Library News

African American readings of Paul : reception, resistance, and transformation by Prof. Lisa M. Bowens is now available in the library collection.

Call Number: BV4208.U6 B69 2020
ISBN: 9780802876768
Publication Date: 2020-10-01

"In the first book of its kind, Lisa Bowens takes a historical, theological, and biblical approach to explore interpretations of Paul within African American communities over the past few centuries. She surveys a wealth of primary sources from the early 1700s to the mid-twentieth century, including sermons, conversion stories, slave petitions, and autobiographies of ex-slaves, many of which introduce readers to previously unknown names in the history of New Testament interpretation."

The Digital Initiatives team is pleased to introduce a new digital collection into the Theological Commons, the James R. Tanis Collection of Church Postcards.

The collection contains over 20,000 postcards depicting church architecture across the United States. It was begun in the early 1900s by the young John Christian Tanis, father of James Robert Tanis, donor of the postcards to Princeton Theological Seminary Library.

Donna Quick, Digital Production and Quality Assurance Specialist on the library's Digital Initiatives team, evaluated the churches represented on the thousands of postcards in this collection and then entered their title, location, denomination and any interesting notes into the item details for the Theological Commons.

Here's what she had to say about the collection:

This is a great resource for viewing the history and beauty of churches. Working with these postcards was like taking a long road trip across America. You can visit all 50 states and Puerto Rico.

I was amazed by how each church has its own personality. There are large, magnificent cathedrals and small one-room stone churches. Some can be found in the middle of busy cities and others sit alone on mountaintops. There are churches that have experienced earthquakes or floods and have come back to their previous glory.

One of my favorite churches was the Catholic-Protestant Church at Keystone, Nebraska [pictured at right]. It was a small one-room church with two altars and reversible pews for the different services.

Donna Quick, Digital Production and Quality Assurance Specialist

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Explore La Colección Latinoamericana / The Latin America Collection in the Theological Commons and more September 15-October 15 in celebration of Mes de la Herencia Hispania / Hispanic Heritage Month. Visit the link below for more information.

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There will be a pause in library services for Good Friday. There will be no curbside service Friday, April 2.

Requests for pickup on Monday, April 5 must be submitted by THURSDAY, APRIL 1 at noon.

PsychiatryOnline, "the platform for all American Psychiatric Association Publishing journals, DSM-5®, and bestselling textbooks, as well as APA Practice Guidelines, and continuing medical education," is the most-recently purchased database.

Other recent additions include Sources Chrétiennes Online (Brepols) and Theology & Religion Online (Bloomsbury Publishing Plc).

For this #DigitalFridays spotlight comes a series of public lectures given in 1962 at Princeton Theological Seminary as part of a non-violence workshop.

• Non-Violence as a Means of Ending Racial Segregation
• A Dilemma in the Non-Violent Movement
• Non-Violence and National Defense
• The Theological and Philosophical Basis of Non-Violence

These recordings, from the Princeton Theological Seminary Media Archive, may be found in the Theological Commons digital library at the link below, as well as in the Research Guides and Summon.

Speakers include:

• James Farmer
• Bradford Lyttle
• William Stuart Nelson
• James Peck
• Glenn E. Smiley

Three of the four lectures have searchable transcripts in addition to the audio recording.