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New Books at the Adelaide Theological Library, June 27 2008

Barton, John, 1948-
Nature of biblical criticism / John Barton.
Louisville : Westminster John Knox Press, c2007.
Though biblical criticism in its traditional forms continues to be widely practiced, it faces increasing hostility on two fronts: from biblical conservatives, who claim it is inherently positivistic and religiously skeptical, and from postmodernists, who see it as driven by the falsities of objectivity and neutrality. In this overview of the key factors and developments in biblical studies, Barton demonstrates that these evaluations of biblical criticism fail to do justice to the work that has been done by critical scholars over many generations. He shows that traditional biblical criticism has had as its central concern a semantic interest: a desire to establish the "plain sense" of the biblical text, which in itself requires sensitivity to many literary aspects of texts. Therefore, he argues, biblical criticism already includes many of the methodological approaches now being recommended as alternatives to it - and, further, that the agenda of biblical studies is far less fragmented than often thought.
220.6 B293n

Simundson, Daniel J.
Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah / Daniel J. Simundson.
Nashville : Abingdon Press, c2005.
224.907 S614h

Kysar, Robert.
John, the maverick Gospel / Robert Kysar.
3rd ed.
Louisville : Westminster John Knox Press, c2007.
226.506 K99j.3

Getty-Sullivan, Mary Ann, 1943-
Parables of the kingdom : Jesus and the use of parables in the synoptic tradition / Mary Ann Getty-Sullivan.
Collegeville, Minn. : Liturgical Press, c2007.
"Do you not understand this parable?" is a question Jesus posed to his disciples (Mark 4:13). Just as the first disciples often did not understand Jesus’ many parables, so it is for listeners and readers nearly two thousand years later. In Parables of the Kingdom, Getty-Sullivan helps readers to "hear" and "see" and "understand" the parables of Jesus. She offers a general introduction to the use of parables in the life and ministry of Jesus and the early church. In addition, Getty-Sullivan helps readers learn to interpret parables, to enter into what the parables can reveal about Jesus and his audience, about the evangelists and their communities, and about how we are to understand the Kingdom of God today.
226.806 G394p

A commentary on the Apocalypse of John / [edited by] Edmondo F. Lupieri ; translated by Maria Poggi Johnson and Adam Kamesar.
Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 2006.
Edmondo Lupieri’s main goal in A commentary on the Apocalypse of John is to introduce readers to the mental and spiritual world of John as both a first-century Jew and a follower of Jesus. Lupieri’s commentary offers both new proposals and traditional interpretations to shed light on this complex coda to the biblical message. Maintaining a strong historical perspective throughout, he examines the text of the Apocalypse line by line, paying careful attention to the Greek text, offering a new translation, making wide use of apocryphal, pseudepigraphal, and Qumran literature, and often analyzing John’s Apocalypse as compared to other Jewish apocalypses.
228.077 L965a.Z

Allen, Diogenes.
Philosophy for understanding theology / Diogenes Allen and Eric O. Springsted.
2nd ed.
Louisville : Westminster John Knox Press, c2007.
230.01 A425p.2

Simut, Corneliu C.
Ontology of the church in Hans Kung / Corneliu C. Simut.
Oxford : Peter Lang, 2007.
230.042 K97.M

The middle ages / [edited by] Giulio D’Onofrio ; translated by Matthew J. O’Connell.
Collegeville, Minn. : Liturgical Press, 2008.
230.09 H673.D 2

Sokolowski, Robert.
Christian faith & human understanding : studies on the Eucharist, Trinity, and the human person / Robert Sokolowski.
Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2006.
230.2 S683c

Drilling, Peter, 1942-
Premodern faith in a postmodern culture : a contemporary theology of the Trinity / Peter Drilling.
Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2006.
Since the European Enlightenment of the eighteenth century, traditional religious faith has been challenged from many sides. The Christian doctrine of God is no exception. Premodern faith in a postmodern culture acknowledges these challenges to the Christian doctrine of God and explains their sources in philosophical terms. Through thoughtful analysis, Drilling offers a way to meet these challenges so that Christian faith in the triune God survives and thrives. By using the theological method articulated by the philosopher-theologian Bernard Lonergan, this book demonstrates a reasonable and authentic process of coming to faith. This method includes directions believers can take, both theoretical and practical, to apply their faith in the Trinity.
231.044 D779p

