Aquinas's ethics : metaphysical foundations, moral theory, and theological context by DeYoung, Rebecca Konyndyk

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Art and faith : a theology of making by Fujimura, Makoto, 1960-

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Hospitable God : the Transformative Dream. by Newlands, George

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A Greek Thomist : providence in Gennadios Scholarios by Briel, Matthew, 1981-

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Of seeds and the people of God : preaching as parable, crucifixion, and testimony by Knowles, Michael (Michael P.)

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The spirit of a woman : stories to empower and inspire

Table of Contents: “…Fields Go On a Vision Quest) by Sheri Ritchlin; Four: Changes and Choices; Changes by Nicolette Tal; Fear: A Path to Courage by Marcelline Burns; Finding My Soul's Path by Lauren Artress; Sliding Glass Door by Janet Grace Riehl; Five: Divine Interventions; Premonitions, Dreams, and Whispers by Jennifer Thompson Trepanier; Sacred Guidance by Della Clark; Hula, Seriously by Kristi Hager; Beyond the Riots by Diane Bock; Prayer in Action by Jyoti; About the Contributing Authors; Acknowledgments; About the Editor.…”
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Chesterton : the nightmare goodness of God by Wood, Ralph C.

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Bible Readers and Lay Writers in Early Modern England : Gender and Self-Definition in an Emergent Writing Culture. by Narveson, Kate

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Recovering Lay Writing in Divinity -- Part 1 From Reading Skills to Writing Practices -- 1 Reading the Bible: Clerical Prescriptions and Lay Reading Practices -- 2 The Emergence of Lay Composition -- 3 Application to the Self: Reading and the Restructuring of Identity -- 4 Recording Identity: Scripturalist Devotion among Ordinary Layfolk -- Part 2 The Registration of Gender -- 5 Discursive Horizons and the Question of Gender -- 6 The Devotional Page and the Schoolroom of Print -- 7 Grace Mildmay's Meditations: Love Letters from God and Their Scriptural Authorization -- Conclusion: Lay Scriptural Devotion Stakes Its Claim -- Bibliography -- Index.…”
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Philosophical exigencies of Christian religion. by Blondel, Maurice, 1861-1949

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 13. How the Order of Grace Completes the Natural Orderand Forms with It in Us a Life and a Personality That Is Truly One -- Chapter 14. …”
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Miracle As Modern Conundrum in South Asian Religious Traditions. by Raj, Selva J.

Table of Contents: “…Showing Miracles in Rajasthan: Proof and Grace""…”
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The God Who Saves : a Dogmatic Sketch. by Congdon, David W.

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From paradise to paradigm : a study of twelfth-century humanism by Otten, Willemien

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Spirituality and art therapy : living the connection

Table of Contents: “…Prayers, sacraments, grace / Catherine Moon -- Each time a new breath : Buddhism, art and healing / Bernie Marek -- Emuna and Tikva : Art therapy from a Jewish perspective / Edit Zaphir-Chasman -- The yoga of art and the creative process : Listening to the divine / Michael Franklin -- Pilgrimage : Celtic spirituality revisited / Cam Busch -- Nature : Art therapy in partnership with the earth / Mimi Farrelly-Hansen -- Art, nature and aging : A shamanic perspective / Madeline Rugh -- Loving body is embracing spirit : Coming home stories / Suzanne Lovell -- The heart of the lion : Joining community through the act of making art / Janis Timm-Bottos -- Inner necessity/Inner order / Carol Sagar.…”
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In search of "Kynde Knowynge" : Piers Plowman and the origin of allegory by Kasten, Madeleine

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Doing Ethics in a Pluralistic World : Essays in Honour of Roger C. Hutchinson. by Airhart, Phyllis D.

