New Titles in Theology, April 2026

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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).

ETHICS 

[ebook] After the Natural Law: How the Classical Worldview Supports Our Modern Moral and Political Values / John Lawrence Hill 

[ebook] What We Can’t Not Know: A Guide / J. Budziszewski, 2nd edition [natural law] 

[ebook] The Epiphany of Love: Toward a Theological Understanding of Christian Action / Livio Melina 

[print] Virtue Ethics in Christian Perspective / Robert C. Roberts 

CHURCH HISTORY 

[ebook] Divine Honours for the Caesars: The First Christians’ Responses / Bruce W. Winter  

[ebook] Emotion in Early Christianity / Andrew Crislip  

[ebook] Saint Columban: His Life, Rule, and Legacy / edited by Terrence G. Kardong (Cistercian Studies Series, 270) (2017)  

[ebook] The Autobiography of a Hunted Priest / John Gerard [about English Reformation Jesuit]  

[ebook] Everyday Life at La Trappe under Armand-Jean de Rancé / André Félibien des Avaux (Cistercian Studies Series, 274) [17th century French Trappist monastery]  

[ebook] Bakhita: From Slave to Saint / Roberto Italo Zanini [Sudanese-born religious sister active in Italy] 

[ebook] Benedict XVI: His Life and Thought / Elio Guerriero  

[print] Diaries: 1979-1981 / Carmen Hernández Barrera [Spanish co-founder of the Neocatechumenal Way]  

[print] Annotations, 1988-2014 / Kiko Argüello [Spanish co-founder of the Neocatechumenal Way]  

[ebook] Dissident for Life: Alexander Ogorodnikov and the Struggle for Religious Freedom in Russia / Koenraad De Wolf [about Russian Orthodox peace activist] 

[print] The Eclipse of Christianity: And Why It Matters / Rupert Shortt [“argues that Europe’s historic faith is critical to the survival of a humane culture”] 

SACRED SCRIPTURE 

[ebook] Divorce and Remarriage in the Bible: The Social and Literary Context / David Instone-Brewer [comprehensive work by a Baptist author]

[ebook] Did God Have a Wife?: Archaeology and Folk Religion in Ancient Israel / William G. Dever  

[ebook] Creation and Chaos in the Primeval Era and the Eschaton: Religio-Historical Study of Genesis 1 and Revelation 12 / Herman Gunkel  

[ebook] Defiant: What the Women of Exodus Teach Us about Freedom / Kelley Nikondeha  

[ebook] Divine Presence and Community: A Commentary on the Book of Leviticus / Frank H. Gorman, Jr. (International Theological Commentary)  

[ebook] Deuteronomy: A Commentary / Jack R. Lundbom  

[ebook] The Dynamics of Biblical Parallelism / Adele Berlin, revised edition [structure of Hebrew poetry] 

[ebook] Discovering Psalms: Content, Interpretation, Reception / Jerome F. D. Creach  

[ebook] Who Knows What Is Good?: A Commentary on the Books of Proverbs and Ecclesiastes / Kathleen A. Farmer (International Theological Commentary 

[ebook] The Cantata of Love: A Verse by Verse Reading of the Song of Songs / Blaise Arminjon [Jesuit author]  

[ebook] Servant Theology: A Commentary on Isaiah 40-55 / George A. F. Knight (International Theological Commentary) 

[ebook] The New Israel: A Commentary on Isaiah 56-66 / George A. F. Knight (International Theological Commentary)  

[ebook] Daniel, with an Introduction to Apocalyptic Literature / John J. Collins (Forms of the Old Testament Literature)  

[ebook] Grace Abounding: A Commentary on the Book of Hosea / H. D. Beeby (International Theological Commentary)  

[ebook] God’s People in Crisis: A Commentary on the Book of Amos, and A Commentary on the Book of Lamentations / R. Martin Achard and S. P. Re’emi (International Theological Commentary)  

