New Books in Christian Studies
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This is My Body: Communion and Cannibalism in Colonial New England and New France
23 mins; April 08, 2023
Leah Mickens, "In the Shadow of Ebenezer: A Black Catholic Parish in the Age of Civil Rights and Vatican II" (NYU Press, 2022)
60 hours 19 mins; April 07, 2023
Gay on God's Campus: Mobilizing for LGBT Equality at Christian Colleges and Universities
65 hours 43 mins; April 06, 2023
David I. Kertzer, "The Pope at War: The Secret History of Pius XII, Mussolini, and Hitler" (Random House, 2022)
29 mins; April 06, 2023
The Gospel According to Dorothy (with Kathryn Wehr)
63 hours 39 mins; April 06, 2023
God, The Founders, and Natural Law: A Conversation with Phil Muñoz
33 mins; April 05, 2023
Philip Jenkins, "He Will Save You from the Deadly Pestilence: The Many Lives of Psalm 91" (Oxford UP, 2022)
29 mins; April 01, 2023
Gary Kulik: Conscientious Objector Who Served in Vietnam
59 mins; March 30, 2023
Joshua D. Schendel, "The Necessity of Christ's Satisfaction: A Study of the Reformed Scholastic Theologians William Twisse (1578-1646) and John Owen (1616-1683)" (Brill, 2022)
37 mins; March 27, 2023
John Soderberg, "Animals and Sacred Bodies in Early Medieval Ireland: Religion and Urbanism at Clonmacnoise" (Lexington Books, 2021)
50 mins; March 24, 2023
Margaret Chowning, "Catholic Women and Mexican Politics, 1750–1940" (Princeton UP, 2023)
68 hours 18 mins; March 24, 2023
Education in the World not of the World
58 mins; March 23, 2023
Tobias Tanton, "Corporeal Theology: The Nature of Theological Understanding in Light of Embodied Cognition" (Oxford UP, 2023)
55 mins; March 22, 2023
John P. Bequette, "Bede the Theologian: History, Rhetoric, and Spirituality" (Catholic U of America Press, 2022)
25 mins; March 21, 2023
Peter Heather, "Christendom: The Triumph of a Religion, AD 300-1300" (Knopf, 2023)
60 hours 25 mins; March 21, 2023
Valeriu Gafencu, "White Lilies: Letters, Conversations, and Poems from Prison" (STM Press, 2023)
50 mins; March 19, 2023
Ned Bustard, "Saint Patrick the Forgiver: The History and Legends of Ireland's Bishop" (InterVarsity, 2023)
53 mins; March 16, 2023
Tisa Wenger and Sylvester A. Johnson, "Religion and US Empire: Critical New Histories" (NYU Press, 2022)
53 mins; March 15, 2023
Joseph W. Peterson, "Sacred Rivals: Catholic Missions and the Making of Islam in Nineteenth-Century France and Algeria" (Oxford UP, 2022)
80 hours 59 mins; March 14, 2023
Stephen Prothero, "God, the Bestseller: How One Editor Transformed American Religion a Book at a Time" (HarperOne, 2023)
46 mins; March 14, 2023
Razvan Porumb, "Orthodoxy and Ecumenism: Towards an Active Metanoia" (Peter Lang, 2019)
84 hours 28 mins; March 12, 2023
Illuminations Episode 1: Experimental Methods
35 mins; March 12, 2023
Robin L. Owens, "'My Faith in the Constitution Is Whole': Barbara Jordan and the Politics of Scriptures" (Georgetown UP, 2022)
32 mins; March 11, 2023
The Exorcist: Angels, Demons, and the Cosmic Battle around Us
49 mins; March 09, 2023
Elina Gertsman and Barbara H. Rosenwein, "The Middle Ages in 50 Objects" (Cambridge UP, 2018)
70 hours 16 mins; March 08, 2023
Constantin Iordachi, "The Fascist Faith of the Legion Archangel Michael in Romania, 1927-1941: From Martyrdom to Purification" (Routledge, 2022)
86 hours 34 mins; March 08, 2023
Jamie Kreiner, "The Wandering Mind: What Medieval Monks Tell Us About Distraction" (Liveright, 2023)
45 mins; March 08, 2023
Caleb Friedeman, "The Revelation of the Messiah: The Christological Mystery of Luke 1-2 and Its Unveiling in Luke-Acts" (Cambridge UP, 2023)
26 mins; March 07, 2023
Kyama M. Mugambi, "A Spirit of Revitalization: Urban Pentecostalism in Kenya" (Baylor UP, 2020)
99 hours 28 mins; March 05, 2023
Who Do You Think You Are?: Thorny Questions about Sex, Identity, and Catholic Doctrine
76 hours 44 mins; March 02, 2023
Lerone A. Martin, "The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover: How the FBI Aided and Abetted the Rise of White Christian Nationalism" (Princeton UP, 2023)
40 mins; March 01, 2023
