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ADiabolicalVoice
HeresyandtheReceptionofthe Latin"MirrorofSimpleSouls"in LateMedievalEurope
JustineL.Trombley
MedievalSocieties,Religions,and Cultures
May 2023 252pp 4b&wht.
9781501769610£51.00 / $56.95HB
CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS
Tracestheafterlifeofthe MirrorofSimpleSouls, whichcirculatedanonymouslyfortwocenturiesin fourlanguages,thoughnotwithoutcontroversyor condemnation.TheMirrorwascondemnedinParis in1310asahereticalworkanditsauthor, MargueritePorete,wasburnedatthestake.
ARevolutionaryFaith
RaúlE.ZegarraMedina
CulturalMemoryinthePresent
April 2023 240pp
9781503635586£25.99 / $30.00PB
9781503635371£81.00/$90.00 HB
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DrawingfromtheologianDavidTracy'smethodof criticalcorrelation,thebookfocusesonkey historical,philosophical,andtheologicalshiftsthat haveallowedliberationtheologianstoproducea newinterpretationoftherelationshipbetween faithandpoliticsintheChristiantradition, especiallywhenissuesofsocialjusticeareatstake.
ChristianNationalism andtheBirthofthe
WaronDrugs
AndrewMonteith
July 2023 320pp
9781479817924£25.99 / $30.00PB
9781479817917£80.00/$89.00 HB
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ManypeopleviewtheWaronDrugsasa contemporaryphenomenoninventedbytheNixon administration.Butasthisnewbookshows,the conflictactuallybeganmorethanacenturybefore, whenAmericanProtestantsbeganthetemperance movementandlinkeddrugusewithimmorality.
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APeople'sChurch
MedievalItalyandChristianity, 1050–1300
EditedbyAgostino
ParaviciniBagliani& NeslihanŞenocak
June 2023 414pp 2b&wht.
9781501716775£32.00 / $36.95PB
9781501716768£112.00/$125.00 HB
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Bringstogetheradistinguishedgroupofhistorians toprovideasweepingintroductiontoChristian religiouslifeandinstitutionsinmedievalItaly.Each essaytreatsasinglethemeasbroadlyaspossible, highlightingboththeuniqueaspectsofmedieval ChristianityontheItalianpeninsularandthebeliefs andpracticesitsharedotherChristiansocieties.
BiblicalWomenSpeak
HearingTheirVoicesthrough
NewandAncientMidrash
MarlaJ.Feldman
July 2023 264pp 1appendix,1glossary 9780827615144£22.99 / $26.95PB
UNIVERSITYOFNEBRASKAPRESS
BiblicalWomenSpeak employs midrash(interpretative techniques)todiscovertenbiblicalwomen’sstories fromafemalepointofviewandprovideinsights beyondhowancientmalescholarsviewedthem. Eachchapterbringsaliveadifferentbiblicalwoman, includingnon-Israelitecharactersandotherswho areneglectedinclassicalrabbinictexts.
ComposingViolence
MoyukhChatterjee
TheoryinForms
February 2023 184pp 6illus.
9781478019664£21.99 / $25.95PB
9781478017028£90.00/$99.95 HB
DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS
Examiningthe2002pogrominwhichHindumobs attachedMuslimsinthewestIndianstateof Gujuarat,Chatterjeeexamineshowpolitical violenceagainstminoritiescatalyzesradicalchanges inlaw,publicculture,andpower.Focusingon courtroomprocedures,policearchives,legal activism,andmainstreammediacoverage, Chatterjeetheorizesviolenceasaformof governancethatcreatesminoritypopulations.
DustontheThrone
TheSearchforBuddhismin
ModernIndia DouglasOber
SouthAsiainMotion
April 2023 360pp
9781503635036£27.99 / $32.00PB
9781503635029£85.00/$95.00 HB
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ReframesdiscussionsabouttheplaceofBuddhism inthesubcontinentfromtheearlynineteenth centuryonwards,uncoveringtheintegral,yet unacknowledged,rolethatIndiansplayedinthe makingofmodernglobalBuddhisminthecentury priortoAmbedkar'sconversion,andthenumerous waysthatBuddhismgavepowerfulshapeto modernIndianhistory.
