Roundtable Review: The Meeting of Religions and the Trinity, Gavin D'Costa, Orbis and T. & T. Clark

Responses
John Hick, p.232
Dan Cohn-Sherbok, p.238
John Peacock, p.243
Gavin D' Costa, p.246     

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     

Book Reviews

Warren, Karen J. (ed.) Ecological Feminism
Steiner, Hillel An Essay on Rights
Marietta, Don E., Jr and Embree, Lester (eds) Environmental Philosopy and Environmental Activism
Haworth, Alan Anti-Libertarianism
Leahy, Michael and Cohn-Sherbok, Dan (eds) The Liberation Debate: Rights at Issue     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed:
Nada L. Stotland and Donna E. Stewart, Psychological Aspects of Women's Health Care: The Interface Between Psychiatry and Obstetrics and Gynecology (2nd ed.)
Vivien K. Burt and Victoria C. Hendrick, Concise Guide to Women's Mental Health (2nd ed.)
Jane Margolis and Allan Fisher, Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing
Joshua Goldstein, War and Gender: How Gender Shapes the War System and Vice Versa
Richard A. Lippa, Gender, Nature, and Nurture
Gwendolyn L. Gerber, Women and Men Police Officers: Status, Gender, and Personality     

Reviews

Book reviews in this articles:
ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN: Jews, Christians and Liberation Theology by Rabbi Dan Cohn-Sherbok.
TOWARDS A JEWISH THEOLOGY OF LIBERATION by Marc H. Ellis
THE WAY OF PARADOX: SPIRITUAL LIFE AS TAUGHT BY MEISTER ECKHART, by Cyprian Smith, O.S.B.
THE LIVING VOICE OF THE GOSPEL: The Gospels Today by Francis J. Moloney.
THEOLOGY AND THE PROBLEM OF EVIL by Kenneth Surin.
DOMINICAN PAINTING IN EAST ANGLIA: The Thornham Parva Retable and the Musée de Cluny Frontal by Christopher Norton, David Park & Paul Binski.     

REVIEWS

The Missions of Jesus and the Disciples according to the Fourth Gospel. With Implications for the Fourth Gospel's Purpose and the Mission of the Contemporary Church , Andreas J. Köstenberger, Eerdmans 1998 Beginning Old Testament Study , J. Rogerson (ed), new edn Language and Imagery in the Old Testament , J. C. L. Gibson Women in the Footsteps of the Buddha. Struggle for Liberation in the Ther?gāthā, K.R. Blackstone The New Liberalism. Faith for the Third Millennium , Jonathan Clatworthy (ed), After Noah: Animals and the Liberation of Theology , Andrew Linzey and Dan Cohn-Sherbok, Mowbray 1997 Jewish Wisdom in the Hellenistic Age , John J. Collins, T. & T. Clark 1998 Rereading the Rabbis. A Woman's Voice , Judith Hauptman Women in the Holocaust , Dalia Ofer and Lenore J. Weitzman (eds) Seeds of Hope. A Henri Nouwen Reader , Robert Durback (ed) The Road to Peace: Writings on Peace and Justice , Henri Nouwen, John Dear (ed) Who are we Now? Christian Humanism and the Global Market from Hegel to Heaney , Nicholas Boyle, T. & T. Clark 1998 Grace and Mortgage. The Language of Faith and the Debt of the World Rationality and Religion. Does Faith Need Reason ?, Roger Trigg The Religion of Being , Don Cupitt Religious Traditions in South Asia. Interaction and Change , G.A. Oddie (ed) The Western Church in the Middle Ages , John A. F. Thomson, Arnold 1998     

Recent Books in ≡ Islamic Studies

Books reviewed in this article:
N. Robinson, Islam: A Concise Introduction
J. Renard, Responses to 101 Questions on Islam
J. Bowker, What Muslims Believe
B. Abrahamov, Islamic Theology: Traditionalism and Rationalism
E. Sirriyeh, Sufis and Anti-Sufis     

