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RELIGION HANDBOOK OF CATHOLIC SOCIAL
TEACHING
The Catholic University of America Press A Guide for Christians in the World Today

CALLED TO HOLINESS Edited by Martin Schlag
On Love, Vocation, and Formation Foreword by Cardinal Peter Turkson

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI May 2017 192pp
Edited by Pietro Rossotti 9780813229324 Paperback $22.95

Jun 2017 272pp Employs a question and answer format, to better
9780813229249 Paperback $24.95 accentuate the response of the Church’s message to the
questions Catholics have about their social role and what
For full details of this title, see page 61 the Church intends to teach about it.

PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED THE IDEAL BISHOP
CHILDREN OF GOD IN THE WORLD Aquinas’s Commentaries on the
An Introduction to Theological Anthropology Pastoral Epistles

Paul O’Callaghan Michael G. Sirilla
Foreword by Archbishop J. Augustine Di Noia
Nov 2016 592pp
9780813229003 Paperback $39.95 Jan 2017 280pp
9780813229102 Hardback $65.00
A textbook of theological anthropology structured in Thomistic Ressourcement Series
four parts. The first attempts to clarify the relationship
between theology, philosophy and science. The Provides a review of the theology of the episcopacy
second part provides a historical overview of the found in St. Thomas’s principal contemporaries including
doctrine of grace. The third part provides a systematic Peter Lombard, St. Albert the Great, and St. Bonaventure
understanding of Christian grace. The fourth part deals of Bagnoregio. This volume also provides a conspectus
with different philosophical aspects of the human of the same in the integrated corpus of Aquinas along
condition. with an introduction to St. Thomas’s lectures on the PE,
their dating, the provenance of manuscripts, and their
GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF SACRAMENTAL method of theological development.
THEOLOGY
JUSTICE AND MERCY HAVE MET
Roger W. Nutt Pope Francis and the Reform of the
Marriage Nullity Process
April 2017 224pp
9780813229386 Paperback $34.95 Edited by Kurt Martens

Rather than deconstruct the Church’s tradition, as many February 2017 388pp
recent books on the sacraments do, Roger Nutt offers 9780813229676 Paperback $34.95
a vibrant presentation of these principles as a sound
foundation for a renewed appreciation of each of the Pope Francis addressed calls during the Third
seven sacraments in the Christian life as the divinely Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops
willed means of communion and friendship between (October 5–19, 2014) for a simplified procedure for
God and humanity. the declaration of the nullity of marriages. Pope Francis
introduced a briefer process to be conducted by the
diocesan bishop and he simplified the current ordinary
nullity process. The new procedural norms went into
effect on December 8, 2015.

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PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED The Jewish Publication Society
VATICAN II BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN
JOSEPH
Edited by Piotr H. Kosicki Portraits through the Ages

Dec 2016 248pp Alan T. Levenson
9780813229126 Hardback $65.00
Oct 2016 312pp
Historians of the Catholic Church have mostly rejected 9780827612501 Hardback $32.95
the possibility that Communist countries played a role
in the Second Vatican Council’s story, or that the Council The complex and dramatic story of Joseph is the most
in turn shaped the subsequent paths of those countries. sustained narrative in Genesis. Many call it a literary
The goal of this volume is to begin writing Central and masterpiece and a story of great depth that can be read
Eastern Europe back into the story of the Second Vatican on many levels. In a lucid and engaging style, Alan T.
Council, its origins, and its consequences. Levenson brings the voices of Philo, Josephus, Midrash,
and medieval commentators, as well as a wide range
ISEAS Publishing of modern scholars, into dialogue about this complex
biblical figure.
ESOTERIC BUDDHISM IN MEDIÆVAL
MARITIME ASIA THINKING ABOUT THE TORAH
Networks of Masters, Texts, Icons A Philosopher Reads the Bible

Edited by Andrea Acri Kenneth Seeskin

Sep 2016 482pp Oct 2016 222pp
9789814695084 Paperback $79.90 9780827612624 Paperback $21.95
JPS Essential Judaism
Advocates a trans-regional, and maritime, approach to
studying the genesis, development and circulation of The Bible is an enduring source of inspiration for
tantric (or Esoteric) Buddhism across Maritime Asia from the human heart and mind, and readers of Thinking
the seventh to the thirteenth centuries CE. The book about the Torah will be rewarded with an enhanced
lays emphasis on the mobile networks of human agents understanding of this great work’s deeper meanings.
(Masters), textual sources (Texts) and images (Icons) Drawing on Western philosophy and particularly Jewish
through which tantric Buddhist traditions spread. philosophy, Kenneth Seeskin delves into ten core biblical
verses and the powerful ideas that emerge from them.

