In this revised edition of See, Judge, Act, Erin Brigham skillfully updates her substantive yet accessible resource introducing readers to Catholic social teaching and praxis. In addition to incorporating newly relevant signs of the times and insights from Pope Francis, this edition offers a preface with valuable pedagogical guidance for those forming students for social change. Together with her community partners, Brigham offers insights into how service learning pedagogy can disrupt standard assumptions and help participants to understand their own well-being as bound up with the flourishing of those whom they encounter. I will continue to use this book in my undergraduate classroom and highly recommend it for use in small Christian community settings, as well.

Gary Chamberlain brings the vital and energizing moral teachings of the Catholic Church to bear on the crises of pollution, hoarding, and overconsumption threatening our planet’s fresh waters. This book develops an original, accessible, and crucial argument relevant to anyone interested in Catholic social teaching, water, and environmental ethics. Because Water Is Life is an excellent and inspiring resource for classrooms, churches, and anyone who wants to think with religious tradition about how to build a better future on Earth.

Chamberlain’s book about water as life, as common good, and as sacrament for the whole world should wake us to greater care for our Earth and its water both as our home and a gift from God.

Because Water Is Life is a supple, specific, and critically engaging book that will be profoundly useful to teachers and students. Gary Chamberlain hones his analytic, constructive insights into a text that is utterly invaluable for all conversations about water and Catholic social teaching. I recommend this gripping and accessible book to everyone who seeks to understand further the legacy of CST and how that tradition offers pathways toward water ethics.

DeLong-Bas has drawn upon her rich experiences as a teacher and scholar to produce an outstanding textbook on Islam. This accessible and well-written work is informed by current scholarship and includes many features that make it an attractive resource for the classroom. In particular, the study questions and recommended readings and films provide opportunities to further explore the many important issues that are addressed in each chapter. Its title Islam: A Living Faith captures well one of the great strengths of this book—it both introduces the reader to the rich history and traditions of Islam and explains how that heritage is being expressed and lived out by Muslims today.