Religious Studies Librarian

These titles were just ordered. Check MNCAT in a few weeks to see if they've arrived!

Am I Sleeping With The Enemy?: Males And Females In The Image Of God. Clark, Ron Paper 2010
Between Religion And Politics. Brown, Nathan J Paper 2010
Bonhoeffer And King: Their Legacies And Import For Christian Social Thought Paper 2010
Breaking Boundaries: Female Biblical Interpreters Who Challenged The Status Quo Cloth 2010
Christian Ethics: A Very Short Introduction. Long, D. Stephen, 1960- Paper 2010
Contextual Theology And Revolutionary Transformation In Latin America: The Missiology Of M. Richard Shaull. Santiago-Vendrall, Angel D Paper 2010
Coptic Papacy In Islamic Egypt (641-1517) Swanson, Mark N Cloth 2010
Deleuze And Ricoeur: Disavowed Affinities And The Narrative Self. Sheerin, Declan Cloth 2009
Exploring The Postsecular: The Religious, The Political And The Urban Cloth 2010
Getting The Reformation Wrong: Correcting Some Misunderstandings. Payton, James R., 1947- Paper 2010
Introduction To Second Temple Judaism: History And Religion Of The Jews In The Time Of Nehemiah, The Maccabees, Hillel And Jesus. Grabbe, Lester L Paper 2010
Islam And Peacebuilding: Gulen Movement Initiatives Cloth 2010
John Stone's Chronicle: Christ Church Priory, Canterbury, 1417-1472 Stone, John, D. Ca. 1480 Paper 2010
Jonathan Edwards On Worship: Public And Private Devotion To God. Rivera, Ted Paper 2010
Julian Of Toledo: Prognosticum Futuri Saeculi = Foreknowledge Of The World To Come Julianus, Saint, Bp. Of Toledo, D. 690 Cloth 2010
Kierkegaard And Theology. Rae, Murray Paper 2010
On Disobedience: Why Freedom Means Saying "No" To Power. Fromm, Erich, 1900-1980 Paper 2010
Paul And The Early Jewish Encounter With Deuteronomy. Lincicum, David, 1979- Paper 2010
Priscilla And Aquila: Paul's Coworkers In Christ Jesus. Keller, Marie Noel Paper 2010
Prophets And Prophecy In Jewish And Early Christian Literature Paper 2010
Reference Grammar Of Modern Hebrew. Coffin, Edna Amir Paper 2005
Rhythm Of Being: The Gifford Lectures. Panikkar, Raimundo, 1918- Cloth 2010
Subtle Body: The Story Of Yoga In America. Syman, Stefanie Cloth 2010
Surprising Election And Confirmation Of King David. Short, John Randall, 1970- Paper 2010
Text And Canon Of The Hebrew Bible: Collected Studies. Talmon, Shemaryahu, 1920- Cloth 2010
Transformative Lutheran Theologies: Feminist, Womanist, And Mujerista Perspectives. Paper 2010
Zheng Guanying: Merchant Reformer Of Late Qing China And His Influence On Economics, Politics, And Society. Wu, Guo Cloth 2010

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Conversion to Christianity from Late Antiquity to the Modern Age: Considering the Process in Europe, Asia, and the Americas

Edited by UMN faculty Calvin Kendall, Oliver Nicholson, William Phillips, and Marguerite Ragnow... read more at the Center for Medieval Studies site

Yes, we have it!
MNCAT record for Conversion to Christianity

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Prof. Ann Waltner's September 23 talk is sold out! However, there are additional opportunities to learn about topics related to the Ricci Map and Jesuit missionaries in China:

http://religiousstudies.umn.edu/

Upcoming Events
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o Mapping Meaning: Jesuit Cartographic Visions of 'All Under Heaven'
o Florence Hsia, University of Wisconsin-Madison
o September 17, 2010 12:15 PM
o Location: 1210 Heller Hall
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o Trans-Pacific: From China to Mexico in Early Modernity
o Dana Leibsohn, Smith College
o October 22,2010 - 12:15 PM
o Location: 1210 Heller Hall
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o "The Illusion of Empire: Missionaries, Maps, and the Spatial Logic of European Discovery and the Colonization in the Great Lakes"
oMichael Witgen, University of Michigan
o November 12, 2010 - 12:15 PM
o Location: 1210 Heller Hall West Bank
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o Mapping the 'Palaos Islands': Geographical Imagination and Knowledge Transfer Between German Jesuits and Oceanic Islanders Around 1700.
o Ulrike Strasser, University of California-Irvine
o December 3, 2010 - 12:15 PM
o Location: 1210 Heller Hall

More information
Matteo Ricci, Missionary Scholar
Center for Early Modern Studies*
James Ford Bell Library, 4th floor of Wilson LIbrary, West Bank, U of M

CEMH has more religious studies talks coming up:

October 12: Jacques Dalarun from the institut de recherche et d'histoire des textes, CNRS will give a talk on "The Maternal Government according to Francis of Assisi: The Autograph Letter to brother Leo."

October 26: Paul Cobb from the University of Pennsylvania will give a talk about "How to Read Usama: History, Memory, and Islam in the Age of the Crusades."

December 1 (Wednesday): Our own Oliver Nicholson will give a workshop on "The Reason for the Season: the Origins of the Date of Christmas."

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