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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).
The highlight for this month is a new ebook by Regis – St. Michael’s professor Jonathan Bernier (the print version was on the last New Titles in Theology list):
[ebook] Rethinking the Dates of the New Testament: The Evidence for Early Composition / Jonathan Bernier
There are also books for upcoming courses on Celtic Christianity and on faith development.
Email Teresa Helik or Noel McFerran if you need something ordered for your late summer reading.
RELIGION, PHILOSOPHY and ETHICS
[ebook] Modes of Religiosity: A Cognitive Theory of Religious Transmission / Harvey Whitehouse
[ebook] Islam on Trial: Globalization, Islamism, and Christianity / Chawcat Moucarry [by an Arab Christian]
[ebook] Four Views on Christian Metaphysics / edited by Timothy M. Mosteller
[ebook] The Unchanging Truth of God? Crucial Philosophical Issues for Theology / Thomas G. Guarino
[print] Doctrine in Shades of Green: Theological Perspective for Environmental Ethics / Andrew J. Spencer [there is also an ebook version]
JUDAISM
[print] Textual Activism / Mike Moscowitz [former Orthodox rabbi who became an LGBT ally]
[print] Chaver Up!: 49 Rabbis Explore What it Means to be an Ally through a Jewish Lens / edited by Sharon Kleinbaum and Mike Moscowitz
CHURCH HISTORY
[ebook] Rethinking Early Christian Identity: Affect, Violence, and Belonging / Maia Kotrosits
[ebook] Handbook of African Catholicism / edited by Stan Chu Ilo [former professor at St. Michael’s]
[ebook] Who Are My People?: Love, Violence, and Christianity in Sub-Saharan Africa / Emmanuel Katongole
[print] Women Religious Crossing Between Cloister and the World: Nunneries in Europe and the Americas, ca. 1200-1700 / edited by Mercedes Pérez Vidal [there is also an ebook version]
[ebook] Vatican II: Concile de transition et de renouveau: La Contribution des eveques et theologiens belges / Leo Declerk
[ebook] My Journal of the Council / Yves Congar [Vatican II diary]
[ebook] Victim of History: Cardinal Mindszenty: A Biography / Margit Balogh [Hungarian bishop]
[ebook] Religious Conversion in India: The Niyogi Committee Report of Madhya Pradesh in 1956 and Its Continuing Impact on National Unity / James B. Manohar
[ebook] Surviving Jewel: The Enduring Story of Christianity in the Middle East / edited by Mitri Raheb and Mark A. Lamport
[ebook] Faith and Bayan: Evangelical Christian Engagement in the Philippine Context / edited by Lorenzo C. Bautista, Aldrin M. Peñamora, and Federico G. Villanueva
[ebook] An Immigrant Bishop: John England’s Adaptation of Irish Catholicism to American Republicanism / Patrick W. Carey
[ebook] When God Talks Back: Understanding the American Evangelical Relationship with God / Tanya M. Lughmann
[ebook] A History of Christianity in Wales / David Ceri Jones, Barry Lewis, Madeleine Gray, and D. Densil Morgan
[ebook] Catholics Without Rome: Old Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, Anglicans, and the Reunion Negotiations of the 1870s / Bryn Geffert
CELTIC CHRISTIANITY
[ebook] The Expansion of Christianity, and Christianity and the Celts / Timothy Yates [two separate books]
[ebook] A Celtic Christology: The Incarnation According to John Scottus Eriugena /John Gavin
[ebook] The Celtic Way of Evangelism: How Christianity Can Reach the West … Again / George G. Hunter, III
[ebook] Early Celtic Christianity / Brendan Lehane
[ebook] Following the Celtic Way: A New Assessment of Celtic Christianity / Ian Bradley
[ebook] Celtic Saints of Ireland / Elizabeth Rees
[ebook] Columbanus: Poet, Preacher, Statesman, Saint / Carol Richards
EASTERN CHRISTIANITY
[ebook] Teachings of the Desert Fathers / translated by Richard J. Goodrich (Ancient Christian Writers, 74)
[ebook] Holy Men of God: Kings, Priests, and Monks in Eastern Orthodoxy / Theodore Sabo
[ebook] Diving for Pearls: Exploring the Depths of Prayer with Isaac the Syrian / Andrew D. Mayes (Monastic Wisdom Series, 63)
[ebook] Orthodoxy and Fundamentalism: Contemporary Perspectives / edited by Davor Dzalto and George Demacopoulos
