Here are some excellent new theology books * that will be released in October 2025 :
* broadly interpreted, including ethics, church history, biblical studies, and other areas that intersect with theology
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Rodolfo Felices Luna
(Orbis Books)
First John is not immediately thought of as one of the environmentalist texts of the Bible, but Rodolfo Felices Luna’s fresh approach to its themes of life and love reveal a rich inheritance for both eco-critical readings of scripture and faithful Christian action for environmental well-being. Here, Luna explicitly challenges interpretations of First John that only consider the human while ignoring our place in the whole household of creation. He deftly and accessibly takes up Pope Francis’s calls for an integral ecology in the life of faith, animating our reading of and living from scripture.
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Christy Randazzo
( Fortress Press )
In this book, Randazzo develops new language to “translate” Quaker theological concepts which are rooted in the foundation of the tradition. Quaker theology has, since its beginnings, relied heavily on metaphors of Divine/human interdependence, and particularly creation metaphors related to the foundational concept of all Quaker theology: “that of God within.” Coupled with this inherent ecological focus rooted deep within the tradition is the peculiarly Quaker practice of journals – the vitally important practice of Quakers reflecting upon their own personal experiencesin light of their theological import. Randazzo’s theological narrative of liberal Quakerism creates clarity and structure without compromising the capacious breadth and depth of this distinctive tradition.
Reflecting the traditional use of creation metaphors to express Quaker theological concepts, Randazzo proposes a new metaphor of “ecosystem” – new because the term was first used in 1935 – to explain the interplay of the old threads underlying Quaker theology. In so doing, Randazzo helps readers understand the hope-filled richness of Quaker theology while offering space for the myriad ways Friends experience the sacred. The “sources” of Quaker theology work as a complex ecosystem of overlapping elements, where none is primary but all interact with each other in inexplicable and unexpected ways: the individual and communal experience of the Divine, the testimony of the practices which demonstrate the truth of this experience in the values and practices of the community, Quaker interpretation of Divine revelation in both sacred stories as well as new ideas and concepts which evolve over time, and the doctrines which emerge as Quakers explore the way that these elements all intersect in the lives and stories of our communities.
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