Here is a selection of titles added to collection in the past week.

 A quiet mind to suffer with: mental illness, trauma, and the death of Christ /John Andrew Bryant. “This is the story of Christ’s nearness to my own suffering-my mental breakdown, my journey to the psych ward, my long, slow, painful recovery-and how Christ will use even our agony and despair to turn us into servants and guests of the mercy offered in his gospel. “

 Abundantly more: the theological promise of the arts in a reductionist world /Jeremy S. Begbie. A world-renowned theologian helps us see this world and ourselves as infinitely more than we could ever imagine: as created and redeemed by the inexhaustible love of God–

 Beyond the Greek New Testament: advanced readings for students of biblical studies /Max Botner. An expert in Greek teaches students to read beyond the New Testament, showing both how to do it and why it matters–

 Biblical themes in science fiction /edited by Nicole L. Tilford and Kelly J. Murphy. Biblical Themes in Science Fiction is a handbook for exploring how biblical themes appear in contemporary science fiction. Contributors examine the relationship between ancient and modern depictions of Adam and Eve, the tower of Babel, Noah’s ark, handmaids, utopian cities, the promised land, the city of Babylon, messiahs, resurrection, and the apocalypse. Essays are supplemented by images and key science fiction sources for diving deeper into how the Bible influenced authors of not only literature but of films and video games as well

 Cross-cultural encounters: China and the Reformed Church in America /edited by Gloria Shuihui Tseng ; foreword by Dennis N. Voskuil. Doctors, nurses, teachers, and evangelists, the men and women of the Amoy Mission sowed the seeds of vibrant Christian community in China’s Fujian Province. This book tells the stories of those remarkable missionaries whose legacy endures to this day.

 Dear white peacemakers: dismantling racism with grit and grace /Osheta Moore ; foreword by Jen Hatmaker. Dear White Peacemakers is a challenging call to transform white shame, fragility, saviorism, and privilege, in order to work together to build the Beloved Community as anti-racism peacemakers. Written in the wake of George Floyd’s death, Dear White Peacemakers draws on the Sermon on the Mount, Spirituals, and personal stories from Moore’s work as a pastor in St. Paul, Minnesota.

 Death of the Covenant code: capital punishment in old Greek exodus in light of Greco-Egyptian law /Joel Korytko. TWU AUTHOR Many laws in the Old Greek translation of the Covenant Code do not say the same thing as the Hebrew text. In the past, various idiosyncrasies in the Greek translation of laws that involve the death penalty had been glossed over and considered stylistic variations or grammatical outliers. However, when the text-linguistic features of the Greek translation are compared to contemporary literary, documentary, and legal Greek sources, new readings emerge: cursing a parent is no longer punishable by death; a law about bestiality becomes a law about animal husbandry; the authority of certain legal commands is deregulated. This work explores these and other new readings in comparison with contemporary Greco-Egyptian law.

 Gaming the past: using video games to teach secondary history /Jeremiah McCall. Gaming the Past is a complete handbook to help pre-service teachers, current teachers, and teacher educators use historical video games in their classes to develop critical thinking skills. It focuses on practical information and specific examples for integrating critical thinking activities and assessments using video games into classes. Gaming the Past also includes sample unit and lesson plans, worksheets and assessment questions, and a list of historical games currently available, both commercial and freely available Internet games.

 Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew and the Nativity of Mary /Brandon W. Hawk. The Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew is one of the most important witnesses in Western Europe to apocryphal stories about the lives of Mary, Joseph, Jesus, and Mary’s parents, Anna and Joachim. As a bestseller of mainstream medieval Christianity, this Latin apocryphon is a keystone in the explosion of apocryphal literature in the Middle Ages. Despite its apocryphal status, the Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew remained both popular and influential throughout the Middle Ages and into the early modern period, as its popularity and influences may be traced in Christian literature, visual arts, liturgy, and theological perspectives still revered by Roman Catholic theologians. The gospel is also a significant work for considering the history of monasticism and the cult of the Virgin Mary. This book presents the first English translation of the Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew with a full introduction and commentary, as well as translations of related works with accompanying commentaries.-.

