Religious Studies Librarian

CNES & Law Professor Bernard Levinson is an organizer of an international conference to discuss different approaches to the formation of the Pentateuch, which will be held at the Israel Institute for Advanced Studies in Jerusalem on May 12-13, 2013.

Convergence and Divergence in Pentateuchal Theory: Bridging the Academic Cultures of Israel, North America and Europe

Presentations will be offered by a group of twenty-five international scholars, drawn from the fields of Biblical Studies, Second Temple/Dead Sea Scrolls, and Jewish Studies, with extensive time for discussion and debate.

Organizers: Bernard M. Levinson, University of Minnesota; Konrad Schmid, University of Zurich; Baruch J. Schwartz, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; and Jan Christian Gertz, Heidelberg University.

Location: Israel Institute for Advanced Studies, The Hebrew University

This series of e-books can be accessed via the University of Minnesota Libraries EBOOKS page; scroll down and choose Springer or use the search box on top and search by individual title.

The earlier titles will also be in MNCAT; search by individual title.

Muslims in Global Societies Series

Muslim Societies and the Challenge of Secularization: An Interdisciplinary Approach
Series: Muslims in Global Societies Series, Vol. 1
Marranci, Gabriele (Ed.) 2010

Shadows of the Prophet: Martial Arts and Sufi Mysticism
Series: Muslims in Global Societies Series, Vol. 2
Farrer, Douglas S. 2009

Java, Indonesia and Islam
Series: Muslims in Global Societies Series, Vol. 3
Woodward, Mark 2011

Muslim Merit-making in Thailand's Far-South
Series: Muslims in Global Societies Series, Vol. 4
Joll, Christopher M. 2012

Perceptions of the Holocaust in Europe and Muslim Communities: Sources, Comparisons and Educational Challenges
Series: Muslims in Global Societies Series, Vol. 5
Jikeli, Günther; Allouche-Benayoun, Joëlle (Eds.) 2013

Articulating Islam: Anthropological Approaches to Muslim Worlds
Series: Muslims in Global Societies Series, Vol. 6
Marsden, Magnus; Retsikas, Konstantinos (Eds.) 2013

The University of Minnesota Libraries -Twin Cities is one of 840 libraries and state humanities councils across the country selected to receive the Bridging Cultures Muslim Journeys Bookshelf grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the American Library Association (ALA). The program aims to familiarize public audiences in the United States with the people, places, history, faith and cultures of Muslims in the United States and around the world.

The Libraries will sponsor three events in 2013. Our first event was April 8. Watch this site for more events: z.umn.edu/mj

This research retreat will offer inspiring examples of digital humanities scholarship, provide an opportunity to discuss tools and issues at the heart of the research, and allow you to network with potential research partners. This symposium is aimed at scholars (faculty and graduate students) from humanities and computer science fields, academic technologists, programmers, research consultants, librarians, and other academic support staff from Minnesota. Since this mode of research requires collaboration and partnership, we are aiming for a diverse set of attendees that will spark new research.
For more information visit https://sites.google.com/a/umn.edu/mn-dh-symposium/

Now that the Catholic Church has elected a new pope, you might want to read about him, and find out what he has written. The University of Minnesota LIbraries owns one book, and there are others listed in Worldcat that you can obtain via InterLibrary Loan. None are available in English at the time of this blog entry. Scroll down to see a list of titles and the Worldcat text entries.

Pope Francis (Latin: Franciscus Ecclesiastical Latin: [franˈtʃiskus]; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio;[b] 17 December 1936) is the 266th and current pope of the Catholic Church, elected on 13 March 2013. As such, he is both head of the Church and Sovereign of the Vatican City State. source: wikipedia

"Argentine was challenger to Benedict" Full Text Available
Source: Christian Century, 122 no 21 O 18 2005, p 17. Publication Type: Article
Subjects: Bergoglio, Jorge Mario, Cardinal; Benedict XVI, Pope
Database: ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials

U of MN Libraries holdings: title by Jorge Mario Bergoglio

Diálogos entre Juan Pablo II y Fidel Castro
Contributors: John Paul II, Pope, 1920-2005; Castro, Fidel, 1926-; Bergoglio, Jorge Mario, 1936-; Grupo de Reflexión "Centesimus Annus".
Buenos Aires : Ciudad Argentina 1998
Available at UM TC Wilson Library (BX1451.2 .D53x 1998 )

Vatican Website (Latin, with translation feature) http://www.vatican.va/

BOOKS ABOUT THE PAPACY
A MNCAT search of the subject heading papacy brought up 517 results in the U of MN Twin Cities campus libraries on March 14, 2013.
Here are a few:

Faith and leadership the papacy and the Roman Catholic Church
Riccards, Michael P. ebrary, Inc.
Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books c2012
Online access

The Oxford dictionary of popes
Kelly, J. N. D. (John Norman Davidson) Walsh, Michael J., 1937-; Oxford University Press.
Updated ed. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press 2005
Online access

Absolute monarchs: a history of the papacy
Norwich, John Julius, 1929-
1st U.S. ed. New York : Random House c2011
Available at UM TC Wilson Library (BX955.3 .N67 2011

The papacy: an encyclopedia
Levillain, Philippe, 1940-; O'Malley, John W.
New York : Routledge 2002
Available at UM TC Wilson Library Reference (Quarto BX955.2 .D53 2002

Search MNCAT for books about papacy

For reference works about religion, see our subject page, Library Resources in Religious Studies .

WORLDCAT

Titles by Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Worldcat
El bicentenario de la independencia de los países latinoamericanos : ayer y hoy
Corrupción y pecado : algunas reflexiones en torno al tema de la corrupción ;
Dialogos entre Juan Pablo II y Fidel Castro /
Diálogos entre Juan Pablo II y Fidel Castro /
Educar : exigencia y pasión : desafíos para educadores cristianos /
El santito Ceferino Namuncurá : relato en verso /
El verdadero poder es el servicio /
Episcopus minister Evangelii Iesu Christi propter spem mundi : relatio post disceptationem /
La nación por construir : utopía, pensamiento y compromiso : VIII Jornada de Pastoral Social /
Nosotros como ciudadanos, nosotros como pueblo : hacia un bicentenario en justicia y solidaridad 2010-2016 /
Ponerse la patria al hombro : memoria y camino de esperanza /
Reflexiones in esperanza /
Rosario : Preghiera prediletta.
Seminario : las deudas sociales de nuestro tiempo : la deuda social según la doctrina de la iglesia /
Seminario Internacional : consenso para el desarrollo : reflexiones sobre solidaridad y desarrollo /
Sobre el cielo y la tierra / Jorge Bergoglio, Abraham Skorka.

Worldcat listings

Worldcat (restricted access) ILL links
Worldcat Public Access

Diálogos entre Juan Pablo II y Fidel Castro /
Author: Bergoglio, Jorge Mario,; John Paul
Publication: Buenos Aires : Ciudad Argentina, 1998
Document: Spanish : Book
Libraries Worldwide: 17 In your library UNIV OF MINNESOTA, MINNEAPOLIS

El bicentenario de la independencia de los países latinoamericanos : ayer y hoy /
Author: Carriquiry, Guzmán.; Bergoglio, Jorge Mario,
Publication: Madrid : Encuentro, 2011
Document: Spanish : Book
Libraries Worldwide: 14

Sobre el cielo y la tierra / Jorge Bergoglio, Abraham Skorka.
Author: Bergoglio, Jorge Mario, 1936-; Skorka, Abraham,
Publication: Buenos Aires : Editorial Sudamericana, 2010
Document: Spanish : Book
Libraries Worldwide: 11

El bicentenario de la independencia de los países latinoamericanos : ayer y hoy /
Author: Carriquiry Lecour, Guzmán.; Bergoglio, Jorge Mario,
Publication: Madrid : Encuentro, 2011
Document: Spanish : Book
Libraries Worldwide: 7

Rosario : Preghiera prediletta.
Publication: Rome : Nova Itinera, 2003
Document: Italian : Book
Libraries Worldwide: 5

