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Recent Acquisitions
From November 2009 to March 2010
PHILOSOPHY
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- SHANNON, Thomas A and KOCKLER, Nicholas J. An introduction to bioethics. 4th ed., revised and updated. New York/Mahwah, NJ., Paulist Press, 2009. iv, 312p., bibliogs., sd.
BIBLE
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- BROWNRIGG, Ronald. The twelve apostles.. Macmillan, 1974. 248p., front., illus. (some col.), maps, illus. on end papers
- 226.5
- BROWN, Raymond E, S.S., ed. The gospel according to John; introduction, translation and notes by Raymond E Brown, S.S. Chapman, 1971. 2 vols (Vol.1) (The Anchor Bible: ed. by William Foxwell Albright and David Noel Freedman, Vols 29 & 29A)
- 226.5
- BROWN, Raymond E, S.S.. ed. The gospel according to John; introduction, translation and notes by Raymond E Brown, S.S. Chapman, 1971. 2 vols (Vol.2)
- 227.91
- BATTEN, Alicia J. What are they saying about the letter of James? New York/Mahwah, NJ., Paulist Press, 2009. vi, 111p., bibliog., sd.
- 227.94
- BROWN, Raymond Edward, S.S., ed. The epistles of John; tr. with introduction, notes and commentary. Garden City, NY., Doubleday, 1982. xxviii, 812p., bibliog. (The Anchor Bible: ed. by William Foxwell Albright and David Noel Freedman, Vol. 30)
THEOLOGY
- 230
- CORKERY, James, S.J. Joseph Ratzinger's theological ideas : wise cautions and legitimate hopes. Dublin, Dominican Publications, 2009. 174p., sd.
- 230
- HYMAN, Gavin. The predicament of postmodern theology: radical orthodoxy or nihilist textualism? Westminster John Knox Press, 2001. x, 198p., bibliog., sd.
JESUS CHRIST
- 232
- O' COLLINS, Gerard, S.J. Experiencing Jesus. SPCK, 1994. vi, 122p., sd.
- 232.988
- FLANAGAN, Donal, ed. The meaning of Knock. Blackrock. Columba Press, 1997. 93p., illus.,sd.
MORAL THEOLOGY
- 234.5
- HOUSER, R Edward and OSBORNE, Thomas, eds. Forgiveness. Charlottesville, VA., Philosophy Documentation Centre, 2009. [iv], 346p., bibliogs., sd. (American Catholic Philosophical Association: Proceedings, vol.82)
- 238.2
- MANNOCK, John, O.S.B. The poor man's catechism: or, the Christian doctrine explained, with short admonitions. 7th ed. Printed by Keating, Brown and Keatings, 1809. 352p
SPIRITUALITY
- 241.81
- HEALEY, Charles J S.J. The Ignatian way : key aspects of Jesuit spirituality. New York/Mahwah, NJ, Paulist Press, 2009. ix, 159p., bibliog., sd.
- 242.911
- CROISET, John, S.J. The devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus: how to practise the Sacred Heart devotion; tr. by Father Patrick O'Connell.. Rockford, IL., TAN Books, 1988. xxiii, 343p., illus., sd.
- 243.5
- PETTERSON, Robert T. The art of ecstasy: Teresa, Bernini and Crashaw. Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1970. xvi, 160p., front., illus., [24] plates
PASTORAL
- 260
- LAKELAND, Paul. Church : living communion. Collegeville, MN., Liturgical Press, 2009. xiii, 186p., bibliog., sd. (Engaging Theology: Catholic Perspectives)
- 262
- RUMBLE, Leslie. Questions people ask about the Catholic Church. Kensington, N.S.W., Chevalier Books, 1972. xi, 416p.
LITURGY
- 264.03
- PLATER, Ormonde. Deacons in the liturgy. 2nd ed. New York, Church Publishing, 2009. xiii, 129p., illus., sd.
- 265
- MARTOS, Joseph. The Sacraments: an interdisciplinary and interactive study. Collegeville, MN., Liturgical Press, 2009. vi, 274p., bibliogs., sd
CHURCH HISTORY
- 270.2
- KELLY, Joseph. The ecumenical councils of the Catholic Church: a history. Collegeville, MN., Liturgical Press, 2009. xii, 216p., bibliog., sd
- 270.881
- O' MALLEY, John W. What happened at Vatican II. Cambridge, MA., Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2008. xiv, 380p., illus.
