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New Titles Tuesday- March 25

March 25, 2025 / Jennifer Sheen

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

AI and the future of education: teaching in the age of artificial intelligence /Priten Shah. This book is a timely response to the challenges and opportunities that artificial intelligence presents to educators. After offering an overview of AI, the author shows teachers how to evaluate and use AI in lesson design and to automate their administrative tasks. Readers will come to see that AI is not a threat to teaching and learning but a tool to make teaching and learning more engaging. Shah also discusses ethical implications generative AI has on achievement gaps, special education, English learners.

Lead smart: how to build and lead highly productive teams /Dermot Crowley. Are you too busy to lead your team effectively? The simple truth is that leaders have never felt so distracted, so overwhelmed and so unable to find the time they need to make a real impact. In Lead Smart, productivity expert Crowley delivers proven strategies for cutting through the busyness and working and leading more effectively, maximising productivity for you and your team. Lead Smart is the book you need to upgrade how you use your time, energy and focus to better thrive and inspire as a leader.

Army of liars: how digital media and artificial intelligence are corrupting truth and endangering humanity /Andrew V. Edwards.The author explores how digital media and artificial intelligence are corrupting the nature of truth and endangering the future of humanity.

Christ, the Logos of creation: ban essay in analogical metaphysics /John R. Betz.Betz seeks to recover a Christ-centered, analogical metaphysics and to establish the indispensability of such metaphysics for Christian theology and the Christian vision of reality.

Culture fix: how to create a great place to work /Colin D Ellis. Culture is a daily topic of conversation in every kind of business, from schools to prisons, from start-ups to large corporates and from barber shops to championship-winning sports teams. Despite this, there is still no ‘handbook’ for creating team and organization cultures that are truly unique for their people. Most people simply don’t know where to start, or attempt to transform culture with restructures, office fit outs, off-site meetings, strategy days or changes in personnel – none of which are proven to work. This book provides the information to solve these culture problems.

Directing actors: creating memorable performances for film and television /Judith Weston. Directing film or television is a high-stakes occupation. It captures your full attention at every moment, calling on you to commit every resource and stretch yourself to the limit; it’s the white-water rafting of entertainment jobs. But for many directors, the excitement they feel about a new project tightens into anxiety when it comes to working with actors. In the years since the original edition of Directing Actors was published, the technical side of filmmaking has become much more easily accessible. Directors tell me that dealing with actors is the last frontier-the scariest part and the part they long for-the human part, the place where connection happens.

Film editing: theory and practice /Christopher Llewellyn Reed. Designed for the novice or for a course in film editing, the book is the perfect introductory text. Editing is the art of using the building blocks supplied by the writer and director to create a structurally sound and brilliant piece of cinematic dazzle. As the word is to the sentence, so the shot is to the scene, and the editor must “write” coherently. This book teaches the aspiring editor how to speak the inspiring language of images.

Humanizing education for immigrant and refugee youth: 20 strategies for the classroom and beyond /Monisha Bajaj, Daniel Walsh, Lesley Bartlett, Gabriela Martinez. This important book offers strategies, models, and concrete ideas for better serving newcomer immigrant and refugee youth in U.S. schools, with a focus on grades 6-12. The authors present 20 strategies grouped under three categories: (1) classroom and instructional design, (2) school design, and (3) extracurricular, community, and alumni partnerships. Each chapter provides research-based information, classroom examples, tips for implementing each strategy, and additional resources. Readers will find engaging profiles of schools, students, and alumni interspersed throughout the book, offering both varied perspectives and practical advice.

Introduction to determinants of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples’ health in Canada /edited by Margo Greenwood, Sarah de Leeuw, Roberta Stout, Roseann Larstone, and Julie Sutherland. This critical new volume to the field of health studies offers an introductory overview of the determinants of health for Indigenous Peoples in Canada, while cultivating an understanding of the presence of coloniality in health care and how it determines First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples’ health and well-being.

Leading at a distance: practical lessons for virtual success /James M. Citrin, Darleen DeRosa. Working remotely will likely become a more common factor for leaders guiding teams and organizations in the future. In this context, leaders must master virtual work environments to keep geographically dispersed team members aligned, connected, engaged, and performing. Leaders are aware that leading virtual teams and geographically dispersed employees can be very challenging. It is more difficult to hold employees accountable, build trust and strong relationships, as well as coach from a distance. Yet, organizations need to adapt to a virtual way of working as virtual leadership plays an increasingly important role in driving overall organizational effectiveness and performance.

Leading from the middle: a playbook for managers to influence up, down, and across the organization /Scott Mautz. Leading from the Middle takes the lessons of Dale Carnegie’s “How To Win Friends and Influence People” and John C. Maxwell’s “360 Leadership” and distills them into an accessible handbook designed for daily reference. Designed to help the middle manager be more effective in in managing up, down, and across his or her organization. This book will provide actionable, step-by-step instruction for the daily challenges a middle manager may face, including: extracting more resources from management; better communicating corporate initiatives to direct reports; influencing peers and colleagues; navigating times of changes; and much more.

