New Books: List of the books
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Reconfiguring the Land of Israel
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This book is about ways in which the land of Israel, the homeland of the most paradigmatic of all diasporas, was envisioned in late antiquity and the early Middle Ages in the literature of the sages. It is about the Land according to the redefined Judaism that emerged in the centuries following the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple in 70 CE. This Judaism replaced the temple cult with Torah study-a study that pertained in part to that very temple cult, that became a portable homeland, and that reconfigured the Land.
Call Number: BX8143.H86 J35 2024ISBN: 9789004696754Publication Date: 2024-03-01 -
The Importance of Being Educable
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Why you should worry less about AI and more about what makes us human We are at a crossroads in history. If we hope to share our planet successfully with one another and the AI systems we are creating, we must reflect on who we are, how we got here, and where we are heading. The Importance of Being Educable puts forward a provocative new exploration of the extraordinary facility of humans to absorb and apply knowledge. The remarkable "educability" of the human brain can be understood as an information processing ability. It sets our species apart, enables the civilization we have, and gives us the power and potential to set our planet on a steady course. Yet it comes hand in hand with an insidious weakness. While we can readily absorb entire systems of thought about worlds of experience beyond our own, we struggle to judge correctly what information we should trust. In this visionary book, Leslie Valiant argues that understanding the nature of our own educability is crucial to safeguarding our future. After breaking down how we process information to learn and apply knowledge, and drawing comparisons with other animals and AI systems, he explains why education should be humankind's central preoccupation. Will the unique capability that has been so foundational to our achievements and civilization continue to drive our progress, or will we fall victim to our vulnerabilities? If we want to play to our species' great strength and protect our collective future, we must better understand and prioritize the vital importance of being educable. This book provides a road map.
Call Number: BS2585.52 .M395 2024ISBN: 9780691230566Publication Date: 2024-04-16 -
Reconsidering the Letter to the Ephesians in Ancient Context
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Study of the Deutero-Pauline letter to the Ephesians in the New Testament has typically focused on ecclesiology by assuming a generalized notion of church. In contrast, in this interdisciplinary volume the contributors delve into an array of underlying subjects in order to give the terms governing our understanding of Ephesians a much-needed further specificity and an enlarged foundation. The contributions in this collection address the following questions: Is the nature of the church in fact the main topic of Ephesians? If so, what exactly is that church's relationship to contemporary forms of Jewish community? What are the proper conceptualities and terminologies for analyzing the political, juridical, cultural, cultic, architectural, or religious distinctions most relevant to Ephesians? In what ways is Ephesians dependent on the Pauline letters and on Colossians-old questions explored in new ways? Highly attuned to questions of social location, space and urban setting, philosophy, epistolography, and ancient Judaism(s), in these essays the agenda for an improved reading of Ephesians is set and exegetical analysis in New Testament studies is enhanced.
Call Number: E184.S75 H57 2004ISBN: 9783161637131Publication Date: 2025-04-02 -
A Prophet in the Darkness
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Many consider Georges Rouault (1871-1958) to be one of the most important religious painters of the last few centuries. Yet both the secular art world and the church have struggled to engage with his work, which is profoundly shaped by his Christian faith and also starkly explores the pain and darkness of human experience. In this volume, a group of theologians, artists, and historians seek to bring Rouault out of the shadows. They offer a deeper understanding of the theological impulse of modern art and of Rouault's distinct contributions. Chapters explore how Rouault's unique work was influenced by his historical context, by personal suffering, and by biblical themes, especially the Passion of Christ. Essays are interspersed with original artistic responses to Rouault in the form of images and poetry, with contributions from Sandra Bowden, William A. Dyrness, Thomas Hibbs, Soo Kang, and others. Rouault displays our need for mercy within a world of anguish. This book explores how his prophetic creativity continues to inspire artists and thinkers seeking to understand the powerful intersection of lament and hope. The Studies in Theology and the Arts  series encourages Christians to thoughtfully engage with the relationship between their faith and artistic expression, with contributions from both theologians and artists on a range of artistic media including visual art, music, poetry, literature, film, and more.
