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In the margins: a transgender man’s journey with scripture /Shannon T.L. Kearns. This book moves the conversation beyond transgender inclusion to demonstrate the unique and vital theological insights transgender Christians can provide the church.
In the realm of hungry ghosts: close encounters with addiction / Gabor Maté. Maté looks at the epidemic of various addictions in our society, tells us why we are so prone to them and outlines what is needed to liberate ourselves from their hold. Starting with a dramatically close view of Maté’s drug addicted patients, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts weaves in stories of real people while providing a bold synthesis of clinical experience, insight and cutting-edge scientific findings. A haunting, compassionate and deeply personal examination of the nature of addiction.
Jingjiao: the earliest Christian church in China /Glen L. Thompson. A balanced, accessible, and thorough history of Jingjiao, the first Christian church in China. Thompson introduces readers to the fascinating history of this early Eastern church, referred to as Jingjiao, or the Luminous Teaching. He presents the history of the Persian church’s mission to China with rigor and clarity. Thompson also discusses how the modern unearthing of Chinese Christian texts has stirred controversy over the meaning of Jingjiao to recent missionary efforts in China. Thompson guides readers through primary sources as well as up-to-date scholarship.
. John Ruskin and Nineteenth-Century Education brings together top international Ruskin scholars, exploring Ruskin’s many-faceted writings, pointing to some of the key educational issues raised by his work, and concluding with a powerful rereading of his ecological writing and apocalyptic vision of the earth’s future. This volume makes a fresh and significant contribution to Victorian studies in the twenty-first century.
Jonathan Edwards and the immediacy of God /John Carrick. This study contends that the theme of divine immediacy is the controlling theme and the correlating principle within Edwards’s thought. Carrick claims that the theme of the immediacy of God is the Ariadne’s thread, which runs with consistency through the multiple aspects of Edwards’s philosophical, theological, ecclesiological, experiential, and homiletical interests.
Journey without end: migration from the Global South through the Americas / Rob Curran and Andrew Nelson. A study of African and South Asian migrants moving through Latin America toward the United States.
Living under water: baptism as a way of life /Kevin J. Adams. Adams makes the case that baptism isn’t merely a one-time ceremony but something to be lived and affirmed throughout one’s life. He shares stories that illustrate how baptism shapes one’s identity and enters us into an alternate narrative, one ongoing since the dawn of creation, through which we understand our truest selves with all our joy and trauma and by which we are united with a group of people unbound by race or language, continent or generation. Anchored in both theology and real-world experience, Adams shows how that can happen while engaging honestly with the history (and ongoing reality) of baptism’s corruptions and abuses.
Logic of the future: writings on existential graphs. Volume 3/1, Pragmaticism / Charles S. Pierce ; edited by Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen. Logic of the Future presents a full panorama of Peirce’s important late writings. The manuscripts and letters from 1895-1913, most of which are published here for the first time, testify the richness and open-endedness of his theory of logic and its applications. This first part of the third volume (Volume 3/1) of the Logic of the Future series contains Peirce’s 1904-1909 writings on his mature philosophy of pragmaticism, which is grounded upon the principles of logical analysis as provided by existential graphs.
Miracles for skeptics: encountering the paranormal ministry of Jesus /Frank G. Honeycutt. Honeycutt draws out the deeper truths in the weird incidents in the Bible. In a warm, conversational style, he reads iconic miracle stories-from the wedding at Cana to demonic exorcisms-to enrich the life of faith.
Paul and imperial divine honors: Christ, Caesar, and the Gospel /D. Clint Burnett. Burnett examines copious evidence-literary, epigraphic, numismatic, and archaeological-to more accurately reconstruct Christian engagement with imperial divine honors. He examines divine honors in Philippi, Thessalonica, and Corinth. Ultimately, Burnett argues that early Christianity was not specifically antigovernment but more broadly countercultural, and that responses to this stance ranged from conflict to apathy. Burnett’s compelling argument challenges common assumptions about the first Christians’ place in the Roman Empire.