[print] The Syrian: Hilarion Capucci and the Priceless Ransom / Charles Theodore Murr [Melkite archbishop of Caesarea]
SACRED SCRIPTURE
[ebook] Pain in Biblical Texts and Other Materials of the Ancient Mediterranean / edited by Michaela Bauks and Saul M. Olyan
[ebook] The Church and Her Scriptures: Essays in Honor of Patrick J. Hartin / edited by Catherine Brown Tkacz and Douglas Kries [essays on Dei verbum, Syriac biblical interpretation, Augustine of Hippo, and the women of Galilee]
[ebook] How Scripture Interprets Scripture: What Biblical Writers Can Teach Us about Reading the Bible / Michael Graves
[ebook] Bible Translations – Linguistic and Cultural Issues : Proceedings of the Erlangen Workshop on October 5 and 6, 2018 / Lutz Edzard
[ebook] Drawn to the Word: The Bible and Graphic Design / Amanda Dillon
[ebook] Signs of Change: The Bible’s Evolution of Divine Nonviolence / Anthony W. Bartlett
[ebook] Editorial Techniques in the Hebrew Bible: Reconstructing the Literary History of the Hebrew Bible / Reinhard Müller and Juha Pakkala
[ebook] The Torah/Law Is a Journey: Using Cognitive and Culturally Oriented Linguistics to Interpret and Translate Metaphors in the Hebrew Bible / Ivana Procházková
[ebook] From Paradise to the Promised Land: An Introduction to the Pentateuch / T. Desmond Alexander, 4th edition
[ebook] The Many Faces of Adam & Eve / Bernard F. Batto
[ebook] Exodus / Daniel Pressman (Torah Encounters)
[ebook] Leviticus / Daniel Pressman (Torah Encounters)
[print] Constructing Eschatology: Rethinking the Prophecy in Isaiah / Nixon de Vera
[ebook] The Book of Job in Jewish Life and Thought: Critical Essays / Jason Kalman
[ebook] A Handbook on the Jewish Roots of the Gospels / edited by Craig A. Evans and David Mishkin
[ebook] The Tax Collector and the Pharisee: Exploring the Plausible Origin of the Parable’s Justification Theme / Peter Tan-Gatue
[ebook] Apocalyptic Sheep and Goats in Matthew and 1 Enoch / Elekosi F. Lafitaga
[ebook] The Lord’s Prayer in Matthew 6:9-13: A Socio-Rhetorical Analysis of Identity Politics of the Matthean Community / F. Manjewa M’bwangi
[ebook] Luke Among the Ancient Historians: Ancient Historiography and the Attempt to Remedy the Inadequate “Many” / John J. Peters
[ebook] Spirit-Empowered Witness: A Lukan Theology of Preaching / David N. Gambo
[ebook] The Good Samaritan: Luke 10 for the Life of the Church / Emerson B. Powery (Touchstone Texts)
[ebook] Introduction to the Literary Art of the Gospel of John: A Biblical Approach / Paul Jaesuk Jo
[ebook] Come and See: Discipleship in the Gospel of John / Sherri Brown
[ebook] The Samaritan Woman’s Story: Reconsidering John 4 After #ChurchToo / Caryn A. Reeder
[ebook] The Apocalyptic Paul: Retrospect and Prospect / Jamie Davies (Cascade Library of Pauline Studies)
[ebook] Trial of Translation: An Examination of 1 Corinthians 6:9 in the Vernacular Bibles of the Early Modern Period / Adam L. Wirrig
[ebook] Pain and Paradox in 2 Corinthians: The Transformative Function of Strength in Weakness/ B. G. White
[ebook] First and Second Thessalonians / Timothy A. Brookins (Paideia: Commentaries on the New Testament)
[ebook] Echoes of Jesus in the First Epistle of Peter / Timothy E. Miller
APOLOGETICS
[ebook] Christian Apologetics: A Comprehensive Case for Biblical Faith / Douglas R. Groothuis
[ebook] The Faithful Apologist: Rethinking the Role of Persuasion in Apologetics / K. Scott Oliphant
[ebook] Chesterton, the New Atheism, and an Apologetics of Common Sense / Marianne Kuipers-Sedee
[ebook] Cultural Contextualization of Apologetics: Exploration and Application of Apostle Paul’s Model / Matt W. Lee
SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY
[ebook] The Nature of Theology: Challenges, Frameworks, Basic Beliefs / Roger Haight
[ebook] What Is Christianity? / Herman Bavinck [classic work by Dutch Calvinist]
[ebook] Handbook of Catholic Dogmatics, Book 2: Doctrine about God, or Theology in the Narrower Sense / Mathias Joseph Scheeben [we now have five volumes of this work]
[ebook] Trinitarian Dogmatics: Exploring the Grammar of the Christian Doctrine of God / D. Glenn Butner, Jr.
