Short Notices

J. A. Faris. The Paradoxes of Zeno.
Jonathan Barnes (Ed). The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle.
Prudence Allen. The Concept of Woman: The Aristotelian Revolution 750 BC–AD 1250.
John Cottingham (Ed) Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy with Selections from the Objections and Replies.
John Cottingham. The Rationalists.
Lesley Whiteside. In Search of Columba.
Duncan B. Forrester and Douglas M. Murray (Eds) Studies in the History of Worship in Scotland.
David Butler. Dying to Be One: English Ecumensism: History, Theology and Future.     

Reviews

Books reviewed:
Daniel L. Smith-Christopher. A Biblical Theology of Exile.
Raymond Plant. Politics, Theology and History.
Jacques Derrida. Acts of Religion.
James Arthur Diamond. Maimonides and the Hermeneutics of Concealment.
Sarah Coakley. Powers and Submissions: Spirituality, Philosophy and Gender.
James K. A. Smith. Speech and Theology: Language and the logic of incarnation.
Amy Laura Hall. Kierkegaard and the Treachery of Love.
Michael Barnes. Theology and the Dialogue of Religions.
Mark Julian Edwards. Origen Against Plato.
Andrew Moore. Realism and Christian Faith: God, Grammar, and Meaning.     

Book Reviews

Michael Prior The Bible and Colonialism: A Moral Critique H.Douglas Buckwalter The Character and Purpose of Luke's Christology Paul N. Anderson The Christology of the Fourth Gospel Bruce J. Malina On the Genre and Message of Revelation: Star Visions and Sky Journeys R. P. H. Green (Ed) Augustine: ‘De Doctrina Christiana’ Duane W. H. Arnold and Pamela Bright (Eds)‘De Doctrina Christiana’ Edward D. English (Eds) Reading and Wisdom. The ‘De Doctrina Christiana’ of Augustine in the Middle Ages Brian Stock Augustine the Reader: Meditation, Self-Knowledge and the Ethics of Interpretation Rita Copeland (Ed) Criticism and Dissent in the Middle Ages F. A. C. Mantello and A. G. Rigg (Eds) Medieval Latin: An Introduction and Bibliographical Guide Toivo Holopainen Dialectic and Theology in the Eleventh Century C. F. J. Martin On The Six Days of Creation: A Translation of the ‘Hexaemeron’ By Robert Grosseteste John Blair and Brian Golding (Eds) The Cloister and the World: Essays in Medieval History in Honour of Barbara Harvey Colin Flight The Bishops and Monks of Rochester, 1076–1214 Jeffrey F. Hamburger Nuns As Artists: The Visual Culture of a Medieval Convent Craig R. Thompson Collected Works of Erasmus, Vols. 39–40: Colloquies Thomas M. Lucas Landmarking: City, Church and Jesuit Urban Strategy W. R. Ward (Ed) Parson and Parish in Eighteenth-Century Surrey: Replies to Bishops' Visitations Marek Inglot La Compagnia di Gesù nell'Impero Russo (1772–1820) e la sua parte nella restaurazione generale della Compagnia Noor Giovanni Mazhar Catholic Attitudes to Evolution in Nineteenth-Century Italian Literature David A. Dowland Nineteenth-Century Anglican Theological Training: The Redbrick Challenge Roberto Papini The Christian Democrat International Padraig Hogan and Kevin Williams (Eds) The Future of Religion in Irish Education Fergus Kerr Immortal Longings: Versions of Transcending Humanity Willem B. Drees Religion, Science and Naturalism Richard Penaskovic Critical Thinking and the Academic Study of Religion Gerard Kelly Recognition: Advancing Ecumenical Thinking Letty M. Russell and J. Shannon Clarkson (Eds) Dictionary of Feminist Theologies Terence W. Tilley et al. Postmodern Theologies: The Challenge of Religious Diversity Kevin Boyle and Juliet Sheen (Eds) Freedom of Religion and Belief: A World Report Donald Nicholl Triumphs of the Spirit in Russia Aidan Nichols Rome and the Eastern Churches: A study in Schism David Schindler Heart of the World, Center of the Church Peter Byrne and Leslie Houlden (Eds) Companion Encyclopedia of Theology John Kekes Moral Wisdom and Good Lives R. Bracht Branham and M.-O. Goulet-Cazé The Cynics: The Cynic Movement in Antiquity and its Legacy Arlene W. Saxonhouse Athenian Democracy: Modern Mythmakers and Ancient Theorists Roslyn Weiss Socrates Dissatisfied: An Analysis of Plato's ‘Crito’ T. K. Johansen Aristotle on the Sense-organs Anthony J. Lisska Aquinas's Theory of Natural Law     