Call Number: BV4501.3 .D3755 2024ISBN: 9781514011058Publication Date: 2024-12-10 -
Exodus
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"A study of God as revealed in the biblical book of Exodus"--
Call Number: BS651.J64 2023ISBN: 9780816370665Publication Date: 2025-05-01
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Makers by Nature
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An Artist's Look at Theology, Art, and Philosophy Dear Tom, Thanks for writing again--and for this unusually philosophical response to my letter! In response: my theology of art is my theology. Period. I think of God as the Artist and all human artists as eternal apprentices. Consequently, all my thinking about God involves the centrality of beauty and the act of making. As I've said many times, we were made by a Maker to be makers. . . . Bruce In a series of fictional letters, respected artist and educator Bruce Herman passes on wisdom to a younger generation. He explores a wide array of practical, philosophical, and theological issues, such as: What is art versus craft? What is good art? What is the calling of an artist? Of a Christian artist? What do you do when you're stuck in your creative process? How should Christians relate to the contemporary art scene? What is beauty, and how is it relevant in our world? Full of personal stories and behind-the-scene looks at Herman's own artistic process, Makers by Nature also features full-color artwork by Herman and several of his former students. Artists and art lovers will find insight, wonder, and encouragement to consider the Maker's invitation to creativity, however it takes shape.
Call Number: BT198 .B739 2024ISBN: 9781514009802Publication Date: 2025-01-21 -
Walking with the Pioneers
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"A tour guide to the lives, mission, and places of those who kindled the Seventh-day Adventist flame in California"-- Provided by publisher.
Call Number: HM726 O75 2023ISBN: 9780816370580Publication Date: 2025-04-01
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Bearing Witness
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Drawing on the rich legacy of nineteenth-century abolitionists David Ruggles, Maria W. Stewart, and William Still, Daniel Lee Hill constructs a compelling evangelical framework for the church's public witness.
Call Number: HG3290.6.A8 G73 1996ISBN: 9781540965936Publication Date: 2025-04-22 -
The Last Romantic
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Credo Book Award Winner - Natural Theology "There are so many books on Lewis that are simply a rehash of existing knowledge; by contrast, this is a work of fresh, detailed, illuminating scholarship. ... Barbeau's use of Lewis's personal annotations in the books in the Marion E. Wade Collection is a revelation and makes this book a permanent and important contribution to the study of Lewis's thought." - Malcolm Guite, Girton College, Cambridge Three Essays on C. S. Lewis and Romanticism Many readers have heard C. S. Lewis's logical arguments for the Christian faith. Yet throughout his wide-ranging study and writing, Lewis often began with experience, intuition, and religious feeling rather than dogmatic assertions. The most profound questions of Lewis's own life, argues theologian and literary critic Jeffrey Barbeau, can be seen in his quest to understand the relationship between personal experience and the truth about the world around him. In a series of three essays, Barbeau explores the influence of nineteenth-century Romanticism on the writings of C. S. Lewis. Barbeau demonstrates Lewis's indebtedness to Romantic notions of imagination and subjectivity, opens new contexts for understanding ideas about memory and personal identity in his autobiographical writings, and explores beliefs about nature and Christian sacraments throughout his writings on Christian faith. This theological and literary investigation reveals Lewis as a profoundly modern thinker and illuminates his ongoing relevance to contemporary debates about theology and culture. Drawing on extensive reading of the marginalia in the personal library of C. S. Lewis held by the Marion E. Wade Center, Barbeau offers a fresh understanding of the influence of modern theology and Romantic poetry, especially Wordsworth and Coleridge, on many of Lewis's most beloved works. Essays and responses include: C. S. Lewis and the "Romantic Heresy," with response from professor Sarah Borden, C. S. Lewis and the Anxiety of Memory, with response from professor Matthew Lundin, and C. S. Lewis and the Sacramental Imagination, with response from professor Keith L. Johnson. About the Series The Hansen Series celebrates the literary and spiritual contributions of seven British authors whose works have captivated readers across generations: Owen Barfield, G. K. Chesterton, C. S. Lewis, George MacDonald, Dorothy L. Sayers, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Charles Williams. These seven authors were all deeply involved in the friendships and intellectual exchanges that shaped the Inklings, a mid-twentieth-century group of Christian writers and thinkers in Oxford, England. This series invites readers to deepen their engagement with these timeless voices and their enduring influence on literature, faith, and the life of the imagination.
