REVIEWS

Books reviewed: Theory and Practice in Old Testament Ethics , John Rogerson, T&T Clark International 2004 (0‐567‐08259‐8), xii + 153 pp., pb £25
Reviewed by Benjamin Bury
University of Birmingham Oasis of Wisdom: The Worlds of the Desert Fathers and Mothers , David G.R. Keller, Liturgical Press 2005 (0‐8146‐3034‐0), xxii + 181 pp., pb £9.24/$16.95
Reviewed by Tarmo Toom
The John Leland Center for Theological Studies The Sepulchre of Christ and the Medieval West: From the Beginning to 1600 , Colin Morris, Oxford University Press 2005 (0‐19‐826928‐5), xxii + 427 pp., hb £55/$99
Reviewed by Tarmo Toom
The John Leland Center for Theological Studies A Short Course in Christian Doctrine , George Pattison, SCM Press 2005 (0‐334‐02978‐3), 180 pp., pb $19
Reviewed by Owen Anderson
Arizona State University West The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass: A Search for an Acceptable Notion of Sacrifice , Michael McGuckian, SJ, Gracewing 2005 (0‐85244‐634‐9), x + 134 pp., pb £7.99
Reviewed by Brannon Hancock
University of Glasgow The Art of God: The Making of Christians and the Meaning of Worship , Christopher Irvine, SPCK 2005 (0‐281‐05623‐3), xix + 151 pp., pb £14.99
Reviewed by John Armson
Herefordshire One with God: Salvation as Deification and Justification , Veli‐Matti Kärkkäinen, Liturgical Press 2004 (0‐8146‐2971‐7), xi + 144 pp., pb $14.95
Reviewed by David M. Whitford
United Theological Seminary The Captivation of the Will: Luther vs. Erasmus on Freedom and Bondage , Gerhard O. Forde, Eerdmans Publishing Co. 2005 (0‐8028‐2906‐6), xviii + 118 pp., pb $20
Reviewed by Ben Dickerson
Veritas Preparatory Academy God, Truth, and Witness: Engaging Stanley Hauerwas , L. Gregory Jones, Reinhard Hütter, and C. Rosalee Velloso Ewell (eds), Brazos 2005 (1‐58743‐151‐3), 336 pp., hb $39.99
Reviewed by Jason A. Fout
Selwyn College, Cambridge The Science of God. An Introduction to Scientific Theology , Alister McGrath, T&T Clark 2004 (0‐56708‐353‐5), xiv + 271 pp., pb $16.50
Reviewed by Alessandro Giostra
Accademia Georgica Two Models of Jewish Philosophy: Justifying One's Practices , Daniel Rynhold, Oxford University Press 2005 (0‐19‐927486‐X), 262 pp., hb £50
Reviewed by Chris Barrigar
Anglican Diocese of Montreal The Bones Reassemble: Reconstituting Liturgical Speech , Catherine Madsen, The Davies Group 2005 (1888570849), 204 pp., pb $24
Reviewed by David R. Blumenthal
Emory University Islam and Liberty: The Historical Misunderstanding , Mohamed Charfi, Zed Books 2005 (1‐84277‐511‐1), 1 + 186 pp., pb $25
Reviewed by Jason Walsh
Phoenix, Arizona Sermons from Duke Chapel: Voices from ‘A Great Towering Church’ , William Willimon (ed), Duke University Press 2005 (0‐8223‐3483‐6), ix + 367 pp., hb $34.95
Reviewed by David Lohr
Hickory, NC The Priesthood of the Faithful: Key to a Living Church , Paul J. Philibert, Liturgical Press 2005 (10: 0‐8146‐3023‐5/13: 978‐0‐8146‐3023‐5), 173 pp., pb $15.95
Reviewed by John Armson
Herefordshire, UK The Evangelical Conversion Narrative: Spiritual Autobiography in Early Modern England , D. Bruce Hindmarsh, Oxford University Press 2005 (0‐19‐924575‐4), x + 384 pp., hb £60/$110
Reviewed by Jonathan R. Baer
Wabash College Aiming to Kill: The Ethics of Suicide and Euthanasia , Nigel Biggar, The Pilgrim Press 2004 (0‐8298‐1503‐1), xvi + 220 pp., pb $20
Reviewed by Stephen E. Lammers
Lafayette College When Deborah Met Jael: Lesbian Biblical Hermeneutics , Deryn Guest, SCM Press 2005 (0‐334‐02958‐9), viii + 306 pp., pb £19.99
Reviewed by Sean D. Burke
Graduate Theological Union Sexuality and the Jesus Tradition , William Loader, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company 2005 (0‐8028‐2862‐0), vii + 288 pp., pb $30
Reviewed by Julie J. Kilmer
Olivet College, Michigan The Myth of Religious Superiority: A Multifaith Exploration , Paul Knitter (ed), Orbis Books 2005 (1‐57075‐627‐9), xi + 242 pp., pb $30
Reviewed by Christy Lohr
Hartford Seminary Writing on the Tablet of the Heart: Origins of Scripture and Literature , David M. Carr, Oxford University Press 2005 (0 19 5172973), xiv + 330 pp., hb £39.50
Reviewed by Gaye W. Ortiz
Augusta State University Sacred and Secular Scriptures: A Catholic Approach to Literature , Nicholas Boyle, DLT 2004 (0‐232‐52575‐7), xi + 299 pp., pb £14.95.
Reviewed by Walter Moberly
Durham University The Metaphysics of Dante's Comedy , Christian Moevs, Oxford University Press 2005 (0‐19‐517461‐5), viii + 308 pp., hb £29.99
Reviewed by Sandra Ellis‐Killian
The Alethia Foundation Deeper Joy: Lay Women and Vocation in the 20th Century Episcopal Church , Fredrica Harris Thompsett and Sheryl Kujawa‐Holbrook (eds.), Church Publishing 2005 (0‐89869‐479‐5), ix + 292 pp., pb $28
Reviewed by Barbara Brown Zikmund
Catholic University of America Postcolonial Imagination & Feminist Theology , Pui‐lan Kwok, SCM 2005 (0‐664‐22883‐6), 252 pp., pb $16.50
Reviewed by Marcella Althaus‐Reid
University of Edinburgh Religion, Education and Adolescence: International Empirical Perspectives , Leslie J. Francis, Mandy Robbins and Jeff Astley (eds), University of Wales Press 2005 (0‐7083‐1957‐2), xii + 272 pp., hb £45
Reviewed by Simon Oxley
World Council of Churches     

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     

Islamic Legal, Ethical, and Political Theory: The Search for the Good Society and the Moral Law

Book reviewed:
Standing Trial: Law and the Person in the Modern Middle East , Baudouin Dupret (ed.), I.B. Tauris 2004 (1-86064-997-1), x + 382 pp., $75.00
Muslim Ethics: Emerging Vistas , Amyn B. Sajoo, I.B. Tauris 2004 (1-85043-550-2), xvi + 164 pp., $39.50     

Spirit in the Cities: Searching for Soul in the Urban Landscape – Edited by Kathryn Tanner (ed.)

