New Books in Christian Studies
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Mark Newman, "Desegregating Dixie: The Catholic Church in the South and Desegregation, 1945-1992" (UP of Mississippi, 2018)
45 mins; April 01, 2022
On the Death Penalty
52 mins; March 30, 2022
On Israel, Palestine, and Christian Zionism
56 mins; March 29, 2022
Keegan Osinski, "Queering Wesley, Queering the Church" (Cascade Books, 2021)
53 mins; March 28, 2022
Elayne Oliphant, "The Privilege of Being Banal: Art, Secularism, and Catholicism in Paris" (UChicago Press, 2021)
56 mins; March 25, 2022
Michael D. Breidenbach, "Our Dear-Bought Liberty: Catholics and Religious Toleration in Early America" (Harvard UP, 2021)
87 hours 56 mins; March 24, 2022
Deepra Dandekar, "Baba Padmanji: Vernacular Christianity in Colonial India" (Routledge, 2020)
60 hours 54 mins; March 24, 2022
Elle Dowd, "Baptized in Tear Gas: From White Moderate to Abolitionist" (Broadleaf, 2021)
49 mins; March 24, 2022
On Medieval Christianity and Monastic Worlds
56 mins; March 23, 2022
Hans Burger et al., "Covenant: A Vital Element of Reformed Theology" (Brill, 2021)
32 mins; March 23, 2022
Joanna Mishtal, "The Politics of Morality: The Church, the State, and Reproductive Rights in Postsocialist Poland" (Ohio UP, 2015)
87 hours 45 mins; March 21, 2022
Wendy E. S. North, "What John Knew and What John Wrote: A Study in John and the Synoptics" (Fortress, 2020)
32 mins; March 18, 2022
On Jesuits and Zen
57 mins; March 17, 2022
Katherine D. Moran, "The Imperial Church: Catholic Founding Fathers and United States Empire" (Cornell UP, 2020)
43 mins; March 16, 2022
Gene Zubovich, "Before the Religious Right: Liberal Protestants, Human Rights, and the Polarization of the United States" (UPenn Press, 2022)
66 hours 4 mins; March 16, 2022
Daniel R. Bare, "Black Fundamentalists: Conservative Christianity and Racial Identity in the Segregation Era" (NYU Press, 2021)
65 hours 6 mins; March 11, 2022
Carl R. Weinberg, "Red Dynamite: Creationism, Culture Wars, and Anticommunism In America" (Cornell UP, 2021)
79 hours 53 mins; March 10, 2022
Jeffery D. Long and Michael G. Long, "Nonviolence in the World's Religions: A Concise Introduction" (Routledge, 2021)
68 hours 36 mins; March 10, 2022
On the Resurgence of Taoism and Christianity in China
71 hours 50 mins; March 09, 2022
Bruce Wydick, "Shrewd Samaritan: Faith, Economics, and the Road to Loving Our Global Neighbor" (Thomas Nelson, 2019)
61 hours 53 mins; March 08, 2022
On Mormonism, Race, and Politics
59 mins; March 08, 2022
Sherry Scott, "Playhouses: Sexuality and Fundamentalism" (Black Rose Writing, 2022)
44 mins; March 08, 2022
Vicki L. Brennan, "Singing Yoruba Christianity: Music, Media, and Morality" (Indiana UP, 2018)
64 hours 34 mins; March 08, 2022
On Leaving an Apocalyptic Splinter Group
24 mins; March 04, 2022
Konrad Schmid and Jens Schröter, "The Making of the Bible: From the First Fragments to Sacred Scripture" (Harvard UP, 2021)
75 hours 44 mins; March 03, 2022
Brian Ogren, "Kabbalah and the Founding of America: The Early Influence of Jewish Thought in the New World" (NYU Press, 2021)
52 mins; March 03, 2022
Lu Ann Homza, "Village Infernos and Witches' Advocates: Witch-hunting in Navarre, 1608-1614" (Pennsylvania State UP, 2022)
45 mins; March 02, 2022
On Unitarian Universalism
44 mins; March 02, 2022
