This academic year, Wright Library purchased two new collections available on Bloomsbury's Theology & Religion Online platform:

• Eerdmans Bible Commentaries: New Testament
• Eerdmans Bible Commentaries: Old Testament

Explore over 130 commentaries by international authors from a range of denominational backgrounds, including Job 1–21 : Interpretation and Commentary (C. L. Seow) and Journeying With God : A Commentary on the Book of Numbers (Katharine Doob Sakenfeld).

Come browse books (and e-books) from the collection, as well as research databases, conferences, lectures and other recordings.

Check out what's coming up for BTLI 2024 and connect with The Betsey Stockton Center for Black Church Studies at Princeton Theological Seminary.

Authors and editors in the curated bibliography include (among others):

• Afe Adogame
• Albert J. Raboteau
• Angelique Harris
• Anthony B. Bradley
• Austin Channing Brown
• Betty Livingston Adams
• Brenda Salter McNeil
• Brian K. Blount
• Bruce D. Haynes
• Cain Hope Felder
• Carla Jones
• Cassandra Jackson
• Cecelia Barr
• Chad Williams
• Chanequa Walker-Barnes
• Charlene A. Carruthers
• Charles M. Payne
• Charlotte McSwine-Harris
• Clarice J. Martin
• Claudette Copeland
• Clayborne Carson
• Cleophus J. LaRue
• Coretta Scott King
• Cornel West
• Courtney Pace
• Dale P. Andrews
• Danjuma G. Gibson
• Darnell L. Moore
• David Marriott
• David Walker
• Deborah Blanks
• Deborah Gray White
• Delores Carpenter
• Derrick A. Bell
• Desmond Tutu
• Dorothy Porter
• Dwight Hopkins
• Eboni Marshall Turman
• Eddie S. Glaude, Jr.
• Efrem Smith
• Emerson B. Powery
• Frantz Fanon
• Frederick Douglass
• Gregory C. Ellison, II
• Harriet Jacobs
• Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
• Howard Thurman
• James Baldwin
• James H. Cone
• James Weldon Johnson
• Jarena Lee
• Jennifer T. Kaalund
• Jesmyn Ward
• Johari Jabir
• John H. McClendon
• John Lewis
• Josef Sorett
• Juan Williams
• Judith Weisenfeld
• Karen D. Crozier
• Kathryn Watterson
• Katie G. Cannon
• Keisha N. Blain
• Kenyatta R. Gilbert
• Keri L. Day
• Kerri Greenidge
• Khristi Lauren Adams
• Kidada E. Williams
• Lisa M. Bowens
• Malcolm X
• Manning Marable
• Margaret Busby
• Margarita Simon Guillory
• Maria Thomas
• Marisa J. Fuentes
• Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Michael Eric Dyson
• Monica M. White
• Natasha Sistrunk Robinson
• Nikole Hannah-Jones
• Nyasha Junior
• Octavia E. Butler
• Phillis Wheatley
• Piper Kendrix Williams
• Quinton H. Dixie
• Resmaa Menakem
• Richard J. Douglass-Chin
• Richard S. Newman
• Rima Vesely-Flad
• Robert A. Wortham
• Shamoon Zamir
• Stephanie J. Shaw
• Stephen C. Ferguson
• Tamura Lomax
• Ta-Nehisi Coates
• Tara A. Bynum
• Toni Morrison
• Vincent W Lloyd
• W. E. B. Du Bois
• Wallace D. Best
• Walter Earl Fluker
• Whitney Battle-Baptiste
• Willie James Jennings
• Winnifred Brown-Glaude
• Yolanda N. Pierce
• Zora Neale Hurston

Reading the Song of Songs in a #Metoo era : women, sex, and public discourse, edited by Simeon B. Chavel and Elaine T. James is now available at Wright Library.

Find it on the shelf at BS1483 .R46 2023 and as an e-book.

