Reviews

Books reviewed: L. E. Keck et al. (eds), Numbers, Deuteronomy, Introduction to Narrative Literature, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1&2 Samuel S. E. Gillingham, One Bible, Many Voices: Different Approaches to Biblical Studies Michael D. Goulder, The Psalms of the Return (Book 5, Psalms 107–150): Studies in the Psalter IV James D. G. Dunn, T. & T. Clark, The Theology of Paul the Apostle D. Mendels, Identity, Religion and Historiography: Studies in Hellenistic History William Horbury, Jewish Messianism and the Cult of Christ James S. McLaren, Turbulent Times? Josephus and Scholarship on Judaea in the First Century CE J. Neusner and B. Chilton, Jewish-Christian Debates: God, Kingdom, Messiah Ben Pink Dandelion, Douglas Gwyn and Timothy Peat, Heaven on Earth: Quakers and the Second Coming Adnan Aslam, Religious Pluralism in Christian and Islamic Philosophy: The Thought of John Hick and Seyyed Hossein Nasr W. Cantwell Smith, Believing: An Historical Perspective W. Cantwell Smith, Faith and Belief: The Difference Between Them Norman Doe, Canon Law in the Anglican Communion: A Worldwide Perspective G. R. Evans, Discipline and Justice in the Church of England Alan Falconer (ed.), Faith and Order in Moshi: The 1996 Commission Meeting Lewis S. Mudge, The Church as Moral Community: Ecclesiology and Ethics in Ecumenical Debate T. F. Best and D. Hellar (eds), Eucharistic Worship in Ecumenical Contexts: The Lima Liturgy – And Beyond Timothy Bradshaw ed, Grace and Truth in the Secular Age José Comblin, Called for Freedom: The Changing Context of Liberation Theology Karen Kilby, Karl Rahner Rosemary Radford Ruether, Women and Redemption: A Theological History Ian Markham, Truth and the Reality of God: An Essay in Natural Theology Johannes A. van der Ven, Formation of the Moral Self Robin Gill (ed.), Euthanasia and the Churches Richard Swinburne, Providence and the Problem of Evil John Polkinghorne, Science and Theology: An Introduction John P. Burgess (ed.), In Whose Image? Faith, Science and the New Genetics Stephen Platten (ed.), Seeing Ourselves: Interpreting Contemporary Society Jacques Derrida and Gianni Vattimo (eds), Religion Ursula King (ed.), Faith and Praxis in a Postmodern Age     

Book Reviews

Gerd Lüdemann The Unholy in Holy Scripture: The Dark Side of the Bible Bruce Chilton and Jacob Neusner Judaism in the New Testament: Practices and Beliefs Burton L. Visotzky Fathers of the World: Essays in Rabbinic and Patristic Literatures Dan Cohn-Sherbok The Jewish Messiah Michael Wise, Martin Abegg Jr and Edward Cook The Dead Sea Scrolls: A New Translation Philip F. Esler (ed.) Modelling Early Christianity: Social-Scientific Studies of the New Testament in its Context Halvor Moxnes (ed.) Constructing Early Christian Families: Family as Social Reality and Metaphor Gillian Clark (ed.) Augustine, Confessions, Books I–IV Elizabeth Clark (ed.) St Augustine on Marriage and Sexuality Roland J. Teske, S.J. Paradoxes of Time in Saint Augustine T. Kermit Scott Augustine: His Thought in Context Bernard McGinn and Willemien Otten (eds) Eriugena Hilmar M. Pabel Conversing with God: Prayer in Erasmus' Pastoral Writings James D. Tracy Erasmus of the Low Countries John C. Olin Erasmus, Utopia and the Jesuits Wolfgang Behringer Witchcraft Persecutions in Bavaria: Popular Magic, Religious Zealotry and Reason of State in Early Modern Europe W. B. Patterson King James VI and I and the Reunion of Christendom Pamela Kirk Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: Religion, Art and Feminism Nigel Aston (ed.) Religious Change in Europe 1650–1914: Essays for John McManners James H. Murphy Catholic Fiction and Social Reality in Ireland 1873–1922 R. L. Brett Faith and Doubt: Religion and Secularization in Literature from Wordsworth to Larkin Lawrence J. McCaffrey The Irish Catholic Diaspora in America Robert H. Craig Religion and Radical Politics: An Alternative Christian Tradition in the United States John P. Boyle Church Teaching Authority: Historical and Theological Studies Servais Pinckaers The Sources of Christian Ethics David J. Atkinson and David H. Field (eds) New Dictionary of Christian Ethics and Pastoral Theology André Bélanger The Ethics of Catholicism and the Consecration of the Intellectual Garth L. Hallett Greater Good: The Case for Proportionalism Ronald Cole-Turner (ed.) Human Cloning: Religious Responses Wesley Cragg The Practice of Punishment: Towards a Theory of Restorative Justice Stephen G. Post The Moral Challenge of Alzheimer Disease David Lamb Organ Transplants and Ethics Jon Davies and Gerard Loughlin (eds) Sex These Days: Essays on Theology, Sexuality and Society Martha C. Nussbaum Cultivating Humanity: A Classical Defense of Reform in Liberal Education Kathleen Coyle Mary in the Christian Tradition: From a Contemporary Perspective Thomas S. Hibbs Dialectic and Narrative in Aquinas: An Interpretation of the ‘Summa Contra Gentiles’ Eugene F. Rogers Thomas Aquinas and Karl Barth: Sacred Knowledge and the Natural Knowledge of God Robert Krieg Romano Guardini John Swindells (ed.) A Human Search: Bede Griffiths' Reflections on his Life Kjell Nordstokke Council and Context in Leonardo Boff's Ecclesiology: The Rebirth of the Church among the Poor Stephen Everson (ed.) Companions to Ancient Thought, Vol. 4: Ethics Mark L. McPherran (ed.) Wisdom, Ignorance and Virtue: New Essays in Socratic Studies Nicholas D. Smith (ed.) Plato: Critical Assessments John Inglis Spheres of Philosophical Inquiry and the Historiography of Medieval Philosophy Athanasios Moulakis and Peter von Silvers (eds) The Collected Works of Eric Voegelin, 19 and 20: History of Political Ideas,Volumes 1 and 2     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Victor H. Matthews, Bernard M. Levinson and Tikva Frymer‐Kensky (eds), Gender and Law in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East Neil Asher Silberman and David B. Small, The Archaeology of Israel: Constructing the Past, Interpreting the Present Erich S. Gruen, Heritage and Hellenism: The Reinvention of Jewish Tradition Brenda Deen Schildgen, Power and Prejudice: The Reception of the Gospel of Mark David C. Sim, The Gospel of Matthew and Christian Judaism: The History and Social Setting of the Matthean Community Allan D. Fitzgerald (ed), Augustine Through the Ages: An Encyclopedia Lionel R. Wickham, Hilary of Poitiers: Conflicts of Conscience and Law in the Fourth‐Century Church Aidan Nichols, The Word Has Been Abroad: A Guide Through Balthasar's Aesthetics Aidan Nichols, No Bloodless Myth: A Guide Through Balthasar's Dramatics Paul Avis, God and the Creative Imagination: Metaphor, Symbol and Myth in Religion and Theology Garrett Green, Imagining God: Theology and the Religious Imagination L. William Countryman, The Poetic Imagination: An Anglican Spiritual Tradition Raphael Gallagher and Seán Cannon (eds), Seán O'Riordan, A Theologian of Development: Selected Essays James Alison, The Joy of Being Wrong: Original Sin Through Easter Eyes Peter Byrne, The Moral Interpretation of Religion Brian Davies (ed), Philosophy of Religion: A Guide to the Subject Grace M. Jantzen, Becoming Divine: Towards a Feminist Philosophy of Religion Keith E. Yandell, Philosophy of Religion: A Contemporary Introduction Louis Dupré, Religious Mystery and Rational Reflection: Excursions in the Phenomenology and Philosophy of Religion Michael E. Allsopp (ed), Ethics and the Catechism of the Catholic Church Charles E. Curran, The Catholic Moral Tradition Today: A Synthesis Bernard Hoose (ed), Christian Ethics: An Introduction Paul Goodliff, Care in a Confused Climate: Pastoral Care and Postmodern Culture Souzy Dracopoulou (ed), Ethics and Values in Health Care Management Michael Parker, Ethics and Community in the Health Care Professions Hans Küng and Walter Jens, A Dignified Dying: A Plea for Personal Responsibility Robin Gill (ed), Euthanasia and the Churches Gerald Dworkin, R. G. Frey and Sissela Bok, Euthanasia and Physician‐Assisted Suicide Caroline Dunn, Ethical Issues in Mental Illness David Smith, Life and Morality: Contemporary Medico‐Moral Issues Gilbert C. Meilaender, Body, Soul and Bioethics David E. Cooper and Joy A. Palmer (eds), Spirit of the Environment J. Milburn Thompson, Justice and Peace: A Christian Primer Maura M. Ryan and Todd David Whitmore(eds), The Challenge of Global Stewardship: Roman Catholic Responses Celia Deane‐Drummond, Theology and Biotechnology: Implications for a New Science John O'Neill, The Market: Ethics, Knowledge and Politics Erika Rummel, The Humanist–Scholastic Debate in the Renaissance and the Reformation Inger Ekrem, Minna Skafte Jensen and Egil Kraggerud (eds), Reformation and Latin Literature in Northern Europe M. C. Questier (ed), Newsletters from the Archpresbyterate of George Birkhead Jeffrey von Arx (ed), Varieties of Ultramontanism Frank J. Coppa(ed), Controversial Concordats: The Vatican's Relations with Napoleon, Mussolini and Hitler A. J. Hoover, God, Britain and Hitler in World War II: The View of the British Clergy, 1939–;1945 Pierre Blet, Pius XII and the Second World War according to the Archives of the Vatican Peter Harrison, The Bible, Protestantism and the Rise of Natural Science Michael P. Hornsby‐Smith (ed), Catholics in England, 1950–2000: Historical and Sociological Perspectives Carol K. Coburn and Martha Smith, Spirited Lives: How Nuns Shaped Catholic Culture and American Life, 1836–1920 Robert E. Burns, Being Catholic, Being American: The Notre Dame Story, 1842–1934 Paul C. Gutjahr, An American Bible: A History of the Good Book in the United States, 1777–1880 Harriet A. Harris, Fundamentalism and Evangelicals Jeffrey Richards, Scott Wilson and Linda Woodhead (eds),Diana: The Making of a Media Saint     