Jason Bruner, "How to Study Global Christianity: A Short Guide for Students" (Palgrave MacMillan, 2022)
103 hours 54 mins; February 28, 2023
Kenneth R. Stow, "Anna and Tranquillo: Catholic Anxiety and Jewish Protest in the Age of Revolutions" (Yale UP, 2016)
86 hours 9 mins; February 28, 2023
Elle Hardy, "Beyond Belief: How Pentecostal Christianity Is Taking Over the World" (Hurst, 2022)
47 mins; February 28, 2023
Stephen Bullivant, "Nonverts: The Making of Ex-Christian America" (Oxford UP, 2022)
83 hours 52 mins; February 26, 2023
Anthony Bale, "Margery Kempe: A Mixed Life" (Reaktion Books, 2022)
81 hours 10 mins; February 25, 2023
Jonathan Homrighausen, "Planting Letters and Weaving Lines: The Song of Songs, and The Saint Johns Bible" (Liturgical Press, 2022)
45 mins; February 25, 2023
Digging for Answers: The Archaeology of Jerusalem and the Politics of Archaeology
67 hours 16 mins; February 23, 2023
Jonathan Rivett Robinson, "Markan Typology: Miracle, Scripture and Christology in Mark 4:35–6:45" (T&T Clark, 2022)
24 mins; February 20, 2023
Zachary M. Schrag, "The Fires of Philadelphia: Citizen-Soldiers, Nativists, and the 1844 Riots Over the Soul of a Nation" (Pegasus, 2021)
58 mins; February 20, 2023
Azzan Yadin-Israel, "Temptation Transformed: The Story of How the Forbidden Fruit Became an Apple" (U Chicago Press, 2023)
52 mins; February 20, 2023
Anna M. GrzymaƂa-Busse, "Sacred Foundations: The Religious and Medieval Roots of the European State" (Princeton UP, 2023)
44 mins; February 19, 2023
John D. Hosler, "Jerusalem Falls: Seven Centuries of War and Peace" (Yale UP, 2022)
48 mins; February 16, 2023
O Death, Where is Your Sting? The Biblical Theology of Resurrection
63 hours 19 mins; February 16, 2023
Rhiannon Graybill, "Texts After Terror: Rape, Sexual Violence, and the Hebrew Bible" (Oxford UP, 2021)
51 mins; February 15, 2023
Bewitchment, Possession, and the Diabolical Arts: Daily Life in New France
31 mins; February 15, 2023
Chris Kaczor and Matthew Petrusek, "Jordan Peterson, God, and Christianity" (Word on Fire Institute, 2021)
50 mins; February 14, 2023
Rolf Nolasco, "Hearts Ablaze: Parables for the Queer Soul" (Morehouse Publishing, 2022)
45 mins; February 12, 2023
Why a Savior? The Theology of Sacrifice and Redemption
81 hours 51 mins; February 09, 2023
Mary E. Sommar, "The Slaves of the Churches: A History" (Oxford UP, 2020)
49 mins; February 09, 2023
Mary Ann Hinsdale and Stephen Okey, "T&T Clark Handbook of Theological Anthropology" (T&T Clark, 2020)
25 mins; February 09, 2023
Chris Boesel, "In Kierkegaard's Garden with the Poppy Blooms: Why Derrida Doesn't Read Kierkegaard When He Reads Kierkegaard" (Fortress Academic, 2021)
125 hours 42 mins; February 06, 2023
Jason Olson and James Goldberg, "The Burning Book" (Common Consent Press, 2022)
60 hours 46 mins; February 06, 2023
Rowan Dorin, "No Return: Jews, Christian Usurers, and the Spread of Mass Expulsion in Medieval Europe" (Princeton UP, 2023)
50 mins; February 05, 2023
Sean Hannan, "On Time, Change, History, and Conversion" (Bloomsbury, 2020)
65 hours 5 mins; February 04, 2023
Lori A. Baron, "The Shema in John's Gospel" (Mohr Siebeck, 2022)
23 mins; February 03, 2023
“Quintessence of Dust?”: Friendly Argument about God and Man
33 mins; February 01, 2023
Mikel Burley, "A Radical Pluralist Philosophy of Religion: Cross-Cultural, Multireligious, Interdisciplinary" (Bloomsbury, 2020)
58 mins; February 01, 2023
War, Plague, and Confession in Fourteenth-Century Provence
66 hours 51 mins; January 31, 2023
Walking the Via Dolorosa: An Archaeologist Follows Jesus from His Trial to His Crucifixion
48 mins; January 31, 2023
Mark A. Schneegurt, "Anthology of Religious Poetry from the Mexican Inquisition Trials of 16th-Century CryptoJews" (2020)
80 hours 7 mins; January 30, 2023
The Mesopotamian Connection: Comparing the Bible to Other Literature of the Ancient Near East
61 hours 25 mins; January 30, 2023
George Anton Kiraz, "Water the Willow Tree: Memoirs of a Bethlehem Boyhood" (Gorgias Press, 2022)
57 mins; January 29, 2023