[print] From the Trinity: The Coming of God in Revelation and Theology / Piero Coda [there is also an ebook version]
[ebook] The Philosophy of Christology: From the Bultmannians to Derrida, 1951–2002 / Hue Woodson
[ebook] Flame of Love: A Theology of the Holy Spirit / Clark H. Pinnock
[ebook] Mariology at the Beginning of the Third Millennium / edited by Kevin Wagner, M. Isabell Naumann, Peter John McGregor, and Paul Morrissey
[ebook] Mary, Founder of Christianity / Chris Maunder
[ebook] You Are Gods: On Nature and Super Nature / David Bentley Hart
[ebook] The Devil’s Redemption: A New History and Interpretation of Christian Universalism / Michael James McClymond
[ebook] The Reformed Doctrine of Predestination / Loraine Boettner
[ebook] Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist / John Piper
[ebook] Towards an African Narrative Theology / Joseph Healey and Donald Sybertz
[ebook] Participating in Abundant Life: Holistic Salvation for a Secular Age / Mark R. Teasdale
THEOLOGIANS
[ebook] Repetition and Mythos: Ratzinger’s Bonaventure and the Meaning of History / Matthew R. Boulter
[ebook] The Essential Summa Theologiae: A Reader and Commentary / edited by by Frederick Christian Bauerschmidt
[ebook] The Order and Division of Divine Truth: St. Thomas Aquinas as Scholastic Master of the Sacred Page / John F. Boyle
[ebook] Martin Luther’s Hidden God: Toward a Lutheran Apologetic for the Problem of Evil and Divine Hiddenness / Timothy Scott Landrum
[print] Secular Nonviolence and the Theo-Drama of Peace: Anabaptist Ethics and the Catholic Christology of Hans Urs von Balthasar / Layton Boyd Friesen [there is also an ebook version]
[ebook] A Symphony of Distances: Patristic, Modern, and Gendered Dimensions of Balthasar’s Trinitarian Theology / Christopher M. Hadley
[ebook] Open to the Full Dimension: Thomas Merton, Practical Theology, and Pastoral Practice / Dominiek Lootens
[ebook] The Ascent to God: Divine Theosis Revealed and Realized in the Teaching of John Paul II / Thomas P. Kuffel and Nancy Carol James
[ebook] Thoughts and Dreams of an Old Theologian / Leonardo Boff
[ebook] The Audacity of Peace / Scot Knight (My Theology) [American New Testament scholar]
[ebook] The Corner of Fourth and Nondual / Cynthia Bourgeault (My Theology) [Episcopalian mystic]
[ebook] Forgiveness and Reparation: The Healing Journey / Mpho Tutu van Furth (My Theology) [daughter of Desmond Tutu]
PASTORAL THEOLOGY
[ebook] Historical Foundations of Worship: Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant Perspectives / edited by Melanie C. Ross and Mark A. Lamport
[ebook] Worshiping, Witnessing, and Wondering: Christian Wisdom for Participation in the Mission of God / Thomas John Hastings
[ebook] Ministers of a New Medium: Broadcasting Theology in the Radio Ministries of Fulton J. Sheen and Walter A. Maier / Kirk D. Farney
[ebook] Jesus Takes a Side: Embracing the Political Demands of the Gospel / Jonny Rashid
[ebook] Call to Mission and Perceptions of Proselytism: A Reader for a Global Conversation / edited by John Baxter-Brown
[ebook] Practicing Peace: Theology, Contemplation, and Action / Michael John Wood
[ebook] Practicing the Kingdom: Essays on Hospitality, Community, and Friendship in Honor of Christine D. Pohl / edited by Justin Bronson Barringer and Maria Russell Kenney
[ebook] Community Engagement after Christendom / Douglas G. Hynd
[ebook] Counseling and Psychotherapy: A Christian Perspective / Siang-Yang Tan
FAITH DEVELOPMENT
[ebook] The Person in Psychology and Christianity: A Faith-Based Critique of Five Theories of Social Development / Marjorie Lindner Gunnoe
[ebook] The Aesthetics of Discipleship: Everyday Aesthetic Existence and the Christian Life / Adrian Coates
SPIRITUALITY
[ebook] Ancient Wisdom: An Introduction to Sayings Collections / Walter T. Wilson
[ebook] Julian of Norwich: The Showings: Uncovering the Face of the Feminine in Revelations of Divine Love / Mirabai Starr
[ebook] Divine Audacity: Unity and Identity in Hugh of Balma, Eckhart, Ruusbroec, and Marguerite Porete / Peter S. Dillard
