New Titles in Theology, October 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).

PHILOSOPHY and RELIGION 

[ebook] Doors in the Walls of the World: Signs of Transcendence in the Human Story / Peter Kreeft 

[ebook] Natural Law: A Short Companion / David VanDruden (Essentials in Christian Ethics) 

[print] The Ethics of Beauty / Timothy G. Patitsas [Greek Orthodox author] 

[ebook] The Celestial Web: Buddhism and Christianity, A Different Comparison / Perry Schmidt-Leukel 

CHURCH HISTORY 

[ebook] Cyprian of Carthage: Priest and Patron / Charles Bobertz (Studia Patristica, Supplement, 12)

[ebook] The Confessions of Saint Augustine: A Latin Readers Edition, Books I-IX / edited by K.A. Bergdorf  

[ebook] The “Lost” Dialogue of Gregory the Great: The Life of St. Scholastica / Carmel Posa [a modern hagiography written as if by Gregory the Great]

[ebook] Good News from Latin America: Reflections in Honor of John Stott / edited by Nelson R. Morales Fredes [essays on Protestantism in Latin America] 

SACRED SCRIPTURE 

[ebook] Modern Genre Theory: An Introduction for Biblical Studies / Andrew Judd  

[ebook] Putting the Pieces Together: Formalizing Units and Structures in the Biblical Languages / edited by Stanley E. Porter, Christopher D. Land, and James D. Dvorak (McMaster New Testament Studies, 11) 

[ebook] Multiplying Divisions: The Fractious Nature of Israel, God’s Elect People / Frank Anthony Spina 

[ebook] Zechariah / Leslie J. Hoppe (Wisdom Commentary) 

[ebook] A Revolutionary Jesus: Violence and Peacemaking in the Kingdom of God / Jesse P. Nickel 

[ebook] The Stones of the Last Week: Impediments to Easter / Bonnie Bowman Thurston [Scriptural meditations] 

[ebook] The Trials of Jesus: Evidence, Conclusions, and Aftermath / Paul Barnett 

[ebook] Life in the Son: Exploring Participation and Union with Christ in John’s Gospel and Letters / Clive Bowsher (New Studies in Biblical Theology, 61) 

[ebook] Early High Christology: John among the New Testament Writers / edited by Christopher M. Blumhofer, Diane G. Chen, and Joel B. Green 

[ebook] The Shema in John’s Gospel / Lori Baron (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament, 2. Reiche, 574) 

[print] God in Paul’s Letters / edited by Timothy Milinovich, Normand Bonneau, and Robert F. O’Toole 

[ebook] Paul’s Concept of a Hebrew Deity in Relation to Jesus: Insights from the Kyrios and Theos Citations / Peter Nagel (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament, 2. Reiche, 593) 

[ebook] Who Is “The God of This Age”?: Paul and the Sovereignty of God in 2 Corinthians 4:4 / Ivor Poobalan 

[print] Missed Treasures of the Holy Spirit: Distinctive New Testament Pneumatologies / edited by Jeremy Corley and Jessie Rogers 

[ebook] Authorial Fictions and Attributions in the Ancient Mediterranean / edited by Chance E. Bonar (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament, 2. Reiche, 609) 

[ebook] Alfonso Salmerón on the Scriptures: Theological Perspectives from a Founding Jesuit (1515-1585) / Sam Zeno Conedera 

SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY 

[ebook] God: What Every Catholic Should Know / Elizabeth Klein 

[ebook] Knowing God: God and the Human Condition / Frank Sheed 

[ebook] The Christian God: Collected Essays / Augustine Shutte (Dominican Scholars Collection) [South African philosopher’s understanding of God] 

[ebook] The Significance of the Trinity: A Thomistic Reading / Albert Nolan [Dominican author] 

[ebook] On Classical Trinitarianism: Retrieving the Nicene Doctrine of the Triune God / edited by Matthew Barrett 

[ebook] Proclaiming the Triune God / Matthew Barrett, Ronni Kurtz, Samuel G. Parkison, and Joseph Lanier

[ebook] Jesus and Divine Christology / Brant James Pitre 

[ebook] The Creed and the Scriptures / edited by Markus Bockmuehl and Nathan Eubank (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament, 519) 

[ebook] Scripture in Doctrinal Dispute / Frances M. Young (Doctrine and Scripture in Early Christianity, 2) 

[ebook] Unconformed to the Age: Essays in Catholic Ecclesiology / Tracey Rowland 

[ebook] The Unity of Faith: Essays for the Building Up of the Body of Christ / Thomas G. Weinandy [essays] 

[ebook] John Chrysostom, Theologian of the Eucharist / Kenneth J. Howell 

[ebook] Eucharist: Theology and Spirituality of the Eucharistic Prayer / Louis Bouyer

[ebook] Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Heaven: But Never Dreamed of Asking / Peter J. Kreeft 

[ebook] To Gaze upon God: The Beatific Vision in Doctrine, Tradition, and Practice / Samuel G. Parkison 

[ebook] Newman’s Vision of Faith / Louis Bouyer

[ebook] Globalization, Spirituality, and Justice: Navigating the Path to Peace / Daniel G. Groody, revised edition 

[ebook] An Immigration of Theology: Theology of Context as the Theological Method of Virgilio Elizondo and Gustavo Gutierrez / Simon C. Kim 

[ebook] In the Company of the Poor: Conversations with Dr. Paul Farmer and Father Gustavo Gutierrez / edited by Michael Griffin