Evolution of evil / Gaymon Bennett ... [et al.] (ed.).
Gottingen : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2008.
231.7652 E92

Allison, Dale C.
Resurrecting Jesus : the earliest Christian tradition and its interpreters / Dale Allison.
New York : T&T Clark, c2005.
232.908 A438r

Gustafson, James M.
Moral discernment in the Christian life : essays in theological ethics / James M. Gustafson ; edited and with an introduction by Theo A. Boer and Paul E. Capetz.
Louisville, KY : Westminster John Knox Press, c2007.
241 G982m

Howard, Evan B., 1955-
Affirming the touch of God : a psychological and philosophical exploration of Christian discernment / Evan B. Howard.
Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, c2000.
248.2 H848a

Tradition of Catholic prayer : the Monks of Saint Meinrad Archabbey / Christian Raab, Harry Hagan, editors.
Collegeville, Minn. : Liturgical Press, c2007.
248.32 T763

Sider, Ronald J.
Churches that make a difference : reaching your community with good news and good works / Ronald J. Sider, Philip N. Olson, and Heidi Rolland Unruh.
Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Books, c2002.
253 S568c

Catholicism and liberalism : contributions to American public philosophy / edited by R. Bruce Douglass and David Hollenbach.
Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1994.
261 C364

Church in emerging culture : five perspectives / Leonard Sweet, general editor ; Andy Crouch ... [et al.]
Grand Rapids, Mich. : Zondervan, 2003.
261 C561.SW

Frost, Michael, 1961-
Exiles : living missionally in a post-Christian culture / Michael Frost.
Peabody, Mass. : Hendrickson Publishers, c2006.
261 F939e

Ulanov, Ann Belford.
Living God and our living psyche : what Christians can learn from Carl Jung / Ann Belford Ulanov & Alvin Dueck.
Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub., 2008.
He may be one of the most famous psychologists of the twentieth century, but are his views and ideas really compatible with Christian faith? While acknowledging some Christian suspicion of Jung, Ulanov and Dueck maintain that Jung’s psychology can indeed enhance the life of faith.
261.515 J96.U

John Calvin rediscovered : the impact of his social and economic thought / Edward Dommen and James D. Bratt, editors.
Louisville : Westminster John Knox Press, c2007.
261.8 C169.D

Public life and the place of the church : reflections to honour the Bishop of Oxford / edited by Michael W. Brierley.
Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub. Ltd., 2006.
261.8 P976.B

Constructing early Christian families : family as social reality and metaphor / edited by Halvor Moxnes.
London ; New York : Routledge, 1997.
261.8358 C785

Growth in agreement III : international dialogue texts and agreed statements, 1998-2005 / edited by Jeffrey Gros, Thomas F. Best, Lorelei F. Fuchs.
Geneva, Switzerland : WCC Publications ; Grand Rapids, Mich. : Williams Eerdmans Pub. Co., 2007.
262.0011 G884.3

Bass, Diana Butler, 1959-
Practicing congregation : imagining a new old church / Diana Butler Bass.
Herndon, Va. : Alban Institute, c2004.
262.0017 B317p

Ditewig, William T.
Emerging diaconate : servant leaders in a servant church / William T. Ditewig.
New York : Paulist Press, c2007.
262.142 D615e

Byars, Ronald P.
What language shall I borrow? : the Bible and Christian worship / Ronald P. Byars.
Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., c2008.
Byars argues that the communal speech that truly honours God is, in fact, biblical language, which encompasses a range of forms - poetry and prose, song and proverb, parable and narrative. Byars explains how biblical language becomes liturgical language that pushes us beyond what we already think we know, requiring us to think anew about death and resurrection, beginnings and endings, and the life of faith. What language shall I borrow? is a reminder not to retreat from biblical language and images but to fully embrace them in our worship today.
264 B993w

