New Titles Tuesday, May 6

Here is a selection of items added to the collection in the past week. Click on a title for more information (TWU login may be required.)

 Becoming what we sing: formation through contemporary worship music / David Lemley. A study of the way contemporary worship music shapes Christian identity, theology, and ecclesiology.

Boards that make a difference: a new design for leadership in nonprofit and public organizations / John Carver. This book can help your board empower both board and staff, eliminate trivia, establish a meaningful organizational direction, clarify roles, plan productive meetings, establish officers and committees that work, and provide the leadership for which governing boards exist

 Called to teach: excellence, commitment, and community in Christian higher education / Christopher Richmann and J. Lenore Wright, editors. Representing diverse disciplines and institutional perspectives from a Christian research university, the contributors present reflections based on personal experience, empirical data, and theoretical models. This wide-ranging collection offers insight, encouragement, and a challenge to teachers in all areas of Christian higher education.

 Changing the goalpost of New Testament textual criticism / Abidan Paul Shah. Emphasis will be placed on the need to return to the traditional goalpost of New Testament textual criticism i.e., to retrieve the original text.

 Cowboy presidents: the frontier myth and U.S. politics since 1900 / David A. Smith. TWU Author Explores the deployment of the Frontier Myth by four US Presidents – Theodore Roosevelt, Lyndon Johnson, Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush-and how a series of tragic events caused the myth’s shift from liberalism to conservatism during the 1960s and 70s.

 Hidden riches: a sourcebook for the comparative study of the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near East / Christopher B. Hays. This study considers the historical, cultural, and literary significance of some of the most important Ancient Near East texts that illuminate the Hebrew Bible. Hays provides primary texts from the Ancient Near East with a comparison to literature of the Hebrew Bible to demonstrate how Israel’s Scriptures not only draw from these ancient contexts but also reshape them in a unique way. The book includes summaries to help instructors and students identify key points for comparison.

 Stewardship: choosing service over self-interest / Peter Block. Block asserts that a fundamental shift in how we distribute power, privilege, and the control of money can transform every part of an organization for the better, and he examines the nitty-gritty of implementing these reforms. This revised and expanded edition includes a new introduction by Block addressing what has and hasn’t changed since the first edition and a new chapter on applying stewardship to the common good of the wider community.

 The gifts of imperfection: let go of who you think you’re supposed to be and embrace who you are / by Brené Brown. In this work, the author, a leading expert on shame, authenticity, and belonging, shares ten guideposts on the power of wholehearted living, a way of engaging with the world from a place of worthiness.

 Uplifting leadership: how organizations, teams, and communities raise performance / Andy Hargreaves, Alan Boyle, Alma Harris. Based on original research from a seven-year global study, this book reveals how leaders from diverse organizations inspired and uplifted their teams’ performance. Distilling the six common characteristics of leaders at high-performing organizations across business, sports, and education, the authors explore the nature of uplift, its impact on performance, and the ways to achieve it within and beyond an organization’s walls.