EcclesialBoundaries andNationalIdentity intheOrthodox Church
TamaraGrdzelidze
May 2023 260pp
9780268204983£67.00 / $75.00HB
UNIVERSITYOFNOTREDAMEPRESS
Todate,theOrthodoxChurchhasnotsufficiently addressedthepressingproblemofreligious nationalism.TamaraGrdzelidze’s Ecclesial BoundariesandNationalIdentityintheOrthodox Church fillsthislacuna,offeringasolutiontothe ecclesiologicalproblemsposedbytheriseofgrouprelatedsentimentinOrthodoxcommunities.
GlobalInitiativesof EcumenicalPatriarch Bartholomew
Peace,Reconciliation,andCare forCreation
EditedbyJohnChryssavgis, ForewordbyJohnJenkins, C.S.C.
April 2023 115pp 15b&willus.
9780268205584£25.99 / $30.00HB
UNIVERSITYOFNOTREDAMEPRESS
Incelebrationofthe2021visittotheUniversityof NotreDamebyEcumenicalPatriarchBartholomew, thisgroundbreakingvolumegatherstogetherand introduceselevenimportantjointstatementsfrom thepatriarch,addressingdiversetopicsfrom climatechangetoecumenicaldialogue.
EarthlyThings
Immanence,NewMaterialisms, andPlanetaryThinking
EditedbyKarenBray, HeatherEaton&Whitney
Bauman
August 2023 352pp
9781531503062£36.00 / $40.00PB
9781531503055£125.00/$140.00 HB
FORDHAMUNIVERSITYPRESS
Thisbookmapsoutsomeoftheconnectionsand differencesbetweenimmanentframeworksto providesomeeco-intellectualcommonsforthinking withintheplanetarycommunity,withaparticular emphasisonmakingconnectionsbetweenmore recenttheoriesandolderideasofimmanence foundinmanyoftheworld’sreligioustraditions.
Faith,Reason,and Theosis
EditedbyAristotle
Papanikolaou&GeorgeE. Demacopoulos,Seriesedited byAshleyM.Purpuraand
AristotlePapanikolaou
OrthodoxChristianityandContemporary Thought
June 2023 336pp
9781531503024£36.00 / $40.00PB
9781531503017£125.00/$140.00 HB
FORDHAMUNIVERSITYPRESS
Examinestherelationbetweenfaith,reason,and theosisfromOrthodox,Catholic,andProtestant perspectives.
HansUrsvon Balthasar'sTheology ofRepresentation
God,Drama,andSalvation
JacobLett
April 2023 280pp
9780268205027£76.00 / $85.00HB
UNIVERSITYOFNOTREDAMEPRESS
HowisitpossibleforChristtoactintheplaceof humanity?In HansUrsvonBalthasar’sTheologyof Representation, JacobLettbroachesthisperplexing soteriologicalquestionandoffersthefirstbooklengthanalysisofBalthasar’stheologyof representation(Stellvertretung).
Heaven’sWrath
TheProtestantReformationand theDutchWestIndiaCompany intheAtlanticWorld
D.L.Noorlander
NewNetherlandInstituteStudies
April 2023 300pp 20b&wht.,5maps
9781501770135£27.99 / $32.95NIP
CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS
Heaven'sWrath exploresthereligiousthoughtand religiousritesoftheearlyDutchAtlanticworld.D.L. NoorlanderarguesthattheReformedChurchand theWestIndiaCompanyforgedandmaintaineda closeunion,withconsiderableconsequencesacross theseventeenthcentury.
HolySobrietyin ModernRussia
AFaithHealerandHisFollowers
PageHerrlinger
NIUSeriesinSlavic,EastEuropean,and EurasianStudies
August 2023 336pp 12b&wht.
9781501771149£49.00 / $54.95HB
CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS
Drawingonmultiplearchivesandprimarysources, includingsecretpolicefilesandsamizdat, Holy SobrietyinModernRussia reconstructsthehistory ofaspiritualmovementthatsurvivedpersecution bytheOrthodoxchurchanddecadesofofficial atheism,andstillexiststoday.
