New Titles in Theology, May to June 2023

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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).

PHILOSOPHY 

[ebook] In Search of the Good Life: Through the Eyes of Aristotle, Maimonides, and Aquinas / Corey Miller 

[ebook] Aesthetics: The Key Thinkers / edited by Alessandro Giovanelli 

[ebook] The Politics of Heaven and Hell: Christian Themes from Classical, Medieval, and Modern Political Philosophy / James V. Schall 

RELIGION 

[ebook] Encyclopedia of Native American Religions / edited by Arlene Hirschfelder and Paulette Molin (3rd edition) 

[ebook] The Relevance of Islamic Identity in Canada: Culture, Politics, and Self / edited by Nurjehan Aziz 

PATRISTICS

[ebook] The Unity of the Nations: A Vision of the Church Fathers / Benedict XVI [lectures from 1962] 

[ebook] Origen: An Introduction to His Life and Thought / Ronald E. Heine (Cascade Companions) 

[ebook] Become like the Angels: Origen’s Doctrine of the Soul / Benjamin P. Blosser 

[print] On the Orthodox Faith: A New Translation of An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith / John Damascene ; edited by Norman Russell 

[print] Jacob of Sarug’s Homily on Paul’s Word to Seek What Is Above and on Outer Darkness / edited and translated by Dominique Sirgy (Texts from Christian Late Antiquity, 76) 

CHURCH HISTORY 

[print] The Rise of Christianity through the Eyes of Gibbon, Harnack and Rodney Stark / Jan N. Bremmer 

[ebook] Church Councils: 100 Questions and Answers / Paul Senz 

[print] The Habsburg Way: Seven Rules for Turbulent Times / Eduard Habsburg [lessons from a family which ruled part of Europe for over seven hundred years] 

[ebook] A History of the Church in England / John Moorman, 3rd edition 

[print] The European Reformations / Carter Lindberg, 3rd edition

[print] Reformation: Legacy and Future / edited by Petra Bosse-Huber, Serge Fornerod, Thies Gundlach, and Gottfried Locher [conference on the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation] 

[print] Teodorico Pedrini and the Ruin of the Christian Mission to China / Peter Allsop [Jesuit opposition to the pope’s 1704 decree about Chinese rites] 

[print] The September Pope: The Final Days of John Paul I / Stefania Falasca 

[ebook] Reinventing Theology in Post-Genocide Rwanda: Challenges and Hopes / edited by Marcel Uwineza, Elisée Rutagambwa, and Michael Segatawara Kemanzi [Jesuit authors] 

[print] Prison Journal, volume 3: The High Court Frees an Innocent Man: 1 December 2019 – 8 April 2020 / George Pell [Australian cardinal] 

[print] Joe Biden and Catholicism in the United States / Massimo Faggioli [author is one of the most influential Catholic theologians in the United States] 

[ebook] Playing God: American Catholic Bishops and the Far Right / Mary Jo McConahay 

SACRED SCRIPTURE 

[ebook] The Inspiration and Truth of Sacred Scripture: The Word that Comes from God and Speaks of God for the Salvation of the World / Pontifical Biblical Commission 

[print] In the Beginning: Parallels between Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Accounts / Ronald Lee Eisenberg 

[ebook] First and Second Books of the Maccabees / edited by Matthew Thomas, Leeanne Thomas, Scott Hahn, and Curtis Mitch (Ignatius Catholic Study Bible) 

[print] The Reliability of the Gospel Tradition / Birger Gerhardsson 

[ebook] Learn to Read New Testament Greek / David Alan Black, 3rd edition

[ebook] Rethinking New Testament Textual Criticism / edited by David Alan Black 

[ebook] Linguistics and New Testament Greek: Key Issues in the Current Debate / edited by David Alan Black and Benjamin L. Merkle

[ebook] Why Four Gospels? / David Alan Black, 2nd edition

[ebook] Rethinking the Synoptic Problem / edited by David Alan Black and David Beck 

[ebook] Jesus of Nazareth: Archaeologists Retracing the Footsteps of Christ / Michael Hesemann 

[print] Echoes of the Most Holy: The Day of Atonement in the Book of Revelation / André Reis 

THEOLOGY 

[print] Latomus and Luther: The Debate: Is Every Good Deed a Sin? / Anna Vind [16th century theological dispute] 

[ebook] A Guide to John Henry Newman: His Life and Thought / edited by Juan R. Velez 

[print] Beyond Vatican II: The Church at a New Crossroads / Claude Barthe

[print] Looking to the Laity: Reflections on Where the Church Can Go from Here / edited by Anne Louise Mahoney 

[print] Taking a Deep Breath for the Story to Begin / edited by Ernst M. Conradie and Pan-Chu Lai [How does the story of who the Triune God is and what this God does relate to the story of life on Earth?] 

[ebook] Incarnation: A New Evolutionary Threshold / Diarmuid O’Murchu 

[ebook] Confession of a Catholic Worker: Our Moment of Christian Witness / Larry S. Chapp [Hans Urs von Balthasar, Peter Maurin, and Dorothy Day] 

[ebook] Birth of a Dancing Star: From Cradle Catholic to Cyborg Christian / Ilia Delio 

POPE FRANCIS 

[ebook] Walking Together: The Way of Synodality / Pope Francis ; introduction by Nathalie Becquart 

[ebook] Bergoglio’s List: How a Young Francis Defied a Dictatorship and Saved Dozens of Lives / Nello Scavi 

[ebook] Discovering Pope Francis: The Roots of Jorge Mario Bergoglio’s Thinking / edited by Brian Y. Lee and Thomas L. Knoebel 

[ebook] Francis of Rome & Francis of Assisi: A New Spring in the Church / Leonardo Boff 