Laura Sassi, "Bunny Finds Easter" (Zonderkidz, 2022)
43 mins; February 28, 2022
Aminta Arrington, "Songs of the Lisu Hills: Practicing Christianity in Southwest China" (PSU Press, 2020)
88 hours 16 mins; February 28, 2022
Susan J. Dunlap, "Shelter Theology: The Religious Lives of People without Homes" (Fortress Press, 2021)
56 mins; February 28, 2022
Erica Brown, "Esther: Power, Fate and Fragility in Exile" (Maggid, 2020)
49 mins; February 25, 2022
Jon Butler, "God in Gotham: The Miracle of Religion in Modern Manhattan" (Harvard UP, 2020)
64 hours 49 mins; February 24, 2022
Darian R. Lockett, "Letters for the Church: Reading James, 1-2 Peter, 1-3 John, and Jude as Canon" (InterVarsity Press, 2021)
79 hours 6 mins; February 23, 2022
Sarah Shortall, "Soldiers of God in a Secular World: Catholic Theology and Twentieth-Century French Politics" (Harvard UP, 2021)
59 mins; February 21, 2022
Charles E. Cotherman, "To Think Christianly: A History of L'Abri, Regent College, and the Christian Study Center Movement" (InterVarsity Press, 2020)
61 hours 40 mins; February 21, 2022
Markus Zehnder, "The Bible and Immigration: A Critical and Empirical Reassessment" (Pickwick Publications, 2021)
58 mins; February 17, 2022
Nicholas Orme, "Going to Church in Medieval England" (Yale UP, 2021)
68 hours 47 mins; February 16, 2022
Manoela Carpenedo, "Becoming Jewish, Believing in Jesus: Judaizing Evangelicals in Brazil" (Oxford UP, 2021)
68 hours 49 mins; February 14, 2022
Afe Adogame, "Indigeneity in African Religions: Oza Worldviews, Cosmologies and Religious Cultures" (Bloomsbury, 2021)
102 hours 23 mins; February 11, 2022
Matthias Roberts, "Beyond Shame: Creating a Healthy Sex Life on Your Own Terms" (Fortress Press, 2020)
43 mins; February 11, 2022
Phillip A. Cantrell, "Revival and Reconciliation: The Anglican Church and the Politics of Rwanda" (U Wisconsin Press, 2022)
53 mins; February 10, 2022
Sally Michael, "More Than a Story: Exploring the Message of the Bible with Children (New Testament)" (Truth78, 2021)
32 mins; February 09, 2022
Margaret M. Scull, "The Catholic Church and the Northern Ireland Troubles, 1968-1998" (Oxford UP, 2019)
46 mins; February 08, 2022
Tracy Collins, "Female Monasticism in Medieval Ireland: An Archaeology" (Cork UP, 2021)
48 mins; February 04, 2022
Joseph W. Ho, "Developing Mission: Photography, Filmmaking, and American Missionaries in Modern China" (Cornell UP, 2022)
52 mins; February 02, 2022
Joan L. Richards, "Generations of Reason: A Family's Search for Meaning in Post-Newtonian England" (Yale UP, 2021)
81 hours 47 mins; February 01, 2022
Mary J. Henold, "The Laywoman Project: Remaking Catholic Womanhood in the Vatican II Era" (UNC Press, 2020)
50 mins; January 31, 2022
Jennifer Scheper Hughes, "The Church of the Dead: The Epidemic of 1576 and the Birth of Christianity in the Americas" (NYU Press, 2021)
59 mins; January 31, 2022
James Heisig, "Of Gods and Minds: In Search of a Theological Commons" (Chisokudƍ Publications, 2019)
76 hours 53 mins; January 27, 2022
Stephanie A. Martin, "Decoding the Digital Church: Evangelical Storytelling and the Election of Donald J. Trump" (U Alabama Press, 2021)
50 mins; January 27, 2022
Katherine Harvey, "The Fires of Lust: Sex in the Middle Ages" (Reaktion Books, 2021)
38 mins; January 26, 2022