[ebook] Desirable Belief: A Theology of Eros / Margaret D. Kamitsuka 

[ebook] Faith on the Front Foot: Essays in Theology / Anthony J. Kelly [Australian Redemptorist author; interfaith issues, liturgical seasons, the Eucharist, Catholic identity, Purgatory, love of enemies, ecclesiology, and conversion] 

[ebook] Theology of Creation / Peter Damian Fehlner [essays on various topics including Pierre Teilhard de Chardin] 

[ebook] The Church, the Gospel, and Culture: A Theological Quest / John Thornhill [essays by Australian theologian] 

VATICAN II 

[print] Inter mirifica: Decretum de instrumentis communicationis socialis / edited by Francisco Gil Hellín (Concilii Vaticani II synopsis; 16) 

[ebook] Mary & the Church at Vatican II: The Untold Story of Lumen Gentium VIII / Laurie Olsen 

PASTORAL THEOLOGY 

[ebook] Staying in Bounds: Straight Talk on Boundaries for Effective Ministry / Eileen Schmitz 

[ebook] Learning to Love: Utilizing the Principles and Practices of Pastoral Care for Mission / Sue M. Holdsworth [church work with migrants] 

[ebook] Cultural Catholics: Who They Are, How to Respond / Maureen K. Day 

[print] New Ways and Next Steps: Developing Parish LGBTQ+ Ministry / Francis DeBernardo 

[ebook] Pope Francis, Marriage, and Same-Sex Civil Union: Foundations for the Organic Development of Catholic Sexual Doctrine / Todd A. Salzman and Michael G. Lawler 

[ebook] Religiosity and Gospel Transmission: Insights from Folk Religion in Taipei / Tony Chuang [how folk religion affects adoption of Christianity in Taiwan]

LITURGY

[print] The Rationale divinorum officiorum: The Foundational Symbolism of the Early Church, Its Structure, Decoration, Sacraments and Vestments, Books I, III and IV / Guillaume Durand

[ebook] The Roman Catholic Lectionary and the Bible: Analysis, Conclusions, Suggested Alternatives / Mark G. Boyer 

COUNSELING 

[ebook] Strategic Pastoral Counseling: A Short-Term Structured Model / David G. Benner, 2nd edition 

[ebook] Counseling Survivors of Traumatic Events: A Handbook for Pastors and Other Helping Professionals / Andrew J. Weaver, Laura T. Flannelly, and John D. Preston 

[ebook] Moral Injury: Restoring Wounded Souls / Larry Graham 

CONSECRATED LIFE 

[ebook] Wisdom from the Global Sisterhood: Contemporary Reflections by Catholic Sisters / edited by Joyce Meyer, Michele Morek, Helga Leija, and Jan Cebula  

[ebook] Free for Christ: Religious Obedience and Thomistic Moral Theology / Mary Christa Nutt 

[ebook] The Experiment of the Coming Kingdom: A Dominican Political Theology after Agamben / Richard Steenvoorde 

[ebook] The Way of the Heart: The Spiritual Experience of Andre Louf / Charles Wright (Monastic Wisdom Series, 72) [Belgian Trappist monk] 

SPIRITUALITY 

[print] The Philokalia: The Complete Text, volume 5  

[ebook] Women Mystics / Louis Bouyer

[ebook] The Mystics Would Like a Word: Six Women Who Met God and Found a Spirituality for Today / Shannan K. Evans [Teresa of Ávila, Margery Kempe, Hildegard of Bingen, Julian of Norwich, Catherine of Siena, Thérèse of Lisieux] 

[ebook] Desire and Unity: Augustinian Spirituality for Today / Emmanuel-Marie Le Fébure du Bus 

[ebook] Remembering a Dream: Studies for the Bicentenary of Don Bosco’s Dream of 1824 / Francis J. Moloney 

[ebook] Gifts from Friends We Never Wanted: Biblical Journeys of Grace / Virginia Herbers [failure, disappointment, worry, and others] 

[ebook] The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation / Rod Dreher 

[ebook] Living in Wonder: Finding Mystery and Meaning in a Secular Age / Rod Dreher

SOCIAL ISSUES 

[ebook] Church of Cowards: A Wake-Up Call to Complacent Christians / Matt Walsh 

[ebook] Mothers, Children, and the Body Politic: Ancient Christianity and the Recovery of Human Dignity / Nadya Williams 

[ebook] What Is a Woman?: One Man’s Journey to Answer the Question of a Generation / Matt Walsh 

[ebook] Plundered: The Tangled Roots of Racial and Environmental Injustice / David W. Swanson 

[ebook] Reconciliation as a Controversial Symbol: An Analysis of a Theological Discourse  in South Africa / Demaine J. Solomons

[ebook] Virtue in Virtual Spaces: Catholic Social Teaching and Technology / Louisa Conwill, Megan Lewis, and Walter Scheirer

[ebook] Solidarity and Mercy: The Power of Christian Humanitarian Efforts in Ukraine / Chris Herlinger 

[ebook] Hearts of Compassion, Backbones of Steel: How to Discuss Controversial Topics with Love and Kindness / Michael L. Brown 

ART and FILM 

[print] La Cappella Sistina: cuore e simbolo della Chiesa / Timothy Verdon, 4 volumes  

[ebook] Films for All Seasons: Experiencing the Church Year at the Movies / Abby Olcese 

LITERATURE 

[ebook] Literature: What Every Catholic Should Know / Joseph Pearce 

[ebook] The Passionate Intellect: Dorothy L. Sayers’ Encounter with Dante / Barbara Reynolds