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Books reviewed in this article: Arvind Sharma (ed.), Hinduism and Secularism: After Ayodhya J’annine Jobling, Feminist Biblical Interpretation in Theological Context: Restless Readings Philip Jenkins, Hidden Gospels: How the Search for Jesus Lost Its Way Bruce Chilton and Jacob Neusner (eds), The Brother of Jesus: James the Just and his Mission Robert M. Grant, Paul in the Roman World: The Conflict at Corinth Mark A. Noll (ed.), God and Mammon. Protestants, Money, and the Market, 1790–1860 Linda Woodhead (ed.), Reinventing Christianity: Nineteenth Century Contexts Lynda Palazzo, Christina Rossetti’s Feminist Theology John K. Roth, Holocaust Politics Wolfram Weiße (ed.), Wahrheit und Dialog: Theologische Grundlagen und Impulse gegenwärtiger Religionspädagogik Rodney Stark, One True God: Historical Consequences of Monotheism James Boyd White, The Edge of Meaning Daniel W. Hardy, Finding the Church – The Dynamic Truth of Anglicanism Kenneth Mason, Priesthood and Society, Second edition John Webster, Word and Church: Essays in Christian Dogmatics James Buckley and L. Gregory Jones (eds), Theology and Eschatology at the Turn of the Millennium John Howard Yoder, Preface to Theology: Christology and Theological Method John Caputo, Mark Dooley and Michael Scanlon (eds), Questioning God Gavin Hyman, The Predicament of Postmodern Theology: Radical Orthodoxy or Nihilist Textualism? Walter T. Davis, Gary Dreibelbis, Teresa Blythe, Mark Scalese SJ, Elizabeth Winas Winslea and Donald L. Ashburn, Watching What We Watch: Prime–Time Television Through the Lens of Faith Christopher Deacy, Screen Christologies Tony Bayfield, Sidney Brichto and Eugene Fisher (eds), He Kissed Him and They Wept: Towards a Theology of Jewish–Catholic Partnership Adrian Thatcher, Living Together and Christian Ethics Steve Bruce, God is Dead: Secularization in the West David Harrington Watt, Bible–Carrying Christians: Conservative Protestants and Social Power Daniel Sack, Whitebread Protestants: Food and Religion in American Culture     

