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1 Corinthians : a theological, pastoral, and missional commentary /Michael J. Gorman.  An engaging theological commentary on 1 Corinthians that emphasizes practical applications for Christian life and ministry.  Authored by renowned New Testament scholar Michael J. Gorman, this commentary is designed for pastors, students, scholars, and lay people who want a careful exposition of 1 Corinthians that stresses its theological content and considers its spiritual, pastoral, and missional implications for today.   As Gorman leads readers through the biblical text, he explores key Pauline themes found in his previous work on Paul while he interprets 1 Corinthians as a pastoral letter about the marks of the church–a summons to the body of Christ then and now to be one, holy, catholic, and apostolic. Like Gorman’s highly regarded commentary on Romans, this commentary on 1 Corinthians emphasizes the letter’s practical applications and includes questions for reflection and sidebars on important topics, all of which make it an essential resource for teaching and preaching at any level.

 Ancient slavery and its New Testament contexts /edited by Christy Cobb and Katherine A. Shaner ; with editorial assistance by Mallory A. Challis and Joseph Foltz.  An introduction to the realities of slavery during the Greco-Roman period, designed for students of the New Testament and early Christianity.

 Approaches to teaching Stoker’s Dracula /edited by William Thomas McBride.  This volume helps teachers with ways to teach Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897) and questions of ethnicity, identity, race, psychology, gender roles, colonialism, and anxieties about the Other. It considers the novel as a “megatext” or “culture text,” from film and television to later vampire novels, including African American vampire fiction.

 Biblical theology : essays exegetical, cultural, and homiletical /C. Clifton Black.   An essential collection of C. Clifton Black’s best essays on the theology of the New Testament.  Black is well known and widely loved for his exegetical acuity, his theological seriousness, his pastoral kindness, and the most delightful sense of humor in the biblical studies guild. All these qualities are amply displayed in these thirty essays written across four decades of his career, including four essays that are published here for the first time. Biblical Theology: Essays Exegetical, Cultural, and Homiletical represents the fruit of a lifetime of studying, preaching, praying, training pastors, walking in the light, and laughing in the valley of the shadow of death. Black’s keen mind and pastoral heart make this volume a rich contribution to the field of biblical theology.

 Christology in early Christianity : collected essays /Brian E. Daley, SJ ; edited by Andrew Hofer, OP.    A leading historical theologian surveys the early Church’s thinking about Christ   Brian E. Daley, SJ, is a renowned and prolific historical theologian. His research has been published in a wide range of academic journals and edited collections; this volume brings several of his numerous studies of patristic Christology together for the first time.   The sixteen essays in this collection explore the Christology of the early Church with attention to narrative overviews, the Cappadocians, Augustine, and Chalcedon with its legacies; consideration is also given to Christology within the contexts of early philosophical and apocalyptic traditions. This unique collection is an important resource for theological libraries and scholars interested in the early Church’s thinking about Christ.

 Deconstruction and the Spirit : how pastors can better understand deconstruction and how to approach it from a Pentecostal perspective /Esteban Solís.  Deconstructive faith experiences are growing in number throughout global Christianity. Factors like globalization, individualism, education, post-colonial experiences, fundamentalism, connectivity, and others contribute to accelerate this trend and shape the environment of faith communities that find themselves amongst increasingly postmodern tendencies. Many pastors are deciding to ignore the situation by rejecting deconstruction altogether, while others are embracing it blindly. Since an overwhelming number of churches worldwide embrace Pentecostalism, Esteban Solis proposes a pastoral response from a distinctively Pentecostal perspective that engages deconstruction of faith critically while staying open to conceive it as a tool for Spirit-led discipleship that can produce a more mature faith. The book examines six affirmations made by Jacques Derrida that explain deconstruction. Each of these is contrasted with specific examples of cultural changes taking place in Costa Rica, Peter’s experience at the house of Cornelius, and a Pentecostal perspective. By exploring a variety of authors, Solis identifies different tools that can help pastors to better understand the experience of deconstruction while engaging in discipleship practices that can produce mature believers in a postmodern era.

 Forgiveness after trauma : a path to find healing and empowerment /Susannah Griffith.  The church’s teachings on forgiveness often fail victims and survivors of abuse. This book reclaims forgiveness by centering and empowering survivors.