- 270.98
- RYCHLAK, Ronald J. Righteous Gentiles : how Pius XII and the Catholic Church saved half a million Jews from the Nazis; foreword by Michael Novak. Dallas, TX., Spence Publishing Co., 2005. xvii, 378p., bibliog.
- 270.98
- DALIN, David G. The myth of Hitler's Pope : how Pope Pius XII rescued Jews from the Nazis. Washington, DC., Regnery Publishing Inc., 2005. [ix], 209p.
- 271.094
- KNOWLES, David, O.S.B. [i.e. Michael Clive Knowles] and HADCOCK, R Neville. Medieval religious houses : England and Wales. Longman, 1971. xv, 565p., fold.maps, tables. R
- 271.094
- MOULD, Daphne Desiree Charlotte Pochin. The monasteries of Ireland: an introduction. Batsford, 1976. [xii], 188p., illus., [24] plates, map, plans, bibliog.
- 271.094
- KNOWLES, David, O.S.B. [i.e. Michael Clive Knowles]. The religious orders in England. CUP., 1979. sd. ed. vol.2
- 271.094
- KNOWLES, David, O.S.B. [i.e. Michael Clive Knowles]. The religious orders in England. CUP., 1979. sd. ed. vol.1
- 271.106
- WEBSTER, J M. Dunfermline Abbey. Dunfermline, Carnegie Dunfermline Trust, 1948. 259p., illus., [II] plates, map (fold.), plans
- 274.161
- HEATLEY, Fred. The story of St. Patrick's, Belfast, 1815-1977. Portglenone, Printed by Bethlehem Abbey Press, [1977?]. 104p., illus., map, facsims., bibliog., sd.
- 274.2054
- DUFFY, Eamon. Fires of faith: Catholic England under Mary Tudor. Yale University Press, 2009. xiv, 249p., illus., [16] plates, maps, facsims, tables, bibliog
- 274.2055
- MOREY, Adrian. The Catholic subjects of Elizabeth I. London, Boston, [etc.] Allen & Unwin, 1978. 240p.
- 274.2067
- SCHOFIELD, Nicholas and SKINNER, Gerard. The English Vicars Apostolic, 1688-1850. Oxford, Family Publications, 2009. 256p., illus., [32] plates, maps, bibliog.
- 274.208
- HOLMES, James Derek. More Roman than Rome: English Catholicism in the Nineteenth century. London, Burns & Oates; Shepherdstown, Patmos Press, 1978. 278p., 12 plates, bibliog.
- 274.303
- LAU, Franz and BIZER, Ernst. A history of the reformation in Germany to 1555; tr. by Brian A. Hardy. Adam & Charles Black, 1969. xii, 249p., bibliog. (A History of the Christian Church)
- 274.321
- HARDING, J A. 1300 years: a history of the Catholic Church in Warminster.. Bristol, Burleigh Press, 1980. 151p., front., illus., [8] plates, sd.
- 276.003
- LATIN AMERICA, Bishops Conference 6f. The church in the present-day transformation of Latin America in the light of the Council; vol. 1 Position Papers; vol. 2, conclusions. Bogota, General Secretariat of CELAM; Washington, DC., U.S.C.C. 1970-73. 2v. (Vol. 2, 3rd ed.)
CHURCH FATHERS
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- JONES, Tony. The teaching of the 12 : believing & practicing the primitive Christianity of the ancient Didache community.. Brewster, MA., Paraclete Press, 2009. xiii, 125p., sd.
- 281.62
- PAPAZIAN, Iris. Karekin I in his own words. Canada, [s.n.], 2002. 238p., illus. (Karekin I Theological and Armenological Studies Series)
- 284
- HENDRIX, Scott H ed. Early Protestant spirituality. New York, Mahwah, NJ., Paulist Press, 2009. xix, 338p., bibliog., sd. (The Classics of Western Spirituality)
- 296.81
- FITZMYER, Joseph A, S.J. The impact of the Dead Sea Scrolls. New York/Mahwah, NJ., Paulist Press, 2009. xii, 148p., illus., plan, sd.
SOCIAL SCIENCE
- 325.2415
- O'LEARY, Paul, ed. Irish migrants in modern Wales.. Liverpool, Liverpool University Press, 2004. vi, 183p., sd.
