Pitts Theology Library

September 2021
Greetings from Pitts Theology Library!

It goes without saying that the extensive and diverse collection at Pitts is due in part to the institution’s continuing conversation with Candler and Emory’s students, faculty, and staff. Our acquisitions should first and foremost support the present and future teaching, research, and service missions of the Candler School of Theology, as well as those of the Graduate Division of Religion and Emory University.

In consideration of the above, Pitts is expanding its reach about ongoing acquisitions and new resources by providing each tract with monthly reports via the New Acquisitions Newsletter.

Please find newly released resources in the History and Interpretation of Christianity tract below, and don’t hesitate to make purchase suggestions by visiting pitts.emory.edu/suggest.

Highlights of New Book Acquisitions

T olerance, Intolerance, and Recognition in Early Christianity and Early Judaism edited by Outi Lehtipuu and Michael Laba
Amsterdam University Press

This collection of essays investigates signs of toleration, recognition, respect and other positive forms of interaction between and within religious groups of late antiquity. At the same time, it acknowledges that examples of tolerance are significantly fewer in ancient sources than examples of intolerance and are often limited to insiders, while outsiders often met with contempt, or even outright violence. The essays take both perspectives seriously by analysing the complexity pertaining to these encounters.

Mother Earth, Postcolonial and Liberation Theologies Edited by Sophia Chirongoma and Esther Mombo
Lexington Books

Mother Earth, Postcolonial and Liberation Theologies adds another contribution to the ongoing interrogation of an imminent universal crisis, global warming. Examining the environmental crisis from liberation, postcolonial, and theological lenses in Africa, the continent whose people stand to bear the brunt of ecological catastrophe, the contributors provide fresh perspectives that place this book at the forefront of new research being done across the African continent. The volume serves as a compendium for the intersection of African spirituality, cultural expression, and the earth.

Trinitarian Grace in Martin Luther's The Bondage of the Will by Miikka Ruokanen
Oxford University Press

Miikka Ruokanen reveals the powerfully Trinitarian and participatory nature of Martin Luther's conception of divine grace in his magnum opus The Bondage of the Will. The study establishes a genuinely new understanding of Luther's major treatise opening up its ecumenical potential. Luther's
debate with Erasmus signifies not only a disagreement concerning free will, but the dispute reveals two contrasting understandings of the very core idea of the Christian faith. For Erasmus, the relationship of the human being with God is based on the rationally and morally acceptable principles of fair play. For Luther, the human being is captivated by the overwhelming power of unfaith and transcendental evil, Satan; only the monergistic grace of the Triune God and the power of the Holy Spirit can liberate him/her.

Hell Hath No Fury : Gender, Disability, and the Invention of Damned Bodies in Early Christian Literature
by Meghan R. Henning
Yale University Press

Throughout the Christian tradition, descriptions of hell's fiery torments have shaped contemporary notions of the afterlife, divine justice, and physical suffering. But rarely do we consider the roots of such conceptions, which originate in a group of understudied ancient texts: the early Christian apocalypses. In this pioneering study, Meghan Henning illuminates how the bodies that populate hell in early Christian literature-largely those of women, enslaved persons, and individuals with disabilities-are punished after death in spaces that mirror real carceral spaces, effectually criminalizing those bodies on earth.

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Periodicals: New Issues

Vigiliae Christianae

Articles include:

Contesting Aristotle: Science, Theology and the Resurrection of the Body in Methodius of Olympus’ De Resurrectione and the Dialogue of Adamantius
The So-Called Stratiotics and Phibionites

International Journal of Systematic Theology

Articles include:

God Might Be Where God Is Not
Anxiety in the Wesleyan Spirit: A Core Theological Theme?
Where Does the Holy Spirit Proceed To?

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Theological Studies is a Catholic scholarly journal that serves the Church and its mission by promoting a deeper understanding of the Christian faith through the publication of research in theological disciplines.

Medieval Encounters promotes discussion and dialogue across cultural, linguistic and disciplinary boundaries on the interactions of Jewish, Christian and Muslim cultures during the period from the fourth through to the sixteenth century C.E.

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