New Academic Books by our Faculty, Alumni and Staff
We use this page to highlight some of the new books published by our UPSem faculty, staff members and alumni/ae. The tradition of serious academic writing here through the years has produced a very strong corpus of scholarship in many of the disciplines of theology, biblical studies, history and pastoral studies.
We will also feature news about articles or chapters in edited volumes, plus publishing awards and other distinctions gained by these authors as they are announced.
New book by Philip Walker Jacobs (UTS alum, M.Div., 1979)
The Other Person in the Picture: The Portrayal and Interpretation of Joseph the Carpenter
Cascade Books (an imprint of Wipf and Stock), September 2022
E-book coming soon!
New book by Dr. Ronald P. Byars (Professor Emeritus of Preaching and Worship)
Preaching and Praying as Though God Matters: In the Post-Establishment Church
Cascade Books (an imprint of Wipf and Stock), October 2022
E-book available to all current students, faculty, and staff.
New book by Dr. James Elisha Taneti (Director of the Syngman Rhee Global Mission Center for Christian Education and Assistant Professor of World Christianity)
Telugu Christians: A History
Fortress Press, June 2022
Print book: BV4070.U555 T36T 2022 (Richmond, carrel use only)
E-book also available
New novel by alumna and Reference & Archives Librarian Emerita Paula Y. Skreslet (M.Div/D.Min ’82; Reference & Archives Librarian ’99-’20), writing as E. M. Clifford
Galloway of Buraan
Resource Publications (an imprint of Wipf & Stock), January 2022
Richmond PS3603.L4984 G35 2022
New book by alumnus Jimmie R. Hawkins (M.A. ’86; Board of Trustees ’10-’18)
Unbroken and Unbowed: A History of Black Protest in America Westminster John Knox Press, February 2022
Charlotte 973.0496073 H3938U
Richmond E184.A1 H377 2022
New book by Professor James Calvin Davis, George Adams Ellis Professor of Liberal Arts and Religion at Middlebury College, VT (UPSem alumnus)
American Liturgy: Finding Theological Meaning in the Holy Days of U.S. Culture Cascade Books (Wipf and Stock), 2021
Richmond BV30 .D38 2021
E-book (available to current students, faculty, and staff)
New curriculum by Library Circulation Supervisor Rev. Lisa Janes
“It’s A New Day”: A Lenten Journey with Sonia Sanchez
A Womanist adult curriculum for Lent
Katie Geneva Cannon Center for Womanist Leadership, 2020
To download, scroll to the bottom of this page
New book by alumnus and former instructor Roger J. Gench
The Cross Examen: A Spirituality for Activists
Cascade Books, 2020
Richmond BT453 .G46 2020
Charlotte 232.963 G324C
New book by alumnus William L. Kelly
How Prophecy Works
Forschungen zur Religion und Literatur des Alten und Neuen Testaments series
Band 272
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2020
Richmond BS1525.52 .K45 2020
New book by alumna Martha L. Moore-Keish
James
Belief : A Theological Commentary on the Bible series
Westminster John Knox, 2019
Richmond BS2785.53 .M665 2019
Charlotte 227.91077 M8228J and
REF. 220.7 B4123 JAMES
New book by Professor Rachel Baard
Sexism and Sin-Talk : Feminist Conversations on the Human Condition
Westminster John Knox Press, 2019
Richmond BT715 .B24 2019
Charlotte 241.3 B1118S
New book by alumnus Michael Barram
Missional Economics : Biblical Justice and Christian Formation
Eerdmans, 2018
Richmond BR115.E3 B345 2018
New book by alumna Jennifer R. Ayres
Inhabitance : Ecological Religious Education
Baylor University Press, 2019
Richmond BT695.5 .A974 2019
New book by Professor Emeritus of Preaching and Worship Ron Byars
Believer on Sunday, Atheist by Thursday : Is Faith Still Possible?
Cascade Books, 2019
Richmond BV4070.U555 B93 2019
and BV4637 .B93 2019
New book by alumna and former professor Patricia Vesely (Th.M. ’08; Ph.D. ’17)
Friendship and Virtue Ethics in the Book of Job
Cambridge University Press, 2019
Richmond BS1415.6.F73 V47 2019