ART
- 726.54267
- FITCH, John, ed. A select guide to Essex churches and chapels; by members of The Friends of Essex churches. Stamford, Paul Watkins, 1996. [iii], 217p., front., illus., [24] plates, map, sd
- 726.55693
- DUNCAN, Alistair. The noble heritage: Jerusalem and Christianity: a portrait of the Church of the Resurrection. Longman, 1974. 79p., illus., plans
- 726.7
- MORRIS, Richard K and SHOESMITH, Ron, eds. Tewkesbury Abbey: history, art & architecture. Almeley, Logaston Press, 2003. xxv, 326p., illus., [12] plates, maps, plans, tables, bibliog., sd.
LITERATURE AND HISTORY
- 824.91
- BARING, Maurice. Punch and Judy & other essays. Heinemann, 1924. x, 370p.
- 944.033
- ADAMS, Geoffrey. The Huguenots and French opinion, 1685-1787 : the Enlightenment debate on toleration. Waterloo, Ontario, Wilfred Laurier Press for the Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion, 1991. xiv, 335p., illus., facsims., bibliog. (Editions SR, vol. 12)
- 945.05
- MARTINES, Lauro. Fire in the city : Savonarola and the struggle for Renaissance Florence. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2006. xvi, 336p., illus., [8] plates, map, plan, bibliog.
- 956.93
- JOIN-LAMBERT, Michel. Jerusalem; tr. by Charlotte Haldane. Elek Books, 1966. 223p., front., illus.,maps, plans, bibliog. (Ancient Cities and Temples)
BIOGRAPHY
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- GIBSON, David Ackroyd. A series of circles. Lewes, The Book Guild, 1991. 303p., illus., map, bibliog.
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- BROWN, M F. The priest and the playwright : parallel lives in Edwardian London. Brighton, Pen Press, 2009. [vii], 181p., illus., [12] plates, map, bibliog., sd.
- B
- BOGLE, Joanna. A nun with a difference : the life and letters of Sister Mary Alban F.C. Cowes, Sun Hill Publishing, 2009. [ix], 260p., illus., sd.
- B
- NEWMAN, John Henry, Cardinal. The letters and diaries of John Henry Newman; ed at the Birmingham Oratory, with notes and introduction by Charles Stephen Dessain. Nelson, OUP., 1972. xvi, 376p., Vol XXII
- B
- THERESE OF LISIEUX, Saint, . The complete Thérèse of Lisieux; tr. and ed. by Robert J. Edmonson, C.J. Brewster, MA., Paraclete Press, 2009. xxx, 394p., illus., sd (Paraclete Giants)
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- , . TWO sermons preached on the death of Ambrose Lisle March Phillipps de Lisle, Esq. of Garendon Park and Gracedieu Manor, March 1878: preceded by a short sketch of his life. [sl.], [s.n], [1878?]. 40p
- B
- FRODL, Ferdinand, S.J. Father Victor Braun; tr.and adapted by the Dominican nuns, Menlo Park, California. Watsonville, CA., Sacred Heart Convent, 1959. xiii, 129p.
- B
- ROBINSON, Andrew. Tears at night, joy at dawn: journal of a dying seminarian. Stoke on Trent, Alive Publishing, 2003. [vii] vi, 102p., illus., sd.
- B
- MULLAN, Don, ed.. The prophecy of Robert Louis Stevenson : Damien of Molokai, the leper Saint; introduction by Fr. F.E. Burns; afterword and cover illustration by Rev Keith Drury. Perrystown, A Little Book Company, 2009. [vii], 86p., illus., [8[ plates, facsim., bibliog., sd.
- B
- MURPHY, Anne. Thomas More. Fount, 1996.xii, 100p., bibliog., sd. (Fount Christian Thinkers)
- CB
- WALSH, Michael. A new dictionary of saints: East and West.. Burns and Oates, 2007. xi,646p., sd. R
- CB
- FORD, Michael. Spiritual masters for all seasons. Mahwah, NJ., Hidden Spring, 2009. 176p., bibliog., sd
- CB
- BOGLE, Joanna, ed. English Catholic heroines. Leominster, Gracewing, 2009. vii, 318p., sd
THOMAS MERTON
- TMC
- PRAMUK, Christopher. Sophia: the hidden Christ of Thomas Merton. Collegeville, MN., Liturgical Press, 2009. xxxii, 322p., illus., bibliog. R
- TMC
- MERTON, Thomas, O.C.S.O. and DOHERTY, Catherine de Hueck. Compassionate fire: the letters of Thomas Merton & Catherine de Hueck Doherty; ed. by Robert A. Wild. Notre Dame, IN., Ave Maria Press, 2009. xiv, 110p., illus., [4] plates, bibliog., sd. R
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