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BadHumor RaceandReligious EssentialisminEarlyModern England KimberlyAnneColes April2022248pp 9780812253733£52.00/$65.00HB
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BetweenHeavenand Russia ReligiousConversionand PoliticalApostasyinAppalachia SarahRiccardi-Swartz OrthodoxChris�anityand ContemporaryThought April2022288pp9b&willus. 9780823299508£22.99/$29.95PB 9780823299492£84.00/$105.00HB
BeyondPietyand Politics Religion,SocialRelations,and PublicPreferencesintheMiddle EastandNorthAfrica SabriCiftci,F.Michael Wuthrich& AmmarShamaileh May2022268pp28b&willus.,30b&wtables 9780253060532£20.99/$28.00PB INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS Agroundbreakingapproachtounderstandingthe depthandvarietyofpoli�cala�tudesheldby peoplewhoconsiderthemselvestobepious Muslims.Offersafascina�ngnewtheore�cal perspec�veonIslamandpoli�cs. BlackBuddhistsand theBlackRadical Tradition ThePracticeofStillnessinthe MovementforLiberation RimaVesely-Flad April2022336pp 9781479810499£22.99/$30.00PB NEWYORKUNIVERSITYPRESS Examinesthedis�nc�vefeaturesofBlackiden�fyingBuddhistprac��oners,arguingthat BlackBuddhistsinterpretBuddhistteachingsin waysthatarecongruentwithBlackradicalthought. ExcludesTaiwan,Japan,SEAsia&ANZ
InonecornerofAppalachia,agroupofAmerican ci�zenshasembracedtheRussianOrthodoxChurch andthroughitPu�n’sNewRussia.Thisethnography highlightsaninten�onalcommunityofconverts whoareexemplaryofmuchbroadernetworksof RussianOrthodoxconvertsintheUS.
BeforetheReligious Right LiberalProtestants,Human Rights,andthePolarizationof theUnitedStates GeneZubovich IntellectualHistoryoftheModernAge March2022384pp15illus. 9780812253689£36.00/$45.00HB
InthesamewaythattheriseoftheNewRight cannotbeunderstoodapartfromthemobiliza�on ofevangelicals,Zubovichshowsthattheriseof Americanliberalisminthetwen�ethcenturycannot beunderstoodwithoutahistoricalaccountofthe globalpoli�calmobiliza�onofliberalProtestants.
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Race,intheearlymodernperiod,isaconceptat thecrossroadsofasetofoverlappingconcernsof lineage,religion,andna�on.BadHumorcharts howtheseconcernsconvergedarounda pseudoscien�ficsystemthatconfirmedthe absolutedifferencebetweenProtestantsand Catholicsandjus�fiedEnglishcolonialdomina�on.
1 AmericanCrusade Christianity,Warfare,and NationalIdentity,1860–1920 BenjaminJ.Wetzel June2022234pp10b&whal�ones 9781501763946£38.00/$47.95HB
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AndwhendoestheologycauseChris�ansto condemnviolence?InAmericanCrusade, BenjaminWetzelarguesthattheCivilWar,the Spanish-AmericanWar,andWorldWarIshareda culturalmeaningforwhiteProtestantministersin theUnitedStates,whoconsideredeachconflictto beamodern-daycrusade.