IrishMormons
ReconcilingIdentityinGlobal Mormonism
HazelO'Brien
June 2023 232pp
9780252087202£21.99 / $26.00PB
9780252045073£99.00/$110.00 HB
UNIVERSITYOFILLINOISPRESS
TheChurchofJesusChristof Latter-daySaintsisoneoftheinternationalreligions thathavearrivedfromabroadtofindadherentsin Ireland.DrawingonfieldworkintwoLDS communities,HazelO’Brienexploreshowthese adherentsexperiencetheChurchinIrelandagainst thebackdropofthecountry’sincreasinglycomplex religiousidentity.
ExcludesSEAsia,Indiansc&ANZ
HiddenHistories
FaithandBlackLesbian Leadership MoniqueMoultrie
April 2023 232pp 19illus.
9781478019114£21.99 / $25.95PB
9781478016472£90.00/$99.95 HB DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS
CollectsoralhistoriesofBlacklesbianreligious leadersintheUnitedStatestoshowhowtheir authenticity,socialjusticeawareness,spirituality, andcollaborativeleadershipmakethemmodelsof womanistethicalleadership.Byexaminingtheirlife histories,Moultrieframesqueerstorytellingasan ethicalactofresistancetotheracism,sexism,and heterosexismthesewomenexperience
Indigenousand AfricanDiaspora Religionsinthe Americas
EditedbyBenjamin Hebblethwaite&Silke
Jansen
June 2023 350pp
9781496236074£29.99 / $35.00PB
9781496235732£89.00/$99.00 HB
UNIVERSITYOFNEBRASKAPRESS
Exploresspirit-basedreligioustraditionsacrossvast geographicalandculturalexpanses.Using interdisciplinaryresearchmethods,thiscollection oforiginalperspectivesbreaksnewgroundby examiningthesetraditionsastypologicallyand historicallyrelated.
JosefPieperonthe SpiritualLife
Creation,Contemplation,and
HumanFlourishing
NathanielA.Warne
April 2023 350pp
9780268204938£85.00 / $95.00HB
UNIVERSITYOFNOTREDAMEPRESS
Whatistherelationshipbetweencreation, contemplation,humanflourishing,andmoral development?NathanielWarne’s JosefPieperon theSpiritualLife offersasophisticatedanswerto thisquestionthroughasystematicanalysisof philosopherJosefPieper’s(1904–1997)thought.
JudaismandItsBible APeopleandTheirBook
FrederickE.Greenspahn
August 2023 296pp
9780827615106£25.99 / $29.95PB
UNIVERSITYOFNEBRASKAPRESS
JudaismandItsBible explores theprofoundlydeepyet complexrelationshipbetween Jews,Judaism,andtheHebrewBible,describingthe extraordinarytwo-and-a-half-millenniajourneyofa peopleanditsbookthathaschangedtheworld.
MakingCatholic America
ReligiousNationalisminthe
GildedAgeandProgressiveEra
WilliamS.Cossen
August 2023 234pp 15b&wht.
9781501770999£42.00 / $46.95HB
CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS
WilliamS.CossenshowshowCatholicmenand womenworkedtoprovethemselvestobemodel AmericancitizensinthedecadesbetweentheCivil WarandtheGreatDepression.Farfrombeing outsidersinAmericanhistory,Catholicstook commandofpubliclifeintheearlytwentieth century,claimingleadershipinthegrowing Americannation.
MovingMemory
RememberingPalestinein PostdictatorshipChile
SiriSchwabe
June 2023 162pp 1b&wht.
9781501770647£22.99 / $26.95PB
9781501769078£112.00/$125.00 HB
CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS
Anethnographyof
remembranceinthefieldoftensionbetweenpostdictatorshipChileandoccupiedPalestinethatoffers newinsightsintomemorypoliticsasaglobally resurgentandincreasinglytransnational phenomenon.Ittellsalargelyuntoldstoryofhowa predominantlyChristian,conservative,andwealthy elitehascometoformthebackboneofadiasporic communitytowhichthePalestinianstruggle remainsacentralmobilizingforce.