[ebook] Rebuilding the Temple: Spirituality in Classic Christian Literature / Robert P. Vande Kappelle
[ebook] Truly Seeking God / Bernard Bonowitz (Monastic Wisdom Series, 62)
[ebook] Saint Mary of Egypt: A Modern Verse Life and Interpretation / Bonnie Bowman Thurston (Monastic Wisdom Series, 65)
[ebook] The True Christian Life: Thomistic Reflections on Divinization, Prudence, Religion, and Prayer / Ambrose Gardeil [by an early 20th century Dominican]
[ebook] The Scandal of Holiness: Renewing Your Imagination in the Company of Literary Saints / Jessica Hooten Wilson [literature and holiness]
[ebook] Understanding Children’s Spirituality: Theology, Research, and Practice / edited by Kevin E. Lawson
[ebook] Adam: God’s Beloved / Henri J. M. Nouwen
[ebook] Passage to India: Abhishiktānanda and the Retrieval of the Supernatural in Roman Catholicism / Enrico Beltramini
[print] Scatter My Darkness: Turning Night to Day with the Gospel / John Henry Hansen
[print] Why Are You Afraid?: Sharing in the Joy of God and in His Power Over Evil / Douglas McManaman [written by a Toronto deacon]
[print] The Morally Beautiful: Reflections on Moral Nobility / Douglas McManaman
PRIESTHOOD AND CONSECRATED LIFE
[ebook] Priestly Ministry and the People of God: Hopes and Horizons / edited by Richard R. Gaillardetz, Thomas H. Groome, and Richard Lennan
[print] The Priest’s Communion with Christ: Dispelling Functionalism / Eugene M. Florea
[print] Shepherds and Fishermen: Spiritual Exercises for Bishops, Priests, and Religious / Raniero Cantalamessa
[ebook] Awake and Alive: Thomas Merton According to His Novices / edited by Jon M. Sweeney
[print] L’intelligence du corps: un commentaire des Constitutions de la Compagnie de Jésus / Dominique Bertrand
[print] Art of Seeking the Face of God: Guidelines for the Formation of Women Contemplatives / Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
[ebook] The Heavens Are Telling the Glory of God: An Emerging Chapter for Religious Life; Science, Theology, and Mission / Laurie Brink [communities of consecrated women]
[ebook] Northern Light: The Cistercian Nuns of Tautra Mariakloster (Monastic Wisdom Series, 60)
[print] Love Tenderly: Sacred Stories of Lesbian and Queer Religious / edited by Grace Surdovel
EDUCATION
[ebook] Teresa Ball and Loreto Education: Convents and the Colonial World, 1794-1875 / Deirdre Raftery
[ebook] Transforming Theological Education: A Practical Handbook for Intergrated Learning / Perry Shaw
[ebook] Conscience and Catholic Education: Theology, Administration and Teaching / edited by Kevin C. Baxter and David E. DeCrosse
SOCIAL ISSUES
[ebook] Sexual Reformation?: Theological and Ethical Reflections on Human Sexuality / edited by Manitza Kotzé, Nadia Marais, and Nina Müller van Velden [Dutch and South African contributors]
[ebook] Unraveling Gender: The Battle over Sexual Difference / John Grabowski
[ebook] Forever in Thy Path: The God of Black Liberation / Harry Singleton III
[ebook] The Negro’s God: As Reflected in His Literature / Benjamin E. Mays [first published in 1938, this work has been described as “the first landmark study on African Americans’ diverse understandings of God”]
[ebook] A Theological Understanding of Power for Poverty Alleviation in the Philippines: With Special Reference to US-Based Filipino Protestants in Texas / Yohan Hong
[ebook] Christians, the State, and War: An Ancient Tradition for the Modern World / Gordon L. Heath
[ebook] Religious Freedom in a Secular Age: A Christian Case for LIberty, Equality, and Secular Government / Michael F. Bird
[ebook] Power Politics and Moral Order: Three Generations of Christian Realism – A Reader / edited by Eric D. Patterson and Robert J. Joustra
SCIENCE
[ebook] From the Dust of the Earth: Benedict XVI, the Bible, and the Theory of Evolution / Matthew J. Ramage
[ebook] In Quest of the Historical Adam: A Biblical and Scientific Exploration / William Lane Craig
[ebook] Reaching for Immortality: Can Science Cheat Death?: A Christian Response to Transhumanism / Sandra J. Godde