[ebook] Pope Francis: Why He Leads the Way He Leads: Lessons from the First Jesuit Pope / Chris Lowney 

[ebook] Pope Francis and the Theology of the People / Rafael Luciani 

[ebook] The Francis Project: Where He Wants to Take the Church / Victor M. Fernández in conversation with Paolo Rodari [Cardinal Fernández is Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith]

[ebook] Pilgrimage: My Search for the Real Pope Francis / Mark K. Shriver 

[ebook] The Business Francis Means: Understanding the Pope’s Message on the Economy / Martin Schlag 

PASTORAL THEOLOGY 

[ebook] Theological Foundations of Worship: Biblical, Systematic, and Practical Perspectives / edited by Khalia J. Williams and Mark A. Lamport 

[print] The Dynamics of Liturgy: Joseph Ratzinger’s Theology of Liturgy: An Interpretation / Vincent Twomey 

[print] A Forest of Symbols: The Traditional Mass and its Meaning / Claude Barthe 

[ebook] Encountering Christ in the Eucharist: The Paschal Mystery in People, Word, and Sacrament / Bruce T. Morrill [Jesuit author] 

[ebook] Liturgy with a Difference: Beyond Inclusion in the Christian Assembly / edited by Stephen Burns and Bryan Cones 

[print] Welcome All as Christ: Reimagining Parish Hospitality / John T. Kyler 

[print] A Crucial Key: Generational Perspectives and Catechetical Leadership / Thomas P. Walters and Rita Tyson Walters 

[print] Sharing Faith Online: A Guide to Digital Evangelization / Sean Salai [Jesuit author] 

[ebook] Pope Francis and Campus Ministry: A Dialogue / James J. Bacik 

[ebook] Church Forsaken: Practicing Presence in Neglected Neighborhoods / Jonathan Brooks [church work in south Chicago] 

[print] The Penal Law of the Roman Catholic Church: Commentary on Canons 1311-1399 and 1717-1731 and Other Sources of Penal Law / John A. Renken 

SPIRITUALITY 

[ebook] “Follow Me”: A History of Christian Intentionality / Ivan J. Kaufman [religious communities, monastic and Evangelical; author identifies as Mennonite Catholic] 

[ebook] Path of the Purified Heart: The Spiritual Journey as Transformation / Laura Dunham 

[ebook] Theology in Practice: A Beginner’s Guide to the Spiritual Life / Roch A. Kereszty and Denis Farkasfalvy [Cistercian authors] 

[ebook] The Leaven of the Saints: Bringing Christ into a Fallen World / Dawn Marie Beutner 

[print] Special Saints for Special People: Stories of Saints with Disabilities / Megan C. Gannon 

[ebook] Pray, Think, Act: Make Better Decisions with the Desert Fathers / J. Augustine Wetta [Jesuit author] [print

[ebook] The Crucible of Racism: Ignatian Spirituality and the Power of Hope / Patrick Saint-Jean [Jesuit author] 

[print] The Grace of “Nothingness”: Navigating the Spiritual Life with Blessed Columba Marmion / Cassian Koenemann 

[ebook] Teilhard de Chardin, Seven Stages of Suffering: A Spiritual Path for Transformation / Louis M. Savary and Patricia H. Berne 

[print] Spiritual Diary / Sergius Bulgakov [Russian Orthodox theologian]

[print] Mother Teresa: The Saint and Her Nation / Gëzim Alpion 

[ebook] Blessed Carlo Acutis: A Saint in Sneakers / Courtney Mares [teenager beatified in 2020] 

[ebook] Let Beauty Speak: The Art of Being Human in a Culture of Noise / Jimmy Mitchell 

[ebook] The World as Sacrament: An Ecumenical Path toward a Worldly Spirituality / Michael P. Plekon [Elisabeth Behr-Sigel, Alexander Men, Paul Evdomikov, Thomas Merton, Richard Rohr, Joan Chittister, and more] 

SOCIAL ISSUES 

[ebook] Christendom Lost and Found: Meditations for a Post Post-Christian Era / Robert McTeigue [Jesuit author; inspired by Saint Augustine’s City of God] 

[ebook] Nation of Victims: Identity Politics, the Death of Merit, and the Path Back to Excellence / Vivek Ramaswamy 

[ebook] War by Other Means: The Pacifists of the Greatest Generation Who Revolutionized Resistance / Daniel Akst [David Dellinger, Dorothy Day, Dwight MacDonald, and Bayard Rustin] 

[print] The Sexual Revolution: History, Ideology, Power / Peter J. Elliott 

[ebook] Life to the Full: True Stories that Reveal the Dignity of Every Human Life / edited by Abby Johnson and Tyler Rowely [23 personal accounts of lives touched by abortion] 

[ebook] The Genesis of Gender: A Christian Theory / Abigail Rine Favale [print

[ebook] Blasphemy: A Memoir: Sentenced to Death over a Cup of Water / Asia Bibi, with Anne Isabelle Tollet [Pakistani Christian woman on death row] 

[print] Butterflies in the Trenches: The Hood, an Epic Bike Ride, and Finding Inspiration / Curtis Carmichael [growing up in a public housing project in Scarborough] 

[print] Women, Religion and HIV/AIDS in Africa: Responding to Ethical and Theological Challenges / edited by Teresia M. Hinga, Anne Nkirote Kubai, Philomena Mwaura, and Hazel Ayanga

MUSIC and ART 

[ebook] Good Music, Sacred Music, and Silence: Three Gifts of God for Liturgy and for Life / Peter Kwasniewski 

[ebook] Sanctifying Art: Inviting Conversation between Artists, Theologians, and the Church / Deborah Sokolove 

[print] Jesus in Art and Literature / Pierre-Marie Dumont 

SCIENCE 

[print] The Climate Book / created by Greta Thunberg