[ebook] A Journey with Jonah: The Spirituality of Bewilderment / Paul Murray [Dominican author]

[ebook] Justice and Loyalty: A Commentary on the Book of Micah / Juan I. Alfaro (International Theological Commentary)  

[ebook] Israel among the Nations: A Commentary on Nahum, Obadiah, Esther / Richard J. Coggins and S. P. Re’emi (International Theological Commentary)  

[ebook] Wrath and Mercy: A Commentary on the Books of Habakkuk and Zephaniah / Maria Eszeyei Szeles (International Theological Commentary) 

[ebook] Rebuilding with Hope: A Commentary on the Books of Haggai and Zechariah / Caroll Stuhlmueller (International Theological Commentary) [Dominican author]

[ebook] Life of Christ / Fulton J. Sheen [by American bishop to be beatified in 2026]

[ebook] The Disciples According to Mark: Markan Redaction in Current Debate / C. Clifton Black, 2nd edition  

[ebook] The Birth of the Church: Meditations on John 18-21 / Adrienne von Speyr  

[ebook] The Deliverance of God: An Apocalyptic Rereading of Justification in Paul / Douglas A. Campbell  

[ebook] Embodied Performance: Mutuality, Embrace, and the Letter to Rome / Sarah Agnew 

SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY 

[ebook] Ecce Homo: On the Divine Unity of Christ / Aaron Riches [author is Canadian] 

[ebook] Embracing the Other: The Transformative Spirit of Love / Grace Ji-Sun Kim [Asian feminist perspective on the Holy Spirit]  

[ebook] The Development of Doctrine in the Church / Peter Toon  

[ebook] Called to Communion: Understanding the Church Today / Benedict XVI  

[ebook] Creation / David Fergusson  

[ebook] Divine Likeness: Toward a Trinitarian Anthropology of the Family / Marc Ouellet [by a Canadian cardinal]

[ebook] Dust Bound for Heaven: Explorations in the Theology of Thomas Aquinas / Reinhard Hütter 

[ebook] Discovering the Human Person: In Conversation with John Paul II / Stanislaw Grygiel 

[ebook] Newman on Doctrinal Corruption / Matthew Levering 

[ebook] The Theology of Robert Barron / Matthew Levering [about an American bishop]

PASTORAL THEOLOGY 

[ebook] Evangelism in the Early Church: Lessons from the First Christians for the Church Today / Michael Green  

[ebook] Formed Together: Mystery, Narrative, and Virtue in Christian Caregiving / Keith Dow 

[ebook] Educating People of Faith: Exploring the History of Jewish and Christian Communities / edited by John van Engen [“how Jews and Christians through history have been formed in religious ways of thinking and acting”]

LITURGY 

[ebook] Adoration: Eucharistic Texts and Prayers throughout Church History / edited by Daniel P. Guernsey [a collection of excerpts from saints and councils]

[ebook] Anglicans and the Roman Catholic Church: Reflection on Recent Developments / edited by Steven E. Cavanaugh [Anglican Use within the Catholic Church] 

SPIRITUALITY 

[ebook] Becoming Fire: Through the Year with the Desert Fathers and Mothers / edited by Tim Vivan (Cistercian Studies Series, 300), revised edition  

[ebook] The Text of a Monastic Coptic Discourse on Love and Self-Control / edited by Carolyn Schneider (Cistercian Studies Series, 272) [4th century work] 

[ebook] Beyond Measure: The Poetics of the Image in Bernard of Clairvaux / Isaac Slater (Cistercian Studies Series, 279)  

[ebook] Three Pseudo-Bernardine Works / edited by Ann W. Astell and Joseph Wawrykow (Cistercian Studies Series, 273)  

[ebook] A Saint in the Sun: Praising Saint Bernard in the France of Louis XIV / David N. Bell (Cistercian Studies Series, 271)  

