Reviews

Books reviewed: Frans Jozef van Beeck, God Encountered: A Contemporary Catholic Systematic Theology, Volume Two/4: The Revelation of the Glory; Part IV/A: The Genealogy of Depravity: Morality and Immorality Nicholas M. Healy, Church, World and the Christian Life: Practical‐Prophetic Ecclesiology Richard Viladesau, Theology and the Arts: Encountering God Through Music, Art and Rhetoric James K. A. Smith, The Fall of Interpretation: Philosophical Foundations for a Creational Hermeneutic Clark M. Williamson, Way of Blessing, Way of Life: A Christian Theology Thomas G. Weinandy, Does God Suffer? Michael L. Budde and Robert W. Brimlow, (eds.) The Church as Counterculture Brian S. Hook and R. R. Reno, Heroism and the Christian Life: Reclaiming Excellence Geoffrey Wainwright, Is the Reformation Over? Catholics and Protestants at the Turn of the Millennia Paul J. Griffiths, Religious Reading: The Place of Reading in the Practice of Religion     

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Book reviewed in this article: The Origins of Satan, Elaine Pagels Lydia's Impatient Sisters: A Feminist History of Early Christianity, Luise Schottroff LAKierkegaard as Religious Thinker, David J. Gouwens LAThe Consecrated Life: Crossroads and Directions, Marcello Azevedo SJ LATertullian and the Church, David Rankin Judaism in the New Testament: Practices and Beliefs, Bruce Chilton and Jacob Neusner The Image of God: A Theology for Pastoral Care and Counseling, Leroy T. Howe Systematic Theology Volume 2: Doctrine, James W. McClendon Jr Journey into Truth: Spiritual Direction in the Anglican Tradition, Peter Ball Dictionary of Feminist Theologies, Letty M. Russell and J. Shannon Clarkson Golden Mouth: The Story of John Chrysostom - Ascetic, Preacher, Bishop, J.N.D. Keily The Kingdom of God: The Message of Jesus for Today, John Fuellenbach University of Birmingham The Religion of the People: Methodism and Popular Religion c. 1750–1900, David Hempton Religion and Political Culture in Britain and Ireland: From the Glorious Revolution to the Decline of Empire, David Hempton Nineteenth-Century English Religious Traditions: Retrospect and Propect, D.G. Paz Old Testament Theology Volume 1, Horst Dietrich Preuss Revelation and Reconciliation: A Window on Modernity, Stephen N. Williams Jesus Framed: Biblical Limits, George Aichele Women in the Presence: Constructing and Seeking Spirituality in Mainline Protestantism, Jody Shapiro Davie In Search of a Calling: The College's Role in Shaping Identity, Thomas O. Buford University of Birmingham Judges 1–5: A New Translation and Commentary, Barnabas Lindars SSF, edited by A.D.H. Mayes Escape from Paradise: Evil and Tragedy in Feminist Theology, Kathleen M. Sands Worship in Transition: The Twentieth-Century Liturgical Movement, John Fenwick and Bryan Spinks Encountering Illness: Voices in Pastoral and Theological Perspective, James Woodward Divine Meaning: Studies in Patristic Hermeneutics, Thomas F. Torrance Christian-Jewish Dialogue: A Reader, Helen P. Fry University of Birmingham From Women's Experience to Feminist Theology, Linda Hogan Augustine: Ancient Thought Baptized, John Rist     