LifeUndertheBaobab Tree
AfricanaStudiesandReligionin aTransitionalAge
EditedbyKennethN.Ngwa, AliouCisséNiang&Arthur Pressley,Afterwordby CatherineKeller
TransdisciplinaryTheologicalColloquia
August 2023 416pp
9781531502973£36.00 / $40.00PB
9781531502980£134.00/$150.00 HB
FORDHAMUNIVERSITYPRESS
LifeUndertheBaobabTree isacompendiumof innovatingessaysmeticulouslywrittenbyearlyand laterdiasporapeopleofAfricandescent.
MedicineandShariah
ADialogueinIslamicBioethics
EditedbyAasimI.Padela
February 2023 266pp
9780268108380£40.00 / $45.00NIP
UNIVERSITYOFNOTREDAMEPRESS
MedicineandShariah brings togetherexpertsfromvarious fields,includingclinicians, Islamicstudiesexperts,andMuslimtheologians,to analyzetheinteractionofthedoctorsandjurists whoareforgingthefieldofIslamicbioethics.
Muslimsonthe Margins
CreatingQueerReligious CommunityinNorthAmerica
KatrinaDalyThompson
NorthAmericanReligions
April 2023 272pp
9781479814350£25.99 / $30.00PB
9781479814329£80.00/$89.00 HB
NEWYORKUNIVERSITYPRESS
MuslimsontheMargins isapowerfulaccountof howMuslimsareforgingnewtraditionsandsetting precedentsforamoreinclusivecommunity—one thatisengagedwithtradition,butnotbeholdento it.
ExcludesTaiwan,Japan,SEAsia&ANZ
MyBody,TheirBaby
AProgressiveChristianVision forSurrogacy
GraceKao
EncounteringTraditions
August 2023 296pp
9781503635975£25.99 / $30.00PB
9781503610262£81.00/$90.00 HB
STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS
Drawingonherownexperienceasasurrogate mother,Kaoassessestheethicsofsurrogacyfroma feministandprogressiveChristianperspective, concludingthatcertainkindsofsurrogacy arrangementscanbemorallypermissible—and shouldevenbeembraced.Thisbookhelpsreaders sortthroughobjectionstothiswayofbringing childrenintotheworld.
NowandForever
ATheologicalAestheticsofTime
JohnE.Thiel
April 2023 216pp
9780268205232£45.00 / $50.00HB
UNIVERSITYOFNOTREDAMEPRESS
Conventionaleschatological accountsoflifeafterdeathtend toemphasizethediscontinuity betweenearthlylifeandthehereafter:whereasthis lifeissubjecttothecontingenciesoftime,lifeafter deathischaracterizedbyastolideternity.In contrasttothisstandardview,JohnE.Thiel’s Now andForever articulatesaCatholiceschatologyin whichearthlylifeandheavenlylifeareseenas gracefullycontinuous.
PropheticLeadership andVisionaryHope
NewEssaysontheWorkof CornelWest
EditedbyBarbaraWill
May 2023 224pp
9781512824070£36.00 / $39.95HB
UNIVERSITYOFPENNSYLVANIA PRESS
ThirtyyearshavepassedsinceCornelWest’sbook RaceMattersrosetothetopofthebestsellerlistsin 1993,butitremainsasrelevantasevertoAmerican culture.Thisbooklooksbacktotheoriginaltext andforwardintothefutureofracialunderstanding andhealinginourcurrentcentury,respondingto Dr.West’sownrepeatedinsistencethatwecanonly understandourpresentandfuturebylookingback.
NeitherBelievernor Infidel
SkepticismandFaithin
Melville'sShorterFictionand Poetry
JonathanA.Cook
August 2023 276pp
9781501770968£38.00 / $41.95HB
CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS
SheddingnewlightonbothclassicandlesserknownworksintheMelvillecanonwithparticular attentiontotheauthor'sliteraryuseoftheBible, NeitherBelieverNorInfidel examinesthedebate betweenreligiousskepticismandChristianfaith thatinfusedHermanMelville'swritingsfollowing Moby-Dick.