  Four points of the compass : the unexpected history of direction /Jerry Brotton.   This is the revelatory history of the four cardinal directions that have oriented and defined our place on the globe for millennia. North, south, east, and west: almost all societies use these four cardinal directions to orientate themselves and to understand who they are by projecting where they are. For millennia, these four directions have been foundational to our travel, navigation, and exploration, and are central to the imaginative, moral, and political geography of virtually every culture in the world. Yet they are far more subjective-and sometimes contradictory-than we might realize. Four Points of the Compass takes us on a journey of directional discovery. Societies have understood and defined directions in very different ways based on their locations in time and space. Historian Jerry Brotton reveals why Hebrew culture privileges east; why Renaissance Europeans began drawing north at the top of their maps; why early Islam revered the south; why the Aztecs used five color-coded cardinal directions; and why no societies, primitive or modern, have ever orientated themselves westwards. In doing so, politically loaded but widely used terms such as the Middle East,” the “Global South,” the “West Indies,” the “Orient,” and even the “western world” take on new meanings. Who decided on these terms and what do they mean for geopolitics? How have directions like “east” and “west” taken on the status of cultural identities-or, more accurately, stereotypes? Today, however, because of GPS capability, cardinal points are less relevant. Online, we place ourselves at the center of the map as little blue dots moving across geospatial apps; we have become the most important compass point, though in the process we’ve disconnected ourselves from the natural world. Imagining what future changes technology may impose,  Brotton skillfully reminds us how crucial the four cardinal directions have been and remain to everyone who has ever walked our

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Anglican spirituality: an introduction /Greg Peters; foreword by Ray Sutton.   Anglican Spirituality lays out a concise vision for how Anglican Christians can become faithful disciples of Jesus Christ. Emphasizing the importance of the threefold rule of Daily Office, Holy Eucharist, and Private Devotion, the book shows how Anglican spirituality is rooted in the Book of Common Prayer and the Holy Scriptures. -In the Daily Office the Word of God is read and internalized through the illuminative work of the Holy Spirit as Christ the Teacher enlightens the minds of the ones praying so that the praying of the Scriptures is not for information but formation. -In the Holy Eucharist the communicant receives the grace necessary to live a spiritual life pleasing to God, allowing God to turn the key to their inner selves, transforming them from the inside out. -By personal devotion the disciple adopts those spiritual practices that make prayer effective and prepares for receiving the Holy Eucharist. In this way, disciples habituate themselves to the work of God. Lastly, this book demonstrates that Anglican spiritualty is not an isolated or individualistic endeavor and that the Prayer Book’s vision for spirituality empowers the church’s mission.

 Beyond justification: liberating Paul’s gospel /Douglas A. Campbell & Jon DePue ; foreword by Brian Zahnd.   Paul proclaims in 90 percent of what he wrote that we have been set free, resurrected, and transformed through Christ at the behest of a loving God. This gospel proclamation can be found wherever he speaks of being “in Christ.” But this gospel and its account of salvation has been captured by “another gospel,” which also lays claim to being Paul’s account of salvation. And this gospel is retributive, conditional, and ultimately damaging. “Justification Theory,” as we call this false account, lays claim to just under 10 percent of what Paul wrote. The presence of both these gospels within Paul’s interpretation causes numerous acute problems. He is, to name just a few, fundamentally confused, frequently harsh, and unavoidably anti-Jewish. If we reread Paul’s justification texts, however, paying more attention to the original historical circumstances within which they were composed, then they turn out to say something subtly but significantly different. Paul’s justification texts can be interpreted carefully, faithfully, and consistently, in terms of his usual gospel–our transformation in Christ. Thus Justification Theory is never activated. Paul’s true gospel is thereby liberated from its long captivity to a false alternative. We can now see a kinder, gentler, and more consistent, apostle.

 The Black Baptist experience in Canada /edited by Gordon L. Heath and Dudley A. Brown ; foreword by George Elliott Clarke.   This groundbreaking book is a history of the Black Baptist experience in Canada. It includes diverse and informative chapters on events, themes, and organizations such as the underground railway, gender, architecture, literature, civil rights, empire, and associations. It also focuses on several key early churches from the West Coast to the East Coast, along with important personages such as Washington Christian, Jennie Johnson, David George, William White, William Troy, and William M. Mitchell.

