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Books of Interest: Hendrickson & Brill

Monday, January 7, 2008

Today’s post will look at the Hendrickson Publishers Academic Catalog 2008 and the Brill Biblical Studies & Religious Studies 2007 catalog (series index):

Titles from Hendrickson:

Marty E. Stevens, Temples, Tithes, and Taxes: The Temple and the Economic Life of Ancient Israel (2006).
Ritva H. Williams, Stewards, Prophets, Keepers of the Word: Leadership in the Early Church (2006).

Titles from Brill:

Javaid Rehman and Susan C. Breau, eds., Religion, Human Rights and International Law: A Critical Examination of Islamic State Practices (June 2007).
Roland Boer, Criticism of Heaven: On Marxism and Theology (June 2007).
Gerrie ter Haar and Yoshio Tsuruoka, eds., Religion and Society: An Agenda for the 21st Century (September 2007).
Giuseppe Giordan, ed., Vocation and Social Context (July 2007).

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Books of Interest: Georgetown UP & WJK

Friday, December 21, 2007

Today’s post will look at the Georgetown University Press Religion & Ethics catalog and the Westminster John Knox Academic Update (series index):

Titles from Georgetown University Press:

Matthew S. Holland, Bonds of Affection: Civic Charity and the Making of America--Winthrop, Jefferson, and Lincoln (November 2007).
Sheila Suess Kennedy and Wolfgang Beilefeld, Charitable Choice at Work: Evaluating Faith-Based Job Programs in the States (2006).
Stephen V. Monsma and J. Christopher Soper, Faith, Hope, and Jobs: Welfare-to-Work in Los Angeles (2006).

Titles from Westminster John Knox:

David H. Jensen, Responsive Labor: A Theology of Work (2006).
Edward Dommen and James D. Bratt, eds., John Calvin Rediscovered: The Impact of His Social and Economic Thought (November 2007).
Scott H. Hendrix, Recultivating the Vineyard: The Reformation Agendas of Christianization (2004).

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Books of Interest: Boydell & Brewer and de Gruyter

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Today’s post will look at the Boydell & Brewer Early Modern & Modern History catalog and the de Gruyter Religious Studies/Jewish Studies/Theology catalog (series index):

Titles from Boydell & Brewer:

Thomas S. Freeman & Thomas F. Mayer, eds., Martyrs and Martyrdom in England, c. 1400-1700 (April 2007)
David M. D’Andrea, Civic Christianity in Renaissance Italy: The Hospital of Treviso, 1400-1530 (March 2007).
Elizabeth T. Hurren, Protesting about Pauperism: Poverty, Politics and Poor Relief in Late-Victorian England, 1870-1900 (September 2007).

Titles from de Grutyer:

Christoph A. Stumpf, The Grotian Theology of International Law: Hugo Grotius and the Moral Foundations of International Relations (2006).
Stephen Lake, The Church and the Sick in the Latin West (4th-8th Centuries) (Fall 2007).
Florian Mühlegger, Hugo Grotius: Ein christlicher Humanist in politischer Verantwortung [Hugo Grotius: A Christian Humanist and His Political Responsibility] (Summer 2007).
Gene W. Heck, Charlemagne, Muhammad, and the Arab Roots of Capitalism (2006).

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Books of Interest: Ashgate and Crossway

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

I’ve had a number of new book catalogs cross my desk over the last few months. Given the gift-giving season that is upon us, I thought I’d highlight some of the more interesting items from the various publishers. If you share my varied and rather eclectic interests, ranging from scholarly to popular works on a number of subjects, you might find something here you could add to your own Christmas list (although some items are forthcoming for 2008).

Today’s post will look at the Ashgate Reformation Studies catalog and the Crossway Academic & Pastoral Resources catalog:

Titles from Ashgate: