Mohawk Saint, Catherine Tekakwitha and the Jesuits – Allan Greer

Book reviewed:
Mohawk Saint, Catherine Tekakwitha and the Jesuits , Allan Greer, Oxford University Press 2005 (0-19-517487-9), xiv + 249 pp., hb £18.50     

How to Read the Bible: History, Prophecy, Literature – Why Modern Readers Need to Know the Difference and What It Means for Faith Today – Steven L. McKenzie

Book reviewed:
How to Read the Bible: History, Prophecy, Literature – Why Modern Readers Need to Know the Difference and What It Means for Faith Today , Steven L. McKenzie, Oxford University Press 2005 (0-19-516149-6, 0-19-516149-1), 204 pp., hb $26.00     

Philosophy, God and Motion – Simon Oliver

Book reviewed:
Philosophy, God and Motion , Simon Oliver, Taylor and Francis 2005 (0-415-36045-5), x + 249 pp., hb $75.00     

ONCE MORE . . .

Books reviewed:
The Major World Religions : An Introduction with Texts , T. Patrick Burke, Second Edition, Blackwell 2004 (1-4051-1049-X), pp. xix + 380, Pb £17.99/$34.95 Reviewed by Isabel Wollaston University of Birmingham
The Biblical World , two volumes, John Barton (ed.), Routledge 2004 (0-415-34954-0), Hb £45 Reviewed by Deryn Guest University of Birmingham
Matthew : A Commentary, Volume 1 : The Christbook (Matthew 1–12) , Frederick Dale Bruner, Revised and Expanded Edition, Eerdmans 2004 (0-8028-1118-3), pp. xlviii + 604, Hb £34.95/$45 Matthew : A Commentary, Volume 2 : The Churchbook (Matthew 13–18) , Frederick Dale Bruner, Revised and Expanded Edition, Eerdmans 2004 (0-8028-2670-9), pp. xxxii + 854, Hb £34.95/$45 Reviewed by Philip Seddon University of Birmingham
Religion in the Medieval World , Bernard Hamilton, Second Edition, Arnold Publishers 2003 (0-340-80839-X), pp. ix + 196, Pb £14.99 Reviewed by Stephen Morris New York
A History of the Popes 1830–1914 , Owen Chadwick, Oxford History of the Christian Church, Oxford University Press 2003 (0-19-926286-1), pp. x + 614, Pb £25 Reviewed by Isabel Wollaston University of Birmingham
Religion and American Culture : A Reader , David G. Hackett (ed.), Second Edition, Routledge 2003 (0-415-94273-X), pp. xvi + 550, Pb £22.95 Reviewed by Jeffrey Marlett The College of Saint Rose, New York
Cut Loose Your Stammering Tongue : Black Theology in the Slave Narrative , Dwight N. Hopkins and George C.L. Cummings (eds), Second Edition, Westminster John Knox Press 2003 (0-664-22521-7), pp. xvi + 205, Pb $24.95 Reviewed by Isabel Wollaston University of Birmingham     

The Ways of Judgment: The Bampton Lectures, 2003 – Oliver O'Donovan

Book reviewed:
The Ways of Judgment: The Bampton Lectures, 2003 , Oliver O'Donovan, Eerdmans 2005 (0-8028-2920-1), xv + 330 pp., hb $35.00/£19.95     

New Religious Movements in the 21st Century: Legal, Political and Social Challenges in Global perspective – Philip Charles Lucas and Thomas Robbins

Book reviewed:
New Religious Movements in the 21st Century: Legal, Political and Social Challenges in Global perspective , Philip Charles Lucas and Thomas Robbins (eds), Routledge 2004 (0-415-96576-4), 364 pp., pb £19.99     

Once More . . .

Books reviewed:
Allegory and Event: A Study of the Sources and Significance of Origen's Interpretation of Scripture , R.P.C. Hanson, with an introduction by Joseph W. Trigg, Westminster John Knox Press 2003 (0-664-22444-X), pp. xxv + 400, Pb £30
The Shade of Swords: Jihad and the Conflict between Islam and Christianity , M.J. Akbar, Routledge 2003 (0-415-32814-4), pp. xxv + 338, Pb £9.99
Ads, Fads, and Consumer Culture: Advertising's Impact on American Character and Society , Arthur A. Berger, Rowman and Littlefield 2004, Second Edition (0-7425-2724-7), pp. xviii + 174, Pb $21.95     

Religious Dissenters, J.S. Mill, and the Importance of Starting Points for Apologetics

Book reviewed:
Mill on God: The Pervasiveness and Elusiveness of Mill's Religious Thought , Alan P.F. Sell, Ashgate Studies in the History of Philosophical Theology, Ashgate 2004 (0-7546-1666-5), pp. viii + 202, Pb £15.99
Philosophy, Dissent and Nonconformity 1689–1920 , Alan P.F. Sell, James Clarke & Co 2004 (0-227-67977-6), pp. 296, Hb £50     

ONCE MORE . . .

