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     

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     

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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     

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: 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     

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     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed Gail Corrington Streete, The Strange Woman: Power and Sex in the Bible Athalya Brenner (ed), Judges (A Feminist Companion to the Bible. Second Series 4) Athalya Brenner (ed), Ruth and Esther (The Feminist Companion to the Bible. Second Series 3) Wendy Cotter, Miracles in Greco‐Roman Antiquity: A Sourcebook for the Study of New Testament Miracle Stories N. T. Wright and Marcus J. Borg, The Meaning of Jesus Daniel J. Harrington, Invitation to the Apocrypha François Bovon, Ann Graham Brock and Christopher R. Matthews (eds), The Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles (Harvard Divinity School Studies) A. J. M. Wedderburn, Beyond Resurrection Richard Fardon, Mary Douglas: An Intellectual Biography Catherine Pickstock, After Writing: On the Liturgical Consummation of Philosophy Lucy Gardener, David Moss, Ben Quash and Graham Ward, Balthasar at the End of Modernity John R. Quinn, The Reform of the Papacy André Corten, Pentecostalism in Brazil: Emotion of the Poor and Theological Romanticism John R. Tyson (ed), Invitation to Christian Spirituality: An Ecumenical Anthology Adrian Thatcher (ed), Spirituality and the Curriculum James Howard‐Johnston and Paul Antony Hayward (eds), The Cult of the Saints in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages: Essays on the Contribution of Peter Brown Georgia Frank, The Memory of the Eyes: Pilgrims to Living Saints in Late Antiquity (The Transformation of the Classical Heritage 30) R. M. Grant, Early Christians and Animals Anthony Meredith, Gregory of Nyssa (The Early Church Fathers) Anna Silvas, Jutta and Hildegard: The Biographical Sources Christoph. T. Maier, Crusade Propaganda and Ideology: Model Sermons for the Preaching of the Cross Diana Norman, Siena and the Virgin: Art and Politics in a Late Medieval City State David Dymond (ed), The Register of Thetford Priory, Part 1, 1482–1517 David Dymond (ed), The Register of Thetford Priory, Part 2, 1518–1540 Wilfrid McGreal, John of the Cross (Fount Christian Thinkers) Peta Dunstan, This Poor Sort: A History of the European Province of the Society of St Francis Yirmiyahu Yovel, Dark Riddle: Hegel, Nietzsche and the Jews Terence Irwin (ed), Classical Philosophy Christopher Bruell, On the Socratic Education: An Introduction to the Shorter Platonic Dialogues Gareth B. Matthews, Socratic Perplexity Ralph McInerny, Aquinas and Analogy Paul Vincent Spade (ed), The Cambridge Companion to Ockham René Descartes, Regulae ad Directionem Ingenii: Rules for the Direction of the Natural Intelligence (Studies in the History of Ideas in the Low Countries) Robert Sokolowski, Introduction to Phenomenology Janna Thompson, Discourse and Knowledge: Defence of a Collectivist Ethics David Carr and Jan Steutel (eds), Virtue Ethics and Moral Education Daniel McInerny, The Common Things: Essays on Thomism and Education Gary Gutting, Pragmatic Liberalism and the Critique of Modernity (Modern European Philosophy) David Schmidtz and Robert E. Goodin, Social Welfare and Individual Responsibility: For and Against Peter H. Sedgwick, The Market Economy and Christian Ethics     

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Books reviewed in this article: Samuel E. Balentine, The Torah's Vision of Worship Richard J. Clifford, Proverbs: a Commentary William Horbury (ed.), Hebrew Study from Ezra to Ben‐Yehuda Walter E. Pilgrim, Uneasy Neighbors: Church and State in the New Testament K. Parry, D. J. Melling, D. Brady, S. H. Griffith, J. F. Healey (eds), The Blackwell Dictionary of Eastern Christianity William J. Short, Poverty and Joy: The Franciscan Tradition Wilfred McGreal O Carm, At the Fountain of Elijah: The Carmelite Tradition Thomas E. Corts (ed.), Henry Drummond: A Perpetual Benediction Elaine Kaye, For the Work of Ministry: A History of the Northern College and its Predecessors Chris Rowland and John Vincent (eds), Liberation Spirituality Steve Bruce, Sociology: A Very Short Introduction A. E. Harvey, Demanding Peace: Christian Responses to War and Violence K. Gnanakan, God's World: A Theology of the Environment Ursula Goodenough, The Sacred Depths of Nature Timothy F. Sedgwick, The Christian Moral Life: Practices of Piety Giles leGood (ed.), Chaplaincy: The Church's Sector Ministry Joel James Shuman, The Body of Compassion: Ethics, Medicine and the Church Dan Cohn‐Sherbok, Understanding the Holocaust. An Introduction Ekkehard Schuster and Reinhold Boschert‐Kimmig, Hope against Hope: Johann Baptist Metz and Elie Wiesel Speak Out on the Holocaust     

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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     