Book Reviews

Horst Dietrich Preuss, Old Testament Theology Rolf P. Knierim, The Task of Old Testament Theology: Essays, Substance, Method and Cases Daniel Patte, Ethics of Biblical Interpretation: A Re-evaluation Brian D. Ingraffia, Postmodern Theory and Biblical Theology: Vanquishing God's Shadow John Barclay and John Sweet (Eds), Early Christian Thought in its Jewish Context Stephen T. Davis, Daniel Kendall and Gerald O'Collins (Eds), The Resurrection: An Interdisciplinary Symposium on the Resurrection of Jesus Maureen A. Tilley, Donatist Martyr Stories: The Church in Conflict in Roman North Africa Maureen A. Tilley, The Bible in Christian North Africa: The Donatist World L. G. Patterson, Methodius of Olympus: Divine Sovereignty, Human Freedom and Life in Christ J. H. D. Scourfield, Consoling Heliodorus: A Commentary on Jerome, Letter 60 C. Moreschini and D. A. Sykes (Eds), St Gregory of Nazianzus: Poemata Arcana Peter O'Dwyer, Towards a History of Irish Spirituality Uinseann Ó Maid'n, The Celtic Monk: Rules and Writings of Early Irish Monks DáibhíÓ Cróinín, Early Medieval Ireland 400–1200 Gerhard Ladner, God, Cosmos, Humankind: The World of Early Christian Symbolism Kevin Trainor, Relics, Ritual and Representation in Buddhism: Rematerializing the Sri Lankan Theravãda Tradition Steven F. Ostrow, Art and Spirituality in Counter-Reformation Rome: The Sistine and Pauline Chapels in S. Maria Maggiore David Morgan, Visual Piety: A History and Theory of Popular Religious Images Colleen McDannell, Material Christianity: Religion and Popular Culture in America Sarah Coakley (Ed), Religion and the Body Paul F. Bradshaw and Lawrence A. Hoffman (Eds), Life Cycles in Jewish and Christian Worship Gordon P. Jeanes, The Day Has Come! Easter and Baptism in Zeno of Verona John Macquarrie, A Guide to the Sacraments Megan McKenna, Rites of Justice: The Sacraments and Liturgy as Ethical Imperatives Douglas J. Davies, Death, Ritual and Belief     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Introduction to the Old Testament. By Werner H. Schmidt. II Samuel. By P.K. McCarter, Jr. In Search of Deity: An Essay in Dialectical Theism. By John Macquarrie. Human Experience of God. By Denis Edwards. Faces of Jesus: Latin American Christologies. Edited by José Míguez Bonino. The Identity of Christianity. By Stephen Sykes. The Nature of Doctrine: Religion and Theology in a Postliberal Age. By George A. Lindbeck. Science, Action, and Fundamental Theology: Toward a Theology of Communicative Action. By Helmut Peukert. God, Jesus and Belief: The Legacy of Theism. By Stewart R. Sutherland. From Athens to Jerusalem: The Love of Wisdom and the Love of God. By Stephen R.L. Clark. City of Sokrates: An Introduction to Classical Athens. By J.W. Roberts. The Being of the Beautiful: Plato's Theaetetus, Sophist, and Statesman. Translated and with commentary by Seth Bernadete. Aristotle: The Politics. Translated and with an Introduction, Notes and Glossary by Carnes Lord. The Philosophy of F.H. Bradley. Edited by Anthony Manser and Guy Stock Sartre and Marxist Existentialism: The Test Case of Collective Responsibility. By Thomas R. Flynn. Wittgenstein on Meaning: An Interpretation and Evaluation. (Aristotelian Society Series Volume 1). By Colin McGinn. Time and Narrative, Volume One. By Paul Ricoeur, translated by Kathleen McLaughlin and David Pellauer. Derrida on the Mend. By Robert Magliola. The Age of Ideologies: A History of Political Thought in the 20th Century. By Karl Dietrich Bracher. Rationality and Relativism: In Search of a Philosophy and History of Anthropology. By I.C. Jarvie. The Bible in the Medieval World: Essays in Memory of Beryl Smalley. (Studies in Church History. Subsidia 4). Edited by Katherine Walsh and Diana Wood. Warlords and Holymen: Scotland AD 80–1000. By Alfred P. Smyth. Medieval Monasticism: Forms of Religious Life in Western Europe in the Middle Ages. By C.H. Lawrence. Reflection of the Awakened, attributed to Sadruddin Al-Qunawi. Edited by Sayyid Hasan Askari. Zohar: The Book of Enlightenment. (The Classics of Western Spirituality.) Translated by Daniel Chanan Matt. Occult and Scientific Mentalities in the Renaissance. Edited by Brian Vickers. The Birth of History and Philosophy of Science: Kepler's‘A Defence of Tycho against Ursus’with Essays on its Provenance and Significance. By N. Jardine. A History of Christianity in India, Vol. I: The Beginnings to AD 1707; Vol. II: 1707–1858. By Stephen Neill. Radical Religion in the English Revolution Edited by J.F. McGregor and B. Reay The Damiens Affair and the Unraveling (sic) of the Ancien Régime Nicholas Wiseman and the Transformation of English Catholicism. By Richard J. Schiefen. Mission, Church and State in a Colonial Setting: Uganda 1890–1925. By Holger Bernt Hansen. The Governance of Jesuit Colleges in the United States, 1920–1970. By Paul A. Fitzgerald. Martin Niemöller. By James Bentley     

Short Notices

M. R. Wright Cosmology in Antiquity Boniface Ramsey Ambrose Marcia Colish Medieval Foundations of the Western Intellectual Tradition, 400–1400 Leo F. Stelten Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin Henry Wansbrough and Anthony Marett-Crosby (Eds) Benedictines in Oxford Ian Richard Netton A Popular Dictionary of Islam Katherine L. French, Gary G. Gibbs and Beat A. Kümin (Eds) The Parish in English Life, 1400–1600 Karl Müller et al. (Eds) Dictionary of Mission: Theology, History, Perspectives David Fate Norton (Ed) The Cambridge Companion to Hume Ian Linden Liberation Theology: Coming of Age?     