Book reviewed:
Spirit in the Cities: Searching for Soul in the Urban Landscape , Kathryn Tanner (ed.), Fortress Press 2004 (0-8006-3682-1), xv + 144 pp., pb $10.20     

A Seat at the Table: Huston Smith in Conversation with Native Americans on Religious Freedom – Edited by Huston Smith (ed.)

Book reviewed:
A Seat at the Table: Huston Smith in Conversation with Native Americans on Religious Freedom , Huston Smith (ed.), University of California Press 2006 (0-520-24439-7), xxi + 232 pp., hb $24.95     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed:
stecker, robert . Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art . Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2005, viii + 253 pp., $75.00 cloth, $24.95 paper.
leaman, oliver . Islamic Aesthetics: An Introduction . University of Notre Dame Press, 2004, vii + 211 pp., $50.00 cloth, $25.00 paper.
banes, sally , ed. Reinventing Dance in the 1960s: Everything Was Possible . University of Wisconsin Press, 2003, 200 pp., 17 b&w illus., $55.00 cloth, $19.95 paper.
meskimmon, marsha . Women Making Art: History, Subjectivity, Aesthetics . London/New York: Routledge, 2003, xiv + 225 pp., $99.95 cloth, $29.95 paper.
brand peg and mary devereaux , eds. Hypatia . Special Issue on Feminism and Aesthetics, Volume 18, 2003. Indiana University Press, xx + 305 pp., $12.00 paper.
jenkyns, richard . A Fine Brush on Ivory: An Appreciation of Jane Austen . Oxford University Press, 2004, ix + 215 pp., $25.00 cloth.
miller, d. a.   Jane Austen, or the Secret of Style . Princeton University Press, 2003, 108 pp., $29.95 cloth, $12.95 paper.
katz, mark . Capturing Sound: How Technology Has Changed Music . University of California Press, 2004, xiii + 276 pp., 2 b&w illus., CD, $49.95 cloth, $19.95 paper.
philip robert . Performing Music in the Age of Recording . Yale University Press, 2004, vii + 252 pp., $35.00 cloth.
symes, colin . Setting the Record Straight: A Material History of Classical Recordings . Wesleyan University Press, 2004, xiii + 313 pp., 41 illus., $39.95 cloth.
cox, christoph and daniel warner , eds. Audio Culture: Readings in Modern Music . New York: Continuum Press, 2004, xvii + 454 pp., $100.00 cloth, $19.95 paper.
ginsberg, robert . The Aesthetics of Ruins . Amsterdam/New York: Ropodi, 2004, xx + 538 pp., 103 b&w illus., $144.00 cloth.     

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     

Short Notices

Books reviewed: Legitimating New Religions , James R. Lewis, Rutgers University Press 2003 (0‐8135‐3324‐4), pp. viii + 272, Pb $21.95 Dictionary of Buddhism , Damien Keown with contributions from Stephen Hodge, Charles Jones and Paola Tinti, Oxford University Press 2003 (0‐19‐860560‐9), pp. x + 357, Hb £20/$35 The Bible: The New Revised Standard Version Cross‐Reference Edition, with Apocrypha; Anglicized Text , Managing Editor Martin H. Manser, with John Barton (for the Old Testament) and Bruce Metzger (for the Apocrypha and New Testament), Oxford University Press 2003 (0‐19‐100016‐7), pp. xxii +1,520, Hb £35 When the Great Abyss Opened: Classic and Contemporary Readings of Noah's Flood , J. David Pleins, Oxford University Press 2003 (0‐19‐515608‐0), pp. xi + 242, Hb £20 Exploring the Old Testament, Volume 3: The Psalms and Wisdom Literature , Ernest Lucas, SPCK 2003 (0‐281‐05431‐2), pp. xvi + 207, Pb £16.99 Who Were the Early Israelites and Where Did They Come From? , William G. Dever, Eerdmans 2003 (0‐8028‐0975‐8), pp. xi + 268, Pb £17.95 Paul, Luke and the Graeco‐Roman World: Essays in Honour of Alexander J. M. Wedderburn , Alf Christophersen, Carsten Claussen, Jörg Frey and Bruce Longenecker (eds), Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement Series 217, Sheffield Academic Press 2002, A Continuum Imprint (1‐84127‐259‐0), pp. xvi + 290, Hb £65 God and History in the Book of Revelation: New Testament Studies in Dialogue with Pannenberg and Moltmann , Michael Gilbertson, Cambridge University Press 2003 (0‐521‐82466‐4), Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series 124, pp. xiii + 235 Hb £47.50/$65 From Dogma to History: How Our Understanding of the Early Church Developed , William H. C. Frend, SCM Press 2003 (0‐334‐02908‐2), pp. vii + 212, Pb £12.99 Richard Hooker and Reformed Theology: A Study of Reason, Will, and Grace , Nigel Voak, Oxford University Press 2003 (0‐19‐926039‐7), pp. xviii + 348, Hb £50/$85 Nice and Hot Disputes: The Doctrine of the Trinity in the Seventeenth Century , Philip Dixon, Continuum 2003 (0‐5670‐8816‐2), pp. xi– 236, Hb £40 Christian Mystics: Their Lives and Legacies Throughout the Ages , Ursula King, Routledge 2004 (0‐415‐32652‐4), pp. v + 270, Pb £13.99 The Blackwell Companion to Political Theology , Peter Scott and William T. Cavanaugh (eds), Blackwell 2004 (0‐631‐22342‐8), pp. x + 566, Hb £85 Progressive Christians Speak: A Different Voice on Faith and Politics , John Cobb Jr (ed.), Westminster John Knox Press 2004 (0‐664‐22589‐6), pp. xvi + 341, Pb £20 War and Peace: A Selection of Key Readings. Problems in Theology 3 , Jeff Astley, David Brown and Ann Loades (eds), T. & T. Clark 2003, A Continuum Imprint (0‐567‐08973‐8), pp. viii + 111, Pb £12.99 Invitation to the Sociology of Religion , Phil Zuckerman, Routledge 2003 (0‐415‐94126‐1), pp. ix + 156, Pb £15.99 Faith and Feminism: An Introduction to Christian Feminist Theology , Nicola Slee, Darton, Longman and Todd 2003 (0‐232‐52486‐6), Exploring Faith: Theology for Life, pp. xi + 131, Pb £8.95 Introducing Feminist Perspectives on Pastoral Theology , Zoë Bennett Moore, Introductions in Feminist Theology 11, Sheffield Academic Press 2002, A Continuum Imprint (0‐8264‐6261‐8), pp. 157, Pb £15.99/$11.90 Teaching Freud Diane Jonte‐Pace (ed.), Oxford University Press 2003 (0‐19‐5157680), AAR Teaching Religious Studies Series, pp. xi + 276, Pb £48 Blessed are the Cynical: How Original Sin Can Make America a Better Place , Mark Ellingsen, Brazos Press 2003 (1‐58743‐042‐8), pp. 208, Hb $23.99 Worship , Keith F. Pecklers, Continuum 2003 (0‐8264‐6856‐X), pp vi + 234, Pb, £14.99 Worship Seeking Understanding: Windows into Christian Practice , John D. Witvliet, Baker Academic 2003 (0‐8010‐2623‐7), pp. 319, Pb $26.99 Theology at the Eucharistic Table: Master Themes in the Theological Tradition , Jeremy Driscoll, Gracewing 2003 (0‐85244‐469‐9), pp. 251, Pb, £17.99 Confessing Jesus Christ: Preaching in a Postmodern World , David J. Lose, Eerdmans 2003 (0‐8028‐4983‐0), pp. viii + 264, Pb £19.99 Charis and Charisma: David Yonggi Cho and the Growth of Yoido Full Gospel Church , Sung‐Hoon Myung and Young‐Gi Hong (eds), Regnum 2003 (1‐870345‐45‐2), pp. xi + 217, Pb £19.99     