Books reviewed:
A History of the Sikhs, Volume 1: 1469–1839 , Khushwant Singh, Oxford University Press 2005 (0-1956-7308-5), xiv + 434 pp., pb $24.95
A History of the Sikhs, Volume 2: 1839–2004 , Khushwant Singh, Oxford University Press 2005 (0-1956-7309-3), xiv + 575 pp., pb $24.95 Reviewed by Nirmal Singh Hindu University of America
Keepers of the Story: Oral Traditions in Religion , Megan McKenna, Seabury Books 2004 (1-59627-006-3), xi + 211 pp., pb $16 Reviewed by David Tonghou Ngong Baylor University
A Concise Encyclopedia of the Philosophy of Religion , Anthony C. Thiselton, Baker Academic 2005 (0-8010-3120-6), viii + 344 pp., pb $24.99 Reviewed by Owen Anderson Arizona State University West
The Modern Theologians: An Introduction to Christian Theology since 1918 , David F. Ford, Rachel Muers (eds), Blackwells 2005 (1-4051-0277-2), xxi + 819 pp., pb £19.99 Reviewed by Philip McCosker Peterhouse, Cambridge     

ONCE MORE . . .

Books reviewed:
Biblical Interpretation: The Meanings of Scripture – Past and Present , John M. Court (ed.), T & T Clark 2004, A Continuum Imprint (ISBN 0-8264-6658-3), pp. xii + 334, Pb £35 Reviewed by Isabel Wollaston University of Birmingham
The Psalms in Israel's Worship , Sigmund Mowinckel, The Biblical Resource Series, translated by D.R. Ap-Thomas, with a new Foreword by James L. Crenshaw, Eerdmans 2004 (0-8028-2816-7), pp. xliv + 303, Hb £19.99/$40 Reviewed by Philip Seddon University of Birmingham
Paul on Marriage and Celibacy: The Hellenistic Background of 1 Corinthians 7 , Will Deeming, Second Edition, Eerdmans 2004 (0-8028-3989-4), pp. xxii + 271, Pb £19.99 Reviewed by Anthony Bash University of Durham     

ONCE MORE . . .

Books reviewed:
Till the Heart Sings: A Biblical Theology of Manhood and Womanhood , Samuel Terrien, Eerdmans & Dove 2004 (0-8028-2237-1), pp. xxiv + 260, Pb £16.99 Reviewed by Walter Moberly University of Durham
Sex and Love in the Home: A Theology of the Household , David Matzko McCarthy, Second Edition, SCM Press 2004 (0-334-02946-5), pp. xiv + 297, Pb £18.99 Reviewed by Gavin D'Costa University of Bristol
The Divine Milieu , Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, translated by Siôn Cowell, Sussex Academic Press 2004 (1-902210-29-8), pp. xxxi + 12, Hb £29.95 Reviewed by Rev Dr Adrian Burdon Chester-le-Street, Co Durham     

Psalmody and Prayer in the Writings of Evagrius Ponticus – Luke Dysinger

Book reviewed:
Psalmody and Prayer in the Writings of Evagrius Ponticus , Luke Dysinger, Oxford University Press 2005 (0-19-927320-0), 245 pp., hb £55/$99     

A–Z of Thomas Aquinas – Joseph P. Wawrykow

Book reviewed:
A–Z of Thomas Aquinas , Joseph P. Wawrykow, SCM Press 2005 (0-334-04012-4), xviii + 190 pp., pb £22.99     

The Suspended Middle: Henri de Lubac and the Debate concerning the Supernatural – John Milbank

Book reviewed:
The Suspended Middle: Henri de Lubac and the Debate concerning the Supernatural , John Milbank, SCM/Eerdmans 2005 (0-334-04045-0), x + 117 pp., pb £16.99/$20.00     

The Hindu World – Edited by Sushil Mittal and Gene Thursby (eds)

Book reviewed:
The Hindu World , Sushil Mittal and Gene Thursby (eds), Routledge 2004 (0-415-21527-7), xi + 657 pp., hb £120     

Revisionist Koran Hermeneutics in Contemporary Turkish University Theology: Rethinking Islam – Felix Körner

Book reviewed:
Revisionist Koran Hermeneutics in Contemporary Turkish University Theology: Rethinking Islam , Felix Körner, Ergon Verlag 2005 (3-89913-373-0), 230 pp., n/p     

The SCM Press A–Z of Evangelical Theology – Roger E. Olson

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The SCM Press A–Z of Evangelical Theology , Roger E. Olson, SCM Press 2005 (0-334-04011-6), 328 pp., pb £22.99     

Solidarity and Difference: A Contemporary Reading of Paul's Ethics – David G. Horrell

Book reviewed:
Solidarity and Difference: A Contemporary Reading of Paul's Ethics , David G. Horrell, T&T Clark International 2005 (0-5670-4322-3), xvi + 338 pp., pb £49.95     

Karl Barth, the Church and the Churches – Edited by William G. Rusch (ed.)

Book reviewed:
Karl Barth, the Church and the Churches , William G. Rusch (ed.), William B. Eerdmans 2005 (0-8028-2970-8), xi + 59 pp., pb $12.00     

Journeys of Hope: Tragedy, Time and the Desert

Book reviewed:
The Sacred Desert: Religion, Literature, Art and Culture , David Jasper, Blackwell 2004 (Hb 1-4051-1974-8, Pb 1-4051-1975-6), pp. xix + 208, Hb £50, Pb £15.99
Towards Tragedy/Reclaiming Hope: Literature, Theology and Sociology in Conversation , Pink Dandelion, Douglas Gwyn, Rachel Muers, Brian Phillips and Richard E. Sturm, Ashgate 2004 (0-7546-0765-8), pp. xxvii + 157, Hb £45