Corrupción y pecado : algunas reflexiones en torno al tema de la corrupción ;
Author: Bergoglio, Jorge Mario, 1936-
Publication: Buenos Aires, República Argentina : Editorial Claretiana , 2005
Document: Spanish : Book
Libraries Worldwide: 3

Nosotros como ciudadanos, nosotros como pueblo : hacia un bicentenario en justicia y solidaridad 2010-2016 /
Author: Bergoglio, Jorge Mario, 1936-
Publication: Buenos Aires : Editorial Claretiana, 2011
Document: Spanish : Book
Libraries Worldwide: 3

Seminario : las deudas sociales de nuestro tiempo : la deuda social según la doctrina de la iglesia /
Author: Bergoglio, Jorge Mario, 1936-
Publication: Buenos Aires : EPOCA-USAL, 2009
Document: Spanish : Book
Libraries Worldwide: 2

El bicentenario de la independencia de los países latinoamericanos ayer y hoy /
Author: Carriquiry Lecour, Guzmán Miguel (1944-....). Auteur.
Publication: Madrid : Encuentro, 2011
Document: Spanish : Book
Libraries Worldwide: 2

La nación por construir : utopía, pensamiento y compromiso : VIII Jornada de Pastoral Social /
Author: Bergoglio, Jorge Mario, 1936-
Publication: Buenos Aires, República Argentina : Editorial Claretiana, 2005
Document: Spanish : Book
Libraries Worldwide: 2

Dialogos entre Juan Pablo II y Fidel Castro /
Author: Johannes Paulus Papa, II.; Castro, Fidel.; Bergoglio, Jorge Mario.
Publication: Buenos Aires : Ciudad Argentina, 1998
Document: Spanish : Book
Libraries Worldwide: 2

El santito Ceferino Namuncurá : relato en verso /
Author: Castiñeira de Dios, José María; Bergoglio, Jorge Mario
Publication: Buenos Aires Lumen 2007
Document: Spanish : Book
Libraries Worldwide: 3

El bicentenario de la independencia de los países latinoamericanos : ayer y hoy
Author: Carriquiry Lecour, Guzmán 1944-
Publication: Madrid Encuentro 2012
Document: Spanish : Book
Libraries Worldwide: 1

Educar : exigencia y pasión : desafíos para educadores cristianos /
Author: Bergoglio, Jorge Mario, 1936-
Publication: Buenos Aires, República Argentina : Claretiana, 2003
Document: Spanish : Book
Libraries Worldwide: 1

Seminario Internacional : consenso para el desarrollo : reflexiones sobre solidaridad y desarrollo /
Author: Bergoglio, Jorge Mario, 1936-
Publication: Buenos Aires : EPOCA : USAL : Ciudad Argentina ; Madrid : Hispana Libros, 2009
Document: Spanish : Book
Libraries Worldwide: 1

Episcopus minister Evangelii Iesu Christi propter spem mundi : relatio post disceptationem /
Author: Egan, Edward Michael; Bergoglio, Jorge Mario Corp Author: Ecclesia Catholica., Synodus Episcoporum., Coetus Generalis Ordinarius, 2001).
Publication: E Civitate Vaticana : [s. n.], 2001
Document: Latin : Book
Libraries Worldwide: 1

El verdadero poder es el servicio /
Author: Bergoglio, Jorge Mario, 1936-
Publication: Buenos Aires : Editorial Claretiana, 2007
Document: Spanish : Book
Libraries Worldwide: 1

Reflexiones in esperanza /
Author: Bergoglio, Jorge Mario, 1936-
Publication: Buenos Aires : Ediciones Universidad del Salvador, 1992
Document: Spanish : Book
Libraries Worldwide: 1

Ponerse la patria al hombro : memoria y camino de esperanza /
Author: Bergoglio, Jorge Mario, 1936-
Publication: Buenos Aires : Editorial Claretiana, 2004
Document: Spanish : Book
Libraries Worldwide: 1

Prof. Bashiri's new book is on reserve in Wilson Library (first floor; check MNCAT for current availability.

Ancient Iran : cosmology, mythology, history
Bashiri, Iraj.
San Diego, CA : Cognella c2012
Available at UM TC Wilson Library Reserve (DS275 .B38 2012 )