OpenJudaism
AGuideforBelievers,Atheists, andAgnostics
BarryL.Schwartz
July 2023 332pp
9780827615243£21.99 / $24.95PB
UNIVERSITYOFNEBRASKAPRESS
OpenJudaism isaninvitationto thespirituallyseekingJew;a clarioncallforapluralistic,inclusiveJudaism;anda dynamicexplorationoftheremarkablearrayof thoughtwithinJudaismtoday.BarryL.Schwartz presentstraditional,secular-humanistic,andliberal Jewishviewsonninemajortopics—God,soul, Torah,halakhah,Jewishidentity,inclusion,Israel, ethics,andprayer.
Reimagining Christendom
WritingIceland'sBishopsinto theRomanChurch,1200-1350
JoelD.Anderson
TheMiddleAgesSeries
January 2023 248pp 3ht.,2maps,3 tablestotal(1embeddedinch.4;2 appendicesstyledastables)
9781512822823£49.00 / $55.00HB
UNIVERSITYOFPENNSYLVANIAPRESS
Thepapacyofthe13thand14thcenturieshas oftenbeencreditedwithspearheadinga governmentalrevolutionthatmoldedthehigh medievalchurchintoanincreasinglydisciplined, uniform,andmachine-likeinstitution.Thisbook offersafreshappraisalofthesedevelopmentsfrom asurprisinganddistinctivevantagepoint.
ReligiousImaginaries
TheLiturgicalandPoetic PracticesofElizabethBarrett Browning,ChristinaRossetti, andAdelaideProcter
KarenDieleman
SeriesinVictorianStudies
February 2023 324pp
9780821425237£29.99 / $34.95PB
9780821420171£72.00/$80.00 HB
OHIOUNIVERSITYPRESS
Exploresliturgicalpracticeasformativeforhow threeVictorianwomenpoetsimaginedtheworld andtheirplaceinitand,consequently,forhowthey developedtheircreativeandcriticalreligious poetics.
SpiritualSocialists
ReligionandtheAmericanLeft
VaneesaCook
April 2023 272pp
9781512824452£25.99 / $29.95NIP
UNIVERSITYOFPENNSYLVANIA PRESS
Refutingthecommon perceptionthattheAmerican lefthasareligionproblem,VaneesaCookhighlights animportantbutoverlookedintellectualand politicaltraditionthatshecalls"spiritualsocialism." Spiritualsocialistsemphasizedthesocialsideof socialismandbelievedthemostbasicexpressionof religiousvalues—caringforthesick,tired,hungry, andexploitedmembersofone'scommunity— createdafirmfootingforsociety.
Spiritualityof Creation,Evolution, andWork
CatherineKellerandPierre TeilharddeChardin
EditedbyRogerHaight, AlfredPach&AmandaAvila Kaminski
PastLightonPresentLife:Theology,Ethics,andSpirituality
December 2022 120pp
9781531503833£8.99 / $9.95PB
FORDHAMUNIVERSITYPRESS
LooksattheworkofPierreTeilharddeChardinand CatherineKeller.ThesetwodifferentChristian writersopennewperspectivesonthespiritual characterofpeople’sactivelivesofworkand creativityintheworldthatsciencepresentstous.
RichardMcNemar
FrontierHereticandShaker Apostle ChristianGoodwillie
April 2023 540pp 31b&wphotos
9780253065056£36.00 / $40.00PB
9780253065049£76.00/$85.00 HB
INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS
RichardMcNemar(1770–1839)ledaremarkable life,repletewithtwistsandturnsthatinfluenced Americanreligionsinmanywaysduringtheearly nineteenthcentury.Thisbookisthefirstbiography ofakeyandcomplexAmericanreligiousfigure, consideredbymanytobethe"fatherofShaker literature."
SpiritualitiesofSocial Engagement
WalterRauschenbuschand
DorothyDay
EditedbyRogerHaight, AlfredPach&AmandaAvila Kaminski
PastLightonPresentLife:Theology, Ethics,andSpirituality
December 2022 120pp
9781531503826£8.99 / $9.95PB
FORDHAMUNIVERSITYPRESS
Considerstwoauthorswhorepresentdifferentbut complementaryresponsestosocialinjusticeand humandegradation.