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Books reviewed: Alice Laffey, The Pentateuch: A Liberation-Critical Reading O. Keel and C. Uehlinger, Gods, Goddesses and Images of God in Ancient Israel J. J. McDermott, What are They Saying About the Formation of Israel? M. E. Mills, Historical Israel: Biblical Israel – Studying Joshua to 2 Kings N. P. Lemche, The Israelites in Israel and Tradition Gerbern S. Oegema, The Anointed and His People: Messianic Expectations from the Maccabees to Bar Kochba M. Forward, Jesus: A Short Biography Jeffrey T. Tucker, Example Stories: Perspectives on Four Parables in the Gospel of Luke J. A. Darr, Herod the Fox: Audience Criticism and Lukan Characterization Alison Jasper, The Shining Garment of the Text: Gendered Readings of John's Prologue Helen C. Orchard,Courting Betrayal: Jesus as Victim in the Gospel of John Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, Sharing Her Word: Feminist Biblical Interpretation in Context T. M. Shaw, The Burden of the Flesh: Fasting and Sexuality in Early Christianity Bernard McGinn, The Presence of God: A History of Western Christian Mysticism. Vol. 3, The Flowering of Mysticism: Men and Women in the New Mysticism 1200–1350 Kathleen Powers Erickson, At Eternity's Gate: The Spiritual Vision of Vincent van Gogh Charles E. Curran and Richard A. McCormick SJ (eds), John Paul II and Moral Theology E. J. Harris, What Buddhists Believe G. Studdert-Kennedy, Providence and the Raj: Imperial Mission and Missionary Imperialism Leon Roth, Is There a Jewish Philosophy? Rethinking Fundamentals Frank E. Eakin Jr., What Price Prejudice? Christian Antisemitism in America R. K. Wüstenberg, A Theology of Life: Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Religionless Christianity Douglas John Hall,Remembered Voices: Reclaiming the Legacy of ‘Neo-Orthodoxy’ T. Parfitt and E. Trevisan Semi (eds), The Beta Israel in Ethiopia and Israel: Studies on Ethiopian Jews C. Smith and J. Prokopy (eds), Latin American Religion in Motion K. B. Lyon & A. Smith, Jr. (eds), Tending the Flock: Congregations and Family Ministry Nantawan Boonprasat Lewis (ed.), Revolution of Spirit: Ecumenical Theology in Global Context John Macquarrie (ed. J. H. Morgan), On Being a Theologian: Reflections at Eighty     

Short Notices

Jerrold E. Levy, In the Beginning: The Navajo Genesis Luise Schottroff, Silvia Schroer & Marie-Theres Wacker, Feminist Interpretation: The Bible in Woman's Perspective Ben Witherington, Grace in Galatia: A Commentary on St Paul's Letter to the Galatians Donald Armstrong (ed.), The Truth about Jesus R. N. Longenecker (ed.), Life in the Face of Death: The Resurrection Message of the New Testament A. Friesen, Erasmus, the Anabaptists and the Great Commission Alan P. F. Sell (ed.), Mill and Religion: Contemporary Responses to Mill's, ‘Three Essays on Religion’ G. W. F. Hegel (ed. Peter C. Hodgson), Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion, Volume III: The Consummate Religion John Webster, Barth's Moral Theology: Human Action in Barth's Thought Anne Hunt, What are they saying about the Trinity? David A. S. Fergusson, The Cosmos and the Creator: An Introduction to the Theology of Creation C. David Grant, Thinking Through Our Faith: Theology for 21st Century Christians Walter Wink, The Powers That Be: Theology for a New Millennium Michael Nazir-Ali, Citizens and Exiles: Christian Faith in a Plural World Robert J. Schreiter, The Ministry of Reconciliation: Spirituality and Strategies John Gladwin, Love and Liberty: Faith and Unity in a Postmodern Age Eric O. Springsted (ed.), The Spirituality and Theology: Essays in Honour of Diogenes Allen Kenneth Leech, Drugs and Pastoral Care S. E. Lammers and A. Verhey (eds), On Moral Medicine: Theological Perspectives in Medical Ethics Anthony Elliot (ed.), Freud 2000     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Hermann Gunkel, An Introduction to the Psalms: The Genres of the Religious Lyric of Israel James H. Morey, Book and Verse: A Guide to Middle English Biblical Literature James A. Herrick, The Radical Rhetoric of the English Deists: The Discourse of Skepticism, 1680–1750 Jean‐Louis Quantin, Le Catholicisme classique et les pères de l'église David Jasper, The Sacred and Secular Canon in Romanticism: Preserving the Sacred Truths David Torevell, Losing the Sacred Albert L. Blackwell, The Sacred in Music R. Scott Appleby, The Ambivalence of the Sacred: Religion, Violence and Reconciliation Garrett Green, Theology, Hermeneutics and Imagination: The Crisis of Interpretation at the End of Modernity Alar Laats, Doctrines of the Trinity in Eastern and Western Theologies A. J. Cardinal Simonis, Our Father: Reflections on the Lord's Prayer A. D. Lee, Pagans and Christians in Late Antiquity: A Sourcebook Sarah Boss, Empress and Handmaid: On Nature and Gender in the Cult of the Virgin Mary Robert Dodaro and George Lawless (eds), Augustine and his Critics: Essays in Honour of Gerald Bonner Bernard Hamilton, The Leper King and his Heirs: Baldwin IV and the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem Michael Costen, The Cathars and the Albigensian Crusade David A. Flory, Marian Representations in the Miracle Tales of Thirteenth‐Century Spain and France Herbert L. Kessler and Johanna Zacharias, Rome 1300: On the Path of the Pilgrim Megan Holmes Fra Filippo Lippi: The Carmelite Painter Translated by members of the Language Department of the School of Economic Science, London, The Letters of Marsilio Ficino: Volume 4 (Liber V) The Letters of Marsilio Ficino: Volume 5 (Liber VI) The Letters of Marsilio Ficino: Volume 6 (Liber VII) Helga Robinson‐Hammerstein (ed), European Universities in the Age of Reformation and Counter‐Reformation Gauvin Alexander Bailey, Art on the Jesuit Missions in Asia and Latin America, 1542–1773 David Gentilcore, Healers and Healing in Early Modern Italy Jonathan Barry, Marianne Hester and Gareth Roberts (eds), Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe: Studies in Culture and Belief David D. Hall (ed), Witch‐hunting in Seventeenth‐Century New England: A Documentary History, 1638–1693 Gilbert Geis and Ivan Bunn, A Trial of Witches: A Seventeenth‐Century Witchcraft Prosecution Robert Rapley, A Case of Witchcraft: The Trial of Urbain Grandier Susan Thorne, Congregational Missions and the Making of an Imperial Culture in Nineteenth‐Century England Deborah Gorham, Vera Brittain: A Feminist Life Hagar Salamon, The Hyena People: Ethiopian Jews in Christian Ethiopia James L. Fredericks, Faith among Faiths: Christian Theology and Non‐Christian Religions Darrell Jodock (ed), Catholicism Contending with Modernity: Roman Catholic Modernism and Anti‐Modernism in Historical Context Thomas G. Weinandy, Does God Suffer? Mark Wynn, God and Goodness: A Natural Theological Perspective C. Stephen Evans and Merold Westphal (eds), Christian Perspectives on Religious Knowledge Georg Luck, Ancient Pathways and Hidden Pursuits: Religion, Morals and Magic in the Ancient World Richard King, Indian Philosophy: An Introduction to Hindu and Buddhist Thought Jan Joseph Santich, Missio Moscovitica Julia Annas Ancient Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction Anthony Kenny (ed), The Oxford History of Western Philosophy S. Sara Monoson, Plato's Democratic Entanglements: Athenian Politics and the Practice of Philosophy Mark L. McPherran (ed), Recognition, Remembrance and Reality: New Essays on Plato's Epistemology and Metaphysics William W. Fortenbaugh and Eckart Schütrumpf (eds), Demetrius of Phalerum: Text, Translation and Discussion     