Q-Anon, chaos, and the cross: Christianity and conspiracy theories /edited by Michael W. Austin and Gregory L. Bock. A collection of essays on the intersection of conspiracy theories and Christianity.
Race and redemption: British missionaries encounter Pacific peoples, 1797-1920 /Jane Samson. Race and Redemption is the latest volume in the Studies in the History of Christian Missions series, which explores the significant, yet sometimes controversial, impact of Christian missions around the world. In this historical examination of the encounter between British missionaries and people in the Pacific Islands, Samson reveals the paradoxical yet symbiotic nature of the two stances that the missionaries adopted–othering and brothering. She shows how good and bad intentions were tangled up together and how some blind spots remained even as others were overcome. Arguing that gender was as important a category in the story as race, Samson paints a complex picture of the interactions between missionaries and native peoples–and the ways in which perspectives shaped by those encounters have endured.
Redeeming transcendence in the arts: bearing witness to the triune God /Jeremy Begbie. Begbie- employs a biblical, Trinitarian imagination to show how Christian involvement in the arts can be shaped by the distinctive vision of God’s transcendence opened up in and through Jesus Christ.
Religious liberty in a polarized age /Thomas C. Berg. Drawing on constitutional law, history, and sociology, the author shows us how reaffirming religious freedom cultivates the good of individuals and society. After explaining the features of polarization and the societal benefits of diverse religious practices, the author offers practical counsel on balancing religious freedom against other essential values.
Rift: a memoir of breaking away from Christian patriarchy /Cait West. West’s memoir shares her upbringing as a stay-at-home daughter and her eventual escape from Christian patriarchy.
Sanctuary: being Christian in the wake of Trump /Heidi B. Neumark. Reflections on living in Christian community during our current times of political division, dehumanization, and cruelty.
Seeing God: the beatific vision in Christian tradition /Hans Boersma TWU AUTHOR When we see God, are we looking with our physical eyes or with the mind’s eye? Both, says Boersma in this sacramental and historical treatment of the beatific vision. Focusing on vision as a living metaphor, Boersma shows how the vision of God is accessible already today. Seeing God is a historical study, but it also includes a dogmatic articulation of key characteristics that contribute to our understanding of the beatific vision. Boersma shows how God trains us to see his character by transforming our eyes and minds, highlighting continuity from this world to the next.
That we may be one: practicing unity in a divided church /Gary B. Agee. A book about the roots of division within the church-political, racial, and otherwise-and the virtues and practices that can promote the restoration of unity.
The Book of Mormon: the earliest text / edited by Royal Skousen. Skousen has pored over Joseph Smith’s original manuscripts and earliest editions and identified about 2,250 textual errors, although many of these discrepancies stem from inadvertent errors in copying and typesetting the text. The first edition of The Book of Mormon: The Earliest Text contained over 600 corrections that had never before appeared in any standard edition of the Book of Mormon, with about 250 of them affecting the text’s meaning. This revised, second edition includes additional corrections as well as an illuminating new introduction by Skousen.
The concept of woman: a synthesis in one volume /Sister Prudence Allen, RSM ; edited by Sister Mary Cora Uryase, RSM. A comprehensive account of women in Western thought, from ancient Greece, through the Middle Ages, to today. Allen examined how women and men have been defined in relation to one another scientifically, philosophically, and theologically. Allen surveys Greek philosophers, medieval saints, and modern thinkers to trace the development of integral gender complementarity. She pays special attention to John Paul II’s contributions to this holistic idea of gender.
