New Titles in Theology, December 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 edited by a faculty member at Regis St. Michael’s: 

[ebook] The Gift of Theology: The Contribution of Kathryn Tanner / edited by Rosemary P. Carbine and Hilda P. Koster 

PHILOSOPHY and ETHICS 

[ebook] Body and Identity: A History of the Empty Self / Angela Franks 

[ebook] The Sexual Person: Toward a Renewed Catholic Anthropology / Todd A. Salzman and Michael G. Lawler 

[ebook] Catholic Bioethics and Social Justice: The Praxis of US Health Care in a Globalized World / M. Therese Lysaught 

INTER-RELIGIOUS STUDIES 

[ebook] Christian Responses to Five Views of the Bhagavad Gita: Entry into Dialogue / edited by Tom Wilson 

[ebook] Christian-Muslim Dialogue: Encounter and Co-Existence / Gregory MacDonald [the situation in Australia] 

[ebook] 111 Questions on Islam: On Islam and the West / Khalil Samir [interviews with a Jesuit] 

CHURCH HISTORY 

[ebook] Arians and Vandals of the 4th-6th Centuries: Annotated Translations of the Historical Works by Bishops Victor of Vita and Victor of Tonnena, and of the Religious Works by Bishop Victor of Cartenna  and Saints Ambrose and Athanasius / edited by John R. C. Martyn 

[paper] Highways and Byways: Discovering Catholic England / Nicholas Schofield  

[paper] Ignatius in the Holy Land: A Guided Pilgrimage / Josef Briffa 

[paper] Condemned: The Twenty-Six Martyrs of Japan / Gene Pelc [historical novel] 

[ebook] St. Madeleine Sophie Barat: Leadership in a Divided World / Juliet Mousseau [19th century French woman religious] 

[paper] The Basilians, 1822–2022: Adapting to a Changing Church in a Changing World / Ron Griffin and Michael Hayden  

[ebook] “Papists” and Prejudice: Popular Anti-Catholicism and Anglo-Irish Conflict in the North East of England, 1845-70 / Jonathan Bush 

[ebook] Martyrs of Hope: Seven U.S. Missioners in Central America / Donna Whitson Brett and Edward T. Brett 

[ebook] Chinese Church in Context: Voices from Downunder / Grace Kwan Sik Tsoi and Philip P. Chia [Chinese Christians in Australia] 

UNITED STATES CHURCH HISTORY 

[ebook] Augustus Tolton: The Church Is the True Liberator / Joyce Duriga (People of God Series) [first United States Black Catholic priest] 

[ebook] Persons of Color and Religious at the Same Time: The Oblate Sisters of Providence, 1826-1860 / Diane Batts Morrow 

[ebook] Black Women Activists in Nineteenth Century New Orleans: Marie Laveaux and Henriette Delille / Tammie Jenkins 

[ebook] The New Orleans Sisters of the Holy Family: African American Missionaries to the Garifuna of Belize / Edward Tracy Brett 

[ebook] A Cry for Justice: Daniel Rudd and His Life in Black Catholicism, Journalism, and Activism, 1854-1933 / Gary Bruce Agee 

[ebook] Desegregating the Altar: The Josephites and the Struggle for Black Priests, 1871-1960 / Stephen J. Ochs 

[ebook] New Women of the Old Faith: Gender and American Catholicism in the Progressive Era / Kathleen Sprows Cummings 

[ebook] Black and Catholic in the Jim Crow South: The Stuff that Makes Community / Danny Duncan Collum 

[ebook] Black Elk: The Life of an American Visionary / Joe Jackson [Lakota holy man who became a Catholic] 

[ebook] Black, White, and Catholic: New Orleans Interracialism, 1947-1956 / R. Bentley Anderson  

[ebook] Thea’s Song: The Life of Thea Bowman / Charlene Smith [biography of a Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration] 

[ebook] No Price Too High: A Pentecostal Preacher Becomes Catholic: The Inspirational Story of Alex Jones / Alex Jones 

[paper] Faith of our Fathers: A Brief History of Catholic Traditionalism in the United States from Triumph to Traditionis custodes / Stuart Chessman 

[ebook] Grace Unbound: The Sacred Activism of an Orthodox Bishop / Demetrios C. Kantzevelos and Patra McSharry Sevastiades [about American Greek Orthodox bishop working with AIDS patient and man on death row] 

[ebook] Each in Our Own Language: Symbolization and Social Ethics in Rural America / Benjamin M. Durheim 

SACRED SCRIPTURE 

[ebook] Angels in the Bible / George M. Smiga 

[ebook] The Bible and Science: Longing for God in a Science-Dominated World / Vincent M. Smiles 

[ebook] The Bible and Homosexual Practice: Texts and Hermeneutics / Robert A. J. Gagnon  

[ebook] The Undivided Heart: Law, Morality, Human Nature, and Ethical Theory in Ancient Israel and Second Temple Judaism / Zachary Alan Starr 

