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

 1 Corinthians /Kimlyn J. Bender. Written by leading theologians, encouraging readers to explore how the vital roots of the ancient Christian tradition inform and shape faithfulness today. In this eddition to the series, Bender offers a theological reading of 1 Corinthians.

 A Christian theology of science: reimagining a theological vision of natural knowledge /Paul Tyson ; foreword by David Bentley Hart. Reframes the discussion between Christian theology and contemporary science, arguing that it is good both for religion and for science when Christians treat theology as their first truth discourse.

 Historical foundations of worship: Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant perspectives /edited by Melanie C. Ross and Mark Lamport ; introductions by Nicholas Wolterstorff and John Witvliet. An ecumenical team of scholars provide a historical overview of how worship developed in three major Christian traditions: Eastern Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism, churches of the Reformation, and evangelicalism/Pentecostalism.

 How to inhabit time: understanding the past, facing the future, living faithfully now /James K.A. Smith. Smith explains that we must reckon with the past in order to discern the present and have hope for the future. Integrating popular culture, biblical exposition, and meditation, he helps us develop a sense of temporal awareness that is attuned to the texture of history, the vicissitudes of life, and the tempo of the Spirit. Smith shows that awakening to the spiritual significance of time is crucial for orienting faith in the twenty-first century.

 Introduction to classical Chinese philosophy /Bryan W. Van Norden. This book provides the beginner with an accurate, sophisticated, yet accessible account, and offers new insights and challenging perspectives to those who have more specialized knowledge. Focusing on the period in Chinese philosophy that is surely most easily approachable and perhaps is most important, it ranges over of rich set of competing options. It also, with admirable self-consciousness, presents a number of daring attempts to relate those options to philosophical figures and movements from the West.

 Mau MC24: Bruce Mau’s 24 principles for designing massive change in your life and work /edited by Jon Ward. Bruce Mau has long applied the power of design to transforming the world. Developed over the past three decades, this remarkable book is organized by 24 values that are at the core of Mau’s philosophy. MC24 features essays, observations, project documentation, and design work by Mau and other high-profile architects, designers, artists, scientists, environmentalists, and thinkers of our time. Practical, playful, and critical, it equips readers with a tool kit and empowers them to make an impact and engender change on all scales.

 Origins of New Testament Christology: an introduction to the traditions and titles applied to Jesus /Stanley E. Porter and Bryan R. Dyer.  This book opens a window into the Christology of the first century by helping readers understand the eleven most significant titles for Jesus  used in the New Testament. The authors trace the history of each title in the Hebrew Scriptures, Second Temple literature, and Greco-Roman literature and look at the context in which the New Testament writers retrieved these traditions to communicate their understanding of Christ. The result is a robust portrait that is closely tied to the sacred traditions of Israel and beyond that took on new significance in light of Jesus Christ.  This accessible and up-to-date exegetical study defends an early high Christology and argues that the titles of Jesus invariably point to an understanding of Jesus as God.

 Spiritual formation as if the church mattered: growing in Christ through community /James C. Wilhoit. This book offers an introduction to spiritual formation set squarely in the local church. The second edition has been updated throughout, incorporates findings from positive psychology, and reflects an Augustinian formation perspective.

 Surrey: a city of stories /K. Jane Watt. Surrey: A City of Stories is the legacy project by the Surrey Heritage Advisory Commission in celebration of Canada 150. They hoped to create a book that would be an experience–both a richly illustrated visual chronicle and a beautifully written tribute to Surrey and its citizens over time. Surrey: A City of Stories represents the fulfillment of those aspirations as it offers stories of this place in all their breadth and diversity, from the distant past to the modern day.

 The Baker expository dictionary of biblical words /edited by Tremper Longman III and Mark L. Strauss. A fascinating, easy-to-use dictionary that’s designed to provide pastors, seminarians, and every student of the Bible with an in-depth understanding of the Hebrew and Greek words that are behind the biblical translations we use. 

 The evangelical theology of the Orthodox Church /Bradley Nassif. In these articles, Nassif focuses on the evangelical reality of the Orthodox Church and reflects on the Orthodox Church’s’ new dialogues with Christians in the Evangelical (Protestant) movement.

 The new orthodoxy: Canada’s emerging civil religion /Bruce J Clemenger. This book examines the founding non-sectarian approach to Canadian statecraft that accommodated religious and cultural diversity.  Clemenger presents a biblically-based model of public and political engagement and a defense of religious freedom, especially the freedom to disagree, in an increasingly secularist state. 

 The Poetic Edda /translated with an introduction and notes by Carolyne Larrington. The collection of Norse-Icelandic mythological and heroic poetry known as the Poetic Edda contains the great narratives of the creation of the world and the coming of Ragnarok, The Doom of the Gods. The mythological poems explore the wisdom of the gods and giants, narrating the adventures of the god Thor against the hostile giants and the god’s rivalries amongst themselves. The heroic poems trace the exploits of the hero Helgi and his valkyrie bride, the tragic tale of Sigurd and Brynhild’s doomed love, and the terrible drama of Sigurd’s widow Gudrun and her children. Many of the poems predate the conversion of Scandinavia to Christianity, allowing us to glimpse the pagan beliefs of the North. This is a complete translation, and it includes a scholarly introduction, notes, a genealogy of the gods and giants, and an index of names

When the arrow flies /by Rosemary Cunningham. This is a story of God’s redemptive power in the  jungles of Brazil. In the early 1950’s, not long before five missionaries died from the spears of Aucas, missionaries, Harry Bollback and Harold Reimer, set out to reach another tribe known as the Xavante. What seemed a friendly first connection turned deadly as the arrows began to fly. In God’s sovereign plan, the missionary team escaped and later had the privilege of sharing the Gospel with those who once sought to kill them. The experiences of Harry and Harold served as the foundation to establish an international ministry.

 Women who hike: walking with America’s most inspiring adventurers /Heather Balogh Rochfort. Profiles of and suggested hikes from well-known female hikers across the USA.