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Titles appearing in Reference — Research Book News — December 2011
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Confronting the climate crisis; Catholic theological perspectives.

Ed. by Jame Schaefer. (Marquette studies in theology; no.75)
Marquette University Press, ©2011    478 p.    $29.00    BX1795
978-0-87462-791-6

The 19 essays in this collection are the culmination of the three-year study by members of the Catholic Theology and Global Warming Interest Group of the Catholic Theological Society of America. Scholars of systematic theology present biblically inspired perspectives, perspectives inspired by medieval and 20th-century theologians, feminist perspectives, and Catholic social teaching perspectives. The topics include creation and covenant in the theology of Paul, knowing oneself in an age of ecological concern, Teilhard and the limits to growth, seeking the presence of God in a radically changing world, and promise and poignance in the legacies of Pope John-Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Henry of Ghent's Summa of ordinary questions. Articles six to ten on theology.

Henry. Trans. and annotated by Roland J. Teske. (Medieval philosophical texts in translation; no.48)
Marquette University Press, ©2011    226 p.    $25.00    BX1749
978-0-87462-255-3

Henry (1217-93) was a leading theologian at the University of Paris, says Teske (Medieval philosophy, Marquette U.), and his work represents a move away from the Aristotelianism of Thomas Aquinas and a return to an earlier Augustinianism. The articles from the Summa that he translates and introduces here explore theology as a science in itself, theology in relation to the other sciences, the final causes of theology, the author or efficient cause of theology, and the authority of sacred scripture. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

A moment of danger; critical studies in the history of U.S. communication since World War II.

Ed. by Janice Peck and Inger L. Stole. (Diederich studies in media and communication; no.2)
Marquette University Press, ©2011    410 p.    $29.00    P92
978-0-87462-034-4

This collection of fifteen essays offers a critical study of the role communication (television, print, radio) has played in US politics, economy and culture since WWII. The essays follow an arc of US history described by Peck in her introductory essay as from the long boom to long downturn. They examine advertising and consumer activism during the War, the struggle to organize communications-workers as well as labor-organizations wishing to utilize communication outlets in the face of anti-labor forces, how commercial television shaped our sense of history and story-telling, the formation of public television, Oprah and the politics of late 20th century race, the neoliberal turn of public radio, critical media literacy and 21st century resistance to corporate media. The contributors are professors of journalism, communication, mass media and media literacy, history, and women's studies, as well as one professional journalist. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)