Here is a selection of titles recently added to the collection.

 1-3 John /Thomas Andrew Bennett. Bennett keeps historical speculation to a minimum and delves into the theological depths of 1-3 John in this commentary. He begins by providing a new translation of the text from the Greek, along with verse-by-verse exegesis, and then moves into an extended reflection on a litany of relevant theological topics, including questions of trinitarianism, creation, faith, atonement, eschatology, salvation, the nature of divine and human love, and the composition of the church. Readers challenged by Johannine metaphors (walking in the light, children of God, etc.) will find clarity, and pastors will find detailed guidance for teaching and preaching.

 Christians and the color line: race and religion after Divided by faith /edited by J. Russell Hawkins and Phillip Luke Sinitiere. Christians and the Color Line offers an updated analysis of the complex entanglement of race and religion in American society. Taking into account cultural context and important changes over time, this volume questions the existence of a post-racial reality for religious congregations and spiritual interests.

 Cruciformity: Paul’s narrative spirituality of the cross /Michael J. Gorman ; with a foreword by Nijay K. Gupta ; and an afterword by the author. Cruciformity broke new ground with a vision of Pauline spirituality that illuminated what it meant to be a person or community in Christ. Beginning with Paul’s express desire to “know nothing but Christ crucified,” Gorman showed how true spirituality is telling the story, in both life and words, of God’s self-revelation in Jesus, so that we might practice “cruciformity”—the impossible possibility of conformity to the crucified Christ. This twentieth-anniversary edition includes a new foreword by Nijay Gupta—a next-generation Pauline scholar heavily influenced by Gorman—as well as an afterword by the author, in which he reflects on the legacy of Cruciformity in the church and the academy, including his own subsequent work in Pauline theology.

 Designing your life: how to build a well-lived, joyful life /Bill Burnett and Dave Evans. Burnett and  Evans show us how design thinking can help us create a life that is both meaningful and fulfilling, regardless of who or where we are, what we do or have done for a living, or how young or old we are. The same design thinking responsible for amazing technology, products, and spaces can be used to design and build your career and your life, a life of fulfillment and joy, constantly creative and productive, one that always holds the possibility of surprise.

  Dionysus, Christ, and the death of God. Volume 1, The great mediations of the classical world /Giuseppe Fornari. and Dionysus, Christ, and the death of God. Volume 2, Christianity and modernity This magisterial reflection on the history and destiny of the West compares Greco-Roman civilization and the Judeo-Christian tradition in order to understand what both unites and divides them.

 First the Jews: combating the world’s longest-running hate campaign /Rabbi Evan Moffic. Moffic provides a compelling discussion to help Christians understand this dangerous rise in anti-Semitism by working to address tough questions. Focusing on the events since September 11, 2001,  Moffic considers the twenty-first century anti-Semitism and the historical pattern of discrimination to other groups that often follows new waves of discrimination against Jewish communities. With a hopeful and collaborative tone, he suggests actions for all people of faith to combat words and actions of hate while lifting up practical ways Christians and Jews can work together.First the Jews offers new insights and unparalleled perspectives on some of the most recent, pressing developments in the contemporary world.

 Forgiveness, peacemaking, and reconciliation /general editors, David K. Ngaruiya and Rodney L. Reed. In this volume from the Africa Society of Evangelical Theology, contributors explore forgiveness, peacemaking and reconciliation as necessary prerequisites for human flourishing. Ranging from biblical studies and church history to medical ethics and public theology, this collection offers a rich diversity of voices and perspectives as each author reflects on God’s heart for conflict alleviation within the contexts of their own communities, nations, histories, and academic disciplines. Taken together, these contributions offer profound insight into both the particularities and generalities of God’s transformative, healing work in the world.

 Fountain of salvation: Trinity and soteriology /Fred Sanders. Fountain of Salvation The theological vision expounded here by Sanders is one in which the holy Trinity is the source of salvation in a direct and personal way, as the Father sends the Son and the Holy Spirit to enact an economy of revelation and redemption. Individual chapters show how this vision informs the doctrines of atonement, ecclesiology, Christology, and pneumatology–all while directly engaging with major modern interpreters of the doctrine of the Trinity. As Sanders affirms throughout this in-depth theological treatise, the triune God is the fountain from which all other doctrine flows–and no understanding of salvation is complete that does not begin there.

 Fresh expressions in a digital age: how the church can prepare for a post-pandemic world  /Michael Adam Beck, Rosario Picardo. This book argues that we must recognize the digital space as its own kind of third place, a new missional frontier.

 God’s law and order: the politics of punishment in evangelical America /Aaron Griffith. Griffith reveals a key component in the origins of American mass incarceration: evangelical Christianity.