Christian worship worldwide : expanding horizons, deepening practices / edited by Charles E. Farhadian.
Grand Rapids, Mich. : Eerdmans, 2007.
264.009 C555

The fourfold Gospel commentary / edited by Andrew F. Gregory
London : SPCK, 2006.
Revised common lectionary; Roman Catholic lectionary for Sunday Mass; Common worship lectionary.
264.34 F774

Oborji, Francis Anekwe.
Concepts of mission : the evolution of contemporary missiology / Francis Anekwe Oborji.
New York : Orbis, 2006.
266.001 O125c

Lings, George.
Leading fresh expressions lessons from hindsight / [George Lings ; cartoons, Tim Sharp]
Sheffield : Sheffield Centre, 2007.
Discoveries about fresh expressions of church from the Sheffield Centre.
269.2 E565 36

Hylson-Smith, Kenneth.
To the ends of the earth : the globalization of Christianity / Kenneth Hylson-Smith.
London : Paternoster, 2007.
270 H996t

Knight, Frances.
Church in the nineteenth century / Frances Knight.
London : I. B. Tauris, 2008.
270.81 K69c

Morris, J. N. (Jeremy N.), 1960-
The Church in the modern age / Jeremy Morris.
London : I.B. Tauris, c2007.
270.82 M876c

Rausch, Thomas P.
Towards a truly Catholic Church / Thomas P. Rausch.
Collegeville, Minn. : Liturgical Press, 2005.
282 R248t

Tyson, John R.
Assist me to proclaim : the life and hymns of Charles Wesley / John R. Tyson.
Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub., c2007.
287 W510.TY

Middlemas, Jill Anne, 1971-
Templeless age : an introduction to the history, literature, and theology of the "exile" / Jill Middlemas.
Louisville, Ky. : Westminster John Knox Press, c2007.
296.09014 M627te

Bessant, Judith.
Sociology Australia / Judith Bessant & Rob Watts.
3rd ed.
Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2007.
Sociology gives us the tools we need to understand our life and the lives of the people around us. This third edition of Sociology has been substantially revised and updated and includes new chapters on religion, education and sustainability.
301.0994 B557s.3

Stanley, Fiona J., 1946-
Children of the lucky country? : how Australian society has turned its back on children and why children matter / Fiona Stanley, Sue Richardson and Margot Prior.
Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia 2005.
305.231 S788c

Mackay, Hugh, 1938-
Advance Australia ... where? : how we've changed, why we've changed, and what will happen next? / Hugh Mackay.
Sydney : Hachette Livre Australia, 2007.
306.0994 M153a

Frame, T. R. (Thomas R.), 1962-
Children on demand : the ethics of defying nature / Tom Frame.
Sydney, N.S.W. : New South, UNSW Press, 2008.
This is a book that starts of by acknowledging the pain of infertility for many people and then examines the options for conceiving that have developed so rapidly since Louise Brown the first 'test tube baby' was born 30 years ago. Frame argues that ethics, law and community desires haven’t been able to keep up with technological advancement, and that this is a problem. He starts by looking at adoption, and includes details about his own experience as an adoptee. He writes about sperm and egg donors, asking whether it’s fair that they be allowed to remain anonymous; he writes about IVF and surrogacy and finishes by writing about cases where women have asked to use the dead husbands’ stored sperm to become pregnant. He looks at science, religion, philosophy, ethics but his starting point is always 'what’s best for the child'. His view that the ideal family is a mother, a father and a child will create some controversy.
306.874 F813c

Rolls, Nicola.
Communicating at university : skills for success / Nicola Rolls ; Peter Wignell.
2nd ed.
Darwin, N.T. : Charles Darwin University Press, 2008.
This book aims to ensure that students in any field of higher education have a good foundation in the academic communication skills required to succeed at university and in professional contexts.
808.02 R755c.2

