Pitts Acquires a Charles Wesley Inscribed Hymnal
Pitts Theology Library acquired a major collection of rare books from the United Methodist Publishing House. Included in this acquisition…
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New Pitts Acquisition: Sadao Watanabe Gospel Prints
Last month, Pitts received a trove of materials from the United Methodist Publishing House, a publisher and distributor to Christian…
Summer Reading Recommendations, Part 2: Prof. Jehu Hanciles
For the second week of 2021 Pitts Summer Reading Blog, Pitts took to the hallways of the Candler School of…
New Acquisition: 1831 Bill of Sale
Pitts Theology Library recently acquired a bill of sale recording the 1831 purchase of an enslaved person by a Methodist…
Faculty Library Acquisitions for 2021
Each year, Pitts Theology Library purchases a book or manuscript item to honor the contributions that retiring faculty members have…
Illustrated Bible Donated to Pitts as a Memorial
In a year marked by loss, whether due to COVID-19 or any other number of tragedies, finding a way to…
Recent Acquisitions
The Pilgrimage of a Pamphlet
I am ready to fly. I am ready to check a bag, cram my carry-on someplace inconvenient, squeeze into an Economy Minus™ seat, sleep through a movie, and reach my destination with a heart full of anticipation and mild anxiety....
Love Data Week 2021 @ Pitts
February 8th through the 12th is International Love Data Week, which carries the theme “Data: Delivering a Better Future” for 2021. When Covid-19 limited access to physical resources in the building, staff at Pitts Theology Library jumped into action to...
New Acquisition: 15th Century ‘Glossa Ordinaria’
Pitts Theology Library recently acquired a copy of the earliest printed Glossa Ordinaria, the Latin text of the Vulgate Bible with marginal and interlinear “glosses” or commentary, largely written by figures in the early church. Compilation of the Glossa was...
New Incunabula Additions at Pitts
Pitts Theology Library recently acquired a number of incunabula at an online auction, raising the library’s holdings of these books printed in the 15th century to 115. Among these new acquisitions is the first part of a 1485 printing of the Summa...