[ebook] The Torah Mosaic: Introducing the Pentateuch in Its Complex Unity / Tracy J. McKenzie 

[ebook] Lot’s Wife in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Traditions / Josey Bridges Snyder 

[ebook] Exodus: An Introduction and Commentary / Paul R. Williamson (Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries)  

[ebook] Reading the Song of Songs with St. Thomas Aquinas / Serge-Thomas Bonino [Dominican author] 

[ebook] Jewish Foundations of the New Testament: Addressing the Roots of Anti-Semitism / Jesper Svartvik 

[ebook] Preaching and Teaching Difficult Texts of the New Testament / Brian Murawski 

[ebook] Whispers of Revolution: Jesus and the Coming of God as King / Michael F. Bird [the “historical Jesus”] 

[ebook] Be Good Bankers: The Economic Interpretation of Matthew’s Gospel, with a Fresh Translation / Michael Pakaluk 

[ebook] The Characterisation of Jesus the Davidic Shepherd in Mark’s Gospel: A Narrative Analysis through the Lens of Metalepsis / Edward Yiu-Ming Leung  

[ebook] The Apostle Paul and the Pauline Tradition / Stephen Finlan 

[ebook] The Ideal Bishop: Aquinas’s Commentaries on the Pastoral Epistles / Michael G. Sirilla 

[ebook] A Body You Have Prepared for Me: The Spirituality of the Letter to the Hebrews / Kevin B. McCruden 

[ebook] Lady Eclecte: The Lost Woman of the New Testament / Lincoln H. Blumell [1 John] 

[ebook] Apocalyptic Ecology: The Book of Revelation, the Earth, and the Future / Micah D. Kiel 

SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY 

[ebook] Nicaea for Today : Why an Ancient Creed (Still) Matters / Coleman M. Ford and Shawn J. Wilhite 

[ebook] Apostolicity Then and Now: An Ecumenical Church in a Postmodern World / John J. Burkhard 

[ebook] A Council by Another Name?: The Synod on Synodality and What Comes Next / Chistoph Theobald (Jesuit author) 

[ebook] Synodality: Concept, Reality and Promise / Nihal Abeyasingha  

[ebook] Bread Grows in Winter / Ida Friederike Görres [German writer described by Bishop Erik Varden of Trondheim as “one of the seminal Catholic thinkers of the twentieth century”] 

[ebook] Is God Absent?: Faith, Atheism, and Our Search for Meaning / Anslem Grün, Tomás Halik, and Winfried Nonhoff 

[ebook] An Introduction to Theological Anthropology: Humans, Both Creaturely and Divine / Joshua R. Farris [Evangelical] 

[ebook] Autism, Humanity and Personhood: A Christ-Centred Theological Anthropology / Jennifer Anne Cox  

[ebook] Angels and Demons: A Christian Primer of the Spiritual World / Michael Patella [ebook] Catholic Perspectives on Reform / Michael Seewald  

[ebook] The Earth Is the Lord’s: A Natural Law Theory of Property / Liam de los Reyes 

[ebook] Ambrose of Milan, Christian Sage: Resourcing Humanity and Goodness from Late Antiquity / Robert L. Grant  

[ebook] Love Seeking Understanding: Aquinas, Balthasar, and the Renewal of Sapiential Theology / edited by Michael Altenburger and Jacob Wood 

[ebook] Bernard of Clairvaux: Theologian of the Cross / Anthony N. S. Lane  

[ebook] The Christian Phenomenon: A Once and Future Church: The Vision of Teilhard de Chardin / Louis M. Savary 

[paper] St. Edith Stein’s Aesthetic: Beauty and Sanctity / Elizabeth A. Mitchell  

[ebook] A Science-Theology Rapprochement: Pannenberg, Peirce, and Lonergan in Conversation / Cyril Orji 

[ebook] Black Theology and Ideology: Deideological Dimensions in the Theology of James H. Cone / Harry H. Singleton, III  

[ebook] The DARE Primer on Global Queer Theologies / edited by Lisa Sherwood and Hugo Córdova Quero 

[ebook] Theology and the LGBTQ+ Community: Historical Perspectives and Contemporary Challenges / Luis Corréa Limagy [Jesuit author] 

PASTORAL THEOLOGY 

[ebook] A Theology of the Parish: The Face of the Church in Challenging Times / William A. Clark [Jesuit author]

[ebook] Catholic Cultures: How Parishes Respond to the Changing Face of Catholicism / Patricia Wittberg 

[ebook] Communal Discernment: A Lamp for Our Synodal Journey / Michael Bacq and the Esdac Team [group decision making, with Jesuit focus] 

 [ebook] Deacons: Spiritual and Practical Formation / Owen F. Cummings 

[ebook] The Art of Winning Souls: Pastoral Care of Novices / Michael Casey (Monastic Wisdom Series, 35) 

