University of Notre Dame Press Fall 2025 Catalog

2025

NOTRE DAME PRESS

April 1917: The Red Wheel, Node IV, Book 1, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

19 From the Underground Church to Freedom, Tomáš Halík, paperback

20 Abducted in Iraq: A Priest in Baghdad, Saad Sirop Hanna, paperback

21 The Theology of Mercy Amba Oduyoye: Ecumenism, Feminism, and Communal Practice, Oluwatomisin Olayinka Oredein, paperback

Abortion and America’s Churches: A Religious History of “Roe v. Wade, ” Daniel K. Williams

Intimacy and Intelligibility: Word and Life in Augustine’s “De magistro, ” Erika Kidd

Body and Identity: A History of the Empty Self, Angela Franks

Being before God: Cornelio Fabro, Thomism, and Søren Kierkegaard’s Theology, Joshua Furnal

22 Disability’s Challenge to Theology: Genes, Eugenics, and the Metaphysics of Modern Medicine, Devan Stahl, paperback

23 Lessons from “Walden”: Thoreau and the Crisis of American Democracy, Bob Pepperman Taylor, paperback

24 Sandinistas: A Moral History, Robert J. Sierakowski, paperback

25 Studies in the Age of Chaucer: Volume 46, Michelle Karnes (editor), Misty Schieberle (editor)

26 Recently Announced

27 2023-2024 at a Glance

29 Indexes

30 Sales Representatives

31 Orders and Customer Service

32 Ebooks

Dantes: Traditions, Translations, Transformations, Zygmunt G. Barański (editor), Theodore J. Cachey, Jr. (editor)

The Afternoon of Christianity: The Courage to Change, Tomáš Halík, paperback

9780268210304

Pub Date: 9/1/2025 $32.00

368 Pages 9 in H | 6.3 in W Political Science / Political Ideologies

Conservative at the Core A New History

of American Conservatism

Allan J. Lichtman

Summary

Conservative at the Core unpacks the history, rhetoric, and policies of the American conservative movement and probes the truth about what conservatism actually represents.

Allan J. Lichtman investigates the foundations and history of conservative thought to identify and reveal the central crisis that lies at the heart of conservative principles and today’s politics. He explores a century of American conservative politics to demonstrate that professed conservative principles—free enterprise, limited government, fiscal responsibility, states’ rights, law and order, personal morality, and American sovereignty—are dispensable notions for public appeal only. Instead, conservatives have only consistently advanced their version of traditional Christian values and support for private (not free) enterprise.

Lichtman provides a sweeping history of the American conservative movement from the end of World War I to the present day. He draws on leaders like Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, George W Bush, Donald J. Trump, and the conservative Democrats responsible for Jim Crow discrimination in the South. Contrary to those who have described Trump as a deviation from professed core principles, Conservative at the Core ultimately argues that Trump and his allies represent the culmination of the American conservative tradition, consistently upholding and fulfilling conservative nationalist values.

Contributor Bio

Allan J. Lichtman is distinguished professor of history at American University. He is the author or co-author of thirteen books, including Thirteen Cracks: Repairing American Democracy after Trump

Quotes

“A powerful and sobering story. Lichtman explains how we got into this mess—democracy itself in peril and our two-party system in crisis. Conservative at the Core is a must read for anyone who wants to understand American politics in the era of Trump.” —Orville Vernon Burton, co-author of Justice Deferred

“In his new book, preeminent political commentator Allan J. Lichtman cuts through the Right’s conventional narratives and myths to capture the raw, pragmatic underpinnings of its power. A riveting and essential book for our day.” —Darren Dochuk, author of Anointed With Oil

9780268209650

Pub Date: 8/1/2025

$38.00

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448 Pages 9 in H | 6 in W

History / Russia & the Former Soviet Union

Between Prison and Freedom

Memoir of a Soviet Dissident

Alexander Podrabinek, Marian Schwartz (translator), David Satter (foreword) Summary

This thrilling memoir documents the early life of Russian journalist and human rights activist Alexander Podrabinek, as he and other dissidents fearlessly fought against the Soviet Union.

Between Prison and Freedom chronicles Alexander Podrabinek’s deeply personal recollections of his early life fearlessly opposing the injustices of the Soviet Union. He vividly describes his turbulent journey from silently protesting at Pushkin Square as a teenager to his exile in a brutal prison camp for publishing Punitive Medicine Between Prison and Freedom is a powerful tribute to the Russian dissidents, desperately loyal to their country and to each other, as they fought for freedom and justice, all while cunningly evading the KGB’s nearly successful efforts to break—or kill—them.

Through his personal experiences, the dissident reality unfolds as an onslaught of surveillance and false accusations, corrective labor camps and exile, and a consistent disregard for basic human freedoms. In this captivating story about standing against tyranny, Podrabinek captures the spirit of the dissident movement, the painful intersections between personal and political in a dissident’s life, and the solidarity that kept the resistance moving forward.

Contributor Bios

Alexander Podrabinek is a Russian journalist, dissident, human rights activist, and commentator. He is the author of Punitive Medicine, which details the Soviet Union’s use of psychiatric hospitals against political prisoners. He remains an active writer and commentator covering Russian political and social affairs.

Marian Schwartz is a prizewinning translator of Russian fiction and nonfiction, including works by Nina Berberova, Leo Tolstoy, Mikhail Shishkin, and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.

David Satter is an American journalist and historian who writes about Russia and the Soviet Union. He has authored books and articles about the decline and fall of the Soviet Union and the rise of post-Soviet Russia.

Quotes

“No one is more qualified than Alexander Podrabinek to explain how the dissident movement functioned and what repressive measures the Soviet regime took to suppress it.” —Mark G. Pomar, author of Cold War Radio

“A gripping and honest story of a man who challenged the totalitarian system, and when faced with the choice between his own well-being and his sense of civic dignity, chose in favor of the latter.” —Maxim Krupskiy, University of Illinois College of Law

“Alexander Podrabinek was one of the most courageous young men in the Soviet Union. In his fascinating memoirs, he tells how one can be a free man and resist even in the most ruthless, lawless society.” —Dmitry Volchek, correspondent for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

“Between Prison and Freedom is the story of Alexander Podrabinek’s quiet, dogged resistance to the repressive Soviet system and the people he met along the way. We are lucky that his translator is Marian Schwartz, who makes this alien world of Soviet life and prison camps accessible and lets the author’s humanity, tenacity, and unshakable sense of humor shine through.” —Michele A. Berdy, contributing editor for the Moscow Times

9780268210526

Pub Date: 11/1/2025

$39.00

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Hardcover

624 Pages

6 maps

9.3 in H | 6.1 in W

Fiction / Historical

Series: The Center for Ethics and Culture Solzhenitsyn Series

April 1917

The Red Wheel, Node IV, Book 1 Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Clare Kitson (translator)

Summary

April 1917, Book 1, captures the division and helplessness of Russia’s first Revolutionary rulers, paving the way for the victory of the ruthless Bolsheviks later that year.

One of the masterpieces of world literature, The Red Wheel is Nobel prize–winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s multivolume epic work about the Russian Revolution told in the form of a historical novel. April 1917—the fourth node—shows the intractable divisions that would lead Russia to catastrophic Communist dictatorship and civil war. If the first three nodes of The Red Wheel form its first act, “The Revolution,” April 1917 opens its second act, “The Rule of the People.”

The action of Book 1 (of two) is set during April 11–May 5, 1917. Book 1 presents a shift toward a more radical revolution and an increase in political turmoil. The Provisional Government comes under fire for its “bourgeois” capitalism and continuing commitment to World War I. Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin returns from exile and delivers his April Theses in Petrograd, actively sowing seeds of division. He declares that the revolution is not complete and openly calls for civil war, outlining a radical plan to overthrow the Provisional Government and seize power for the Soviets. Amid the chaos and rising tide of Bolshevism, the elements of resistance, and decency, slowly begin to awaken.