Leading while female: a culturally proficient response for gender equity /Trudy T. Arriaga, Stacie L. Stanley, Delores B. Lindsey ; foreword by Thelma Meléndez de Santa Ana. First, just to be clear: ‘Leading While Female’ is not a book about how to get a leadership job. Nor is it about ‘fixing’ or transforming women to have the mindsets of male managers. Instead, the bigger ambition is to help both female and male educational leaders confront and close the gender equity gap–a gap that currently denies highly qualified women of all colors the opportunity to better serve our millions of public school students. If we look at the data, we can safely say women are doing the work of classroom teaching while, disproportionately, men are making administrative and leadership decisions. Here at last is a resource for breaking down the barriers and leading the way for future generations of women leaders.

The carbon tax question: clarifying Canada’s most consequential policy debate /Thomas F. Pedersen. A timely and insightful exploration of the implementation and impact of British Columbia’s carbon tax, delving into the political and economic considerations behind the tax, and addressing misconceptions. Carbon taxation has become a political, social and economic hot potato in Canada (and beyond) and a major election issue.

The effective manager /Mark Horstman, Kate Braun, Sarah Sentes. An effective manager is one who achieves results and retention. Can you get the job done — whether it be sales, or engineering, or marketing, or operations, or logistics, or software development? And can you do so in a way that not just attracts but also retains your team of professionals? Will you keep your people while you climb the mountain, or will you burn them out in hopes of getting promoted and being able to do the same thing to a different team? The Effective Manager is written for every manager, at every level. It focuses on what you can do now, today, with your team members, to improve their performance and get better results and retention.

The power of virtual distance: a guide to productivity and happiness in the age of remote work /Karen Sobel Lojeski, Ph.D., Richard R. Reilly, Ph.D. Today, almost all organizations are struggling with the impact that virtualization is having on the workplace. Yet, a full comprehension of what the costs of virtualization are, is lacking. This book introduces the concept of virtual distance to show businesses what they have felt has been occurring all along, that there are definite costs to doing work in a virtual environment. It then goes a step further and offers proven methods for measuring these costs and guidance on managing them.

The problem of twelve: when a few financial institutions control everything /John Coates. The problem of twelve arises when a small number of actors acquire the means to exert outsized influence over the politics and economy of a nation.

Thriving in academia: building a career at a teaching-focused institution /Pamela I. Ansburg, Mark E. Basham & Regan A. R. Gurung. Veteran professors distill their decades of expertise into simple, practical advice for building rewarding careers as undergraduate instructors at teaching-focused institutions. They guide readers through the entire career trajectory: finding and applying to positions, developing essential knowledge and skills, seeking tenure and promotions, and continuing to thrive in the mid- to late-career stages.

New Titles Tuesday, August 30

August 30, 2022 / scbrouwer

Here is a selection of recently added titles in our collection:

Jesus and the manuscripts: what we can learn from the oldest texts /Craig A. Evans. Evans introduces readers to the diversity and complexity of the ancient literature that records the words and deeds of Jesus. This book critically analyzes important texts and quotations in their original languages and engages the current scholarly discussion. Evans argues that the Gospel of Thomas is not early or independent of the New Testament Gospels but that it should be dated to the late second century. He also argues that Secret Mark, like the recently published Gospel of Jesus’ Wife, is probably a modern forgery. Of special interest is the question of how long the autographs of New Testament writings remained in circulation. Evans argues that the evidence suggests that most of these autographs remained available for copying and study for more than one hundred years and thus stabilized the text.

Learned, experienced, and discerning: St. Teresa of Avila and St. John of the Cross on spiritual direction /Mark O’Keefe, OSB. Insights into the qualities that should mark a good spiritual director-learned, experienced, and discerning-as demonstrated by the spiritual texts of Teresa of Avila and John of the Cross.

Muslim sources of the crusader period: an anthology /edited and translated, with an introduction, by James E. Lindsay & Suleiman A. Mourad. Drawn from greater Syria, northern Mesopotamia, and Egypt, the sources in this anthology–many of which are translated into English for the first time here–provide eyewitness and contemporary historical accounts of what unfolded in the eastern Mediterranean and the Near East between the eleventh and fourteenth centuries. In providing representative examples of the many disparate types of Muslim sources, this volume opens a window onto life in the Islamic Near East during the Crusader period and the interactions between Franks and Muslims in the broader context of Islamic history.

On being human: essays in theological anthropology /by Ray S. Anderson. Anderson focused on the person as determined by and sustained by the creative power of God. He explored the the implications of a biblical understanding of personhood for such critical issues as human sexuality, family relationships, abortion, and death. He broke new ground in relating pastoral care and counseling to contemporary issues which challenge Christians and their understanding of the meaning of human life.

On pandemics: deadly diseases from bubonic plague to coronavirus /David Waltner-Toews. Waltner-Toews, gathers the latest research to profile dozens of illnesses in On Pandemics. On Pandemics shows the greater impact of animal-borne diseases on our world, and encourages us to re-examine our role in pandemics, if not for our own health, then for the health of our planet. This book has been updated in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

On the six days of creation /St. Gregory of Nyssa ; translated by Robin Orton. This is the first complete English translation of St. Gregory of Nyssa’s treatise On the Six Days of Creation (In Hexaemeron). It incorporates Gregory’s own observations on the Genesis text, which reflect his desire to show the consistency between Scripture and the philosophy and natural science of his day. A notable feature is Gregory’s presentation of God’s creation of the world as what has been called a substantification of God’s own will, creatio ex Deo rather than creatio ex nilhilo. Other ideas of Gregory’s seem interestingly to foreshadow those of modern science.

