Library Acquisitions for July 2026

These are the books and e-books added to the Covenant Library in July 2026.

• Prompt thinking: a critique of generative reason
  Jianwei Xun
  Book
• The meaning of death: a philosophical investigation
  Kai Horsthemke
  Book
• Cultural diversity and psychology: a Christian engagement
  Paul Youngbin Kim
  Book
• Religion for thought
  Paul Ricoeur; texts selected, presented, and annotated by Daniel Frey; translated by Kathleen Blamey
  Book
• Bonding with God: attachment theory and the psychology of faith
  Victor Counted
  Book
• Religion for realists: why we all need the scientific study of religion
  Samuel L. Perry; foreword by David E. Campbell
  Book
• The submerged reality: sophiology and the turn to a poetic metaphysics
  Michael Martin; foreword by Adrian Pabst
  Book
• Sophia in exile
  Michael Martin
  Book
• Magician and mechanic: the roots of "spiritual but not religious" from the Renaissance to the Scientific Revolution
  Michael Horton
  Book
• The vanishing church: how the hollowing out of moderate congregations is hurting democracy, faith, and us
  Ryan P. Burge
  Monitor
• Patterns of sin in the Hebrew Bible: metaphor, culture, and the making of a religious concept
  Joseph Lam
  Book
• Beyond dialogue: building bonds between Christians and Muslims
  Craig Considine
  Book
• The great debate: a nineteenth-century defense of Christianity by a renowned Muslim convert
  Ibn Hikmat
  Book
• The Christian writer's manual of style
  Robert Hudson; edited by Kim Tanner
  Book
• A commonwealth of hope: Augustine's political thought
  Michael Lamb
  Book
• Christianity and the contest for manhood in late antiquity: the Cappadocian Fathers and the rhetoric of masculinity
  Nathan D. Howard
  Book
• A hermeneutic of imagination: unlocking scripture's full potential
  Knut M. Heim with Jeffrey R. Oetter
  Manuscript
• Christianity on the seas: they that go down to the sea in ships... see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep
  Book
• Medieval Christianity: a new history
  Kevin Madigan
  Book
• The second church: popular Christianity A.D. 200-400
  Ramsay MacMullen
  Book
• Luther under scrutiny: knowledge, will, and metaphysics
  Olli-Pekka Vainio
  Book
• A history of Christianity in America
  Mark A. Granquist
  Book
• Following Jesus without dishonoring your parents: Asian American discipleship
  written by an Asian American team; Jeanette Yep, coordinator; Peter Cha, Susan Cho Van Riesen, Greg Jao, & Paul Tokunaga
  Book
• The gospel in the past: essays on the historiography of the evangelical movement
  David W. Bebbington, editor
  Book
• Athens and Jerusalem: philosophy, theology, and the mind of Christ
  Gerald Bray
  Book
• The Bible in culture: reading the Bible with all the world using ethnohermeneutics/ Larry W. Caldwell
  Book
• To heal or harm: scripture's use as poison or medicine for abuse survivors
  Steven R. Tracy
  Book
• Unloved: the rejected saints God calls beloved
  Elyse M. Fitzpatrick
  Book
• The gifts they bring: how children in the gospels can shape inclusive ministry
  Amy Lindeman Allen
  Book
• Joining creation's praise: a theological ethic of creatureliness
  Brian Brock
  Book
• Stand in awe: how reverence transforms our worship and our lives
  Laura Story
  Book
• Targums and rabbinic literature
  Bruce Chilton and Alan J. Avery-Peck, editors; Craig A. Evans and Cecilia Wassén, series editors; Adela Yarbro Collins, John J. Collins, and Grant Macaskill, consulting editors; Nathan C. Johnson, managing editor
  Book
• A reader's Hebrew Bible: [Torah Neviʼim u-Ketuvim]
  A. Philip Brown II, Bryan W. Smith
  Book
• Daniel: an introduction and commentary
  Paul R. House
  Book
• Scripture's use of Scripture in the Old Testament: three instincts for identifying allusions
  Matthew E. Swale
  Book
• Old Testament theology for Christians: from ancient context to enduring belief
  John H. Walton
  Book
• Jerusalem burning: the terror and promise of the "wrath of love"
  Robert L. Canfield; foreword by Darrell Whiteman
  Book
• Holiness in the Old Testament: a textual and thematic analysis
  Matt I. Ayars and John N. Oswalt, editors
  Book
• Unlocking the Old Testament: Christ is the culmination of the law
  Yohanna Katanacho
  Book
• Leviticus: the priestly vision of holiness: an introduction and study guide
  Philip Peter Jenson
  Book
• The persuasive appeal of Deuteronomy: a study of the rhetorical features of Moses's speech in Deuteronomy 1:6-30:20
  Aniyankunju Joykutty
  Book
• Judges and Ruth: God in chaos
  Barry G. Webb
  Book
• Ruth and Esther
  Marcia Y. Riggs with Sheena Mayrant
