New Titles in Theology, October to November 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).

PHILOSOPHY

[ebook] The Catholicity of Reason / D. C. Schindler

[ebook] The Christian Intellectual Tradition from the Reformation to the Modern Era: A Reader and Companion / Josh A. Reeves, Kirstin Anderson Birkhaug, Annalise J. K. DeVries, Gabrielle Stanton Ray, and Jennifer Woodruff Tait

[ebook] The Concept of Woman: A Synthesis in One Volume / Prudence Allen [an abridged version of the three volume set]

[ebook] Maurice Blondel: A Philosophical Life / Oliva Blanchette

ETHICS

[ebook] Bioethics for Nurses: A Christian Moral Vision / Alicia N. Mack and Charles C. Camosy

[ebook] Capital Punishment and Roman Catholic Moral Tradition / E. Christian Brugger (2nd edition)

JUDAISM and CHRISTIANITY

[ebook] In God’s Presence: A Theological Reintroduction to Judaism / Alon Goshen-Gottstein

[ebook] From Sinai to Rome: Jewish Identity in the Catholic Church / edited by Angela Costley and Gavin D’Costa

[ebook] Jewish Trinity: Contemporary Christian Theology through Jewish Eyes / Alan Brill [six topics in contemporary Christian theology: Trinity, original sin, incarnation, salvation, messianism, and covenant]

CHURCH HISTORY

[ebook] Beginning from Jerusalem / James D. G. Dunn (Christianity in the Making, volume 2) [30 to 70 A.D.]

[ebook] Domination: The Fall of the Roman Empire and the Rise of Christianity / Alice Roberts

[paper] Pietrino del Ponte nella storia dell’Ordine Gerosolimitano / Lorenzo Schiavone [16th century Grand Master of the Order of St. John]

[ebook] Black Church Beginnings: The Long-Hidden Realities of the First Years / Henry H. Mitchell [early African American Christianity]

[paper] The Church of St Elizabeth of Portugal, Richmond: A Bicentennial History / Joanna Bogle

[paper] Abbé Pierre: la fabrique d’un saint / Laetitia Cherel, Marie-France Etchegoin [popular French priest accused after death of having been a sexual predator]

[ebook] Why I Remain a Gay Catholic: A Spiritual-Sexual Journey / Paul F. Morrissey[biography of an American Augustinian priest]

[ebook] Christians and Christianity in India Today: Historical, Theological, and Missiological Assessments / edited by Lalsankima Pachuau and Allan Varghese Meloottu

[ebook] Serving God under Siege: How War Transformed a Ukrainian Community / Valentyn Syniy [Evangelical bible school in Ukraine]

[paper] La Diplomazia umanitaria dell’Ordine di Malta / Ugo Patroni Griffi and Antonio Leandro [international diplomacy to advance humanitarian relief]

SACRED SCRIPTURE

[ebook] Opening up the Scriptures: Joseph Ratzinger and the Foundations of Biblical Interpretation / edited by José Granados, Carlos Granados, and Luis Sánchez-Navarro

[ebook] Under the Shade Tree: Reading the Bible in Africa / Joseph Ogbonnaya

[ebook] The Bible after Babel: Historical Criticism in a Postmodern Age / John J. Collins

[ebook] Biblical Hebrew: An Introductory Grammar / Page H. Kelley, 2nd edition

[ebook] Grounded Theology in the Hebrew Bible: Exploring the Cultural Context that Formed Ancient Israel / Elizabeth Backfish and Cynthia Shafer-Elliott

[ebook] The Authority of the Septuagint: Biblical, Historical, and Theological Approaches / edited by Gregory R. Lanier and William A. Ross

[ebook] Biblical History and Israel’s Past: The Changing Study of the Bible and History / Megan Bishop Moore and Brad E. Kelle

[ebook] The Ten Commandments through the Ages / Sara M. Koenig

[ebook] The House of David: Between Political Formation and Literary Revision / Mahri Leonard-Fleckman