Short Notices

Shamanism: A Reader , Graham Harvey (ed.), Routledge 2003 (0‐415‐25330‐6), pp. 461, Pb £17.99 Ancient Jewish Novels: An Anthology , edited and translated by Lawrence M. Wills, Oxford University Press 2002 (Hb 0‐19‐515141‐0; Pb 0‐19‐515142‐9), pp. x + 298, Hb £40.50, Pb £20 4QPesher Nahum: A Critical Commentary , Gregory L. Doudna, Sheffield Academic Press 2001, Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Supplement Series 35, Copenhagen International Series 8 (1‐84127‐156‐X), pp. 813, Hb £95 Copper Scroll Studies , George J. Brooke and Philip R. Davies (eds), Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Supplement Series 40, Sheffield Academic Press 2003, A Continuum Imprint (0‐8264‐6055‐0), pp. xvi + 344, Hb £95 Jesus in his Jewish Context , Geza Vermes, SCM Press 2003 (0‐334‐02915‐5), pp. x + 198, Pb £12.99 The New Testament: History, Literature, Religion , Gerd Theissen, T. & T. Clark 2003, A Continuum Imprint (Hb 0‐567‐08948‐7, Pb, 0‐567‐08949‐5), pp. xii + 206, Hb £40, Pb £12.99 Mary Magdalene: Beyond the Myth , Esther de Boer, Translated by John Bowden, SCM Press 2003 (0‐334‐02690‐3) pp. xi + 147, Pb £12.99 Slave of All: The Paradox of Authority and Servanthood in the Gospel of Mark , Narry F. Santos, JSNTS Series 237, Sheffield Academic Press 2003, A Continuum Imprint (0‐8264‐62251), pp. xii + 337, Hb £65 An Introduction to the New Testament Apocrypha , Fred Lapham, T. & T. Clark 2003, A Continuum Imprint (Hb 0‐8264‐6978‐7, Pb 0‐8264‐6979‐5), pp. ix + 193, Hb £70, Pb £14.99 The Spirit of Early Christian Thought: Seeking the Face of God. Robert Louis Wilken, Yale University Press 2003 (0‐300‐09708‐5), pp. xxii + 368, Pb £22.50 Communication and the Gospel , John Holdsworth, Darton, Longman & Todd 2003 (0‐232‐52488‐2), pp. xii + 119, Pb £8.95 From Angels to Aliens: Teenagers, the Media, and the Supernatural , Lynn Schofield Clark, Oxford University Press 2003 (0‐19‐515609‐9), pp. xii + 292, Hb £20 Mediating Religion: Conversations in Media, Religion and Culture , Jolyon Mitchell and Sophia Marriage (eds), T. & T. Clark 2003, A Continuum Imprint (0‐567‐08807‐3), pp. xv + 407, Pb £17.99 Introducing Christianity , Sally Bruyneel and Alan G. Padgett, Orbis Books 2003 (1‐57075‐395‐4), pp. xi + 164, Pb $18 Problems in Theology 1, Creation: A Reader , Jeff Astley, David Brown and Ann Loades (eds), T. & T. Clark International 2003, A Continuum Imprint (0‐567‐08977‐0), pp. vii + 119, Pb £12.99 Problems in Theology 2, Evil: A Reader , Jeff Astley, David Brown and Ann Loades (eds), T. & T. Clark International 2003, A Continuum Imprint (0‐567‐08975‐0), pp. viii + 112, Pb £12.99 The Cambridge Companion to Postmodern Theology , Kevin Vanhoozer (ed.), Cambridge University Press 2003 (0‐231‐12733‐2), pp. xv + 295, Pb £15.95/$23 Apostolicity and Unity: Essays on the Porvoo Common Statement , Ola Tjørhom (ed.), Eerdmans 2003 (2‐8254‐1375‐5), pp. xii + 271, Pb £18.90/$30 Signs amid the Rubble: The Purposes of God in Human History , Lesslie Newbigin, Eerdmans 2003 (0‐8028‐0989‐9), pp. xiv + 121, Pb £10.99/$15 The Ecclesiology of Stanley Hauerwas: A Christian Theology of Liberation , John B. Thomson, Ashgate New Critical Thinking in Religion, Ashgate 2003 (0‐7546‐3394‐2), pp. x + 245, Hb £49.50 The Resurrection of God Incarnate , Richard Swinburne, Oxford University Press 2003 (Hb 0‐19‐925745‐0, Pb 0‐19‐925746‐9), pp. vi + 224, Hb £45, Pb £16.99 Truth in the Making: Creative Knowledge in Theology and Philosophy , Robert Miner, Routledge 2004 (0‐415‐27698‐5), pp. xvi + 166, £17.99 A Political Theology of Nature , Peter Scott, Cambridge University Press 2003 (Hb 0‐521‐64165‐9, Pb 0‐521‐52717‐1), pp. xiii + 275, Hb £47.50, Pb £17.95 Re‐ordering Nature: Theology, Society and the New Genetics , Celia Deane‐Drummond, Bronislaw Szerszynski and Robin Grove‐White (eds), T. & T. Clark 2003, A Continuum Imprint (Hb 0‐567‐08896‐0, Pb 0‐567‐08878‐2), pp. xiv + 368, Hb £50, Pb £17.99 Subverting Greed: Religious Perspectives on the Global Economy , Paul F. Knitter and Chandra Muzaffar (eds), Orbis Books 2002 (1‐57075‐446‐2), pp. xiv + 193, Pb $20 Marriage and Modernization: How Globalization Threatens Marriage and What To Do About It , Don S. Browning, Eerdmans 2003 (0‐8028‐1112‐4), pp. xiv + 292, Pb £21.99/$30 Spiritual Caregiving as Secular Sacrament: A Practical Theology for Professional Caregivers , Ray S. Anderson, Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2003 (1‐84310‐746‐5), pp. 192, Pb £15.95/$24.95 Growing Old in Christ , Stanley Hauerwas, Carole Bailey Stoneking, Keith G. Meador, and David Cloutier (eds), Eerdmans 2003 (0‐8028‐4607‐6), pp. x + 310, Pb £17.99/$24 Psychotherapy and Spirituality , Agneta Schreurs, Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2002 (1‐85302‐975‐0), pp. 313, Pb £17.95/$26.95 Islam and the West: Conflict or Cooperation? , Amin Saikal, Palgrave Macmillan 2003 (1‐4039‐0358‐1), pp. x + 171, Pb £13.99 Gender, Politics, and Islam , Therese Saliba, Carolyn Allen, and Judith A. Howard (eds), University of Chicago Press 2002 (0‐226‐73428‐5), pp. 354, Hb $39 Searching for God in Godforsaken Times and Places: Reflections on the Holocaust, Racism, and Death , Hubert G. Locke, Eerdmans 2003 (0‐8028‐6084‐2), pp. x + 109, Pb £12.99/$18     

