HansUrsvon
Balthasar'sTheology ofRepresentation
God,Drama,andSalvation
JacobLett
HowisitpossibleforChristto actintheplaceofhumanity?
JacobLettbroachesthis perplexingsoteriological questionandoffersthefirstbook-lengthanalysisof Balthasar’stheologyofrepresentation (Stellvertretung).Lett’sstudyshowshowBalthasar rehabilitatesthecategoryofrepresentationby developingitinrelationshiptothecentralmysteries oftheChristianfaith.
UNIVERSITYOFNOTREDAMEPRESS
April2023278pp
9780268205027 £76.00 HB now £53.20
Spiritualityof Creation,Evolution, andWork
CatherineKellerandPierre TeilharddeChardin
Ed.byRogerHaight,Alfred
Pach&AmandaAvila
Kaminski
AdialoguebetweenChristian theologyandevolutionhasyieldeddramaticallynew convictionsinChristianspirituality.Twodifferent Christianwritersopennewperspectivesonthe spiritualcharacterofpeople’sactivelivesinthe worldthatsciencepresentstous.
FORDHAMUNIVERSITYPRESS
Series:PastLightonPresentLife:Theology,Ethics,and Spirituality
April2023120pp
9781531503833 £8.99 PB now £6.29
SpiritualitiesofSocial Engagement
WalterRauschenbuschand DorothyDay
Ed.byRogerHaight,Alfred
Pach&AmandaAvila
Kaminski
Considerstwoauthorswho representdifferentbut complementaryresponsestosocialinjusticeand humandegradation.Bothareexamplesofanexplicit recognitionofthesocialdimensionofChristian spiritualityandaradicalacting-outofthatresponse.
FORDHAMUNIVERSITYPRESS
Series:PastLightonPresentLife:Theology,Ethics,and Spirituality
April2023120pp
9781531503826 £8.99 PB now £6.29
JosefPieperonthe SpiritualLife
Creation,Contemplation,and HumanFlourishing
NathanielA.Warne
Whatistherelationship betweencreation, contemplation,human flourishing,andmoral development?Nathaniel
Warne’s JosefPieperontheSpiritualLife offersa sophisticatedanswertothisquestionthrougha systematicanalysisofphilosopherJosefPieper’s (1904–1997)thought.Warne’sexaminationcenters ontheroleofcontemplationandcreationinPieper’s thinking,arguingthatcontemplationofthecreated orderisakeyfeatureofearthlyhappiness.
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April2023328pp
9780268204938 £85.00 HB now £59.50
NowandForever
ATheologicalAestheticsofTime
JohnE.Thiel
Conventionaleschatologicalaccountsof lifeafterdeathtendtoemphasizethe discontinuitybetweenearthlylifeandthe hereafter:whereasthislifeissubjecttothe contingenciesoftime,lifeafterdeathis characterizedbyastolideternity.In contrasttothisstandardview,JohnE. Thiel’s NowandForever articulatesa Catholiceschatologyinwhichearthlylife andheavenlylifeareseenasgracefully continuous.
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April2023214pp
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TouchtheWounds
OnSuffering,Trust,andTransformation
TomášHalík,TranslatedbyGerald Turner
Weavingtogetherdeeptheologicaland philosophicalreflectionsHalíkoffersanew prescriptionforthoselostinmomentsof doubt,abandonment,orsuffering.Rather thandemandingimpossible,flawlessfaith, wecanlookthroughourdoubttosee, touch,andconfrontthewoundsinthe heartsofourneighborsand—throughthat woundedhumanity,whichtheSonofGod tookuponhimself—seeGod.
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March2023170pp
9780268204891 £21.99 HB now£15.39
MedicineandShariah
ADialogueinIslamicBioethics
Ed.byAasimI.Padela,Contributions byEbrahimMoosa
Althoughmuchinkhasbeenspilledin generatingIslamicresponsestobioethical questionsandinanalyzingfatwas,Islamic bioethicsstillremainsanemergingfield.By providingamultidisciplinarymodelfor generatingIslamicbioethics
rulings, MedicineandShariah providesthe criticalfoundationsforanIslamicbioethics thatbetterattendstospecificbiomedical contextsandalsoaccuratelyreflectsthe moralvisionofIslam.