  Book
• Chronicles through the centuries
  Blaire A. French
  Book
• The art of preaching Old Testament poetry
  Steven D. Mathewson
  Book
• Arguing with God: a theological anthropology of the Psalms
  Bernd Janowski; translated by Armin Siedlecki
  Book
• Psalms 90-100: a handbook on the Hebrew text
  John Screnock
  Book
• Invitation to the psalms: a reader's guide for discovery and engagement
  Rolf A. Jacobson and Karl N. Jacobson
  Book
• Half full: an interpretive guide to Proverbs
  A. Wendell Bowes
  Book
• Half empty: an interpretive guide to Ecclesiastes
  A. Wendell Bowes
  Book
• Reading the prophets as Christian scripture: a literary, canonical, and theological introduction
  Eric J. Tully
  Book
• Jeremiah 46-51
  H.G.L. (Eric) Peels
  Book
• Commentary on Daniel
  St. Jerome; translated and introduced by Thomas P. Scheck
  Book
• Old Testament pseudepigrapha: more noncanonical scriptures
  edited by Richard Bauckham, James R. Davila, Alexander Panayotov
  Book
• A reader's Greek New Testament
  Richard J. Goodrich; Albert L. Lukaszewski
  Book
• Introducing the new testament: its literature and theology
  Joel B. Green, Marianne Meye Thompson, David J. Downs
  Book
• The exegetical process: how to write a New Testament exegesis paper step-by-step
  Aída Besançon Spencer
  Book
• Archaeology and the world of Jesus: a visual guide
  David A. deSilva
  Book
• Inscriptions, papyri, and other artifacts
  James R. Harrison and E. Randolph Richards, editors
  Book
• Jesus and the law of Moses: the Gospels and the restoration of Israel within first-century Judaism
  Paul T. Sloan
  Book
• Joseph the carpenter: his reception in literature and art from the second to the ninth century
  Philip W. Jacobs
  Book
• The Vaticanus Bible: gospels: a modified pseudo-facsimile of the four gospels as found in the Greek New Testament of Codex vaticanus (vat. gr. 1209)
  original (1868 pweudo-fascimile) by Carlo Vercellone, Giuseppe Cozza-Luzi; adapted by Benjamin Paul Kantor
  Book
• The Vaticanus bible: acts and epistles: a modified pseudo-facsimile of acts-Hebrews 9:14 as found in the Greek new testament of codex Vaticanus (vat.gr. 1209)
  Carlo Vercellone, Giuseppe Cozza-Luzi, adapted by Benjamin Paul Kantor
  Book
• Jesus as the son of 1-2 Samuel's David: an intertextual reading of the Gospel of Matthew
  Marc Grønbech-Dam
  Book
• The characterisation of Jesus the Davidic shepherd in Mark's Gospel: a narrative analysis through the lens of metalepsis
  Edmund Yiu-ming Leung
  Book
• Reading Mark: a literary and theological commentary
  F. Scott Spencer
  Book
• Revelation and self-perception in the Gospel of John
  Ole Jakob Filtvedt
  Book
• Paul the storyteller: a narratological approach
  Christoph Heilig
  Book
• Paul and John in harmony: a theological and historical exploration
  Michael J. Gorman
  Book
• Paul and Judaism: an anthropological approach
  Tim Laato
  Book
• Paul and the gentile problem
  Matthew Thiessen
  Book
• Romans: an interpretation Bible commentary
  Susan G. Eastman
  Book
• Romans through the centuries
  Paul S. Fiddes
  Book
• Reading 2 Corinthians: a literary and theological commentary
  Jerry L. Sumney
  Book
• Galatians: a discourse commentary
  Randall K.J. Tan
  Book
• The letter to the Ephesians: an exegetical and theological commentary
  Thomas R. Schreiner
  Book
• Philippians
  Jae Hyun Lee
  Book
• The catena to James: reading the Letter of James in the ancient Greek commentary tradition
  Martin C. Albl
  Book
• James
  Craig L. Blomberg; with Hannah C. Johnson
  Book
• James
  Sheila Klassen-Wiebe
  Book
• 1, 2, and 3 John
  Mavis M. Leung
  Book
• 1, 2, 3 John: perspectives from the Kenyan Coast
  Elizabeth W. Mburu, Judy Wanjiru Wang'ombe, Caroline G. Seed, Josephine K. Mutuku, Pauline W. Mukuria
  Book
• Reading Hebrews: a literary and theological commentary
  Robert W. Wall
  Book
• Africa's single-tiered ontology: a way through the West's fact-faith divide
  Trevor H.G. Smith
  Book
• The God who is for us: explorations in constructive dogmatics
  Oliver D. Crisp and Paul T. Nimmo, editors; contributors: John Behr, Bruce L. McCormack, Amy Peeler, Fred Sanders, Judith Wolfe
  Book
• 40 questions about the Trinity
  Matthew Y. Emerson, R. Lucas Stamps
  Book
• Yaḥyā ibn ʻAdī: treatise on divine unity according to the doctrine of the Christians
  Arabic text, English translation and commentary by Giovanni Mandolino
  Book
• Christological letters
  Saint Maximus the Confessor; introduction, translation, and notes by Panayiotis Hasiakos
  Book
• Christological dogmatics: a theological witness to the person and work of Christ