Short Notices

Books reviewed in this article: Christopher Partridge (ed.), Dictionary of Contemporary Religion in the Western World Nancy K. Frankenberry (ed.), Radical Interpretation in Religion Margaret Stutley (ed.), Shamanism: An Introduction Samuel Terrien, The Psalms: Strophic Structure and Theological Commentary Steve Delamarter, with a contribution by J.H. Charlesworth, A Scripture Index to Charlesworth's The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha James H, The Pesharim and the Qumran Community: Chaos or Consensus? Timothy H. Lim, Pesharim James M. Scott, Geography in Early Judaism and Christianity: The Book of Jubilees Thomas R. Hatina, In Search of a Context: The Function of Scripture in Mark's Narrative Anthony Phillips, Essays on Biblical Law Larry J. Kreitzer, Gospel Images in Fiction and Film David S. Cunningham, Reading is Believing: The Christian Faith through Literature and Film John Wijngaards, No Women in Holy Orders? The Women Deacons of the Early Church Owen Chadwick, The Early Reformation on the Continent Andrew Bradstock and Christopher Rowland (eds), Radical Christian Writings: A Reader Sarah K. Pinnock, Beyond Theodicy: Jewish and Christian Continental Thinkers Respond to the Holocaust Coleen McDannell, Religions of the United States in Practice Douglas Pratt, Relational Deity: Hartshorne and Macquarrie on God John Habgood, Darton, The Concept of Nature Anthony C. Thiselton, A Concise Encyclopedia of the Philosophy of Religion Joseph Runzo, Global Philosophy of Religion: A Short Introduction Max Charlesworth, Philosophy and Religion: From Plato to Postmodernism John Cottingham, On the Meaning of Life Charles R. Pinches, Theology and Action: After Theory in Christian Ethics Philip Goodchild, Capitalism and Religion: The Price of Piety Pat Collins CM, The Broken Image: Reflections on Spirituality and Culture Gordon Lynch, After Religion: ‘Generation X’ and the Search for Meaning Alison Webster, Wellbeing Clifford Longley, Chosen People: The Big Idea that Shapes England and America     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: The Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance edited by William E. Hopke. Compensatory Education for the Disadvantaged (Programs and Practices: Preschool through College) by Edmund W. Gordon and Doxey A. Wilkerson. Untapped Good: The Rehabilitation of School Dropouts by Norman M. Chansky. Manpower Policies for Youth edited by Eli E. Cohen and Louise Kapp. The American Student's Freedom of Expression: A Research Appraisal by E. G. Williamson and John L. Cowan. Prep School Guide for Jewish Youth edited by S. Norman Feingold. Anxious Youth: Dynamics of Delinquency by William C. Kvaraceus. Adjustment to Blindness—Re-Viewed by Mary K. Bauman and Norman M. Yoder.     

The French Connection: Crea,Mauss, and the Academic Study of Religion in the U.S.A.

Mircea Eliade (ed. in chief), Charles J. Adams, Joseph M. Kitagawa, Martin E. Marty, Richard P. McBrien, Jacob Needleman, Annemarie Schimmel, Robert M. Seltzer, Victor Turner (eds), Lawrence E. Sullivan (associated ed.), and William K. Mahony (assistant ed.), The Encyclopedia of Religion. New York, Macmillan, and London, Collier, 1987, 16 volumes. $1,200     

Grading Religions

This essay develops standards for grading religions including various forms of spiritualism. First, I examine the standards proposed by William James, John Hick, Paul Knitter, Dan Cohn-Sherbok, and Harold Netland. Most of them are useful in grading religions with or without conditions. However, those standards are not enough for refined and piercing evaluation. Thus, I introduce standards used in spiritualism. Although those standards are for grading spirits and their teachings, they are useful in refined and piercing evaluation of religious phenomena. The spiritual standards complement James’s, Hick’s, Knitter’s, and Netland’s standards. Although most of the spiritual standards are rationally unjustifiable, they have practical value.     

SHORT NOTICES

Sin, Guilt and Forgiveness: The Hidden Dimensions of a Pastoral Process, Mary Anne Coate The Future of Judaism, Dan Cohn-Sherbok, T. & T. Clark Church and Society in Late Medieval England, R. N. Swanson The Book of Acts in Its First-Century Setting. Vol 2: Graeco-Roman Setting, David W. J. Gill and Conrad Gempf (eds) The Book Called Isaiah: Deutero-Isaiah's Role in Composition and Redaction, H. G. M. Williamson Language, Theology and the Bible: Essays in Honour of James Barr, Samuel E. Balentine and John Barton (eds) St Thomas Aquinas: Teacher of Truth, Francis Selman, T. & T. Clark Veritatis Splendon A Response, Charles Yeats (ed.) Not Ashamed of the Gospel: New Testament Interpretations of the Death of Christ, M. D. Hooker This Jesus: Martyr, Lord, Messiah, Marcus Bockmuehl, T. & T. Clark Doctrine and Speculation in Schleiermacher's Glaubenslehre, Thomas H. Curran, Walter de Gruyter Divine Heiress: The Virgin Mary and the Creation of Christian Constantinople, Vasiliki Limberis     

