Month: March 2021 (Page 2 of 2)

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 “Give us good measure”: an economic analysis of relations between the Indians and the Hudson’s Bay Company before 1763 / Arthur J. Ray and Donald B. Freeman. The early Hudson’s Bay Company fur trade brought together two distinctly different cultural groups, the European and the Indian. Vast differences in social values and political structures, in technological sophistication, and in the means of producing and distributing goods marked the disparity between the two groups.

 A concise glossary of contemporary literary theory / Jeremy Hawthorn. This third edition of Hawthorn’s acclaimed glossary contains a host of new terms, revises many of the previous entries (sometimes very substantially), and includes both an expanded bibliography and detailed recommendations for further reading.

 Canada 1911: the decisive election that shaped the country / Patrice Dutil and David MacKenzie. Canada 1911 revisits and re-examines this momentous turn in Canadian history, when Canadians truly found themselves at a parting of the ways. It was Canada’s first great modern election and one of the first expressions of the birth of modern Canada. The poet Rudyard Kipling famously wrote at the time that this election was nothing less than a fight for Canada’s soul. This book will explain why.

 Christianity and colonialism / by Robert Delavignette ; translated from the French by J.R. Foster. An analysis of the history of European colonialism with emphasis on the nineteenth century and of the attitudes of Christianity toward both colonization and decolonization. The author begins his study by describing the peak of colonialism in the nineteenth century and then he traces the reasons for colonization–both economic and social. His detailed comments give special attention to the distinctive features of European colonization and the difficult problems raised by racial bias. The dynamic role play by Christianity in the history of colonialism is the subject of the second part of this volume. The author discusses such factors as the initial evangelization, the teaching of the Church, and the political and sociological difficulties of the missions. Consideration is also given to the Protestant and Russian Orthodox Churches for their valuable and unique contributions to colonial development. In the third part, the author takes up the question of the Church as one of many political influences in the current process of decolonization.

Luke 1: a commentary on the Gospel of Luke 1:1-9:50 / by François Bovon ; translated by Christine M. Thomas ; edited by Helmut Koester. This is the first of a three-volume commentary on the Gospel of Luke, covering the birth narratives through the Galilean ministry of Jesus. The introduction covers the text-critical questions of the Gospel, as well as its canonization, language, structure, origin, and theological profile. Bovon argues that Luke is not a direct student of Paul, but represents a specific form of the Pauline school in the third generation of the churches. The author also treats how the Gospel was used in later generations: writers from the early church, the Middle Ages, and the Reformation. He includes excursuses on “The Virgin Birth and the History of Religions,” “The Devil,” “The Word of God,” and “Forgiveness of Sins. Luke 2; Luke 3

Manual of Zen Buddhism / Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki. An anthology from Zen Buddhism’s most important original sources.

 Mark: a commentary / by Adela Yarbro Collins ; edited by Harold W. Attridge. Yarbro Collins brings to bear on the text of the first Gospel the latest historical-critical perspectives, providing a full treatment of such controversial issues as the relationship of canonical Mark to the “Secret Gospel of Mark” and the text of the Gospel, including its longer endings. She situates the Gospel, with its enigmatic portrait of the misunderstood Messiah, in the context of Jewish and Greco-Roman literature of the first century. The commentary also introduces an impressive store of data on the language and style of Mark, illustrated from papyrological and epigraphical sources.

 Napoleon III: buffoon, modern dictator, or sphinx? / edited by Samuel M. Osgood.

 On being reformed: distinctive characteristics and common misunderstandings / I. John Hesselink. A book about what Reformed churches and Reformed Christians believe, written in an interesting way by answering eleven common misunderstandings of faith and life. This approach makes the book accessible to the average inquirer while also giving solid answers to many of the objections.

 The Indian history of British Columbia. The impact of the white man / Wilson Duff. First published in 1965, The Indian History of British Columbia: The Impact of the White Man remains an important book thanks to Duff’s rigorous scholarship. It is an excellent overview of the history of the interaction between the First Nations of British Columbia and the colonial cultures that came to western North America. The Impact of the White Man stands alone and is, indeed, a mainstay of anthropology and history in British Columbia. The publishers have added more photographs, an appendix updating the names and territories of British Columbia First Nations, a new list of recommended reading, and an index.

The Johannine letters: a commentary on 1, 2, and 3 John / by Georg Strecker ; translation by Linda M. Maloney ; edited by Harold Attridge. The three Johannine letters near the end of the New Testament, which are traditionally linked with the Gospel of John, address important issues in the theology and life of the early Christians. Strecker’s translation with commentary is a work of serious scholarship.

 The spirit of revival: discovering the wisdom of Jonathan Edwards / Archie Parrish and R.C. Sproul ; with the complete, modernized text of The distinguishing marks of a work of the Spirit of God. In his thorough exploration of the true and false signs of revival, drawn from 1 John 4, Edwards concludes that while a movement may be accompanied by excess and questionable actions, these signs do not necessarily disqualify it as authentic. … Parrish makes Edwards’s entire work more accessible by modernizing the text and adding explanatory notes.

 Theology in the flesh: how embodiment and culture shape the way we think about truth, morality, and God / John Sanders. This book applies an approach known as cognitive linguistics to explore how Christians determine meaning in biblical texts and theological positions. It shows why Christians often arrive at different legitimate understandings of the Bible and various doctrines.