REVIEWS

Career Counsehag for Women , W. Bruce Walsh and Samuel H. Osipow (Eds.)
It Could Happen to Anyone: Why Battered Women Stay , OLA W. Barnett and Alyce D. Laviolette
Empowering and Healing the Battered Woman , Mary ann Dutton.
Breaking Destructive Patterns: Multiple Strategies for Treating Partner Abuse , Janet A. Geller.
Against Therapy , Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson.
Changing Our Minds: Lesbian Feminism and Psychology , Celia Kitzinger and Rachel Perkins.
Cultures of Organizations. Three Perspectives , Joanne Martin.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed:
Measures of Religiosity . Edited by Peter C. Hill and Ralph W. Hood, Jr.
Soka Gakkai in America: Accommodation and Conversion . By Phillip Hammond and David Machacek.
Starving for Salvation: The Spiritual Dimensions of Eating Problems Among American Girls and Women . By Michelle Mary Lelwica.
Religion and Popular Culture in America . Edited by Bruce David Forbes and Jeffrey H. Mahan.
The Newer Deal: Social Work and Religion in Partnership . By Ram A. Cnaan with Robert J. Wineburg and Stephanie C. Boddie.
Passionate Journeys: Why Successful Women Joined a Cult . By Marion S. Goldman.
Buddhism in America . By Richard Hughes Seager.
Towards A European Islam . By Jurgen S. Nielsen.
Life's End: Technocratic Dying in an Age of Spiritual Yearning . By David Wendell Moller.
Catholics in England 1950–2000: Historical and Sociological Perspectives . Edited by Michael P.Hornsby-Smith.     

SHORT NOTICES

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

REVIEWS

The Coming Deliverer Millennial Themes in World Religions , Fiona Bowie (ed)
To Be The Church. Challenges and Hopes for a New Millennium , Konrad Raiser
Bonhoeffer for a New Day. Theology in a Time of Transition , John W. De Gruchy
Personality Type and Scripture - Exploring Mark's Gospel , Leslie J. Francis, Mowbray
Evangelicals in Exile: Wrestling with Theology and the Unconscious , Alistair Ross, Darton, Longman & Todd
Going Forth. A Practical and Spiritual Approach to Dying and Death , Bill Kirkpatrick, Darton, Longman & Todd
Religion, Deviance and Social Control , Rodney Stark and William Sims Bainbridge, Routledge
On Not Understanding God , Martin Henry
Listening People, Speaking Earth: Contemporary Paganism , Graham Harvey
Christianity and Liberal Society , Robert Song
Ruth and Naomi , Ellen van Wolde
Mary Magdalene - Beyond the Myth , Esther de Boer
Mary is for Everyone. Essays on Mary and Ecumenism , William McLoughlin and Jill Pinnock (eds)
Women, Class, and Society in Early Christianity. Models from Luke-Acts , James Malcolm Arlandson
People of the Book: Christian Identity and Literary Culture , David Lyle Jeffrey, Eerdmans
Christianity and Culture in the Crossfire , David A. Hoekama and Bobby Fong
Text and Truth: Redefining Biblical Theology , Francis Watson, T. & T. Clark
Apocalypticism in the Dead Sea Scrolls , John J. Collins
Doubt: the Way of Growth , Martin Israel, Mowbray
Propaganda and Subversion in the Old Testament , Rex Mason
Aquinas on the Twofold Human Good: Reason and Human Happiness in Aquinas' Moral Science , Denis J.M. Bradley
Knowledge and Faith in Thomas Aquinas , John L. Jenkins
Thomas Aquinas: God and Explanations , C.F.J. Martin
Preaching Jesus. New Directions for Homiletics in Hans Frei's Postliberal Theology , Charles L. Campbell, Eerdmans     