 Growing through disaster: tools for financial and trauma recovery in your faith community /Clayton L. Smith, Matt Schoenfeld. Helping the community recover from the trauma from a disaster, together.

 Indigenous peoples within Canada: a concise history /Olive Patricia Dickason, William Newbigging, and Cary Miller. A comprehensive and accessible history of Indigenous Peoples from time immemorial to the present day. It centres Indigenous voices and perspectives throughout and links historical patterns to contemporary issues and events.

 Jubilee: God’s answer to poverty? /edited by Hannah J. Swithinbank and Emmanuel Murangira with Caitlin Collins. Uniting social justice, creation care, equality and worship, jubilee remains a radical challenge, thousands of years later. This exciting collection engages with this challenge and offers ideas and inspiration for disciples today. It brings together rigorous theological thought and practical experience from voices from around the world. Its chapters reflect on issues of poverty in its different dimensions and discuss some of the challenges that face churches, Christian organisations and individual Christians in responding to them. The authors each bring their unique context and perspectives which challenge us to go beyond viewing the jubilee ordinances as simple rules and help us to begin to understand the redemptive and restorative power of the jubilee principles for us today.

 Martyrdom: why martyrs still matter /Catherine Pepinster. In this powerful exploration of the significance of martyrdom today,  Pepinster looks at the lives of over a dozen martyrs, past and present, to consider how ideas about giving up your life for your faith have changed over the centuries, and especially the way martyrs often become caught up in the clash between religion and politics.

 Nazis of Copley Square: the forgotten story of the Christian Front /Charles R. Gallagher. During WWII, a group of American Catholics openly embraced Nazism. Their armed wing, the Christian Front, stockpiled weapons for the revolution. Gallagher unearths the history of these forgotten terrorists, the mainstream leaders who protected them, the powers who brought them down, and a society that has suppressed their memory.

 People of the book: Prophet Muhammad’s encounters with Christians /Craig Considine. Through a careful study of works by historians and theologians, Considine highlights an idea central to Muhammad’s vision: an inclusive Ummah, or Muslim nation, rooted in citizenship rights, interfaith dialogue, and freedom of conscience, religion and speech. In this unprecedented sociological analysis of one of history’s most influential human beings, Considine offers groundbreaking insight that could redefine Christian and Muslim relations.

 Religion in the public square: Sheen, King, Falwell /James M. Patterson. Religion in the Public Square examines how three very different members of clergy– Fulton J. Sheen, Martin Luther King Jr., and Jerry Falwell–each persuaded politicians and ordinary people that his theological ideas formed the foundation of American politics.

 The history of Christianity in Britain and Ireland: from the first century to the twenty-first /Gerald Bray. Bray’s comprehensive overview demonstrates the remarkable creativity and resilience of Christianity in Britain and Ireland. Although historians have done much to explain the details of how the church has evolved separately in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, a synthesis of the whole has rarely been attempted.  Bray sets individual narratives in an overarching framework. Accessible to a general readership, The History of Christianity in Britain and Ireland draws on current scholarship to serve as a reference work for students of both history and theology.

 The religious other: a biblical understanding of Islam, the Qur’an and Muhammad /general editors, Martin Accad and Jonathan Andrews. These essays, drawn from the 2018 and 2019 Middle East Consultations hosted by the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary’s Institute of Middle East Studies, engage the need for a carefully developed theological understanding of Islam, its origins and its sacred text. Weaving together the work of Christian scholars of Islam, the Bible, theology and missiology, along with the insights of ministry practitioners, this book combines scholarly exploration with pertinent ministry practice, offering a rich framework for the church to continue its conversation about its engagement with Muslim communities and its proclamation of Christ worldwide.

 Thinking through science and technology: philosophy, religion, and politics in an engineered world /edited by Glen Miller, Helena Mateus Jerónimo, and Qin Zhu. This wide-ranging collection of original essays explores how individual and societal beliefs, values, and actions are transformed by science, technology, and engineering. Practical and theoretical insights from a global cohort of philosophers, policymakers, STS scholars, and engineers illuminate the perils and promise of technoscientific change.

 We will feast: rethinking dinner, worship, and the community of God /Kendall Vanderslice. Explores the practice of eating together as Christian worship. Vanderslice shares stories of churches worshiping around the table, introducing readers to the rising contemporary dinner-church movement. We Will Feast provides vision and inspiration to readers longing to experience community in a real, physical way.

 Wrestling the angel: the foundations of Mormon thought : cosmos, God, humanity /Terryl L. Givens. This is not a work of either systematic or historical theology per se. It is, rather, the first volume in a two-part study of the foundations of Mormon thought and practice, situated in an overview of the Christian tradition.