Biblical preaching: the development and delivery of expository messages /Haddon W. Robinson ; revised by Scott Wenig ; foreword by Torrey Robinson.This bestselling textbook on biblical preaching is a contemporary classic in the field. It offers students, pastors, and Bible teachers expert guidance in the development and delivery of expository sermons.  This new edition provides resources, methods, and advice for new generations of students and pastors. It has been revised and updated throughout by Scott Wenig, professor emeritus of applied theology and Haddon W. Robinson Chair of Biblical Preaching at Denver Seminary. Wenig adds a step to the preaching method that has been widely accepted and utilized by Robinson’s former students. The book also includes a foreword by Torrey Robinson.

 Biblical theology in the life of the early church: recovering an ancient vision /Stephen O. Presley.  This book recasts biblical theology as a practice cultivated in Christian community rather than a solely academic pursuit.  Presley argues that the early church fathers crafted an ecclesial biblical theology that was lived out communally and oriented believers toward beholding God’s glory. This volume brings patristic biblical interpretation into conversation with contemporary biblical theology, exploring how assumptions and methods of figures such as Irenaeus and Augustine can guide modern hermeneutics. Presley shows how early Christian theologians emphasized virtue and discipleship alongside exegesis, patiently shaping readers to inhabit Scripture’s narrative. He illuminates the catechetical and liturgical scaffolding that informed patristic biblical theology, centered on Christ as the cornerstone. Students and scholars of theology, church history, hermeneutics, and patristics will find valuable new insights.

Christian theology in a pluralistic age /edited by David H. Jensen.   How does today’s context of radical pluralism affect Christian theology? Can Christian theologians be claimed by more than one religious tradition? What makes constructive interreligious dialogue possible? The authors of this volume explore the challenges and opportunities of religious diversity and religious non-affiliation for Christian faith. By exploring the ways in which engagement of other traditions changes them, these theologians offer hopeful reflections for the church’s dialogical future.

Church for everyone: building a multi-inclusive community for emerging generations /Dan Kreiss and Efrem Smith.  Diversity is a high value for younger generations–but too often, they’re not finding it in the church. Emerging generations in the West are more diverse than ever–ethnically, socioeconomically, educationally, and politically. And as church attendance among younger generations declines rapidly, research shows that one of their primary sticking points is the lack of diversity in most churches. In Church for Everyone, pastors Dan Kreiss and Smith address this phenomenon head-on. In this research-based, theologically informed, and practical book, they explore the younger generations’ expectations and disappointments with church and hold out a vision for true diversity taken from the pages of Scripture. As experienced church leaders themselves, Kreiss and Smith share a wealth of practical experience and stories from the trenches of multiethnic ministry. The good news is that God has already called the church to diversity. As we seek to live out this calling in our own local contexts, we can become the demonstration of God’s love for all humanity that he has designed the church to be–and that the younger generation is so desperately looking for.

 Crossing cultures with the gospel: anthropological wisdom for effective Christian witness /Darrell Whiteman ; foreword by Miriam Adeney.  A leading missiologist with decades of experience helps people in ministry learn how to explore and understand their social, cultural, and religious context so they can more effectively witness to people in cultures different from their own.

The book of Jonah: an exegetical commentary on the Hebrew text /Johan Ferreira.  The book of Jonah does not cease to fascinate children and to challenge scholars alike. In terms of its literary form, imagery, and meaning, the book is both simple and profound. Moreover, it is unique among the prophetic books. It is not about the message of the prophet but rather about the prophet himself. And, unlike the other biblical prophets, Jonah was disobedient to the call of the Lord. Yet, ultimately, the Lord still achieved his purposes for Nineveh through his prophet Jonah. This commentary offers further training in original language exegesis by illustrating the significance of Hebrew for understanding and teaching the book of Jonah; as such, it fills the gap between learning the basics of Hebrew grammar and using Hebrew in practical preparation for teaching and preaching. Therefore, after a general overview of the theme and purpose of the book of Jonah, the commentary provides an in-depth analysis of the Hebrew text. Having observed how the Hebrew text informs interpretation, readers may then apply the same methods and principles to other sections of the Hebrew Bible.

