Month: July 2018 (Page 2 of 2)

New Titles Tuesday, July 10

July 10, 2018 / scbrouwer

Here is a selection of the 176 eBooks added to the collection last week. Click on a title for more information. TWU login may be required.

119: my life as a bisexual Christian /Jaime Sommers ; foreword by Canon Jeremy Pemberton.

Art of living, art of dying: spiritual care for a good death /Carlo Leget ; foreword by George Fitchett. This book presents a model and offers examples for discussing existential questions with patients receiving end-of-life care. Updating the Ars Moriendi tradition, this book offers a non-judgmental approach for supporting people through the spiritual aspects of dying.

Beyond the screen: youth ministry for the connected but alone generation /Andrew Zirschky.

Christianophobia: the persecution of Christians under Islam /Raphael Israeli.

The Church guide for making decisions together /Trence Corkin and Julia Kuhn Wallace. A new way of making decisions for churches.

Confronting religious absolutism: Christian humanism and the moral imagination /Catherine M. Wallace.

Crossing boundaries, redefining faith: interdisciplinary perspectives on the emerging church movement /edited by Michael Clawson, April Stace ; foreword by Josh Packard. This volume is the first academic work to adopt an interdisciplinary approach to understanding this complex and boundary-crossing phenomenon known as the emerging church. Containing contributions by researchers from a diverse set of disciplines, this book brings together historical, sociological, ethnographic, anthropological, and theological approaches to offer the most thorough and multifaceted description of the emerging church movement to date.

Does God love everyone?: the heart of what’s wrong with Calvinism /Jerry L. Walls.

Evolution and holiness: sociobiology, altruism, and the quest for Wesleyan perfection /Matthew Nelson Hill.

Finding the will of God: a pagan notion? /Bruce K. Waltke. In this acclaimed book Waltke clearly distinguishes between pagan divination (guessmancy) and solid, Bible-based guidance as he distills from Scripture a six-point program to help guide Jesus followers on their life journey. This expanded and extensively rewritten second edition of Waltke’s Finding the Will of God incorporates the best insights from many other books on guidance that have appeared since the first edition came out (2002), and it includes an entirely new chapter on learning to protect one’s heart.

The gospel of the Lord: how the early church wrote the story of Jesus /Michael F. Bird Bird explores the historical development of the four canonical Gospels. He shows how the memories and faith of the earliest believers formed the Gospel accounts of Jesus that got written and, in turn, how these accounts further shaped the early church. Bird’s study clarifies the often confusing debates over the origins of the canonical Gospels.

The hidden life of Jesus /Antonio Pinero ; translated by Thomas W. Hudgins.

Holiness in the letters of Paul: the necessary response to the gospel /J. Ayodeji Adewuya.

Human trafficking, the Bible, and the Church: a interdisciplinary study /Marion L. S. Carson.

The kaleidoscope effect: what emerging generations seek in leaders /Scott Chrostek.

A long letting go: meditations on losing someone you love /Marilyn Chandler McEntyre.

Medieval wisdom for modern Christians: finding authentic faith in a forgotten age with C.S. Lewis /Chris R. Armstrong. Church historian Chris Armstrong helps readers see beyond modern caricatures of the medieval church to the animating Christian spirit of that age. Medieval Wisdom for Modern Christians explores key ideas, figures, and movements from the Middle Ages in conversation with C.S. Lewis and other thinkers, helping contemporary Christians discover authentic faith and renewal in a forgotten age.

Multifaith chaplaincy in the workplace: how chaplains can support organizations and their employees /Fiona Stewart-Darling.

The origin of the Jews: the quest for roots in a rootless age /Steven Weitzman. Weitzman takes a learned and lively look at what we know – or think we know – about where the Jews came from, when they arose, and how they came to be. This is the first book to trace the history of the different approaches that have been applied to the question, including genealogy, linguistics, archaeology, psychology, sociology, and genetics. Weitzman shows how this quest has been fraught since its inception with religious and political agendas, how anti-Semitism cast its long shadow over generations of learning, and how recent claims about Jewish origins have been difficult to disentangle from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He does not offer neatly packaged conclusions but invites readers on an intellectual adventure, shedding new light on the assumptions and biases of those seeking answers – and the challenges that have made finding answers so elusive.