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McFarland University Press of Mississippi

THE OBERAMMERGAU PASSION PLAY INVENTING GEORGE WHITEFIELD
Race, Revivalism, and the Making of a
Essays on the 2010 Performance and the Religious Icon
Centuries-Long Tradition
Edited by Kevin J. Wetmore Jr Jessica M. Parr

Feb 2017 277pp Oct 2016 232pp
9780786496037 Paperback $39.95 9781496809636 Paperback $30.00

Every ten years since 1634 the German village of Evangelicals and scholars of religious history have
Oberammergau has performed the world’s most famous long recognized George Whitefield (1714-1770) as a
Passion Play, recounting the last days in the life of Jesus. founding father of American evangelicalism. But Jessica
In 2010 the village presented the play for the forty-first M. Parr argues he was much more than that. He was
time, breaking with tradition in a number of ways to an enormously influential figure in Anglo-American
present a new text for a post-millennial, international religious culture, and his expansive missionary career can
audience. In this volume, scholars who witnessed the be understood in multiple ways.
Oberammergau Passion Play analyse and respond to the
experience. University of Nebraska Press

Mercer University Press ANTI-JUDAISM, ANTISEMITISM, AND
DELEGITIMIZING ISRAEL
DRIBBLING FOR DAWAH
Sports Among Muslim Americans Edited by Robert S. Wistrich

Steven Fink Oct 2016 328pp, 1 image
9780803296718 Hardback $60.00
Oct 2016 256pp Studies in Antisemitism
9780881465921 Paperback $30.00
Sports and Religion Series For full details of this title, see page 109

Amidst a proliferation of scholarly literature about The University of North Carolina Press
Islam inthe United States, very little attention has been
given to sports among Muslim Americans. This is the CHRISTIANITY, SOCIAL JUSTICE, AND THE
first book to investigate Muslim American sports at the JAPANESE AMERICAN INCARCERATION
local level, looking at Muslim basketball leagues, sports DURING WORLD WAR II
programmes at mosques and Islamic schools, and sports
events hosted by Muslim organisations. Anne M. Blankenship

Sep 2016 288pp, 14 halftones
9781469629209 Paperback $29.95

For full details of this title, see page 77

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WHAT IS VEILING? SOCIAL STUDIES

Sahar Amer The Catholic University of America Press

Feb 2017 256pp, 24 halftones IRISH-AMERICAN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
9781469632414 Paperback $24.95 Athletes, Priests, Pilgrims, and More
Islamic Civilization and Muslim Networks
James Silas Rogers
Ranging from simple head scarf to full-body burqa, the
veil is worn by vast numbers of Muslim women around Feb 2017 208pp
the world. What Is Veiling? explains one of the most 9780813229188 Paperback $34.95
visible, controversial, and least understood emblems of
Islam. Sahar Amer’s evenhanded approach is anchored in Is there still a distinct Irish identity in America? This
sharp cultural insight and rich historical context. highly original survey says yes, though it’s often an
indirect one. Opening a new window on the meanings
Polebridge Press of Irishness over the twentieth century, this work also
reveals how Catholicism, so key to the identity of earlier
PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED generations of Irish Americans, has also evolved.
GALATIANS AND THE RHETORIC OF CRISIS
Demosthenes - Cicero - Paul The University of Georgia Press

Nina E. Livesey IN THE PUBLIC’S INTEREST
Evictions, Citizenship and Inequality in
Sep 2016 278pp Contemporary Delhi
9781598151749 Paperback $26.00
Gautam Bhan
In this close reading of Paul’s letter to the Galatians,
Livesey draws upon classicist Cecil Wooten’s “rhetoric Oct 2016 256pp
of crisis” to compare Paul’s strategies to those of his 9780820350103 Paperback $29.95
predecessors, the Greek orator Demosthenes and Roman Geographies of Justice and Social Transformation, Vol. 30
consul Cicero.
Studies the recent legacy of basti evictions in
Sapientia Press Delhi - mass clearings of some of the city’s poorest
neighbourhoods as a way to understand how the urban
THOMISM AND PREDESTINATION poor are disenfranchised in the name of “public interest”
Principles and Disputations and, in the case of Delhi, by the very courts meant to
empower and protect them.
Edited by Steven A. Long, Roger W. Nutt & Joseph White

Dec 2016 336pp
9781932589795 Paperback $39.95

There is perhaps no aspect of traditional Thomistic
thought so contested in modern Catholic theology as
the notion of predestination as presented by the classical
Thomist school. What is that doctrine, and why is it
so controversial? Has it been rightly understood in the
context of modern debates? This text considers these
topics from various angles.

