Answer: nakedpastor and the Search for Understanding / David Hayward [cartoons]
[ebook] Flip It Like This! / David Hayward [cartoons]
SCIENCE
[ebook] Quantum Theology: Spiritual Implications of the New Physics / Diarmuid O’Murchu