New Titles in Theology, March 2026

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

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PHILOSOPHY and ETHICS 

[ebook] In Defense of Philosophy: Classical Wisdom Stands Up to Modern Challenges / Josef Pieper 

[ebook] The Key to Natural Philosophy / Honorius of Autun (Fathers of the Church, Medieval Continuation, volume 24) 

[print] Thinking Clearly: Catholic Philosophy for a Culture in Chaos / John-Mark L. Miravalle  

[print] Now and at the Hour of Our Death: Making Moral Decisions at the End of Life / Nikolas T. Nikas and Bruce W. Green 

JUDAISM 

[ebook] Covenant and Hope: Christian and Jewish Reflections: Essays in Constructive Theology from the Institute for Theological Inquiry / edited by Robert W. Jenson and Eugene Korn 

CHURCH HISTORY 

[ebook] A History of the Catholic Church, volume 1 / Philip Hughes 

[ebook] A History of the Catholic Church, volume 2 / Philip Hughes 

[ebook] A History of the Catholic Church, volume 3 / Philip Hughes  

[ebook] The Workingmen’s Guilds of the Middle Ages / Godefroid Kurth  

[print] The Catholic Holy Sites of the Mohawk Valley: The True Locations of the Deaths of the Jesuit Martyrs and of the Birth and Upbringing of St. Catherine Tekakwitha / Richard Upsher Smith, Jr.  

[print] Seraphim of Sarov: A Russian Saint’s Story / Margarita Woloschin [about a Russian Orthodox monk]  

[print] Catholic Heroes of Civil and Human Rights: 1800s to the Present / Matthew Daniels and Roxanne King [includes Augustus Tolton, Franz Jägerstätter, Nicholas Black Elk, Dorothy Day, Katharine Drexel, Teresa of Calcutta, Oscar Romero, Pierre Toussaint, and Thea Bowman] 

[ebook] Dom Gueranger: A Monk at the Heart of the Church / Guy-Marie Oury [about the 19th century Benedictine liturgist]  

[ebook] The Apostle of the Chippewas / Joseph Grigorich [19th century missions of Bishop Frederic Baraga] 

[ebook] Two Years in the Pontifical Zouaves: A Narrative of Travel, Residence, and Experience in the Roman States / Joseph Powell [the papal army in the 1860s] 

[ebook] The Most Dangerous Man in England: Newman and the Laity / Paul Shrimpton

[ebook] Approaching the Assumption, 1863-1950: Revelation, Scripture, and the Laity in the Development of a Marian Dogma / Eric Lafferty 

[ebook] Blessed Leonid Feodorov: First Exarch of the Russian Catholic Church / Paul Mailleaux  

[print] Between the Swastika and the Sickle: The Life, Disappearance, and Execution of Ernst Lohmeyer / James R. Edwards [about New Testament scholar] 

[print] Vatican II: Event and Mandate, volume 1, General Introduction and Hermeneutics / edited by Sandra Arenas and others  

[ebook] After the Boston Heresy Case / Gary Potter [Leonard Feeney, no salvation outside the Church] 

[ebook] A Change of Heart: A Personal and Theological Memoir / Thomas C. Oden [Methodist theologian, editor of Ancient Christian Commentary] 

SACRED SCRIPTURE 

[ebook] Exodus 1 – 18 / George W. Coats (Forms of the Old Testament Literature) 

[ebook] 1 Kings, with an Introduction to Historical Literature / Burke O. Long (Forms of the Old Testament Literature) 

[ebook] 2 Kings / Burke O. Long (Forms of the Old Testament Literature) 

[ebook] A Commentary on the Book of Psalms / Robert Bellarmine [by the 17th century cardinal]

[ebook] Wisdom Literature: Job, Proverbs, Ruth, Canticles, Ecclesiastes, and Esther / Roland Edmund Murphy (Forms of the Old Testament Literature)  

[ebook] Contours of Christology in the New Testament / edited by Richard Longenecker 

SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY 

[ebook] Catholicism: A Journey to the Heart of the Faith / Robert Barron, 2nd edition [by the bishop of Winona-Rochester and founder of Word on Fire]

[ebook] A Companion to the Summa, volume 1: The Architect of the Universe / Walter Farrell 

[ebook] A Companion to the Summa, volume 2: The Pursuit of Happiness / Walter Farrell 

[ebook] A Companion to the Summa, volume 3: The Fullness of Life / Walter Farrell 

[ebook] A Companion to the Summa, volume 4: The Way of Life / Walter Farrell  

[ebook] Nature & Grace / Matthias Joseph Scheeben  [by the 19th century German theologian]

[ebook] The Correspondence of Theodoret of Cyrus: The Collectio Sirmondiana, volume 1 [letters of 5th century bishop involved in Christological controversies]

[ebook] The Correspondence of Theodoret of Cyrus: The Collectio Sirmondiana, volume 2

[ebook] Introducing Communio Theology / Tracey Rowland [Balthasar, Lubac, Ratzinger]