Contributor Bios

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918–2008), Nobel Prize laureate in literature, was a Soviet political prisoner from 1945 to 1953. His story One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1962) made him famous, and The Gulag Archipelago (1973) further unmasked Communism and played a critical role in its eventual defeat. Solzhenitsyn was exiled to the West in 1974. He ultimately published dozens of plays, poems, novels, and works of history, nonfiction, and memoir, including In the First Circle, Cancer Ward, The Red Wheel epic, The Oak and the Calf, and Between Two Millstones.

Clare Kitson is a Russian literary translator. She is co-translator of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s memoir, Between Two Millstones, Book 2.

Quotes

“The Red Wheel and The Gulag Archipelago have been called Solzhenitsyn’s two ‘cathedrals.’ You cannot fully understand the horrors of communism and the history of the 20th century without reading them.” —New York Journal of Books

“Despite its relentless focus on political events, The Red Wheel paradoxically instructs that politics is not the most important thing in life. To the contrary, the main cause of political horror is the overvaluing of politics itself. It is supremely dangerous to presume that if only the right social system could be established, life’s fundamental problems would be resolved. Like the great realist novelists of the nineteenth century, Solzhenitsyn believed that.” —The New York Review of Books

“[A] magisterial depiction of the long, slow collapse of the Tsarist regime in which everybody gets a voice, but nobody feels that he or she can prevent the worst of it. Eerily prescient for the binary confusions of the present.” VoegelinView

9780268210335

Pub Date: 10/1/2025

$28.00

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200 Pages 9 in H | 6 in W

Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory

Series: Catholic Ideas for a Secular World

The Dignity of Dependence

A Feminist Manifesto

Leah Libresco Sargeant

Summary

The Dignity of Dependence argues that women’s equal rights depend on advocating for women as women.

The world is not ready to welcome women as women; a culture that fears dependence and asks everyone to aim for autonomy and independence will always be a society hostile to women. Women are expected to care for those around them while living in a society that despises need and penalizes those who care for the weak.

The Dignity of Dependence aims to liberate women and men from this corrosive and false ideal of the human person as strongest alone Leah Libresco Sargeant argues that to thrive, human beings need to exist in webs of mutual dependence, not in isolating, radical autonomy. Women’s equal dignity doesn’t require women to deny biological reality or attempt to be interchangeable with men. Sargeant advocates for building a culture that accepts and celebrates women as they are rather than demanding that women keep their relationships and their bodies in check. The fight for women’s dignity is a fight for a full, human dignity—a dignity that isn’t threatened by dependence. It is our need for each other that makes us human.

Contributor Bio

Leah Libresco Sargeant Sargeant is a writer and speaker whose work covers religion, culture, statistics, and family policy. She is the author of Building the Benedict Option and Arriving at Amen. She runs the Substack community Other Feminisms.

Quotes

“The Dignity of Dependence provides a window into Leah Libresco Sargeant’s beautiful mind, allowing us to see the world as she sees it and to imagine we can become the men and women she believes we can be. This magnificent book is a love letter, not only to her own beloved husband and children, but to all women, all children, and all men, too.” —Erika Bachiochi, author of The Rights of Women

“Leah Libresco Sargeant has written a beautiful and profound meditation on what it means to be human. The Dignity of Dependence is a humanist manifesto of the finest caliber, and a cri de coeur that all of us would be wise to heed.” —Ryan T Anderson, co-author of Tearing Us Apart

“This wise, perceptive book is an essential corrective to the tendency of our society to identify independence with flourishing. As Leah Libresco Sargeant shows, flourishing is only possible if we depend on those we love, and if they depend on us. This is essential reading for all who have been shaped toward blindness to this simple truth—and so maybe for men above all.” —Yuval Levin, author of American Covenant

“This book isn’t just a feminist manifesto—it’s a human manifesto. It is one of the wisest and most compelling portrayals of human dignity I’ve ever read.”

—Karen Swallow Prior, author of You Have a Calling

9780268210458

Pub Date: 10/1/2025

$35.00

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Hardcover

384 Pages

9 in H | 6.3 in W

History / United States

Series: Faith, Governance, and Civil Society in American History

Abortion and America’s Churches

A Religious History of Roe v. Wade

Daniel K. Williams

Summary

Abortion and America’s Churches explores the surprising history of how American Christians think about abortion.

Many people assume that Christians have steadfastly condemned abortion throughout the United States’s history. Daniel K. Williams overthrows all assumptions about the unity, consistency, or simplicity of American Christian thought and belief in this groundbreaking new book. He demonstrates that churches in the United States have fought among themselves and with the wider culture as they developed and enforced their stance on abortion and reproductive rights, revealing major struggles to define their often-changing positions. Far from a cynical exercise of political interest, changes and disagreements arose from serious theological considerations informed by each tradition’s approach to the faith. These theological shifts—and corresponding shifts in interreligious political alliances—led to the changing fortunes of Roe v. Wade.

By capturing the fascinating and complicated history informing each faith’s position, Abortion and America’s Churches restores much-needed context to the sharp polarization over abortion today.

Contributor Bio

Daniel K. Williams is a senior fellow at the Ashbrook Center at Ashland University, where he teaches American history. He is the author of several books on modern American religion and politics, including The Politics of the Cross: A Christian Alternative to Partisanship and Defenders of the Unborn: The Pro-Life Movement before "Roe v. Wade. " His work has been published in the New York Times, The Atlantic, and Christianity Today.

Quotes

“Abortion and America’s Churches will be a go-to source for people wanting to understand the landscape of Christianity and abortion politics in the U.S.”

—Andrew R. Lewis, author of The Rights Turn in Conservative Christian Politics

“Meticulously researched and empathetic, Abortion and America's Churches fills an important gap in the history of the most divisive issue in the United States. Williams’s even-handed, detailed account is a must-read for anyone trying to make sense of the role of faith in the American debate over reproduction.” —Mary Ziegler, author of Roe

“Daniel Williams reminds us that ideas have always mattered in politics. This thoroughly researched and masterfully crafted book should be essential reading for anyone interested in the subject.” —Mark Thomas Edwards, author of Walter Lippmann

“This book is totally essential for anyone who wants to understand the debate over abortion in America. Williams’s lucid, evenhanded account of this debate’s twists, turns, and deep theological roots has forced me to revise the way I think about the history of sex, gender, and culture war in America.” —Molly Worthen, author of Spellbound

9780268210250

Pub Date: 8/1/2025

$45.00

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Hardcover

208 Pages

181 color images

10 in H | 11 in W

Photography / Subjects & Themes

Love Thee, Notre Dame

Matt Cashore

Summary

From stunning portraits of Notre Dame’s most iconic scenery to charming glimpses of campus life, Love Thee, Notre Dame is a stirring testament to the spirit of the university.

With over 150 inspiring photos, beloved campus photographer Matt Cashore captures the beauty, character, and heart of the University of Notre Dame. Love Thee, Notre Dame offers a unique glimpse at campus through the lens of an expert who has explored every angle of Our Lady’s University. Alongside the photos, Cashore shares his unique perspective as a professional photographer and tells his favorite behindthe-scenes stories from thirty years at Notre Dame documenting campus life, ceremonies, football games, and more.

Love Thee, Notre Dame is a gorgeous tribute that allows Notre Dame alumni, fans, and family to keep a little piece of their beloved university in their homes and hearts.