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theLa�er-daySaintfaithtradi�on,asiso�en assumed,butratherapotentexpressionofU.S. excep�onalism. ExcludesJapan&ANZ Gestures TheStudyofReligionasPractice EditedbyMartinM.van Bruinessen,Anne-Marie Korte&MichielLeezenberg TheFutureoftheReligiousPast August2022688pp18b&willus. 9780823299621£32.00/$40.00PB 9780823299614£111.00/$140.00HB FORDHAMUNIVERSITYPRESS Approachescontemporaryreligionthroughthelens ofprac�ce:therituals,performances,devo�ons, andeverydayactsthroughwhichhumansdo religion.Looksatprac�cetoexaminesuchdiverse phenomenaashumanrights,memory,martyrdom, dressandfashion,coloniallegacies,blasphemy, masspoli�calac�on,andthefutureofsecularism. God EightEnduringQuestions C.StephenLayman March2022331pp 9780268202064£26.99/$35.00PB 9780268202057£80.00/$100.00HB UNIVERSITYOFNOTREDAMEPRESS Exploresawiderangeof philosophicalissuesintheir connec�onwiththeism,includingviewsoffreewill, ethicaltheories,theoriesofmind,naturalism,and karma-plus-reincarna�on.Presentsthearguments cogentlyandsimply,yetwithoutoversimplifyingthe issues.Professionalphilosopherswillfind
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AreMormonsreallysoweird?Aretheypoten�ally queer?Theseques�onsoccupytheheartofthis powerfulrethinkingofMormonismanditsplacein U.S.history,culture,andpoli�cs.K.Mohrman arguesthatMormonpeculiarityisnotinherentto significant,novelargumentsinmanyofthe
ExceptionallyQueer MormonPeculiarityandU.S. Nationalism K.Mohrman June2022376pp33b&willus. 9781517911294£22.99/$30.00PB 9781517911287£95.00/$120.00HB UNIVERSITYOFMINNESOTAPRESS
2 Catholicswithout Rome OldCatholics,Eastern Orthodox,Anglicans,andthe ReunionNegotiationsofthe 1870s BrynGeffert& LeRoyBoerneke May2022544pp39b&willus. 9780268202422£119.00/$150.00HB UNIVERSITYOFNOTREDAMEPRESS Examinesthedawnofthemodern,ecumenical age,when“OldCatholics,”unabletoabideRome’s newdoctrineofpapalinfallibility,soughtunity withother“catholics”intheAnglicanandEastern Orthodoxchurches. ClimatePoliticsand thePowerofReligion EditedbyEvanBerry March2022298pp1b&wphoto 9780253059062£32.00/$40.00PB 9780253059055£64.00/$80.00HB INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS Aneditedcollec�onthat exploresthediversewaysthatreligionshapes climatepoli�csatthelocal,na�onal,and interna�onallevels.Drawingoncasestudiesfrom acrosstheglobe,itstandsattheintersec�onof religiousstudies,environmentpolicy,andglobal poli�cs. DeathoftheDesert MonasticMemoryandtheLoss ofEgypt'sGoldenAge ChristineLuckritzMarquis Divina�ons:RereadingLateAncient Religion February2022264pp 9780812253627£52.00/$65.00HB UNIVERSITYOFPENNSYLVANIA PRESS Offersafreshexamina�onofArchbishop TheophilusofAlexandria'sbanishmentofthesocalledTallBrothers,fourOrigenistmonkswholed monas�ccommuni�esinthewesternEgyp�an desert,andbringsintodialoguenarra�vestrands thathavelargelybeenseparatedinthescholarly tradi�on.
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Thisbookoffersthefirstlongitudinalstudyofhow AmericanJewishchildrencometothinkandfeel aboutIsrael,trackingtheirevolvingconcep�ons fromkindergartentofi�hgrade.Thisbookprovides arichcasestudyofhowchildrenmoregenerally developideasandbeliefsaboutself,community, na�on,andworld. ExcludesTaiwan,Japan,SEAsia&ANZ
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ForewordbyMetropolitan Ambrosius,Helsinki OrthodoxChris�anityand ContemporaryThought July2022352pp
Inves�gatesthetensionsbetweenscienceand religion,religiousspecula�on,andthesocial powersoftheimagina�ontoillustratehownew branchesofthisearlynineteenth-centuryfaithare bringingsomeyoungMormonsbackintothefold. MakingPlacefor Muslimsin ContemporaryIndia KalyaniDevakiMenon May2022210pp13b&whal�ones,2 maps 9781501760617£20.99/$27.95PB 9781501760587£100.00/$125.00HB CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS Analyzingthereligiousnarra�ves,prac�ces,and
MormonWomenat theCrossroads GlobalNarrativesandthePower ofConnectedness CarolineKline
ExcludesSEAsia,Indiansc&ANZ MySecond-Favorite Country HowAmericanJewishChildren ThinkAboutIsrael SivanZakai June2022272pp8b&willus. 9781479808984£18.99/$25.00PB 9781479808953£71.00/$89.00HB
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Offersadevelopedtreatmentofsexualityinthe OrthodoxChris�anworldbyapproachingthe subjectfromscriptural,patris�c,theological, historical,andsociologicalperspec�ves.