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February2023266pp
9780268108380 £40.00 PB now £28.00
TheCollapseofFreedomof Expression ReconstructingtheAncientRootsof ModernLiberty
JordiPujol,ForewordbyJohn DurhamPeters
Pujolexploresboththemodernconceptof thefreedomofexpressionandthe deficienciesinherentinthisframework. Pujoloffersareconstructionprojectthat involvesbridgingthechasmbetweenthe secularandthesacredandrecognizingthat religionhasaninescapableplaceinthe constructionofapluralistpublicsphere.
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Series:CatholicIdeasforaSecularWorld February2023394pp
9780268203962 £63.00 HB now £44.10
TheDifferenceNothing Makes
Creation,Christ,Contemplation
BrianD.Robinette
Robinetteoffersanextendedmeditation ontheideaofcreationoutofnothingasit appliestoquestionsofChristology, soteriology,andecology.Hisbasic argumentisthatcreatioexnihiloisnota speculativedoctrinereferringtocosmic originsbutratherafoundationalinsight intotheverynatureoftheGod-world relation.
UNIVERSITYOFNOTREDAMEPRESS
February2023338pp
9780268203528 £43.00 HB now £30.10
TheBeautyoftheTrinity
AReadingoftheSummaHalensis
JustinCoyle,ForewordbyPhilipp Rosemann
Coyleremembersthetheologyofbeauty oftheforgottenSummaHalensis,anearlythirteenth-centurytextwrittenby FranciscanfriarsattheUniversityofParis. ManyscholarsvaunttheSummaHalensis foritsteachingonbeauty.Butfewreadthe text’steachingtheologically.TheBeautyof theTrinityproposesaninterpretationof theSumma’sbeauty—teachingasdeeply andinexorablytheological.
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Series:MedievalPhilosophy:TextsandStudies January2023224pp
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Disability'sChallengeto Theology
Genes,Eugenics,andtheMetaphysics ofModernMedicine
DevanStahl
Theologianshavebeendebatinggenetic engineeringfordecades,butwhathas beenmissingfrommanytheological debatesisadeepconcernforpersonswith geneticdisabilities.Inthisambitiousand stimulatingbook,DevanStahlarguesthat engagementwithmetaphysicsanda theologyofnatureiscrucialforChristians toevaluatebothgeneticscienceandthe moraluseofgenetictechnologies.
UNIVERSITYOFNOTREDAMEPRESS
August2022328pp
9780268202972 £67.00 HB now £46.90
ÓscarRomero’sTheological Vision
LiberationandtheTransfigurationofthe Poor
EdgardoColón-Emeric
OneofthefirstLatinAmericanChurch Fathers,Romero’stheologicalvisionisa signoftheemergenceofChristianityinthe GlobalSouthfrom“reflection”Churchto “source”Church.Thehopeforthisstudyis thatscholarswillbeinspiredtothinkmore clearlyandactmoredecisivelyinsolidarity withthepoor.
CatholicPressAssociationBookAward: NewlyCanonizedSaints
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July2022418pp
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RenewingTheology
IgnatianSpiritualityandKarlRahner, IgnacioEllacuría,andPopeFrancis
J.MatthewAshley
Howisspiritualityrelatedtothepracticeof theology?In RenewingTheology,J. MatthewAshleyprovidesananswerby turningtoIgnatianspiritualityandthree prominenttwentieth-centurytheologians whoembraceditsspiritualresources:Karl Rahner,IgnacioEllacuría,andJorgeMario Bergoglio—thatis,PopeFrancis.
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July2022432pp
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GraceandGratitude
SpiritualityinMartinLuther
Ed.byRogerHaight,AlfredPach& AmandaAvilaKaminski
MartinLuther(1483–1546)isaclassic Christianauthorwhospearheadedthe Reformationandwhosewitnesshas relevanceforlifeinthepresent-day world. GraceandGratitude presentstwo textsthatrepresenthisspiritualityand openupaspecific,central,anddistinctive markofhisconceptionofthestructureof Christianlife.
