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Scripture
Anderson, Gary A. Sin: A History. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2010. 272 pp. $20.00. 9780300168099.
Leithart, Peter J. Deep Exegesis: The Mystery of Reading Scripture. Waco, Texas: Baylor University Press, 2009. 253 pp. $29.95. 9781602580695.
Pitre, Brant. Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist: Unlocking the Secrets of the Last Supper. New York: Doubleday, 2011. 240 pp. $21.99. 9780385531849.
Historical & Systematic Theology
Anatolios, Khaled. Retrieving Nicaea: The Development and Meaning of Trinitarian Doctrine. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2011. 400 pp. $39.99. 9780801031328.
Farrow, Douglas. Ascension Theology. London: T&T Clark International. 192 pp. $27.95. 9780567353573.
Harrison, Nonna Verna. God’s Many Splendored Image: Theological Anthropology for Christian Formation. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2010. 224 pp. $24.00. 9780801034718.
Johnson, Keith E. Rethinking the Trinity and Religious Pluralism: An Augustinian Assessment. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Academic. 286pp. $30.00. 9780830839025.
Leinsle, Ulrich G. Introduction to Scholastic Theology. Trans. Michael J. Miller. Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2010. 392 pp. $29.95. 9780813217925.
Leithart, Peter J. Athanasius. [Series: Foundations of Theological Exegesis and Christian Spirituality]. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2011. 224 pp. $27.99. 9780801039423.
Lombardo, Nicholas E. The Logic of Desire: Aquinas on Emotion. Washington, DC: University of America Press, 2010. 319 pp. $34.95. 9780813217970.
Nichols, Aidan. A Key to Balthasar: Hans Urs von Balthasar on Beauty, Goodness and Truth. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2011. 128 pp. $17.99. 9780801039744.
Liturgy & Sacraments
Chupungo, Anscar. What, Then, is Liturgy: Musings and Memoir. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2010. 272 pp. $29.95. 9780814662397.
Humphrey, Edith M. Grand Entrance: Worship on Earth as in Heaven. Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos Press, 2011. 272 pp. $22.99. 9781587432521.
McKenna, John H. Become What You Receive: A Systematic Study of the Eucharist. Chicago: Hillenbrand Books (Liturgy Training Publications), 2012. 248 pp. $26.00. 9781595250360.
Turner, Paul. At the Supper of the Lamb: A Pastoral and Theological Commentary on the Mass. Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 2010. 176 pp. $16.95. 9781568549217.
Moral Theology
Bergman, Roger. Catholic Social Learning: Educating the Faith that Does Justice. New York: Fordham University Press, 2011. 160 pp. $24.00. 9780823233298.
DeYoung, Rebecca Konyndyk, Collen McCluskey and Christina Van Dyke. Aquinas’s Ethics: Metaphysical Foundations, Moral Theology, and Theological Context. Notre Dame, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Press, 2009. 256 pp. $30.00. 9780268026011.
Kaczor, Christopher. The Ethics of Abortion: Women’s Rights, Human Life, and the Question of Justice. [Series: Routledge Annals of Bioethics.] New York: Routledge, 2011. 246 pp. $39.95. 9780415884693.
Levering, Matthew. The Betrayal of Charity: The Sins that Sabotage Divine Love. Waco, Texas: Baylor University Press, 2011. 229 pp. $24.95. 9781602583566.
Spirituality & Sanctity
Groeschel, Benedict. I Am with You Always: A Study of the History and Meaning of Personal Devotion to Jesus Christ for Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant Christians. San Francisco: Ignatius, 2010. 800 pp. $37.95. 9781586172572.
Laird, Martin. Into the Silent Land: A Guide to the Christian Practice of Contemplation. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. 176 pp. $18.95. 9780195307603.
McInerny, Ralph. Dante and the Blessed Virgin. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame, 2010. 192 pp. $30.00. 9780268035174.
Church History
Rapley, Elizabeth. The Lord as Their Portion: The Story of the Religious Orders and How They Shaped Our World. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans. 349 pp. $24.00. 9780802865885.
Walsh, Michael. The Cardinals: Thirteen Centuries of the Men behind the Papal Throne. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans. 256 pp. $23.00. 9780802829412.
Weigel, George. The End and the Beginning: Pope John Paul II: the Victory of Freedom, the Last Years, the Legacy. New York: Doubleday, 2010. 608 pp. $32.50. 9780385524797.
Ecumenism & Mission
Kreeft, Peter. Between Allah and Jesus: What Christians Can Learn from Muslims. Downer’s Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2010. 188 pp. $16.00. 9780830837465.
Noll, Mark A. & Carolyn Nystrom. Clouds of Witnesses: Christian Voices from Africa and Asia. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press. 286pp. $25.00. 09780830838349.
Pomplun, Trent. Jesuit on the Roof of the World: Ippolito Desideri’s Mission to Tibet. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. 320 pp. $29.95. 9780195377866.
Smith, Christian. How to Go from Being a Good Evangelical to a Committed Catholic in Ninety-Five Difficult Steps. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books / Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2011. 214 pp. $24.00. 9781610970334.
Volf, Miroslav. Allah: A Christian Response. New York: HarperOne, 2011. 336 pp. $25.99. 9780061927072.
Philosophy and Science
Dickerson, Matthew. The Mind and the Machine: What it Means to be Human and Why it Matters. Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos Press. 256pp. $19.99. 9781587432729.
Hannam , James. The Genesis of Science: How the Christian Middle Ages Launched the Scientific Revolution. Washington, DC: Regnery, 2011. 448pp. $19.17. 9781596981553.
Haughey, John C. Where is Knowing Going?: the Horizons of the Knowing Subject. Washington: Georgetown University Press, 2010. 192 pp. $34.95. 9781589014862.
Culture & Arts
Arbuckle, Gerald A. Culture, Inculturation, and Theologians: A Postmodern Critique. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2010. 224 pp. $24.95. 9780814654583.
Jeffrey, David Lyle & Gregory P. Maillet. Christianity and Literature: Philosophical Foundations and Critical Practice. [Christian Worldview Integration Series]. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Academic, 2011. 336 pp. $24.00. 9780830828173.
Regnerus, Mark and Jeremy Uecker. Premarital Sex in America: How Young Americans Meet, Mate, and Think about Marrying. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. 312 pp. $24.95. 9780199743285.
Striner, Richard. Supernatural Romance in Film: Tales of Love, Death and the Afterlife. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2011. 213 pp. $40.00. 9780786446643.