Reviews

Myth and History in the Bible , Giovanni Garbini, Sheffield, Sheffield Academic Press 2003, A Continuum Imprint (0‐8264‐6260‐X), pp. viii + 149, Hb £60 Paul Among the Postliberals: Pauline Theology Beyond Christendom and Modernity , Douglas Harink, Brazos Press 2003 (1‐58743‐041‐X), pp. 283, Pb $23.99 The Church in Antioch in the First Century CE: Communion and Conflict , Michelle T. Slee, JSNTS Series 244, Sheffield Academic Press 2003, A Continuum Imprint (0‐826‐46683‐4), pp. xiii + 214, Hb £60 The Acts of Peter, Gospel Literature, and the Ancient Novel: Rewriting the Past , Christine M. Thomas, Oxford University Press 2003 (0‐19‐512507‐X), pp. xiii + 186, Hb £35 East and West: The Making of a Rift in the Church. From Apostolic Times until the Council of Florence , Henry Chadwick, Oxford History of the Christian Church, Oxford University Press 2003 (0‐19‐926457‐0), pp. x + 306, Hb £60 Thomas Aquinas: Theologian of the Christian Life , Nicholas M. Healy, Great Theologians Series, Ashgate 2003 (Hb 0‐7546‐1471‐9, Pb 0‐7546‐1472‐7), pp. xiv + 168, Hb £47.50, Pb £16.99 Anglicans and Orthodox: Unity and Subversion 1559–1725 , Judith Pinnington, Forward by Rowan Williams, Introduction by Kallistos Ware, Gracewing 2003 (0‐8006‐3127‐7), pp. xxx +260, Pb £14.99 Abraham! Abraham! Kierkegaard and the Hasidim on the Binding of Isaac , Jerome I. Gellman, Ashgate 2003 (0 7546 1679 7), pp. vii + 125, Pb £16.99 Of Borders and Margins: Hispanic Disciples in Texas, 1888–1945 , Daisy L. Machado, AAR Academy Series, Oxford University Press 2003 (0‐19‐5152239), pp. xiii + 151, Hb £25/$39.95 Jews and Christians: People of God , Carl E. Braaten and Robert W. Jenson (eds), Eerdmans 2003 (0‐8028‐0507‐8), pp. ix + 198, Pb £12.99/$18 John Hick: An Autobiography , John Hick, Oneworld Publications 2003 (1‐85168‐312‐7), pp. viii + 328, Hb £19.99/$29.95 Rowan Williams: An Introduction , Rupert Shortt, DLT 2003 (0‐232‐52490‐4), pp. x + 133, Pb £7.95 Anglicanism: The Answer to Modernity , Duncan Dormor, Jack McDonald and Jeremy Caddick (eds), Continuum 2003 (0‐8264‐6699‐0), pp. xiii + 205, £14.99 Dissent from the Homeland: Essays After September 11 , Stanley Hauerwas and Frank Lentricchia (eds), Duke University Press 2003 (0‐8223‐3221‐3), pp. viii + 226, Pb £16.95 Liturgy in a Postmodern World , Keith Pecklers SJ (ed.), Continuum 2003 (0‐8264‐6412‐2). pp. viii + 215, Pb £14.99 The Sacred and the Profane: Contemporary Demands on Hermeneutics , Jeffrey F. Keuss (ed.), Ashgate 2003 (0‐7546‐0767‐4), pp. vii + 142, Hb £40 Resurrection: Theological and Scientific Assessments , Ted Peters, Robert John Russell and Michael Welker (eds), Eerdmans 2002 (0‐8028‐0519‐1), pp. xvii + 326, Pb £27.99/$39 Faith and Philosophy: The Historical Impact , D.G. Leahy, Ashgate 2003 (0‐7546‐3120‐6), pp. xiii + 180, Pb £16.99 God and Design: The Teleological Argument and Modern Science , Neil A. Manson (ed.), Routledge 2003 (0‐415‐26344‐1), pp. xvi + 376, Pb £15.99 Religious Education between Modernization and Globalization: New Perspectives on the United States and Germany , Richard R. Osmer and Friedrich Schweitzer, Eerdmans 2003 (0‐8028‐1284‐8), pp. xix + 319, Pb £28.99/$40 Power Failure: Christianity in the Culture of Technology , Albert Borgmann, Brazos Press 2003 (1‐58743‐058‐4), pp. 144, Pb $14.99 Christian Microenterprise Development: An Introduction , David Bussau and Russell Mask, Regnum 2003 (1‐870345‐28‐2), pp. xiii + 142, Pb £9.99 Cults and New Religious Movements: A Reader , Lorne L. Dawson (ed.), Blackwell 2003 (1‐4051‐0180‐6), pp. viii + 297, Pb £17.99/$29.95 Hb £55/$64.95     

Books Received

(Inclusion in this list does not preclude a subsequent review discussion.)

Habermas and Pragmatism, ed. Mitchell Aboulafia, Myra Bookman, and Catherine Kemp. London/New York: Routledge: 2002, xi + 244 pp., pb. £15.99.

Wittgenstein, Rules and Institutions, David Bloor. London/New York: Routledge, 2002, xvi + 173 pp., pb. £17.99.

What Ought I to Do?: Morality in Kant and Levinas, Catherine Chalier. Trans. Jane Marie Todd. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2002, 197 pp., $45.00, pb. $17.95.

Social and Political Philosophy: A Contemporary Introduction, John Christman. Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy. London/New York: Routledge, 2002, xiii + 248 pp., £12.99, $20.95.

Paradoxes from A to Z, Michael Clark. London/New York: Routledge, 2002, xi + 218 pp., no price given.

Suspensions of Perception: Attention, Spectacle, and Modern Culture, Jonathan Crary. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2001, 397 pp., $45.00, pb. $22.95.

Heidegger's Concept of Truth, Daniel Dahlstrom. Modern European Philosophy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001, xxx + 462 pp., $60.00.

A Politics of Impossible Difference: The Later Work of Luce Irigaray, Penelope Deutscher. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2002, ix + 228 pp., $39.95, pb. $17.95.

A History of Irish Thought, Thomas Duddy. London/New York: Routledge, 2002, xviii + 362 pp., pb., no price given.

Religious Conviction in Liberal Politics, Christopher Eberle. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002, x + 405 pp., $75.00, pb. $28.00.

The Philosophy of Nature: A Guide to the New Essentialism, Brian Ellis. Chesham, UK: Acumen, 2002, v + 185 pp., £40.00, pb. £12.95.

Allocating Scarce Medical Resources: Roman Catholic Perspectives, H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr. and Mark J. Cherry (eds). Clinical Medical Ethics. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2002, x + 331 pp., pb. $39.95, £29,75.

A Parting of the Ways: Carnap, Cassirer, and Heidegger, Michael Friedman. Chicago/La Salle, IL: Open Court Publishing Co., 2000, xv + 175 pp., $49.95, pb. $24.95.

The Unity of Knowledge and Action: Toward a Non-Representational Theory of Knowledge, Warren G. Frisina. SUNY Series in Philosophy. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2002, xiii + 262 pp., $71.50, pb. $22.95.

The Blackwell Guide to Metaphysics, Richard M. Gale (ed.). Blackwell Philosophy Guides. Oxford/Maiden, MA: Blackwell Publishers, 2002, viii + 348 pp., £60.00, pb. £17.99.

The Search for Certainty: A Philosophical Account of Foundations of Mathematics, Marcus Giaquinto. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2002, xi +286 pp., £35.00.

Forgiveness and Revenge, Trudy Govier. London/New York: Routledge, 2002, x + 205 pp., pb. £13.99.

Anaximander and the Architects: The Contributions of Egyptian and Greek Architectural Technologies to the Origins of Greek Philosophy, Robert Hahn. SUNY Series in Ancient Greek Philosophy. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2001, xxiii + 326 pp., $81.50, pb. $28.95.

Stanley Cavell: Skepticism, Subjectivity, and the Ordinary, Espen Hammer. Key Contemporary Thinkers. Cambridge: Polity Press, 2002, xiv + 199 pp., £50.00, pb. £14.99.

Why Good is Good: The Sources of Morality, Robert A. Hinde. London/New York: Routledge, 2002, xiv + 241, pb. no price given.

The Divine Attributes, Joshua Hoffman and Gary S. Rosenkrantz. Exploring the Philosophy of Religion. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2002, xi + 204 pp., £50.00, pb. £15.99.

The Letters of George Santayana, Book Three 1921-1927, ed. William Holzberger. The Works of George Santayana. Vol. V. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2002, Ixviii + 512 pp., $55.00.

Theoretical Philosophy After 1781, Immanuel Kant. The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Immanuel Kant. Ed. Henry Allison and Peter Heath. Trans. Gary Hatfield and Michael Friedman. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002, xiii + 530 pp., $95.00.

Kant's Search for the Supreme Principle of Morality, Samuel J. Kerstein. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002, xiv + 226 pp., $60.00.

Skepticism: The Central Issues, Charles Landesman. Oxford/Maiden, MA: Blackwell Publishers, 2002, x + 210 pp., £50.00, pb. £14.99.

Derrida and Husserl: The Basic Problem of Phenomenology, Leonard Lawlor. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2002, xii + 286 pp., $49.95, pb. $19.95.

Richard Rorty, Alan Malachowski. Philosophy Now. Chesham, UK: Acumen, 2002, xxi + 202 pp., £40.00, pb. £12.95.

The Sentimental Citizen: Emotion in Democratic Politics, George Marcus. University Park, PA: Penn State University Press, 2002, viii + 171 pp., $45.00, pb. $19.95.

The Unconscious Abyss: Hegel's Anticipation of Psychoanalysis, Jon Mills. SUNY Series in Hegelian Studies. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2002, xv + 261 pp., $73.50, pb. $24.95.

The Phenomenology Reader, Dermot Moran and Timothy Mooney (eds), London/New York: Routledge, 2002, x + 614 pp.

Authority and Estrangement: An Essay on Self-Knowledge, Richard Moran. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2001, xxxv + 202 pp., pb. $16.95.

On Film, Stephen Mulhall. Thinking in Action. London/New York: Routledge, 2002, v + 142pp., pb. £7.99, $12.95.

The Correspondence Theory of Truth: An Essay on the Metaphysics of Predication, Andrew Neuman. Cambridge Studies in Philosophy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002, xii + 251 pp., $60.00.

An Introduction to Philosophy, Jon Nuttall. Cambridge: Polity Press, 2002, xvii + 254 pp., £50.00, pb. £14.99.

Vico: The First New Science, Gianbattista Vico. Ed. Leon Pompa. Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002, Ixiv + 302 pp., $65.00, pb. $23.00.

The Ethics of Aquinas, Stephen J. Pope (ed.). Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, xv + 496 pp., pb. $39.95, £29.75.

The Right and the Good, David Ross. Ed. Philip Stratton-Lake. British Moral Philosophers. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2002, Iviii + 183 pp., £40.00.

Dreaming by the Book, Elaine Scarry. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2001, 292 pp., pb. $18.95.

Environmental Ethics and Policy-Making, Mikael Stenmark. Ashgate Translations in Philosophy, Theology and Religion. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate, 2002, vi + 161 pp., £37.50.

Bayes's Theorem, Richard Swinburne (ed.). Proceedings of the British Academy 113. Oxford: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, 2002, ix + 149 pp., £17.99.

After Christianity, Gianni Vattimo. Trans. Luca D'lsanto. Italian Academy Lectures. New York: Columbia University Press, 2002, v + 156 pp., $24.50, pb. $17.00.

The Other Husserl: The Horizons of Transcendental Phenomenology, Donn Welton. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2002, xvi + 496 pp., $54.95, pb. $29.95.

Truth and Truthfulness: An Essay in Genealogy, Bernard Williams. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2002, xi + 328 pp., £19.95, $27.95.     

Books Received

God in the Act of Reference: Debating Religious Realism and Non-Realism, Erica Appelros. Ashgate New Thinking in Theology and Biblical Studies. Aldershot, UK/ Burlington, USA/Singapore/Sydney: Ashgate, 2002, vii + 212 pp., £40.00.

Daniel Dennett, Andrew Brook and Don Ross (eds). Contemporary Philosophy in Focus. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002, xii + 302 pp., $60.00, pb. $20.00.

Solomon Maimon: Monism, Skepticism, and Mathematics, Meir Buzaglo. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2002, xiii + 168 pp., $32.50.

Catholic Social Teaching 1891-Present: A Historical Theological and Ethical Analysis, Charles E. Curran. Moral Traditions. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2002, ix + 261 pp., $49.95, £37.00, pb. $19.95, £15.00.

Man Made God: The Meaning of Life, Luc Ferry. Trans. David Pellauer. Chicago/London: University of Chicago Press, 2002, iv + 172 pp., pb. $14.00, £9.00.

Contexts of Justice: Political Philosophy beyond Liberalism and Communitarianism, Rainer Forst. Trans. John Farrell. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002, xii + 346 pp., $55.00/£37.95, pb. $22.50/£15.95.

Social Epistemology, 2nd ed., Steve Fuller. Bloomington/Indianapolis, IN: Indiana University Press, 2002, xxxi + 314 pp., $49.95, pb. $21.95.

Toleration as Recognition, Anna Elisabetta Galeotti. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002, vii + 242 pp., $60.00.

Descartes' System of Natural Philosophy, Stephen Gaukroger. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002, viii + 258 pp., $60.00, pb. $22.00.

Introduction to Logic, Henry J. Gensler. London/New York: Routledge, 2002, ix + 399 pp., $80.00, pb. $24.95, £15.99.

History and Illusion in Politics, Raymond Geuss. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001, viii + 175 pp., $55.00, pb. $19.00.