Reviews

Books reviewed in this article: Delbert Burkett, An Introduction to the New Testament and the Origins of Christianity Jenny Read‐Heimerdinger, The Bezan Text of Acts: A Contribution of Discourse Analysis to Textual Criticism Paula Fredriksen and Adele Reinhartz (eds), Jesus, Judaism and Christian Anti‐Judaism: Reading the New Testament after the Holocaust Pauline Allen and Bronwen Neil (eds), Maximus the Confessor and his Companions: Documents from Exile Eric Plumer (ed.), Augustine's Commentary on Galatians: Introduction, Text, Translation and Notes Aidan Nichols OP, Darton, Discovering Aquinas: An Introduction to his Life, Work and Influence Edward Howells, John of the Cross and Teresa of Avila: Mystical Knowing and Selfhood Amanda Porterfield (ed.), American Religious History Jeanne Halgren Kilde, When Church Became Theatre: The Transformation of Evangelical Architecture and Worship in Nineteenth‐Century America Dale P. Andrews, Practical Theology for Black Churches: Bridging Black Theology and African American Folk Religion Robert Jewett and John Shelton Lawrence, Captain America and the Crusade against Evil: The Dilemma of Zealous Nationalism Paul Gifford (ed.), 2000 Years and Beyond: Faith, Identity and the Common Era Clive Marsh, Christianity in A Post‐Atheist Age Stephen T. Davis, Daniel Kendall, SJ, and Gerald O’Collins, SJ (eds), The Incarnation: An Interdisciplinary Symposium on the Incarnation of the Son of God Catherine Keller, Face of the Deep: A Theology of Becoming David Willis, Notes on the Holiness of God Tatha Wiley, Original Sin: Origins, Developments, Contemporary Meanings Natalie K. Watson, Introducing Feminist Ecclesiology John G. Stackhouse Jr, Humble Apologetics: Defending the Faith Today Alister McGrath, A Scientific Theology: Reality Stephen Darwall, Virtue Ethics Stephen Darwall, Consequentialism Stephen Darwall, Contractarianism / Contractualism Stephen Darwall, Deontology Charles E. Curran (ed.), Change in Official Catholic Moral Teachings Noreen L. Herzfeld, In Our Image: Artificial Intelligence and the Human Spirit Werner G. Jeanrond and Lisa Sowle Cahill (eds), Religious Education for Boys and Girls     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Lester L. Grabbe (ed), Can a History of Israel be Written? Michael Prior (ed), Western Scholarship and the History of Palestine Cyrus H. Gordon and Gary A. Rendsburg, The Bible and the Ancient Near East Tilde Binger, Asherah: Goddesses in Ugarit, Israel and the Old Testament Ben Witherington The Paul Quest: The Renewed Search for the Jew of Tarsus Robert Valantasis, The Gospel of Thomas (New Testament Readings) Moshe Halbertal, People of the Book: Canon, Meaning and Authority William J. Abraham, Canon and Criterion in Christian Theology: From the Fathers to Feminism Roger Haight, Jesus: Symbol of God Raymund Schwager, translated by James G. Williams and Paul Haddon, Jesus in the Drama of Salvation: Towards a Biblical Doctrine of Redemption Raymund Schwager, translated by James G. Williams, Jesus of Nazareth: How He Understood His Life A. E. McGrath, Historical Theology. An Introduction to the History of Christian Thought C. Markschies, Between Two Worlds: Structures of Earliest Christianity Khaled Anatolios, Athanasius: The Coherence of his Thought Leonard P. Hindsley, The Mystics of Engelthal: Writings from a Medieval Monastery Kent Emery, Jr., and Joseph Wawrykow (eds), Christ among the Medieval Dominicans: Representations of Christ in the Texts and Images of the Order of Preachers Frederick Christian Bauerschmidt, Julian of Norwich and the Mystical Body Politic of Christ (Studies in Spirituality and Theology 5) Pat Collins, Spirituality for the 21st Century: Christian Living in a Secular Age Timothy O'Connell, Making Disciples Gordon Lathrop, Holy People: A Liturgical Ecclesiology Stratford Caldecott (ed), Beyond the Prosaic: Renewing the Liturgical Movement Michael Hurley, Christian Unity: An Ecumenical Second Spring? John M. Riddle, Eve's Herbs: A History of Contraception and Abortion in the West J. Davies, Death, Burial and Rebirth in the Religions of Antiquity Simon Price, Religions of the Ancient Greeks Karsten Friis Johansen, A History of Ancient Philosophy from the Beginnings to Augustine A. A. Long (ed), The Cambridge Companion to Early Greek Philosophy C. C. W. Taylor, The Atomists: Leucippus and Democritus: Fragments Gail Fine (ed), Oxford Readings in Philosophy: Plato. Vol. 1: Metaphysics and Epistemology, Vol. 2: Ethics, Politics, Religion and the Soul Noburu Notomi, The Unity of Plato's ‘Sophist’: Between the ‘Sophist’ and the ‘Philosopher’ Helen S. Lang, The Order of Nature in Aristotle's The Order of Nature in Aristotle's ‘Physics’ M. S. Kempshall, The Common Good in Late Medieval Political Thought Giordano Bruno. Edited and translated by Richard J. Blackwell and Robert de Lucca, Cause, Principle and Unity – And Essays on Magic     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: R. S. Sugirtharajah, Asian Biblical Hermeneutics and Postcolonialism: Contesting the Interpretations Jo?e Kra?ovec (ed), The Interpretation of the Bible: The International Symposium in Slovenia Athalya Brenner and Carole R. Fontaine (eds), The Song of Songs Tremper Longman, The Book of Ecclesiastes Roland E. Murphy and E. Huwiler Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs Ann Bedford Ulanov, Religion and the Spiritual in Carl Jung Holmes Rolston III, Genes, Genesis and God: Values and their Origins in Natural and Human History Stephen R. L. Clark, The Political Animal: Biology, Ethics & Politics Niels Hendrik Gregerson, Willem B. Drees and Ulf Görman (eds), The Human Person in Science and Theology Paul Helm, Faith With Reason Stanley Hauerwas, Sanctify Them in the Truth Teresa M. Shaw, The Burden of the Flesh: Fasting and Sexuality in Early Christianity Bruce Chilton and Jacob Neusner, Types of Authority in Formative Christianity and Judaism Peter C. Jupp and Clare Gittings (eds), Death in England: An Illustrated History Alvyn Pettersen, Athanasius Peter King, Western Monasticism: A History of the Monastic Movement in the Latin Church Dimitri Gutas, Greek Thought, Arabic Culture: The Graeco‐Arabic Translation Movement in Baghdad and Early 'Abbāsid Society (2nd–4th/8th–10th Centuries) Leslie Brubaker, Vision and Meaning in Ninth‐Century Byzantium: Image as Exegesis in the Homilies of Gregory of Nazianzus Tia M. Kolbaba, The Byzantine Lists: Errors of the Latins H. R. Loyn, The English Church, 940–1154 Robert Chazan, God, Humanity and History: The Hebrew First Crusade Narratives Bonnie Wheeler (ed), Listening to Heloise: The Voice of a Twelfth‐Century Woman Regis J. Armstrong, J. A. Wayne Hellmann and William J. Short (eds), Francis of Assisi: Early Documents, Volume I: The Saint Cynthia L. Polecritti, Preaching Peace in Renaissance Italy: Bernardino of Siena and his Audience Mary Elizabeth Tallon (ed), Joan of Arc at the University Lori Anne Ferrell and Peter McCullough (eds), The English Sermon Revised: Religion, Literature and History 1600–1750 Jeffrey Johnson, The Theology of John Donne Gerard Tracey (ed), The Letters and Diaries of John Henry Newman, Volume VIII: ‘Tract 90’ and the Jerusalem Bishopric, January 1841–April 1842 Thomas M. Bredohl, Class and Religious Identity: The Rhenish Center Party in Wilhelmine Germany Marc H. Ellis,O, Jerusalem! The Contested Future of the Jewish Covenant Anthony O'Mahoney (ed), Palestinian Christians: Religion, Politics and Society in the Holy Land Michael Banner, Christian Ethics and Contemporary Moral Problems Christopher Kaczor(ed), Proportionalism: For and Against Martin Heidegger, Towards the Definition of Philosophy John Beversluis, Cross‐examining Socrates: A Defence of the Interlocutors in Plato's Early Dialogues Roger Crisp (ed), Aristotle: ‘Nicomachean Ethics’ P. G. Walsh, Cicero: ‘On Obligations’ Christopher Rowe and Malcolm Schofield (eds), The Cambridge History of Greek and Roman Political Thought Sara Rappe, Reading Neoplatonism: Non‐discursive Thinking in the Texts of Plotinus, Proclus and Damascius Kim Paffenroth and Kevin Hughes (eds), Augustine and Liberal Education Pierre Keller, Kant and the Demands of Self‐consciousness Raymond Geuss, Morality, Culture and History: Essays on German Philosophy Peter Ochs, Peirce, Pragmatism and the Logic of Scripture     