FORDHAMUNIVERSITYPRESS construc�onsofreligioussubjec�vityofdiverse groupsofMuslimsinOldDelhi,KalyaniMenon revealsthewaysinwhichMuslimsvariouslycontest theinsularandsingularunderstandingsofna�on thatdominatethesociopoli�callandscapeofthe countryandmakeplaceforthemselves. June2022272pp 9780252086434£20.99/$27.95PB 9780252044366£88.00/$110.00HB
TheChurchofJesusChristofLa�er-daySaints con�nuestocontendwithlongstandingtensions surroundinggenderandrace.Explorestheways La�er-daySaintwomenofcolorinMexico, Botswana,andtheUnitedStatesnavigategender norms,butalsohowtheirmoralpriori�esand ac�onschallengeWesternfeministassump�ons.
3 LiverpooltoGreat SaltLake The1851JournalofMissionary GeorgeD.Watt EditedbyLaJeanPurcell Carruth&RonaldG.Watt IntroductionbyFredE. Woods May2022258pp5photos,11illus.,3maps,1glossary 9781496229878£36.00/$45.00HB UNIVERSITYOFNEBRASKAPRESS LaJeanPurcellCarruthandRonaldG.Wa�’s transcribedandeditededi�onofGeorgeWa�’s journal,wri�eninPitmanshorthand.Providesa literarycontribu�ontoLa�er-daySaints’ historiography. MachinesforMaking Gods Mormonism,Transhumanism, andWorldswithoutEnd JonBialecki March2022368pp 9780823299362£26.99/$35.00PB 9780823299355£100.00/$125.00HB
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EditedbyThomasArentzen, AristotlePapanikolaou& AshleyM.Purpura 9780823299676£32.00/$40.00PB 9780823299683£111.00/$140.00HB
QueerCompanions Religion,PublicIntimacy,and SaintlyAffectsinPakistan OmarKasmani June2022224pp19illus. 9781478018032£19.99/$25.95PB 9781478015413£80.00/$99.95HB DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS
MalcolmDeBevoise April2022176pp 9781503631496£19.99/$26.00PB 9781503628755£72.22/$85.00HB STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS Withthisprofoundfinalwork,completedinthe daysleadinguptohisdeath,MichelSerrespresents avividpictureofhisthinkingaboutreligion—a constantpreoccupa�onsincechildhood—thereby comple�ngLeGrandRécit,thecomprehensive explana�onoftheworldandofhumanitytowhich hedevotedthelasttwentyyearsofhislife. ReligionandPeace GlobalPerspectivesand Possibilities EditedbyNukhetA.Sandal &IngoTrauschweizer BakerSeriesinPeaceandConflict Studies June2022288pp 9780821424834£24.99/$32.95PB 9780821424827£40.00/$49.95HB OHIOUNIVERSITYPRESS Exploresthepast,present,andfuturerolesof religionandspiritualityintransformingpoli�caland socialconflictsbetweenandwithinna�ons.Covers topicssuchashumanitarianism,philosophy, counterextremism,humanrights,rituals,populism, foreignpolicy,andenvironmentalism. ReligionattheEdge Nature,Spirituality,and SecularityinthePacific Northwest EditedbyPaulBramadat, PatriciaO’ConnellKillen& SarahWilkins-Laflamme March2022296pp2maps,5charts/ diagrams,6tables 9780774867627£72.00/$89.95HB UBCPRESS Explorestheriseofreligious“nones,”thedeclineof mainstreamChris�andenomina�ons,spiritualand environmentalinnova�on,increasingreligious pluralism,andthegrowthofsmaller,more tradi�onalfaithgroupsinCascadia. ExcludesSEAsia,Indiansc&ANZ Religion,Protest,and SocialUpheaval EditedbyMatthewT. Eggemeier,PeterJoseph Fritz&KarenV.Guth July2022208pp 9780823299751£18.99/$25.00PB 9780823299768£72.00/$90.00HB FORDHAMUNIVERSITYPRESS FromtheJanuary2017Women’sMarchtothe August2017eventsinCharlo�esvilleandthe2020 protestsforracialjus�ceinthewakeofGeorge Floyd’smurder,socialupheavalandprotesthave loomedlargeintheUnitedStatesinrecentyears. Illuminatesthistumultuouseraofhistoryandthe complexlandscapeofsocialac�onforeconomic, racial,poli�cal,andsexualandgenderjus�ce.
Theorizestheconstruc�onofqueersocial rela�onsatPakistan’smostimportantSufisiteby examiningtheaffec�veandin�materela�onship betweenthesite’spilgrimsanditspatronsaint. Kasmanioutlinesthefeltandenfleshedwaysin whichsaintlyaffec�onsbindindividuals,society, andthestateinPakistanthroughapublic architectureofin�macy.