 Indigenous oral history manual: Canada and the United States /Winona Wheeler, Charles E. Trimble, Mary Kay Quinlan, and Barbara W. Sommer. Using examples from Indigenous community oral history projects throughout Canada and the United States, The Indigenous Oral History Manual, contains information about selected Indigenous oral histories; legal and ethical issues; project planning considerations; choosing recording equipment and budgeting; planning and carrying out interviews in various settings; stewardship of project materials; and ways Indigenous communities use oral histories. This book is ideal for students, scholars, and Indigenous communities who seek to engage ethically with tribal and First nations. Metis, and Inuit communities in oral history work that meets community needs–

 Jolliet and Marquette: a new history of the 1673 expedition /Mark Walczynski. Walczynski draws on a wealth of original research to place the explorers and their journey within seventeenth-century North America. His account takes readers among the region’s diverse Native American peoples and into a vanished natural world of treacherous waterways and native flora and fauna. A multifaceted voyage into the past, Jolliet and Marquette expands and updates the oft-told story of a pivotal event in American history–

 Obedience from first to last: the obedience of Jesus Christ in Karl Barth’s doctrine of reconciliation /Edmund Fong ; foreword by Murray A. Rae. Obedience from first to last explores the theological significance of the obedience of Jesus Christ in Barth’s theology. The obedience of Jesus Christ is seen to have a co-participatory role in God’s determination of his own divine being that arises from the primordial act of divine election. This notion bears on our understanding of freedom and obedience: as divine freedom is expressed in divine obedience, so it is with human freedom and human obedience. — back.

 Paul: Christianity’s premier apostolic mystic /Harvey D. Egan, SJ ; foreword by Michael A. Fahey, SJ. Egan argues that the apostle Paul was Christianity’s earliest mystic. This book stresses Paul’s mystical consciousness and mystical life–the explicit and direct consciousness of the immediate and direct presence of the Trinity and/or Jesus-Messiah. It underscores mystical experience not only as discrete, individual experiences but also as experience in the sense that an experienced musician instinctively knows and loves music.

 Piercing Leviathan: God’s defeat of evil in the book of Job /Eric Ortlund. One of the most challenging passages in the book of Job is the Lord’s long description of a hippopotamus and crocodile. Ortlund argues that Behemoth and Leviathan are better understood as symbols of cosmic chaos and evil, helping readers appreciate the reward of Job’s faith (and ours) as we endure in trusting God while living in an unredeemed creation.

 Reading the Bible badly: how American Christians misunderstand and misuse their scriptures /Karl Allen Kuhn. Reading the Bible Badly exposes how American Christians misunderstand and misuse the Bible, reading Scripture through lenses that distort its true character. Reading the Bible Badly challenges Christians to set aside their misaligned lenses, that they may encounter the Bible more fully and faithfully.

 Researching digital media and society /Simon Lindgren, Moa Eriksson Krutrök. This book shows you how research methods can help us to make sense of the myriad of information we encounter online every day, from Tiktok influencers to viral Twitter posts. Complete with case studies in each chapter, the book covers both well-established methods, such as network analysis, and cutting-edge ones, such as interface analysis. It provides a crucial foundation for research in digital media, demonstrating the scope and potential of these tools.

 Rise up!: Indigenous music in North America /Craig Harris ; foreword by Stephen Butler. Harris explores more than five hundred years of Indigenous history, religion, and cultural evolution in Rise Up! Combining deep research with personal stories by nearly four dozen award-winning Indigenous musicians, Harris offers an eye-opening look at the growth of Indigenous music

 The lost world of the prophets: Old Testament prophecy and apocalyptic literature in ancient context /John H. Walton. Walton provides a clear, helpful guide to the nature of biblical prophecy and apocalyptic literature that will help us avoid potential misuse and reclaim the message of the prophets for our lives–

 The message of the Song of Songs /Tom Gledhill. Gledhill explores the unique biblical interlude of Song of Songs. He incorporates themes raised by the Song, such as human nature, mortality, and social and cultural conditioning, while staying focused on the text as an extended love poem, both beautiful and mysterious.

 Themes and texts, Exodus and beyond: essays in honour of Larry J. Perkins /edited by  Robert J. V. Hiebert,  Don Dongshin Chang,  Jonathan Numada,  Kyung S. Baek, (TWU AUTHORS) Examines the book of Exodus across four topics: (1) The Septuagint, (2) Exodus in the Septuagint, (3) Exodus in Second Temple Jewish Literature, and (3) Exodus in the New Testament and Christianity.

 Writing for animation, comics, and games /Christy Marx. Marx’s book offers an in-depth look into scriptwriting and how to break into each of the featured industries. The text goes into detail on visual storytelling: how to compose exterior storytelling (animation, games) and interior/exterior storytelling (comics and graphic novels); as well as considerations for non-linear videogames. A nuts-and-bolts guide to script formats, terminology, networking, and valuable advice on writing for each medium