Peter: false disciple and apostate according to Saint Matthew /Robert H. Gundry. Gundry argues that the ways in which Matthew portrays the apostle Peter fit the description of false disciples and apostates elsewhere in Matthew’s Gospel. After surveying various wide-ranging assessments of Matthew’s portrayal of Peter, Gundry offers a brand-new analysis, examining every Matthean passage where Peter’s name occurs as well as passages where Matthew apparently omitted the name though it occurs in his sources. Gundry places Matthew’s portrayal of Peter within the framework of two major, distinctive themes in the First Gospel — the church as a mixed body of true and false disciples and persecution as exposing false discipleship. Gundry uses this investigation to support his claim that Matthew portrays Peter as a false disciple and apostate, like Judas Iscariot, and that Peter’s denials of Jesus rule him out of God’s kingdom.

The parables of Paul: the master of the metaphor /J. Ellsworth Kalas. Jesus taught with words; Paul taught with pictures.

Political agape: Christian Love and liberal democracy /Timothy P. Jackson.

Preaching the women of the Old Testament: who they were and why they matter /Lynn Japinga.

The rebirth of African orthodoxy: return to foundations /Thomas C. Oden. African orthodoxy today is the same faith that was confessed by Athanasius and Augustine seventeen centuries ago.

Reconcile: conflict transformation for ordinary Christians /John Paul Lederach ; foreword by Bill and Lynne Hybels.

Servants and fools: a biblical theology of leadership /Arthur Boers.

Signposts to God: how modern physics and astronomy point the way to belief /Peter Bussey. In Signposts to God particle physicist Peter Bussey introduces readers to the mysteries of modern physics and astronomy. Written in clear, accessible prose, Bussey provides a primer on topics such as the laws of nature, quantum physics, fine-tuning, and current cosmological models. He shows that despite the remarkable achievements of science, the latest research in these fields does not lead to simple physicalism in which physical processes are able to explain everything that exists. Bussey argues that, far from ruling out a divine Creator, modern physics and astronomy present us with compelling signposts to God.

Signs of the times: seven paths of hope for a troubled world /Jean Vanier ; translation by Ann Shearer.

A survival guide for heretics /Aaron Van Voorhis. A Survival Guide for Heretics reveals that the scandalous heart of Christianity is about the death of religion and the resurrection of a new way of living in the world called the kingdom of God. Drawing upon the fields of psychology, philosophy, and radical theology, this book guides readers step by step.

Sustaining persons, grieving losses: a fresh pastoral approach for the challenges of the dementia journey /Dianne Crowther ; foreword by Neil Pembroke. This pastoral approach emerges from cultural scholarship, rigorous on-the-ground research, and theological reflection on God’s purposes in responding to persons in and beyond the Christian community and offers theologically and culturally informed, practical ways of sustaining persons in the midst of their losses, throughout the dementia journey.

Switch off: the clergy guide to preserving energy and passion for ministry /Heather L. Bradley and Miriam B. Grogan This book will help clergy examine the roles they inhabit and the roles of others around them.

Theology and the end of doctrine /Christine Helmer.

Transfiguring Luther: the planetary promise of Luther’s theology /Vítor Westhelle ; foreword by David Tracy. Transfiguring Luther lifts up and presents the significance of the Reformer–his figure as it is transfigured into diverse contexts, absorbing new contents instead of the traditional bastions that are remarkably in tune with the spirit of the Reformation, thus rekindling it.

An unfinished council: Vatican II, Pope Francis, and the renewal of Catholicism /Richard R. Gaillardetz. This volume describes both the council’s building project itself and the challenges facing the church today if we are to complete the project begun fifty years ago.