  D. Glenn Butner Jr.
  Book
• The Incarnation as God's first intention: supralapsarian Christology for faith and practice
  Edwin Chr. van Driel
  Book
• The gospel and the church: the words of Jesus in the process of ecclesiastical institutionalization in Rome (first to fifth centuries)
  Emanuela Prinzivalli
  Book
• The deep deep love of Jesus: 50 reasons for the cross of Christ
  Nate Walker
  Book
• Creation and humanity: the sources of Christian theology
  edited by Ian A. McFarland
  Book
• The desecration of man: how the rejection of God degrades our humanity
  Carl R. Trueman
  Book
• Glaube und Geschichte: Heilsgeschichte als Thema der Theologie
  Helge Stadelmann (Hrsg.); 2. Aufl
  Book
• The certainty of faith
  Herman Bavinck; edited, introduced, and translated by Daniel Schrock; foreword by Sinclair Ferguson
  Book
• The fathers on the future: a 2nd-century Eschatology for the 21st-century church
  Michael J. Svigel
  Book
• Proclaiming the parables: preaching and teaching the kingdom of God
  Thomas G. Long
  Book
• Confidence in life: a Barthian account of procreation
  Matthew Lee Anderson, Assistant Research Professor of Theology and Ethics, Institute for Studies of Religion, Baylor University
  Book
• From the rising of the sun: a journey of worship around the world
  Tim Challies and Timothy Keesee
  Book
• The shape of our lives: a field guide for congregational formation
  Philip D. Kenneson, Debra Dean Murphy, Jenny C. Williams, Stephen E. Fowl, and James W. Lewis
  Book
• Church administration: creating efficiency for effective ministry
  Robert H. Welch and Jody D. Dean
  Book
• The pastor as leader: principles and practices for connecting preaching and leadership
  John Currie; foreword by Sinclair B. Ferguson
  Book
• Lead
  Paul David Tripp
  Book
• Gospel training for deacons: equipping servant leaders
  Robert H. Thune
  Book
• The eucharistic Spirit a renewal theology of the Lord's Supper
  Florian M. P. Simatupang; foreword by Chris E. W. Green
  Book
• John Brown of Haddington on frequent Communion
  edited by Gregory Soderberg
  Book
• The sticky faith guide for your family: over 100 practical and tested ideas to build lasting faith in kids
  Dr. Kara E. Powell
  Book
• Equipping intercultural workers for mission: a contextualized design for mission training
  Mulugetta Demissie
  Book
• Conservative in theology, liberal in spirit: modernism and the American Presbyterian mission in Thailand, 1891-1941
  Karl Dahlfred; foreword by Brian Stanley
  Book
• Enhancing faith proclamation in Nigeria: Christian missions and Michael Hecht's communication theory of identity
  Benjamin Isola Akano
  Book
• African pedagogy: a fusion of orality, higher education, and pastoral formation
  Elizabeth W. Mburu, S. Trevor Yoakum
  Book
• The witness of preaching
  Thomas G. Long
  Book
• As those with hope: crisis preaching in the Protestant Church of Egypt during and after the Arab Spring
  Anne Emile Zaki
  Book
• Seven practices of healthy youth ministry
  Julianna Shults, Mark Kiessling
  Book
• The dialectics of discipleship: Karl Barth, sanctification and theological ethics
  Chris Swann
  Book
• Growing with: every parent's guide to helping teenagers and young adults thrive in their faith, family, and future
  Kara Powell and Steven Argue
  Book
• Charity: the place of the poor in the Biblical tradition
  Gary A. Anderson
  Book
• Not so sorry: abusers, false apologies, and the limits of forgiveness
  Kaya Oakes
  Book
• Sarah's laughter: doubt, tears and Christian hope
  Vinoth Ramachandra
  Book
• Passions of the soul
  Rowan Williams
  Book
• A history of Catholic political philosophy
  Michael J. Sweeney, Timothy Sean Quinn
  Book
• Human dignity: its roots and challenges in Western thought
  John Loughlin
  Book
• One baptism-one church? a history and theology of the reception of baptized Christians
  Kimberly Hope Belcher, Nathan P. Chase, and Alexander Turpin
  Book