Philosophy, ReasonedBelief,and Faith AnIntroduction PaulHerrick June2022460pp 9780268202699£36.00/$45.00PB 9780268202682£119.00/$150.00HB
UNIVERSITYOFNOTREDAMEPRESS Wri�enforstudentsoffaithbyateacherwhois sensi�vetotheintellectualchallengestheyface studyinginanenvironmentthatiso�enhos�leto religiousbelief.AppealstoChris�anteachers, analy�ctheists,homeeducators,andgeneral readersinterestedintheclassicarguments suppor�ngatheis�cworldview.
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5 SeparatingChurch andState AHistory StevenK.Green ReligionandAmericanPublicLife March2022246pp 9781501762062£34.00/$42.95HB CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS StevenK.Green,renownedforhisscholarshipon thesepara�onofchurchandstate,chartsthe careeroftheconceptandhelpsusunderstand howithasfallenintodisfavorwithmany Americans. Speakingwiththe DeadinEarlyAmerica ErikR.Seeman EarlyAmericanStudies March2022344pp25illus. 9780812225181£18.99/$24.95PB UNIVERSITYOFPENNSYLVANIA PRESS Undertakesa300-yearhistoryofProtestant communica�onwiththedead,fromElizabethan Englandtothemid-nineteenth-centuryUnited States.Throughprodigiousresearchandcareful analysis,theauthorboldlyreinterprets Protestan�smasareligioninwhichthedead playedacentralrole. SpiritPower PoliticsandReligioninKorea's AmericanCentury HeonikKwon&JunHwan Park ThinkingfromElsewhere July2022240pp8b&willus. 9780823299911£24.99/$32.00PB 9780823299928£88.00/$110.00HB FORDHAMUNIVERSITYPRESS SpiritPower exploresthemanifesta�onofthe AmericanCenturyinKoreanhistorywithafocuson religiousculture.Itlooksbackontheencounter withAmericanmissionarypowerfromthelate nineteenthcentury,andthelongpoli�calstruggles againstthecountry’sindigenouspopularreligious heritageduringthecolonialandpostcolonialeras. SpiritService VodúnandVodouintheAfrican AtlanticWorld EditedbyEricJames Montgomery,TimothyR. Landry&ChristianN. Vannier June2022368pp27b&willus. 9780253061911£32.00/$40.00PB 9780253061904£72.00/$90.00HB INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS Byexaminingthesystemsalongsidetheindividuals whoworship,thisrichcollec�onoffersthefirst comprehensiveethnographicstudyofWestAfrican spiritserviceonabroadscale. SubversiveHabits BlackCatholicNunsintheLong AfricanAmericanFreedom Struggle ShannenDeeWilliams May2022416pp39illus. 9781478018209£22.99/$29.95PB 9781478015574£88.00/$109.95HB DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS ProvidesacomprehensivehistoryofBlackCatholic nunsintheUnitedStates,tracinghowBlacksisters’ struggleswerecentraltothelongAfricanAmerican freedommovement.Williamscallsa�en�on toCatholicwomen’sreligiouslifeasastrongholdof whitesupremacyandracialsegrega�on—andthus animportantba�legroundinthelongAfrican Americanfreedomstruggle. TheArchaeologyof AncientIsraelite Knowledge RobertS.Kawashima BiblicalLiterature July2022280pp 9780253062123£29.99/$38.00PB 9780253062116£64.00/$80.00HB INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS Reconstructsincarefullyresearcheddetailthe worldviewoftheancientIsraelitesresponsiblefor theHebrewBible.Kawashimaarguesthatthe ancientIsraelitessawGodinaradicallydifferent waythanthepeoplesaroundthem.Elegantly wri�enandpowerfullyargued,thisbookisessen�al readingforanyonewan�ngtograsptheHebrew Bibleandtheancientworldthatgaverisetoit.
ThisstudypresentsHansUrsvonBalthasar’s theologyoftheEucharistandshowsitssignificance forcontemporarysacramentaltheology. Demonstra�ngthatBalthasarisaeucharis�c theologianofthehighestcaliber,andthathis contribu�onstosacramentaltheology,although li�leacknowledgedtoday,haveenormouspoten�al toreshapemanydiscussionsinthefield.