Reviews

Books reviewed Webb, Stephen H., Taking Religion to School: Christian Theology and Secular Education Hillocks, George, Jr., Ways of Thinking, Ways of Teaching Brinkley, Alan; Dessants, Betty; Flamm, Michael; Fleming, Cynthia; Forcey, Charles; and Rothschild, Eric, The Chicago Handbook for Teachers: A Practical Guide to the College Classroom Kiely, Robert, Learning: Spiritual Sketches from a Professor's Life Hart, D. G., University Gets Religion: Religious Studies in American Higher Education Sutherland, Peter, (ed.), Adult Learning: A Reader Seldin, Peter. (ed.), Changing Practices in Evaluating Teaching: A Practical Guide to Improved Faculty Performance and Promotion/Tenure Decisions Hayes, Elizabeth; Flannery, Daniele D. with Brooks, Ann K., Tisdell, Elizabeth J.; and Hugo, Jane M., Women as Learners: The Significance of Gender in Adult Learning     

Short Notices

Books reviewed in this article: Jonardon Ganeri, Philosophy in Classical India Joseph Epes Brown with Emily Cousins, Teaching Spirits: Understanding Native American Religious Traditions Cyril S. Rodd, Glimpses of a Strange Land: Studies in Old Testament Ethics Chris Rowland and John Vincent (eds), Bible and Practice Robert Cummings Neville, Symbols of Jesus: A Christology of Symbolic Engagement David Batson, The Treasure Chest of the Early Christians: Faith, Care and Community from the Apostolic Age to Constantine the Great Florent Gaboriau, The Conversion of Edith Stein Peter C. Hodgson, Christian Faith: A Brief Introduction Michaela Davey, Mastering Theology Ray Billington, Religion Without God Daniel M. Bell, Liberation Theology After the End of History: The Refusal to Cease Suffering Kevin J. Vanhoozer (ed.), Nothing Greater, Nothing Better – Theological Essays on the Love of God Craig A. Carter, The Politics of the Cross: The Theology and Social Ethics of John Howard Yoder Andrew Shanks, ‘What Is Truth?’: Towards a Theological Poetics Richard Madsen, William M. Sullivan, Ann Swidler and Steven M. Tipton (eds), Meaning and Modernity: Religion, Polity and Self Alister E. McGrath, The Future of Christianity Stephen H. Webb, Good Eating Mark D. Jordan, The Ethics of Sex Eugene F. Rogers, Jr (ed.), Theology and Sexuality: Classic and Contemporary Readings Philip L. Culbertson (ed.), The Spirituality of Men: Sixteen Christians Write About their Faith Lothar Bauerochse, Learning to Live Together: Interchurch Partnerships as Ecumenical Communities of Learning Wade Clark Roof, Spiritual Marketplace: Baby–boomers and the Remaking of American Religion William A. Dyrness, Visual Faith: Art, Theology, and Worship in Dialogue B. P. Vysheslavtsev, The Eternal in Russian Philosophy Andrew Purves, Pastoral Theology in the Classical Tradition Fraser Watts, Rebecca Nye and Sara Savage, Psychology for Christian Ministry Diane Jonte–Pace, Speaking the Unspeakable: Religion, Misogyny, and the Uncanny Mother in Freud’s Cultural Texts     