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Books reviewed Terence L. Donaldson, Paul and the Gentiles: Remapping the Apostle's Convictional World R. Alan Culpepper, The Gospel and Letters of John Stephen H. Webb, The Gifting God: A Trinitarian Ethics of Excess Simon Coleman and John Elsner, Pilgrimage Past and Present in the World Religions: Sacred Travel and Sacred Space in the World Religions John Delli-Carpini, Prayer and Piety in the Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins: The Landscape of a Soul Joseph Pearce, Tolkien, Man and Myth: A Literary Life Shirley du Boulay, Beyond the Darkness: A Biography of Bede Griffiths Robert E. Daggy (ed), Dancing in the Water of Life: The Journals of Thomas Merton Vol. 5, 1963–1965 Patrick Hart (ed), The Other Side of the Mountain: The Journals of Thomas Merton Vol. 7, 1967–1968 Maria Harris and Gabriel Moran, Reshaping Religious Education André Laks and Glenn W. Most (eds), Studies on the Derveni Papyrus R. J. Hankinson, Cause and Explanation in Ancient Greek Thought Voula Tsouna, The Epistemology of the Cyrenaic School Karl R. Popper, The World of Parmenides: Essays on the Presocratic Enlightenment Cynthia A. Freeland (ed), Feminist Interpretations of Aristotle L. P. Gerson, God and Greek Philosophy: Studies in the Early History of Natural Theology Mary Beard, John North and Simon Price, Religions of Rome. Volume 1: A History; Volume 2: A Sourcebook Edwin Jones, The English Nation: The Great Myth J. C. Applebey and P. Dalton (eds), Government, Religion and Society in Northern England, 1100–1700 Heinrich Fichtenau, Heretics and Scholars in the High Middle Ages, 1000–1200 Daniel Weiss, Art and Crusade in the Age of Saint Louis Edwin D. Craun, Lies, Slander and Obscenity in Medieval English Literature: Pastoral Rhetoric and the Deviant Speaker James Muldoon (ed), Varieties of Religious Conversion in the Middle Ages James Muldoon, Canon Law, the Expansion of Europe and World Order Norman Doe, Canon Law in the Anglican Communion: A World-Wide Perspective John Shinners and William J. Dohar (eds), Pastors and the Care of Souls in Medieval England Chiara Frugoni, Francis of Assisi: A Life R. A. Houlbrooke, Death, Religion and the Family in England, 1480–1750 Judith Maltby, Prayer Book and People in Elizabethan and Early Stuart England Stuart Carroll, Noble Power during the French Wars of Religion: The Guise Affinity and the Catholic Cause in Normandy Bernard Heyberger, Les Chrétiens du Proche-Orient au temps de la Réforme Catholique (Syrie, Liban, Palestine, XVIIe–XVIIIe siècles) Jeffrey Chamberlain, Accommodating High Churchmen: The Clergy of Sussex, 1700–1745 Cliff Webb, The 1851 Religious Census: Surrey John Shelton Reed, Glorious Battle: The Cultural Politics of Victorian Anglo-Catholicism John Wolffe (ed), Religion in Victorian Britain, V: Culture and Empire Christopher Owen Lynch, Selling Catholicism: Bishop Sheen and the Power of Television Gregory D. Black, The Catholic Crusade against the Movies, 1940–1975 Gerald L. Sittser, A Cautious Patriotism: The American Churches and the Second World War Manuel A. Vásquez, The Brazilian Popular Church     