Morality and the Human Goods: An Introduction to Natural Law Ethics, Alfonso GomezLobo. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2002, xvii + 142 pp., pb. $17.95, £13.50.

Practical Reasoning in a Social World: How We Act Together, Keith Graham. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002, xi + 202 pp., $55.00.

Sustaining Loss: Art and Mournful Life, Gregg M. Horowitz. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2001, xv + 239 pp., $49.50, pb. $19.95.

The Myth of Morality, Richard Joyce. Cambridge Studies in Philosophy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002, xiii + 249 pp., $60.00.

Intimate Revolt: The Powers and Limits of Psychoanalysis, vol. 2, Julia Kristeva. Trans. Jeanine Herman. European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. New York: Columbia University Press, 2002, vii + 291 pp., $32.50, £22.50.

Philosophical Reflections, Abdul Lathief. Keralam. India: Mulberry Publications, 2002, 164 pp., no price given.

Philosophy, Music and Emotion, Geoffrey Madell. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2002, vii + 162 pp., £40.00.

Rule-Following and Meaning, Alexander Miller and Crispin Wright (eds). Chesham, UK: Acumen, 2002, x + 302 pp., £45.00, pb. £16.95.

Nietzsche, Biology and Metaphor, Gregory Moore. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002, viii + 228 pp., $55.00.

The Idea of a Catholic University, George Dennis O'Brien. Chicago/London: University of Chicago Press, 2002, ix + 239 pp., $28.00, £18.00.

Environmental Culture: The Ecological Crisis of Reason, VaI Plum wood. Environmental Philosophies. London/New York: Routledge, 2002, vii + 291 pp., $75.00, pb. $21.95.

Logical Form and Language, Gerhard Preyer and Georg Peter (eds). Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2002, x + 512 pp., £55.00, pb. £19.99.

Patriotism, Igor Primoratz (ed.). Amherst, NY: Humanity Books, 2002, 298 pp., pb. $29.00.

Man as a Moral Agent in Aristotle, Marten Ringbom. Acta Philosophical Fennica 70 (2002). Helsinki: Societas Philosophical Fennica, 2002, 197 pp., no price given

The Site of the Social: A Philosophical Account of the Constitution of Social Life and Change, Theodore R. Schatzki. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania University Press, 2002, xxii + 295 pp., $45.00.

Robert Nozick, David Schmidtz (ed.). Contemporary Philosophy in Focus. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002, x + 230 pp., $60.00, pb. $20.00.

Lives of Things, Charles E. Scott. Studies in Continental Thought. Bloomington/ Indianapolis, IN: Indiana University Press, 2002, ix + 196 pp. $49.95, pb. $19.95.

The Theory of Moral Sentiments, Adam Smith. Ed. Knud Haakonssen. Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002, xxxi + 411 pp., $65.00, pb. $23.00.

Scheler's Ethical Personalism: Its Logic, Development, and Promise, Peter H. Spader. Perspectives in Continental Philosophy 25. Bronx, NY: Fordham University Press, 2002, xviii + 327 pp., $45.00, pb. $20.00.

Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Hegel and The Phenomenology of Spirit, Robert Stern. Routledge Philosophy Guidebooks. London/New York: Routledge, 2002, xviii + 234 pp., $55.00, pb. $14.95.

Critical Reasoning: A Practical Introduction, 2nd ed., Anne Thomson. London/New York: Routledge, 2002, ix + 209 pp., $65.00, pb. $20.95.

Philosophers in Conversation: Interviews from The Harvard Review of Philosophy, S. Phineas Upham (ed.). London/New York: Routledge, 2002, xv + 189 pp., no price given.

Being after Rousseau: Philosophy and Culture in Question, Richard L. Velkley. Chicago/ London: University of Chicago Press, 2002, x +192 pp., $40.00, £25.00, pb. $18.00, £11.50.

Leo Strauss: The Early Writings (1921-1932), trans. and ed. Michael Zank. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2002, xix + 238 pp., $68.50, pb. $22.95.     

Ancient Israel, Judaism and Christianity in Contemporary Perspective. Essays in Memory of Karl-Johan Illman – Edited by Jacob Neusner, Alan J. Avery-Peck, Antti Laato, Risto Nurmela and Karl Gustav Sandelin (eds)

Book reviewed:
Ancient Israel, Judaism and Christianity in Contemporary Perspective. Essays in Memory of Karl-Johan Illman , Jacob Neusner, Alan J. Avery-Peck, Antti Laato, Risto Nurmela and Karl Gustav Sandelin (eds), Lanham University Press of America 2006 (0-7618-3362-5), ix + 448 pp., pb $41.00     

