New Titles in Theology, February to April 2024

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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 this list is a book by faculty member Sister Gill Goulding, CJ: 

[ebook] Pope Francis and Mercy: A Dynamic Theological Hermeneutic / Gill K. Goulding

PHILOSOPHY 

[ebook] Understanding Postmodernism: A Christian Perspective / Stewart E. Kelly and James K. Dew, Jr. 

[ebook] Nature and Nature’s God: A Philosophical and Scientific Defense of Aquinas’s Unmoved Mover Argument / Daniel Shields 

ETHICS 

[ebook] A Basic Guide to the Just War Tradition: Christian Foundations and Practices / Eric Patterson 

[ebook] Justice after War: Jus post bellum in the Twenty-First Century / David Chiwon Kwon [postwar justice: policing, punishment, political participation] 

[ebook] Cosmic Chastity in an Age of Technocratic Lust: A Song of Three Popes: The Legacy of John Paul II and Benedict XVI in the Francis Papacy / Jeremiah Barker 

JUDAISM 

[print] Every Person’s Guide to Jewish Blessings / Ron Isaacs 

[ebook] Can a Seamless Garment Be Truly Torn?: Questions Surrounding the Jewish-Catholic Löb Family, 1881-1945 / Peter Steffen and Hans Evers (Cistercian Studies Series 254) 

CHURCH HISTORY 

[print] Women in World Christianity: Building and Sustaining a Global Movement / Gina A Zurlo 

[ebook] Auschwitz and Absolution: The Case of the Commandant and the Confessor / edited by James W. Bernauer [author is a Jesuit] 

[ebook] Social Justice from Outside the Walls: Catholic Women in Memphis, 1950-1970 / Ann Youngblood Mulhearn 

[ebook] The Radical Gospel of Bishop Thomas Gumbleton / Peter Feuerherd [subject was Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, known for his activism] 

[ebook] No Guilty Bystander: The Extraordinary Life of Bishop Thomas J. Gumbleton / Frank Fromherz [subject was Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, known for his activism] 

[ebook] He Gave Us So Much: A Tribute to Benedict XVI / Robert Sarah

THEOLOGY 

[ebook] How to Think Theologically / Howard W. Stone and James O. Duke, 4th edition 

[ebook] Unity in Christ: Bishops, Synodality, and Communion / Anthony Fisher [author is the Archbishop of Sydney and a member of the Dominicans] 

[ebook] Listening Together: Meditations on Synodality / Timothy Radcliffe [author is a member of the Dominicans] 

[ebook] Reforming the Church: A Synodal Way of Proceeding / Serena Nocetti 

[ebook] Reforming the Church: Global Perspectives / edited by Declan Marmion and Salvador Ryan 

[ebook] Theology in a Post-Traumatic Church / edited by John N. Sheveland 

[ebook] Religious Liberty and the Hermeneutic of Continuity: Conservation and Development of Doctrine at Vatican II / R. Michael Dunnigan 

[ebook] Sublime Community: Reflections on Eco-Theology and Laudato Si’ / Anthony J. Kelly [author is a member of the Redemptorists]

[ebook] Ecology, Liturgy, and the Sacraments / Kevin W. Irwin 

[print] Theology of Liberation: An Indian Biblical Perspective / George M. Soares-Prabhu [Jesuit author] 

[ebook] Complexities of Theologies of Wealth and Prosperity: Africa in Focus / edited by Bosela E. Eale and Njoroge J. Ngige [prosperity gospel] 

[print] Fratelli tutti: The Dream of God for a More Human World / edited by Laurent Basanese and Daniel Patrick Huang [proceedings of conference at the Pontifical Gregorian University] 

[ebook] The Faithfulness of Pluralism / John B. Cobb, Jr. [religious pluralism]

THEOLOGIANS 

[ebook] Meeting the Challenges of Today: How Has Bernard Lonergan’s Thought Helped to Meet the Challenges of Our Day, and How Will It Help in the Future / edited by Cecilia Francisco-Tan 

[ebook] Theology without Deception: God, the Poor, and Reality in El Salvador: Conversations with Charo Mármol / Jon Sobrino 

[print] Collected Works of Sebastian Kappen, 6 volumes [author was an Indian Jesuit liberation theologian] 

[print] From Aberdeen to Oxford: Collected Essays / Fergus Kerr [philosophical and theological essays by a Scottish Dominican]

PASTORAL THEOLOGY 

[print] Saint Edmund Campion Missal for the Traditional Latin Mass, 3rd edition

[print] Subsidiary Mysteries in the East: An Introduction to the Sacramentality of the Mysteries / Lonappan Arangassery [author is Syro-Malabar]  

[print] Holy Baptism in the Syriac East / Lonappan Arangassery [author is Syro-Malabar] 

[print] Priestly Formation: Historical and Theological Reflections from an Indian Perspective / George Appassery 