Call Number: BS410 .Z5 v.559ISBN: 9781514010518Publication Date: 2025-01-28 -
Woe-Speeches Within the Context of an Oracular Inquiry
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Michael H. Floyd explores how the woe-speeches in Habakkuk 2:6-20 are related in form and content to the message revealed to the prophet in Hab 2:1-5, defending his reading through spirited debate with other scholars who have similarly proposed a fresh take on various exegetical puzzles of Chapter 2. After assessing the preceding material in Habakkuk 2 as the necessary prelude to analyzing the woe-speeches themselves, Floyd explores the form and function of the woe-speeches themselves, in light of how they fit into the unfolding composition of the oracular report that makes up Habakkuk 2. He further brings together and systematizes previous observations about the rhetoric of reproof, arguing that the woe-speeches themselves represent a different type of reproof speech, one that also draws upon wisdom traditions but uses them in a way that is more accusatory and self-incriminating than persuasive and correctional. He proposes that, although the outcry of the nations in Habakkuk 2 is obviously a fictional representation of the international situation, it nevertheless expresses a realpolitik critique of ancient Near Eastern imperialism. Floyd concludes that as an integral part of Habakkuk's oracular inquiry, the woe-speeches provide a basis for a critique of the idolatrous ideology of imperialism and a model of how to live hopefully despite being under an imperialistic thumb.
Call Number: BS2387 .G45 2022ISBN: 9780567717016Publication Date: 2025-01-09 -
Following Jesus
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Call Number: BR60 .F3 (v.147)/BR60 .F3 (v.148)ISBN: 9781577562337Publication Date: 2023-05-16
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Skills for Safeguarding
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The Only Textbook on Safeguarding for Faith-Based Ministries and Seminaries Christians are called to care for the vulnerable, but churches have not always led the way in becoming places safe from abuse. Increasingly, organizations and churches are recognizing the importance of the field of safeguarding: training and equipping people to prevent abuse, act when abuse happens, and promote healing for survivors. Lisa Compton and Taylor Patterson have edited the first textbook on safeguarding designed specifically for faith-based ministries, churches, and seminaries. In Skills for Safeguarding, experts from universities around the world have contributed on topics in their areas of expertise. This book provides an understanding of trauma and abuse from a Christian integration perspective; gives insight into perpetrator dynamics and systems that enable abuse; teaches skills necessary to interact with victims and their families; includes questions for self-reflection and discussion; and more. Safeguarders can be individuals hired by the church in a vocational role, but they can also be pastors and other church leaders, laypeople, mental health professionals, and anyone who desires to promote a safe environment. Ideally, every adult in the church should recognize their responsibility to safeguard and seek to grow in skills to better serve abuse survivors and cultivate a culture that protects the vulnerable. This book provides the essential starting place. Don't wait to get equipped - get your copy today!
Call Number: BS2290 .N6 v.193ISBN: 9781514010730Publication Date: 2024-12-10 -
Life after Whale
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Winner of the Robert F. Sibert Medal Follow a blue whale's enormous body to the bottom of the ocean, where it sets the stage for a bustling new ecosystem to flourish. All living things must one day die, and Earth's largest creature, the majestic blue whale, is no exception. But in nature, death is never a true ending. When this whale closes her eyes for the last time in her 90-year life, a process known as whale fall is just beginning. Her body will float to the surface, then slowly sink through the deep; from inflated behemoth to clean-picked skeleton, it will offer food and shelter at each stage to a vast diversity of organisms, over the course of a century and beyond. Caldecott Medalist Jason Chin's astonishing artwork enriches and amplifies engaging, well-researched text by Bill Nye the Science Guy writer Lynn Brunelle. Young lovers of the macabre will relish each page of Life After Whale. Meanwhile, those grappling with the hard subject of death will take solace in this honest look at the circle of life, which closes on a young whale enjoying the same waves as her ancestor. Additional back pages offer further info and reading recommendations on whales, whale falls, and ecosystems. An Orbis Pictus Honor Book Winner of the Bank Street Cook Prize! One of Evanston Public Library's 101 Great Books for Kids A Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year Winner of the Bank Street Children's Book Committee Flora Stieglitz Straus Award for Older Readers An ALSC Notable Children's Book A CLA Notable Children's Book in the Language Arts An Evanston Public Library Blueberry Honor Book A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection A Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year