Quasi-experimentation: a guide to design and analysis /Charles S. Reichardt. This book explains how to use modern approaches to quasi-experimentation to derive credible estimates of treatment effects under the demanding constraints of field settings. Reichardt provides an in-depth examination of the design and statistical analysis of pretest–posttest, nonequivalent groups, regression discontinuity, and interrupted time-series designs. Comparing quasi-experiments to randomized experiments, Reichardt discusses when and why the former might be a better choice than the latter in the face of the contingencies that are likely to arise in practice. Throughout, mathematical equations are translated into words to enhance accessibility.

Reading Evangelicals: how Christian fiction shaped a culture and a faith /Daniel Silliman. A historical examination of Evangelical identity through a close look at five best-selling Evangelical novels and the Christian publishing and bookselling industry they helped build

Resurrected to eternal life: on dying and rising /Jürgen Moltmann ; translated by Ellen Yutzy Glebe. In this daring meditation, Moltmann interrogates dying, the nature of death, and the hope of eternal life. For Moltmann, the living soul that awakens to eternal life is not a ghost in a machine, but the Lebensgestalt, the shape and story of a life. Seasoned readers will find here a capstone to Moltmann’s career of theological exploration, while those new to his thought will find a concise and elegant entry point into his work.

The Christ party in the Corinthian community /Ferdinand Christian Baur ; with an introduction by Ernst Käsemann ; translated by Wayne Coppins, Christoph Heilig, Lucas Ogden, and David Lincicum. For the first time Baur’s ground-breaking essay appears in English translation. Baur argued for a diversity of views in the earliest strata of the Christian tradition that shaped the modern study of Paul in lasting ways. Baur’s work revealed a tension between Pauline, gentile Christianity, on the one hand, and Petrine, Judaizing Christianity.

The divine imprint: finding God in the human mind /Russell Stannard. Those who think the evidence for God is found in the world around us, says Russell Stannard, are starting in the wrong place. Instead, we must begin by looking inside ourselves – into the inner recesses of our own consciousness, where the ultimate source of all consciousness has left his imprint.

The fall of the Roman Empire: a new history of Rome and the Barbarians /Peter Heather. The death of the Roman Empire is one of the perennial mysteries of world history. Now, in this groundbreaking book, Heather proposes a stunning new solution: Centuries of imperialism turned the neighbors Rome called barbarians into an enemy capable of dismantling an Empire that had dominated their lives for so long.

The five dysfunctions of a team: a leadership fable /Patrick Lencioni In this book, the author turns his keen intellect and storytelling power to the fascinating, complex world of teams. The author’s story serves as a timeless reminder that leadership requires as much courage as it does insight. Throughout the story, he reveals the five dysfunctions that go to the very heart of why teams, even the best ones, often struggle. He outlines a powerful model and actionable steps that can be used to overcome these common hurdles and build a cohesive, effective team.

The idea of a Christian college: a reexamination for today’s university /Todd C. Ream and Perry L. Glanzer. Ream and. Glanzer account for changes in how 21st century people view the Church and themselves as human agents, and propose a vision for the Christian college in light of the fact that so many Christian colleges now look and act more like research universities. Including topics such as the co-curricular, common worship, and diversity, they craft a vision that strives to see into the future by drawing on the riches of the past. First-year students as well as new faculty members and administrators will benefit from the insights in this book in ways previous generations benefitted from Arthur Holmes’s original efforts.

The need for creeds today: confessional faith in a faithless age /J.V. Fesko. A leading Reformed theologian offers a brief, accessible invitation to the historic creeds and confessions, making a biblical and historical case for their necessity and utility today.

The post-quarantine church: six urgent challenges and opportunities that will determine the future of your congregation /Thom S. Rainer. From thousands of surveys of church leaders and in-person consultations, Rainer and his Church Answers team have gathered the essential wisdom you will need to face the challenges and opportunities that the quarantine crisis creates for the local church. This book is valuable for those looking for local church and pastor resources to enhance church leadership, grow your church, and serve digital and online church communities in the post-quarantine world.

The power of pictures in Christian thought: the use and abuse of images in the Bible and theology /Anthony C. Thiselton. Part One considers key philosophical and aesthetic evaluations of literary images and symbols. theories of symbol, metaphor, and visual representation must be examined. Part Two discusses visual representation in the Old Testament, the teaching of Jesus, pictures and analogies in Paul, and the Book of Revelation. This shows the range of authentic visual representations. Similarly, sermons and prayers today can be enriched with pictorial images, but some can be misleading and unhelpful for the life of the Church.

The robot will see you now: artificial intelligence and the Christian faith /edited by John Wyatt and Stephen N. Williams. Contributions from a number of international experts explore a range of social and ethical issues raised by recent advances in AI and robotics. Considering the role of artificial intelligence in areas such as medicine, employment and security, the book looks at how AI is perceived as well as its actual impact on human interactions and relationships. Alongside are theological responses from an orthodox Christian perspective. The Robot Will See You Now offers a measured, thoughtful view on how Christians can understand and prepare for the challenges posted by the development of AI. Whatever your level of technical knowledge, The Robot Will See You Now will give you a thorough understanding of AI and equip you to respond to the challenges it poses with confidence and faith.

The three arrows ; and, The servants and the snow: plays by Iris Murdoch. These two plays concern problems of political power, and in particular the nature of sovereignty. They are also dramas of romantic love.