Contributor Bio

Matt Cashore is the Photography Program director at the University of Notre Dame and has been photographing Notre Dame’s people and campus since he arrived as a first-year student in the fall of 1990. He has co-authored four other photography books, including This Place Called Notre Dame and The Chapels of Notre Dame.

Quotes

“Love Thee Notre Dame is an extraordinary achievement. It captures well the beauty, wonder, and spirit of Notre Dame. It focuses on the most honored facilities on the campus, the traditional sight-lines, and different aspects of the University from academics to student life to athletics, to its prized unity as a Catholic university. After reading the book, I became convinced that this portrait is the real Notre Dame as I have experienced it throughout my relatively long life.”

—Rev Edward A. Malloy, C.S.C., President Emeritus, University of Notre Dame

“Matt Cashore is not just a skilled photographer—through his photos, he is one of Notre Dame's great storytellers. If you want to know Notre Dame, buy this book.”

—John T McGreevy, Charles and Jill Fischer Provost, University of Notre Dame

“Matt Cashore has captured not only moments of beauty but also glimpses of the sacred. Each photograph reveals the profound grace and quiet miracles that surround us at Notre Dame. Matt sees the extraordinary all around, and in this collection, he allows us to see it too.” —Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C., President, University of Notre Dame

9780268210410

Pub Date: 9/1/2025

$28.00

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150 Pages 9 in H | 6 in W

Religion / Christian Theology

The Light of Tabor Toward a Monistic Christology

David Bentley Hart

Summary

In The Light of Tabor, award-winning theologian David Bentley Hart proposes an approach to the nature of Christ that is profoundly radical yet deeply classical.

For centuries, Christian theology has rested on a paradox. Beginning with the Council of Chalcedon in the fifth century, the major Christian traditions have held that Jesus Christ combines two distinct natures: he is fully God and, somehow, fully human. Yet this tenet has traditionally invited irresolvable metaphysical contradictions. David Bentley Hart delves deeply into the seemingly irresoluble tensions, providing the first theological attempt to show how the logic of the earliest churches’ angelomorphic Christology is continuous with later Chalcedonian orthodoxy. Hart draws on theologians from every epoch of Christian thought, from Origen to Sergei Bulgakov, while making free use of concepts from other spiritual traditions, such as Vedanta.

The Light of Tabor proposes an approach to Christology that is thoroughly monistic, both as regards Being and as regards nature. Hart argues that the only coherent reading of the figure of Christ is one that fully embraces the essential unity of all things divine and natural through him, proposing an approach to Christology that affirms classical doctrine without retaining the dualistic presuppositions that have haunted theology since the age of the great councils.

Contributor Bio

David Bentley Hart is a religious studies scholar, philosopher, cultural commentator, and writer of fiction. He is the author and translator of twenty-three books, including the award-winning You Are Gods

Quotes

“The Light of Tabor is David Bentley Hart’s theological testament, the summation of his life’s work on the Bible, the cultures of antiquity, and the history of theology, all masterfully distilled into five compact and witty chapters.” —Trent Pomplun, author of Jesuit on the Roof of the World

“This is everything we have come to expect from David Bentley Hart: never shallow, never dull, sometimes creatively contrarian, always profound and fresh. He offers a radically original reading of the scriptural and patristic sources for orthodox Christology, showing how much we miss as a result of misunderstanding or watering down the basic claim that Christ is ‘all in all.’” —Rowan Williams, former archbishop of Canterbury and author of Discovering Christianity

“Nothing David Hart writes fails to get to the heart of the matter The Light of Tabor is no exception. Hart beckons us anew to contemplate the mystery of Christ in all its familiar strangeness and strange familiarity. Beautifully written, characteristically capacious, productively polemical a fitting diadem for a dazzling theological career.”

—Jordan Daniel Wood, author of The Whole Mystery of Christ

“After Hart we can happily throw away most of our theology books.” —John Milbank, author of Theology and Social Theory

9780268210175

Pub Date: 9/1/2025

$35.00

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Hardcover

244 Pages

8 b&w illustrations, 1 table

9 in H | 6 in W

Religion / Christianity

Black and Catholic Racism, Identity, and Religion

Tia Noelle Pratt

Summary

Black and Catholic documents the exclusion, erasure, and systematic racism faced by Black Catholics, filling an essential gap in both Catholic and Black history.

In the storied history of the U.S. Catholic community, there is a long-standing myth held by Catholics and non-Catholics alike that there are no Black Catholics. In this deeply researched and compelling book, Tia Noelle Pratt debunks this myth and brings forward the religious experiences and culture of Black Catholics, filling a void in the literature of both U.S. Catholicism and African American religion. She identifies the nature and ramifications of systemic racism on American Catholicism and how that marginalization impacts Black Catholic identity. Building on her extensive research, Pratt amplifies the voices and experiences of Black Catholics through original interviews and by sharing the story of St. Peter Claver, Philadelphia’s first Black Catholic church. Black and Catholic also explores the ways that liturgy and music can build community, celebrate individuality, and resist racism.

Black and Catholic is an essential book that centralizes the Black Catholic community, revealing the heartache of racism and discrimination, the comfort drawn from the strength of generations of believers, and the celebration from combining the music and traditions of African American religious experiences with the belief and rituals of Roman Catholicism.

Contributor Bio

Tia Noelle Pratt is assistant vice president and director of mission engagement and strategic initiatives in the Office for Mission and Ministry and assistant professor of sociology at Villanova University.

Quotes

“Black and Catholic makes an invaluable contribution to scholarship on U.S. and African American Catholicism and the Catholic dimensions of white supremacy”

—Shannen Dee Williams, author of Subversive Habits

“This is an invaluable resource for anyone trying to understand Black Catholic experiences within our institutional church on Black Catholics’ terms. It can serve as a tool for individuals and faith communities seeking to take up Pope Francis’s invitation to decenter and transcend, in this case decenter whiteness and transcend white supremacy” —Maureen H. O’Connell, author of Undoing the Knots

“Rooted in her own experience, the author lays bare the painful erasure of Black Catholics historically and systemic racism that continues to mark the institutional church today. Through adaptive liturgy, community, and deep faith, Black Catholics remake the church as their own and U.S. Catholicism as a rich repository of identity, resilience, and enduring witness—a story long overdue.”

—Tricia Colleen Bruce, author of Parish and Place

9780268209827

Pub Date: 10/15/2025

$49.00

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280 Pages

9 in H | 6 in W

Religion / Christianity

Marie-Dominique Chenu Catholic Theology for a Changing World

Mary Kate Holman

Summary

Marie-Dominique Chenu demonstrates how this once condemned theologian influenced the major shifts of twentieth-century Catholicism and reveals the relevance of his thought for contemporary theology.

In 1942, historian Marie-Dominique Chenu was removed from his teaching position at Le Saulchoir, the French Dominican school of theology, and his groundbreaking new publication was placed on the Catholic Church’s Index of Forbidden Books. Yet only two decades later, the Catholic hierarchy embraced many of his ideas at the Second Vatican Council. Although Chenu’s pioneering work helped to usher in a new era, his influence on the Catholic Church remains overlooked and underexplored.

Drawing upon extensive new archival research, Mary Kate Holman provides a captivating account of Chenu’s life and how his theology contributed to the church’s opening to the modern world and shaped the next generation of theologians. Holman presents the distinctive elements of Chenu’s theology, identifies his major contributions to contemporary Catholic theology, and proposes a constructive retrieval of his thought for a renewed ecclesiology in the twenty-first century.

Contributor Bio

Mary Kate Holman is an assistant professor of religious studies at Fairfield University.