The destruction of the Canaanites: God, genocide, & biblical interpretation /Charlie Trimm. Trimm provides the resources needed to make sense of one of the Bible’s most difficult ethical problems-the Israelite destruction of the Canaanites as told in the books of Deuteronomy, Joshua, and Judges. Trimm begins with a survey of important background issues, including the nature of warfare in the ancient Near East, the concept of genocide (with perspectives gleaned from the field of genocide studies), and the history and identity of the Canaanite people. The depth of material provided in concise form makes Trimm’s book ideal as a supplementary textbook or as a primer for any Christian perturbed by the stories of the destruction of the Canaanites in the Old Testament.
The hope of the gospel: theological education and the next evangelicalism /Mark S. Young. Young believes a revitalization of the evangelical movement must happen in our seminaries, where the shepherds of the next evangelicalism are being formed. Young argues that if these leaders of tomorrow are instilled with true gospel values, they will go on to form churches and missional organizations that offer a credible and compelling Christlike witness for the sake of the world. The Hope of the Gospel takes readers through the history of evangelicalism and back to the present to make the case for how this can happen through a renewed vision of theological education.
The other evangelicals: a story of liberal, Black, progressive, feminist, and gay Christians – and the movement that pushed them out /Isaac B. Sharp. Sharp reveals that the ‘big tent’ of evangelicalism has historically been much bigger than we’ve been led to believe. Sharp brings to light the stories of those twentieth-century evangelicals who didn’t fit the mold, including Black, feminist, progressive, and gay Christians. Sharp demonstrates that fundamentalists and modernists battled over the title of ‘evangelical’ in post-World War II America. Carefully researched and deftly written, The Other Evangelicals offers a breath of fresh air for scholars seeking a more inclusive history of religion in America.
The Oxford handbook of the cognitive science of religion /edited by Justin L Barrett. TWU AUTHOR Over time, more psychologists have become contributors to cognitive science of religion (CSR), but when are they doing CSR and when are they doing psychology of religion? Does it matter? In this chapter, contemporary scientific reflections on notions of death and the afterlife are sketched to illustrate the subtle differences between CSR and psychology of religion. These kindred scientific approaches overlap considerably, but attention to their central differences will assist scholars in finding complementarity, thereby improving both schools of inquiry and their contributions to each other. After developing this thesis, this chapter introduces the organization and flow of the volume as a whole. Beginning with general theoretical and methodological foundations, the volume then considers specific applications of CSR to substantive topics such as beliefs in gods, sacred texts, sacred objects, and ritualized behaviors, before turning to how these domains of cultural expression are sometimes joined (or not) into religious systems. The volume ends with comparisons between CSR and two other neighboring approaches (evolutionary studies of religion and neuroscience of religion) and, finally, implications of CSR for philosophy of religion, religious education, and theology.
The rise and fall of dispensationalism: how the evangelical battle over the end times shaped a nation /Daniel G. Hummel. Hummel illuminates how dispensationalism, despite often being dismissed as a fringe apocalyptic movement, shaped Anglo-American evangelicalism and the larger American cultural imagination. Hummel locates dispensationalism’s origin in the writings of the nineteenth-century Protestant John Nelson Darby, who established many of the hallmarks of the theology, such as premillennialism and belief in the rapture. Measured and irenic, Hummel objectively evaluates evangelicalism’s most resilient (and contentious) popular theology.
This is going to hurt: following Jesus in a divided America /Bekah McNeel. Bekah analyzes the narratives surrounding six hot-button issues-immigration, COVID, abortion, critical race theory, gun violence, and climate change. For each topic, she exposes how us versus them thinking leads us to turn a blind eye to injustice. She also offers an alternative perspective on each issue, based on a sensitive reading of the gospel. Amid culture wars that goad us to take up arms, Bekah reminds us that Christ calls us to take up our cross.
Unfinishing Austen: interpreting Catharine, Lady Susan, The Watsons and Sanditon / Joanne Wilkes. Unfinished Austen examines four texts that Jane Austen left incomplete; none of them published till well after her death. Since very little in manuscript form survives from the six famous novels, these four manuscript texts offer insight into the novelist in the process of creation.
