New Titles in Theology, March 2025

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

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This month there are two works with contributions by faculty members of Regis St. Michael’s: 

[ebook] Die Heilige Schrift in der Katholischen Kirche: Ekklesiale Dimensionen biblischer Exegese = Holy Scripture in the Catholic Church: Ecclesial Dimensions of Biblical Exegesis / edited by Aleksandra Brant [collection of essays including one by Sister Susan Wood “The Magisterial Responsibility to Teach ‘According to the Scriptures’”] 

[ebook] Eastern Catholic Theology in Action: Essays in Liturgy, Ecclesiology, and Ecumenism / edited by Andrew J. Summerson, Cyril Kennedy, and Yury P. Avvakumov [includes essays by Father Alexander Laschuk and Father Andrew Summerson] 

PHILOSOPHY and ETHICS 

[ebook] What Is a Person?: Untapped Insights from Africa / Nancy S. Jecker and Caesar A. Atuire  

[ebook] Heidegger’s Being and Time & Kierkegaard’s The Sickness unto Death as Hermeneutic to Paul’s Epistles / Bong-Choul Hwang [Korean author] 

[print] Essays on the Life and Work of Étienne Gilson: Christian Humanist and Global Peacemaker / Peter Anthony Achilles Redpath  

[ebook] Happiness and the Christian Moral Life: An Introduction to Christian Ethics / Paul J. Wadell, 4th edition  

[ebook] Moral Debates in Contemporary Catholic Thought: Paradigms, Principles, and Prudence / James T. Bretzke [Jesuit author] 

[ebook] Character and Virtue in Practice: A Workbook for Discipleship and Formation / Marvin Oxenham [being a better person]

CHURCH HISTORY 

[ebook] Heroism and Genius: How Catholic Priests Helped to Build – and Can Rebuild – Western Civilization / William J. Slattery  

[ebook] Saints of Switzerland / Claude Lopez-Ginisty [Eastern Orthodox work about saints of the first millenium] 

[ebook] Two Lives of Saint Brigid / edited by Philip Freeman [6th century Irish abbess] 

[ebook] Peace in the Middle Ages: Exploring Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Perspectives / Anne-Marie Wolf 

[ebook] The Rock from Which You Were Hewn: Lives and Legacy of Holy Irish Men and Women / edited by Patrick Kenny and John S. Hogan 

[ebook] A History of Christianity in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, 1450-1990: A Documentary Sourcebook / edited by Klaus Korschorke, Frieder Ludwig, and Mariano Delgado 

[ebook] Schools for the Lord’s Service: A History of the American-Cassinese Congregation of Benedictine Monasteries, 1855-2023 / Jerome Oetgen 

[ebook] Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies at the University of Southern California: A Personal History / James L. Heft 

[ebook] Jesus Wept: Seven Popes and the Battle for the Soul of the Catholic Church / Philip Shenon 

[ebook] Missionary Priest: A Spiritual Memoir / Thomas Ryan [Paulist father who worked in Canada] 

PATRISTICS 

[ebook] Out of the Shadows, the Acts of Paul and Thecla / edited by Bernard Brandon Scott and Perry V. Kea  

[ebook] The Desert Fathers / translated by Helen Waddell [English translations of selections of the Vitae patrum

[ebook] The Creed of Nicaea (325): The Status quaestionis and the Neglected Topics / edited by Alberto Melloni and Costanza Bianchi

[ebook] The Rule of St. Basil in Latin and English: A Revised Critical Edition / translated by Anna M. Silvas 

[ebook] Augustine in the Pelagian Controversy: Defending Church Unity / Andrew Chronister  

SACRED SCRIPTURE 

[ebook] The Bible throughout the Ages: Its Nature, Interpretation, and Relevance for Today / edited by Lydia Jaeger and Craig G. Bartholomew  

[ebook] The Study of the Bible in the Middle Ages / Beryl Smalley, 3rd edition 

[ebook] Light for the Nations: The Scriptures on the Universal Mission of Israel and the Church / Luis Sanchez-Navarro 

[ebook] YHWH in the Wind(s): His Creation, Destruction, and Restoration Drama / Violet Chiswa Gandiya [Afrocentric] 

[ebook] Prophets and Prophecy: Ancient Israel and Judah / J. Todd Hibbard 

[ebook] Jonah: A Commentary / L. Julianna M. Claassens (Old Testament Library) 

[ebook] What Are They Saying about the Book of Jonah? / Rhiannon Graybill, John Kaltner, and Steven L. McKenzie 

[ebook] The Gospel of Matthew / Daniel J. Harrington (Sacra Pagina) 

[ebook] Paul as a Prototype and Entrepreneur of Christian Identity: An Investigation into Leadership and Identity in 1 Corinthians 1-4 / Vuyani Stanley Sindo [South African author] 

[ebook] Revelation / Wilfrid J. Harrington (Sacra Pagina) 

[ebook] The Letters of Paul: Conversations in Context / Calvin J. Roetzel, 6th edition 

SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY 

[ebook] Methodologies in Systematic Theology: A Few Contributions / Louis Roy [Canadian Jesuit author] 

[ebook] Mystery Manifest: The Triune God, Figuratively Speaking / Gail Ramshaw 

[ebook] Holy Trinity, Perfect Community / Leonardo Boff 

[ebook] Doctrinal Pluralism / Bernard Lonergan (1971 Père Marquette Theology Lecture) 

[ebook] Churchianity vs. Christianity / Anthony Bloom [nine talks given in 1990 by a Russian Orthodox bishop] 

[ebook] Women and Public Theology: Emerging Voices / edited by Elissa Cutter and Allison Murray 

[ebook] How Great Thou Art!: Theological Perspectives on Creation / Owen F. Cummings 

[ebook] Third World Liberation Theologies: An Introductory Survey / Deane William Ferm 

[ebook] The Truth Shall Make You Free: Confrontations / Gustavo Gutierrez 

[ebook] Blessed Mary and the Monks of England: Benedictines and Cistercians, 1000-1215 / Matthew J. Mills 

[ebook] Universal Church in Motion: Synodal Paths / edited by Frank Ronge 

[ebook] Fear and Faith: Hope and Wholeness in a Fractured World / Daniel P. Horan 

[ebook] The Wider Work of the Holy Spirit: An Indian Theology of Religious Experience / S. L. Jalal 

THEOLOGIANS 

[ebook] Bless and Do Not Curse: Thomas Aquinas’s Moral Theology of Blessings / Israel Perez-Lopez  

[ebook] Alexei Khomiakov: The Mystery of Sobornost’ / edited by Artur Mrowczynski-Van Allen, Teresa Obolevitch, and Pawel Rojek [19th century lay Russian theologian] 

[ebook] John Henry Newman: A Life Sacrificed / Ida Friederike Görres 

[ebook] Narratives of My Life: Autobiographical Notes / Romano Guardini 

[ebook] Translingual Catholics: Chinese Theologians before Vatican II / Jin Lu 

[ebook] Howard Thurman and the Quest for Community: From Prodigals to Compassionate Samaritans / David B. Gowler [African-American Baptist minister]

[ebook] Hans Küng: A Revaluation / edited by Paul Lakeland 

SPIRITUALITY 

[ebook] God’s Field Hospital: Ignatian Spiritual Exercises to Heal the Wounds of Life / Michael Hansen [Jesuit author] 

[ebook] Uniting Mind, Body, Spirit: Science and the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius / Roy Pereira [Jesuit author]

[print] Œuvres complètes / Elisabeth of the Trinity [French Discalced Carmelite nun]

[ebook] Mother Teresa’s General Letters to Her Sisters / edited by Brian Kolodiejchuk 

[ebook] My Life with the Jedi: The Spirituality of Star Wars / Eric A. Clayton 

[ebook] Suffering: What Every Catholic Should Know / Mark Giszczak 

[ebook] Joyful Outsiders: Six Ways to Live like Jesus in a Disorienting Culture / Patrick Miller and Keith Simon [how not to assimilate and not to be combative] 

PASTORAL THEOLOGY 

[ebook] Beyond Priests: The Future of Ministry in the Catholic Church / Paul Collins  

[ebook] Treasure in Earthen Vessels: The Portrayal of Priests in Fact and Fiction / Ambrose Mong [Chinese author] 

[ebook] Sustaining a Healthy Ministerial Workplace / Barbara Sutton and Victor Klimoski  

[ebook] The Field Hospital Church: Catholic Social Teaching and Ministry / John Gonzalez 

[print] The Art of Accompaniment: Practical Steps for the Pastoral Mentor / Marysia Weber 

[print] The Art of Accompaniment: Practical Steps for the Seminary Formator / Marysia Weber 

[ebook] The Changing Face of Catholicism: Building a Church for the Future / Robert J. Hater 

[ebook] Dwelling with Dignity: Catholic Social Teaching and Homelessness / Suzanne Mulligan 

[ebook] Hearing Our Prayers: An Exploration of Liturgical Listening / Juliette Day [how worshippers hear in the liturgy]

[ebook] Queerness in the Catholic Church: Wanted, Loved, Blessed / edited by Wolfgang K. Rothe 

SOCIAL ISSUES 

[ebook] A Consistent Ethic of Life: Navigating Catholic Engagement with U.S. Politics / Steven P. Millies  

[ebook] Hannah’s Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth / Catharine Ruth Pakaluk [large families] 

[ebook] No One Left: Why the World Needs More Children / Paul Morland 

[ebook] Meeting the Enemy: The Fossil Fuel Industry and the Power of Christian Climate Resistance / Kevin J. O’Brien 

[print] Can Robots Love God and Be Saved?: A Journalist Reports on Faith / John Longhurst [columns from the Winnipeg Free Press about all kinds of religious faith] 

LANGUAGE 

[ebook] Medieval Latin: An Introduction and Bibliographical Guide / edited by F.A. C. Mantello and A.G. Rigg