BOOK REVIEWS

Secrets of the Times: Myth and History in Biblical Chronology (JSOT Supplements 66). By Jeremy Hughes Archaeology of the Land of the Bible, 10.000–586 BCE (The Anchor Bible Reference Library). By Amihai Mazar The Lord is Savior: Faith in National Crisis. A Commentary on the Book of Isaiah 1–39 (International Theological Commentary). By S. H. Widyapranawa Sowing the Gospel: Mark's World in Literary-Historical Perspective. By Mary Ann Tolbert Understanding the Fourth Gospel. By John Ashton The Goal of Our Instruction: The Structure of Theology and Ethics in the Pastoral Epistles. By Philip H. Towner Gnosticism, Judaism and Egyptian Christianity (Studies in Antiquity and Christianity). By Birger A. Pearson Dogma and Mysticism in Early Christianity: Epiphunius of Cyprus and the Legacy of Origen (North American Patristic Society Patristic Monograph Series 13). By Jon F. Dechow Monk and Mason on the Tigris Frontier: The Early Histor); of Tur‘Abdin (University of Cambridge Oriental Publications 39). By Andrew Palmer Gregory the Great: Perfection in Imperfection. By Carole Straw Signs of Sanctity: Miracles in the Thought of Gregory the Great. By William D. McCready The Beneventan Chant (Cambridge Studies in Music). By Thomas Forrest Kelly Coronations: Medieval and Early Modern Monarchic Ritual. Edited by János M. Bak Hildegard of Bingen: 'Scivias’(The Classics of Western Spirituality). Translated by Mother Columba Hart and Jane Bishop, with an Introduction by Barbara J. Newman and a Preface by Caroline Walker Bynum Roben Kilwardby O.P.: On Time and Imagination (Auctores Britannici Medii Aevi IX). Edited by P. Osmund Lewry Walter Hiltons Latin Writings (Analecta Cartusiana 124). Edited by John P. H. Clark and Cheryl Taylor The Young Calvin. By Alexandre Ganoczy, translated by David Foxgrover and Wade Provo The Hermeneutics of John Calvin. By Thomas F. Torrance Rome in the Age of Enlightenment: the Post-Tridentine Syndrome and the Ancien Régime Elizabeth I. By Christopher Haigh English Ethical Socialism: Thomas More to R. H. Tawney. By Norman Dennis and A. H. Halsey The English Sabbath: A Study of Doctrine and Discipline from the Reformation to the Civil War. By Kenneth L. Parker Romance and the Rock: Nineteenth-Century Catholics on Faith and Reason (Fortress Texts in Modern Theology). Edited by Joseph Fitzer Religion and American Politics from the Colonial Period to the 1980s. Edited by Mark A. Noll God East and West. By Michael Barnes SJ God in Himself: Aquinas's Doctrine of God as Expounded in the 'Summa Theologiae’(Oxford Theological Monographs). By W. J. Hankey Theology in the Russian Diaspora: Church, Fathers, Eucharist in Nikolai Afanas'ev, 1893–1966. By Aidan Nichols Sóren Kierkegaard:‘Early Polemic Writings’(Kierkegaard's Writings 1). Edited and translated by Julia Watkin The Desires of the Human Heart: An Introduction to the Theology of Bernard Lonergan. Edited by Vernon Gregson Thinking about Nantre: An Investigation of Nature, Value and Ecology. By Andrew Brennan Creared from Animals: The Moral Implications of Darwinism. By James Rachels Quality of Life: The New Medical Dilemma. Edited by James J. Walter and Thomas Shannon Trinity, Incarnation and Atonement: Philosophical and Theological Essays (Library of Religious Philosophy 1). Edited by Ronald J. Feenstra and Cornelius Plantinga     

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     

REVIEWS

The Death of the Messiah: From Gethsemane to the Grave. A Commentary on the Passion Narratives of the Four Gospels, Raymond E. Brown Opening Minds: Some Thoughts on Work with Children and Young People in the Religious Society of Friends, Sue Collins Finding and Following: Talking with Children about God, Helen Oppenheimer Dark Symbols, Obscure Signs: God, Self and Community in the Slave Mind, Riggins R. Earl Jr The Resurrection of Jesus, Gerd Ludemann The Disabled God: Towards a Liberation Theology of Disability, Nancy L. Eisland Received Wisdom: Reviewing the Role of Tradition in Christian Ethics, Bernard Hoose A History of the Early Church, Norbert Brox Ascent to Heaven in Jewish and Christian Apocalypses, M. Himmelfarb Prophecy and the Apocalyptic Dream: Protest and Promise, D. S. Russell Daniel (Hermeneia Commentaries), J. J. Collins Befriending Our Desires, Philip Sheldrake The Future of Prophetic Christianity: Essays in Honor of Robert McAfee Brown, Denise Lardner Carmody and John Tuily (eds) What is Catholicism? An Anglican Response to the Official Teaching of the Roman Catholic Church, David L. Edwards Reclaiming Dietrich Bonhoeffen The Promise of His Theology, Charles Marsh Resurrection: Essays in Honour of Leslie Houlden, Stephen Barton and Graham Stanton (eds) Humanity, Environment and God, Glasgow Centenary Gifford Lectures, Neil Spurway (ed.) Changing the Subject: Women's Discourses and Feminist Theology, Mary McClintockFulkerson Paul: An Introduction to His Thought, C. K. Barrett Anglicans and Roman Catholics: The Search for Unity, Christopher Hill and Edward Yarnold SJ (eds) Reimagining Denominationalism: Interpretive Essays, Robert Bruce Mullin and Russell E. Richey (eds)     

Short Notices

Books reviewed in this article: Alan Race, Interfaith Encounter Paul D. Wegner, The Journey from Texts to Translations: The Origin and Development of the Bible Paul J. Achtemeier, Joel B. Green, Marianne Meye Thompson, Introducing the New Testament, its Literature and Theology Richard A. Horsley, Hearing the Whole Story: The Politics of Plot in Mark’s Gospel Anna Wierzbicka, What did Jesus Mean? Explaining the Sermon on the Mount and the Parables in Simple and Universal Human Concepts James E. Tull (edited and with a preface by Morris Ashcraft), High‐Church Baptists in the South: The Origin, Nature, and Influence of Landmarkism Thomas C. Kennedy, British Quakerism, 1860–1920: The Transformation of a Religious Community Philip A. Cunningham, A Story of Shalom: The Calling of Christians and Jews by a Covenanting God Kathryn Tanner, Jesus, Humanity and the Trinity: A Brief Systematic Theology Paul Matthews, The Revelation of Nature Michael Palmer, The Question of God: An Introduction and Sourcebook Michael Paul Gallagher, Dive Deeper: The Human Poetry of Faith John Wijngaards, The Ordination of Women in the Catholic Church: Unmasking a Cuckoo’s Egg Tradition Andrew Davey, Urban Christianity and Global Order: Theological Resources for an Urban Future Anthony G. Reddie, Faith, Stories and the Experience of Black Elders B. J. Gibbons, Spirituality and the Occult from the Renaissance to the Modern Age James E. Gilman, Fidelity of Heart: An Ethic of Christian Virtue     