BOOK REVIEWS

Books reviewed in this article: Christ in Christian Tradition. Volume Two, Part Two: The Church of Constantinople in the Sixrh Centuty. By Aloys Grillmeier. Christ in Christian Tradition, Volume Two, Part Four: The Church of Alexandria with Nubia and Ethiopia after 451. By Aloys Grillmeier. The Darkness of God: Negativity in Christian Mysticism. By Denys Turner. Hail Mary? The Struggle for Ultimate Womanhood in Catholicism. By Maurice Hamington. Christian Doctrine in the Light of Michael Polanyi's Theory of Personal Knowledge (Toronto Studies in Theology, no 66). By Joan Crewdson. Nonfoundationalism (Guides to Theological Inquiry). By John E. Thiel. Sacramenta: Bibliographia Internationalis. Compiled by Maksimilijan ?itnik. Critical Perspectives on Christian Education. Edited by Jeff Astley and Leslie Francis. After All: Religion Without Alienation. By Don Cupitt. The Last Philosophy. By Don Cupitt. The Christian God. By Richard Swinburne. Die Religionswissenschaft und das Christentum: Eine historische Untersuchung über das Verhältnis von Religionswissenschaft und Theologie (Studies in the History of Religions 61). By Sigurd Hjelde. John Duns Scotus: Contingency and Freedom, Lectura I, 39. Edited by A. Vos Jaczn, H. Veldhuis, A. H. Looman-Graaskamp, E. Dekker and N. W. den Bok. Aquinas: Selected Philosophical Writings. Edited by T. McDermott. St Thomas Aquinas: Teacher of Truth. By Francis Selman. Aquinas' Five Arguments in the ‘Summa Theologiae’ la, 2, 3. By Lubor Velecky. Almighty God: A Study of the Doctrine of Divine Omnipotence, By Gijsbert Van Den Brink. God. Passibility and Corporeality. By Marcel Sarot. An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion (Introducing Philosophy 1). By B. R. Tilghman. Ancient Greek Philosophy: Its Development and Relevance to Our Time. By Robert C. Trundle, Jr. Taking Life Seriously: A Study of the Argument of the ‘Nicomachean Ethics’. By Francis Sparshott. Feminist Interpretations of Plato (Re-Reading the Canon). Edited by Nancy Tuana. In Spite of Plato: A Feminist Rewriting of Ancient Philosophy. By Adriana Cavarero. The War Lover: A Study of Plato's ‘Republic’. By Leon Harold Craig. Plotinus. By Lloyd P. Gerson. Al-Farabi and His School, by Ian Richard Netton. The Age of German Idealism (Routledge History of Philosophy 6). Edited by Robert C. Solomon and Kathleen M. Higgins. ‘Fear and Trembling’ and ‘Repetition’ Edited by Robert L. Perkins. The Fear, the Trembling, and the Fire: Kierkegaard and Hasidic Masters on the Binding of Isaac. By Jerome I. Gellman. Kierkegaard and Modern Continental Philosophy. By Michael Weston. ‘The Letter on Apologetics’ and ‘History and Dogma’. By Maurice Blondel, texts presented and translated by Alexander Dru and Illtyd Trethowan. Being and My Being: Gabriel Marcel's Metaphysics of Incarnation. By Joseph Konickal. GenEthics: Technological Intervention in Human Reproduction as a Philosophical Problem. By Kurt Bayertz. Clinical Bioethics: Theory and Practice in Medical-Ethical Decision Making. By James F. Drane. Ecotheology: Voices from South and North. Edited by David G. Hallman. Ecology, Policy and Politics: Human Well-being and the Natural World (Environmental Philosophies). By John O'Neill. Emotion and Spirit: Questioning the Claims of Psychoanalysis and Religion. By Neville Symington. The Psychology of Religious Knowing. By Fraser Watts and Mark Williams. Counseling and Psychotherapy of Religious Clients: A Developmental Approach. By Vicky Genia. The Puzzle of Ethics. By Peter Vardy and Paul Grosch. Power and Christian Ethics. James P. Mackey. Knightly Piety and the Lay Response to the First Crusade: The Limousin and Gascony c.970-c.1130. By Marcus Bull. The Envy of Angels: Cathedral Schools and Social Ideals in Medieval Europe, 950–1200. By C. Stephen Jaeger. Religion and Society in Russia: The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. By Paul Bushkovitch. Confession and Community in Seventeenth-Century France. Catholic and Protestant Coexistence in Aquitaine. By Gregory Hanlon. The Devil's Dominion: Magic and Religion in Early New England. By Richard Godbeer. ‘No Religion Higher than Truth’: A History of the Theosophical Movement in Russia. By Maria Carlson. The Jesuit Myth. Conspiracy Theory and Politics in Nineteenth-Century France. By Geoffrey Cubitt. Critics on Trial: An Introduction to the Catholic Modernist Crisis. By Marvin R. O'Connell. Religion and Democracy in Latin America. Edited by William H. Swatos. A Tale of Two Missions. By Michael Goulder. Studying John: Approaches to the Fourth Gospel. By John Ashton. The Epistle of Barnabas: Outlook and Background (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 2/64). By James Carleton Paget.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Mark Munn, The School of History: Athens in the Age of Socrates Kathryn Morgan, Myth and Philosophy from the Presocratics to Plato Mary Margaret McCabe, Plato and his Predecessors: The Dramatization of Reason Johannes M. van Ophuijsen (ed), Plato and Platonism(Studies in Philosophy and the History of Philosophy, volume 33). Nicholas D. Smith and Paul B. Woodruff (eds), Reason and Religion in Socratic Philosophy Andrew Gregory, Plato's Philosophy of Science Hugh H. Benson, Socratic Wisdom: The Model of Knowledge in Plato's Early Dialogues Angela Hobbs, Plato and the Hero: Courage, Manliness and the Impersonal Good Melissa Lane, Plato's Progeny: How Plato and Socrates still Captivate the Modern Mind Alan G. Gross and Arthur E. Walzer (eds), Rereading Aristotle's Rhetoric Edward Grant, God and Reason in the Middle Ages John Marenbon and Giovanni Orlandi (eds), Peter Abelard’s Collationes (Oxford Medieval Texts). Terence Penelhum, Themes in Hume: The Self, the Will, Religion Stephan R. Palmquist, Kant's Critical Religion John Lippitt, Humour and Irony in Kierkegaard's Thought David B. Allison, Reading the New Nietzsche: The Birth of Tragedy, The Gay Science, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, On the Genealogy of Morals Maurice Blondel, The Idealist Illusion and Other Essays Daniel O. Dahlstrom, Heidegger's Concept of Truth Lawrence J. Hatab, Ethics and Finitude: Heideggerian Contributions to Moral Philosophy Michel Foucault, L’Herméneutique du sujet: Cours au Collège de France (1981–1982) W. W. Meissner, Freud and Psychoanalysis Scott Sturgeon, Matters of Mind: Consciousness, Reason and Nature David Jopling, Self–Knowledge and the Self Douglas C. Langston, Conscience and Other Virtues: From Bonaventure to MacIntyre Martin Rhonheimer, Natural Law and Practical Reason: A Thomist View of Moral Autonomy Philippa Foot, Natural Goodness John Leslie, Infinite Minds. A Philosophical Cosmology Berys Gaut and Dominic McIver Lopes (eds), The Routledge Companion to Aesthetics Paul Kurtz, Embracing the Power of Humanism John Gray, Two Faces of Liberalism Donald A. Hay and Alan Kreider (eds), Christianity and the Culture of Economics (Religion, Culture and Society). Marcia Bunge (ed), The Child in Christian Thought Dean Hoge, Willian Dinges, Mary Johnson and Juan Gonzales, Young Adult Catholics Stephan C. Barton, Life Together: Family, Sexuality and Community in the New Testament and Today Colin E. Gunton, Stephen R. Holmes and Murray A. Rae (eds), The Practice of Theology: A Reader David Jobling, Tina Pippin and Ronald Schleifer (eds), The Postmodern Bible Reader Thomas L. Martin (ed), Reading the Classics with C. S. Lewis     