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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     

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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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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     

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

Keith W. Whitelam. The Invention of Ancient Israel: The Silencing of Palestinian History. John M. G. Barclay. Jews in the Mediterranean Diaspora from Alexander to Trajan (323 BCE–117 CE). R. J. Zwi Werblowsky and Geoffrey Wigoder (Eds) The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion. Chaim Stern. Pirke Avot: Wisdom of the Jewish Sages. Gillian R. Evans. Method of Ecumenical Theology: The Lessons So Far. Eamon Duffy. Saints and Sinners: A History of the Popes. James A. Francis. Subversive Virtue: Asceticism and Authority in the Second-Century Pagan World. Vladimir Koudelka. Dominic. Inge B. Milfull. The Hymns of the Anglo-Saxon Church. Vickie B. Sullivan. Machiavelli's Three Romes: Religion, Human Liberty and Politics Reformed. Hans-Peter Grosshans. Luther. Christopher Haigh.English Reformations: Religion, Politics and Society under the Tudors. Andrew Pettegree. Marian Protestantism: Six Studies. Michael C. Questier. Conversion, Politics and Religion in England, 1580–1625. Kenneth Hylson-Smith. The Churches in England from Elizabeth I to Elizabeth II. Gerald Bray (Ed) Documents of the English Reformation. James E. Force and Richard H. Popkin (Eds) The Books of Nature and Scripture: Recent Essays on Natural Philosophy, Theology and Biblical Criticism in the Netherlands of Spinoza's Time and the British Isles of Newton's Time. Henry Phillips. Church and Culture in Seventeenth-Century France. D. George Boyce and Alan O'Day (Eds) The Making of Modern Irish History: Revisionism and the Revisionist Controversy. Roy R. Robson. Old Believers in Modern Russia. Stephen K. Batalden (Ed) Seeking God: The Recovery of Religious Identity in Orthodox Russia, Ukraine and Georgia. Michael Peterson, William Hasker, Bruce Reichenbach and David Basinger (Eds) Philosophy of Religion: Selected Readings. Julie K. Ward (Ed) Feminism and Ancient Philosophy. John M. Cooper (Ed) Plato: Complete Works. By Stephen Everson. Aristotle on Perception. Jonathan Barnes and Miriam Griffin (Eds) Philosophia Togata II: Plato and Aristotle at Rome. M. B. Trapp. Maximus of Tyre: The Philosophical Orations, Translated with Introduction and Notes. John Marenbon. The Philosophy of Peter Abelard. Gordon Baker and Katherine J. Morris. Descartes' Dualism. David DeGrazia. Taking Animals Seriously: Mental Life and Moral Status. B. Doherty and M. de Geus (Eds) Democracy and Green Political Thought.     

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     

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     

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     

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 in this article: Justin J. Meggitt, Paul, Poverty and Survival. J. Trebolle Barrera, The Jewish Bible and the Christian Bible: an Introduction to the History of the Bible. Bonnie Thurston, Women in the New Testament: Questions and Commentary. Lewis Ayres and Gareth Jones (eds), Christian Origins: Theology, Rhetoric and Community. Malcolm Lambert, The Cathars. Jan Bonda, The One Purpose of God: An Answer to the Doctrine of Eternal Punishment. H. Richard Niebuhr, Theology, History, and Culture: Major Unpublished Writings. Michael Northcott (ed.), Urban Theology: A Reader. C. Dale White, Making a Just Peace: Human Rights & Domination Systems. Colin Buchanan, Is the Church of England Biblical? An Anglican Ecclesiology. Darrell L. Guder (ed.), Missional Church: A Vision for the Sending of the Church in North America. Bert Hoedemaker, Secularization and Mission: A Theological Essay. Walter Klaiber, Call and Response: Biblical Foundations of a Theology of Evangelism. Walter Brueggemann & George Stroup (eds), Many Voices, One God: Being Faithful in a Pluralistic World. Michael Root & Risto Saarinen (eds), Baptism and the Unity of the Church. S.M. Heim (ed.), Grounds for Understanding: Ecumenical Resources for Responses to Religious Pluralism. Yirmiyahu Yovel, Dark Riddle: Hegel, Nietzsche, and the Jews. Edward K. Kaplan and Samuel H. Dresner, Abraham Joshua Heschel: Prophetic Witness. M. A. Ryan & T. D. Whitmore (eds), The Challenge of Global Stewardship: Roman Catholic Responses. Rodger Charles SJ, Social Witness and Teaching: The Catholic Tradition from Genesis to Centesimus Annus. Rowena Robinson, Conversion, Continuity and Change: Lived Christianity in Southern Goa. James Luther Adams and Wilson Yates (eds), The Grotesque in Art and Literature: Theological Reflections. C. Gestrich, The Return of Splendor in the World: The Christian Doctrine of Sin and Forgiveness. D. Watts, Religion in Late Roman Britain: Forces of Change. Peter Byrne, The Moral Interpretation of Religion.