Reviews

Malory Nye (ed), Culture and Religion: An International, Interdisciplinary Journal John L. Esposito and Michael Watson (eds), Religion and Global Order George D. Chryssides, Exploring New Religions Roger Jackson and John Makransky (eds), Buddhist Theology: Critical Reflections by Contemporary Buddhist Scholars Yvonne Chireau and Nathaniel Deutsch (eds), Black Zion: African American Religious Encounters with Judaism Mohammad Abu‐Hamdiyyah, The Qur'an: an Introduction Reuven Firestone, Jihad: the Origin of Holy War in Islam David Brown, Tradition and Imagination: Revelation and Change Peter J. Thuesen, In Disconcordance with the Scriptures: American Protestant Battles over Translating the Bible Edward Adams, Constructing the World: A Study in Paul's Cosmological Language Andrew McGowan, Ascetic Eucharists: Food and Drink in Early Christian Ritual Meals Hilarion Alfeyev, St. Symeon the New Theologian and Orthodox Tradition Richard A. Muller, The Unaccommodated Calvin: Studies in the Foundation of a Theological Tradition Dwight N. Hopkins, Down, Up, and Over: Slave Religion and Black Theology Sue Morgan, A Passion for Purity: Ellice Hopkins and the Politics of Gender in the Late‐Victorian Church Michael Chandler, The Life and Work of Henry Parry Liddon Anthony O? Mahoney (ed), Palestinian Christians: Religion, Politics and Society in the Holy Land Michael Prior (ed), They Came and They Saw: Western Christian Experiences of the Holy Land Thomas Hummel, Kevork Hintlian and Ulf Carmesund (eds), Patterns of the Past, Prospects for the Future: The Christian Heritage in the Holy Land Gerald O'Collins, The Tripersonal God: Understanding and Interpreting the Trinity Stephen Davis, Daniel Kendall and Gerald O'Collins (eds), The Trinity: An Interdisciplinary Symposium on the Trinity David Fergusson and Marcel Sarot (eds), The Future as God's Gift: Explorations in Christian Eschatology Daniel Harrington, Why Do We Suffer? A Scriptural Approach to the Human Condition Oliver O'Donovan & Jean Lockwood O'Donovan (eds), From Irenaeus to Grotius: A Sourcebook in Christian Political Thought Brian R. Clack, An Introduction to Wittgenstein's Philosophy of Religion Brian R. Clack, Wittgenstein, Frazer and Religion David Torevell, Losing the Sacred: Ritual, Modernity and Liturgical Reform David S. Cunningham, Ralph del Colle and Lucas Lamadrid (eds), Ecumenical Theology in Worship, Doctrine and Life: Essays Presented to Geoffrey Wainright on his Sixtieth Birthday Guatemala: Never Again! REMHI Recovery of Historical Memory Project. The Official Report of the Human Rights Office, Archdiocese of Guatemala Bruce David Forbes and Jeffrey H. Mahan (eds), Religion and Popular Culture in America Susan J. Palmer and Charlotte E. Hardman (eds), Children in New Religions     

Short Notices

Books reviewed in this article: Jerome H. Neyrey, Honor and Shame in the Gospel of Matthew A. Le Grys, Preaching to the Nations: The Origins of Mission in the Early Church J. H. Charlesworth, Critical Reflections on the Odes of Solomon, Volume 1: Literary Setting, Textual Studies, Gnosticism, the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Gospel of John Dale T. Irvin, Christian Histories, Christian Traditioning: Rendering Accounts Arvind Sharma, The Concept of Universal Religion in Modern Hindu Thought Martin Forward, A Bag of Needments: Geoffrey Parrinder and the Study of Religion M. A. Hayes and L. Gearon (eds), Contemporary Catholic Theology: A Reader A. Nichols, Catholic Thought Since the Enlightenment: A Survey Paul Badham, The Contemporary Challenge of Modernist Theology L. Miller and S. E. Grenz (eds), Introduction to Contemporary Theologies W. E. Conn, The Desiring Self: Rooting Pastoral Counselling and Spiritual Direction in Self‐Transcendence Chris Glaser, Coming Out as Sacrament E. Stump and M. J. Murray (eds), Philosophy of Religion: The Big Questions M. A. Hayes, W. Porter and D. Tombs (eds), Religion and Sexuality H. J. Cargas (ed.), Holocaust Scholars Write to the Vatican Gerrie ter Haar (ed.), Strangers and Sojourners: Religious Communities in the Diaspora Phyllis Zagano and Terrence W. Tilley (eds), Things New and Old: Essays on the Theology of Elizabeth A. Johnson J. J. DiCensio, The Other Freud: Religion, Culture and Psychoanalysis G. Pattison, Anxious Angels: A Retrospective View of Religious Existentialism Eugene Ulrich, The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Origins of the Bible Georges Bernanos, The Heroic Face of Innocence: Three Stories by Georges Bernanos Steven Croft, Ministry in Three Dimensions: Ordination and Leadership in the Local Church Bryan D. Spinks and Iain R. Torrance (eds), To Glorify God, Essays in Modern Reformed Liturgy Regina Wentzel Wolfe and Christine E. Gudorf (eds), Ethics and World Religions: Cross‐Cultural Case Studies William Madges, God and the World Gillian T. W. Ahlgren, The Human Person and the Church Martin Israel,Happiness that Lasts Graham Cunningham, Religion and Magic, Approaches and Theories Richard S. Hess and Gordon J. Wenham (eds), Zion City of our God James A. Wharton, Job Terence E. Fretheim, First and Second Kings Edwin Robertson, The Prison Poems of Dietrich Bonhoeffer: A New Translation with Commentary Gordon S. Wakefield, Methodist Spirituality James Thrower, Religion: The Classical Theories Alastair G. Hunter, Psalms Oliver Leaman, Key Concepts in Eastern Philosophy Tamila Mgaloblishvili (ed.), Ancient Christianity in the Caucasus (Iberica Caucasica 1)     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this article: John Barton (ed.), The Biblical World Walter Brueggemann, Theology of the Old Testament: Testimony, Dispute, Advocacy Bernhard W. Anderson, Contours of Old Testament Theology James Barr, The Concept of Biblical Theology: An Old Testament Perspective Carl E. Braaten and Robert W. Jenson (eds.), Reclaiming the Bible for the Church Nancy L. deClaissè‐Walford, Reading from th eBeginning: The Shaping of the Hebrew Psalter Birger Gerhardsson, The Reliability of the Gospel Tradition Ben Witherington III, New Testament History: A Narrative Account Neil Richardson, God in the New Testament John S. Kloppenborg Verbin, Excavating Q: The History and Setting of the Sayings Gospel Francis J. Moloney, The Gospel of John Martin Hengel and Anna Maria Schwemer, Paul Between Damascus and Antioch. The Unknown Years F. Gerald Downing, Cynics, Paul and the Pauline Churches: Cynics and Christian Origins II Anthony C. Thiselton, The First Epistle to the Corinthians Kieran J. O'Mahony, Pauline Persuasion: A Sounding in 2 Corinthians 8‐9 C. K. Barrett, A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles, Volume I: Acts XV–XXVII April D. DeConick, Voices of the Mystics: Early Christian Discourse in the Gospels of John and Thomas and Other Ancient Christian Literature Manlio Simonetti (ed.), Ippolito. Contro Noeto Catherine Brown Tkacz, The Key to the Brescia Casket: Typology and the Early Christian Imagination Serge Lancel, St Augustine Patricia Cox Miller, The Poetry of Thought in Late Antiquity: Essays in Imagination and Religion Thomas Head (ed.), Medieval Hagiography: An Anthology Allan Greer (ed.), The Jesuit Relations: Natives and Missionaries in Seventeenth‐Century North America Stephen R. Holmes, God of Glory and God of Grace: An Account of the Theology of Jonathan Edwards Stephen Prickett, Narrative, Religion and Science. Fundamentalism versus Irony, 1700–1999 Linda Woodhead (ed.), Reinventing Christianity: Nineteenth‐Century Contexts Florent Gaboriau, The Conversion of Edith Stein Jeffrey S. Siker, Scripture and Ethics. Twentieth‐Century Portraits Richerd B. Hays, The Moral Vision of the New Testament. Community, Cross, New Creation John Kavanaugh, Who Counts as Persons: Human Identity and the Ethics of Killing John Keown, Euthanasia, Ethics and Public Policy: An Argument against Legalisation Stephen J. Pope and Charles Hefling (eds.), Sic et Non: Encountering ‘Dominus Iesus’ J'annine Jobling and Ian Markham (eds.), Theological Liberalism, Creative and Critical Hans Küng, Women in Christianity Lynne Broadbent and Alan Brown (eds.), Issues in Religious Education Jeremy Waldron, God, Locke, and Equality: Christian Foundations in Locke's Political Thought Giles Fraser, Redeeming Nietzsche Alexander Garcia Düttman, The Memory of Thought: An Essay on Heidegger and Adorno Robert J. Dostal (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Gadamer Michael Fuller, Making Sense of MacIntyre     