When evil strikes: faith and the politics of human hostility /Sunday Bobai Agang. This book offers a relevant and effective theology and ethics for addressing the issue of Christian response to violence in Nigeria and beyond. It situates the whole gamut of the reign of human hostility in its various manifestations: self-interest and greed for power, deception and social injustices, governmental official corruption, terrorism and so on. It encourages humans to take seriously both the fact of God creating humans good and the fall serving as the gateway of evil into the human race. It recognizes the complexity of human problems. Yet it offers possibility for just peacemaking. Thus the book recognizes the paradox of humanity: humans are capable of doing tremendous good and equally capable of doing tremendous evil.

New Titles Tuesday, July 3

July 3, 2018 / scbrouwer

Here are the 26 print books added to the catalogue on the past week. Click on a title for more information or to to place a hold and have the book ready for you within 24 hours.

The book of common prayer: the texts of 1549, 1559, and 1662 /edited with an introduction and notes by Brian Cummings. This edition presents the work in three different states: the first edition of 1549, which brought the Reformation into people’s homes; the Elizabethan prayer book of 1559, familiar to Shakespeare and Milton; and the edition of 1662, which embodies the religious temper of the nation down to modern times.

The boy who was raised as a dog /Bruce D. Perry, MD, PhD, and Maia Szalavitz. Perry explains what happens to the brains of children exposed to extreme stress and shares their lessons of courage, humanity, and hope.

The Cambridge companion to Shakespearean comedy /edited by Alexander Leggatt. This introduction examines the continuity and variety of Shakepeare’s work and the creative use he made of his inherited conventions.

English L2 reading: getting to the bottom /Barbara M. Birch. English L2 Reading, Third Edition offers teachers research-based insights into bottom-up skills in reading English as a second language and a solid foundation on which to build reading instruction. Core linguistic and psycholinguistic concepts are presented within the context of their application to teaching. The goal is to balance or supplement (not replace) top-down approaches and methodologies with effective low-level options for teaching English reading.

Handbook of attachment: theory, research, and clinical applications /edited by Jude Cassidy, Phillip R. Shaver.Widely regarded as the state-of-the-science reference on attachment, this handbook interweaves theory and cutting-edge research with clinical applications. Leading researchers examine the origins and development of attachment theory; present biological and evolutionary perspectives; and explore the role of attachment processes in relationships, including both parent-child and romantic bonds. Implications for mental health and psychotherapy are addressed, with reviews of exemplary attachment-oriented interventions for children and adolescents, adults, couples, and families. Contributors discuss best practices in assessment and critically evaluate available instruments and protocols.

The hate u give /Angie Thomas. Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. What everyone wants to know is: what really went down that night? And the only person alive who can answer that is Starr. But what Starr does or does not say could upend her community. It could also endanger her life.

The high mountains of Portugal /Yann Martel. In Lisbon in 1904, a young man named Tomás discovers an old journal. It hints at the existence of an extraordinary artifact that–if he can find it–would redefine history. Thirty-five years later, a Portuguese pathologist finds himself at the center of a mystery of his own and drawn into the consequences of Tomás’s quest. Fifty years on, a Canadian senator takes refuge in his ancestral village in northern Portugal, and there the century-old quest will come to an unexpected conclusion.

The how of happiness: a new approach to getting the life you want /Sonja Lyubomirsky. The How of Happiness is a comprehensive guide to understanding the elements of happiness based on years of groundbreaking scientific research. It is also a practical, empowering, and easy-to-follow workbook, incorporating happiness strategies, exercises in new ways of thinking, and quizzes for understanding our individuality, all in an effort to help us realize our innate potential for joy and ways to sustain it in our lives. Drawing upon years of pioneering research with thousands of men and women, The How of Happiness is both a powerful contribution to the field of positive psychology and a gift to people who have sought to take their happiness into their own hands.