Call Number: BS650 .J64 2021ISBN: 9780823452286Publication Date: 2024-06-04
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Finding Faith in the Old Testament
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"The Old Testament heroes and villains left their mark on Scripture. All of them, men and women, were very different from one another, and the Bible writers, prophets, and poets carefully preserved their stories for our benefit. Some were ordinary, others heroic, and a few embarrassing. Their stories contain timeless lessons and reveal the enduring faith of our spiritual ancestors. These stories offer wisdom and inspiration for todays readers to navigate their faith journeys with God"--
Call Number: 9781540967718ISBN: 9780816370375Publication Date: 2024-12-01
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The IVP Atlas of Bible History
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Open Your Understanding of the World of Scripture The story of the Bible is inextricably linked to the land. To understand biblical history, we need to understand how the people, events, and geography interacted to form that ancient world. Spanning three thousand years of biblical history, The IVP Atlas of Bible History reveals the many fascinating ways that history and archaeology confirm and complement the Bible's story. Taking a narrative approach, the atlas traces the unfolding of major events in the Old and New Testaments, from Abraham's wanderings in Canaan and Egypt to Paul's missions and the founding of new churches. It covers the many places of the world of the Bible, from Spain to Iran, from Yemen to Greece. Scholarly insights presented in a readable style add depth and color to our understanding of key people and stories in Scripture. Features and benefits you'll find in The IVP Atlas of Bible History: Ninety-seven maps to help understand the biblical narrative and provide background information More than 150 color photographs, panoramic illustrations, and site plans, plus a range of battle plans and small artworks Special features on subjects such as the peoples and languages of the Bible that will deepen understanding of geography, landscape, climate, culture, and religion. This is the perfect companion for anyone seeking a clear, reader-friendly, visual introduction to the history of the Bible.
Call Number: GV1507.P47 S53 2017ISBN: 9781514011782Publication Date: 2025-02-04 -
Resolving the Tension of Jesus's Mission in Matthew's Ancient Biography
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Jerry D. Breen argues that reading Matthew, and all the Gospels, as ancient biography is the necessary next step for Gospel studies. In particular, Breen contends that more specific comparisons should be made between the Gospels and ancient literature. Breen stresses that this reading invites narrative critics to place more emphasis on examining the use of sources and the importance of intertextual and historical information that the author introduces to the text. Breen places emphasis on the relationship between Jews and non-Jews in ancient Galilee and Palestine, and challenges the long-supported theory that Jesus did not minister to non-Jews beyond two or three exceptions. Demonstrating that Jesus is inclusive of everyone who comes to him, even though he was sent primarily to the Jews. Breen argues that the portrait which Matthew creates is one of a Jewish Messiah who is on a mission to restore Israel so that the restored people of God can bless the nations. Concluding that rather than two conflicting missions, the audience of the gospel is encouraged to view the healing of non-Jews during Jesus's ministry as further proof that the Jewish Messiah is bringing restoration to Israel.
Call Number: BS2625.52 .M67 2024ISBN: 9780567715012Publication Date: 2024-11-14 -
Preaching in a New Key
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An Expository Preaching Guidebook for Post-Christian Communities Preaching must connect with its hearers. As the perception of the pastor has changed in recent years, and as congregations battle with increasing doubt, preaching appealing solely to rationality doesn't resonate in the same way as it once did. Post-Christian generations find themselves looking less for a charismatic authority figure and more for healthy leaders who are relationally connected to their neighborhood. Scholar and pastor Mark Glanville provides a fresh look into the art of crafting sermons for post-Christian contexts. In Preaching in a New Key, he teaches the craft of Christ-centered expository preaching from the ground up. Writing for both new and experienced pastors, Glanville recognizes that it is time for us to reset our compasses. Bringing together elements that are too often apart, Preaching in a New Key teaches expository preaching integrated with creativity, cultural discernment, pastoral health, justice, missiology, and more. Filled with helpful resources for seminary students and pastors alike, this book includes: Helpful visual aids to help prepare for writing a sermon Guides for how to structure a sermon Examples that show how to implement preaching practices Preaching in a New Key offers a practical and refreshing vision for crafting sermons that are sustainable for the pastor and resonant with communities.