  The Brontës & the fairy tale /Jessica Campbell.  The Brontës and the Fairy Tale is the first comprehensive study devoted to the role of fairy tales and folklore in the work of Charlotte, Emily, Anne, and Branwell Brontë. It intervenes in debates on genre, literary realism, the history of the fairy tale, and the position of women in the Victorian period. Building on recent scholarship emphasizing the dynamic relationship between the fairy tale and other genres in the nineteenth century, the book resituates the Brontës’ engagement with fairy tales in the context of twenty-first-century assumptions that the stories primarily evoke childhood and happy endings. Campbell argues instead that fairy tales and folklore function across the Brontës’ works as plot and character models, commentaries on gender, and signifiers of national identity. Scholars have long characterized the fairy tale as a form with tremendous power to influence cultures and individuals. The late twentieth century saw important critical work revealing the sinister aspects of that power, particularly its negative effects on female readers. But such an approach can inadvertently reduce the history of the fairy tale to a linear development from the “traditional” tale (pure, straight, patriarchal, and didactic) to the “postmodern” tale (playful, sophisticated, feminist, and radical). Campbell joins other contemporary scholars in arguing that the fairy tale has always been a remarkably elastic form, allowing writers and storytellers of all types to reshape it according to their purposes. The Brontës are most famous today for Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights, haunting novels that clearly repurpose fairy tales and folklore. Campbell’s book, however, reveals similar repurposing throughout the entire Brontë oeuvre. The Brontës and the Fairy Tale is recursive: in demonstrating the ubiquity and multiplicity of uses of fairy tales in the works of the Brontës, Campbell enhances not only our understanding of the Brontës’ works but also the status of fairy tales in the Victorian period.

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  An introduction to discourse analysis : theory and method /James Paul Gee.  Gee’s Introduction to Discourse Analysis: Theory and Method (5th edition) provides a comprehensive guide to conducting discourse analysis. The book outlines Gee’s approach, which involves examining how language is used in context to construct meaning, identities, relationships, and social practices. The theoretical framework is built around seven building tasks” that language performs: significance, practices, identities, relationships, politics, connections, and sign systems and knowledge. Gee introduces six ‘tools of inquiry’ for analysing these tasks: situated meanings, social languages, figured worlds, intertextuality, Discourses, and Conversations. Methodologically, Gee emphasizes the importance of context and the reciprocal relationship between language and context. He discusses transcription, outlines the components of an ‘ideal’ discourse analysis, and addresses issues of validity. The book provides practical guidance on analysing different aspects of language, such as intonation units, stanzas, and the overall organization of oral and written texts. The updated edition includes a new chapter on multimodal discourse analysis, demonstrating how Gee’s approach can be applied to texts that combine language with other modes of communication like images or video. Overall, the book equips readers with a robust toolkit for systematically analysing discourse.

  Christianity as a world religion /Sebastian Kim and Kirsteen Kim.  A fully updated introductory textbook that examines Christianity as a global faith, locally rooted in varied communities across 2,000 years of history.

  Dazzling darkness : the lives and afterlives of the Christian mystics /James Harpur.  For 2,000 years, women and men of the Christian faith have experienced what some mystics call a ‘dazzling darkness’: the spiritual journey to the heart of ultimate reality, or God. These direct communions have ranged from mild illuminations to a union consuming the mystic’s will. This book traces such spiritual figures’ lives, times and teachings, from early Christendom to modern mystics like Simone Weil and Thomas Merton. It explores how the anchoress Julian of Norwich grew up while the Black Death was devastating Europe; how, when the beguine Marguerite Porete lived, the Church was particularly primed to burn ‘heretics’; and how Pierre Teilhard de Chardin developed his idea of spiritual evolution with Darwin’s theories in the air. Deeply researched and highly engaging, Dazzling Darkness tells the stories of towering figures like Hildegard of Bingen, Teresa of Ávila and John of the Cross, and highlights many lesser-known mystics, including Mary of Egypt, Seraphim of Sarov and Charles de Foucauld, allowing their voices to sing out to future generations.