StartlingFigures
EncounterswithAmerican CatholicFiction
MichaelO'Connell
StudiesintheCatholicImagination:The FlanneryO'ConnorTrustSeries
July 2023 176pp
9781531503468£21.99 / $25.00PB
9781531503451£81.00/$90.00 HB
FORDHAMUNIVERSITYPRESS
AlthoughcharactersincontemporaryCatholic fictionfrequentlystrugglewithdoubtandfear, theseworksretainabeliefinthepossibilityfor transcendentmeaningandvaluebeyondthelimits ofthepurelysecular. StartlingFigures isabout Catholicfictioninasecularage,andtherhetorical strategiesCatholicwritersemploytoreacha skeptical,indifferent,orevenhostileaudience.
Subcontractorsof Guilt
HolocaustMemoryandMuslim BelonginginPostwarGermany
EsraÖzyürek
April 2023 264pp
9781503635562£25.99 / $30.00PB
9781503634664£81.00/$90.00 HB
STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS
Basedonethnographicresearchconductedovera decade, SubcontractorsofGuilt exploreswhen, how,andwhyMuslimGermanshavemovedtothe centerofHolocaustmemorydiscussions.By focusingontherecentlyformedbutalreadysizable sectorofMuslim-onlyanti-SemitismandHolocaust educationprograms,thisbookexploresthe paradoxesofpostwarGermannationalidentity.
TheChurchoftheDead
TheEpidemicof1576andthe BirthofChristianityinthe
Americas
JenniferScheperHughes
NorthAmericanReligions
July 2023 264pp 25b&willus.
9781479825936£19.99 / $23.00PB
NEWYORKUNIVERSITYPRESS
TheChurchoftheDead offersacounter-historyof AmericanChristianorigins.Itcentersthepowerof IndigenousMexicans,showinghowtheirCatholic faithremainedintacteveninthefaceofthe falteringreligiousfervorofSpanishmissionaries. WhiletheEuropeansgrappledwiththeirfailureto stemthetideofdeath,succumbingtodespair, Indigenoussurvivorsworkedtoreconstructthe church. ExcludesTaiwan,Japan,SEAsia&ANZ
TheEndoftheWorld AsWeKnowIt
Faith,Fatalism,andApocalypse inAmerica
DanielN.Wojcik
May 1999 294pp
9780814793480£25.99 / $30.00PB
NEWYORKUNIVERSITYPRESS
Examiningthedoomsdayscenariosandapocalyptic predictionsofvisionaries,televangelists, survivalists,andvariousotherendtimesenthusiasts, aswellaspopularculture,film,music,fashion,and humor,DanielWojcikshedsnewlightonAmerica's fascinationwithworldlydestructionand transformation.
ExcludesTaiwan,Japan,SEAsia&ANZ
TheBlackCoptic Church
RaceandImaginationinaNew Religion
LeonardCornellMcKinnisII
Religion,Race,andEthnicity
July 2023 256pp 20b&wfigures
9781479816460£25.99 / $30.00PB
9781479816453£80.00/$89.00 HB
NEWYORKUNIVERSITYPRESS
Providesanilluminatinglookatthediverseworldof BlackreligiouslifeinNorthAmerica,focusing particularlyoutsideofmainstreamChristian churches.Thisbookoffersalookatagroupthat insistedonitsownunderstandingofitsdivine Blackness. ExcludesTaiwan,Japan,SEAsia&ANZ
TheDifferenceNothing Makes Creation,Christ,Contemplation
BrianD.Robinette
February 2023 326pp
9780268203528£43.00 / $48.00HB
UNIVERSITYOFNOTREDAMEPRESS
Thisbookexploresthedoctrinal, social,andspiritualsignificanceofacentralyet insufficientlyunderstoodtenetinChristian theology:creation“fromnothing.”Throughout, Robinetteengageswithbiblical,patristic,and contemporarytheologicalandphilosophical sources,including,amongothers,RenéGirard,Karl Rahner,andSergiusBulgakov.
