New Titles Tuesday, Sept 10

In the past week 84 titles added to the library’s collection; below is a sample. Click on a link for more information.

All you need is love and other lies about marriage: a proven strategy to make your marriage work, from a leading couples therapist /John W. Jacobs.
This title examines why marriages today are incredibly fragile, and stresses that unless a couple understands what is making contemporary marriage so vulnerable to dissolution, the marriage is at risk.

Exclusion and embrace: a theological exploration of identity, otherness, and reconciliation /Miroslav Volf.
This title proposes the idea of embrace as a theological response to the problem of exclusion.

Francis & Clare of Assisi: selected writings /foreword by Michael Morris; translation by Regis J. Armstrong and Ignatius C. Brady; edited by Emilie Griffin.
A collection of works from Francis and Clare of Assisi in a poignant presentation of the power of faith and simplicity that speaks powerfully to us in our hectic world.

Gods, heroes, and monsters: a sourcebook of Greek, Roman, and Near Eastern myths in translation /edited by Carolina López-Ruiz, The Ohio State University.
This anthology of Greek, Roman, and Near Eastern myths stresses cultural continuities and comparisons, showing how Greek and Roman myths did not emerge in a vacuum but rather evolved from and interacted with their counterparts in the ancient Near East.

The Hutterian people: ritual and rebirth in the evolution of communal life /Peter H. Stephenson.
This title attempts to understand the role which ritual has played for five centuries in the evolution of the Hutterian culture, and a refinement of our understanding of ritual itself.

The illustrated letters of Jane Austen /selected and introduced by Penelope Hughes-Hallett.
An illustrated account of the letters and correspondence of Jane Austen. This book is illustrated with portraits, facsimile letters, topographical engravings and fashion plates, all helping to bring to life the world Jane Austen inhabited.

On faith and reason /Thomas Aquinas; edited, with introductions, by Stephen F. Brown.
The selections included in this anthology, drawn from a variety of Aquinas’ works, focus on the roles of reason and faith in philosophy and theology. Expanding on these themes are Aquinas’ discussions of the nature and domain of theology.

Refugees and ambassadors: Mennonite missions in Brazil /by Victor Wiens.
This title examines the story of how Mennonites came to Brazil in 1930 through the lenses of history, theology, training and church growth.

Uncentering the Earth: Copernicus and The revolutions of the heavenly spheres /William T. Vollmann.
This title navigates Nicolaus Copernicus’ text “The Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres”, and provides a fresh and enlightening explication of Copernicus, his book, and his time.