We will be free: the life and faith of Sojourner Truth /Nancy Koester. Koester chronicles Sojourner Truth’s spiritual journey as an enslaved woman, a working mother, and an itinerant preacher and activist. Her passion rings out in Koester’s vivid writing.
What do we do when nobody is listening?: leading the church in a polarized society /Robin W. Lovin. With questions for discussion and reflection aligned with the content of each chapter, What Do We Do When Nobody Is Listening? provides an accessible roadmap for navigating out of the morass of polarization into a brighter future of church unity, during election seasons and beyond.
Why can’t church be more like an AA meeting?: and other questions Christians ask about recovery /Stephen R. Haynes. In a quest to find in church the mutual support and healing he discovered in 12 Step fellowships, the author explores the history of Alcoholics Anonymous and its relationship to American Christianity. He shows that while AA eventually separated from the Christian parachurch movement from which it emerged, it retained aspects that the church has largely lost. He encourages Christians to reclaim elements of the 12 Step movement in recovering church, and admit all is not fine.
Willingness to die and the gift of life: suicide and martyrdom in the Hebrew Bible /Paul K.-K. Cho. Willingness to Die and the Gift of Life surveys a diverse selection of Hebrew Bible narratives that feature characters who express a willingness to die, including Moses, Judah, Samson, Esther, Job, Daniel, and the suffering servant of Isaiah 53. The challenging truth uncovered is that the Hebrew Bible, while taking seriously the darker aspects of voluntary death, nevertheless time and again valorizes the willingness to die-particularly when it is for the sake of the group or in faithful commitment to God. Cho’s unflinching analysis raises and wrestles with provocative questions about religious extremism, violent terrorism, and suicidal ideation -all of which carry significant implications for the biblically grounded life of faith today. Cho carefully situates the surveyed texts in their original cultural context, discussing relevant topics such the shame and honor culture of ancient Israel and the importance attached to the group over the individual. Closing with an epilogue that reflects on the surprising issue of whether biblical authors considered God to be capable of dying or being willing to die, Cho’s fascinating study showcases the multifaceted relationship between death and life in the Hebrew Bible.
A translator’s handbook on Leviticus /by René Péter-Contesse and John Ellington. A translator’s handbook on the books of Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah /by David J. Clark and Howard A. Hatton. Verse-by-verse analyses and commentaries by recognized biblical translation experts. Explains accepted interpretations, noting how various translations have handled theses passages and often explaining the nuances of the Hebrew original.
Approaching Jonathan Edwards: the evolution of a persona /by Carol Ball. Exploring the inner motivations of one of America’s greatest religious thinkers, this book analyses the ways in which Edwards’ intense personal piety and deep experience of divine sovereignty drove an introverted intellectual along a course that would eventually develop into a mature and respected public intellectual. Approaching Jonathan Edwards offers a new theoretical approach to the study of Edwards, with an emphasis on his writing activity as the key strategy in shaping his legacy. Tracing Edwards’ strategic self-fashioning of his persona through the many conflicts in which he was engaged, the critical turning points in his life, and his strategies for managing conflicts and crises, Ball concludes that Edwards found his place as a superlative contemplative apologist and theorist of experiential spirituality.
Chinese Collection: Chan hui lu = Confessionum = 忏悔录 / (古罗马)奥古斯丁著;周士良译. /(gu luo ma)Ao gu si ding; Zhou shi liang.
Chinese Collection: Zuo men tu de dai jia = The cost of discipleship = 做门徒的代价 / (德)迪特里希.朋霍费尔著 ; 隗仁莲译. /[De] Ditelixi Penghuofeier = Dietrich Bonhoeffer ; An Ximeng. 
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Chinese Collection: Meng zhong san he : Hong xiao bing chan huei lu = Dream of homeland = 夢中山河 : 红小兵懺悔錄 /Fan Xuede 
Covenant of redemption in the trinitarian theology of Jonathan Edwards: the nexus between the immanent trinity and the economic trinity /Reita Yazawa ; foreword by George Marsden. This study is a fruit of the recent convergence of the resurging doctrine of the Trinity and the renaissance of studies of Jonathan Edwards.