Quotes

“A unique and necessary contribution to understand the last century of history of Catholic thinking: Chenu was at the center of the early repressions of theologians by the Holy Office during the twentieth century.” —Massimo Faggioli, author of A Council for the Global Church

“Mary Kate Holman’s outstanding book on the French theologian, historian, and pastor reveals profound discoveries and far-reaching perspectives for a church in synodal transformation.” —Michael Quisinsky, author of Marie-Dominique Chenu: Weg-WerkWirkung

9780268210212

Pub Date: 10/15/2025

$45.00

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156 Pages

9 in H | 6 in W

Religion / Christian Theology

Intimacy and Intelligibility

Word and Life in Augustine’s De magistro

Erika Kidd Summary

Intimacy and Intelligibility is a paradigm-shifting exploration of De magistro, Augustine’s overlooked and misunderstood dialogue about words and signs.

Erika Kidd’s fresh approach to Augustine’s De magistro (On the Teacher) fills a gap in the emerging conversation about Augustine’s early dialogues, while avoiding the disincarnate bias of existing interpretations of this essential work. Kidd’s reading situates the dialogue within a broadly Augustinian tradition of reflection on language and intimacy. Drawing on the work of feminist philosopher and linguist Luce Irigaray, Intimacy and Intelligibility unpacks the literary form and the relational context of De magistro, including the women who lurk in the dialogue’s shadows. Kidd likewise reimagines the place of Christ, the inner teacher, in the dialogue. Though the inner teacher is often cast as a mere guarantor of meaning, she argues that the inner teacher summons Augustine and his son Adeodatus to an intimate space of meaning, rooted in the life they share.

Kidd reveals that De magistro is not a text about informing but a text about intimacy It is a rich meditation on the blessed life and a worthy memorial to Augustine’s beloved son.

Contributor Bio

Erika Kidd is an associate professor of Catholic studies at the University of St. Thomas.

Quotes

“It is almost miraculous that a work as well-known as Augustine’s De magistro should successfully undergo a fresh and radical reinterpretation, yet Erika Kidd has done precisely that. She has single-handedly changed the conversation about this dialogue; scholars will be coming to terms with her thesis for generations.” —Michael P. Foley, editor of Ever Ancient, Ever New

“Intimacy and Intelligibility offers an original and persuasive reading of Augustine’s De magistro, one that I find exciting and valuable.” —Karmen MacKendrick, author of Material Mystery

9780268209681

Pub Date: 8/15/2025

$75.00

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448 Pages 9 in H | 6 in W

Philosophy / Ethics & Moral Philosophy

Body and Identity

A History of the Empty Self

Angela Franks

Summary

Angela Franks provides a sweeping intellectual history of identity, particularly in terms of how identity relates to the body, with an emphasis on the importance of Christianity to this understanding.

Modern questions about our bodies and how we see ourselves, both physically and mentally, are often complex and problematic. To better answer these contemporary questions and navigate “identity politics,” Angela Franks seeks to provide a better understanding of identity. She begins by giving three basic meanings of the term: identity through time, the “true” or authentic self, and our awareness of ourselves. She engages with thinkers from antiquity to present day and investigates the decisive developments that Christianity provided. Within Christianity came a new awareness of the distinctive individuality of each person—the “true self”—called by God in a way that often breaks away from the “solid” or fixed structures of identity formation, such as family, class, and nation. This more “liquid” idea of identity continues to evolve in modern times, but without its theistic emphasis on God’s call. The result is a purely liquid self that consists of consciousness and activity, but without a grounded self that is either the object or the subject of consciousness. This is the empty self we have today, one that is given much more to do and less to be.

A comprehensive history of identity, Body and Identity brings the theological history of the self to the forefront in order to address the empty self and how identity is defined today.

Contributor Bio

Angela Franks is an assistant professor of theology at the Catholic University of America.

Quotes

“Grounded and soaring. Its thorough foundation in philosophical theology delivers, and the text understands that literary excurses are no mere peripheral complementarities but do bring the conversation in through another way.” —Caitlin Smith Gilson, author of As It Is in Heaven

“A brilliant, deeply learned, and carefully argued book.” —Carl R. Trueman, author of The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self

9780268209872

Pub Date: 11/15/2025

$80.00

Discount Code: x Hardcover

400 Pages 9 in H | 6 in W

Religion / Christianity

Being before God

Cornelio Fabro, Thomism, and Søren Kierkegaard’s Theology

Joshua Furnal

Summary

Being before God offers a thorough account of Cornelio Fabro’s Thomistic reading of Søren Kierkegaard’s theology, speaking both to systematic theology and Kierkegaard studies.

Italian Stigmatine priest and Thomist philosopher Cornelio Fabro is well known for his work on the metaphysics of Thomas Aquinas. Yet despite also authoring many studies on Søren Kierkegaard, Fabro remains virtually unknown among Kierkegaard scholars outside of Italy. Being before God sheds light on the influence of Kierkegaard’s writings on Fabro’s Thomism and provides a detailed historical account of Fabro’s contributions to Kierkegaard studies and systematic theology. Drawing upon rare archival material, including materials that have never been translated into English, Joshua Furnal speaks to Kierkegaard’s relationship to Catholic theology, the Kierkegaardian aspects of Fabro’s Thomism, and Fabro’s Thomistic approach to Kierkegaard in turn. Being before God also highlights how Fabro’s work brings together ideas from both Aquinas and Kierkegaard to broaden the horizon of contemporary theology.

Through his meticulous research, Furnal contends that, despite his lack of modern recognition, Fabro remains one of the most important European interpreters of Kierkegaard in the twentieth century.

Contributor Bio

Joshua Furnal is a permanent lecturer in systematic theology at St. Patrick’s Pontifical University in Maynooth, Ireland. He is the author of Catholic Theology after Kierkegaard and an English translator of Cornelio Fabro’s writings.

Quotes

“No one has explored Fabro’s appropriation of Kierkegaard in depth. Furnal’s recovery of Fabro’s thought is thorough, compelling, and important. In this regard the book has no rival.” —Lee C. Barrett, author of Kierkegaard on God’s Will and Human Freedom

“If you have ever simply assumed that an impasse between Thomists and Kierkegaard is inevitable, then you need to read this book.” —Joel D. Rasumussen, author of Between Irony and Witness

9780268209735

Pub Date: 8/1/2025

$30.00

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150 Pages

8.5 in H | 5.5 in W

Political Science / Religion, Politics & State

Series: Catholic Ideas for a Secular World

Prosperity and Torment in France

The Paradox of the Democratic Age

Chantal Delsol, Andrew Kelley (translator), Daniel J. Mahoney (foreword)

Summary

A philosophical and historical analysis of the paradox of French democracy that illuminates the challenges of the current democratic age.

In Prosperity and Torment in France, philosopher Chantal Delsol provides an analysis of the current state of affairs in French politics, economics, and cultural life that reveals key lessons for modern democracies around the world. She examines the seeming paradox of France as a wealthy country that provides almost unrivaled social services to its citizens at no extra cost, but one whose citizens are unsatisfied with the current state of affairs. Delsol traces this current dilemma back several hundred years, and examines the principle of the common good and its inherent tension with concepts like democracy and egalitarianism that often emphasize individualism. Likewise, Delsol emphasizes this concept also stands in contrast to the centralization of power in Paris throughout its history. In the end, Delsol notes that these historical tensions set the stage for many of the current tensions in France: secularism versus religion, economic liberalism versus the welfare state, civil service versus the private sector, and material wealth versus status.

By examining the paradox of France, Delsol brings to the forefront the challenges democracies are facing around the globe and asks the broader question of how governments should best serve their people in our contemporary world.