Reviews

Jeremy S. Begbie, Theology, Music and Time James L. Heft (ed.), A Catholic Modernity? Charles Taylor's Marianist Award Lecture, with Responses by William M. Shea, Rosemary Luling Haughton, George Marsden, and Jean Bethke Elshtain R. W. L. Moberly, The Bible, Theology, and Faith: A Study of Abraham and Jesus James W. Felt, Coming to Be: Towards a Thomistic‐Whiteheadian Metaphysics of Becoming John W. de Gruchy, Christianity, Art and Transformation: Theological Ethics in the Struggle for Justice Mary C. Boys, Has God Only One Blessing? Judaism as a Source of Christian Self‐Understanding Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, Jesus and the Politics of Interpretation Paul J. Griffiths, Problems of Religious Diversity Phillip Carey, Augustine's Invention of the Inner Self     

BOOK REVIEWS

Books reviewed in this article: Understanding the Word: Essays in Honour of Bernhard W. Anderson. Edited by James T. Butler, Edgar W. Conrad and Ben C. Ollenburger. A Word in Season: Essays in Honour of William McKane. Edited by James D. Martin and Philip R. Davies. The Prophet Amos: A Translation and Commentary. By J. Alberto Soggin. Her Price is Beyond Rubies: The Jewish Woman in Graeco-Roman Palestine. By Léonie J. Archer. JSOT Supplement Series 60. The Gospel of Luke (Sacra Pagina 3). By Luke Timothy Johnson. The Acts of the Apostles (Sacra Pagina 5). By Luke Timothy Johnson. Mark and Method: New Approaches in Biblical Studies. Edited by Janice Capel Anderson and Stephen D. Moore. Jesus the Exorcist: A Contribution to the Study of the Historical Jesus (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 2/54). By Graham H. Twelftree. The Death of the Messiah: A Commentary on the Passion Narratives in the Four Gospels. By Raymond E. Brown. Paul and rhe Popular Philosophers. By Abraham J. Malherbe. History of New Testament Research, Volume One: From Deism to Tubingen. By William Baird. Theological Ethics of the New Testament. By Eduard Lohse. Living a Christian Life: Vol. 2 of The Way of the Lord Jesus. By Germain Grisez. Moral Demands and Personal Obligations. By Josef Fuchs. Plurality and Chrisrian Ethics. By Ian Markham. The Nature of Moral Thinking. By Francis Snare. Ethics (Oxford Readers). Edited by Peter Singer. Goodness and Rightness in Thomas Aquinas's ‘Summa Theologiae’. By James F. Keenan. Divine Power: The Medieval Power Distinction up to its Adoption by Albert, Bonaventure and Aquinas. By Lawrence Moonan. Preserving the Creation: Environmental Theology and Ethics. Edited by Kevin W. Irwin and Edmund D. Pellegrino. Religion and the Making of Society. By Charles Davis. The Good Stewards: Practical Applications of the Papal Social Vision of Work. By Michael Naughton. Things Old and New: Catholic Social Teaching Revisited. Edited by Francis P. McHugh and Samuel Natale. The Church Faces the Modern World: ‘Rerum Novarum’ and its Impact. Edited by Paul Furlong and David Curtis. Catholic Social Thought and the New World Order: Building on One Hundred Years. Edited by Oliver F. Williams and John W. Houck. The Church and Morality: An Ecumenical and Catholic Approach. By Charles E. Curran. God, Truth and Reality: Essays in Honour of John Hick. Edited by Arvind Sharma. Christianity and Chinese Religions. By Hans Kiing and Julia Ching. The Catholic Church in Modern China: Perspectives. Edited by Edmond Tang and Jean-Paul Wiest. Education And Meaning: Philosophy in Practice. By Paddy Walsh. Detachment and Concern: Conversations in the Philosophy of Teaching and Teacher Education. By Margret Buchman and Robert Floden. Hollywood Censored: Morality Codes, Catholics and the Movies (Cambridge Studies in the History of Mass Communications). By Gregory D. Black. Monastic and Religious Orders in Britain, 1000–1300 (Cambridge Medieval Textbooks). By Janet Burton. The Early Reformation in Europe. Edited by Andrew Pettegree.     