Book Reviews

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

BOOK REVIEWS

Books reviewed: Martin Jan Mulder, Mikra: Text, Translation, Reading and Interpretation of the Hebrew Bible in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity Jan‐Wim Wesselius, The Origin of the History of Israel: Herodotus' Histories as Blueprint for the First Books of the Bible Philippe Guillaume, Waiting for Josiah: The Judges (Journal for the Study of the Old Testament. Supplement 385) Joseph Blenkinsopp, Isaiah 40–55: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary (Anchor Bible 19A) Joseph Blenkinsopp, Isaiah 56–66: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary (Anchor Bible 19B) Edgar Conrad, Reading the Latter Prophets: Towards a New Canonical Criticism (Journal for the Study of the Old Testament. Supplement 376) Benedikt Otzen, Tobit and Judith. Guides to Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha Christopher Owczarek, Sons of the Most High: Love of Enemies in Luke‐Acts: Teaching and Practice Darrell L. Bock, Jesus according to the Scriptures: Restoring the Portrait from the Gospels Scot McKnight, Turning to Jesus: The Sociology of Conversion in the Gospels Mark D. Nanos, The Galatians Debate. Contemporary issues in Rhetorical and Historical Interpretation Donald A. Hagner, Encountering the Book of Hebrews. An Exposition Raymund Schwager, James G. Williams and Paul Haddon, Jesus in the Drama of Salvation: Toward a Biblical Doctrine of Redemption Carl E. Braaten and Robert W. Jenson, The Last Things. Biblical and Theological Perspectives on Eschatology David L. Balch and Carolyn Osiek, Early Christian Families in Context: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue (Religion, Marriage, and Family) Birger A. Pearson, Gnosticism and Christianity in Roman and Coptic Egypt (Studies in Antiquity and Christianity) G. R. Evans, The First Christian Theologians: An Introduction to Theology in the Early Church Richard Cross, The Metaphysics of the Incarnation John Behr, The Nicene Faith: Formation of Christian Theology Aage Rydstrøm‐Poulsen, The Gracious God: Gratia in Augustine and the Twelfth Century Harold Samuel Stone, St Augustine's Bones: A Microhistory Alister E. McGrath, A Scientific Theology. Volume 2: Reality Adam Hood, Baillie, Oman and Macmurray: Experience and Religious Belief Stanley Hauerwas, Performing the Faith: Bonhoeffer and the Practice of Nonviolence Patrick Burke, Reinterpreting Rahner: A Critical Study of His Major Themes John Hick, John Hick: An Autobiography Douglas Hicks, Religion and the Workplace Francisco Gil Hellín, Constitutio Pastoralis de Ecclesia in Mundo Huius Temporis: Gaudium et Spes (Concilii Vaticani II Synopsis in ordinem redigens schemata cum relationibus necnon Patrum orationes atque animadversiones, no. 4) James K. A. Smith, Introducing Radical Orthodoxy: Mapping a Post‐Secular Theology Clarence Gallagher, Church Law and Church Order in Rome and Byzantium: A Comparative Study Nick Havely, Dante and the Franciscans: Poverty and the Papacy in the Commedia Elizabeth Vandiver, Luther's Lives: Two Contemporary Accounts of Martin Luther. Translated and annotated John Witte, Jr., Law and Protestantism: The Legal Teachings of the Lutheran Reformation John Christian Laursen and Richard H. Popkin, Millenarianism and Messianism in Early Modern European Culture. Anne Stott, Hannah More. The First Victorian Michael Giffin, Jane Austen and Religion: Salvation and Society in Georgian England Harvey Hill, The Politics of Modernism: Alfred Loisy and the Scientific Study of Religion David Fergusson, Church, State and Civil Society Anthony O'Mahony and Michael Kirwan, World Christianity: Politics, Theology, Dialogues Sharon Anderson‐Gold, Cosmopolitanism and Human Rights Anthony Pagden, The Idea of Europe: From Antiquity to the European Union J. S. Lawrence and R. Jewett, The Myth of the American Superhero Christopher Insole, The Politics of Human Frailty Terence Cuneo, Religion in the Liberal Polity Allen Buchanan, Dan W. Brock, Norman Daniels, and Daniel Wikler, From Chance to Choice: Genetics and Justice Hugh Lacey, Is Science Value Free? Values and Scientific Understanding Lisa Sowle Cahill, Bioethics and the Common Good (The Père Marquette Lecture in Theology 2004) Steven M. Cahn and David Shatz, Questions About God: Today's Philosophers Ponder the Divine Louis Groarke, The Good Rebel: Understanding Freedom and Morality Julian Young, The Death of God and the Meaning of Life Nicholas Everitt, The Non‐Existence of God Simon Francis Gaine OP, Will there be Free Will in Heaven? Freedom, Impeccability and Beatitude Christopher S. Hill, Thought and World: An Austere Portrayal of Truth, Reference and Semantic Correspondence (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy) Gábor Betegh, The Derveni Papyrus. Cosmology, Theology and Interpretation Max Charlesworth, Philosophy and Religion from Plato to Postmodernism James Warren, Epicurus and Democritean Ethics: An Archaeology of Ataraxia Allan Silverman, The Dialectic of Essence: A Study of Plato's Metaphysics Richard Kraut, Aristotle: Political Philosophy (Founders of Modern Political and Social Thought) Noel Malcolm, Aspects of Hobbes William Lad Sessions, Reading Hume's Dialogues: A Veneration for True Religion George Pattison, Kierkegaard, Religion and the Nineteenth‐Century Crisis of Culture A. W. Moore, Noble in Reason, Infinite in Faculty: Themes and Variations in Kant's Moral and Religious Philosophy Robert C. Miner, Vico, Genealogist of Modernity Russell B. Goodman, Wittgenstein and William James     