Table of Contents: “…The Church and Pluralism in Quebec: An Account of a Participant -- 3. Karl Barth on Divine Command: A Jewish Response -- 4. Not Moral Heroes: The Grace of God and the Churchâ€?…”
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A survey of Hinduism by Klostermaier, Klaus K., 1933-

Table of Contents: “…Hinduism: sources and worldview -- The beginnings of Hinduism -- Hindu Dharma: orthodoxy and heresy in Hinduism -- The Veda: revelation and scripture in Hinduism -- Itihasa Purana: the heart of Hinduism -- The Bhagavadgita -- The world of the Hindu -- The many gods and the one god of Hinduism -- Trimarga: the three Hindu paths to liberation -- The path of works: Karmamarga -- Purity and merit: the twin concerns of Karmamarga -- Samskaras: the Hindu sacraments -- The path of knowledge: Jnanamarga -- Atman and Brahman: self and all -- Karma, Vidya, Moksa: liberation from rebirth -- The path of loving devotion: Bhaktimarga -- Lord Visnu and his devotees -- Siva: the grace and the terror of God -- Devi: the divine mother -- Mudalvan, Murukan, Mal: the great gods of the Tamils -- The structural supports of Hinduism -- The divine presence in space and time: Murti, Tirtha, Kala -- The Hindu social order: Caturvarnasramadharma -- Samnyasa: the highest Hindu aspiration -- Stridharma: the position of women in Hinduism -- Hindu structures of thought: the Saddarsanas -- Hindu logic and physics: Nyaya-Vaisesika -- Hindu metaphysics and psychology: Samkhya-Yoga -- Hindu theology, old and new: Mimamsa and Vedanta -- Hinduism encountering the "other" -- Hinduism and Buddhism -- Hinduism and Christianity in India -- Hindus and Muslims in India -- Hindu reforms and reformers -- Mahatma Gandhi: a twentieth-century Karmayogi -- Hindutva, Hindusim, Hindu dharma -- India and the West -- Hinduism and science -- Hinduism and ecology -- Hindu measures of time -- Indian chronology.…”
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Micah by Dempster, Stephen G.

Table of Contents: “…Doctrine of God -- Modern ministry and the role of a spiritual leader -- Cheap grace -- Justice -- Idolatry, covetousness, and injustice.…”
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Fate, providence and moral responsibility in ancient, medieval and early modern thought : studies in honour of Carlos Steel

Table of Contents: “…Thoms Aquinas on providence, contingency and the usefulness of prayer / Rudi te Velde. Divine predestination, human merit and moral responsibility : the reception of Augustine's doctrine of irresistible grace in Thomas Aquinas, Henry of Ghent and John Duns Scotus / Pasquale Porro. …”
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Christology and Scripture : interdisciplinary perspectives

Table of Contents: “…Nimmo -- Seasons of grace? : Christ's cursing of a fig tree / Peter Manley Scott.…”
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Order of the sacred earth : an intergenerational vision of love and action

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Naïssam Jalal : quest of the invisible

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Apophatic Bodies : Negative Theology, Incarnation, and Relationality. by Keller, Catherine

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Retribution and eschatology in Chronicles by Kelly, Brian E.

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Intellect and Action : Elucidations on Christian Theology and the Life of Faith. by Gunton, Colin E.

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The star as icon : celebrity in the age of mass consumption by Herwitz, Daniel Alan, 1955-

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Sermons. v. III, 187-238 by Caesarius, of Arles, Saint, 470?-542

Table of Contents: “…On the Mystery of the Holy Trinity, and the Divine Nature of the Holy Spirit*213. On the Divine Nature of the Holy Spirit (11) -- 214. …”
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Sermons. v. III, 187-238 by Caesarius, of Arles, Saint, 470?-542

Table of Contents: “…On the Mystery of the Holy Trinity, and the Divine Nature of the Holy Spirit*213. On the Divine Nature of the Holy Spirit (11) -- 214. …”
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Performances of the sacred in late medieval and early modern England