BOOK REVIEWS

The Book of Ruth (The New International Commentary on the Old Testament). By Robert L. Hubbard. A Reordering of Power: A Socio-Political Reading of Mark's Gospel. By Herman C. Waetjen. Paul and Jesus: Collected Essays (JSNT Supplement Series 37). Edited by A.J.M. Wedderburn. The Study of Literature and Religion (Studies in Literature and Religion). By David Jasper. Faith and the Play of Imagination: On the Role of Imagination in Religion (Studies in American Biblical Hermeneutics 5). By David J. Bryant. Homer or Moses? Early Christian Interpretations of the History of Culture (Hermeneutische Untersuchungen zur Theologie 26). By Arthur J. Droge. Denys the Areopagite (Outstanding Christian Thinkers). By Andrew Louth. Decrees of the Ecumenical Councils. Edited by Norman P. Tanner. Divine Nature and Human Language: Essays in Philosophical Theology. By William P. Alston. Theological Essays. By Eberhard Jüngel, edited by J.B. Webster. Faithful Witness: Foundations of Theology for Today's Church. Edited by Leo J. O'Donovan and T. Howland Sanks. From Unity to Pluralism: The Internal Evolution of Thomism. By Gerald A. McCool. Religion and Twentieth-Century American Intellectual Life. Edited by Michael J. Lacey. Thinking the Faith: Christian Theology in a North American Context. By Douglas John Hall. African Catholicism: Essays in Discovery. By Adrian Hastings. Emancipation in African Theology: An Inquiry on the Relevance of Latin American Liberation Theology to Africa (American University Studies VII/14). By Victor Wan-Tatah. Anglo-Catholicism: A Study in Religious Ambiguity. By W.S.F. Pickering. The Church and Secularisation: Urban Industrial Mission in North East England. By Michael S. Northcott. Religion and Advanced Industrial Society (Controversies in Sociology 23). By James A. Beckford. Religion, Interpretation and Diversity of Belief: The Framework Model from Kant to Durkheim to Davidson. By Terry F. Godlove. Religion, Science and Magic — In Concert and In Conflict. Edited by J. Neusner, E. Frerichs and P.V. McCracken Flesher. A Dictionary of Superstitions. Edited by Iona Opie and Moira Tatem. The Churches, Ireland and the Irish (Studies in Church History 25). Edited by W.J. Shells and Diana Wood. John of Wales: A Study of the Works and Ideas of a Thirteenth-Century Friar (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought 10). By Jenny Swanson. Church and Society in Late Medieval England. By R.N. Swanson. Ecclesia Anglicana: Studies of the English Church in the Later Middle Ages. By Roy Martin Haines. ‘Piers Plowman’and the New Anti-Clericalism (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature). By Wendy Scase. Thomas Müntzer: Theology and Revolution in the German Reformation. By Tom Scott. Jesuit Geometers. By Joseph MacDonnell. The Europe of the Devout: The Catholic Reformation and the Formation of a New Society (Past and Present Publications). By Louis Châtellier, translated by Jean Birrell. You Looked at Me: The Spiritual Testament of Claudine Moine. Translated will commentary by Gerald Carroll. Reviving Liberty: Radical Christian Humanism in Milton's Great Poems. By Joan S. Bennett. Pascal's Lettres Provinciales: A Study in Polemic. By Richard Parish. A Social History of French Catholicism 1789–1914. By Ralph Gibson. Al-Muwatta of Imam Malik ibn Anas: The First Formulation of Islamic Law. The Islamic Classical Library. Translated by Aisha Abdurrahman Bewley. Montesquieu: the Spirit of the Laws (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought). Translated and edited by Anne M. Cohler, Basia Carolyn Miller and Harold Samuel Stone. Spinoza and Other Heretics. By Yirmiyahu Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel: Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion, One Volume Edition The Lectures of 1827. Edited by Peter C. Hodgson. Heidegger's Estrangements: Language, Truth and Poetry in the Later Writings. By Gerald L. Bruns. What is a Person? The Concept and Implications for Ethics (Problems in Contemporary Philosophy 21). By Kevin Doran. Christian Neighbor-Love: An Assessment of Six Rival Versions. By Garth L. Hallett. Moral Realism and the Foundation of Ethics (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy). By David O. Brink. Ethics in the Natural Sciences (Concilium 203). Edited by Dietmar Meith and Jacques Pohier.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this article: J. M. Hull, In the Beginning There was Darkness: A Blind Person's Conversation with the Bible J. J. Collins and G. E. Sterling (eds.), Hellenism in the Land of Israel Margaret Barker, The Revelation of Jesus Christ Richard A. Horsley, Hearing the Whole Story: The Politics of Plot in Mark's Gospel John P. Meier, A Marginal Jew. Volume III: Companions and Competitors Gregory W. Dawes (ed.), The Historical Jesus Quest: Landmarks in the Search for the Jesus of History Gregory W. Dawes (ed.), The Historical Jesus Question: The Challenge of History to Religious Authority Philip Jenkins, Hidden Gospels: How the Search for Jesus Lost its Way Robert Pazmiño, God Our Teacher Colin E. Gunton, The Christian Faith: An Introduction to Christian Doctrine Miroslav Volf and Dorothy Bass (eds.), Practicing Theology P.G. Walsh (ed., trans.), Augustine: ‘De bono coniugali’ and ‘De sancta virginitate’ Hilarion Alfeyev, St Symeon the New Theologian and Orthodox Tradition Steven Fanning, Mystics of the Christian Tradition R. V. Young, Doctrine and Devotion in Seventeenth‐Century Poetry: Studies in Donne, Herbert, Crashaw, and Vaughan Victor Nuovo (ed.), John Locke and Christianity Paul S. Fiddes, Participating in God: A Pastoral Doctrine of the Trinity Carl E. Braaten and Robert W. Jenson (eds.), Church Unity and the Papal Office: An Ecumenical Dialogue on John Paul II's Encyclical Ut Unum Sint Patrick Riley, Civilising Sex: On Chastity and the Common Good J. Wijngaards, The Ordination of Women in the Catholic Church: Unmasking a Cuckoo's Egg Tradition Elisabeth Behr‐Sigel and Kallistos Ware, The Ordination of Women in the Orthodox Church Robin Darling Young, In Procession Before the World: Martyrdom as Public Liturgy in Early Christianity Stelios Ramfos, Like a Pelican in the Wilderness Ralph W. Mathisen, Ruricius of Limoges and Friends: A Collection of Letters from Visigothic Gaul Michael Whitby, The Ecclesiastical History of Evagrius Scholasticus Maria Boulding, St Augustine: The Confessions Glenn Peers, Subtle Bodies: Representing Angels in Byzantium Stewart Gordon (ed.), Robes and Honor: The Medieval World of Investiture Nora Berend, At the Gate of Christendom: Jews, Muslims and ‘Pagans’ in Medieval Hungary, c.1000‐c.1300 Jonathan Phillips and Martin Hoch (eds.), The Second Crusade: Scope and Consequences Kantik Ghosh, The Wycliffite Heresy: Authority and the Interpretation of Texts Rita Copeland, Pedagogy, Intellectuals, and Dissent in the Later Middle Ages: Lollardy and Ideas of Learning Nancy Bradley Warren, Spiritual Economies: Female Monasticism in Later Medieval England W. Brandmüller, Das Konzil von Pavia‐Siena 1423‐1424 John A.A. Goodall, God's House at Ewelme: Life, Devotion and Architecture in a Fifteenth‐Century Almshouse Christopher M. Bellitto, Nicolas de Clamanges: Spirituality, Personal Reform, and Pastoral Renewal on the Eve of the Reformations Dominic Baker‐Smith, More's ‘Utopia’ Robert A. Burns, Roman Catholicism after Vatican II Øyvind. M. Eide, Revolution and Religion in Ethiopia: The Growth and Persecution of the Mekane Yesus Church, 1974‐85 Jacques Derrida, Acts of Religion Gunnar Skirbekk and Nils Gilje, A History of Western Thought Peter Kingsley, In the Dark Places of Wisdom Roslyn Weiss, Virtue in the Cave: Moral Inquiry in Plato's Meno Nicholas Denyer (ed.), Plato: Alcibiades Rachel Barney, Names and Nature in Plato's Cratylus Peter Phillips Simpson, Vices, Virtues and Consequences: Essays in Moral and Political Philosophy Douglas A. Hicks, Inequality and Christian Ethics     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
R.S, Thomas: Poet of the Hidden God , by D.Z. Phillips, Macmillan
The Methods of Modern Tehology by Paul Avis, Marshall Pickering
Philosophy and Miracle: The Contemporary Debate , By David Basinger and Randall Basinger.
Jesus In Our Western Culture: Mysticism, Ethics and Politics , by Edward Schillebeeckx.
Believer, Christian, Catholic: Three Essays in Fundamental Theology by David Coffey, Catholic Institute of Sydney
English-Speaking justice by George Parkin Grant, Notre Dame
Judaism by Nicholas de Lange, Oxford University
The Making of Modern German Christology from the Enlightenment to Pannenberg , by Alister E. McGrath
Being As Communion by John D. Zizioulas. Darton, Longman
The Form of Transformed Vision: Coleridge and the Knowledge of God by James S. Cutsinger
Persons and Personality by A. Peacocke & G. Gillett     