REVIEWS

AN AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGY OF WOMEN: RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT
Psychology of Women: A Handbook of Issues and Theories , F. L. D enmark and M. A. P aludi (Eds.).
TRANSFORMING OPPRESSION: FIGHTING SEXUAL VIOLENCE
The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse , E llen B ass and L aura D avis .
Victimized Daughters: Incest and the Development of the Female Self , J anet L iebman J acobs .
"WHAT'S BEEN LEFT OUT" OF PERSONALITY THEORY: THE CONTRIBUTION OF WOMEN CREATING LIVES
Women Creating Lives: Identities, Resilience, and Resistance , C. E. F ranz and A. J. S tewart .
STORIES BY BLACK WOMEN: WRITING UNIQUELY AS WOMEN AND BLACKS
Life Notes: Personal Writings by Contemporary Black Women , P atricia B ell -S cott (Ed.).
DISRUPTING GENDER
Paradoxes of Gender , J udith L orber .
IT COVERS THE CONTEXT
Women in Context: Toward a Feminist Reconstruction of Psychotherapy , M arsha P ravder M irkin (Ed.).     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
A Global Ethic The Declaration of the Parliament of the World's Religions, Hans Küng and Karl-Josef Kuschel (eds)
Evangelization and Culture, Aylward Shorter, Geoffrey Chapman
Revelation: Vision of a Just World, Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, T. & T. Clark
The Convert Cardinals: John Henry Newman and Henry Edward Manning, David Newsome, John Murray
The Model of Love: A Study in Philosophical Theology, Vincent Brümmer
Saint Paul at the Movies: The Apostle's Dialogue with American Culture, Robert Jewett, Westminister/John Knox
A Troubling in My Soul: Womanist Perspectives on Evil and Suffering, Emilie M. Townes (ed.)
Critical Caring: A Feminist Model for Pastoral Psychology, Valerie M. DeMarinis, Westminster/John Knox
Life Cycles: Women and Pastoral Care, Elaine Graham and Margaret Halsey (eds)
Religions in the UK: A Multi-Faith Directory, Paul Weller (ed), researched by Rachelle Castle and Paul Weller
Church People in the Struggle: The National Council of Churches and the Black Freedom Movement 1950–1970, James F. Findlav Jr.
Grace and Gratitude: The Eucharistic Theology of John Calvin, B. A. Gerrish, T. & T. Clark
Worship, Adoration and Action, D.A. Carson (ed.)
Explorations in Science and Theology. The Templeton Lectures at the RSA,
Theism, Atheism and Big Bang Cosmology, William Lane Craig and Quentin Smith,
Science and Christian Belief: Theological Reflections on a Bottom-up Thinker, John Polkinghorne
Theology for a Scientific Age (enlarged edition), Arthur Peacocke
The Death and Resurrection of the Beloved Son, Jon D. Levenson
Jung and the Monotheisms, Joel Ryce-Menuhin
SSM: History of the Society of the Sacred Mission, Alistair Mason
How to Understand the Virgin Mary, Jacques Bur     

REVIEWS

Sex in the Therapy Hour: A Case of Professional Incest, C arolyn B ates and A nnette B rodsky
Surviving Sexual Violence , L iz K elly .
Therapy for Adults Molested as Children: Beyond Survival , J ohn B riere .
Defining Rape , L inda B ookover B ourque .
Women and AIDS: A Practical Guide for Those who Help Others , B onnie L ester .
The Real Ruth about Women and AIDS: How to Eliminate the Risks without Giving Up Love and Sex , H elen S inger K aplan .
Women & AIDS , D iane R ichardson .     