Theodicy of love: cosmic conflict and the problem of evil /John C. Peckham. Based on a close canonical reading of Scripture, this book offers a new approach to the challenge of reconciling the Christian confession of a loving God with the realities of suffering and evil. Peckham offers a constructive proposal for a theodicy of love that upholds both the sovereignty of God and human freedom, showing that Scripture points toward a framework for thinking about God’s love in relation to the world.

To think Christianly: a history of L’Abri, Regent College, and the Christian study center movement /Charles E. Cotherman ; foreword by Kenneth G. Elzinga. Cotherman traces the stories of notable study centers and networks, as well as their influence on twentieth-century Christianity. Beginning with the innovations of L’Abri and Regent College, Cotherman sheds new light on these defining places in evangelicalism’s life of the mind.

Top girls /Caryl Churchill ; with commentary and notes by Bill Naismith. Marlene hosts a dinner party to celebrate her promotion to managing director of ‘Top Girls’ employment agency. Her guests are five women from the past. As the evening continues we are involved with the stories of all five women and the impending crisis in Marlene’s own life. A classic of contemporary theatre, Churchill’s play is seen as a landmark for a new generation of playwrights.

Understanding climate change through religious lifeworlds /edited by David L. Haberman. Understanding Climate Change through Religious Lifeworlds offers a transnational view of how religion reconciles the concepts of the global and the local and influences the challenges of climate change.

Who created Christianity?: fresh approaches to the relationship between Paul and Jesus /Craig A Evans, Aaron W White, editors. This collection of essays proposes a complementary work to the work of David Wenham and his thesis that Paul was indeed, not the founder of Christianity or the creator of Christian dogma, as such, but instead the faithful disciple and conveyer of a prior Jesus tradition.

New Titles Tuesday, August 9

August 9, 2022 / scbrouwer

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

… And the church actually changed uncommon wisdom for pastors in an age of doubt, division, and decline /N. Graham Standish. … And the Church Actually Changed arises out of Standish’s work as a spiritual director and coach to clergy of all denominations and traditions, and as the pastor of a healthy, growing, and somewhat alternative church for more than twenty-two years. … And the Church Actually Changed addresses issues brought up by clergy themselves in his coaching work with them. Using an integrative approach to ministry, Standish draws on insights from counseling, spiritual direction, organizational development, and other fields.

A complex exile homelessness and social exclusion in Canada /Erin Dej. A Complex Exile shows that the homelessness sector inadvertently reinforces the social exclusion of people who are homeless. This book goes beyond bio-medical and psychological perspectives on homelessness, mental illness, and addiction, to call for a transformation in how we respond to homelessness in Canada.

A legacy of exploitation early capitalism in the Red River Colony, 1763-1821 /Susan Dianne Brophy. Brophy examines the early Red River Colony to show how its history informs present-day settler-colonial relations. This critical re-evaluation upends standard accounts of the Red River Colony by foregrounding Indigenous producers as a driving force of change. A Legacy of Exploitation offers a comprehensive account of legal, economic, and geopolitical relations to show how autonomy can become distorted as complicity in processes of dispossession. Brophy’s unflinching assessment lays bare the myths of pre-Confederation adventuring and the cruel reality of early settler-colonialism in Canada.

After college navigating transitions, relationships, and faith /Erica Young Reitz. Reitz has specialized in helping college seniors and recent graduates navigate the transition to postcollege life. Drawing on best practices and research on senior preparedness, she offers practical tools for a life of faithfulness and flourishing during a critical, transitional time. This practical guide addresses the top issues graduates face: making decisions, finding friends, managing money, discerning your calling and much more.

Arts, health and well-being a critical perspective on research, policy and practice /Norma Daykin. This important book develops a critical understanding of the bridging of arts and health domains, drawing on models and perspectives from social sciences to develop the case for arts and health as a social movement. This interdisciplinary perspective offers a new research agenda that can help to inform future developments and sustainability in arts, health and well-being.

Bringing Bernard Lonergan down to earth and into our hearts and communities /John Raymaker and Godefroid Alekiabo Mombula. Bringing Bernard Lonergan Down to Earth seeks to show how Lonergan addressed problems of community life. Here the Christian theological virtues of faith, hope, and love are indispensable but that does not curtail from Lonergan’s uncanny ability to reach out to secularists by focusing on ethics. The importance of Lonergan’s interdisciplinary work is signaled in the book’s twelve explorations that detail for interested readers his extraordinary ability to solve major philosophical issues.

By Gospel alone a historical, doctrinal, and pastoral counseling perspective on the primacy of the Gospel. /David Menendez. The present work pursues an apologetic plea on behalf of the gospel. Furthermore, we want to show that the Gospel provides a very practical framework to live in communion with God and with one another.

Catholics and evangelicals for the common good a dialogue in an historic convergence /edited by Ronald J. Sider and John Borelli. This book reports on The National Association of Evangelicals’s official public policy document and the official public policy positions of American Catholics. The result was a series of annual meetings that brought together prominent Catholic and Evangelical scholars and public policy specialists to explore the extent of the common ground.that dialogue–and its contribution to the increasing Catholic-evangelical cooperation.

Christian apologetics a comprehensive case for biblical faith /Douglas Groothuis. Groothuis makes a clear and rigorous case for Christian theism. Demonstrating how apologetics must be both rational and winsome, he addresses the most common questions and objections people raise regarding Christianity. The second edition of this landmark work has been updated throughout to address current issues and sources. It includes new chapters on topics such as doubt and the hiddenness of God, the atonement, the church, and lament as a Christian apologetic.