Horsley, G. H. R.
Greek and Latin inscriptions in the Burdur Archaeological Museum / by G.H.R. Horsley ; with contributions by R.A. Kearsley ; Turkish translations by N. Alp.
London : British Institute at Ankara, 2007.
939.2 H818g

Cambridge companion to the Age of Justinian / edited by Michael Maas.
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
This book introduces the Age of Justinian, which was both the last Roman century and the first flowering of Byzantine culture. Dominated by the policies and personality of emperor Justinian I (r. 527-565), this period of grand achievements and far-reaching failures witnessed the transformation of the Mediterranean world. In this volume, twenty specialists explore the most important aspects of the age, including warfare, urbanism, economy and the mechanics and theory of empire.
949.5 J96.M

Stinson, Rod.
Unfeigned love : historical accounts of Caroline Chisholm and her work / Rodney Stinson.
Sydney, N.S.W. : Yorkcross, c2008.
994.02 C543.S

New Books at the Adelaide Theological Library, June 13 2008

Grey, Mary C.
To Rwanda and back : liberation, spirituality and reconciliation / Mary C. Grey.
London : Darton, Longman & Todd, 2007.
179.7 G844r

Taylor, Barry, 1956-
Entertainment theology : new-edge spirituality in a digital democracy / Barry Taylor.
Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Academic, c2008.
201.7 T238e

Hayes, John Haralson, 1934-
Biblical exegesis : a beginner's handbook / John H. Hayes, Carl R. Holladay.
3rd ed.
Louisville, Ky. : Westminster John Knox Press, c2007.
220.6 H417b.3

Matthews, Victor Harold.
Old Testament turning points : the narratives that shaped a nation / Victor H. Matthews.
Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Academic, c2005.
221.95 M442o

Lacocque, Andre.
Trial of innocence : Adam, Eve and the Yahwist / Andre LaCocque.
Eugene, Or. : Cascade Books, 2006.
222.1106 L142c

Ehrman, Bart D.
Peter, Paul, and Mary Magdalene : the followers of Jesus in history and legend / Bart D. Ehrman.
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Ehrman takes readers on a tour of the early Christian church, illuminating the lives of three of Jesus’ most intriguing followers: Simon Peter, the Apostle Paul, and Mary Magdalene. What do the writings of the New Testament tell us about each of these key followers of Christ? What legends have sprung up about them in the centuries after their deaths? Was Paul bow-legged and bald? Was Peter crucified upside down? Was Mary Magdalene a prostitute? In this work, Ehrman separates fact from fiction, presenting complicated historical issues in a clear and informative way and relating vivid anecdotes culled from the traditions of these three followers. He notes, for instance, that historians are able to say with virtual certainty that Mary, the follower of Jesus, was from the fishing village of Magdalene on the shore of the Sea of Galilee (this is confirmed by her name, Mary Magdalene, reported in numerous independent sources); but there is no evidence to suggest that she was a prostitute (this legend can be traced to a sermon preached by Gregory the Great five centuries after her death), and little reason to think that she was married to Jesus. Similarly, there is no historical evidence for the well-known tale that Peter was crucified upside down. Ehrman also argues that the stories of Paul’s miracle working powers as an apostle are legendary accounts that celebrate his importance.
225.9 E33p

Barnett, Paul (Paul William)
Paul : missionary of Jesus / Paul Barnett.
Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Pub., c2008.
Was Paul the "second founder" of Christianity, striking off in directions Jesus never envisaged? In this study, Barnett sets out to establish that, current theories aside, the apostle was a true missionary of Jesus, authentically extending the Lord’s mission. Arguing that Paul’s own writings are supplemented by Luke’s contemporaneously written narrative of the Acts of the Apostles, Barnett follows Paul on a decade of travels, examining him in his historical context and as revealed by his writings.
225.92 P324.BARN

Riches, John Kenneth.
Conflicting mythologies : identity formation in the gospels of Mark and Matthew / John K. Riches.
Edinburgh : T&T Clark, 2000.
226.206 R529c

