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INFINITY DWINDLED TO INFANCY. A Catholic and Evangelical Christology
by Edward T. Oakes, S.J. (440 pp. - Eerdmans)
[The fundamental agreement of Catholics and Evangelicals, from patristic Christology to today]

THE LORD IS THEIR PORTION. The Story of the Religious Orders and How They Shaped Our World, by Elizabeth Rapley (300 pp Eerdmans)
[Seventeen centuries of religious orders and the meaning of monasticism through the ages]

ASCENSION THEOLOGY
by Douglas Farrow (150 pp - t & t clark)
[Hoe the risen and ascended Christ exercises his life-giving lordship]

THE CHALLENGE AND SPIRITUALITY OF CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING
by Marvin Krier Mich (230 pp - Orbis books)
[The Catholic Social Teaching in the broad sense, from Scripture, history and official teaching]

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PRAYING WITH CONFIDENCE. Aquinas on the Lord’s Prayer
by Paul Murray (100 pp Continuum)
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LOVE, IMPERFECTLY KNOWN. beyond spontaneous representations of god
Brother Emmanuel of Taizé (150 pp - Continuum)
[ On the cultural obstacles for an encounter with the divine]

ON THE THRESHOLD OF THE FUTURE. The Life and Spirituality of Mother Mary Joseph Rogers, Founder of the Maryknoll Sisters, by Claudette LaVerdiere (120 pp - Orbis)
[3 parts. The life - the foundation of mission - the spirituality]

WILL THERE BE FAITH? A New Vision for Educating and Growing Disciples
by Thomas Groome (330 pp - HarperOne)
[An educational vision about how to pass on the Christian faith]

WHEN BLOOD AND BONES CRY OUT. Journeys through the Soundscape of Healing and Reconciliation, by Paul Lederach and Angela Jill Ledereach (230 pp - Oxford U Press)
[A book about peacebuilding and healing from trauma; spiritual rather than theological]

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CHRISTIANITY’S QUIET SUCCESS. The Eusebius Gallicanus Sermon Collection and the Power of the Church in Late Antique Gaul,
by Lisa Kaaren Bailey (200 pp - U of Notre Dame Press)
[Anonymous preaching handbook providing insights into the rise of Christianity]