 Nursing practice and education : aspiring to excellence through seven pillars of learning /edited by Ann Gallagher, Kris Deering, and Enrico De Luca.  This accessible co-produced textbook presents essential knowledge, skills and values relevant to all undergraduate student nurses up to Masters’ level. The chapters include a range of features to help readers apply their learning, including the application of relevant international research and incorporating the voices of students, patients and nurse educators. It enables readers to gain confidence and competence in their practice and serves as an important introduction for student nurses.

**TWU Author**  The medium is still the message : Marshall McLuhan for our time /Grant N. Havers.  Examines the life and ideas of Marshall McLuhan and helps us to understand the effects of media on us, with reference to our current age.

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 **TWU Author**      Professor Kipper Kidd meets meaning mayhem /Bill Strom, Talia Wollf.    With Professor Kipper Kidd, kids learn the importance of using words and facial expressions to share on the outside what they are thinking and feeling on the inside. In the book Professor Kipper Kidd Meets Meaning Mayhem, Kipper Kidd and crew rescue Booker and Ethan from misunderstanding when their chat after a baseball game goes haywire.

 AI shepherds and electric sheep : leading and teaching in the age of artificial intelligence /Sean O’Callaghan, Paul A. Hoffman.  This book offers resources and practical tools to help us understand the rapidly evolving and ubiquitous technology of AI. It also helps us think about AI biblically and consider what role it should play in ministry and higher education.

Brokenness and grace : rehabilitating theological perspectives in education /edited by Abraham de Muynck, Roel Kuiper.  In an era where contemporary education often neglects the complexities of brokenness, evil, and sin, this volume offers a pioneering examination of these concepts through a theological lens. Kuiper and Muynck curate contributions from distinguished scholars across pedagogy, psychology, philosophy, and theology to reintegrate notions of grace, forgiveness, and hope into educational discourse. Addressing manifestations of evil and suffering within educational settings, this interdisciplinary work provides educators with theoretical and practical frameworks to enhance human flourishing. By bridging historical and contemporary perspectives, this book seeks to enrich educational theory and practice with profound, holistic approaches to human formation.

Canada and colonialism : an unfinished history /Jim Reynolds.  Colonialism endures in Canada today. Dismantling it requires understanding how and why Canada’s colonial experience in the British Empire remains unique. While colonies like India were ruled through despotism and violence, Canada’s white settler population governed itself while oppressing the Indigenous peoples whose lands they were on. Canada and Colonization shows that this settler-led self-governance is why colonialism is still entrenched in Canadian laws and society to today. Reynolds presents a truly compelling account of Canada’s colonial coming of age and its impacts on Indigenous peoples, including the internal colonialism behind the Indian Act and those who enforced it. This book also addresses the historical and ongoing Anglo-Canadian support for colonial rule and how this perpetuates colonialism. It is this continuing legacy that the Truth and Reconciliation Commission implored Canada to recognize and address before reconciliation and decolonization could take place. As one of Canada’s leading experts in Aboriginal law, author Jim Reynolds highlights the historical underpinnings and contemporary challenges Canada must reckon with to move toward decolonization.

 Christianity and capitalism in China : a case study from the diaspora /Ottavio Palombaro.  This book links Calvinist belief in the Perpetual Assurance of Salvation with self-efficacy for economic success. Certain values are at stake for the success of economic behavior. Since the genesis of modern capitalism, a set of beliefs proper of Calvinism (mainly Predestination but also Beruf, Inner-worldly Asceticism, role of Sects was said by Max Weber to cause an anxiety about salvation and generate a propensity to economic success as a sign of election. In order to observe this in action today, it is crucial to consider the evolution that the Protestant ethic went through migrating first in north America and lastly through the Protestant revival of China. Wenzhou is called “Jerusalem of China” for its large Protestant community that is also strongly involved in business. Some scholar already pointed out the presence among those entrepreneurs of this Protestant ethic (Yi Xiang, Boss-Christian . The data presented in this comparative qualitative study pertain to ethnographic observations, job-shadowing and interviews done among Chinese Christian and non-Christian entrepreneurs from Wenzhou living in Milan, Italy. The results show with some adjustments the presence of a Chinese-version of the Protestant ethic overlapping with several values proper to the Chinese context (Confucianism, lineage, social network). The extension of the study to other cases must be done with caution considering the non-causal justificatory role of the belief. Regardless: successful entrepreneurship involves specific social, cultural and even religious aspects that move beyond mere business strategies.