BOOK REVIEWS

Books reviewed in this article: Truth and Method. By Hans-Georg Gadamer. Second, revised edition, translation revised by Joel Weinsheimer and Donald G. Marshall. Right Practical Reason: Aristotle, Action and Prudence in Aquinas (Oxford Theological Monographs). By Daniel Westberg. Can Virtue Be Taught? (Boston University Studies in Philosophy and Religion 14). Edited by Barbara Darling-Smith. Heilsungewißeit und Scrupulositas im späten Mittelalter: Studien zu Johannes Gerson und Gatrungen der Frömmigkeitstheologie seiner Zeit (Beiträge zur historischen Theologie 85). By Sven Grosse. Marxism and Morality: A Critical Examination of Marxist Ethics. By Nicholas Churchich. The Human Body Shop: The Engineering and Marketing of Life. By Andrew Kimbrell. Church, Stare, Morality and Low. By Patrick Hannon. Athanasius and Constantius: Theology and Politics in the Constantinian Empire. By Timothy D. Barnes. Inventing the Middle Ages: The Lives, Works and Ideas of the Great Medievalists of the Twentieth Century. By Norman F. Cantor. Le Lexique chrétien: Permanences et avatars. Edited by Cermain Marc'hadour. The First Jesuits. By John W. O'Malley. Discourses of Martyrdom in English Literature, 1563–1694. By John R. Knott. Milton's Burden of Interpretation. By Dayton Haskin. Patronage and Piety: The Politics of English Roman Catholicism, 1850–1900 (Studies in Modern History). By Dermot Quinn. Catholic Emancipation: A Shake to Men's Minds. By Wendy Hinde. Discourse and Context: An Interdisciplinary Study of John Henry Newman. Edited by Gerard Magill.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Biblical Interpretation (Oxford Bible Series). By Robert Morgan with John Barton Bread Not Stone: The Challenge of Feminist Biblical Interpretation. By Elisabeth Schüssler-Fiorenza The World of Ancient Israel: Sociological, Anthropological and Political Perspectives. Edited by R. E. Clements God's New Covenant: A New Testament Translation. By Heinz W. Cassirer Luke the Theologian: Aspects of his Teaching. By Joseph A. Fitzmyer Towards a Theology of Religions (Routledge Religious Studies). By Glyn Richards Towards a World Theology: Faith and the Comparative History of Religion. By Wilfred Cantwell Smith Among the Gods: An Archaeological Exploration of Ancient Greek Religion. By John Ferguson Magic in the Middle Ages. By Richard Kieckhefer The Philosophy of John Scotus Eriugena: A Study of Idealism in the Middle Ages. By Dermot Moran Witchcraft and the Inquisition in Venice 1550–1650. By Ruth Martin John Dee's Natural Philosophy: Between Science and Religion. By Nicholas H. Clulee Of Chastity and Power: Elizabethan Literature and the Unmarried Queen. By Philippa Berry Italian Confraternities in the Sixteenth Century. By Christopher F. Black Sacred Charity: Confraternities and Social Welfare in Spain, 1400–1700. By Maureen Flynn The Seventeenth-Century English Hymn: A Mode for Sacred and Secular Concerns. By Thelma B. Thompson The Premier See: A History of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, 1789–1989. By Thomas W. Spalding Memoirs of the Oratory: The Autobiography of St John Bosco. Translated by D. Lyons Young Doctor Pusey: A Study in Development. By David Forrester ‘On God's Side’: A Life of George Tyrrell. By Nicholas Sagovsky Maude Royden: A Life. By Sheila Fletcher Christian Philosophy (Notre Dame Studies in the Philosophy of Religion 6). Edited by Thomas P. Flint The Philosophy in Christianity (Royal Institute of Philosophy Lectures 25). Edited by Godfrey Vesey Wittgenstein's Later Philosophy. By Oswald Hanfling On Being in the World: Wittgenstein and Heidegger on Seeing Aspects. By Stephen Mulhall The Ethics of International Business (The Ruffin Series in Business Ethics). By Thomas Donaldson The Darkness and the Light: A Philosopher Reflects Upon His Fortunate Career and nose Who Made It Possible. By Charles Hartshorne Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life. By Robert N. Bellah, Richard Madsen, William M. Sullivan, Ann Swidler, and Steven M. Tipton Competing Convictions. By Robin Gill Eyes to See, Ears to Hear: An Introduction to Ignatian Spirituality. By David Lonsdale, S.J. The Pastor: Readings from the Patristic Period. Edited by Philip L. Culbertson and Arthur Bradford Shippee Saint Augustine: The Confessions. Translated with an Introduction and Notes by Henry Chadwick     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Liberating Paul: The Justice of God and the Politics of the Apostle, Neil Elliott The Ecclesiology of Karl Rahner, Richard Lennan The Theology of the Gospel of John, D. Moody Smith Peace in Ireland: Two States, One People , David Bleakley The Illusion of the End , Jean Baudrillard Consciousness and the Mind of God, Charles Taliaferro Spirituality of the Third World: A Cry for Life , K. C. Abraham and Bernadette Mbuy-Beya (eds) Europe: Was It Ever Really Christian? The Interaction between Gospel and Culture, Anton Wessels Religion in Europe: Contemporary Perspectives, Sean Gill, Gavin D'Costa and Ursula King (eds) Media, Communication, Culture: A Global Approach, James Lull King Alfred's College of Higher Education Christianity: Its Essence and History, Hans Kting Justice, Courtesy and Love: Theologians and Missionaries Encountering World Religions 1846-1914, Kenneth Cracknell An Ethics for Enemies: Forgiveness in Politics, Donald W. Shriver Jr Rethinking Metaphysics , L. Gregory Jones and Stephen Fowl (eds) Grace and Responsibility: A Wesleyan Theology for Today, John B. Cobb     