Call Number: BS2575.52 .D35 2024ISBN: 9781514010990Publication Date: 2025-03-11 -
Gods Love and Justice
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"This book reviews how a correct understanding of Gods love affects every aspect of a Christians faith and practice. Scripture teaches that Gods love and His justice are inextricably linked. In spite of the presence of evil, God is all-powerful, all-knowing, and entirely good. His love is the key to understanding life in a difficult world"--
Call Number: BS1245.52 .T47 2024ISBN: 9780816370306Publication Date: 2024-11-01
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The Bible and LGBTQ Adventists: a Theological Conversation about Same-Sex Marriage, Gender, and Identity
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The Bible and LGBTQ Adventists boldly claims that the most biblically faithful reading of scripture is to affirm same-sex marriage and transgender identity. Despite this audacious claim, don't expect a confrontational approach. The author uses a conversational approach, dialoguing with the most respected voices in Adventism in an honest, direct, and respectful way. This is essential reading for any Seventh-day Adventist who have a heart for LGBTQ people and want to understand this subject better. No other resource covers this topic with such depth from a distinctly Adventist theological perspective.Topics addressed include the creation of gender, transgender and intersex people, the creation of marriage, the levitical prohibitions on same-sex sex, Paul's statements about homosexuality, Romans 1, Jesus' understanding of marriage, marriage and the Sabbath, and what we know about how LGBTQ people are doing in our churches, communities, and families. This book is surprisingly complete, with 338 pages of reading and over 200 footnotes. It offers enormous value to readers who want a complete and fair resource or a reference book for understanding particular biblical passages. The author also uses approachable language for everyday readers who may not have a depth of understanding about theological terms or a background in biblical languages.
Call Number: X5199.L53 M34 2012ISBN: 9781684894390Publication Date: 2022-04-15 -
A Ransom for Israel
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In this study of the Gospel of Matthew, Nicholas J. Schaser proposes that Matthew intended to narrate the corporate salvation of ethnic Israel rather than its replacement by an ethnically diverse Christian church. Matthew highlights Jesus's salvific value in exchange for the nation of Israel when he dies as a ransom for their sins. Although later Christian tradition would assert that Jews must follow Jesus to reap the benefits of his ransoming death, Matthew maintains that the people of Israel should follow Jesus because he provides the salvation through which they can avoid exile from the future kingdom of God. Schaser's compelling reading has the potential to open new dialogue between Jews and Christians.
Call Number: BT94.D46 R484 2024ISBN: 9781628376654Publication Date: 2025-03-21 -
Archaeology and the Ministry of Paul
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Leading New Testament scholar David deSilva explores the archaeology of particular sites and their relevance for thinking about Paul's missionary activity, his congregations, and his letters.
Call Number: QP406 .B83 2023ISBN: 9781540960955Publication Date: 2025-04-15 -
Reimaging the Magdalene
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This book offers a new, intersectional feminist approach to utilising and interpreting the visual reception of Mary Magdalene. Through employment of Liberative Reception Criticism, which develops traditional reception theory in line with liberative hermeneutics, via the insights of intersectionality as critical theory, Siobhán Jolley provides a novel means of analysing how women, and particularly the Magdalene, are imaged in Christian tradition. Knowledge of both the biblical figure of Mary Magdalene and her cultural reception continue to be dominated by long-discredited ideas about her life and sexuality, which bear the hallmarks of their development under patriarchy. Through close study of relevant biblical texts and extracanonical accounts, and a comprehensive survey of the Magdalene's presentation in the Italian art of the Counter-Reformation, Jolley demonstrates that the patriarchal portrayal of the Magdalene as a sexualised penitent and mournful witness to the resurrection is sustained by its mythic attachment to biblical text. Rather than adopting the same tropes uncritically, we are invited to look again at artworks and related texts in order to explore what happens when the influence of patriarchy is actively and intersectionally resisted. Ultimately, the Magdalene is transformed from a reductive and patriarchally mythologised figure to a multidimensional character, who is relatable and liberative as an exemplar.
Call Number: DS51.A66 M68 2023ISBN: 9780567714268Publication Date: 2025-03-20 -
Tucker Takes a Dive
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All the kids except Tucker pass their summer swimming classes. Now a new summer is here. Will Tucker finally rise to the challenge? His crush on the swimming instructor's daughter, Waverly, provides some motivation, but will it be enough? So many questions to answer, such as: * Is all fear bad? * Are most people scared of something? * Were people in the Bible ever afraid? * How does faith help to beat fear? Goofy humor and wacky illustrations combine to help kids overcome their fears with God's help! Book 2 in the Tucker Barnes & Friends series.
Call Number: BV652.1 .M3594 2024ISBN: 9798365887183Publication Date: 2022-12-12
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Biblical Theology in the Life of the Early Church
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In this book, Stephen Presley helps readers interested in biblical theology consider how the early church, from the apostolic fathers to Augustine, thought about the unity of Scripture.