BOOK REVIEWS

Untold Lives: The First Generation of American Women Psychologists, E lizabeth S carborough and L aurel F urumoto
The Psychology of Gender: Advances through Meta-analysis, J anet S hibley H yde and M arcia C. L inn (Eds.)
Mirror, mirror … : The importance of looks in everyday life, E laine H atfield and S usan S precher
Beauty Bound, R ita F reedman
Women, Feminism, and Biology: The Feminist Challenge, L ynda B irke , (Ed.)
Science and Gender: A Critique of Biology and its Theories on Women, R uth B leier
Feminist Approaches to Science, R uth B leier (Ed.)
Myths of Gender: Biological Theories about Women and Men, A nne F austo -S terling
MEDIA REVIEWS
Miss … Or Myth?     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Women and Early Christianity: Are the Feminist Scholars Right? by Susanne Heine Beyond God the Father: Towards a Philosophy of Women's Liberation by Mary Daly, Beginning New Testament Study by Bruce Chilton     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed:
Bohan, Janis S., Feminist Reconstructions in Psychology: Narrative, Gender, and Performance
Tolman, Deborah L. and Brydon-Miller, Mary (Eds.), From Subjects to Subjectivities: A Handbook of Interpretive and Participatory Methods
Lau Chin, Jean (Ed.), Relationships Among Asian American Women
Bevacqua, Maria, Rape on the Public Agenda: Feminism and the Politics of Sexual Assault
Janis S. Bohan, Feminist Reconstructions in Psychology: Narrative, Gender, and Performance
McMahon, Anthony, Taking Care of Men: Sexual Politics in the Public Mind
Wirth-Cauchon, Janet, Women and Borderline Personality Disorder: Symptoms and Stories
Chrisler, Joan C., Golden, Carla, and Rozee, Patricia (Eds.), Lectures on the Psychology of Women
Castle, David J., McGrath, John and Kulkarni, Jayashri (Eds.), Women and Schizophrenia
Crawford, Mary and Unger, Rhoda, In Our Own Words: Writings from Women's Lives (2nd Ed.)     

REVIEWS

Book Reviewed in this article:
Anna Freud , E lisweth Y oung -B ruehl .
The Courage to Heal Workbook , L aura D avis .
Feminists and Psychological Practice , E rica B urman , ed.
Too Good for Her Own Good: Breaking Free from the Burden of Female Responsibility , C laudia B epko and J o -A nn K restan .
Women of Color and Southern Women: A Bibliography of Social Science Research, 1975–1988 A ndrea T imberlake .     

BOOK REVIEWS

In the Patient's Best Interest: Women and the Politics of Medical Decisions, S ue F isher
Melanie Klein: Her World and Her Work, P hyllis G rosskurth
The Psychology of Women, M argaret W. M atlin
Career Women and Childbearing: A Psychological Analysis of the Decision Process, C arole A. W ilk
First-time Motherhood: Experiences from Teens to Forties, R amona T. M ercer
MEDIA REVIEWS
Diagnosis Today: Women and Mental Health,
Personal Decisions,
Seraphita's Diary,     

Divine Mother, Blessed Mother: Hindu Goddesses and the Virgin Mary

Book reviewed:
Divine Mother, Blessed Mother: Hindu Goddesses and the Virgin Mary by Francis Xavier Clooney (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2005) xiv + 264 pp. Reviewed by Michelle Voss Roberts Graduate Division of Religion Emory University 687 Cather Court Stone Mountain, GA 30088 USA     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed:
Family: A Christian Social Perspective , by Lisa Sowle Cahill
The Sparrow & Children of God , by Mary Doria Russell
Understanding Early Christian Art , by Robin Margaret Jensen
Excavating Q: The History and Setting of the Sayings Gospel , by John S. Kloppenborg Verbin
After Writing: On the Liturgical Consummation of Philosophy , by Katherine Pickstock     

REVIEWS

Women with Disabilities: Essays in Psychology, Culture and Politics , M ichelle F ine and A drienne A sch (Eds.).
Intimate Adversaries -Cultural Conflict between Doctors and Women Patients, A lexandra D undas T odd .
Empowering Women: Leadership Development Strategies on Campus , M ary A nn D anowitz S agaria (Ed.)
Journal of Feminist Therapy
The Unopposite Sex: The End of the Gender Battle , E lisabeth B adinter
The Search for Acceptance: Consumerism, Sexuality, and Self among American Women , J erry J acobs .     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Christ and the Spirit. Spirit Christology in Trinitarian Perspective by Ralph Del Colle
Winds of the Spirit: A Constructive Christian Theology , Peter C. Hodson
The Eucharist Makes the Church: Henri de Lubac and John Zizioulas in Dialogue by Paul McPartlan
Changing the Subject: Women's Discourses and Feminist Theology by Mary McClintock Fulkerson
Plurality and Christian Ethics , by Ian S. Markham
The Fall to Violence: Original Sin in Relational Theology by Marjorie Hewitt Suchocki
Religion and Revelation: A Theology of Revelation in the World's Religions by Keith Ward
Power & Chrristian Ethics by James P. Mackey
Mystical Languages of Unsaying by Michael A. Sells
Narratives of a Vulnerable God: Christ, Theology, and Scripture by William C. Placher     