[ebook] Advent of the Heart: Seasonal Sermons and Prison Writings, 1941-1944 / Alfred Delp [Jesuit martyr in 1945 Germany] 

[ebook] Book of All Saints / Adrienne von Speyr 

[ebook] The Boundless God / Adrienne von Speyr  

[ebook] Anima Christi: Soul of Christ / Mary Francis [meditations by a Poor Clare nun] 

[ebook] Authenticity: A Biblical Theology of Discernment / Thomas Dubay  

[ebook] Arise from Darkness: When Life Doesn’t Make Sense / Benedict J. Groeschel  

[ebook] The Blessing of Christmas / Benedict XVI [meditations]  

[ebook] The Art of Living: The Cardinal Virtues and the Freedom to Love / Edward Sri  

[ebook] Dying and the Virtues / Matthew Levering 

[ebook] Because of Our Fathers: 23 Catholics Explain How Their Fathers Led Them to Christ / Tyler Rowley  

[print] In All Seasons, for All Reasons: Praying throughout the Year / James Martin [Jesuit author] 

[ebook] Faithful Friendships: Embracing Diversity in Christian Community / Dana L. Robert [boundary-crossing friendships] 

SOCIAL ISSUES 

[print] We Are Only Saved Together: Living the Revolutionary Vision of Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker Movement / Colin Miller [importance of community]  

[ebook] Pandemic of Lunacy: How to Think Clearly When Everyone Around You Seems Crazy / J. Budziszewski  

[ebook] Architects of the Culture of Death / Donald De Marco and Benjamin D. Wiker [Canadian author] 

[print] Something Wicked: Why Feminism Can’t Be Fused with Christianity / Carrie Gress  

[ebook] Beyond Modernity: Reflections of a Post-Modern Catholic / George Rutler 

[ebook] An Eerdmans Reader in Contemporary Political Theology / edited by William T. Cavanaugh, Jeffrey W. Bailey, and Craig Hovey

[ebook] Dare We Speak of Hope?: Searching for a Language of Life in Faith and Politics / Allan Aubrey Boesak [by a South African theologian]  

[print] Authentic Christian Freedom: Deconstructing the American Gospel of Liberty / Elizabeth L. Hinson-Hasty  

[ebook] Disagreeing Virtuously: Religious Conflict in Interdisciplinary Perspective / Olli-Pekka Vainio  

[print] The Cross and the Flag: Papal Diplomacy and John Paul II’s Struggle against the Tyranny of the Possible / John Tanyi Nquah Lebui 

[print] Clothed with Beauty: A Catholic Philosophy of Dress / Anna Kalinowska 

EDUCATION 

[ebook] The Fearless Christian University / John W. Hawthorne 

[ebook] Digital Life Together: The Challenge of Technology for Christian Schools / David I. Smith, Karen Sevensma, Marjorie Terpstra, and Steven McMullen 

LITERATURE 

[ebook] Emily Dickinson and the Art of Belief / Roger Lundin  

[ebook] The Autobiography of G. K. Chesterton  

[ebook] Bernanos: An Ecclesial Existence / Hans Urs von Balthasar [about French author Georges Bernanos, “considered by many to be the greatest Catholic creative writer of the twentieth century”]

[ebook] C. S. Lewis: The Man Who Created Narnia / Michael Coren 

[ebook] The Space Trilogy: Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, and That Hideous Strength / C. S. Lewis  

[ebook] Tolkien’s Faith: A Spiritual Biography / Holly Ordway  

[ebook] By the Rivers of Babylon: A Novel / Michael D. O’Brien [fictionalised early life of the prophet Ezekiel] 

SCIENCE 

[print] The Story of the Noosphere / Brian Thomas Swimme & Monica DeRaspe-Bolles [“cosmic evolution through the lens of Teilhard de Chardin”]

[print] The Wonder of Creation: The Most Famous Christian Biologists in History / Niels Arboel