Probabilistic robotics is a new and growing area in robotics, concerned with perception and control in the face of uncertainty. Building on the field of mathematical statistics, probabilistic robotics endows robots with a new level of robustness in real-world situations.

Christian exegesis of the "Song of Songs" has long interacted creatively with, and, more recently, reacted critically against, the allegorical interpretation developed by Origen of Alexandria (c.185-c.254) in his Commentary and two Homilies on the Song of Songs. This study aims to show that the Commentary and Homilies, when read in light of Origen's hermeneutic, his nuptial theology, his understanding of the prophetic mediation of inspired texts, and his doctrine of last things, clearly portray the Song of Songs itself as the divine Bridegroom's perfect marriage-song.

This is the story of a Holocaust rescuer, Pierre Toureille, a French Protestant pastor whose efforts resulted in the rescue of hundreds of refugees, most of them Jewish. Inspired by his Huguenot heritage, Pastor Toureille participated in international Protestant church efforts to combat Nazism during the 1930s and headed a major refugee aid organization in Vichy France during World War II.

Distinctive both in scope and approach, A Faithful Sea addresses a wide array of cases of Mediterranean interreligious tradition and identity in the Medieval and Early Modern periods. It features contributions from leading specialists on Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

Grounded in a lifetime of biblical study, New Testament scholar Willard M. Swartley takes a fresh look at scriptures and what they would teach the church on the current and controversial subject of homosexuality.

In Memory and Tradition in the Book of Numbers, Adriane Leveen offers an imaginative rereading of the fourth book of Moses. Leveen examines how the editors of Numbers crafted a narrative of the forty-year journey through the wilderness in order to shape Israelite understanding of the past and influence the world-view of future generations.