TheJPSBible Commentary:Psalms 120–150
AdeleBerlin,Editedby BenjaminSommer
JPSBibleCommentary
August 2023 198pp 3tables
9780827609402£36.00 / $40.00HB
UNIVERSITYOFNEBRASKAPRESS
TheJewishPublicationSociety’shighlyacclaimed BibleCommentaryseriesprovidestheHebrewtext ofthe Bible,theJPSEnglishtranslation,andalineby-linecommentary.Thisvolumepresents commentaryon Psalms120–150,basedonthe mostrecentresearchonthelanguageoftheBible, itsliteraryforms,andthehistoricalcontextthat mayhavegivenrisetothepsalms.
TheTheologyofMercy
AmbaOduyoye Ecumenism,Feminism,and CommunalPractice
OluwatomisinOlayinka
Oredein
NotreDameStudiesinAfricanTheology
May 2023 260pp
9780268205263£58.00 / $65.00HB
UNIVERSITYOFNOTREDAMEPRESS
Thisbookoffersanin-depthanalysisofMercy AmbaOduyoye’slifeandwork,providingamuchneededcorrectivetoEurocentric,colonial,and patriarchaltheologiesbycenteringtheexperiences ofAfricanwomenasastartingpointfromwhich theologicalreflectionmightbegin.
UnfinishedChristians
RitualObjectsandSilent
SubjectsinLateAntiquity
GeorgiaFrank
February 2023 208pp
9781512823950£54.00 / $59.95HB
UNIVERSITYOFPENNSYLVANIA PRESS
Whatcanweknowaboutthe everydayexperiencesofChristiansduringthefourth, fifth,andsixthcenturies? UnfinishedChristians exploresthesensoryandaffectivedimensionsof ordinaryChristianswhoassembledforrituals.With preciousfewfirst-personaccountsbycommon Christians,itreliesonwrittensourcesnottypically associatedwithlivedreligion:sermons,liturgical instructionbooks,andfestalhymns.
AlasdairMacIntyre
AnIntellectualBiography
ÉmilePerreau-Saussine, TranslatedbyNathanJ.
Pinkoski,ForewordbyPierre Manent
CatholicIdeasforaSecularWorld
September 2022 228pp
9780268203252£36.00/ $40.00HB
UNIVERSITYOFNOTREDAMEPRESS
Thisaward-winningbiographypresentsan illuminatingintroductiontoAlasdairMacIntyreand locateshisthinkingintheintellectualmilieuof twentieth-centuryphilosophy.
TouchtheWounds OnSuffering,Trust,and Transformation
TomášHalík,Translatedby GeraldTurner
March2023 168pp
9780268204891£21.99 / $25.00HB
UNIVERSITYOFNOTREDAMEPRESS
Oneofthemostimportantvoicesincontemporary Catholicism,TomášHalíkarguesthatChristianscan discovertheclearestvisionofGodnotbyturning awayfromsufferingbutbyconfrontingit.Halíkcalls uponustofollowtheapostleThomas’sexample:to seethepain,suffering,andpovertyofourworld andtotouchthosewoundswithfaithandaction.
Unknowingandthe Everyday
SufismandKnowledgeinIran
SeemaGolestaneh
February 2023 256pp 4ht.
9781478019534£21.99 / $25.95PB
9781478016892£90.00/$99.95 HB DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS
ExamineshowSufimysticalexperienceinIranand theideaofunknowing—theideathatitisultimately impossibletofullyunderstandthedivine—shapes contemporarylife.Golestanehtracestheaffective andsensorydimensionsofma’rifatincontextssuch asthecreationofcollectiveSufispaces,the interpretationofPersianpoetry,formulationsof selfhoodandnon-selfhood,andthenavigationofthe socio-materialrealm.
EverydayReligiosity andthePoliticsof
BelonginginUkraine
CatherineWanner
November 2022 246pp 24b&wht.
9781501764981£21.99/ $24.95PB
9781501764950£112.00/$125.00 HB
CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS
Vibrantformsofeverydayreligiositypavethewayfor religiontobeweaponizedandsecuritizedtoadvance politicalagendasinUkraineandbeyond.Basedon ethnographicdataandinterviewsconductedsince beforetheRevolutionofDignityandtheoutbreakof armedcombatin2014,Wannerinvestigatesthe conditionsthatcatapultedreligiosity,religious institutions,andreligiousleaderstotheforefrontof politicsandgeopolitics.