[ebook] Called to Witness Hope: The Ministry of Catechist: The Apostolic Letter Antiquum ministerium / Hosffman Ospino 

[print] A Parish Guide to Integrated Faith Formation: Engage Every Family / Denise Utter 

[ebook] Beyond Her Yes: Reimagining Pro-Life Ministry to Empower Women and Support Families in Overcoming Poverty / Marisol Maldonado Rodriquez 

[ebook] That Which Is Just in the Church: An Introduction to Canon Law, volume 1 / Carlos José Errázurriz 

SPIRITUALITY 

[ebook] Discourses on the State and Grandeurs of Jesus: The Ineffable Union of the Deity with Humanity / Pierre de Bérulle [a 17th century classic]

[ebook] Gender, Catholicism and Spirituality: Women and the Roman Catholic Church in Britain and Europe, 1200-1900 / edited by Laurence Lux Sterritt and Carmen Mangion [includes essay on Mary Ward] 

[ebook] Walk Humbly: Encouragements for Living, Working, and Being / Samuel Wells 

[ebook] Love Mercy: The Twelve Steps of Forgiveness / Samuel Wells 

[ebook] Act Justly: Practices to Reshape the World / Samuel Wells 

[print] Joy in God: Rekindling an Inner Fire / Joachim Hartmann and Annette Clara Unkelhäusser [Jesuit author] 

[ebook] Engaging Thomas Merton: Spirituality, Justice, and Racism / Daniel P. Horan 

[ebook] Great American Prophets: Pope Francis’s Models of Christian Life / Daniel Cosacchi [Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Jr., Dorothy Day, Thomas Merton] 

[ebook] Renewing Christian Worldview: A Holistic Approach for Spirit-Filled Christians / Steven Félix-Jäger and Yoon Shin [Pentecostal perspective on beauty, truth, and goodness] 

SOCIAL ISSUES 

[ebook] Civil Discourse: Classroom Conversations for Stronger Communities / Joe Schmidt and Nichelle Pinkney 

[ebook] The End of Civility: Christ and Prophetic Division / Ryan Andrew Newson 

[ebook] Virtue and Voice: Habits of Mind for a Return to Civil Discourse / edited by Gregg Ten Elshof and Evan Rosa 

[ebook] Life in the Negative World: Confronting Challenges in an Anti-Christian Culture / Aaron M. Renn 

[ebook] Acting for the Common Good: Social Justice in the Light of Catholic Social Teaching / Michael J. McGrath  

[ebook] Civilizing the World: The Social Activism of Practical Christians from Chicago to the Middle East / Sarah Miglio 

[ebook] Political Theology Based in Community: Dorothy Day, the Catholic Worker Movement, and Overcoming Otherness / Marty Tomszak 

[ebook] Start with Welcome: The Journey toward a Confident and Compassionate Immigration Conversation / Bri Stensrud 

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

[ebook] The Detransition Diaries / Jennifer Lahl and Kallie Fell 

EDUCATION 

[ebook] Supporting Children and Youth through Spiritual Education / edited by Mubina Hassanali Kirmani, Amy L. Chapman, Barbara M. Steele, Mahnaz Moallem, and Stephen T. Schroth 

ART 

[print] A Thousand Words: Reflections on Art & Christianity / Mary Elizabeth Podles 

[ebook] The Arts and the Bible / edited by Stanley E. Porter and Wendy J. Porter 

[print] The Current State of Russian Folk Icon Painting / Nikodim Pavlovich Kondakov 

[print] Saint Francis of Assisi / Gabriele Finaldi and Joost Joustra [exhibition at the National Gallery, London] 

[ebook] The Illuminated Window: Stories across Time / Virginia Chieffo Raguin [stained glass throughout history] 

DANTE’S DIVINE COMEDY 

[print] La Divina Comics: la vera storia della Divina Commedia: Inferno / Francesco Spagnolo 

[print] La Divina Comics: la vera storia della Divina Commedia: Purgatorio / Francesco Spagnolo 

[print] I Signori Bibi 2: La Bibina Commedia / Emanuela Caponi 

[print] La Divina Commedia: Omnibus / Gō Nagai [manga] 

[print] La Divina Commedia di Dante Alighieri a Fumetti / Matteo Roberto Notarangelo 

SCIENCE 

[ebook] Science at the Doorstep to God: Science and Reason in Support of God, the Soul, and Life after Death / Robert Spitzer 

[ebook] What Hath Darwin to Do with Scripture?: Comparing Conceptual Worlds of the Bible and Evolution / Dru Johnson [“Can the ideas of Scripture and evolutionary science be mutually illuminating?”] 

[ebook] Artificial Intelligence and the Apocalyptic Imagination: Artificial Agency and Human Hope / Michael J. Paulus. Jr. 

[ebook] IJesus: The Culture of God in a Digital World / Nadim Nassar