Mitri Raheb, "The Politics of Persecution: Middle Eastern Christians in an Age of Empire" (Baylor UP, 2021)
49 mins; January 29, 2023
Apocalypse Past, Present, and Future: Thinking about the End in History and Culture
63 hours 30 mins; January 29, 2023
Michael T. Rizzi, "Jesuit Colleges and Universities in the United States: A History" (Catholic U of America Press, 2022)
38 mins; January 28, 2023
What if You're Gay? Starting Conversations with and about LGBT Catholics
55 mins; January 27, 2023
Susannah Heschel, "The Aryan Jesus: Christian Theologians and the Bible in Nazi Germany" (Princeton UP, 2010)
67 hours 44 mins; January 26, 2023
Stabat Mater: A Sandy Hook Mom Stands with Mary at the Foot of the Cross
61 hours 56 mins; January 25, 2023
Faithful Frontiers: A Turkish Scholar Describes How She Became a Catholic Apologist
74 hours 3 mins; January 24, 2023
Catholic in Karachi: Living as a Christian in an Islamic Country
48 mins; January 23, 2023
Wayne Baxter, "Divine Shepherd Christology in the Gospel of Matthew" (Fortress Academic, 2022)
25 mins; January 22, 2023
Progressive Souls: Religion and the Pursuit of a Just Society (Part 2)
24 mins; January 22, 2023
The Feminine Genius: Everyday Mysticism and How to Organize Your Life around It
57 mins; January 22, 2023
James Morton, "Byzantine Religious Law in Medieval Italy" (Oxford UP, 2021)
79 hours 18 mins; January 21, 2023
Marty Solomon, "Asking Better Questions of the Bible: A Guide for the Wounded, Wary, and Longing for More" (NavPress, 2023)
40 mins; January 21, 2023
Wolfgang P. MĂŒller, "Marriage Litigation in the Western Church, 1215-1517" (Cambridge UP, 2021)
53 mins; January 21, 2023
Reflections of a Mormon who Became a Catholic: Understanding the Sacrament of Reconciliation
105 hours 51 mins; January 21, 2023
Progressive Souls: Religion and the Pursuit of a Just Society (Part 1)
27 mins; January 21, 2023
Bless Me, Father, for I have Sinned: Understanding the Sacrament of Reconciliation
55 mins; January 20, 2023
Better Call Paul: How Did the Early Jewish Christians Understand “Works of the Law”?
57 mins; January 19, 2023
We Shall Overcome: Sister Thea Bowman and the Black Catholic Experience
59 mins; January 18, 2023
Words and the Word: How Scripture Brings Us into God’s Eternal Moment
46 mins; January 17, 2023
Pray like a Mystic: Mystical Traditions and What to Do with Them
42 mins; January 16, 2023
Apocalyptic Politics: What Do Evangelical Voters Want?
29 mins; January 15, 2023
Holy Paradox and St. Teresa of Ávila: Mysticism in Sixteenth Century Spain
54 mins; January 15, 2023
Eternity Now: Talking about Mysticism with the Apostle to the Gangs of LA
49 mins; January 14, 2023
Marxists and Mystics: A Vatican Journalist Discusses her Biography of Madeleine DelbrĂȘl and the New Papal Constitution
54 mins; January 13, 2023
Queen of Heaven: How the Holy Spirit Works in the Catholic Tradition
63 hours 43 mins; January 12, 2023
Restless Pilgrims: About CS Lewis
57 mins; January 11, 2023
Did God Just Wink? Seeing the Numinous All Around Us
59 mins; January 10, 2023
Pray for us Sinners: Our Lady of Fátima and Pope Francis’s Consecration of Russia and Ukraine
45 mins; January 09, 2023
Robin Vose, "The Index of Prohibited Books: Four Centuries of Struggle Over Word and Image for the Greater Glory of God" (Reaktion, 2022)
53 mins; January 09, 2023
What about Hell? CS Lewis and Theology of the Afterlife
53 mins; January 08, 2023
Zen Buddhism, Mardi Gras, and the Metaphysics of Eternity: Talking about Buddhist and Christian Mysticism
80 hours 15 mins; January 07, 2023
Do We Live in a Christian Country?
55 mins; January 06, 2023
Roger A Sneed, "The Dreamer and the Dream: Afrofuturism and Black Religious Thought" (Ohio State UP, 2021)
87 hours 2 mins; January 06, 2023
Matthew J. Hart and Daniel J. Hill, "Does God Intend that Sin Occur?" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022)
43 mins; January 05, 2023
It's Elementary! Catholic Education in the 21st Century
46 mins; January 05, 2023
Mother of All Nations: Immaculate Conception, Virgin Birth, Assumption, and Coronation of Mary
56 mins; January 04, 2023