[ebook] Engaging the Doctrine of the Church / Matthew Levering

[ebook] Consulting the Faithful: What Christian Intellectuals Can Learn from Popular Religion / Richard J. Mouw [references to Saint John Henry Newman and to Abraham Kuyper]

[ebook] Eschatology at the Beginning of the Third Millenium / edited by Kevin Wagner, Peter John McGregor, and Danijel Uremović  

[ebook] Faith and Politics: Filipino Evangelical Insights in Political Theology / edited by Aldrin M. Penamora and David S. Lim

[ebook] Archbishop Romero: Memories and Reflections / Jon Sobrino

SACRAMENTS, LITURGY and WORSHIP

[ebook] Your Eucharistic Identity: A Sacramental Guide to the Fullness of Life / Gregory Pine  

[ebook] What Binds Marriage Forever / Ida Friederike Görres  

[print] Sacraments of Healing / Kallistos Ware [author was a Greek Orthodoox bishop] 

[ebook] Local Worship, Global Church: Popular Religion and the Liturgy / Mark R. Francis  

[ebook] Lord, I Love You!: Homilies through the Liturgical Year, volume 2: Advent, Christmas, Marian Feasts, & Saints’ Days / Benedict XVI  

PASTORAL THEOLOGY 

[ebook] Formation of the Heart: The Why and How of Being a Catholic Today / Raymond Friel  

[ebook] Towards Dawn: Essays in Hopefulness / Erik Varden [by the Bishop of Trondheim who gave the papal Lenten retreat in 2026]

[ebook] Rebuilding Trust: Clergy Morale in the Wake of the Abuse Crisis / edited by Brandon Vaidyanathan, Sara Perla, and Stephen P. White 

[ebook] The Church and Farming / Denis Fahey [“the most fundamental of all human occupations”]

[ebook] Indispensable: A Catholic Guide to Welcoming Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities / edited by Mark Bradford [includes perinatal bereavement]

[ebook] Justice & Peace: A Christian Primer / Joseph Milburn Thompson, 2nd edition

SPIRITUALITY 

[ebook] From Monks to Missionaries: Schools of Spirituality in the Christian Tradition / Nicki Verploegen  

[ebook] Visionary Women: Three Medieval Mystics / Rosemary Radford Ruether [about Hildegard of Bingen, Mechtild of Magdeburg, Julian of Norwich] 

[ebook] Julian among the Books: Julian of Norwich’s Theological Library / Julia Bolton Holloway 

[ebook] The School of Jesus Crucified / Ignatius of the Side of Jesus 

[ebook] The Way of Trust and Love: A Retreat Guided by St. Thérèse of Lisieux / Jacques Philippe 

[ebook] The Hidden Face: A Study of St. Therese of Lisieux / Ida Friederike Görres 

[ebook] Life Is Worth Living: First and Second Series / Fulton J. Sheen [transcripts of the 1950s television series]

[ebook] Praying with Jesus and Mary: Our Father, Hail Mary / Leonardo Boff

[ebook] The Lord’s Prayer: The Prayer of Integral Liberation / Leonardo Boff

[ebook] The Following of Jesus: A Reply to the Imitation of Christ / Leonardo Boff

[ebook] The Lord Is My Shepherd: Divine Consolation in Times of Abandonment / Leonardo Boff

[ebook] Come, Holy Spirit: Inner Fire, Giver of Life, and Comforter of the Poor / Leonardo Boff

[ebook] Essential Care: An Ethics of Human Nature / Leonardo Boff 

[ebook] Virtues: For Another Possible World / Leonardo Boff 

[ebook] The Prayer of Saint Francis: A Message of Peace for the World Today / Leonardo Boff

[print] The Screwtape Letters and the Catechism: Recognizing Temptation, Battling Sin, and Growing in Spiritual Courage / Marlon De La Torre 

[ebook] This I Know: Principles for a Life of Faith and Optimism / Anthony P. Carter [African-American Catholics]

SOCIAL ISSUES 

[ebook] The Problem of Wealth: A Christian Response to a Culture of Affluence / Elizabeth L. Hinson-Hasty

[ebook] How to Be a Christian Influencer: Making Social Media a Social Ministry / Jacqulyne Horbrook 

ART and LITERATURE 

[ebook] Beauty Will Save the World: Recovering the Human in an Ideological Age / Gregory Wolfe 

[ebook] Gratitude, Contemplation, and the Sacramental Worth of Catholic Literature / Robert D. Hickson [Chesterton, Belloc, Baring, and others]  

[ebook] Flannery O’Connor and Blaise Pascal: Recovering the Incarnation for the Modern Mind / Ann Hartle  

[ebook] Give Them Stones / Mary Beckett [novel about Catholic Irish wife and mother during the Troubles] 

[ebook] The Body of This Death: Letters from the Last Archbishop of Lancaster / Ross McCullough [fictional collection of letters from a bishop awaiting martyrdom]

SCIENCE 

[ebook] Plants, Animals, People, Aliens: An Aristotelian-Thomist Perspective on Life in the Universe / Marie I. George 

[ebook] God and the Machine: Navigating Faith in the Age of AI / Nathan Webb