New Titles in Theology, February 2025

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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 month is a book of essays edited by Professor Cindy Cameron: 

[ebook] Nobody’s Perfect: Redefining Sin and Mistakes in Adolescent Christian Education / edited by Cynthia L. Cameron, Lakisha R. Lockhart-Rusch, and Emily A. Peck

PHILOSOPHY and ETHICS 

[ebook] What Would Socrates Say?: An Introduction to Philosophy by the Socratic Method / Peter Kreeft 

[ebook] Why Does Everything Come in Threes?: A Short Book about Everything / Peter Kreeft 

[ebook] The Concept of Ius and the Nature of Law in Thomas Aquinas / edited by Loic-Marie Le Bot and Peter Popovic

[ebook] Major Jesuit Thinkers / edited by Janez Perčič and Johannes Herzgsell 

[ebook] Bothering to Love: James F. Keenan’s Retrieval and Reinvention of Catholic Ethics / Christopher P. Vogt 

PSYCHOLOGY 

[ebook] George Kelly: The Psychology of Personal Constructs / Trevor Butt 

INTERFAITH STUDIES 

[ebook] Truth and Tolerance: Christian Belief and World Religions / Benedict XVI  

[ebook] A Catholic Engagement with Latter-Day Saints / edited by Francis J. Beckwith 

[print] Savoring God: Comparative Theopoetics / Gloria Maité Hernández [comparison of the Spiritual Canticle of St. John of the Cross with the Hindu Rāsa Līlā] 

[print] Encounter and Experience: Enabling an All-Inclusive World-Church, Inspired by Professor Lothar Lies, SJ / edited by Kuruvilla Pandikattu 

CHURCH HISTORY 

[ebook] The True Europe: Its Identity and Mission / Benedict XVI  

[ebook] Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen: Convert Maker / Cheryl C. D. Hughes 

[print] God’s Gentle Rebel: Joseph Kentenich and His Vision of a New World / Christian Feldman [founder of Schoenstatt Apostolic Movement] [ebook] Father Joseph Fessio, S.J: California Blackrobe / Cornelius M. Buckley [Jesuit founder of Ignatius Press] 

[print] The National Catholic Reporter: Beacon of Justice, Community, and Hope: How NCR Has Sustained Independent Journalism from Vatican II to Pope Francis / Lawrence B. Guillot 

SACRED SCRIPTURE 

[ebook] Economics and Empire in the Roman World / edited by Matthew J. M. Coomber (Guide to the Bible and Economics, volume 2) 

[ebook] Luke and the Restoration of Israel / David Ravens  

[ebook] Luke-Acts and the Rhetoric of History: An Investigation of Early Christian Historiography / Clare K. Rothschild 

[ebook] The Reception of Luke and Acts in the Period before Irenaeus: Looking of Luke in the Second Century / Andrew Gregory 

[ebook] Mighty in Word and Deed: The Role of the Holy Spirit in Luke-Acts / James B. Shelton 

[ebook] The Book of Acts in the Setting of Hellenistic History / Colin J. Hemer 

[ebook] Paul: Apostle of the Heart Set Free / F. F. Bruce 

[ebook] Paul Between Damascus and Antioch: The Unknown Years / Martin Hengel and Anna Schwemer

[ebook] Paul, His Letters, and Acts / Thomas E. Phillips 

[ebook] The Origin of Paul’s Gospel / Seyoon Kim 

[ebook] Paul and the New Perspective: Second Thoughts on the Origin of Paul’s Gospel / Seyoon Kim 

[ebook] The Road from Damascus: The Impact of Paul’s Conversion on His Life and Ministry / edited by Richard N. Longenecker  

[ebook] Preaching from the Cross: Paul’s Theology of Proclamation / Frank J. Matera 

[ebook] Reading Hebrews with St. Thomas Aquinas / edited by Matthew Levering, Piotr Roszak, and Jörgen Vijgen 

SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY 

[ebook] This Is Our Faith: An Introduction to Catholicism / Thomas P. Rausch, revised edition [Jesuit author]

[ebook] Essential Vatican II: The Council for the Future Church / edited by Christopher M. Bellitto  

[ebook] The Future of Synodality: How We Move Forward from Here / Kristin M. Colberg and Jos Moons 

[print] Thinking through Aquinas: Essays on God, Humanity, and Christ / Frederick Christian Bauerschmidt 

[ebook] Suffering and Salvation in Ciudad Juarez / Nancy Pineda-Madrid 

[ebook] From Mother of the Redemption to Mother of All Believers: The Mariology of Edward Schillebeeckx / Antoni Nadbrzeżny 

[print] Theology of the Body in John Paul II / Antony Chundelikkat 

[print] Integral Ecology: Reflections on the Eco-Teachings of Pope Francis / F. Antonisamy 

SACRAMENTS AND LITURGY 

[ebook] A Short History of the Roman Mass / Uwe Michael Lang  

[ebook] Sacred Times: A Guide to the General Roman Calendar and the Table of Liturgical Days / Paul Turner  

[ebook] Whose Sacrifice Is the Eucharist?: The Offering of Christ and His Church in Catholic and Methodist Theology / Stephen B. Sours  

[print] The Eucharist and Life: Indian Christian Reflections on the Lord’s Supper / edited by Kurien Kunnumpuram 

[print] Right to Rite: An Unfinished Agenda / Lonappan Arangassery [Syro-Malabar liturgy] 

PASTORAL THEOLOGY 

[ebook] The Exorcist Files: True Stories about the Reality of Evil and How to Defeat It / Carlos Martins  

[ebook] Antistite Nostro: The Episcopal Ministry in the Life of the Local Church / edited by Ryan T. Ruiz and David J. Endres  

[print] Constitutions of the Society of Jesus: A Critical Edition with the Complementary Norms / edited by Barton T. Geger (2024 edition) 

[ebook] Living the Truth in Love: Pastoral Approaches to Same-Sex Attraction / edited by Janet E. Smith 

SPIRITUALITY 

[ebook] Homilies on Moral and Monastic Reform / Isaac of Antioch (Writings from the Greco-Roman World, 49) 

[print] The Mystery of the Triple Gradated Church: A Theological Analysis of the Kt̲ābā d-Massqāt̲ā (Book of Steps) with Particular Reference to the Writings of Aphrahat and John the Solitary / Roselin Aravackal 

[ebook] The Holiness of Ordinary People / Madeleine Delbrêl [20th century French mystic] 

[print] Body Broken for Body Building: Christic Living in a Broken, Global Village / Francis Gonsalves [Indian Jesuit author] 

SOCIAL ISSUES 

[ebook] Fully for Life: Expanding the Pro-Life Agenda / Steven R. Timmermans  

[ebook] Subverted: How I Helped the Sexual Revolution Hijack the Women’s Movement / Sue Ellen Browder 

[ebook] Doing Theology and Theological Ethics in the Face of the Abuse Crisis / edited by Daniel J. Fleming, James F. Keenan, and Hans Zollner

[ebook] The Reconciliation of Humanity in Christ: The Church’s Ministry of Leading and Serving the Globalized World / Peter Y. Hong [globalization]  

[ebook] Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind: Intercultural Cooperation and Its Importance for Survival / Geert H. Hofstede, Gert Jan Hofstede, and Michael Minkov 3rd edition  

LITERATURE  

[ebook] Wisdom and Innocence: A Life of G. K. Chesterton / Joseph Pearce  

[ebook] The World’s Last Night, and Other Essays / C. S. Lewis 

SCIENCE 

[ebook] Christ, Science, and Reason: What We Can Know about Jesus, Mary, and Miracles / Robert J. Spitzer [Jesuit author]