Gospel of John and Christian theology / edited by Richard Bauckham and Carl Mosser.
Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 2008.
226.506 G676

Yee, Gale A., 1949-
Jewish feasts and the Gospel of John / by Gale A. Yee.
Eugene, Or. : Wipf & Stock, 2007.
226.5064 Y42j

Metzger, Bruce Manning.
Apostolic letters of faith, hope, and love : Galatians, 1 Peter, and 1 John / Bruce M. Metzger.
Eugene, Ore. : Cascade, c2006.
227 M596a

Green, Joel B., 1956-
1 Peter / Joel B. Green.
Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans, 2007.
227.92077 G796f

Reese, Ruth Anne.
2 Peter and Jude / Ruth Anne Reese.
Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Pub., 2007.
227.93077 R329s

Okoye, James Chukwuma.
Israel and the nations : a mission theology of the Old Testament / James Chukwuma Okoye.
Maryknoll, N.Y. : Orbis Books, c2006.
230.0411 O98i

Wilson, John Elbert, 1942-
Introduction to modern theology : trajectories in the German tradition / John E. Wilson.
Louisville : Westminster John Knox Press, c2007.
230.044 W749i

Rivera, Mayra.
Touch of transcendence : a postcolonial theology of God / Mayra Rivera.
Louisville, Ky. : Westminster John Knox Press, c2007.
How far away is God? How different is God from human beings? In this work, Rivera’s answer is that God is not within human grasp but always within human touch. Engaging liberation theology, radical orthodoxy, feminism, and postcolonialism, Rivera produces a concept of God as transcendent within - concentrating on transcendence as a relationship and using it to describe how humans can touch God.
231.4 R621t

Pope John Paul II on the body : human, eucharistic, ecclesial : festschrift Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J. / edited by John M. McDermott and John Gavin.
Philadelphia : Saint Joseph's University Press, c2007.
233.5 P825

The mystery of faith : reflections on the encyclical "Ecclesia de Eucharistia" / edited by James McEvoy and Maurice Hogan.
Blackrock, Co Dublin : Columba Press, in assoc. with Irish Centre for Faith and Culture, 2005.
234.163 M999

Augsburger, David W.
New freedom of forgiveness / David Augsburger.
3rd ed.
Chicago : Moody Press, c2000.
234.5 A921n.3 (temporarily shelved in Reserve)

Basset, Lytta.
Holy anger : Jacob, Job, Jesus / Lytta Basset.
Cambridge, U.K. ; Grand Rapids, Mich. : Eerdmans, 2007.
Presents the role of anger in structuring faith. This book analyses and explores this area with an exposition of anger in the Biblical accounts of Jacob, Job and Jesus. It states that anger with all its different shades is certainly an element in a living faith, and that the experience of anger structures our lives as believers as we become adult.
235.5 B319s.Z

Augsburger, David W.
Dissident discipleship : a spirituality of self-surrender, love of God, and love of neighbor / David Augsburger.
Grand Rapids, Mich. : Brazos Press, c2006.
248.4843 A921d (temporarily shelved in Reserve)

Musk, Bill A.
Kissing cousins? : Christians and Muslims face to face : in a world marred by religious conflict, can Christians and Muslims discover more positive views of one another? / Bill A. Musk.
Oxford : Monarch Books, 2005.
261.27 M987k

Russell, Robert J.
Cosmology : from alpha to omega : the creative mutual interaction of theology and science / Robert John Russell.
Minneapolis : Fortress Press, c2008.
In these chapters, Russell takes theology and science beyond mere dialogue into a genuinely new relationship: "creative mutual interaction". The theological topics range from God, creation, suffering in nature, the theological significance of life in the universe to an eschatology involving the transformation of the universe into the new creation based on the bodily Resurrection of Jesus. Scientific topics include the Big Bang, inflation and quantum cosmologies, relativity, quantum mechanics, molecular and evolutionary biology, exobiology, and the modern mathematics of infinity. Although, as Barbour notes, Russell "avoids giving simple answers to complex questions", readers will be amply rewarded with for their journey into this new discipline.
261.55 R966co