Coherent Christianity toward an articulate faith /Louis Roy. Roy illustrates his conviction that Christianity consists in the most profound experience to which human beings are invited by God. This experience involves meaning and truth, hope and love, suffering and joy, solidarity and critique. It is a space of freedom, where diverse persons seek the light and make their decisions, interacting with the intellectual and affective resources of their culture. The book proposes an articulate and coherent vision of the Christian faith.

Communicating COVID-19 everyday life, digital capitalism, and conspiracy theories in pandemic times /by Christian Fuchs. Fuchs analyses the changes of everyday communication in the COVID-19 crisis and how misinformation has spread online throughout the pandemic. He explores the foundations and rapid spread of conspiracy theories and anti-vaccination discourse on the Internet, paying particular attention to the vast amount of COVID-19 conspiracy theories about Bill Gates. He also interrogates Internet users’ reactions to these COVID-19 conspiracy theories as well as how Donald Trump communicated about COVID-19 on Twitter during the final year of his Presidency. Communicating COVID-19 is an essential work for anyone seeking to understand the role of digital technologies, changes in communication and the Internet, and the spread of conspiracy theories in the context of COVID-19.

Contextualizing the faith a holistic approach /A. Scott Moreau. This comprehensive yet accessible textbook organizes contextualization, which includes everything the church is and does, into seven dimensions. Filled with examples, case studies, and diagrams and conversant with contemporary arguments and debates, it offers the author’s unique take on the challenge of adapting the faith in local cultures.

Current controversies in philosophy of science /edited by Shamik Dasgupta, Ravit Dotan, and Brad Weslake. Current Controversies in Philosophy of Science asks twelve philosophers to debate six questions that are driving contemporary work in this area of philosophy. These debates explore the philosophical foundations of particular scientific disciplines, while also examining more general issues in the philosophy of science. The result is a book that’s perfect for the advanced philosophy student, building up her knowledge of the foundations of the field and engaging with its cutting-edge questions. Preliminary descriptions of each chapter, annotated lists of further readings for each controversy, and study questions for each chapter help provide clearer and richer snapshots of active controversies for all readers.

Decolonizing data unsettling conversations about social research methods /Jacqueline M. Quinless. Decolonizing Data explores how ongoing structures of colonialization negatively impact the well-being of Indigenous peoples and communities across Canada, resulting in persistent health inequalities. Decolonizing Data provides a deeper understanding of the social dimensions of health as applied to Indigenous peoples, who have been historically underfunded in and excluded from health services, programs, and quality of care; this has most recently been seen during the COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing on both western and Indigenous methodologies, this unique scholarly contribution takes a sociological perspective, as well as the two-eyed seeing approach to research methods.

Desert daughters, desert sons rethinking the Christian desert tradition /Rachel Wheeler. Wheeler argues that a new reading of the texts of the Christian desert tradition is needed to present the (often) anonymous women who inhabit the texts.

Forming humanity redeeming the German Bildung tradition /Jennifer A. Herdt. Deftly uncovering Rhineland mysticism, Pietist introspection, and the rise of the bildungsroman, Herdt reveals bildung, or ethical formation, as the key to post-Kantian thought. While bildung was invoked to justify racism and colonialism by stigmatizing those deemed resistant to self-cultivation, it also nourished ideals of dialogical encounter and mutual recognition. Herdt reveals how the project of forming humanity lives on in our ongoing efforts to grapple with this complicated legacy

From research to teaching a guide to beginning your classroom career /Michael Kibbe ; foreword by Gary M. Burge. The transition from graduate studies to teaching is full of challenges. In this concise, practical guide for the aspiring professor, Kibbe offers plenty of personal examples and tested advice as he covers preparation for teaching, best practices in the classroom, self-evaluation, and the discovery of your mission and method.

‘I know who caused COVID-19’ pandemics and xenophobia /Zhou Xun and Sander L. Gilman. Through a close analysis of four cases from around the world, this book explores prejudice toward groups who are thought to have caused and spread COVID-19. The authors examine stereotyping and the false attribution of blame towards these groups, as well as what happens when a collective is actually at fault, and how the community deals with these conflicting issues. This is a timely, cogent examination of the blame and xenophobia that have been brought to the surface by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Introduction to political science a Christian perspective /Fred Van Geest. Written for students who may not have any prior knowledge about political life, this textbook provides a nonpartisan introduction to the key concepts, institutions, and policies that shape politics today. Van Geest draws on a variety of sources and examples to present a balanced Christian perspective on political science.

Jane Austen, early and late /Freya Johnston. A reexamination of Austen’s unpublished writings that uncovers their continuity with her celebrated novels–and that challenges distinctions between the writer’s early and late periods. Johnston examines the three manuscript volumes in which Austen collected her earliest writings, and finds that Austen’s regard and affection for them are revealed by her continuing to revisit and revise them throughout her adult life. Johnston upends the conventional narrative according to which Austen discarded the satire and fantasy of her first writings in favour of the irony and realism of the novels. By demonstrating a stylistic and thematic continuity across the full range of Austen’s work, Johnston asks whether it makes sense to speak of an early and a late Austen at all.