Call Number: BL183 .C35 2022ISBN: 9781540966414Publication Date: 2025-04-29 -
Wholistic Healing
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Wholistic Healing: Challenges and Opportunities for the Church draws on the research of scholars from various fields of study. This volume is organized into four key sections: the foundational principles and practices of wholistic healing, mental and emotional healing, healing within the home, church, and community, and finally, healing on the way forward.
Though the book is primarily meant for Adventist teachers, pastors, church leaders, and students, its insights are valuable for anyone in the church. Additionally, the research presented may spark further scholarly inquiry, helping advance God's mission and benefit the church and broader society.
Call Number: PZ7.B79864 C4 2016ISBN: 9798990502260Publication Date: 2025-02-01 -
Comfort in the Ashes
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Navigating Trauma in the Church It's time for church leaders and believers to stop offering prettily packaged responses from a safe distance. It's time for us to sit in the ashes with the hurting, our Sunday clothes covered in dirt and grime, our faces lined with tears. Trauma brings people to the ash heap, so that is where the church needs to go. The church should serve as a refuge for people in pain. And yet, we often end up unintentionally causing more hurt to trauma survivors. Theological platitudes and positive thinking aren't simply dismissive to those who suffer, but they inevitably retraumatize the wounded. Does the Bible have anything practical to offer for church leaders as they engage the pain in their congregations? Biblical scholar Michelle Keener shows us that the book of Job provides embodied and practical answers for the church today. In this incredible tool for ministry leaders and trauma survivors alike, Keener offers: deep wisdom at the intersection of trauma theory and the book of Job for Christian communities reflection questions for ministry practitioners and those walking alongside those who have experienced trauma engagement with the idea of a shattered worldview and how to overcome the effects of that experience. Comfort in the Ashes helps leaders navigate their own trauma and gives practical guidance for supporting others whose worlds are falling apart. God meets us in our ashes and our pain. It's time for the church to do the same.
Call Number: HT152 .J66 2014ISBN: 9781514010341Publication Date: 2025-01-14
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Blacksound
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"No book from this past year better explains American popular music than professor Matthew Morrison's Blacksound."--A Rolling Stone​ Best Music Book of 2024 A new concept for understanding the history of the American popular music industry. Blacksound explores the sonic history of blackface minstrelsy and the racial foundations of American musical culture from the early 1800s through the turn of the twentieth century. With this namesake book, Matthew D. Morrison develops the concept of "Blacksound" to uncover how the popular music industry and popular entertainment in general in the United States arose out of slavery and blackface. Blacksound as an idea is not the music or sounds produced by Black Americans but instead the material and fleeting remnants of their sounds and performances that have been co-opted and amalgamated into popular music. Morrison unpacks the relationship between performance, racial identity, and intellectual property to reveal how blackface minstrelsy scripts became absorbed into commercial entertainment through an unequal system of intellectual property and copyright laws. By introducing this foundational new concept in musicology, Blacksound highlights what is politically at stake--for creators and audiences alike--in revisiting the long history of American popular music.
Call Number: BT121.3 .P475 2024ISBN: 9780520390577Publication Date: 2024-03-05 -
Sexuality and Sex Therapy
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A Comprehensive Survey of Human Sexuality from a Christian Perspective The field of human sexuality is one of ever-increasing complexity, particularly for Christian therapists and psychologists seeking to be faithful to Scripture, informed by science, and sensitive to culture. In Sexuality and Sex Therapy, Mark Yarhouse and Erica Tan offer a survey and appraisal of this field from a Christian perspective, grounding sex therapy in the biblical affirmation of physicality and the redemptive purposes of human life. This second edition Integrates the latest research with a Christian worldview as the authors explore sexual dysfunctions as well as various clinical issues and treatments, Updates key research findings in each chapter, and Addresses more recent societal trends related to gender identity, non-normative sexualities, digital and social media, and other areas of interest. Not only have Yarhouse and Tan written a standard resource for Christian therapists and counselors, but they also challenge the church to talk more honestly and openly about the blessing of human sexuality.