Short Notices

Books reviewed in this article: Divine Love in Islamic Mysticism: The Teachings of Al‐Ghazali and Al‐Dabbagh , Binyamin Abrahamov, RoutledgeCurzon Sufi Series, RoutledgeCurzon 2003 (0‐7007‐1607‐6), pp. 190, Hb £65 Who Are You, My Daughter? Reading Ruth Through Image and Text , Ellen F. Davies (Translation and notes) and Margaret Adams Parker (woodcuts), Westminster John Knox Press 2003 (0‐664‐22374‐5), pp. xxiii + 123, Hb £12.99 A Woman’s Place is in the House: Royal Women of Judah and their Involvement in the House of David , Elna K. Solvang, JSOTS Series 349, Sheffield Academic Press 2003, A Continuum Imprint (0‐8264‐6213‐8), pp. xiii + 188, Hb £50 A Prophet in Debate: The Rhetoric of Persuasion in the Book of Amos , Karl Möller, JSOT Series 372, Sheffield Academic Press 2003, A Continuum Imprint (0‐8264‐6568‐4), pp. xiv + 352, Hb £65 Jesus the Pharisee , Hyam Maccoby, SCM Press 2003 (0‐334‐02914‐7), pp. x + 228, Pb £16.99 Moses as a Character in the Fourth Gospel: A Study of Ancient Reading Techniques , Stan Harstine, JSNTS Series 229, London, Sheffield Academic Press 2002, A Continuum Imprint (0‐8264‐6026‐7), pp. viii + 194, Hb £50 A New Heaven and a New Earth: The Meaning and Function of the Old Testament in Revelation 21.1–22.5 , D. Mathewson, Sheffield Academic Press 2003, A Continuum Imprint, JSNTS Series 238 (0 8264 6226 X), pp. xii + 282, Hb £60 From Judgment to Passion: Devotion to Christ and to the Virgin Mary, 800–1200 , Rachel Fulton, Columbia University Press 2002 (0‐231‐12550‐X), pp. 676, Hb £28/$40 The Formation of Christianity in Antioch: A Social‐Scientific Approach to the Separation Between Judaism and Christianity , Magnus Zetterholm, Routledge 2003 (0‐415‐29896‐2), pp. xiv + 272, Hb £50 Blessed One: Protestant Perspectives on Mary , B.R. Gaventa and C.L. Rigby (eds), Westminster John Knox Press 2002 (0‐664‐22438‐5), pp. xii + 158, Pb £12.99 Being Still: Reflections on an Ancient Mystical Tradition , Jean‐Yves Leloup, Gracewing 2003 (0‐85244‐537‐7), pp. viii + 141, Pb £9.99 Theology, Rhetoric, and Politics in the Eucharistic Controversy, 1078–1079: Alberic of Monte Cassino Against Berengar of Tours , Charles M. Radding and Francis Newton, Columbia University Press 2003 (0‐231‐12685‐9), pp. xi + 197, £13/$18.50 Ignatius: Sharing the Pilgrim Story. A Reading of the Autobiography of St. Ignatius of Loyola , Peter Du Brul SJ, Gracewing 2003 (0‐85244‐536‐9), pp. lxxii + 206, Pb £15.99 Religion and the Cold War , Dianne Kirby (ed.), Palgrave Macmillan 2003 (0‐333‐99398‐5), pp. xiii + 245, Hb £45 Religion in Late Modernity , Robert Cummings Neville, State University of New York Press 2002 (0‐7914‐5424‐X), pp. xv + 284, Pb $22.95 The Methodists and Revolutionary America, 1760–1800: The Shaping of an Evangelical Culture , Dee E. Andrews, Princeton University Press 2002, pp. xv + 367, Hb £15.95 Terror and Triumph: The Nature of Black Religion , Anthony B. Pinn, Fortress Press 2003 (0‐8006‐3601‐5), pp. xiv + 274, Pb $22 Rastafari: From Outcasts to Culture Bearers , Ennis Barrington Edmonds, Oxford University Press 2003 (0‐19‐513376‐5), pp. x + 194, Hb £19.99 Thinking Through Myths: Philosophical Perspectives , Kevin Schilbrack (ed.), Routledge 2002 (0‐415‐25461‐2), pp. xi + 217, Pb £15.99 Belief Beyond Boundaries: Wicca, Celtic Spirituality and the New Age , Joanne Pearson (ed.), Ashgate, in association with The Open University, 2002 (0‐7546‐0820‐4), pp. ix + 339, Pb £13.99 Spirituality in Aotearoa New Zealand: Catholic Voices , Helen Bergin and Susan Smith (eds), Accent Publications 2002 (0‐9583454‐4‐9), pp. 277, Pb NZ$35 Believing in Nothing and Something: An Approach to Humanist Beliefs and Values , Geoff Heath, Bowland 2003 (0‐9544221‐0‐4), pp. 134, Pb £11.95 Who are the Christians in the Middle East? , Betty Jane Bailey and J. Martin Bailey, Eerdmans 2003 (0‐8028‐1020‐9), pp. xiii + 215, Pb £14.99/$20 The Theology of Reconciliation: Essays in Biblical and Systematic Theology , Colin Gunton (ed.), T. & T. Clark 2003, A Continuum Imprint (0‐5670‐8889‐8), pp. vi + 177, Hb £25 Theology in Dialogue: The Impact of the Arts, Humanities, and Science on Contemporary Religious Thought. Essays in Honor of John W. de Gruchy , Lyn Holness and Ralf K. Wüstenberg (eds), Eerdmans 2002 (0‐8028‐3916‐9) / David Philip Publishers 2002 (0‐86486‐605‐4), pp. xxvi + 286, Pb £28.99/$40 Incarnation and Physics: Natural Science in the Theology of Thomas F. Torrance , Tapio Luoma, Oxford University Press 2002 (0‐19‐515189‐5), pp. viii + 230, Hb £35 Shelter from the Storm: Caring for the Victims of Kosovo , Bruce D. Thompson, SCM Press 2003 (0‐7162‐0569‐6), pp. xvi + 121, Pb £9.99     

In Defense of Natural Theology: A Post-Humean Assessment – Edited by James F. Sennett and Douglas Groothuis (eds)

Book reviewed:
In Defense of Natural Theology: A Post-Humean Assessment , James F. Sennett and Douglas Groothuis (eds), Intervarsity Press 2005 (0-8308-2767-6), 336 pp., pb $13.00     

Once More . . .

The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings , Third Edition, Bart D. Ehrman, Oxford University Press 2004 (0-19-515462-2), pp. xxxvi + 506, Pb £21.99
A Short History of the Papacy in the Middle Ages , Walter Ullmann with a new introduction by George Garnett. Routledge 2003 (0-415-30227-7), pp. xix + 339, Pb $19.99
Showing of Love , Julian of Norwich, translated by Julia Bolton Holloway, DLT 2003 (0-232-52503-X), pp. xxxiv + 133, Pb £9.95
The Encyclopedia of Christianity , Volume 3 (J-O), Erwin Fahlbusch et al. , Eerdmans 2003 (0-8028-2415-3) / Brill 2003 (90-04-12654-6), pp. xxix + 918, Hb £65/$100
Approaches to Auschwitz: The Holocaust and its Legacy , Revised Edition, Richard L. Rubenstein and John K. Roth (eds), Westminster John Knox Press 2003 (0-664-22353-2), pp. xi + 499, Pb $29.95     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this article:
CULTS, RELIGION, AND VIOLENCE. Edited by David G. Bromley and J. Gordon Melton. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003. 270 pp. $60.00 cloth; $22.00 paper.
THE DESTRUCTIVE POWER OF RELIGION: VIOLENCE IN JUDAISM, CHRISTIANITY, AND ISLAM. Edited by J. Harold Ellens. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2004. 4 volumes. $300.00 cloth.
SACRED FURY: UNDERSTANDING RELIGIOUS VIOLENCE. By Charles Selengut. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press, 2003. viii + 269 pp. $69.00 cloth, $24.95 paper.
ETHNORELIGIOUS CONFLICT IN THE LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY: A GENERAL THEORY. By Jonathan Fox. New York: Lexington Books, 2002. ix + 253pp. $70.00 cloth.
COMPETITIVE SPIRITS: LATIN AMERICA'S NEW RELIGIOUS ECONOMY. By R. Andrew Chesnut. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. xvi +189 pp. $35.00 cloth.
NEW DAY BEGUN: AFRICAN AMERICAN CHURCHES AND CIVIC CULTURE IN POST-CIVIL RIGHTS AMERICA. Edited by R. Drew Smith. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2003. x + 310 pp. $29.95 cloth.
FAITH, MORALITY, AND CIVIL SOCIETY. Edited by Dale McConkey and Peter Augustine Lawler. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2003. xvii + 232 pp. $70.00 cloth; $24.95 paper.
RELIGION AS SOCIAL CAPITAL: PRODUCING THE COMMON GOOD. Edited by Corwin Smidt. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2003. vii + 266 pp. $34.95 paper.
THE CHRISTIAN RIGHT IN AMERICAN POLITICS: MARCHING TO THE MILLENNIUM. Edited by John C. Green, Mark J. Rozell, and Clyde Wilcox. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2003. viii + 296 pp. $44.95 cloth; $24.95 paper.
THE PROPHETIC PULPIT: CLERGY, CHURCHES, AND COMMUNITIES IN AMERICAN POLITICS. By Paul A. Djupe and Christopher P. Gilbert. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2003. xi + 257 pp. $80.00 cloth; $28.95 paper.
BLACK MAGIC: RELIGION AND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CONJURING TRADITION. By Yvonne P. Chireau. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2003. ix + 222 pp. $34.95, cloth.     