TheHistoryand CultureofIranand CentralAsia FromthePre-Islamictothe IslamicPeriod EditedbyD.G.Tor&Minoru Inaba April2022350pp51b&willus.,38 maps 9780268202095£72.00/$90.00HB
UNIVERSITYOFNOTREDAMEPRESS Thisvolumeexaminesthemajorcultural,religious, poli�cal,andurbanchangesthattookplaceinthe IranianworldofInnerandCentralAsiainthe transi�onfromthepre-IslamictotheIslamic periods.
6 TheCrucifiedBook SacredWritingintheAgeof Valentinus AnneStarrKreps Divina�ons:RereadingLateAncient Religion April2022224pp 9780812253870£52.00/$65.00HB UNIVERSITYOFPENNSYLVANIA PRESS ShowshowtheGospelofTruth,asecond-century textassociatedwiththeChris�anPlatonist Valen�nus,anditsideasaboutthenatureof authorita�vewri�ngengagedwithGreco-Roman cultureandcoheredwithJewishandChris�an ideasaboutbooksinan�quity. TheDigital Evangelicals ContestingAuthorityand AuthenticityAftertheNew MediaTurn TravisWarrenCooper August2022384pp4b&willus.,9 b&wtables 9780253062260£29.99/$38.00PB 9780253062253£68.00/$85.00HB INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS Whilemanystudiesclaimthattechnology influencesreligion,thisbookrevealshow Protestantmetaphorsanddiscoursesshapedthe emergenceoftheinternetandexploreswhatthis rela�onshipwithglobalnewmediameansfor evangelicalism. TheEssenceofReality ADefenseofPhilosophical Sufism ʿAynal-QuḍātEditedand translatedbyMohammed Rustom LibraryofArabicLiterature April2022350pp 9781479816590£26.99/$35.00HB NEWYORKUNIVERSITYPRESS Thistextisinalllikelihoodtheearliestphilosophical exposi�onofmys�cismintheIslamicintellectual tradi�on.Thebooktakesreadersonaphilosophical journeywhichareseamlessly�edintoʿAynalQuḍāt’sfounda�onalargument—thatmys�cal knowledgeliesbeyondtherealmoftheintellect. ExcludesTaiwan,Japan,SEAsia&ANZ TheEucharisticForm ofGod HansUrsvonBalthasar's SacramentalTheology JonathanMartinCiraulo March2022352pp 9780268202231£40.00/$50.00HB UNIVERSITYOFNOTREDAMEPRESS
TheForbiddenBody Sex,Horror,andtheReligious Imagination DouglasE.Cowan May2022336pp16b&willus. 9781479803118£22.99/$30.00PB 9781479803101£71.00/$89.00HB NEWYORKUNIVERSITYPRESS Examineshowhorrorculturetreatsbodiesthat havele�,orbeenforcedoutof,their“proper” place,exploringthedarkspaceswheresexandthe sexualbodycometogetherwithreligiousbeliefand talesofterror.Thisbookoffersafascina�nglookat howandwhyweimaginebodiesinallthewrong places. ExcludesTaiwan,Japan,SEAsia&ANZ
7 TheNatureofthe ReligiousRight TheStrugglebetween ConservativeEvangelicalsand theEnvironmentalMovement NeallW.Pogue April2022256pp10b&wplates 9781501762000£34.00/$42.95HB CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS Analysisofrhetoric,poli�calexpediency,and theologicalimpera�ves,explaininghowideasof natureplayedaroleinconstruc�ngthe conserva�veevangelicalpoli�calmovement,why Chris�anenvironmentalstewardshipwas supportedbythecommunityforsolong,andwhy theyturnedagainstitsodecidedlyfromthe 1990's. TheSecularParadox OntheReligiosityoftheNot Religious JosephBlankholm SecularStudies June2022336pp 9781479809509£24.99/$32.00PB 9781479809493£71.00/$89.00HB NEWYORKUNIVERSITYPRESS Arguesthatnonbelieverso�enseemreligious becauseChris�anityinfluencestheculturearound themsodeeply.Relyingonseveralyearsof ethnographicresearchamongsecularac�vistsand organizednonbelieversintheUS,exploreshowvery secularpeopleareambivalenttowardbelief, community,ritual,conversion,andtradi�on. ExcludesTaiwan,Japan,SEAsia&ANZ TheTibetanNun MingyurPeldrön AWomanofPowerand Privilege AlisonMelnickDyer August2022300pp 9780295750361£22.99/$30.00PB 9780295750354£79.00/$99.00HB