Reviews

Books reviewed in this article: Carsten Peter Thiede, The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Jewish Origins of Christianity Markus Bockmuehl (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Jesus Paul Copan and Craig A. Evans (eds), Who Was Jesus? A Jewish–Christian Dialogue David F. Ford and Mike Higton (eds), Jesus Reimund Bieringer, Didier Pollefeyt and Frederique Vandecasteele–Vanneuville (eds), Anti–Judaism and the Fourth Gospel Tania Oldenhage, Parables for Our Time: Rereading New Testament Scholarship after the Holocaust Steve Moyise (ed.), Studies in the Book of Revelation Stephen R. Haynes, Noah's Curse: The Biblical Justification of American Slavery George Herring, What was the Oxford Movement? Peter J. Bowler, Reconciling Science and Religion: The Debate in Early Twentieth–Century Britain Giles Fraser, Redeeming Nietzsche: On the Piety of Unbelief Theo Hobson, The Rhetorical Word: Protestant Theology and the Rhetoric of Authority Carl E. Braaten and Robert W. Jenson (eds), The Last Things: Biblical and Theological Perspectives on Eschatology Oliver Davies, A Theology of Compassion: Metaphysics of Difference and the Renewal of Tradition W. Montgomery Watt, A Christian Faith for Today Alex Wright, Why Bother With Theology? Teresa Berger (ed.), Dissident Daughters: Feminist Liturgies in Global Context John G. Stackhouse, Jr. (ed.), No Other God's Before Me? Evangelicals and the Challenge of World Religions Mark Atherton (ed.), Celts and Christians: New Approaches to the Religious Traditions of Britain and Ireland Yossi Klein Halevi, William Morrow, At the Entrance to the Garden of Eden: A Search for God with Christians and Muslims in the Holy Land Richard K. Fenn, Beyond Idols: The Shape of a Secular Society Robert Durback (ed.), Henri Nouwen: In My Own Words Raymond Plant, Politics, Theology and History Peter Coles (ed.), The Routledge Companion to the New Cosmology Wesley Carr et al (eds), The New Dictionary of Pastoral Studies     

Reviews

Books reviewed: Richard King, Indian Philosophy: An Introduction to Hindu and Buddhist Thought D. Ryuken Williams and C. S. Queen (eds), American Buddhism: Methods and Findings in Recent Scholarship Rita M. Gross, Soaring and Settling: Buddhist Perspectives on Contemporary Social and Religious Issues Norbert M. Samuelson A User's Guide to Franz Rosenzweig's Star of Redemption Eugene B. Borowitz, Judaism after Modernity: Papers from a Decade of Fruition Louis Jacobs, Beyond Reasonable Doubt Phil Zuckerman, Strife in the Sanctuary: Religious Schism in a Jewish Community Roel Meijer (ed.), Cosmopolitanism, Identity and Authenticity in the Middle East Anthony B. Pinn, Varieties of African American Religious Experience Chris Arthur, The Globalization of Communications: Some Religious Implications N. Smart, World Philosophies M. D. Coogan (ed.), The Oxford History of the Biblical World James Barr,The Concept of Biblical Theology: An Old Testament Perspective Bernard W. Anderson, Contours of Old Testament Theology Mark Allan Powell, Jesus as a Figure in History: How Modern Historians View the Man from Galilee David C. Sim, The Gospel of Matthew and Christian Judaism: The History and Social Setting of the Matthean Community Richard Bauckham, James: Wisdom of James, Disciple of Jesus the Sage, New Testament Readings Bruce Chilton and Jacob Neusner, Types of Authority in Formative Christianity and Judaism Richard Kalmin, The Sage in Jewish Society of Late Antiquity A. Hastings (ed.), A World History of Christianity Robert M. Grant, Early Christians and Animals Jan Rohls, Reformed Confessions: Theology from Zurich to Barmen Christopher Elwood, The Body Broken. The Calvinist Doctrine of the Eucharist and the Symbolization of Power in Sixteenth‐century France Jane Shaw and Alan Kreider (eds), Culture and the Nonconformist Tradition M. Reeves (ed.), Christian Thinking and Social Order: Conviction Politics from the 1930s to the Present Day Russell T. McCutcheon (ed.), The Insider/Outsider Problem in the Study of Religion: A Reader David F. Ford, Sin and Salvation: Being Transformed G. van den Brink and M. Sarot (eds), Understanding the Attributes of God Wolfgang Müller‐Lauter, Nietzsche: His Philosophy of Contradictions and the Contradictions of His Philosophy Warren S. Brown, Nancey Murphy and H. Newton Malony (eds), Whatever Happened to the Soul? Scientific and Theological Portraits of Human Nature Ilham Dilman, Free Will: An Historical and Philosophical Introduction Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Clifford Green (ed.),Sanctorum Communio: a Theological Study of the Sociology of the Church S. C. Barton (ed.), Where Shall Wisdom be Found? Wisdom in the Bible, the Church and the Contemporary World Martin D. Stringer, On the Perception of Worship Christopher Rowland (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Liberation Theology Gustavo Gutiérrez, The Density of the Present: Selected Writings S. B. Scharper, Redeeming the Time: a Political Theology of the Environment Jürgen Moltmann, God for a Secular Society – The Public Relevance of Theology Constance L. Benson, God and Caesar: Troeltsch's Social Teaching as Legitimation Jeffrey Sobosan, Romancing the Universe: Theology, Science and Cosmology     