Glenn Cronin, "Disenchanted Wanderer: The Apocalyptic Vision of Konstantin Leontiev" (Northern Illinois UP, 2021)
51 mins; January 18, 2022
Alayne Kay Christian, "The Weed That Woke Christmas: The Mostly True Tale of the Toledo Christmas Weed (Blue Whale Press, 2020)
59 mins; January 17, 2022
Judith Herrin, "Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe" (Princeton UP, 2020)
56 mins; January 14, 2022
Jake Johnson, "Lying in the Middle: Musical Theater and Belief at the Heart of America" (U Illinois Press, 2021)
57 mins; January 13, 2022
Dyan Elliott, "The Corrupter of Boys: Sodomy, Scandal, and the Medieval Clergy" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2020)
47 mins; January 11, 2022
Yonatan Gez et al., "Butinage: The Art of Religious Mobility" (U Toronto Press, 2021)
94 hours 26 mins; January 11, 2022
Thomas Schmidt, "The Book of Revelation and Its Eastern Commentators: Making the New Testament in the Early Christian World" (Cambridge UP, 2021)
70 hours 48 mins; January 03, 2022
Yuka Hiruma Kishida, "Kenkoku University and the Experience of Pan-Asianism: Education in the Japanese Empire" (Bloomsbury, 2019)
65 hours 53 mins; January 03, 2022
Beate Kowalski and Susan E. Docherty, "The Reception of Exodus Motifs in Jewish and Christian Literature: "Let My People Go!" (Brill, 2021)
38 mins; December 23, 2021
Mathew E. Sousa, "Sin, the Human Predicament, and Salvation in the Gospel of John" (Bloomsbury, 2021)
34 mins; December 22, 2021
F. Bruce Gordon, "Zwingli: God's Armed Prophet" (Yale UP, 2021)
31 mins; December 22, 2021
Joel Beeke and Paul M. Smalley, "Reformed Systematic Theology. Volume 3: Spirit and Salvation" (Crossway, 2021)
36 mins; December 17, 2021
Gloria Maité Hernåndez, "Savoring God: Comparative Theopoetics" (Oxford UP, 2021)
47 mins; December 16, 2021
Benjamin A. Cowan, "Moral Majorities Across the Americas: Brazil, the United States, and the Creation of the Religious Right" (UNC Press, 2021)
57 mins; December 15, 2021
Cinthia Gannett and John Brereton, "Traditions of Eloquence: The Jesuits and Modern Rhetorical Studies" (Fordham UP, 2016)
65 hours 17 mins; December 14, 2021
Jeffrey J. Niehaus, "When Did Eve Sin?: The Fall and Biblical Historiography" (Lexham Press, 2020)
24 mins; December 13, 2021
Retief Muller, "The Scots Afrikaners: Identity Politics and Intertwined Religious Cultures in Southern and Central Africa" (Edinburgh UP, 2021)
78 hours 28 mins; December 10, 2021
Tim Hartman, "Kwame Bediako: African Theology for a World Christianity" (Fortress Press, 2022)
71 hours 36 mins; December 08, 2021
Shoutin’ In the Fire: A Conversation with Graduate Student Dante Stewart
64 hours 22 mins; December 07, 2021
Sean Brennan, "The Priest Who Put Europe Back Together: The Life of Rev. Fabian Flynn, CP" (Catholic U of America Press, 2018)
61 hours 35 mins; December 01, 2021
James KapalĂł and Kinga PovedĂĄk, "The Secret Police and the Religious Underground in Communist and Post-Communist Eastern Europe" (Routledge, 2021)
63 hours 17 mins; December 01, 2021
Grant T. Harward, "Romania's Holy War: Soldiers, Motivation, and the Holocaust" (Cornell UP, 2021)
84 hours 43 mins; November 26, 2021
Jeffrey Guhin, "Agents of God: Boundaries and Authority in Muslim and Christian Schools" (Oxford UP, 2020)
76 hours 8 mins; November 24, 2021
Crawford Gribben, "The Rise and Fall of Christian Ireland" (Oxford UP, 2021)