Consciousness and matter : mind, brain, and cosmos in the dialogue between science and theology /edited by Kirill Kopeikin & Alexei V. Nesteruk.  This volume represents a collective effort to advance research on the perennial problem of matter and consciousness, body and mind. It contains contributions from the fields of philosophy, psychology, physiology, cosmology, and physics. However, its distinctive emphasis is on the key role of theology. The modern natural sciences historically arose as an attempt to read the second book of God-that is, the book of Nature. The contributors to this volume maintain that this orientation of early modern science was correct and that our contemporary understanding of matter and its link with the psychic world can only be plausibly advanced through an appeal to theology. Attempts to resolve the problem of consciousness without theological insights yield problematic reductions of mind to matter or vice versa. The authors maintain that a Christian theological understanding of creation and of humanity provides a framework for a more fruitful way forward in our interdisciplinary attempts to engage the issue.

Democracy and solidarity : on the cultural roots of America’s political crisis /James Davison Hunter  Liberal democracy in America has always contained contradictions–most notably, a noble but abstract commitment to freedom, justice, and equality that, tragically, has seldom been realized in practice. While these contradictions have caused dissent and even violence, there was always an underlying and evolving solidarity drawn from the cultural resources of America’s “hybrid Enlightenment.” Hunter, who introduced the concept of “culture wars” thirty years ago, tells us in this new book that those historic sources of national solidarity have now largely dissolved. While a deepening political polarization is the most obvious sign of this, the true problem is not polarization per se but the absence of cultural resources to work through what divides us. The destructive logic that has filled the void only makes bridging our differences more challenging. In the end, all political regimes require some level of unity. If it cannot be generated organically, it will be imposed by force. Can America’s political crisis be fixed? Can an Enlightenment-era institution–liberal democracy–survive and thrive in a post-Enlightenment world? If, for some, salvaging the older sources of national solidarity is neither possible sociologically, nor desirable politically or ethically, what cultural resources will support liberal democracy in the future?

Facing danger : a guide through risk /Anna Hampton ; [foreword by Stuart Briscoe]  Developing a Practical Theology of Risk In a world where danger and uncertainty loom large, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed and unsure about how to tread wisely in ministry. Yet, imagine having a comprehensive guide to aid in discerning, reshaping, and skillfully handling the risks that come your way. Facing Danger: A Guide through Risk is that resource. Against the rich backdrop of her family’s own sojourn in perilous places, Hampton presents a treasure trove of practical tools and profound insights to help you thrive in an increasingly hazardous world. With deep spiritual contemplation and meticulous research, she offers a unique viewpoint on cross-cultural service and the art of making sacrifices. Missionaries, pastors, and those yearning to embrace a life of unyielding faith will find Facing Danger to be an indispensable resource. It includes a trauma recovery recipe, sixteen risk myths, a hermeneutical methodology, and risk assessment and management training. Facing Danger equips you to create a systematic action plan to faithfully traverse dangerous landscapes. Hampton empowers readers serving Christ to decipher and adeptly handle risk with wisdom and hope.

 From Babel to AI : Idolatry, transhumanism, and the crisis of imago Dei /Dawn Lewis Sutherland.  From Babel to AI: Idolatry, Transhumanism, and the Crisis of Imago Dei confronts the profound questions of human identity and purpose in an age dominated by technological innovation. Drawing from biblical narratives like the Tower of Babel, this thought-provoking work explores how artificial intelligence, transhumanism, and other modern advancements echo ancient struggles with idolatry and hubris. At its core, this book calls readers to rediscover the doctrine of the imago Dei–the belief that humanity is created in the image of God–as the foundation for addressing the ethical and theological challenges of our time. Through compelling analysis and case studies, it unpacks the dangers of dehumanizing technologies and offers a robust theological framework for engaging them while safeguarding human dignity and relationality. Whether readers are a scholar, church leader, or thoughtful believer wrestling with the implications of AI and transhumanism, From Babel to AI will inspire all to think deeply, act faithfully, and reclaim humanity’s divine purpose in a rapidly changing world.

 Growing women in ministry : seven aspects of leadership development /Anna R. Morgan.  This book helps readers develop women leaders in a local church or ministry context, exploring seven facets that provide a holistic way to grow the influence of women.