Contributor Bios

Chantal Delsol is professor of philosophy at the University of Marne-la-Vallée and an elected member of the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques (Institut de France). She is the author of numerous books, including La Fin de la Chrétienté (The End of Christianity).

Andrew Kelley is professor of philosophy and chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Bradley University He writes on twentieth-century French philosophy and has translated books from French and German philosophers.

Daniel J. Mahoney is a senior fellow at the Claremont Institute and professor emeritus at Assumption University.

Quotes

“Chantal Delsol’s incisive book takes up a perennial theme in French political and social thought, but does so in a fresh way, philosophically informed and yet brimming over with interesting observations and sharp insights.”—Wilfred M. McClay, author of The Masterless

“Chantal Delsol probes the paradoxes of today’s France, sighing alike at its beauty and its dysfunctions, its achievements and its discontents. Only a patriot could have written this book, for only one who loves her country could desire to know it so thoroughly. American readers will profit from Delsol’s reflections and from her example.”

—John M. Owen IV, author of The Ecology of Nations

9780268209575

Pub Date: 7/15/2025

$38.00

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196 Pages 9 in H | 6 in W

Philosophy / Ethics & Moral Philosophy

Series: Beginning and the Beyond of Politics

The Invisible Source of Authority

God in a Secular Age

David

Walsh

Summary

The Invisible Source of Authority is a philosophical meditation on the secular age and challenges the notion that the secular can be understood without reference to God.

How does one reject God while denying belief? This is the central paradox of our secular age, where efforts to erase God only affirm his presence. In The Invisible Source of Authority, David Walsh examines this paradox and argues that a secular world actually reveals God more clearly, rather than bringing about what has been called the death of God. Unlike many critics of modernity, Walsh argues that secularism is not inhospitable to authentic religious faith and cannot be understood without reference to God.

Drawing on the writings of early modern thinkers like Montaigne, Descartes, and Grotius, Walsh asserts that God’s absence from the secular world is testimony to God’s transcendence. Because the secular is always that which has withdrawn from serving God, Walsh suggests that this presupposition proves that God remains indispensable to the self-understanding of secular society. The Invisible Source of Authority seeks to remind us that, despite his seeming absence, the transcendent God remains an essential presence.

Contributor Bio

David Walsh is professor of politics at the Catholic University of America. He is the author and editor of a number of books, including The Priority of the Person and The Growth of the Liberal Soul.

Quotes

“A remarkable and original contribution to philosophical anthropology, one of the major foundations of political science. Anyone concerned with the significance of the ‘secular society’ will be informed by Walsh’s argument. Perhaps they will even be astonished to discover the implications of the reality to which that term refers.” —Barry Cooper, author of Paleolithic Politics

“Walsh is passionate and clear-eyed in equal measure. His intention is to remind the constituencies that either embrace or rail against the secular that the secular not only provides ample opportunity for the experience and affirmation of the beyond, but also a purification of the experience.” —Cyril O’Regan, author of The Anatomy of Misremembering

9780268209612

Pub Date: 7/15/2025

$39.00 Discount Code: x

416 Pages 9 in H | 6 in W

Philosophy / Political

The Growth of the Liberal Soul (with a New Introduction)

David Walsh

Summary

In The Growth of the Liberal Soul, David Walsh provides a dazzling defense of liberalism by confronting the core difficulty of the liberal democratic tradition in explaining and justifying itself.

David Walsh’s groundbreaking work addresses a pivotal crisis in liberal democratic self-understanding, as many leading thinkers abandoned the search for a foundation in human nature or moral truth. Without a firm footing, proponents of liberalism could not explain its initial extraordinary success or the recent seeming unraveling of its own moral code. Instead, Walsh argues that Christianity and philosophy formed the original foundation for liberalism, and that only the ideals of service, self-responsibility, and the sacredness of each person can provide the grounding that liberalism desperately needs.

As Walsh seamlessly weaves together the ideas of Hobbes, Locke, Kant, Hegel, Tocqueville, Nietzsche, and other leading thinkers, The Growth of the Liberal Soul crafts a compelling defense of liberalism and issues an inspiring call to see liberty not as an invitation to universal egoism, but as the pursuit of the greatest justice, freedom, and fulfillment for all members of the community.

Contributor Bio

David Walsh is professor of politics at the Catholic University of America. He is the author of The Priority of the Person and Politics of the Person as the Politics of Being

Quotes

“Walsh calls on us to immerse ourselves in this liberal tradition and to learn from it. It differs from the liberal thought of our century, for which liberty, having lost most of its intrinsic and constitutive appeal, serves mainly to promote economic growth, shield us from fearsome dictators, and free us to pursue our various conceptions of the good.”

The Independent Review

“On good liberal grounds alone, academic liberals should appreciate David Walsh’s powerful new defense of liberalism. A valuable contribution to the increasingly edifying debate led by conservatives over liberalism’s future, this book gently but firmly exposes the illusions that conceal from contemporary liberalism the source of the liberal spirit’s formidable moral authority.” —First Things

9780268209957

Pub Date: 8/15/2025

$33.00

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134 Pages

9 in H | 6 in W

Philosophy / Metaphysics

Series: Beginning and the Beyond of Politics

Inherent Human Dignity

A Philosophical Meditation

Glenn Hughes, James Greenaway (foreword) Summary

Inherent Human Dignity explores the philosophical and existential foundations of what it means to be human.

Inherent Human Dignity is a philosophical meditation and defense of the value of being human. Glenn Hughes explores the existential foundations of these concepts in this structured and accessible study about the experience of being human.

Hughes locates human dignity within the philosophical, political, and historical horizons of human culture. Guided by Eric Voegelin and Bernard Lonergan, literary and artistic examples, and his own Christian, Hindu, and Buddhist writings, Hughes unfolds and accounts for human dignity’s place in our world. He additionally utilizes key moments of our modern era to frame our understanding of human dignity, paying close attention to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that was created by the United Nations following World War II. Ultimately, Hughes’s meditation is concerned both with exploring the maximally differentiated set of insights into the meaning of being human and with articulating why the discovery of equality of inherent dignity in every person —without exception—is a profound and rare achievement.

Contributor Bios

Glenn Hughes (1951–2024) was professor emeritus at St. Mary’s University. He was the inaugural holder of the St. Mary’s Chair in Catholic Philosophy He was the author of several books including From Dickinson to Dylan: Visions of Transcendence in Modernist Literature and Transcendence and History: The Search for Ultimacy from Ancient Societies to Postmodernity.

James Greenaway is the San José-Lonergan Chair in Catholic Philosophy at St. Mary’s University. He is the author of A Philosophy of Belonging: Persons, Politics, Cosmos.

Quotes

“Hughes shows us the way to reclaim our inherent dignity within a world of meaning. This book promises to be the go-to volume that concisely explains not just that we should affirm inherent dignity for all human beings, but how and why we must.”

—John von Heyking, author of Comprehensive Judgement and Absolute Selflessness

“Inherent Human Dignity fills a need for a thoroughgoing philosophical defense of the notion of inherent human value and dignity.” —David Baggett, co-author of The Moral Argument

9780268210366

Pub Date: 9/15/2025

$50.00

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400 Pages

23 b&w illustrations 9 in H | 6 in W

Literary Criticism / European

Series: William and Katherine Devers Series in Dante and Medieval Italian Literature

American Dantes Traditions, Translations, Transformations

Zygmunt G. Barański (editor), Theodore J. Cachey, Jr (editor)

Summary

American Dantes provides fresh perspectives on Dante’s reception and cultural impact in the United States over the past two hundred years.