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Series:PastLightonPresentLife:Theology, Ethics,andSpirituality
June2022120pp
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OntheMedievalStructureof Spirituality
ThomasAquinas
Ed.byRogerHaight,AlfredPach& AmandaAvilaKaminski
ThomasAquinasproducedthesinglemost influentialsystematictheologyofthe WesternChristiantradition.Aquinas’s analysisofgrace—howitenabledgenuine Christianspirituality,empoweredthe virtues,andledtoeternallife—constitutes aclassicsubstructureofWesternChristian spirituality.
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Series:PastLightonPresentLife:Theology, Ethics,andSpirituality
June2022120pp
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WesternMonasticSpirituality
Cassian,CaesariusofArles,and Benedict
Ed.byRogerHaight,AlfredPach& AmandaAvilaKaminski
WesternMonasticSpirituality presents threeauthorsasindividuals,certainly,but alsoastextualinformantswho,likeroad markers,representalineofthe developmentofaWesternmonastic spiritualtradition.
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Series:PastLightonPresentLife:Theology, Ethics,andSpirituality
June2022120pp
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IncomprehensibleCertainty
MetaphysicsandHermeneuticsofthe
Image
ThomasPfau
Thisstudyofimagesandvisualexperience isatourdeforcelinkingPlatonic metaphysicstomodernphenomenology andprobingliterary,philosophical,and theologicalaccountsofvisualexperience fromPlatotoRilke.Withoverfifty illustrations,thebookwillintereststudents andscholarsofphilosophy,theology, literature,andarthistory.
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June202215b&w,36colorillus.812pp
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WhoAreMyPeople?
Love,Violence,andChristianityinSubSaharanAfrica
EmmanuelKatongole
Examineswhatitmeanstobebothan AfricanandaChristianinacontinentthat isoftenriddledwithviolence.Thedriving assumptionbehindtheinvestigationisthat therecurringformsofviolenceinAfrica reflectanongoingcrisisofbelonging.An engaging,interdisciplinarystudy, combiningphilosophicalanalysisand theologicalexploration,alongwith theoreticalargumentandpractical resources.
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Series:ContendingModernities
May202212b&willus.,4maps,1table244pp
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Religion
RereadingWhatIsBoundTogether
MichelSerres,TranslatedbyMalcolm
DeBevoise
Withthisprofoundfinalwork,completed inthedaysleadinguptohisdeath,Michel Serrespresentsavividpictureofhis thinkingaboutreligion—aconstant preoccupationsincechildhood—thereby completingLeGrandRécit,the comprehensiveexplanationoftheworld andofhumanitytowhichhedevotedthe lasttwentyyearsofhislife.
STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS
April2022216pp
9781503631496 £21.99 PB now£15.39
YouAreGods OnNatureandSupernature
DavidBentleyHart
Presentsaseriesofmeditationsonthe vexedtheologicalquestionoftherelation ofnatureandsupernature.Thebookalso offersavisionofChristianthoughtthat drawsontraditions(suchasVedanta)from whichChristianphilosophersand theologians,biblicalscholars,andreligious studiesscholarsstillhaveagreatdealto learn.
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April2022158pp
9780268201944 £21.99 PB now £15.39
TheEucharisticFormofGod
HansUrsvonBalthasar'sSacramental
Theology
JonathanMartinCiraulo
ThisstudypresentsHansUrsvon Balthasar’stheologyoftheEucharistand showsitssignificanceforcontemporary sacramentaltheology.Demonstratingthat Balthasarisaeucharistictheologianofthe highestcaliber,andthathiscontributions tosacramentaltheology,althoughlittle acknowledgedtoday,haveenormous potentialtoreshapemanydiscussionsin thefield.
UNIVERSITYOFNOTREDAMEPRESS
March2022312pp
9780268202231 £45.00 HB now £31.50
God
EightEnduringQuestions C.StephenLayman
Exploresawiderangeofphilosophical issuesintheirconnectionwiththeism, includingviewsoffreewill,ethical theories,theoriesofmind,naturalism,and karma-plus-reincarnation.Presentsthe argumentscogentlyandsimply,yet withoutoversimplifyingtheissues. Professionalphilosopherswillfind significant,novelargumentsinmanyofthe chapters.
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March2022310pp
9780268202064 £29.99 PB now £20.99