[ebook] Jeremiah 46-51 / H. G. L. (Eric) Peels (Historical Commentary on the Old Testament)

[ebook] The Biblical Psalms in Christian Worship: A Brief Introduction & Guide to Resources / John D. Witvliet

[paper] Sing a New Song: The Psalms in Medieval Art and Life / edited by Roger S. Wieck [exhibition at the Morgan Library & Museum, New York]

[ebook] Facing the Mob: Rome, the Crowd, and the New Testament / Benjamin Browning [civil unrest in the early Roman Empire]

[ebook] Jesus, the Temple, and Early Christian Memory / Scott K. Brevard

[ebook] Christmaker: A Life of John the Baptist / James F. McGrath

[ebook] A Commentary on the Gospel of John / Johannes Beutler [Jesuit author]

[ebook] The Fourth Synoptic Gospel: John’s Knowledge of Matthew, Mark, and Luke / Mark Goodacre

[ebook] The Gospel of John: A Commentary / Craig S. Keener

[ebook] John: A Pastoral and Contextual Commentary / Johnson Thomaskutty (Asia Bible Commentary)

[ebook] Becoming the Gospel: Paul, Participation, and Mission / Michael J. Gorman

[ebook] Romans Part 1, Chapters 1-8 / N.T. Wright (Paul for Everyone)

[ebook] Romans Part 2, Chapters 9-16 / N.T. Wright (Paul for Everyone)

[ebook] Conflict and Community in Corinth: A Sociorhetorical Commentary on 1 and 2 Corinthians / Ben Witherington, III

[ebook] Life in a Lifeless World: Encountering Jesus in the Book of Hebrews / Michael Kibbe

[ebook] 1, 2, and 3 John / Mavis M. Leung (New Testament Discourse Analysis Commentaries)

[ebook] The Book of Revelation / David Burr (The Bible in Medieval Tradition)

[ebook] A Commentary on the Apocalypse of John / Edmondo F. Lupieri

SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY

[ebook] Challenging Modern Atheism and Indifference: Pascal’s Defence of the Christian Proposition / Pierre Manent [ebook] The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions / Marcus Borg and N. T. Wright

[ebook] The Church of the Word Incarnate: An Essay in Speculative Theology, volume 2: The Internal Structure of the Church / Charles Journet

[ebook] Analogia entis: Metaphysics: Original Structure and Universal Rhythm / Erich Przywara

[ebook] Theo-Drama: Theological Dramatic Theory, volume 1: Prolegomena / Hans Urs von Balthasar

[ebook] Theo-Drama: Theological Dramatic Theory, volume 2: The Dramatis personae, Man in God / Hans Urs von Balthasar

[ebook] Theo-Drama: Theological Dramatic Theory, volume 3: The Dramatis personae, the Person in Christ / Hans Urs von Balthasar

[ebook] Theo-Drama: Theological Dramatic Theory, volume 4: The Action / Hans Urs von Balthasar

[ebook] Theo-Drama: Theological Dramatic Theory, volume 5: The Last Act / Hans Urs von Balthasar

[paper] The Truth of Christian Gnosis / Jean Borella

[ebook] Communion of Churches and Petrine Ministry: Lutheran-Catholic Convergences / Group of Farfa Sabina

[ebook] Can a Renewal Movement Be Renewed?: Questions for the Future of Ecumenism / Michael Kinnamon

[paper] The Sacramental Mystery / Paul Haffner (3rd edition)

[ebook] Christian Theology in the Pluralistic World: A Global Introduction / Velli-Matti Kärkkäinen

[ebook] The Cross and the Olive Tree: Cultivating Palestinian Theology amid Gaza / edited by John S. Munayer and Samuel S. Munayer

[ebook] Born from Lament: The Theology and Politics of Hope in Africa / Emmanuel Katongole