The Challenges and Responsibilifies of Contextual Theology

Reading from this Place: Social Location and Biblical Interpretation , Fernando F. Segovia and Mary Ann Tolbert (eds)
Local Theology: Church Community in Dialogue , John Reader
Models of Contextual Theology , Stephen B. Bevans     

REVIEWS

A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION: INTIMACY IN CONTEXT
The Psychology of Intimacy. K aren J. P rager .
WOMEN'S RELATIONSHIPS IN BLACK AND WHITE
Divided Sisters: Bridging the Gap Between Black Women and White Women. M idge W ilson and K athy R ussell .
COMING TO TERMS AND MOVING FORWARD
Psychology and Sexual Orientation: Coming to Terms. J ane S. B ohan .
COMING TO TERMS AND MOVING FORWARD
Bisexuality: The Psychology and Politics of an Invisible Minority. B eth A. F irestein (Ed.).
TWO VERSIONS OF FEMINIST PSYCHOLOGY
The Social Psychology of Gender. S hawn M eghan B urn .
TWO VERSIONS OF FEMINIST PSYCHOLOGY
Feminist Social Psychologies: International Perspectives. S ue W ilkinson . (Ed.).
WOMEN'S LEISURE—ANOTHER IMPORTANT SPACE FOR RESISTANCE TO TRADITIONAL GENDER ROLES
Women, Leisure and the Family in Contemporary Society: A Multinational Perspective. N icole S amuel (Ed.).     

Reviews

PRACTICE WITH LESBIANS AND BISEXUAL WOMEN: PERSPECTIVES FROM HEALTH AND SOCIAL WORK
Treating Lesbians and Bisexual Women: Challenges and Strategies for Health Professionals , E lisabeth P age G ruskin .
Lesbians & Lesbian Families: Reflections on Theory and Practice , J oan L aird (Ed.).
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS: SEX AND GENDER IN COUNSELING PRACTICE
Gender and Sex in Counseling and Psychotherapy , L ucia A lbino G ilbert and M urray S cher .
NONTRADITIONAL THERAPY FOR TRADITIONAL MEN
A New Psychotherapy for Traditional Men , G ary R. B rooks .
WORTHWHILE MISTAKES
Learning from Our Mistakes: Difficulties and Failures in Feminist Therapy , M arcia H illand E sther D. R othblum (Eds.).
CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF VICTIM-FEMINISM
New Versions of Victims: Feminists Struggle with the Concepts , S haron L amb .
TRANSFORMING PSYCHOLOGY, TRANSFORMING OURSELVES
Women and Gender: Transforming Psychology , J anice D. Y oder .
WHO WILL WIN THE SEX DIFFERENCE BATTLE?
Sex and Cognition , D oreen K imura .     

REVIEWS

PSYCHOLOGY BECOMES WISER AND MORE COMPASSIONATE ABOUT CHRONIC ILLNESS
Preventing Misdiagnosis of Women: A Guide to Physical Disorders That Have Psychiatric Symptoms , E lizabeth A. K lonoff and H ope L andrine .
Treating People with Chronic Disease: A Psychological Guide , C arol D. G oodheart and M artha H. L ansing .
Working with Chronic Illness , J enny A ltschuler .
A SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONIST DIET
Toward a New Psychology of Gender , M ary M. G ergen and S ara N. D avis .
OPPRESSION, RESISTANCE, AND TRANSFORMATION
On Our Own Terms: Race, Class, and Gender in the Lives of African American Women , L eith M ullings . In J. A. Howard, B. Rismen, and M. Romero (Eds.), Gender Lens Series (vol. 1).
OPPRESSION, RESISTANCE, AND TRANSFORMATION
Asian American Women and Men: Labor, Laws, and Love , Y en L e E spiritu .