Call Number: BS2675.52 .M266 2024ISBN: 9781514010976Publication Date: 2025-02-25 -
The Migrant's Jail
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A century-long history of immigrant incarceration in the United States Today, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) detains an average of 37,000 migrants each night. To do so, they rely on, and pay for, the use of hundreds of local jails. But this is nothing new: the federal government has been detaining migrants in city and county jails for more than 100 years. In The Migrant's Jail, Brianna Nofil examines how a century of political, ideological, and economic exchange between the U.S. immigration bureaucracy and the criminal justice system gave rise to the world's largest system of migrant incarceration. Migrant detention is not simply an outgrowth of mass incarceration; rather, it has propelled carceral state-building and fostered intergovernmental policing efforts since the turn of the twentieth century. From the incarceration of Chinese migrants in New York in the 1900s and 1910s to the jailing of Caribbean refugees in Gulf South lockups of the 1980s and 1990s, federal immigration authorities provided communities with a cash windfall that they used to cut taxes, reward local officials, and build bigger jails--which they then had incentive to fill. Trapped in America's patchwork detention networks, migrants turned to courts, embassies, and the media to challenge the cruel paradox of "administrative imprisonment." Drawing on immigration records, affidavits, protest letters, and a variety of local sources, Nofil excavates the web of political negotiations, financial deals, and legal precedents that allows the United States to incarcerate migrants with little accountability and devastating consequences.
Call Number: LB1050.2 .G75 2024ISBN: 9780691237015Publication Date: 2024-10-22 -
The New Testament Around the World
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As the church continues to expand and strengthen in non-Western contexts, it is increasingly important for students of the New Testament to be aware of how our global brothers and sisters exegete and apply Scripture. Even when we share a grammatical-historical approach with others, our interpretation of biblical texts is invariably affected by social location and cultural context, which influence the questions we ask of the text and how we apply it. Western readers can become aware of how our culture influences our interpretation by learning from others from different perspectives, including those whose experience may match the original audience more closely than our own. This volume, ideal as a supplemental textbook for courses in the New Testament, brings together distinguished scholars from around the world with perspectives we might not typically encounter and includes some minority voices focused on life within the United States as well. Each contributor writes on a biblical book or group of books, and together they cover the whole New Testament. These authors expose students and pastors in the West to new questions and ways of reading familiar texts. The result is an eye-opening, spiritually enriching experience that will supplement and strengthen our own biblical interpretation.
Call Number: BS2377 .B76 2024ISBN: 9781540962966Publication Date: 2025-04-29 -
Making Sabbath special : simple traditions to make the Sabbath a delight
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Call Number: BX6155.42.S3 W25 2013ISBN: 9780816347612Publication Date: 2013
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The Essential City of God
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City of God is Augustine's fullest treatment of church and society. This abridged edition includes commentary, essays, and other resources for readers to discover his work anew.
Call Number: BT203 .S5163 2024ISBN: 9781540967107Publication Date: 2025-04-01
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Technology, ethics and the future : navigating the digital age with a biblical focus
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Call Number: BJ59 .T43 2025ISBN: 9780925675644Publication Date: 2025
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Women and the economy : family, work and pay
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An analysis of the enormous changes in women's economic lives around the world, from the family to the labour market. This book examines topics such as the effect of rising women's wages and improved labour market opportunities on marriage, the ways in which more reliable contraception has shaped women's adult lives and careers, and the forces behind the phenomenal rise in women's labour force activity.
Call Number: HQ1381 .H64 2024ISBN: 9781350420694Publication Date: 2024 -
The Mentorship Guide
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Call Number: BS1465.52 .S25 2024ISBN: 9781577562436Publication Date: 2023-07-12
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I Am on the Hit List
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When Gauri Lankesh, a prominent journalist in the South Indian city of Bangalore, was assassinated in September 2017 outside her home, it wasn't just a loss to her close-knit community of journalists, activists, and local leaders - the shock reverberated nationwide, making headlines and sparking protests. Why was she targeted, and who was behind it? In investigating these questions, Rollo Romig unpeels the complex layers of South India, a place of incredible religious diversity, a strong literary tradition, myriad languages, and a fascinating history stretching back millennia. To provide even broader cultural and historical context to the region, Romig explores two other murder investigations alongside Gauri's, introducing themes of martyrdom, mythmaking, and the legacy of colonial rule. I Am on the Hit List reveals a country that, just like the United States, has been in recent years deeply affected by dogma, dissent, and the decline of democracy. The people speaking up - like Gauri Lankesh - are uniquely vulnerable. In an epic narrative that moves between a historic booksellers' district and brand-new high rises funded by IT companies, to a mysterious ashram in Goa and the kitchens of an international vegetarian restaurant chain, Rollo Romig interrogates whether we can break the cycle of polarization and bloodshed inspiring political murder across the entire globe.