[paper] The World as God’s Icon: Creator and Creation in the Platonic Thought of Thomas Aquinas / Sebastian Morello

[ebook] Beyond Immanence: The Theological Vision of Kierkegaard and Barth / Alan J. Torrance and Andrew B. Torrance

[ebook] Marie-Dominique Chenu: Catholic Theology for a Changing World / Mary-Kate Holman [Dominican theologian]

[ebook] The Spirit Poured out on All Flesh: Pentecostalism and the Possibility of Global Theology / Amos Yong

[ebook] Evangelical Theological Aesthetics: A Theology of Beauty and Perception / Ryan Currie [Balthasar-related]

PASTORAL THEOLOGY

[ebook] The Gospel after Christendom: An Introduction to Cultural Apologetics / edited by Collin Hansen, Skyler R. Flowers, and Ivan Mesa [evangelisation in post-Christian societies]

[ebook] Cultivating Competence: The Ministry of Leadership Development / Sarah B. Drummond

[ebook] The Office and Authority of the Local Prior in the Order of Saint Augustine / Leo XIV [the pope’s 1987 doctoral thesis]

[ebook] Keeping Faith: How Christian Organisations Around the World Can Stay True to the Way of Jesus / Stephen Judd, John Swinton, and Kara Martin

[ebook] The Justice of Jesus: Reimagining Your Church’s Life Together to Pursue Liberation and Wholeness / Joash P. Thomas

[ebook] More than Half Way Home: A Story of Accompaniment in the Shadows of Incarceration / Dustin Feddon [Joseph House, a home and community for men released from prison]

LITURGY

[ebook] Full of Your Glory: Liturgy, Cosmos, Creation: Papers from the 5th Yale ISM Liturgy Conference, June 18-21, 2018 / edited by Teresa Berger

[ebook] Liturgy’s Imagine Past/s: Methodologies and Materials in the Writing of Liturgical History Today / edited by Teresa Berger and Bryan D. Spinks

[ebook] Liturgical Spirituality / Philip H. Pfatteicher

SPIRITUALITY

[ebook] Christian Meditation / Hans Urs von Balthasar

[ebook] In the Light of the Gospel: Short Meditations / Fernando Ocariz [author is prelate of Opus Dei]

[ebook] How Christians Can Succeed Today: Reclaiming the Genius of the Early Church / Greg Sheridan [includes chapters about Bishop Robert Barron, Vice President Mike Pence, psychologist Jordan Peterson, novelist Marilynne Robinson, film director Dallas Jenkins, historian Niall Ferguson]

[ebook] Souvenirs of the Holy: Encountering God through Everyday Objects / Laurie M. Brock

[paper] Feast Faith Flourish: Holistic Wellness in Light of Eternity / by Katie Gearns, Samantha Worthing, and photographer Elissa Voss [based on columns in The Ember Journal, a publication for women]

SOCIAL ISSUES

[ebook] Church, State, and Society: An Introduction to Catholic Social Doctrine / J. Brian Benestad (2nd edition)

[paper] Politics and Faith in a Polarized World: A Challenge for Catholics / John Milloy

[ebook] Why Christians Should Be Leftists / Phil Christman

[ebook] Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook / Mark Bray

[ebook] Christian Hospitality and Muslim Immigration in an Age of Fear / Matthew Kaemingk

[ebook] A Pilgrim People: Becoming a Catholic Peace Church / Gerald Schlabach

[ebook] A Just Peace Ethic Primer: Building Sustainable Peace and Breaking Cycles of Violence / edited by Eli S. McCarthy

[ebook] Religious Peacebuilding in the Democratic Republic of Congo / Roger B. Alfani

[ebook] Blessings of the Burden: Reflections and Lessons in Helping the Homeless / Alan R. Burt

[ebook] Beyond the Abortion Wars: A Way Forward for a New Generation / Charles C. Camosy

EDUCATION