Jesus the priest /Nicholas Perrin. Perrin challenges the standard reading of classic texts to argue that the historical Jesus primarily identified himself not as sage or prophet but as Israel’s eschatological high priest. Jesus the Priest identifies Jesus’s priesthood as a mediating understanding that sheds crucial light on the kingdom of God. Perrin’s insightful theological contribution synthesizes the best in traditional/conservative and liberal reconstructions of Jesus’s life and teaching.

Jesus, revolutionary of the poor Matthew’s subversive messiah /Mark Bredin ; foreword by Willard M. Swartley. In Matthew, we see Jesus to be a man on the frontline, battling against the forces that stop the non-poor from living generously, and the poorest of the poor living abundantly the way God intended. This is Jesus as one who in his very being is an expression of God’s wrath against human beings who live their lives as if creation is a battle zone where only the selfish and powerful flourish.

Just faith reclaiming progressive Christianity /Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons. Graves-Fitzsimmons explains how a strong religious left has accompanied every major progressive advance in our society, and he resurrects the long but forgotten history of progressive Christianity in the United States. This book is a rallying cry for a bold progressive Christianity that unapologetically fights for its values to impact the biggest political battles of our time–from immigration and economic fairness to LGBTQ+ and abortion rights.

Learned, experienced, and discerning St. Teresa of Avila and St. John of the Cross on spiritual direction /Mark O’Keefe, OSB. Insights into the qualities that should mark a good spiritual director-learned, experienced, and discerning-as demonstrated by the spiritual texts of Teresa of Avila and John of the Cross.

Making and breaking settler space five centuries of colonization in North America /Adam J. Barker. Barker traces the trajectory of settler colonialism, drawing out details of its operation that are embedded not only in imperialism but also in contemporary contexts that include problematic activist practices by would-be settler allies. Unflinchingly engaging with the systemic weaknesses of this process, he proposes an innovative, unified spatial theory of settler colonization in Canada and the United States that offers a framework within which settlers can pursue decolonial actions in solidarity with Indigenous communities.

Mission strategy in the city cultivation of inter-ethnic common grounds /Enoch Jinsik Kim ; foreword by Douglas McConnell. This book was written to suggest an appropriate mission strategy by identifying key issues that impact urban ethnicities through an urban socioanthropological lens. The book discusses the author’s interactions with enclaves of ethnic minorities who had recently arrived in the city after migrating from rural areas. The minorities’struggles to balance cultural assimilation and tradition preservation are highlighted throughout. Based on these observations, the author states that immigrants in many cities face similar social issues and find similar resolutions to them. Though there are many negative aspects to urban areas, readers will see some positive features of cities that can contribute to effective evangelism.

Mixed blessing embracing the fullness of your multiethnic identity /Chandra Crane ; foreword by Jemar Tisby. Crane explores what Scripture and history teach us about ethnicity and how we can bring all of ourselves to our sense of identity and calling.

No exit: Arab existentialism, Jean-Paul Sartre, and decolonization /Yoav Di-Capua. By closely following the remarkable career of Arab existentialism, Di-Capua reconstructs the cosmopolitan milieu of the generation that tried to articulate a political and philosophical vision for an egalitarian postcolonial world. He tells this story by touring a fascinating selection of Arabic and Hebrew archives, including unpublished diaries and interviews. Today, when the prospect of global ethical engagement seems to be slipping ever farther out of reach, No Exit provides a timely, humanistic account of the intellectual hopes, struggles, and victories that shaped the Arab experience of decolonization and a delightfully wide-ranging excavation of existentialism’s non-Western history.

On Descartes’ passive thought: the myth of Cartesian dualism /Jean-Luc Marion ; translated by Christina M. Gschwandtner. On Descartes’ Passive Thought is the culmination of a life-long reflection on the philosophy of Descartes by one of the most important living French philosophers. In it, Marion examines anew some of the questions left unresolved in his previous books about Descartes, with a particular focus on Descartes’s theory of morals and the passions.

Outgrowing Dawkins God for grown-ups /Rupert Shortt. Dawkins purports to demolish the claims of mainstream religion, starting with belief in a Creator. Shortt’s response in Outgrowing Dawkins is that the high priest of New Atheism quite literally doesn’t know what he’s talking about, because the deity he rejects is a childish parody. From this flow many further muddles and straw man arguments. Shortt’s incisive rebuttal includes positive suggestions for advancing an often-sterile debate.

Pediatric palliative care a model for exemplary practice /Betty Davies, Rose Steele, and Jennifer Baird. Pediatric Palliative Care lays out a road map for healthcare providers interested in optimizing care for seriously ill children and their families. Grounded in clinical practice and the study of positive rather than problematic encounters between providers and parents, the book presents an evidence-based model of exemplary interaction. This is a one-of-a-kind guidebook for healthcare providers interested in (re)discovering how to maximize positive outcomes for both families and providers.

Philosophy in a technological world gods and titans /James Tartaglia. Drawing on work from a range of philosophers, including Heidegger, Spinoza and Hume, alongside Isiah Berlin, Roger Shattuck, John Gray, Tartaglia argues that rational discussion based around such traditional philosophical themes needs to be maintained, especially in our current circumstances, and that this can and should replace physicalism as the common sense of the secular world as we move forward in the 21st century.

New Titles Tuesday, July 19

July 19, 2022 / scbrouwer

Here is a selection of titles recently added to the collection

Beyond rights: the Nisg̲̲a’a Final Agreement and the challenges of modern treaty relationships /Carole Blackburn. Beyond Rights explores the ground-breaking achievement of the Nisga’a Treaty and its impact. Using this pivotal case study, Beyond Rights analyzes both the potential and the limits of treaty making as a way to address historical injustice and achieve contemporary legal recognition. It also assesses the possibilities for a distinct Indigenous citizenship in a settler state with a long history of exclusion and assimilation..