REVIEWS

Book reviews in this article: The Metaphor of God Incarnate, John Hick Philosophy and Theology in the Middle Ages, G. R. Evans, Routledge 1993 The Bible and Postmodern Imagination: Texts under Negotiation, Walter Brueggemann The Panther and the Hind: A Theological History of Anglicanism, Aidan Nichols The Body of God: An Ecological Theology, Sallie McFague Infant Baptism and the Gospel: The Church of England's Dilemma, C. Buchanan, Darton, Longman & Todd Discipleship of Equals, Elisabeth Schiissler Fiorenza The Renewal of Common Prayer: Unity and Diversity in Church of England Worship, M. Perham (ed.) A Theological Introduction to the Book of Psalms; The Psalms as Torah, J. Clinton McCann Jr, Abingdon Is God Real?, Joseph Runzo (ed.), Macmillan Asian Faces of Jesus, R. S. Sugirtharajah (ed.) Gaia and God: An Ecofeminist Theology of Earth Healing, Rosemary Radford Ruether Theological Dialogue between Orthodox and Reformed Churches, T. F. Torrance (ed.) The Encyclopedia of the Reformed Faith, D. K. McKim (ed.) Eucharist: Christ's Feast with the Church, Lawrence Hull Stookey Hans Küng: New Horizons for Faith and Thought, Karl-Josef Kuschel and Hermann Hauml;Uring (eds), Our God Has No Favourites: A Liberation Theology of the Eucharist, Anne Primavesi and Jennifer Henderson Buddhism and Christianity: Rivals and Allies, Ninian Smart, Macmillan Hanging in Judgment: Religion and the Death Penalty in England, Harry Potter The Greater-Good Defence: An Essay on the Rationality of Faith, Melville Y. Stewart, Macmillan     