UNIVERSITYOFWASHINGTONPRESS Considershowprivilegeinfluencesindividual authority,howauthorita�veBuddhistwomenhave nego�atedtheirposi�oningenderedcontexts,and howthelivesofhistoricalBuddhistwomenare(and arenot)memorializedbytheircommuni�es. ThreeEarlyMahāyāna Treatisesfrom Gandhāra BajaurKharoṣṭhīFragments4, 6,and11 AndreaSchlosser GandharanBuddhistTexts February2022360pp21colorillus.,12 b&willus.,15colorplates 9780295750736£79.00/$99.00HB UNIVERSITYOFWASHINGTONPRESS Thisvolumepresentsthreemanuscriptsfromthe BajaurCollec�on(BC),agroupofnineteenscrolls discoveredattheendofthetwen�ethcenturyand nameda�ertheirfindspotinnorthwestern Pakistan. TranslatingChristin theMiddleAges Gender,Authorship,andthe VisionaryText BarbaraZimbalist February2022350pp 9780268202200£40.00/$50.00PB 9780268202194£100.00/$125.00HB UNIVERSITYOFNOTREDAMEPRESS Intransla�ngtheirvisionaryconversa�onswith Christintovernaculartext,medievalwomenturned themselvesintoauthorsanddevo�onalguides,and formedtheirreadersintotextualcommuni�es shapedbygenderedvisionaryexperiencesand spokenimita�oChris�. WhoAreMyPeople? Love,Violence,andChristianity inSub-SaharanAfrica EmmanuelKatongole ContendingModerni�es May2022232pp12b&willus.,4maps 9780268202569£36.00/$45.00HB UNIVERSITYOFNOTREDAMEPRESS ExamineswhatitmeanstobebothanAfricananda Chris�aninacon�nentthatiso�enriddledwith violence.Thedrivingassump�onbehindthe inves�ga�onisthattherecurringformsofviolence inAfricareflectanongoingcrisisofbelonging.An engaging,interdisciplinarystudy,combining philosophicalanalysisandtheologicalexplora�on, alongwiththeore�calargumentandprac�cal resources.
Explorestheiden�tyof“Chris�answithoutnames,” aswellastheiragencyasculturalactorsinorderto recovertheirconsequenceforearlymodern religious,poli�cal,andpoe�chistory. ClareofAssisiandthe Thirteenth-Century Church ReligiousWomen,Rules,and Resistance CatherineM.Mooney TheMiddleAgesSeries September2021312pp3illus. 9780812225075£21.99/$28.95NIP
UNIVERSITYOFPENNSYLVANIAPRESS Inaworkbasedoname�culousanalysisofsources, manyofthempreviouslyunexplored,CatherineM. MooneyupendsthereceivedaccountofClareof Assisi'sfoundingoftheOrderofSanDamiano,or PoorClares.
8 YouAreGods OnNatureandSupernature DavidBentleyHart April2022158pp 9780268201944£18.99/$25.00PB 9780268201937£80.00/$100.00HB UNIVERSITYOFNOTREDAME PRESS Presentsaseriesofmedita�onsonthevexed theologicalques�onoftherela�onofnatureand supernature.Thebookalsooffersavisionof Chris�anthoughtthatdrawsontradi�ons(suchas Vedanta)fromwhichChris�anphilosophersand theologians,biblicalscholars,andreligiousstudies scholarss�llhaveagreatdealtolearn. AReaderinEarly FranciscanTheology TheSummaHalensis EditedbyOlegBychkov& LydiaSchumacher MedievalPhilosophy:TextsandStudies December2021288pp 9780823298846£26.99/$35.00PB 9780823298839£100.00/$125.00HB FORDHAMUNIVERSITYPRESS KeypassagesfromtheSummaHalensis,inEnglish forthefirst�me. Aquinasandthe InfusedMoralVirtues AngelaMcKayKnobel October2021214pp 9780268201098£52.00/$65.00HB UNIVERSITYOFNOTREDAMEPRESS Aquinasholdsthatallthe virtuesarebestowedonhumans byGodalongwiththegi�of sanc�fyinggrace.Inthisimportantbook,Angela McKayKnobelprovidesadetailedexamina�onof Aquinas’stheoryofinfusedmoralvirtue,with speciala�en�ontotheques�onofhowtheinfused andacquiredmoralvirtuesarerelated. ChristianIdentity, Piety,andPoliticsin EarlyModernEngland RobertE.Stillman ReForma�ons:MedievalandEarly Modern July2021480pp 9780268200411£76.00/$95.00HB UNIVERSITYOFNOTREDAMEPRESS
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