 Habits of hope : educational practices for a weary world /Todd C. Ream, Jerry Pattengale and Christopher J. Devers, eds. ; foreword by Amos Yong.  Christians called to academic vocations need authentic hope to sustain their work, and they need to be able to share that hope with a weary world. Combining theology and practical application, essays from master practitioners focus on how six educational practices can cultivate hope for educators, their students, and everyone they serve.

Interpretive description : qualitative research for applied practice /Sally Thorne.  Interpretive Description: Qualitative Research for Applied Practice has established itself as the key resource for novice and intermediate level researchers in applied settings for conducting a qualitative research project with practical outcomes. This book takes the reader through the qualitative research process, from research design through fieldwork, analysis, interpretation, and application of the results; provides numerous examples from a variety of applied fields to show research in action; and uses an accessible style to be the ideal book for teaching qualitative research in clinical and applied disciplines. In this new, third edition, leading qualitative researcher Thorne retains the clear, straightforward guidance for researchers and students in health, social service, mental health, and related fields. This new edition includes additional material on positionality, disciplinary blindspots, design logic, arts-based approaches, diversity, mixed methods, writers block, and dealing with critique. It has been comprehensively updated with new references and case examples throughout. Interpretive Description ideal resource for instructors and advanced students interested in qualitative research, across a range of disciplines.

Moral cosmology : on being in the world fully and well /Albert Borgmann. This book argues for a unified worldview of moral cosmology that will allow us to be truly at home in the universe, a view that was disrupted by the European Enlightenment. The author contends that a basic understanding of quantum physics and relative theory offers the widest possible background for the renewal of a moral cosmology.

Oliver Cromwell : commander in chief /Ronald Hutton.  The second volume in an acclaimed biography of Oliver Cromwell, from the capture of Charles I to the expulsion of the Long Parliament In 1647, the Parliamentarians were divided. They had won the first civil war and the king was in custody, but disagreements over the way forward had led to a stalemate. As the leader of one party, Oliver Cromwell found himself again at the centre of events. In the second volume of his pioneering biography, Hutton traces Cromwell’s career from 1647 through to his seizure of supreme power. These decisive years saw the execution of Charles I and the establishment of the Commonwealth of England, as well as notorious and savage campaigns in Ireland and Scotland. Cromwell’s political and military leadership were well honed after years of practice, but this was also the period of his greatest ruthlessness and brutality. This groundbreaking account reveals a different kind of Cromwell, showing how he navigated the many forces ranged against him–and rose to the pinnacle of his power.

  Our people’s language : variation and change in the Lánnang-uè of the Manila Lannangs = Dân láng-e uè : Mga Manilá Lánnáng-e Lánnang-uè-e pagka-varỳ kâp pagka-pièn /Wilkinson Daniel Wong Gonzales, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.  This book pioneers the study of Lánnang-uè, deeply embedded in Manila’s Lannang community’s culture. It approaches Lánnang-uè not just as a language but as a vibrant social practice, highlighting its variability and complex social meanings (e.g., identity-marking). Over six years and with more than 150 participants, the monograph integrates contemporary, community-focused, and critical sociolinguistic frameworks to explore and document linguistic variation as well as change signaling attrition, challenging reductive academic views. Employing diverse methodologies-surveys, elicitation, interviews, computational modeling, and ethnography- the work offers a nuanced depiction of Lánnang-uè’s diversity. A decolonial stance is advocated, emphasizing the complex practices that define the language and its speakers’ identity. It critiques the idea of a uniform linguistic standard, presenting Lánnang-uè as shaped by local, diverse, and inclusive practices, urging a reevaluation of language ownership and authenticity. This monograph is crucial for scholars in sociolinguistics, language variation, and contact linguistics, informing language revitalization efforts and enriching global discussions on linguistic diversity and discrimination.

Spiritual assessment in healthcare : a resource guide /Linda Ross and Wilfred McSherry, editors.  This new edition of Spiritual Assessment in Healthcare, led by two prominent Professors of Nursing, explores issues of spiritual assessment in healthcare practice while adopting a lifespan approach and also including expertise from nursing, midwifery, medicine, mental health, children and adolescents, meaningful ageing, and intellectual disability. The importance of cultural sensitivity and diversity are explored because it is recognised that these are themes that have been neglected in discussions about spiritual assessment. It provides nurses and other healthcare professionals with a valuable resource that will assist them with identifying and meeting their patients’ and clients’ spiritual needs.