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ISEAS Publishing McFarland

MYANMAR’S MOUNTAIN AND MARITIME MODERN FINLAND
BORDERSCAPES Portrait of a Flourishing Society
Local Practices, Boundary-Making and
Figured Worlds Harald Haarmann

Edited by Oh Su-Ann Sep 2016 256pp
9781476662022 Paperback $39.95
Sep 2016 420pp
9789814695763 Paperback $45.90 Providing a multifaceted view of modern Finland,
this book describes its history, culture, language,
This edited volume adds to the literature on Myanmar geography, natural history and the mythology of early
and its borders by drawing attention to the significance peoples. Topics include Fenno-Scandia inhabitants
of geography, history, politics and society in the and their environment, traditional naturalism and
construction of the border regions and the country. modern environmentalism, and the salient features
of Finnishness, including an analysis of the Finnish
University of Manitoba Press educational system and gender equality.

INDIGENOUS HOMELESSNESS Mercer University Press
Perspectives from Canada, Australia, and
New Zealand DRIBBLING FOR DAWAH
Sports Among Muslim Americans
Edited by Evelyn J. Peters & Julia Christiansen
Steven Fink
Nov 2016 384pp, 27 b&w illustrations, 11 tables
9780887558269 Paperback $39.95 Oct 2016 256pp
9780881465921 Paperback $30.00
Explores the meaning and scope of indigenous Sports and Religion Series
homelessness in the Canada, Australia, and New
Zealand. Argues that effective policy and support For full details of this title, see page 113.
programs aimed at relieving indigenous homelessness
must be rooted in indigenous conceptions of home,
land, and kinship, and cannot ignore the context of
systemic inequality, institutionalization and landlessness
that stem from a history of colonialism.

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University Press of Mississippi University of Nebraska Press

DREAM AND LEGACY AMERICA’S DIGITAL ARMY
Dr. Martin Luther King in the Post-Civil Games at Work and War
Rights Era
Robertson Allen
Edited by Michael L. Clemons, Donathan L. Brown &
William H. L. Dorsey Jul 2017 240pp, 18 photos, 1 glossary
9781496201911 Paperback $30.00
Jul 2017 208pp Anthropology of Contemporary North America
9781496811844 Hardback $65.00
Provides an ethnographic study of the link between
Examines how Martin Luther King’s life and work had interactive entertainment and military power, drawing
a profound, if unpredictable, impact on the course of on Robertson Allen’s fieldwork observing video game
the United States since the civil rights era. With unique, developers, military strategists, US Army marketing
multidisciplinary works by scholars from around the agencies, and an array of defense contracting companies
US, these pieces explore wide-ranging issues and that worked to produce the official US Army video game,
contemporary social developments through the lens of America’s Army.
Dr. King’s perceptions, analysis, and prescriptions.
IMAGINING KASHMIR
MINORITY RELATIONS Emplotment and Colonialism
Intergroup Conflict and Cooperation
Patrick Colm Hogan
Edited by Greg Robinson & Robert S. Chang
Oct 2016 294pp, 6 illustrations
Jan 2017 272pp 9780803288591 Hardback $60.00
9781496810458 Hardback $65.00 Frontiers of Narrative

The question of how relations between marginalized Examines cinematic and literary imaginings of the
groups are impacted by their common and sometimes Kashmir region’s conflicts and diverse citizenship,
competing search for equal rights has become acutely analysing a wide range of narratives from writers and
important. Demographic projections make it easy now directors in conjunction with research in psychology,
to imagine a future majority population of color in the cognitive science, and social neuroscience. Patrick
United States. Minority Relations sets forth some of the Colm Hogan’s analysis advances theories of narrative,
issues involved in the interplay among members of colonialism, and their corresponding ideologies in relation
various racial, ethnic, and sexual minorities. to the cognitive and affective operations of identity.

RESISTING PARADISE INTERSECTIONALITY
Tourism, Diaspora, and Sexuality in Origins, Contestations, Horizons
Caribbean Culture
Anna Carastathis
Angelique V. Nixon
Oct 2016 312pp, 1 illustration
Aug 2017 240pp 9780803285552 Hardback $55.00
9781496813268 Paperback $30.00 Expanding Frontiers: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Studies of
Caribbean Studies Series Women, Gender, and Sexuality

Tourists flock to the Caribbean for its beaches and Intervenes in the field of intersectionality studies:
spread more than just blankets and dollars. Resisting the integrative examination of the effects of
Paradise explores the import of both tourism and racial, gendered, and class power on people’s lives.
diaspora in shaping Caribbean identity. It examines Challenging the narratives of arrival that surround
Caribbean writers and others who confront the region’s it, Anna Carastathis argues that intersectionality is
overdependence on the tourist industry and the many a horizon, illuminating ways of thinking that have
ways that tourism continues the legacy of colonialism. yet to be realized; consequently, calls to go beyond
intersectionality are premature.