Building the army’s backbone: Canadian non-commissioned officers in the Second World War /Andrew L. Brown. Building the Army’s Backbone tells the story of how senior leadership created a corps of non-commissioned officers (NCOs) that helped the burgeoning force train, fight, and win. This innovative book uncovers the army’s two-track NCO production system: locally organized training programs were run by units and formations, while centralized programs were overseen by the army.

Catherine & Diderot: the empress, the philosopher, and the fate of the Enlightenment /Robert Zaretsky. A history of the famous encounter between the French philosopher Denis Diderot and his patron, Empress Catherine II of Russia, in 1773. The book begins many years earlier and traces the life of Diderot and Catherine in alternating chapters, painting a vivid and complex portrait of eighteenth-century Europe where new Enlightenment thinking co-existed with old monarchical systems. Zaretsky has written an intellectual and political history of the time by spotlighting the exchange of ideas between a philosopher who reflected on the nature of power and a ruler who excercised it. Zaretsky pieces together their conversations from letters to each other and to other correspondents, as well as from Diderot’s (still untranslated) memoirs.

Cents and sensibility: what economics can learn from the humanities /Gary Saul Morson and Morton Schapiro, with a new preface by the authors. In Cents and Sensibility, an eminent literary critic and a leading economist make the case that the humanities-especially the study of literature-offer economists ways to make their models more realistic, their predictions more accurate, and their policies more effective and just. Arguing that Adam Smith’s heirs include Austen, Chekhov, and Tolstoy as much as Keynes and Friedman, Morson and Schapiro trace the connection between Adam Smith’s great classic, The Wealth of Nations, and his less celebrated book on ethics, The Theory of Moral Sentiments. The authors contend that a few decades later, Jane Austen invented her groundbreaking method of novelistic narration in order to give life to the empathy that Smith believed essential to humanity. Original, provocative, and inspiring, Cents and Sensibility demonstrates the benefits of a dialogue between economics and the humanities and also shows how looking at real-world problems can revitalize the study of literature itself.

Christianity and moral identity in higher education /Perry L. Glanzer and Todd C. Ream. Glanzer and Ream argue that a moral education takes place within a university committed to a moral tradition that can set forth a comprehensive moral ideal for the university and its students about human well-being.

Converts to the real: Catholicism and the making of continental philosophy /Edward Baring. In the middle decades of the twentieth century phenomenology grew from a local philosophy in a few German towns into a movement that spanned Europe. In Converts to the Real, Edward Baring uncovers an unexpected force behind this prodigious growth: Catholicism. Converts to the Real uncovers a surprising genealogy for post-war European thought, with important implications for our understanding of the process of secularization and for the set of schools and ideas we now call continental philosophy..

Creating a caring science curriculum: a relational emancipatory pedagogy for nursing /Marcia Hills, Jean Watson, Chantal Cara. Creating a Caring Science Curriculum is written in response to a perception that the curriculum revolution in nursing education had yet to fulfill its mandate to reform nursing education to embrace a human Caring Science perspective. This book is intended to provoke further debate and discussion about Caring Science as the foundation and philosophy of nursing, to explore emancipatory approaches to pedagogy, and to provide a philosophical/theoretical framework and a Caring Science curriculum development process as a way to move the nursing education agenda forward.

Crucial accountability: tools for resolving violated expectations, broken commitments, and bad behavior /Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler. Crucial Accountability offers the tools for improving relationships in the workplace and in life and for resolving all these problems–permanently.

Cultural engagement: a crash course in contemporary issues /Joshua D. Chatraw and Karen Swallow Prior. Cultural Engagement introduces the main principles of cultural engagement and surveys a variety of Christian responses to nine of today’s key cultural issues including sexuality; gender roles; human life and reproductive technology; immigration and race; creation and creature care; politics; work; the arts; and war, weapons, and capital punishment.

Emotional intelligence 2.0 /Travis Bradberry & Jean Greaves ; foreword by Patrick Lencioni. Emotional Intelligence 2.0 is a book with a single purpose—increasing your EQ. Here’s what people are saying about it:

Emotional intelligence in nursing: essentials for leadership and practice improvement /Estelle Codier. This book is undertaken to provide a conceptual and historical description of EI as a concept and its application to nursing practice; illustrate use of EI abilities across various aspects of nursing practice ; describe the current evolution of the body of nurse EI research, offer ideas about how to develop EI abilities.

Encountering world religions: a Christian introduction /Irving Hexham. Hexham introduces all the world’s major religious traditions in a brief and understandable way. He outlines key beliefs and practices in each religion, while also providing guidance on how to think critically about them from the standpoint of Christian theology. African, yogic, and Abrahamic traditions are all covered.

Exodus in the New Testament /edited by Seth M. Ehorn. This book examines citations and allusions to Exodus (and Exodus traditions) within the New Testament.

Health equity, diversity, and inclusion: context, controversies, and solutions /Patti R. Rose Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion helps the reader understand key social justice issues relevant to health disparities and/or health equity, taking the reader from the classroom to the real world to implement new solutions. Current trends and movements, including the role of social media in the provision of health care information for improved health literacy; mass incarceration and criminal justice reform; and much more.