American Dantes investigates the depth and breadth of Dante’s American legacy from the early nineteenth century to the present. Showcasing an impressive array of approaches from renowned literary and Dante scholars, this book explores how Dante has influenced American poetry, fiction, memoir, painting, film, television, and political and religious discourse. This collection offers an in-depth look at the vibrant and ongoing scholarly traditions of research, editing, translation, and creative adaptation that have established Dante’s Divine Comedy as a classic in American literary culture, influencing cultural movements from transcendentalism to jazz to the Black radical tradition and more.

Contributors: David Wallace, Laura Dassow Walls, Joshua Matthews, Dennis Looney, Kathleen Boyle, Kathleen Verduin, Christian Y. Dupont, Kristina M. Olson, Henry Weinfield, Stephen Fredman, Joseph Elkanah Rosenberg, Arielle Saiber, and Peter S. Hawkins

Contributor Bios

Zygmunt G. Barański is Emeritus R. L. Canala Professor of Romance Languages & Literatures with the University of Notre Dame and the Serena Professor of Italian Emeritus with the University of Cambridge. His many publications include Dante’s “Vita Nova” (co-edited with Heather Webb).

Theodore J. Cachey, Jr., is the Pizzo Family Chair in Dante Studies and Ravarino Family Director of Italian and Dante Studies and the Center for Italian Studies/Devers Family Program in Dante Studies. His numerous publications include Dante’s “Other Works” (co-edited with Zygmunt G. Barański).

Quotes

“This book will be a gift for anyone intrigued by Dante’s historical and enduring presence in the collective American imagination. Leading experts offer brilliant insights into a stellar cast of American writers and artists known for their engagement with Dante, while also discovering new voices inspired by the Italian poet’s life, work, and legacy” —Guy P Raffa, author of Dante’s Bones

"A tour de force. American Dantes is a testament to the incredible impact of Dante on American literary culture." —Akash Kumar, University of California, Berkeley

9780268207489

Pub Date: 9/1/2025

$25.00

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264 Pages

8.5 in H | 5.5 in W

Religion / Faith

The Afternoon of Christianity

The Courage to Change

Tomáš Halík, Gerald Turner (translator)

New in Paperback

Tomáš Halík provides a poignant reflection on Christianity’s crisis of faith while offering a vision of the self-reflection, love, and growth necessary for the church to overcome and build a deeper and more mature faith.

In a world transformed by secularization and globalization, torn by stark political and social distrust, and ravaged by war and pandemic, Christians are facing a crisis of faith. In The Afternoon of Christianity, Tomáš Halík reflects on past and present challenges confronting Christian faith, drawing together strands from the Bible, historic Christian theology, philosophy, psychology, and classic literature. In the process, he reveals the current crisis as a crossroads: one road leads toward division and irrelevance, while the other provides the opportunity to develop a deeper, more credible, and mature form of church, theology, and spirituality—an afternoon epoch of Christianity

The fruitfulness of the reform and the future vibrancy of the Church depends on a reconnection with the deep spiritual and existential dimension of faith. Halík argues that Christianity must transcend itself, giving up isolation and self-centeredness in favor of loving dialogue with people of different cultures, languages, and religions. The search for God in all things frees Christian life from self-absorption and leads toward universal fraternity, one of Pope Francis’s key themes. This renewal of faith can help the human family move beyond a clash of civilizations to a culture of communication, sharing, and respect for diversity.

Contributor Bios

Tomáš Halík is a Czech Roman Catholic priest, philosopher, theologian, and scholar. He is a professor of sociology at Charles University in Prague, pastor of the Academic Parish of St. Salvator Church in Prague, president of the Czech Christian Academy, and a winner of the Templeton Prize. He is the author of many books, including Touch the Wounds, From the Underground Church to Freedom, and I Want You to Be. His books have been published in twenty languages and received many awards, including the Foreword Reviews’ INDIES Book of the Year Awards in Philosophy and in Religion.

Gerald Turner has translated numerous Czech authors, including Václav Havel, Ivan Klíma, and Ludvík Vaculík, among others. He received the US PEN Translation Award in 2004.

Quotes

“An impressive work of theology that’s rooted in Catholic teachings, The Afternoon of Christianity applies prophetic sensibilities to the question of how Christianity is changing.” —Foreword Reviews (starred review)

“Beyond Scripture, few books demand we ‘take up and read.’ Fr. Tomas Halik’s The Afternoon of Christianity: The Courage to Change, however, may just be one of those books. . . . With wisdom only few can summon, Halik calls the church to consider how the most faithful expression of its mission may be in its future.” —National Catholic Reporter

“Halík is calling for exactly what Cooke thought we needed exactly fifty years ago. . . . The self-surrender of the Church is the way forward to its self-transcendence. . . I think he is certainly of the opinion that without such a radical shift, our future as a Church is perilous indeed.” —Commonweal

9780268106782

Pub Date: 7/1/2025

$28.00

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374 Pages

36 b&w illustrations 9 in H | 6 in W

Biography & Autobiography / Religious

From the Underground Church to Freedom

Tomáš Halík, Gerald Turner (translator)

New in Paperback

International best-selling author and theologian Tomáš Halík shares for the first time the dramatic story of his life as a secretly ordained priest in Communist Czechoslovakia.

Born in Prague in 1948, Tomáš Halík spent his childhood under Stalinism. He describes his conversion to Christianity during the time of communist persecution of the church, his secret study of theology, and secret priesthood ordination in East Germany. Halík speaks candidly of his doubts and crises of faith as well as of his conflicts within the church. He worked as a psychotherapist for over a decade and, at the same time, was active in the underground church and in the dissident movement with the legendary Cardinal Tomášek and Václav Havel, who proposed Halík as his successor to the Czech presidency. Since the fall of the regime, Halík has served as general secretary to the Czech Conference of Bishops and was an advisor to John Paul II and Václav Havel.

Woven throughout Halík’s story is the turbulent history of the church and society in the heart of Europe: the 1968 Prague Spring, the occupation of Czechoslovakia, the self-immolation of his classmate Jan Palach, the “flying university,” the 1989 Velvet Revolution, and the difficult transition from totalitarian communist regime to democracy. Tomáš Halík was a direct witness to many of these events, and he provides valuable testimony about the backdrop of political events and personal memories of the key figures of that time.

Contributor Bios

Tomáš Halík is a Czech Roman Catholic priest, philosopher, theologian, and scholar. He is a professor of sociology at Charles University in Prague, pastor of the Academic Parish of St. Salvator Church in Prague, president of the Czech Christian Academy, and a winner of the Templeton Prize. His books, which are bestsellers in his own country, have been translated into nineteen languages and have received several literary prizes. He is the author of numerous books, including I Want You to Be: On the God of Love, winner of the Catholic Press Association Book Award in Theology and Foreword Reviews’ INDIES Book of the Year Award in Philosophy.

Gerald Turner has translated numerous Czech authors, including Václav Havel, Ivan Klíma, and Ludvík Vaculík, among others. He received the US PEN Translation Award in 2004.

Quotes

“The story of the religious movements in Czechoslovakia during the Soviet era is little known in contrast to the Polish, which is why Halík’s memoirs, From the Underground Church to Freedom, are a truly fascinating read. Halík has become one of the most important religious voices from the East since the fall of the Berlin Wall.” —Law & Liberty

“It is one thing to live in interesting times, quite another to write interestingly about them. Halik achieves this.” The Irish Catholic

“It is possible that Halík is the most thoughtful, learned and interesting Catholic that is widely unknown in the United States today. Hopefully, this book will right that wrong.” America

9780268102944

Pub Date: 7/1/2025

$28.00

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184 Pages

1 b&w illustration

8.5 in H | 5.5 in W

Biography & Autobiography / Religious

Abducted in Iraq

A Priest in Baghdad

Saad Sirop Hanna

New in Paperback

This riveting book documents Bishop Hanna’s twenty-eight days in captivity in Iraq as he struggled through threats, torture, and doubt.