BOOK REVIEWS

Hermeneutics, the Bible and Literary Criticism (Studies in Literature and Religion). Edited by Ann Loades and Michael McLain. The Craft of Theology: From Symbol to System. By Avery Dulles. The Shape of Soreriology. By John McIntyre. Not the Cross But the Crucfied (Louvain Theological and Pastoral Monographs 1 1). By H.-E. Mertens. Verbum Curo: An Encyclopedia on Jesus, the Christ. By Michael O'Carroll. The Search for the Origins of Christian Worship: Sources and Methods for the Study of the Early Liturgy. By Paul Bradshaw. Worship: Initiation and the Churches. By Leonel L. Mitchell. The Eucharistic Mystery: Revitalizing the Tradition. By David Power. Church of Churches: The Ecclesiology of Communion. By J.-M. Tillard. God and History, Aspects of British Theology 1875-1914. By Peter Hinchliff. Clear Heads and Holy Hearts: The Religious and Theological Ideal of John Henry Newman (Louvain Theological and Pastoral Monographs 7). By Terrence Merrigan. The Desert Fathers on Monastic Community. By Graham Gould. John Moschos, ‘The Spiritual Meadow’. Introduction, translation and notes by John Wortley. A Gentle Touch. By David Pailin. The Eye of the Storm: Spiritual Resources for rhe Pursuit of Justice. By Kenneth Leech. The Church and the Arts (Studies in Church History 28). Edited by Diana Wood. Anti-Christian Polemic in Early Islam: Abu Isa al-Warraq's ‘Against the Trinity’ (University of Cambridge Oriental Publications 45). Edited by David Thomas. Bernardus Magister: Papers Presented at the Nonacentenary Celebration of the Birth of St Bernard of Clairvaux (Cistercian Studies Series 135). Edited by John R. Sommerfeldt. Church and City 1000-1500: Essays in Honour of Christopher Brooke. Edited by David Abulafia, Michael Franklin and Miri Rubin. ‘Piers Plowman’ and the Problem of Belief. By Britton J. Harwood. Ignutius of Luyola: The Psychology of a Saint. By W. W. Meissner. Jerome Naahl, S. J., 1507-1580: Tracking the First Generation of Jesuits. By William V. Bangert, edited and completed by Thomas M. McCoog. From Bishop to Witch: The System of the Sacred in Early Modern Terra d'Otranto. By David Gentilcore. Civic Politics in the Rome of Urban VIII. By Laurie Nussdorfer. Michel de Montaigne: The Complete Essays. Translated by M. A. Screech. Montaigne and Melancholy: The Wisdom of the ‘Essays’. By M. A. Screech. Religion and Philosophy (Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements 31). Edited by Martin Warner. What is Faith? Essays in the Philosophy of Religion. By Anthony Kenny. Truth and Hisroriciry. By Richard Campbell.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Books reviewed: Paul Copan and William Lane Craig, Creation Out of Nothing: A Biblical, Philosophical, and Scientific Exploration Mark S. Smith, The Memoirs of God; History, Memory, and the Experience of the Divine in Ancient Israel William M. Schneidewind, How the Bible Became a Book Tammi J. Schneider, Sarah: Mother of Nations John Eaton, The Psalms. A Historical and Spiritual Commentary with an Introduction and New Translation Richard A. Norris Jr, The Song of Songs Interpreted by Early Christian and Medieval Commentators Mary E. Mills, Reading Ecclesiastes, A Literary and Cultural Exegesis Gary N. Knoppers, 1 Chronicles 1–9 Gary N. Knoppers, 1 Chronicles 10–29 Larry W. Hurtado, Lord Jesus Christ: Devotion to Jesus in Earliest Christianity Seyoon Kim, Paul and the New Perspective: Second Thoughts on the Origin of Paul's Gospel Douglas Harink, Paul Among the Postliberals: Pauline Theology beyond Christendom and Modernity Margaret Barker, Temple Theology: An Introduction Craig S. Keener, The Gospel of John: A Commentary Carl B. Smith II, No Longer Jews: the Search for Gnostic Origins John Chryssavgis, John Climacus: From the Egyptian Desert to the Sinaite Mountain Kevin Corrigan and Elena Glazov‐Corrigan, Plato's Dialectic at Play: Argument, Structure, and Myth in the Symposium Peter Atkins, Memory and Liturgy: The Place of Memory in the Composition and Practice of Liturgy Paul P. J. Sheppy, Death Liturgy and Ritual, Vol. 1: A Pastoral and Liturgical Theology; Vol. II: A Commentary on Liturgical Texts Phillip Tovey, Inculturation of Christian Worship: Exploring the Eucharist David Foote, Lordship, Reform, and the Development of Civil Society in Medieval Italy: the Bishopric of Orvieto, 1100–1250 Lawrence S. Cunningham, Francis of Assisi: Performing the Gospel Life Sally Mayall Brasher, Women of the Humiliati: a Lay Religious Order in Medieval Civic Life Ralph McInerny, Aquinas Bernard Montagnes, The Doctrine of the Analogy of Being according to Thomas Aquinas Matthew Levering, Scripture and Metaphysics: Aquinas and the Renewal of Trinitarian Theology Joseph F. Conwell, A Brief and Exact Account: The Recollections of Simâo Rodrigues on the Origin and Progress of the Society of Jesus Thomas M. McCoog, S. J., The Mercurian Project: Forming Jesuit Culture 1573–1580 Jennifer D. Selwyn, A Paradise Inhabited by Devils: The Jesuits' Civilizing Mission in Early Modern Naples Leszek Kolakowski, The Two Eyes of Spinoza, and Other Essays on Philosophers Michael J. Buckley, Denying and Disclosing God Douglas Hedley, Coleridge, Philosophy and Religion. ‘Aids to Reflection’ and the Mirror of the Spirit Gerard Mannion, Schopenhauer, Religion and Morality John P. O'Callaghan, Thomist Realism and the Linguistic Turn: Toward a More Perfect Form of Existence Donald M. Broom, The Evolution of Morality and Religion Brenda Almond and Michael Palmer, Ethical Issues in the New Genetics: Are Genes Us? William Shaw, Ethics at Work: Basic Readings in Business Ethics Eberhard Schockenhoff, Natural Law and Human Dignity: Universal Ethics in an Historical World Robert P. Kraynak and Glenn Tinder, In Defense of Human Dignity: Essays for Our Times Donna Dickenson, Risk and Luck in Medical Ethics Stanley Hauerwas and Samuel Wells, The Blackwell Companion to Christian Ethics Frederick Aquino, Communities of Informed Judgment Matthew Grimley, Citizenship, Community, and the Church of England. Liberal Anglican Theories of the State between the Wars Robert Miner, Truth in the Making: Creative Knowledge in Theology and Philosophy John Cottingham, The Spiritual Dimension: Religion, Philosophy and Human Value Paul D. Janz, God, The Mind's Desire: Reference, Reason, and Christian Thinking Richard Lennan, Risking the Church Jeffrey Stout and Robert MacSwain, Grammar and Grace: Reformulations of Aquinas and Wittgenstein Robert C. Croken and Robert M. Doran, Collected Works of Bernard Lonergan, Vol. 17: Philosophical and Theological Papers 1965–1980 Frederick Crowe, Developing the Lonergan Legacy Donna Teevan, Lonergan, Hermeneutics, & Theological Method Kwasi Wiredu, A Companion to African Philosophy Alexandru Popescu, Petre ?u?ea: Between Sacrifice and Suicide K. K. Yeo, Chairman Mao Meets The Apostle Paul: Christianity, Communism, and The Hope of China Ian Linden, A New Map of the World Mark Knight, Chesterton and Evil     