Short Notices

Books reviewed in this article:
Nicholas de Lange, An Introduction to Judaism
Sylvia Rothschild and Sybil Sheridan (eds), Taking Up the Timbrel: The Challenge of Creating Ritual for Jewish Women Today
Dan Cohn-Sherbok, Messianic Judaism
Stanley E. Porter, The Criteria for Authenticity in Historical-Jesus Research: Previous Discussions and New Proposals
Geza Vermes, The Changing Faces of Jesus
Gerd Lüdemann, Jesus after 2000 Years
Ian Wallis, Holy Saturday Faith: Rediscovering the Legacy of Jesus
Mark Edwards, Martin Goodman and Simon Price (eds), Apologetics in the Roman Empire: Pagans, Jews, and Christians
Christopher Harris, Theodore
Barbara Pitkin, What Pure Eyes Could See: Calvin's Doctrine of Faith in its Exegetical Context
Alex Bruce, The Cathedral 'Open and Free': Dean Bennett of Chester
Walter J. Burghardt, Long Have I Loved You: A Theologian Reflects on his Church
Ann Rowe Seaman, Swaggart: The Unauthorized Biography of an American Evangelist
Robert W. Jenson, Systematic Theology. Volume II: The Works of God
Mark McIntosh, Mysteries of Faith
Hugh Rice, God and Goodness
William Johnston, Arise, My Love: Mysticism for a New Era
Mary T. Malone, Women and Christianity. Volume 1: The First Thousand Years
(ed) G.R. Evans, A History of Pastoral Care
David Rogers, Politics, Prayer and Parliament
Jon R. Stone (ed), Expecting Armageddon: Essential Readings in Failed Prophecy     

一部大众急需的心理学工具书--评黄希庭教授主编的《简明心理学辞典》

《简明心理学辞典》是我国大众急需的一部优秀的心理学工具书。其主要特点是：权威性与科学性的统一、基础性与近时性的统一、丰富性与简明性的统一、实用性与可读性的统一。     

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     

In Search of Inclusivity

Book reviewed in this article:
Robert Wuthnow (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion     

Once More. . .

Black, Matthew (ed.), Peake's Commentary on the Bible
Mills, Watson E. and Wilson, Richard F. (eds), Mercer Commentary on the Bible. Volume 3: (Wisdom) Writings
Barrett, David B., Kurian, George T. and Johnson, Todd M., World Christian Encyclopedia: A Comparative Survey of Churches and Religions in the Modern World (Second Edition, 2 vols)
Dupré, Louis Symbols of the Sacred     

Short Notices

Books reviewed in this article:
Malory Nye, Multiculturalism and Minority Religions in Britain – Krishna Consciousness, Religious Freedom and the Politics of Location
John L. Elias, A History of Christian Education: Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox Perspectives
Victor Griffin, Enough Religion to Make Us Hate: Reflections on Religion and Politics
Richard K. Fenn, The Return of the Primitive: A New Sociological Theory of Religion
Sean Freyne and Ellen van Wolde (eds), The Many Voices of the Bible, Concilium 2002/1
Philip J. King and Lawrence E. Stager, Life in Biblical Israel
J. Alberto Soggin, Israel in the Biblical Period: Institutions, Festivals, Ceremonies, Rituals
Carolyn Pressler, Joshua, Judges and Ruth
Alan R. Kerr, The Temple of Jesus' Body: The Temple Theme in the Gospel of John
J. Patout Burns, Jr., Cyprian the Bishop
Serge Lancel, St Augustine
Irena Backus, Reformation Readings of the Apocalypse: Geneva, Zurich, and Wittenberg
Christopher Elwood, Calvin for Armchair Theologians
Kenneth D. Whitehead (ed.), John Paul II – Witness to Truth
Gerald O'Collins, Incarnation
Lucy Tatman, Knowledge That Matters: A Feminist Theological Paradigm and Epistemology
Hans Küng, Tracing the Way
Miguel A. de la Torre and Edwin David Aponte, Introducing Latino/a Theologies
María Pilar Aquino, Daisy L. Machado and Jeanette Rodríguez (eds), A Reader in Latina Feminist Theology: Religion and Justice
Joseph A. Bracken, The One in Many: A Contemporary Reconstruction of a God–World Relationship
Trevor Beeson, The Bishops
Randall Balmer, Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism
Richard O'Dair and Andrew Lewis (eds), Law and Religion: Current Legal Issues, Volume 4     

God as Thou and Prayer as Dialogue: Martin Buber’s Tools for Reconciliation

??Prayer?? can be defined as ??the offering, in public worship or private devotion, of petition, confession, adoration, or thanksgiving to God; also the form of words in which such an offering is made?? (cf. Cohn-Sherbok 2010). In addition to this simple definition it could be said that there are different forms of prayer: some are vocal and articulate and others are only mental in nature; some prayers are communal and liturgical and other prayers are spontaneous or at least composed by the one saying the prayer (cf. Stump 1999). Accordingly, it is evident that there are manifold intricacies involved in any characterisation of ??prayer??. In this article my aims are twofold. First, I explore the implications of Martin Buber??s philosophy, particularly of his conception of God as Thou for our understanding of ??prayer??; second, I will argue that Buber??s understanding of ??prayer?? as dialogue serves as a way for the individual to seek reconciliation with itself, with others, and with God.