How do we respond in the face of evil, especially to those who inflict grave evil upon us? Abducted in Iraq is Bishop Saad Sirop Hanna’s firsthand account of his abduction in 2006 by a militant group associated with al-Qaeda. As a young parish priest and visiting lecturer, Fr. Hanna was kidnapped after celebrating Mass on August 15 at Babel College near Baghdad. His plight attracted international attention after Pope Benedict XVI requested prayers for the safe return of the young priest.

Through extreme hardship, the young priest gains a greater knowledge both of his faith and of remaining true to himself. This riveting narrative reflects the experience of persecuted Christians all over the world today, especially the plight of Iraqi Christians who continue to live and hold their faith against tremendous odds. The book sheds light on the complex political and spiritual situation that Catholics face in predominantly non-Christian nations. More than just a story of one man, it is also the story of religious persecution and intolerance.

Contributor Bio

Saad Sirop Hanna is the Apostolic Visitor for Chaldeans Residing in Europe, the auxiliary bishop of the Chaldean Patriarchate of Baghdad, Iraq, and a recurring visitor at the Medieval Institute of the University of Notre Dame.

Quotes

“Bishop Hanna’s story is one of self-discovery, deepening faith, and an eye-opening reality to the plight of numerous Christians in the Middle East.” Word on Fire

“Abducted in Iraq is a gripping account of profound faith, authentic courage and hope against all odds. Not surprisingly, the priest’s cruel confinement led him to ponder life’s ultimate questions, like love’s meaning, God’s presence and action, and goodness itself.” —The Catholic Missourian

“Bishop Saad Sirop Hanna is a philosopher, and this memoir clearly reflects that aspect of a man who grew up living side-by-side with Muslims, when nobody thought that that was anything other than normal. So the destruction of Iraq and the decimation of the Christian community grieves him utterly. . . . He urges looking beyond ethnicity, creed, culture, and religion; connecting on the level of shared humanity” Church Times

“Bishop Hanna varies the pace well between the rapid, intrusive violence and long periods of isolation and reflection, in which his deep spirituality comes to the fore. His recollections are philosophical, elegantly expressed, and colored not with bitterness but with incomprehension and an unselfconscious courage. He humanizes his captors as much as he can manage.” Sight Magazine

9780268205287

Pub Date: 7/15/2025

$40.00

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244 Pages 9 in H | 6 in W

Religion / Christian Theology

Series: Notre Dame Studies in African Theology

The Theology of Mercy Amba Oduyoye Ecumenism,

Feminism, and Communal Practice

Oluwatomisin Olayinka Oredein

New in Paperback

This illuminating study explores African theologian Mercy Amba Oduyoye’s constructive initiative to include African women’s experiences and voices within Christian theological discourse.

Mercy Amba Oduyoye, a renowned Ghanaian Methodist theologian, has worked for decades to address issues of poverty, women’s rights, and global unrest. She is one of the founders of the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians, a pan-African ecumenical organization that mentors the next generation of African women theologians to counter the dearth of academic theological literature written by African women. This book offers an in-depth analysis of Oduyoye’s life and work, providing a much-needed corrective to Eurocentric, colonial, and patriarchal theologies by centering the experiences of African women as a starting point from which theological reflection might begin.

Oluwatomisin Olayinka Oredein’s study begins by narrating the story of Mercy Oduyoye’s life, focusing on her early years, which led to her eventual interest in women’s equality and African women’s theology. At the heart of the book is a close analysis of Oduyoye’s theological thought, exploring her unique approach to four issues: the doctrine of God, Christology, theological anthropology, and ecclesiology. Through the course of these examinations, Oredein shows how Oduyoye’s life story and theological output are intimately intertwined. Stories of gender formation, racial ideas, and cultural foundations teem throughout Oduyoye’s construction of a Christian theological story. Oduyoye shows that one’s theology does not leave particularity behind but rather becomes the locus in which the fullness of divinity might be known.

Contributor Bio

Oluwatomisin Olayinka Oredein is an assistant professor in Black religious traditions, constructive theology, and ethics at Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University.

Quotes

“Giving voice to African women theologians to reinvent feminism, reinvent Christian theology, and reinvent African culture, three crucial moments or movements, gives birth to the inclusive view of the human created by God. That is why this book must be read by all: women and men, Christian and other religious practitioners, Black, White and other Shades.” Bulletin of Ecumenical Theology

“Oredein comprehensively covers the life’s work of a woman who is a forerunner of a branch of theology that not only serves African woman but is a gift to the church and religious scholarship around the world. This book provides enduring value to the academy and the church and is highly recommended as a prized reference for theological educators, religious scholars, and students who want to incorporate a fuller understanding of theology in a post-colonial world.” African Journal of Gender and Religion

9780268202989

Pub Date: 7/15/2025

$45.00

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328 Pages 9 in H | 6 in W

Religion / Christian Theology

Disability’s Challenge to Theology

Genes, Eugenics, and the Metaphysics of Modern Medicine

Devan Stahl

New in Paperback

Disability’s Challenge to Theology uses insights from disability studies to understand in a deeper way the ethical implications that genetic technologies pose for Christian thought.

Theologians have been debating genetic engineering for decades, but what has been missing from many theological debates is a deep concern for persons with genetic disabilities. In this ambitious and stimulating book, Devan Stahl argues that engagement with metaphysics and a theology of nature is crucial for Christians to evaluate both genetic science and the moral use of genetic technologies, such as human genetic engineering, gene therapy, genetic screenings, preimplantation genetic diagnosis, and gene editing. Using theological notions of creation ex nihilo and natural law alongside insights from disability studies, Stahl seeks to recast the debate concerning genetic well-being. Following the work of Stanley Hauerwas, Stahl proposes the church as the locus for reimagining disability in a way that will significantly influence the debates concerning genetic therapies.

Christianity has all too frequently been complicit in excluding, degrading, and marginalizing people with disabilities, but the new Christian metaphysics developed here provides normative, theological guidance on the use of genetic technologies today. Only by heeding the voices of people with disabilities can Christians remain faithful to the call to find Christ in “the least of these” and from there draw close to God.

Contributor Bio

Devan Stahl is an associate professor of religion at Baylor University and editor of Bioenhancement Technologies and the Vulnerable Body.

Quotes

“In Disability’s Challenge to Theology, Devan Stahl offers an insightful and multilayered critique of liberal Christian embrace of eugenics movements. . . . Her work is particularly valuable for the spotlight it shines on the theological and social conflation between sin, suffering, and disability.” Political Theology

“Devan Stahl’s Disability’s Challenge to Theology is a step toward reconciliation for some of the sins of the modern church, offering itself as a starting point for developing processes for faithful decision-making and guidance in relation to genetic testing and therapies.” Journal of Disability and Religion

“Given the relative dearth of books in theological bioethics, Disability's Challenge to Theology: Genes, Eugenics, and the Metaphysics of Modern Medicine is a welcome contribution to the field. In addition to being of interest to Christian ethicists, Stahl’s book will be of interest to those considering the implications of the capability approach for bioethics and disability studies.” —Hastings Center Report

9780268107345

Pub Date: 7/15/2025

$30.00

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258 Pages 9 in H | 6 in W

Political Science / History & Theory

Lessons from Walden

Thoreau and the Crisis of American Democracy

Bob Pepperman Taylor

New in Paperback

Original and passionate, Lessons from Walden presents a wide-ranging inquiry into the nature and implications in the works of Henry David Thoreau.