A modest inquiry into the nature of witchcraft / John Hale. This balanced account of the Salem Village witchcraft trials, including the events leading up to them, was first printed in 1702. The book was written by Reverend John Hale, the pastor of the church in Beverly, Massachusetts. He concludes with the theory that it was Satan, not the witches, who used the manipulation of objects to afflict others. Hale was a participant in the trials, attending them and praying with the accused. This eyewitness account is one of the rarest, having been reprinted once in 1771 and again in 1973.

A noble company: biographical essays on notable Particular-Regular Baptists in America /edited by Terry Wolever.

Sacred fire: a vision for deeper human and Christian maturity /Ronald Rolheiser. With his trademark faculty and thoughtfulness, Rolheiser undertakes the writings of St. John of the Cross and shows how identifying and embracing the three stages of discipleship – Essential, Generative, and Radical – will lead to new heights of spiritual awareness. , Rolheiser takes us on the journey through the dark night of the senses and spirit and shows us we can come together and apply this newfound understanding to our daily lives.

The science of virtue: why positive psychology matters to the church /Mark R. McMinn. This book shows that the new science of virtue–the field of positive psychology–can serve as a bridge point between science and the church and can help renew meaningful conversation. McMinn clarifies how positive psychology can complement Christian faith and promote happiness and personal flourishing. In addition, he shows how the church can help strengthen positive psychology.

Seven fallen feathers: racism, death, and hard truths in a northern city /Tanya Talaga. Over the span of ten years, seven high school students died in Thunder Bay, Ontario. The seven were hundreds of miles away from their families, forced to leave their reserve because there was no high school there for them to attend. Award-winning journalist Tanya Talaga delves into the history of this northern city that has come to manifest, and struggle with, human rights violations past and present against aboriginal communities

The stories we tell: classic true tales by America’s greatest women journalists /edited by Patsy Sims with research by Jamie Ballard and Caitlynne Leary

Thinking about criminal justice in Canada /edited by Karla O’Regan, Susan Reid. Drawing on well-known case studies to connect the book’s theoretical content to real world issues, it lays out the key concepts, terms, and history for readers before shifting its focus to an exploration of key questions and issues in Canadian criminal justice today

Vimy: the battle and the legend /Tim Cook.

Waiting for first light: my ongoing battle with PTSD /Romeo Dallaire with Jessica Dee Humphreys. Waiting for First Light is a no-holds-barred self-portrait of a top political and military figure whose nights are invaded by despair, but who at first light faces the day with the renewed desire to make a difference in the world. Roméo Dallaire, traumatized by witnessing genocide on an imponderable scale in Rwanda, reflects in these pages on the nature of PTSD and the impact of that deep wound on his life since 1994, and on how he motivates himself and others to humanitarian work despite his constant struggle.

The wisdom way of knowing: reclaiming an ancient tradition to awaken the heart /Cynthia Bourgeault; foreword by Thomas Moore. Drawing on resources as diverse as Sufism, Benedictine Monasticism, the Gurdjieff Work, and the string theory of modern physics, Bourgeault has crafted her own unique vision of the Wisdom way in this very accessible book, nicely balanced between concept and practice.

Wittgenstein’s religious point of view /Tim Labron. This book clarifyies the overall nature(s) of Wittgenstein’s philosophies (the early and the later) and then by exploring the idea of a religious point of view as an analogy for a philosophy. As a result, the author reveals the concordance between the later Wittgenstein and central aspects of Hebraic thought. Although perhaps this ought not to be surprising (Wittgenstein himself described his thought as ‘one hundred per cent Hebraic’), the truth of the matter has been obscured by popular supposition that Wittgenstein was anti-Semitic.

Women and the criminal justice system: a Canadian perspective /edited by Jane Barker, D. Scharie Tavcer. This text provides a current and comprehensive overview of women and the Canadian criminal justice system. The content includes everything from an accessible overview of essential theory, to practical challenges such as mental health issues and community reintegration, to an examination of women’s roles and careers in the field of criminal justice.