Book Reviews

Books Reviewed: Richard J. Clifford, The Wisdom Literature (Interpreting Biblical Texts) Dianne Bergant, Israel Wisdom Literature: A Liberation–Critical Reading (A Liberation–Critical Reading of the Old Testament) Mark W. Elliott, The Song of Songs and Christology in the Early Church 381–451 (Studien und Texte zu Antike und Christentum) Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, Jesus and the Politics of Interpretation Stephen C. Barton, Life Together: Family, Sexuality and Community in the New Testament and Today Malcolm Bull (ed), Apocalypse Theory and the Ends of the World Introduced and translated by Janice L. Schultz and Edward A. Synan, St Thomas Aquinas: An Exposition of the “On the Hebdomads” of Boethius John Anthony McGuckin, Standing in God’s Holy Fire: The Byzantine Tradition Joan M. Nuth, God’s Lovers in an Age of Anxiety: The Medieval English Mystics Bernard McGinn, The Mystical Thought of Meister Eckhart: The Man From Whom God Hid Nothing Dorothee Soelle, The Silent Cry: Mysticism and Resistance Oliver Davies, A Theology of Compassion: Metaphysics of Difference and the Renewal of Tradition Charles E. Curran, The Origins of Moral Theology in the United States: Three Different Approaches Andrew Davey, Urban Christianity and Global Order: Theological Resources For An Urban Future Stephen R. L. Clark, Biology and Christian Ethics (New Studies in Christian Ethics) Franklin H. Littell, Historical Atlas of Christianity George Ferzoco and Carolyn Muessig (eds), Medieval Monastic Education Paul Binski, Medieval Death: Ritual and Representation Michael A. Signer and John van Enghen (eds), Jews and Christians in Twelfth–Century Europe Philip Olleson (ed), The Letters of Samuel Wesley: Professional and Social Correspondence 1797–1837 S. M. Waddams, Sexual Slander in Nineteenth–Century England: Defamation in the Ecclesiastical Courts, 1815–1855 Pamela J. Walker, Pulling the Devil’s Kingdom Down: The Salvation Army in Victorian Britain Hugh Rice, God and Goodness Nicholas Rescher, Nature and Understanding: The Metaphysics and Method of Science Nigel Biggar and Rufus Black (eds), The Revival of Natural Law: Philosophical, Theological and Ethical Responses to the Finnis–Grisez School     