Henry David Thoreau’s works are a backbone of American political philosophy, but how do his ideas translate into the tumultuous modern political landscape? Bob Pepperman Taylor closely examines Walden and Civil Disobedience, focusing on the philosophical questions Thoreau raises. He considers simplicity and the ethics of “voluntary poverty,” examines the role conscience plays in democratic policies, and the truth of what “nature” means, and what, if anything, we can learn from it today. By drawing on a wide range of perspectives—from historians, philosophers, and popular media—Taylor breathes new life into Thoreau’s work and shows how it is still alive for us today. He allows all sides to have their say, even as he persistently steers the discussion back to a nuanced reading of Thoreau’s actual position.

With a tone of friendly urgency, this interdisciplinary tour de force intersects American literature, environmental ethics, and political theory to address the concerns facing the current political landscape and the future of democracy.

Contributor Bio

Bob Pepperman Taylor is the Elliott A. Brown Green and Gold Professor of Law, Politics, and Political Behavior at the University of Vermont. He is the author and editor of a number of books, including Liberal Education and Democracy

Quotes

“Lessons from Walden [is] an extraordinary book. . . . It offers a compelling, well-thought out argument about the relevance of Thoreau in our political time.” Perspectives on Politics

“The year of a presidential election seems like a particularly good time to revisit the qualities necessary for American self-governance. Bob Pepperman Taylor’s book, Lessons from Walden: Thoreau and the Crisis of American Democracy attempts to do just that. Reaching back to Jacksonian democracy, Taylor uses Henry David Thoreau as a tour guide to reveal the threats and temptations in the contemporary American landscape.” Law and Liberty

“I think we could say Walden was the first minimalist, and I hope this book by Taylor will encourage more readers to go back to Walden, for a better future for all. A very thoughtful study of Henry David Thoreau’s main works, and how they are still essential inspirations and teachings for us today, for the survival and well-being of us all, as individuals, as society, and as stewards of nature.” —Words and Peace

9780268106904

Pub Date: 7/15/2025

$30.00

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338 Pages

7 b&w illustrations, 2 maps, 1 table 9 in H | 6 in W

History / Revolutions, Uprisings & Rebellions

Sandinistas

A Moral History

Robert J. Sierakowski

New in Paperback

A bold new perspective on the liberation movement that brought the Sandinista National Liberation Front to power, overthrowing the longestrunning dictatorship in Latin America.

Robert J. Sierakowski’s Sandinistas: A Moral History offers a new vantage point of the Sandinista movement beyond geopolitics and ideologies in 1979 Nicaragua. Using unique sources, from trial transcripts to archival collections and oral histories, Sierakowski shows the central role that was played by everyday Nicaraguans. Focusing on the country’s rural north, Sierakowski explores how a diverse coalition of labor unionists, student activists, housewives, and peasants inspired by Catholic liberation theology came to successfully challenge the legitimacy of the Somoza dictatorship and its entrenched networks of power.

Mobilizing communities against the ubiquitous cantinas, gambling halls, and brothels, grassroots organizers exposed the regime’s complicity in promoting social ills, disorder, and quotidian violence while helping to construct radical new visions of moral uplift and social renewal. Sierakowski similarly recasts our understanding of the Nicaraguan National Guard, grounding his study of the Somozas’ army in the social and cultural world of the ordinary soldiers who enlisted and fought in defense of the dictatorship. Sierakowski unearths long buried stories of military repression and violence, including widespread civilian massacres, that pushed thousands of previously unaligned Nicaraguans into the ranks of the guerrilla insurgency by the late 1970s.

Contributor Bio

Robert J. Sierakowski is a history teacher and advisor in the Department of History, Trevor Day School. He is a former lecturer in the Department of History and Archaeology at the University of the West Indies.

Quotes

“Sierakowski does not so much overturn received wisdom about the Sandinista Revolution as retell it through a new lens of moral regeneration. He reveals a paradox at the center of the Sandinistas that has not received sufficient scholarly attention to date, namely that a core aspect of the Sandinistas’ popular support was their appeal to ‘conservative’ values, which the Somoza dictatorship had trampled.” Choice

“Sierakowski reveals a compelling paradox at the center of the Sandinista insurgency, namely, that a radical social movement can respond to the masses’ ‘conservative’ demands—moral regeneration, family harmony, and the preservation of tradition —which the Somoza regime abandoned. Historiographically aware, deeply rooted in original evidence, and lucidly written, this is an excellent study that will make a lasting mark.” —Erik Ching, author of Stories of Civil War in El Salvador

9780933784482

Pub Date: 1/15/2025

$60.00

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492 Pages 9 in H | 6 in W

Fiction / World Literature

Series: NCS Studies in the Age of Chaucer

Studies in the Age of Chaucer

Volume 46

Michelle Karnes (editor), Misty Schieberle (editor) Summary

Studies in the Age of Chaucer is the annual yearbook of the New Chaucer Society, publishing articles on the writing of Chaucer and his contemporaries, their antecedents and successors, and their intellectual and social contexts. More generally, articles explore the culture and writing of later medieval Britain (1200–1500). Each SAC volume also includes an annotated bibliography and reviews of Chaucer-related publications.

Contributor Bios

Michelle Karnes, associate professor of English at the University of Notre Dame, is the author of Imagination, Meditation, and Cognition in the Middle Ages.

Misty Schieberle is associate professor of English at the University of Kansas and the author of Feminized Counsel and the Literature of Advice in England, 1380–1500.

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We Have Ceased to See the Purpose Essential Speeches of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Ignat Solzhenitsyn (editor)

9780268208585

Pub Date: 4/1/2025

$28.00 USD 228 pages Hardcover

Faith of the Fathers The Comprehensive History of Catholic Chaplains in the Civil War

Robert J. Miller, James M. McPherson (foreword)

9780268209346

Pub Date: 4/1/2025

$45.00 USD 480 pages Hardcover

Ethics, Politics, and Natural Law Principles for Human Flourishing

Melissa Moschella, Russell Hittinger (foreword)

9780268209261

Pub Date: 3/1/2025

$40.00 USD 232 pages Hardcover

The Price of the Common Good Markets, Corporations, and Political Economy

Mark Hoipkemier

9780268208974

Pub Date: 3/15/2025

$65.00 USD 302 pages Hardcover

Challenging Modern Atheism and Indifference

Pascal’s Defense of the Christian Proposition

Pierre Manent, Paul Seaton (translator), Daniel J. Mahoney (foreword)

9780268209445

Pub Date: 5/1/2025

$42.00 USD 294 pages Hardcover

Women in the Orthodox Tradition Feminism, Theology, and Equality

Ashley Marie Purpura

9780268209223

Pub Date: 4/15/2025

$55.00 USD 282 pages Hardcover

The Glacier Priest Father Bernard Hubbard and America’s Last Frontier

Josh McMullen

9780268209469

Pub Date: 5/1/2025

$38.00 USD 282 pages Hardcover

The Invisibility of Religion in Contemporary Art

Jonathan A. Anderson

9780268209186

Pub Date: 4/1/2025

$65.00 USD 480 pages Hardcover

Liberal Education and Democracy

Bob Pepperman Taylor

9780268209551

Pub Date: 5/15/2025

$40.00 USD 208 pages Hardcover

The Controversial Thomas More Politics, Polemics, and Prison Writings

Travis Curtright

9780268209155

Pub Date: 4/15/2025

$38.00 USD 260 pages Paperback

An Analogy of Grace Henry Shea, S.J.

9780268208639

Pub Date: 3/15/2025

$65.00 USD 336 pages Hardcover

Translingual Catholics Chinese Theologians before Vatican II

Jin Lu

9780268209124

Pub Date: 2/15/2025

$70.00 USD 390 pages Hardcover

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