Table of Contents: “…The Croxton Play of the sacrament : commemoration and repetition in late medieval culture / Paul Strohm -- The secret of the sacred : confession and the self in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight / Andrew James Johnston -- Performing the self : reformation history and the English Renaissance lyric / Thomas Healy -- Stages of martyrdom : John Foxe's Actes and monuments / Andreas Höfele -- James VI and I, George Buchanan, and the divine right of kings / Andrew Hadfield -- "Transformed in show, but more transformed in mind" : Sidney's Old Arcadia and the performance of perfection / Verena Olejniczak Lobsien -- Performing heaven : the state of grace in seventeenth-century Protestant theology / Susanne Rupp -- Dyed in mummy : Othello and the mulberries / Richard Wilson -- The lady's supper : Aemilia Lanyer's Salve deus rex judaeorum as a female celebration of the Eucharist / Ina Schabert -- Canonized by love? …”
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Documents of the Christian church

Table of Contents: “…The church and the world -- Creeds -- The earliest testimony to the Gospels -- The person and work of Christ -- The problem of the relation of the divinity and the humanity in Christ -- Pelagianism : human nature, sin, and grace -- The church, the ministry, and the sacraments -- The authority of the Holy See -- Doctrine and development : the Vincentian canon -- Christian inscriptions -- From Chalcedon to the breach between East and West -- The empire and the papacy -- Monasticism and the friars -- The church and heresy -- The conciliar movement -- Scholasticism -- The church in England until the Reformation -- The Reformation on the continent -- The Reformation in England -- The Roman Catholic Church from the Counter-Reformation to the Second Vatican Council -- The British churches in the seventeenth century -- The British churches in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries -- The Roman Catholic Church at the Second Vatican Council -- The twentieth-century world churches : justice, peace, and the environment -- The twentieth-century world churches and inter-faith dialogue -- The twentieth-century churches and Christian unity -- The twentieth-century churches : sexuality and procreation -- The churches and twenty-first-century issues.…”
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A companion to Richard Hooker

Table of Contents: “…Brown Patterson -- Rhetoric and apologetics / Rudolph P. Almasy -- Sin and grace / Ranall Ingalls -- Predestination / W. David Neelands -- Faith and assurance / Debora K. …”
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Ephesians Verse by Verse. by Osborne, Grant R.

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Series Preface -- Introduction to Ephesians -- Author -- Date -- Recipients -- Purpose -- Literary Features -- Outline -- The Theology of the Letter -- The Work of the Trinity in This World -- The Exalted Christ -- The Gift of Salvation -- The Church as the Body of Christ -- The Defeat of the Cosmic Powers -- The Blessings of Salvation (1:1-14) -- Paul Greets the Ephesian Christians (1:1-2) -- Paul Lists Five Blessings of Salvation that Stem from God and Christ (1:3-14) -- Introduction: Spiritual Blessings in the Heavenlies (1:3) -- Blessing 1: Predestination (1:4-6) -- Chosen to Be Holy and Blameless (1:4) -- Chosen for Sonship (1:5) -- Purpose: For the Praise of His Glory (1:6) -- Blessing 2: Redemption (1:7) -- Blessing 3: The Mystery of His Will (1:8-10) -- Blessing 4: His Divine Plan (1:11-12) -- Blessing 5: Being Sealed with the Spirit (1:13-14) -- A Prayer for Knowledge and Power (1:15-23) -- Paul Gives Thanks for the Good News about Their Spiritual State (1:15-16) -- Paul Prays for Wisdom and Knowledge for the Ephesians (1:17-19A) -- Wisdom from the Spirit (1:17) -- God's Rich Gifts (1:18-19A) -- God's Mighty Strength Is Seen in the Resurrection and Exaltation of Christ (1:19B-20) -- God's Mighty Strength Is Seen in Jesus' Authority and Dominion over All (1:21-22A) -- God's Mighty Strength Is Seen in Jesus' Headship over All for the Church (1:22B-23) -- Summary of the Blessings of Salvation (2:1-10) -- Sin Leads to Bondage and Death (2:1-3) -- Their Terrible Predicament: Dead in Sin (2:1) -- Their Terrible Predicament: Bondage to Sin and the Flesh (2:2-3) -- Mercy Leads to Being Made Alive with Christ (2:4-7) -- God's Love Leads Him to Give Us Life (2:4-5) -- God's Love Leads Him to Seat Us with Christ in the Heavenlies (2:6-7) -- Paul Presents a Summary: The Free Gift of Grace (2:8-10).…”
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The Shared Witness of C. S. Lewis and Austin Farrer Friendship, Influence, and an Anglican Worldview. by Mitchell, Philip Irving