• The early Barth: lectures and shorter works
  Karl Barth; edited by Hans-Anton Drewes and Hinrich Stoevesandt in conjunction with Herbert Helms; translated by the Translation Fellows of the Center for Barth Studies, Princeton Theological Seminary; Darrell L. Guder, English editor, Matthias Gockel, German editor, David C. Chao, project editor
  Book
• The blurred cross: a writer's difficult journey with God
  Richard Bauckham
  Book
• Owen among the theologians: conversations across the Christian tradition
  Kelly M. Kapic and Ty Kieser; Foreword by Sinclair B. Ferguson
  Book
• The power of revival: Martyn Lloyd-Jones, baptism in the Spirit, and preaching on fire
  Dongjin Park
  Book
• The spirituality of the cross: the way of the First Evangelicals
  Gene Edward Veith
  Book
• Theodore Beza at 500: new perspectives on an old reformer
  Kirk Summers, Scott M. Manetsch (eds.)
  Book
• A heart aflame for God: a reformed approach to spiritual formation
  Matthew Bingham
  Book
• The essential Herman Bavinck: a reader and commentary
  Gayle E. Doornbos and N. Gray Sutanto
  Book
• Theology and history in the methodology of Herman Bavinck: revelation, confession, and Christian consciousness
  Cameron D. Clausing
  Book
• A church for a secular world: the development of Klaas Schilder's ecclesiology
  Marinus de Jong
  Book
• Contesting conversion: genealogy, circumcision, and identity in ancient Judaism and Christianity
  Matthew Thiessen
  Book
• A history of ancient Israel and Judah
  J. Maxwell Miller, John H. Hayes
  Book
• One lost soul: Richard Nixon's search for salvation
  Daniel Silliman
  Book
• Leadership not by the book: 12 unconventional principles to drive incredible results
  David Green with Bill High
  Book
• The 6 types of working genius: a better way to understand your gifts, your frustrations, and your team
  Patrick Lencioni
  Book
• The end of information: media, knowledge and education in a post-truth age
  David Buckingham
  Book
• Platonic: how the science of attachment can help you make--and keep--friends
  Marisa G. Franco, PhD
  Book
• Every parent's guide to navigating our digital world
  Kara Powell, Art Bamford, Brad M. Griffin
  Book
• "You are my slaves": a comparative study of the slavery metaphor in early rabbinic and early Christian parables
  Martijn J. Stoutjesdijk
  Book
• Watch your words: a manifesto for the arts of speech
  Gérald Garutti; translated and with a foreword by Raymond Geuss
  Book
• Basics of Sahidic Coptic: a complete grammar with exercises, readings, and lexicon
  A. Josiah Chappell
  Book
• Basics of Akkadian: a grammar, workbook, and glossary
  Gordon P. Hugenberger with Nancy L. Erickson
  Book
• Men and women talking: a sociolinguistic study of gendered speech in biblical narrative
  Laura Hare
  Book
• Basics of biblical Aramaic: complete grammar, lexicon, and annotated text
  Miles V. Van Pelt
  Book
• Basics of ancient Ethiopic: a complete grammar, workbook, and lexicon
  Archie T. Wright
  Book
• Good news resounding: essays on literature and theology in honor of Ralph C. Wood
  edited by Rachel Toombs
  Book
• The incarnation of the poetic word: theological essays on poetry & philosophy, philosophical essays on poetry & theology
  Michael Martin; foreword by William Desmond; afterword by Therese Schroeder-Sheker
  Book
• Legacy: Wisdom of African traditions and the Bible
  Chris Morehouse; [foreword by Therese Taylor-Stinson]
  Book
• Between life and death: a gospel-centered guide to end-of-life medical care
  Kathryn Butler
  Book
• Hard choices for loving people: CPR, feeding tubes, palliative care, comfort measures, and the patient with a serious illness
  Hank Dunn
  Book
• Now and at the hour of our death: making moral decisions at the end of life
  Nikolas T. Nikas, M.A., J.D.; Bruce W. Green, Th.M., J.D.
  Book
• Modern psychopathologies: a comprehensive Christian appraisal
  Mark A. Yarhouse, Barrett W. McRay, and Richard E. Butman
  Book