The HBC brigades : culture, conflict and perilous journeys of the fur trade /Nancy Marguerite Anderson.  A lively recounting of the tough men and heroic but overworked packhorses who broke open BC to the big business of the 19th century fur trade. Facing a grueling thousand-mile trail, the brigades of the Hudson Bay Company (HBC) pushed onward over mountains and through ferocious river crossings to reach the isolated fur-trading posts. But it wasn’t just the landscape the brigades faced, as First Nations people struggled with the desire to resist, or assist, the fur company’s attempts to build their brigade trails over the Aboriginal trails that led between Indigenous communities, which surrounded the trading posts.   Anderson recounts how the devastating Cayuse War of 1847, forced the HBC men over a newly-explored overland trail to Fort Langley. The journey was a disaster-in-waiting.”

The promise and peril of AI and IA : new technology meets religion, theology, and ethics /Ted Peters, editor.How should public theologians and social ethicists assess, anticipate, and amend the projected path taken by Artificial Intelligence and Intelligence Amplification? With the advent of generative AI along with large language models, suddenly our techie whiz kids are sounding the fire alarm. Will a Frankenstein monster escape its creator’s design? Will more highly evolved superintelligence render today’s human race extinct? Is this generation morally obligated to give birth to a tomorrow in which we outdated humans can no longer participate? This book collects foresighted analyses and recommendations from computer scientists, neuroscientists, AI ethicists, along with Christian and Muslim theologians.

  The Riel problem :  Canada, the Métis, and a resistant hero /Albert Braz.Tracing Louis Riel’s metamorphosis from traitor to Canadian hero, Braz argues that, through his writing, Riel resists his portrayal as both a Canadian patriot and a pan-Indigenous leader. After being hanged for high treason by the Canadian state in 1885, the Metis politician, poet, and mystic has emerged as a quintessential Canadian champion. The Riel Problem maps this representational shift by examining a series of watershed cultural and scholarly commemorations of Riel since 1967, from a large-scale opera about his life, through the publication of his extant writings, to statues erected in his honour. Braz also probes how aspects of Riel’s life and writing can be problematic for many contemporary Metis artists, scholars, and civic leaders. Analyzing representations of Riel in light of his own writings, the author exposes both the constructedness of the Canadian nation-state and the magnitude of the current historical revisionism when dealing with Riel.

The wages of cinema : a Christian aesthetic of film in conversation with Dorothy L. Sayers /Crystal L. Downing.In this volume, Crystal Downing explores how to approach film from an explicitly Christian perspective as informed by the work of Dorothy L. Sayers. Downing draws on Sayers’s writing on the relationship between creativity and Christianity to call for a discerning Christian engagement with film. She also points to Sayers’s own (often overlooked, even by some of her best biographers) interactions with cinema. This wide-ranging study combines theological engagement with film and a historical analysis of the development of film, along with the story of Sayers’s own life and work. Sayers was passionate about artistic integrity and expressing truth in good art, and her insights can inform how Christians today appreciate works both old and new. Downing challenges Christian authors who, showing little to no interest in film history, art, and theory, have written books reducing film to a content-delivery system.

The Wagner Group :inside Russia’s mercenary army /Jack Margolin.An expose of the Wagner Group, Russia’s notorious and secretive mercenary army. This book exposes the history and future of the Wagner Group, Russia’s notorious and secretive mercenary army, revealing details of their operations never documented before. Margolin traces the Wagner Group from its roots as a battlefield rumour to a private military enterprise tens of thousands strong. He follows individual commanders and foot soldiers as they fight in Ukraine, Syria and Africa. He shows Wagner mercenaries committing atrocities, plundering oil, diamonds and gold, and changing the course of conflicts in the name of the Kremlin. In documenting the Wagner’s Group’s story up to the dramatic demise of its chief director, Evgeniy Prigozhin, Margolin demonstrates what the Wagner Group represents for not only the future of Putin’s political system, but also the privatization of war.