Call Number: HC79.E5 C46 2024ISBN: 9780143135289Publication Date: 2024-08-06 -
Defy
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER * Imagine living the life you want to lead, not the one you're willing to accept. This profound but practical book offers clear steps to stop people pleasing and start living your truth. "A powerful book. If you've ever compromised your principles to please others, Defy will give you the will--and skill--to stand up for yourself."--Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again In a moment when many of us are anxious and unsure what to do--whether we're confronting injustice on a social scale or facing something closer to home--award-winning researcher Dr. Sunita Sah offers simple strategies to activate your values. How many times have you wanted to object, disagree, or opt out of something but ended up swallowing your words, shaking your head, and just going along? Featuring groundbreaking research, gripping stories, and easy everyday strategies, Defy reveals how to show up for yourself and others personally, professionally, and beyond. Dr. Sah's data-driven approach shows why everyone needs the power of defiance and how to build this essential skill. Learn how to: * Take simple steps to practice defying in low-stakes situations * Decode your body's signals that it's time to defy * Activate the superpower of taking responsibility for yourself and others * Rehearse for challenging situations; get comfortable being uncomfortable * Teach kids the difference between being "good" or obedient and doing the right thing, even when it's unpopular * Spark a domino effect: defiance can be contagious. Compliance is a constant, corrosive force in our society. But while it's pervasive, it's also preventable.
Call Number: BL183 .N3895 2024ISBN: 9780593445778Publication Date: 2025-01-14 -
Momentum
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Momentum: Art & Ecology in Contemporary Latin America is a guide to the relationships between contemporary art and ecology, focusing in particular on the unique contributions of Latin America. The culmination of four years of research, conferences, and seminars conducted by the Cisneros Institute at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, it presents the perspectives not only of artists, art historians, and curators but also of intellectuals from a wide range of key disciplines. This anthology underscores the centrality of Latin American artistic practices that engage with the natural environment. The book includes discussions of how artists imagine innovative relationships with the nonhuman, how they reflect critically on land disputes and colonial legacies, and how they envision the future. Newly commissioned texts illuminate the work of artists who pioneered ecological approaches in the 1960s and '70s, including Cecilia Vicuña, Frans Krajcberg, Juan Downey, and the artists of the Centro de Arte y Comunicación (CAyC); further essays address artists and collectives working today across the region. The book also contains a compilation of vital preexisting texts by anthropologists, Indigenous activists, and architects, framing the work of the artists within the larger cultural and political discussion that defines the present. This book is a project of the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Research Institute, The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Distributed on behalf of the Museum of Modern Art. Contributors. Jens Andermann, Lisa Blackmore, María del Carmen Carrión, Carla Macchiavello Cornejo, Jose Falconi, Arnaud Gerspacher, Julieta Gonzalez, Inés Katzenstein, Miguel A. López, Helena Chavez Macgregor, Camila Marambio, Joanna Page, Mara Polgovsky, Patricio del Real, Victor Manuel Rodríguez-Sarmiento, Irene V. Small, Patricio del Real, Graciela Speranza, Madeline Murphy Turner, Patricia Vieria, Carla Acevedo Yates
Call Number: QL775 .G54 2017ISBN: 9781633451483Publication Date: 2025-01-28 -
Ancient near Eastern Iconography and the Bible
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Examines the dilemma of whether ancient Near Eastern images - while providing unique aspects of the world-views of the cultures from which the Bible arose - can be interpreted in a way that traceably relates them to the biblical text. To avoid the danger of using images merely as illustrations for concepts found in the Bible, one first needs to behold the image with its own right to been seen. The essays within this volume describe the methods developed by Othmar Keel for bringing imagery into a dialogue with texts from the ancient Orient and their own interpretation, including previously unpublished material from Keel. The contributions begin with an overview of the scholarly work of Keel and the development of his aims and methods, including a revision of an article dealing with semiology in the interpretation of art. The book proceeds to address the research history of iconology in art history, presenting the methodology of Erwin Panofsky and one of his influential predecessors, Charles Clermont-Ganneau, in contrast with Keel's three methodological steps leading from iconographic analysis to iconology. Contributors then present two case studies of how Keel's method can be applied to interpret Egyptian and Mesopotamian images, allowing insights into the worldview of an ancient culture and the aim of iconology. The book concludes with a report about how iconographic analysis and iconology is taught on University level.
Call Number: HB3505 .M33 2002ISBN: 9780567691835Publication Date: 2024-11-28
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