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René Girard and creative mimesis

Table of Contents: “…-- THEOLOGICAL CONCEPTS -- Lonergan on Imitating the Divine Relations -- Original Sin, Grace, and Positive Mimesis -- New Creation Metaphors? …”
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Natural Law and Evangelical Political Thought. by Covington, Jesse

Table of Contents: “…5 Natural Law, God, and Human Dignity6 Reason and Will in Natural Law; 7 Natural Law: Friend of Common Grace?; Part III: An Evangelical Natural Law Tradition? …”
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Law and empire : ideas, practices, actors

Table of Contents: “…/ Antonis Anastasopoulos -- Royal grace, royal punishment : ceremonial entries and the pardoning of criminals in France, c. 1440-1560 -- Neil murphy -- Divine violence to uphold moral values : the casebook of an Emperor Guan temple in Hunan province in 1851-1852 / Barend J. ter Haar.…”
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Cassian the Monk. by Stewart, Columba

Table of Contents: “…CHAPTER FOUR: Flesh and Spirit, Continence and ChastityChastity and Asceticism in Cassian's Works; Lust; The Body; Continence and Chastity; Divine Grace and Human Will; Nocturnal Emissions; Frankness and Freedom; CHAPTER FIVE: The Bible and Prayer; Exemplars of Prayer and Biblical Interpretation; Spiritual Knowledge; Seeing and Knowing Christ; CHAPTER SIX: Unceasing Prayer; The Interplay of Bible and Prayer; Bible and Prayer in Egypt; Cassian's Appropriation of the Tradition; Ways of Unceasing Prayer; CHAPTER SEVEN: Experience of Prayer; Ecstasy; Compunction; Teacher of Prayer; Afterword.…”
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A bloody and barbarous god : the metaphysics of Cormac McCarthy by Mundik, Petra, Mundik, Petra

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The moral virtues and theological ethics by Cessario, Romanus

Table of Contents: “…Preface to the second edition -- Introduction -- The moral virtues and Christian faith -- Issues in philosophy and theology -- Virtues and the Gospel -- Realist moral theology -- Human psychology and Gospel grace -- Habitus, character, and growth -- Habitus and Christian kenosis -- Habitus and personality -- Development of habitus -- What is a moral virtue? …”
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The moral virtues and theological ethics by Cessario, Romanus

Table of Contents: “…Preface to the second edition -- Introduction -- The moral virtues and Christian faith -- Issues in philosophy and theology -- Virtues and the Gospel -- Realist moral theology -- Human psychology and Gospel grace -- Habitus, character, and growth -- Habitus and Christian kenosis -- Habitus and personality -- Development of habitus -- What is a moral virtue? …”
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Providence of God : Deus habet consilium

Table of Contents: “…Ziegler and Francesca Aran Murphy -- Aquinas on the book of Job : providence and presumption / Matthew Levering -- Providence and causality : on divine innocence / David Bentley Hart -- Providence in 1 Samuel / Francesca Aran Murphy -- Hegel, theodicy and the invisibility of waste / Cyril O'Regan -- Providence and common grace / Andrew McGowan -- Time and persons in the economy of God / Douglas Knight -- The doctrine of providence/ Katherine Sonderegger -- On the theology of providence / John Webster -- Providence and the evolutionary phenomenon of 'cooperation' : a systematic proposal / Sarah Coakley -- The secularization of providence : theological reflections on the appeal to Darwinism in recent atheist apologetics / Alister E. …”
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