New Titles Tuesday, January 9

Just 3 print items were added to the collection over the Christmas break. Click on the title for more information.

 Atlas of global Christianity, 1910-2010 /editors, Todd M. Johnson, Kenneth R. Ross ; managing editor, Sandra S.K. Lee. The Atlas of Global Christianity is a thorough visual reference of the changing status of global Christianity over the 100 years since the epoch-making ‘Edinburgh 1910’ World Missionary Conference. It is the first scholarly atlas to depict the 20th century shift of Christianity from the Global North to the Global South. Contextual information on world issues and world religions is included. The atlas is ecumenical in that it covers every Christian tradition. This is the first atlas to incorporate historical essays on Christianity 1910-2010 by scholars from each region of the world. Included is a CD that contains all maps and graphs ready for classroom use.

 Feminism and theatre /Sue-Ellen Case; with a foreword by Elaine Aston. This classic study is both an introduction to, and an overview of, the relationship between feminism and theatre. The reissued edition features a new Foreword by Elaine Aston who examines the context in which Case’s book was written, the influence it has had, subsequent developments in the field and the continued importance of the work.

 King and Messiah as Son of God: divine, human, and angelic Messianic figures in biblical and related literature /Adela Yarbro Collins & John J. Collins. Both highly regarded scholars, Adela Yarbro Collins and John J. Collins argue that Jesus was called “the Son of God” precisely because he was believed to be the messianic king. This belief and tradition, they contend, led to the identification of Jesus as preexistent, personified Wisdom, or a heavenly being in the New Testament canon. However, the titles Jesus is given are historical titles tracing back to Egyptian New Kingdom ideology. Therefore the title “Son of God” is likely solely messianic and not literal. King and Messiah as Son of God is distinctive in its range, spanning both Testaments and informed by ancient Near Eastern literature and Jewish noncanonical literature.