[ebook] Spiritual Abuse and Healthy Accompaniment: Insights from Psychology and Theology / Katarina Anna Fuchs and Stefania de Vito 

 [ebook] Visions and Vocations / The Catholic Women Speak Network 

[ebook] Young Latino Catholics: Stories of Faith / edited by Hosffman Ospino and Timothy Matovina 

LITURGY 

[paper] Liturgical Institutions: An Abridged Edition / Prosper Guéranger 

 [ebook] The Worshiping Body: Chenu, Liturgy, and Sacraments / edited by Joris Geldhofh, Samuel Goyvaerts, and Tom McLean 

[paper] All Time Belongs to Him: Seasons and Feasts of the Lord / Hugh Gilbert 

 [ebook] The Book of Before and After: The Liturgy of the Hours of the Church of the East / edited by Andrew Younan 

[ebook] The Canticles of the Liturgical Hours: Praise from the Ends of the Earth / Gregory J. Polan 

[ebook] Announcing the Feast: The Entrance Song in the Mass of the Roman Rite / Jason J. McFarland 

[ebook] Sermons for Lent and the Easter Season / Bernard of Clairvaux (Cistercian Fathers Series, 52) 

[ebook] Blessing the World: Ritual and Lay Piety in Medieval Religion / Derek A. Rivard [liturgical blessings]

[ebook] The Green Funeral: Honoring the Environment while Beautifying Funeral Practices / Sequola Dawson 

SPIRITUALITY 

[ebook] Martyrs, Monks, and Mystics: An Introduction to Christian Spirituality / Michael J. McClymond 

[ebook] Benedict’s Rule: A Translation and Commentary / Terrence G. Kardong  

[paper] Cistercian Mysticism / edited by Aage Rydstrøm-Poulsen, Daniel Marcel La Corte, and Rose Marie Tillisch  

[ebook] The Carmelite Tradition / Steven Payne (Spirituality in History Series)  

[ebook] Discovering Your Personal Vocation: The Search for Meaning through the Spiritual Exercises / Herbert Alphonso [Jesuit] 

[ebook] Abandonment to Divine Providence / Jean-Pierre de Caussade  

[ebook] Faith for the Heart: A “Catholic” Spirituality / Thomas H. Groome 

[ebook] The Catholic Spiritual Journey: Responding to Today’s Challenges / James J. Bacik 

[ebook] The Mystery of God’s Mercy: Stories and Meditations / George T. Montague 

[ebook] Praying by Hand, Praying with Beads: A Universal Form of Prayer / Thomas Ryan 

[ebook] What Are You Looking For?: Seeking the God Who Is Seeking You / Joan Chittister 

[ebook] At Play in Creation: Merton’s Awakening to the Feminine Divine / Christoper Pramuk 

[ebook] Women, Earth, and Creator Spirit / Elizabeth A. Johnson, revised edition 

[ebook] 24/7 Christian: The Secular Vocation of the Laity / Christine M. Fletcher 

[ebook] The Art of Kindness: Relating More Deeply with Self, Others, and God: 100 Journeys in Spiritual Wellness / Robert J. Wicks 

[ebook] Survival: Radical Spiritual Practices for Trauma Survivors / Karen O’Donnell 

[paper] Rebel Believers: Confronting the World with Christian Optimism / Paul Graas [young people practising Christian virtue in a secular world] 

[ebook] Catechesis with the Spirit: The Ten Paths of Catechetical Spirituality / Victor M. Fernandez [author is Cardinal Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith] 

SOCIAL ISSUES 

[ebook] Doing Faithjustice: An Introduction to Catholic Social Thought and Action / Fred Kammer, 4th edition [Jesuit author] 

[ebook] The Abolition of Woman: How Radical Feminism Is Betraying Women / Fiorella Nash  

[ebook] Adam and Eve after the Pill: Paradoxes of the Sexual Revolution / Mary Eberstadt 

[ebook] Adam and Eve after the Pill, Revisited / Mary Eberstadt 

EDUCATION 

[ebook] Catholic Education: Universal Principles, Locally Applied / edited by Andrew B. Morris  

[paper] Introduction to the Anthropology of Integration: A Handbook for Teachers, Educators and Parents / Mark Georges [values and virtue education] 

[ebook] The Education of Blacks in the South, 1860-1935 / James D. Anderson 

[ebook] Beneath the Roar and the Tumult: Promoting Radical Hospitality and Belonging in College Classrooms / edited by Rachel Wheeler and Karen E. Eifler 

ART 

[ebook] The Art of Saint John’s Bible: The Complete Reader’s Guide / Susan Sink  

[paper] Dublin’s Stained Glass: A Guide to the Finest Twentieth Century Windows / David Caron 

[paper] To the Holy Sepulcher: Treasures from the Terra Sancta Museum in Jerusalem / Xavier F. Salomon 

SCIENCE 

[ebook] God, the Science, the Evidence: The Dawn of a Revolution / Michel-Yves Bollore and Olivier Bonnassies