42 mins; November 23, 2021
Charles Gallagher, "Nazis of Copley Square: The Forgotten Story of the Christian Front" (Harvard UP, 2021)
54 mins; November 23, 2021
Claire Weeda, "Ethnicity in Medieval Europe 950-1250: Medicine, Power and Religion" (Boydell and Brewer, 2021)
59 mins; November 19, 2021
Ross Kane, "Syncretism and Christian Tradition" (Oxford UP, 2020)
50 mins; November 19, 2021
Matthew Levering, "Engaging the Doctrine of Israel: A Christian Israelology in Dialogue with Ongoing Judaism" (Cascade Books, 2021)
21 mins; November 19, 2021
Ambrogio A. Caiani, "To Kidnap a Pope: Napoleon and Pius VII" (Yale UP, 2021)
43 mins; November 17, 2021
Clara A. B. Joseph, "Christianity in India: The Anti-Colonial Turn" (Routledge, 2020)
38 mins; November 17, 2021
Alexander Chow and Emma Wild-Wood, "Ecumenism and Independency in World Christianity: Historical Studies in Honour of Brian Stanley" (Brill, 2020)
75 hours 51 mins; November 15, 2021
Alexis Wells-Oghoghomeh, "The Souls of Womenfolk: The Religious Cultures of Enslaved Women in the Lower South" (UNC Press, 2021)
55 mins; November 15, 2021
Steve Katsouros, "Come to Believe: How Jesuits Are Reinventing Education (Again)" (Orbis, 2017)
86 hours 16 mins; November 15, 2021
David Lester, "Prophet Against Slavery: Benjamin Lay, A Graphic Novel" (Beacon Press, 2021)
56 mins; November 10, 2021
Theresa Keeley, "Reagan's Gun-Toting Nuns: The Catholic Conflict Over Cold War Human Rights Policy in Central America" (Cornell UP, 2020)
45 mins; November 09, 2021
Maria Jose de Abreu, "The Charismatic Gymnasium: Breath, Media, and Religious Revivalism in Contemporary Brazil" (Duke UP, 2021)
103 hours 54 mins; November 09, 2021
Vincent Evener, "Enemies of the Cross: Suffering, Truth, and Mysticism in the Early Reformation" (Oxford UP, 2020)
61 hours 44 mins; November 08, 2021
Jen Wilkin, "Ten Words to Live By: Delighting in and Doing What God Commands" (Crossway, 2021)
19 mins; November 03, 2021
Alicia D. Myers and Lindsey S. Jodrey, "Come and Read: Interpretive Approaches to the Gospel of John" (Fortress Academic, 2019)
39 mins; November 01, 2021
Jason Gile, "Ezekiel and the World of Deuteronomy" (T&T Clark, 2021)
30 mins; October 29, 2021
Dyron B. Daughrity, "Worldly Christian: The Life and Times of Stephen Neill" ( Lutterworth Press, 2022)
160 hours 47 mins; October 29, 2021
Kristy Nabhan-Warren, "Meatpacking America: How Migration, Work, and Faith Unite and Divide the Heartland" (UNC Press, 2021)
61 hours 43 mins; October 28, 2021
Marilyn J. Westerkamp, "The Passion of Anne Hutchinson: An Extraordinary Woman, the Puritan Patriarchs, and the World They Made and Lost" (Oxford UP, 2021)
78 hours 32 mins; October 27, 2021
Miri Rubin, “Religion and Culture: A Historian’s Tale” (Open Agenda, 2021)
146 hours 2 mins; October 25, 2021
Stephanie N. Brehm, "America's Most Famous Catholic (According to Himself): Stephen Colbert and American Religion in the 21st Century" (Fordham UP, 2019)
39 mins; October 25, 2021
Jay Rubenstein, “Apocalypse Then: The First Crusade” (Open Agenda, 2021)
113 hours 1 min; October 22, 2021
Willi Braun, "Jesus and Addiction to Origins: Toward an Anthropocentric Study of Religion" (Equinox, 2020)
41 mins; October 22, 2021
Elizabeth Boyle, "History and Salvation in Medieval Ireland" (Routledge, 2020)
48 mins; October 13, 2021