Reviews

Books reviewed: Interfaith Pilgrims: Living Truths and Truthful Living , Swarthmore Lecture, 2003, Eleanor Nesbitt, Quaker Books 2003 (0‐85245‐347‐7), pp. 124, Pb £8 Learning from Other Faiths , Hermann Häring, Janet Martin Soskice and Felix Wilfred (eds), Concilium 2003/4, SCM Press 2003 (0‐334‐03075‐7), pp. 141, Pb £9.95 A New Introduction to Islam , Daniel Brown, Blackwell 2004 (0‐631‐21604‐9), pp. xv + 269, Pb £14.99/$27.95 Islam in Context: Past, Present and Future , Peter G. Riddell and Peter Cotterell, Baker Academic 2003 (0‐8010‐2627‐X), pp. 231, Pb $17.99 Understanding Old Testament Ethics: Approaches and Explorations , John Barton, Westminster John Knox Press 2003 (0‐664‐22596‐9), pp. xi + 212, Pb £17.99 Jesus Remembered , Volume I of Christianity in the Making , James D.G. Dunn, Eerdmans 2003 (0‐8028‐3931–2), pp. xvii + 1019, Hb £39.95 New Creation in Paul's Letters and Thought , Moyer V. Hubbard, Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series 119, Cambridge University Press 2002 (0‐521‐81485‐5), pp. xiii + 293, Hb £45/$60 Belly and Body in the Pauline Epistles , Karl Olav Sandnes, Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series 120, Cambridge University Press 2002 (0‐521‐81535‐5), pp. xiv + 318, Hb £45/$60 Secret Gospels: Essays on Thomas and the Secret Gospel of Mark , Marvin Meyer, Trinity Press International 2003 (1‐56338‐409‐4), pp. vii + 199, Pb £16.99/$23 Moses in America: The Cultural Uses of Biblical Narrative , Melanie J. Wright, AAR Cultural Criticism Series, Oxford University Press 2003 (0‐19‐515226‐3), pp. 172, Hb £30 The Theology of St Cyril of Alexandria: A Critical Appreciation , Thomas Weinandy and Daniel A. Keating (eds), T. & T. Clark 2003, A Continuum Imprint (0‐5670‐8900‐2), pp. xv + 269, Hb £35 The Commentaries of Origen and Jerome on St. Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians , Ronald E. Heine, Oxford University Press 2002 (0‐1992‐24551‐7), pp. xii + 297, Hb £50 The Making of American Liberal Theology: Imagining Progressive Religion, 1805–2000 , Gary Dorrien, Westminster/John Knox Press 2001 (0‐664‐22354‐0), pp. xxvi + 494, Pb £30 The Making of American Liberal Theology: Idealism, Realism, and Modernity, 2000–1950 , Gary Dorrien, Westminster/John Knox Press 2003 (0‐664‐22355‐9), pp. xx + 666, Pb £30 Adventures in Orthodoxy: The Marvels of the Christian Creed and the Audacity of Belief , Dwight Longenecker, Gracewing 2003 (0‐85244‐406‐0), pp. xx + 170, Pb £9.99 Essentials of Christian Theology , William C. Placher (ed.), Westminster John Knox Press 2003 (0‐664‐22395‐8), pp. x + 422, Pb $29.95 Postmodern Christianity , John W. Riggs, Trinity Press International 2003 (1‐56338‐364‐0), pp. xi + 174, Pb $19 Gateways to Dogmatics: Reasoning Theologically for the Life of the Church , Gerhard Sauter, Eerdmans 2003 (0‐8028‐4700‐5), pp. xx–310, Pb £12.99 A Theology of Engagement , Ian S. Markham, Blackwell 2003 (Hb 0‐631‐23601‐5, Pb 0‐631‐23602‐3), pp. x + 250, Hb £55/$64.95, Pb £16.99/29.95 Bernard Lonergan: An Introductory Guide to Insight, Terry J. Tekippe, Paulist Press 2003 (0‐8091‐4150‐7), pp. xii + 110, Pb $16.95 The Theology of the Body Explained: A Commentary on John Paul II's ‘Gospel of the Body’ , Christopher West, Gracewing 2003 (0‐85244‐600‐4), pp. xix + 530, Pb £20 Impossible God: Derrida's Theology , Hugh Rayment‐Pickard, Ashgate 2003 (0‐7546‐0597‐3), pp. x + 185, Hb £40 Rationality and Religious Theism , Joshua L. Golding, Ashgate Philosophy of Religion Series, Ashgate 2003 (0‐7546‐1568‐5), pp. 142, Pb £15.99/$29.95 Does God Have a Future? A Debate on Divine Providence , Christopher A. Hall and John Sanders, Baker Academic 2003 (0‐8010‐2604‐0), pp. 222, Pb $17.99 Infinitely Beloved: The Challenge of Divine Intimacy , Brian Thorne, Darton, Longman & Todd 2003 (0‐232‐52507‐2), pp. x + 92, Pb £8.95 Cosmic Grace and Humble Prayer: The Ecological Vision of the Green Patriarch Bartholomew , Father John Chryssavgis (ed.), Eerdmans 2003 (0‐8028‐2169‐3), pp. xii + 351, Hb £27.95 The New Anti‐Catholicism: The Last Acceptable Prejudice , Philip Jenkins, Oxford University Press 2003 (0‐19‐515480‐0), pp. vii + 258, Hb £14.99 Politics and Religion , Steve Bruce, Polity Press 2003 (Hb 0‐7456‐2819‐2, Pb 0‐7456‐2820‐6), pp. xii + 292, Hb £50 / Pb £15.99 Faithful Learning and the Christian Scholarly Vocation , Douglas V. Henry, Bob R. Agee (eds), Eerdmans 2003 (0‐8028‐1398‐4), pp. xii + 175, Pb £12.99/$18 The Foundation of Hope: Turning Dreams into Reality , R. John Elford (ed.), Liverpool University Press 2003 (0‐85323‐519‐8), pp. xii + 228, Hb £22.50 God's Book of Works: The Nature and Theology of Nature , R.J. Berry, T. & T. Clark International 2003, A Continuum Imprint (0‐567‐08915‐0), pp. xvi + 286, Hb £17.99 The Paradise of God: Renewing Religion in an Ecological Age , Norman Wirzba, Oxford University Press (0‐19‐515716‐8), pp. xiv + 240, Hb £25 Must Christianity Be Violent? Reflections on History, Practice, and Theology , Kenneth R. Chase and Alan Jacobs (eds), Brazos Press 2003 (1‐58743‐064‐9), pp. 256, Pb $19.99 The Gospel According to Tolkien: Visions of the Kingdom in Middle‐earth , Ralph C. Wood, Westminster John Knox Press 2003 (0‐664‐22610‐8), pp. xi + 169, Pb $14.95 Preaching Mark in Two Voices , Brian K. Blount and Gary W. Charles, Westminster John Knox Press 2003 (0‐664‐22393‐1), pp. xiii + 273, Pb £15.99 The Case for Humanism: An Introduction , Lewis Vaughn and Austin Dacey, Rowman and Littlefield 2003 (0‐7425‐1393‐9), pp. ix + 223, Pb £20.95     

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