The following books (82 items) were received into the Library collection for both the Welshimer and Seminary Libraries through budgeted funds and expense accounts and by donation in November 2023.
Seminary Library
Lending
A is for alabaster: 52 reflections on the stories of scripture
Apostolic letters of faith, hope, and love: Galatians, 1 Peter, and 1 John
Beyond the Greek New Testament: advanced readings for students of biblical studies
The bible vs. biblical womanhood: how God’s word consistently affirms gender equality
Biblical exegesis: a beginner’s handbook by John H. Hayes and Carl R. Holladay
Bonhoeffer as youth worker: a theological vision for discipleship and life together
Breaking bread: the emergence of Eucharist and agape in early Christian communities
The Cambridge companion to the Hebrew Bible and ethics
Chasing the devil at Foggy Bottom: the future of religion in American diplomacy
The church in an age of secular mysticisms: why spiritualities without God fail to transform us
Climate, catastrophe, and faith: how changes in climate drive religious upheaval
A commonwealth of hope: Augustine’s political thought
Connections: a lectionary commentary for preaching and worship, Year A v. 1-3 and Year B, v. 1-3
De Castro Marim à Faïfo: naissance et développement du padroado portugais d’Orient des origines à 1659
Death, the end of history, and beyond: eschatology in the Bible
Democracy and the soul of America
Eve isn’t evil: feminist readings of the Bible to upend our assumptions
Exclusion & embrace: a theological exploration of identity, otherness, and reconciliation
Flood and fury: Old Testament violence and the Shalom of God
For such a time as this: twenty-six women of vision and faith tell their stories
Fully alive: the apocalyptic humanism of Karl Barth
A Jewish Paul: the Messiah’s herald to the gentiles
Just church: Catholic social teaching, synodality, and women
The Lord’s prayer: Matthew 6 and Luke 11 for the life of the church
Margery Kempe: a mixed life
Opening the field of practical theology: an introduction
Origen of Alexandria: master theologian of the early church
Origins of New Testament Christology: an introduction to the traditions and titles applied to Jesus
The Oxford handbook of ecclesiology
The pastor’s bookshelf: why reading matters for ministry
The patristic doctrine of redemption: a study of the development of doctrine during the first five centuries
Philosopher of the heart: the restless life of Søren Kierkegaard
Postcolonial politics and theology: unraveling empire for a global world
Qualitative research: a multi-methods approach to projects for Doctor of Ministry dissertations
The real Mary: why evangelical Christians can embrace the Mother of Jesus
Redrawing the blueprints for the Early Church: historical ecclesiology in and around the Stone-Campbell Movement
Religious transformation in Maya Guatemala: cultural collapse and Christian Pentecostal revitalization
A sacred unity: further steps to an ecology of mind
The saint and the count: a case study for reading like a historian
A short history of Byzantium by John Julius Norwich
“Son of Man”: Volume 1, Early Jewish literature
A Syriac service-book from Turfan: Museum für Asiatische Kunst, Berlin MIK III 45
The Syriac World: in search of a forgotten Christianity
T&T Clark handbook of ecclesiology
The unfinished search for common ground: reimagining Howard Thurman’s life and work
Union with the resurrected Christ: eschatological new creation and New Testament biblical theology
What can you do with your bible training?: traditional and nontraditionl vocational paths
What kind of Christianity: a history of slavery and anti-Black racism in the Presbyterian church
When church stops working: a future for your congregation beyond more money, programs, and innovation
The whole language: the power of extravagant tenderness
Why do you trouble this woman?: women and the spiritual exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola
Wisdom for faithful reading: principles and practices for Old Testament interpretation
Women and the gender of God by Amy L. B. Peeler
New Testament Seminar
Septuaginta: Vetus Testamentum Graecum v. 11, pt. 2; v. 12, pt. 3; v. 7, pt. 2
Archives
Come to the table: meditations on the Lord’s Supper by George M. Knox and Ronald E. Heine
Life in Utah; or, The mysteries and crimes of Mormonism: Being an exposé of the secret rites and ceremonies of the Latter-Day Saints, with a full and authentic history of polygamy and the Mormon sect from its origin to the present time by J. H. Beadle
The man from Mars Hill: the life and times of T.B. Larimore by J. M. Powell
Strange texts, but grand truths by Clarence Edward Noble Macartney
Preaching in the footsteps of Hitler by Otis Gatewood
Welshimer Library
Lending
The age of acrimony: how Americans fought to fix their democracy, 1865-1915
Art and myth in ancient Greece
By her hand: Artemisia Gentileschi and women artists in Italy, 1500-1800
C.S. Lewis and the Catholic Church
Die Flache: design and lettering of the Vienna Secession, 1902-1911
Digital authoritarianism in the Middle East: deception, disinformation and social media
Entertaining ethics: lessons in media ethics from popular culture
The essential Greek historians
Family conflict by Heather E. Canary, Heather E. and Daniel J. Canary
Hieronymus Bosch: time and transformation in The garden of earthly delights
Improvising the score: rethinking modern film music through jazz
Muslims and the making of modern Europe
Nonconformers: a new history of self-taught artists
The personality of math: a key to learning and teaching math
Poland 1945: war and peace
The racial Muslim: when racism quashes religious freedom
Rewriting the Chicano movement: new histories of Mexican American activism in the civil rights era
Science denial: why it happens and what to do about it.
Small power: how local parties shape elections
Social media, freedom of speech and the future of our democracy
What you need to know about Alzheimer’s disease
What’s your pronoun?: beyond he & she
The wretched atom: America’s global gamble with peaceful nuclear technology