Introducing political philosophy: a policy-driven approach /William Abel, Elizabeth Kahn, Tom Parr, and Andrew Walton. Introducing Political Philosophy is the only text to showcase contemporary policy problems through the lens of key debates in political philosophy.Introducing Political Philosophy is a thought-provoking introduction that invites readers to consider and analyse philosophical controversies.

John Rawls: the path to a theory of justice /Andrius Gališanka. In this incisive new intellectual biography, Gališanka argues that in misunderstanding the origins and development of Rawls’s central argument, previous narratives fail to explain the novelty of his philosophical approach and so misunderstand the political vision he made prevalent. Gališanka draws on newly available archives of Rawls’s unpublished essays and personal papers to clarify the justifications Rawls offered for his assumption of basic moral agreement. Gališanka’s intellectual-historical approach reveals a philosopher struggling toward humbler claims than critics allege.

Métis rising: living our present through the power of our past /edited by Yvonne Boyer and Larry Chartrand. Métis Rising draws on a remarkable cross-section of perspectives to tell the histories, stories, and dreams of people from varied backgrounds, demonstrating that there is no single Métis experience – only a common sense of belonging and a commitment to justice. The contributors to this unique collection, most of whom are Métis themselves, examine often-neglected aspects of Métis existence in Canada. Métis Rising is an extraordinary work that exemplifies how contemporary Métis identity has been forged by social, economic, and political concerns into a force to be reckoned with..

Myth and meaning in Jordan Peterson: a Christian perspective /edited by Ron Dart. TWU Authors: Stephen M. Dunning; Matthew Steem and Joy Steem. In Myth and Meaning in Jordan Peterson, scholars across various disciplines explore various aspects of Jordan Peterson’s thought from a Christian perspective. Both critical and charitable, sober-minded and generous, this collection of ten essays is a key resource for those looking to faithfully engage with Jordan Peterson’s thought.

Nursing ethics: feminist perspectives /Helen Kohlen, Joan McCarthy, editors. The aim of this book is to show how feminist perspectives can extend and advance the field of nursing ethics. It engages in the broader nursing ethics project of critiquing existing ethical frameworks as well as constructing and developing alternative understandings, concepts, and methodologies. The essays chart the development of feminist perspectives in the field of nursing ethics from the late 19th century to the present day and consider the impact of gender roles and gendered understandings on the moral lives of nurses, patients and families.

Religion at the edge: nature, spirituality, and secularity in the Pacific Northwest /edited by Paul Bramadat, Patricia O’Connell Killen, and Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme. TWU Author: Michael Wilkinson. Religion at the Edge explores the rise of religious nones, the decline of mainstream Christian denominations, spiritual and environmental innovation, increasing religious pluralism, and the growth of smaller, more traditional faith groups. The first research-driven book to address religion, spirituality, and irreligion in the Pacific Northwest, Religion at the Edge expands our understanding of the nature, scale, and implications of socioreligious changes in North America, and the relevance of regionalism to that discussion..

Religious diversity in Canadian public schools: rethinking the role of law /Dia Dabby. Grounding its analysis in three seminal Supreme Court cases, Religious Diversity in Canadian Public Schools reveals complex legal processes that compress multidimensional conversations into an oppositional format and exclude the voices of children themselves. Dabby contends that schools are in fact microsystems with the power to construct their own rules and relationships.

Shelley’s Adonais: a critical edition /Anthony D. Knerr.

Stoic wisdom: ancient lessons for modern resilience /Nancy Sherman. Making Stoic wisdom relevant and accessible, Sherman distils time-honored techniques for building modern resilience. Drawing on the thought of Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, and Seneca, and others, Sherman argues that Stoic resilience is miscast as rugged self-reliance. Bringing ancient wisdom to bear on 21st century settings Sherman shows how Stoicism can both prepare us for an uncertain future and help us reduce the stress and anxiety of modern life.

The evil within: why we need moral philosophy /Diane Jeske. In applying the tools of moral philosophy to case studies of Nazi death camp commandants, American slaveholders, and a psychopathic serial killer, the author demonstrates how we can become better moral deliberators, thereby fulfilling our duties of due care in moral deliberation, moral self-scrutiny, and the development of moral virtue. These case studies serve as extended real-life thought experiments of moral deliberation gone wrong, and can show us how impediments to effective moral deliberation can be identified and overcome by the study and use of moral philosophy.

The genius of the ancient Egyptians /Sonya Newland. Find out how the ancient Egyptians built their temples and pyramids, irrigated and farmed their land, and took care of their people during life and after death. Discover how their brilliant developments in farming, papermaking, timekeeping, and medicine still influence the world today.

The New Testament: its authority and canonicity /by Lee Martin McDonald. McDonald shows students and researchers how the list of texts that constitute ‘the bible’ was once far more fluid than it is today and guides readers through the minefield of different texts, different versions, and the different lists of texts considered ‘canonical’ that abounded in antiquity.

White space: race, privilege, and cultural economies of the Okanagan Valley /Daniel J. Keyes and Luís L.M. Aguiar. White Space analyzes the dominance of whiteness in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia to expose how this racial notion continues to sustain forms of settler privilege. Contributors to this perceptive collection move beyond appraising whiteness as if it were a solid and unshakable category. Instead they powerfully demonstrate how the concept can be re-envisioned, resisted, and reshaped in a context of neoliberal economic change.

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