From the publisher:

"The Song of Songs is the only book of the Bible to privilege the voice of a woman, and its poetry of love and eroticism also bears witness to violence. How do the contemporary #MeToo movement and other movements of protest and accountability renew questions about women, gender, sex, and the problematic of the public at the heart of this ancient poetry? This edited volume prominently features women scholars and seeks to reinvigorate feminist scholarship on the Song by exploring diverse contexts of reading, from Akkadian love lyrics, to Hildegard of Bingen, to Marc Chagall."

Please join us in congratulating our colleague, Head of Cataloging Nicholas Friesner, who was named one of the American Library Association’s 2024 Emerging Leaders.

His application was also selected for sponsorship by the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL). Nicholas will participate in a year-long leadership formation program alongside peer emerging leaders.

Congratulations, Nicholas!

"The American Library Association (ALA) has selected fifty (50) people to participate in its 2024 class of Emerging Leaders (EL). The EL program is designed to enable library staff and information workers to participate in project planning work groups, network with peers, gain an inside look into ALA structure, and have an opportunity to serve the profession in a leadership capacity early in their careers."

Whether you are studying for the exegesis exam on Hebrews on January 27, 2024, or just curious about the ordination exams for the Presbyterian Church (USA), Wright Library has you covered.

Visit the curated bibliography linked below for (e)books, recordings, local events and open access articles from the collection, plus past lectures honoring the life and legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Listen to two audio recordings of Dr. King in the Theological Commons open access digital library, Love and Forgiveness (May 5, 1964) and This is the Dream (June 6, 1961), included in the bibliography.

Wright Library will be closed on Monday, January 15, 2024 in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

Wright Library is open the following hours January 2–28, 2024:

• Monday–Friday 8am–6pm (no entry after 5:30pm)
• Saturday 9am–5pm (no entry after 4:30pm)
• Sunday 2pm–6pm (no entry after 5:30pm)
• Closed Monday, January 15 (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day)

Spring term begins and the Brick Café reopens January 29, 2024.

The library building will close early on Thursday, December 21, 2023 and reopen Tuesday, January 2, 2024.

We wish you a merry Christmas, happy and healthy holiday gatherings, restorative rest and a peaceful new year!

Cristianismos decoloniais : perspectivas latinxs e latino-americanas edited by Raimundo César Barreto, Jr. and Roberto Sirvent and translated by Bruna David de Carvalho is now part of the Wright Library collection.

It is the new Portuguese translation of the 2019 book Decolonial Christianities: Latinx and Latin American perspectives (BT83.593 .D43 2019).

From the publisher's summary to the original English text:

"What does it mean to theorize Christianity in light of the decolonial turn? This volume invites distinguished Latinx and Latin American scholars to a conversation that engages the rich theoretical contributions of the decolonial turn, while relocating Indigenous, Afro-Latin American, Latinx, and other often marginalized practices and hermeneutical perspectives to the center-stage of religious discourse in the Americas. Keeping in mind that all religions--Christianity included--are cultured, and avoiding the abstract references to Christianity common to the modern Eurocentric hegemonic project, the contributors favor embodied religious practices that emerge in concrete contexts and communities. Featuring essays from scholars such as Sylvia Marcos, Enrique Dussel, and Luis Rivera-Pagán, this volume represents a major step to bring Christian theology into the conversation with decolonial theory."

The Cambridge History of Reformation Era Theology, edited by Kenneth G. Appold and Nelson Minnich is now part of the Wright Library collection.

Find it on the shelf at BR305.3 .C363 2024 and as an e-book.

From the publisher:

"The Cambridge History of Reformation-Era Theology explores the key developments in both Protestant and Catholic theology ca. 1475- 1650. Exploring the various settings and schools in which theology was formulated and taught, and the social backgrounds of its exponents-including women and non-university-trained men, as well as writers both in and outside Europe-it establishes how the major denominations took their positions and participated in a broader discourse. The volume examines specific theological themes from different denominational perspectives, demonstrating how theology affected the lives of believers via pastoral theology, canon law, and spirituality, and how theological ideas were linked to politics, warfare, science, and the arts. Written by an international team of leading scholars in the field, this History expands the range of theological discourse by introducing new topics and spokespersons, as well as global and ecumenical perspectives. It will remain the definitive place to begin any further study of theology during this period for years to come."