IntheBeginningWas theState
DivineViolenceintheHebrew Bible AdiM.Ophir
Idiom:InventingWritingTheory
October 2022 336pp
9781531501419£29.99/ $35.00PB
9781531501402£112.00/$125.00 HB
FORDHAMUNIVERSITYPRESS
ThisbookexploresGod’suseofviolenceas depictedintheHebrewBible.Ophirshowshowthe Bible’svariedformationsofdivineviolence anticipatethemainoutlinesofthemodern Europeanstate.Acritiqueofthemodernstate,the bookargues,mustbegininunpackingitsmostly repressedtheologicaldimension.
Rastafari
TheEvolutionofaPeopleand TheirIdentity
CharlesPrice
November 2022 352pp 24b&willus.
9781479888122£25.99/ $30.00PB
9781479807154£80.00/$89.00 HB
NEWYORKUNIVERSITYPRESS
IlluminateshowtheRastafari movementmanagedtoevolveinthefaceofsevere biases. Rastafari showshowthisculturalandpolitical contexthelpedtoshapethedevelopmentofaBlack collectiveidentity,demonstratinghowRastafarians confrontedsociety-wideridiculeandoppressionand emergedprouderandmoreunited,steadfastintheir convictionthattheywereachosenpeople.
ExcludesTaiwan,Japan,SEAsia&ANZ
TheWholeMysteryof Christ
CreationasIncarnationin
MaximusConfessor
JordanDanielWood
October 2022 390pp
9780268203474£63.00/ $70.00HB
UNIVERSITYOFNOTREDAMEPRESS
JordanDanielWoodchangesthetrajectoryof patristicscholarshipwiththiscomprehensive historicalandsystematicstudyofoneofthemost creativeandprofoundthinkersofthepatristicera: MaximusConfessor(560–662CE).Hispanoramic vantageonMaximus’sthoughtemulatesthe theologicaldepthofHansUrsvonBalthasar’sCosmic Liturgywhilealsoservingasacorrectivetothat classictext.
OnSalafism ConceptsandContexts
AzmiBishara
StanfordStudiesinMiddleEasternand IslamicSocietiesandCultures
September 2022 232pp
9781503630352£54.00/ $60.00HB
STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS
OnSalafism offersacompelling newunderstandingofthisphenomenon,bothits developmentandcontemporarymanifestations. Salafismbecameassociatedwithfundamentalism whenthe9/11Commissionusedittoexplainthe terrorattacksandhassincebeenconnectedwith theviolenceoftheso-calledIslamicState.
SufiDeleuze
SecretionsofIslamicAtheism
MichaelMuhammadKnight
October 2022 208pp 4b&willus.
9781531501815£21.99/ $25.00PB
9781531501808£81.00/$90.00 HB
FORDHAMUNIVERSITYPRESS
In SufiDeleuze,Michael MuhammadKnightengages DeleuzianquestionsandthemesfromwithinIslamic tradition.EvenifDeleuzedidnotthinkofhimselfasa theologian,Knightargues,toplaceDeleuzein conversationwithIslamisaprojectofcomparative theologyandfacesthechallengeofanycomparative theology:itseeminglydemandsthatcomplex, internallydiversetraditionscanspeakascoherent, monolithicwholes.
UnholyCatholic Ireland
ReligiousHypocrisy,Secular Morality,andIrishIrreligion
HughTurpin
SpiritualPhenomena
September 2022 344pp
9781503633131£23.99/ $28.00PB
9781503613157£81.00/$90.00 HB
STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS
TherearefewinstancesofacontemporaryWestern Europeansocietymorefirmlyweldedtoreligionthan IrelandistoCatholicism.Inthisbook,Turpinoffersan innovativeandin-depthaccountofthenatureand emergenceof"ex-Catholicism"—anewmodelofthe good,andsecular,Irishpersonthatisbeingrapidly adoptedinIrishsociety.