Reviews

Books reviewed: M. C. Goldstein & M. T. Kapstein (eds), Buddhism in Contemporary Tibet: Religious Revival and Cultural Identity Wendy Sinclair-Brull, Female Ascetics: Hierarchy and Purity in an Indian Religious Movement Menachem Kellner, Must a Jew Believe Anything? Vera Schwarcz, Bridge Across Broken Time: Chinese and Jewish Cultural Memory Stephen E. Fowl, Engaging Scripture: A Model for Theological Interpretation Lester L. Grabbe, Ezra-Nehemiah Rolf Rendtorff, The Covenant Formulary: An Exegetical and Theological Investigation A. Graeme Auld, Joshua Retold: Synoptic Perspectives V. H. Matthews, B. M. Levinson and T. Frymer-Kensky (eds), Gender and Law in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East Steve Mason (ed.), Understanding Josephus: Seven Perspectives K. C. Hanson and Douglas E. Oakman, Palestine in the Time of Jesus: Social Structures and Social Conflicts Ben Witherington III, The Many Faces of the Christ: The Christologies of the New Testament and Beyond Anne Thurston, Knowing Her Place: Gender And The Gospels Nicholas King, Whispers of Liberation: Feminist Perspectives on the New Testament Elaine M. Wainwright, Shall We Look For Another? A Feminist Rereading of the Matthean Jesus Joseph W. Trigg, Origen Anthony Meredith S.J., Gregory of Nyssa Giuliana Cavallini, Catherine of Siena S. H. Webb, On God and Dogs: A Christian Theology of Compassion for Animals Bishop Joe Aldred (ed.), Preaching with Power: Sermons by Black Preachers Gary Dorrien, The Remaking of Evangelical Theology R. H. Stone and M. L. Weaver (eds), Against the Third Reich: Paul Tillich's Wartime Radio Broadcasts into Nazi Germany George R. Hunsberger, Bearing the Witness of the Spirit: Lesslie Newbigin's Theology of Cultural Plurality Hermann Häring, Hans Küng: Breaking Through Timothy O'Connell, Making Disciples: A Handbook of Christian Moral Formation John J. McNeill, Both Feet Firmly Planted in Midair James L. Empereur, Spiritual Direction and the Gay Person Stanley Hauerwas, Sanctify Them in the Truth: Holiness Exemplified George Pattison, The End of Theology – and the Task of Thinking about God J. Rieger (ed.), Liberating the Future: God, Mammon and Theology Don Cupitt, The Revelation of Being     

Reviews

Books reviewed: Gerald R. McDermott, Jonathan Edwards Confronts the Gods Stanley J. Grenz and John R. Franke, Beyond Foundationalism: Shaping Theology in a Postmodern Context Gavin D’Costa, The Meeting of Religions and the Trinity David Fergusson and Marcel Sarot, (eds.) The Future as God’s Gift: Explorations in Christian Eschatology Richard Bauckham and Trevor Hart, Hope Against Hope: Christian Eschatology in Contemporary Context Gerhard Sauter, What Dare We Hope? Reconsidering Eschatology Douglas Farrow, Ascension and Ecclesia: On the Significance of the Doctrine of the Ascension for Ecclesiology and Christian Cosmology Celia E. Deane‐Drummond, Creation through Wisdom: Theology and the New Biology Gregory Baum, (ed.) The Twentieth Century: A Theological Overview Niels Grønkjaer, (ed.) The Return of God: Theological Perspectives in Contemporary Philosophy Christine Helmer, The Trinity and Martin Luther: A Study of the Relationship between Genre, Language and the Trinity in Luther’s Works (1523–1546) Niels Henrik Gregersen and J. Wentzel van Huyssteen, (eds.) Rethinking Theology and Science: Six Models for the Current Dialogue Wolfhart Pannenberg, Beitraege zur Systematischen Theologie. Band 3 Kirche und Oekumene Frank G. Kirkpatrick, The Ethics of Community     

Short Notices

Books reviewed in this category: Patricia Beattie Jung, Mary E. Hunt, Radhika Balakrishnan (eds), Good Sex: Feminist Perspectives from the World's Religions Jonathan A. Romain, Your God Shall Be My God. Religious Conversion In Britain Today Raymond Brady Williams, An Introduction to Swaminarayan Hinduism Marcus Braybrooke, Christian‐Jewish Dialogue: The Next Steps Tudor Parfitt (ed), Israel and Ishmael: Studies in Muslim‐Jewish Relations Ilona N. Rashkow, Taboo or not Taboo: Sexuality and Family in the Hebrew Bible Roman Garrison, Why are You Silent, Lord? George J. Brooke (ed), The Birth of Jesus: Biblical and Theological Reflections Christopher Tuckett, Christology and the New Testament: Jesus and his Earliest Followers Arland J. Hultgren, The Parables of Jesus: A Commentary Ben Witherington III, The Gospel of Mark: A Socio‐Political Commentary Peter Oakes, Philippians: From People to Letter Steve Walton, Leadership and Lifestyle: The Portrait of Paul in the Miletus Speech and 1 Thessalonians Edwin Walhout, Revelation Down to Earth: Making Sense of the Apocalypse of John David Trobisch, The First Edition of the New Testament Erika Rummel, The Confessionalization of Humanism in Reformation Germany Nigel Yates, Anglican Ritualism in Victorian Britain 1830–1910 Colin Grant, Altruism and Christian Ethics Emmanuel Clapsis, Orthodoxy in Conversation: Orthodox Ecumenical Engagements Morwenna Ludlow, Universal Salvation: Eschatology in the Thought of Gregory of Nyssa and Karl Rahner Duncan B. Forrester, Truthful Action: Explorations In Practical Theology Mark Thiessen Nation and Stanley Wells (eds), Faithfulness and Fortitude: In Conversation with the Theological Ethics of Stanley Hauerwas Robert K. Johnston, Reel Spirituality: Theology and Film in Dialogue Mark Connelly (ed), Christmas at the Movies George Aichele (ed), Culture, Entertainment and the Bible Pat Collins, Prayer in Practice: A Biblical Approach