Lings, George.
Cafe church 1 : caffeine, croissants and Christ? / [George Lings ; cartoons, Tim Sharp]
Sheffield : Sheffield Centre, 2007.
Discoveries about fresh expressions of church from the Sheffield Centre.
269.2 E565 33

Lings, George.
Cafe church 2 : double Jesus with cream and sugar? / [George Lings ; cartoons, Tim Sharp]
Sheffield : Sheffield Centre 2007.
Discoveries about fresh expressions of church from the Sheffield Centre.
269.2 E565 34

Lings, George.
Changing Sunday : 'come and go' : beyond attractional church / [George Lings ; cartoons, Tim Sharp]
Sheffield : Sheffield Centre, 2007.
Discoveries about fresh expressions of church from the Sheffield Centre.
269.2 E565 35

Hillerbrand, Hans Joachim.
Division of Christendom : Christianity in the sixteenth century / Hans J. Hillerbrand.
Louisville : Westminster John Knox Press, c2007.
270.6 H652d

Wetter, Immolata, 1913-2005.
Mary Ward under the shadow of the Inquisition 1630-1637 / Immolata Wetter ; translated by Bernadette Ganne and Patricia Harriss ; introduced by Gregory Kirkus.
Oxford : Way Books, 2006.
Translation of: Maria Ward unter dem Schatten der Inquisition 1630-1637. Originally published: Sankt Michaelsbund Verlag, 2003.
271.97 W262.W.Z

Girard, Rene, 1923-
Violence and the sacred / Rene Girard ; translated by Patrick Gregory.
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c1977.
291.3 G518

Horsley, Richard A.
Scribes, visionaries, and the politics of Second Temple Judea / Richard A. Horsley.
Louisville, Ky. : Westminster John Knox Press, c2007.
Judaism and Christianity both arose in times of empire, with roots in Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman periods. In order to understand these religious movements, one must first understand the history and society of these imperial cultures. In these formative years, wisdom and apocalyptic traditions flourished as two significant religious forms. In Scribes, visionaries, and the politics of Second Temple Judea, New Testament scholar Horsley analyzes the function and meaning of these religious movements within their social context, providing essential background for the development of early Judaism and early Christianity.
296.09014 H818s

Augsburger, David W.
Conflict mediation across cultures : pathways and patterns / David W. Augsburger.
Louisville, Ky. : Westminster/John Knox Press, c1992.
David Augsburger believes conflict is not only inevitable in human life, but also essential and possibly quite constructive. It is universal, distinct in every culture, and experienced uniquely by every individual. Augsburger explores variations in conflict and proposes a shift from an interpersonal approach to an international approach in resolving disputes. He examines interpersonal and group conflicts and provides a comparison of conflict patterns within and among various cultures: situational patterns versus cultural, individual versus communal, and direct versus indirect. In this study, Augsburger desensitizes the reader to his or her common sense about conflict, and sensitizes the reader’s "uncommon sense" about conflict, inviting individuals to learn from other cultures.
303.69 A921c (temporarily shelved in Reserve)

Back to Darwin : a richer account of evolution / edited by John B. Cobb, Jr.
Grand Rapids, Mich. : W. B. Eerdmans Pub., 2008.
576.82 D228.C

Turabian, Kate L.
A manual for writers of research papers, theses, and dissertations : Chicago style for students and researchers / Kate L. Turabian ; revised by Wayne C. Booth ... [et al.].
7th ed.
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Portions of this book have been adapted from The craft of research, 2nd ed., by Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, and Joseph M. Williams, 1995, 2003 by the University of Chicago; and from The Chicago manual of style, 15th ed., 1982, 1993, 2003 by the University of Chicago.
Ref 808.02 T929m.7

Payton, Philip, 1953-
Making Moonta : the invention of Australia's little Cornwall / Philip Payton.
Exeter : University of Exeter Press, 2007.
994.23 P347m

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