Reviews

Books reviewed: Kevin J. Vanhoozer, ed., The Cambridge Companion to Postmodern Theology.
Reviewed by Mike Higton Simon Francis Gaine, Will There Be Free Will in Heaven? Freedom, Impeccability and Beatitude.
Reviewed by Lindsey Hall Denys Turner, Faith, Reason and the Existence of God.
Reviewed by Fergus Kerr Richard Cross, The Metaphysics of the Incarnation, Thomas Aquinas to Duns Scotus.
Reviewed by Oliver Crisp Nicholas M. Healy, Thomas Aquinas: Theologian of the Christian Life.
Reviewed by Iain Taylor Eleonore Stump, Aquinas.
Reviewed by Iain Taylor Chris Fleming, René Girard: Violence and Mimesis.
Reviewed by Bruce Hamill Hans Boersma, Violence, Hospitality, and the Cross: Reappropriating the Atonement Tradition.
Reviewed by Ian A. McFarland Robert Sherman, King, Priest and Prophet: A Trinitarian Theology of Atonement.
Reviewed by Thomas A. Price Gerrit Scott Dawson, Jesus Ascended: The Meaning of Christ's Continuing Incarnation.
Reviewed by Sandra Fach Elizabeth Teresa Groppe, Yves Congar's Theology of the Holy Spirit.
Reviewed by Paul M. Collins Jürgen Moltmann, Science and Wisdom.
Reviewed by Peter Forster Eberhard Busch, The Great Passion: An Introduction to Karl Barth's Theology; Joseph L. Mangina, Karl Barth: Theologian of Christian Witness; Kurt Anders Richardson, Reading Karl Barth: New Directions for North American Theology.
Reviewed by Mike Higton Wallace M. Alston Jr and Michael Welker, eds., Reformed Theology: Identity and Ecumenicity.
Reviewed by Iain Taylor Reinhard Hütter, Bound to be Free: Evangelical Catholic Engagements in Ecclesiology, Ethics, and Ecumenism.
Reviewed by Nicholas Healy Tuomo Mannermaa, Christ Present in Faith: Luther's View of Justification.
Reviewed by Matt Jenson D.C. Schindler, Hans Urs von Balthasar and the Dramatic Structure of Truth.
Reviewed by Cyril O’Regan     

Reviews

Books reviewed: Christopher D. Marshall, Beyond Retribution: A New Testament Vision for Justice, Crime, and Punishment J.‐M.‐R. Tillard, Flesh of the Church, Flesh of Christ: At the Source of the Ecclesiology of Communion Scott Matthews, Reason, Community and Religious Tradition: Anselm's Argument and the Friars Kenneth J. Howell, God's Two Books: Copernican Cosmology and Biblical Interpretation in Early Modern Science Clayton Crockett, A Theology of the Sublime Rowan A. Greer, Christian Hope and Christian Life: Raids on the Inarticulate Merold Westphal, Toward a Postmodern Christian Faith: Overcoming Onto‐theology James Alison, Faith Beyond Resentment: Fragments Catholic and Gay Gavin Hyman, The Predicament of Postmodern Theology: Radical Orthodoxy or Nihilist Textualism? Terrence W. Tilley, Inventing Catholic Tradition     

Evolution,Suffering, and Eschatological Redemption: Sollereder,Southgate, and Russell on Theodicy

Two new books helpfully refine the position vaunted by Theistic Evolution. These two books will garner the interest especially of the proleptic school within Theistic Evolution, which affirms (1) the long history of evolution as God's creative work; (2) the Theology of the Cross wherein God shares in the sufferings and even death of all creatures, animals included; (3) Jesus’ Easter resurrection as a prolepsis of the eschatological new creation; and (4) the coincidence of creation with redemption. These two provocative new works are Bethany Sollereder's God, Evolution, and Animal Suffering: Theodicy without a Fall, along with Christopher Southgate's Theology in a Suffering World: Glory and Longing. This article tackles a problem surfacing in the work of both Sollereder and Southgate: when eliminating the fall, the combination of redemption and creation becomes incoherent. Robert John Russell's “fall without a fall” provides greater coherence in the proleptic version of Theistic Evolution.     

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