Jonathan Edwards on Genesis: hermeneutics, homiletics, and theology /Brian Borgman ; foreword by Adriaan C. Neele. This study gives special attention to Edwards’s hermeneutics and exegesis of Genesis, his pastoral methods for preaching it, and his theological development of the meaning of the image of God. The result is a fruitful study on Edwards’s interaction with the first book of the Bible.
Jonathan Edwards on the experience of beauty /Louis J. Mitchell. Jonathan Edwards on the Experience of Beauty relates Edwards’ idea of beauty to his understanding of the psychology of religious experience.
Jonathan Edwards on worship: public and private devotion to God /Ted Rivera ; foreword by Kenneth P. Minkema. This volume explores Edwards’s perspective on both public and private dimensions of worship, aspects of which rise from well-understood Puritan categories, and proposes the practice of self-examination as a bridge between public and private devotion. Rivera’s study is the first that systematically attempts to show us Edwards’s views of worship, and so represents an important resource for scholars and religious practitioners alike who are interested in liturgy,’the practice of piety,’and spiritual growth. Through an engagement with Edwards’s own words–in letters, notebooks, and sermons–we learn of Edwards’s own spiritual life, and of the nature of private and corporate devotion.’
Jonathan Edwards’s vision of reality: the relationship of God to the world, redemption history, and the reprobate /John J. Bombaro. Jonathan Edwards’s Vision of Reality substantiates that Edwards, in an effort to combat deistic and materialistic Enlightenment paradigms, employs dispositions in his philosophy, but that his radical theocentrism and Calvinistic particularism established its boundaries within his apologetical reconsideration of spatiotemporal and metaphysical reality.
Living justification: a historical-theological study of the Reformed doctrine of justification in the writings of John Calvin, Jonathan Edwards, and N.T. Wright /Jonathan R. Huggins. Living Justification is a historical-theological study of the Reformed doctrine of Justification. After providing a brief history of the doctrine, the work focuses on analyzing the writings of Calvin, Edwards, and Wright to discern points of development, continuity, and discontinuity within the Reformed tradition itself.
The beauty of the triune God: the theological aesthetics of Jonathan Edwards /Kin Yip Louie. This work reveals how Edwards, starting with the common notion that beauty means the appropriate proportional relationship, develops a theological aesthetic that contributes to a rational understanding of major doctrines such as the Trinity, Christology, and eschatology. It shows that Edwards is both an innovative speculative theologian and a staunch defender of Reformed orthodoxy.
The creation of modern Quaker diversity, 1830-1937 /Stephen W. Angell, Pink Dandelion, and David Harrington Watt. Robynne Rogers Healey TWU AUTHOR A collection of essays examining the history of Quakerism from 1830 to 1937, tracing the resurgence of missionary work and the development of Quakerism as a global faith. Written by the leading experts in the field, this engaging narrative and penetrating analysis is the authoritative account of this period of Quaker history.
The great work of Providence: Jonathan Edwards for life today /Rachel S. Stahle. Stahle systematizes and summarizes Edward’s thought in contemporary language and makes Edwards accessible to pastors, students, and church study groups. Edward’s conceptions of the Trinity are explained in detail and shown to be the basis for the rest of his theology, including his ideas about sin, salvation, holiness, the purpose of history, Scripture, revivals of religion, heaven and hell, and the church.
Why the Bible began: an alternative history of scripture and its origins /Jacob L. Wright, Emory University. Demonstrating how the Hebrew Bible represents the first, and one of the most elaborate, projects of peoplehood, Wright tells the dramatic story of the Bible’s origins in relation to both the longstanding political division between (Israel and Judah) and, the traumatic experience of defeat.