Book Reviews

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

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: John H. Hayes (ed), Dictionary of Biblical Interpretation Fernando F. Segovia and Mary Ann Tolbert (eds), Teaching the Bible: The Discourses and Politics of Biblical Theology John N. Oswalt, The Book of Isaiah Chapters 40–66 Jerome D. Quinn and William C. Wacker, The First and Second Letters to Timothy. A New Translation with Notes and Commentary Brian E. Daley, On the Dormition of Mary: Early Patristic Homilies Mary Clayton, The Apocryphal Gospels of Mary in Anglo‐Saxon England Daniel Boyarin, Dying for God: Martyrdom and the Making of Christianity and Judaism Brad S. Gregory, Salvation at Stake: Christian Martyrdom in Early Modern Europe Sara Lipton, Images of Intolerance: The Representation of Jews and Judaism in the ‘Bible moralisée’ Zachary Hayes, Bonaventure: Mystical Writings N. J. G. Pounds, A History of the English Parish: The Culture of Religion from Augustine to Victoria J. L. Heilbron, The Sun in the Church: Cathedrals as Solar Observatories Edelgard E. DuBruck and Barbara I. Gusick (eds), Death and Dying in the Middle Ages Christopher Tyerman, The Invention of the Crusades Jaroslav Folda, The Art of the Crusaders in the Holy Land, 1098–1187 Marguerite Porette, The Mirror for Simple Souls Peter Fergusson and Stuart Harrison, Rievaulx Abbey: Community, Architecture, Memory Jennifer Loach, Edward VI John A. Vickers (ed), A Dictionary of Methodism in Britain and Ireland John Henry, The Scientific Revolution and the Origins of Modern Science Ronald L. Numbers and John Stenhouse (eds), Disseminating Darwinism: The Role of Place, Race, Religion, and Gender Jeffrey M. Burns, Disturbing the Peace: A History of the Christian Family Movement, 1949–1974 Leonardo Boff, The Maternal Face of God: The Feminine and its Religious Expressions Curtis L. Hancock and Brendan Sweetman, Truth and Religious Belief: Conversations on Philosophy of Religion Louis Greenspan and Stefan Andersson (eds), Russell on Religion Richard Buxton (ed), From Myth to Reason? Studies in the Development of Greek Thought John A. Palmer, Plato's Reception of Parmenides S. R. Slings, Plato: ‘Clitophon’ Keimpe Algra, Jonathan Barnes, Jaap Mansfeld and Malcolm Schofield (eds), The Cambridge History of Hellenistic Philosophy Michael Inwood, Heidegger (Past Masters) P. H. Coetzee and A. P. J. Roux (eds), The African Philosophy Reader D. Z. Phillips, Philosophy's Cool Place Oliver Leaman (ed), The Future of Philosophy: Towards the Twenty‐First Century Audrey R. Chapman, Unprecedented Choices: Religious Ethics at the Frontiers of Genetic Science (Theology and the Sciences series)     

Book Reviews

Childs, Brevard S., Biblical Theology of the Old and New Testaments Taylor, Richard A., The Peshitta of Daniel McCracken, David, The Scandal of the Gospels Lee, Dorothy A., The Symbolic Narratives of the Fourth Gospel: The Interplay of Form and Meaning Harris, Elizabeth, Prologue and Gospel: The Theology of the Fourth Evangelist Bischoff, Bernhard and Lapidge, Michael, Biblical Commentaries from the Canterbury School of Theodore and Hadrian Gamble, Harry Y., Books and Readers in the Early Church: A History of Early Christian Texts Meredith, Anthony, The Cappadocians Williams, Daniel H., Ambrose of Milan and the End of the Arian–Nicene Conflicts Brundage, James A., Medieval Canon Law Jotischky, Andrew, The Perfection of Solitude: Hermits and Monks in the Crusader States Nicholas, John A. and Thomas Shank, Lillian (eds), Hidden Springs: Cistercian Monastic Women Frugoni, Chiara, Francesco e l’invenzione delle stimmate Terpstra, Nicholas, Lay Confraternities and Civic Religion in Renaissance Bologna O’Reilly, Terence, From Ignatius to John of the Cross: Spirituality and Literature in Sixteenth-Century Spain Ditchfield, Simon, Liturgy, Sanctity and History in Tridentine Italy: Pietro Maria Campi and the Preservation of the Particular Smith, Gerald, Galileo: A Dramatised Life Levi, Honor (trans.), Levi, Anthony (introd. and notes), Blaise Pascal: ‘Pensées’ and Other Writings Hope, Nicholas, German and Scandinavian Protestantism, 1700 to 1918 Wetsel, David, Pascal and Disbelief: Catechesis and Conversion in the ‘Pensées’ Kent, Peter C. and Pollard, John F. (eds), Papal Diplomacy in the Modern Age Sundermeier, Michael and Churchill, Robert (eds), The Literary and Educational Effects of the Thought of John Henry Newman Dulles, Avery, The Assurance of Things Hoped For: A Theology of Christian Faith Schwöbel, Christoph (ed.), Trinitarian Theology Today Weinandy, Thomas, In the Likeness of Sinful Flesh: An Essay on the Humanity of Christ Werbick, Jürgen, Kirche: Ein Ekklesiologischer Entwurf für Studium und Praxis Winter, Michael, The Atonement Moloney, Raymond, The Eucharist Bauckham, Richard, The Theology of Jürgen Moltmann Mitchell, Basil, Faith and Criticism Padgett, A. (ed.), Reason and the Christian Religion: Essays in Honour of Richard Swinburne Helm, Paul, The Providence of God Oelschlaeger, Max, Caring for Creation: An Ecumenical Approach to Environmental Crisis Attfield, Robin and Belsey, Andrew (eds), Philosophy and the Natural Environment Law, Jane Marie (ed.), Religious Reflections on the Human Body Gormally, Luke (ed.), Euthanasia: Clinical Practice and the Law Fischer, John Martin (ed.), The Metaphysics of Death Grayling, Anthony (ed.), Philosophy: A Guide Through the Subject Taylor, C.C.W. (ed.), Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy, Volume XIII Gallagher, David M. (ed.), Thomas Aquinas and his Legacy Knasas, John F.X. (ed.), Thomistic Papers VI Selbourne, David, The Principle of Duty Frowen, Stephen and McHugh, Francis P. (eds), Financial Decision-Making and Moral Responsibility     

Reviews

Books reviewed: Perry Schmidt–Leukel (ed.), Buddhist Perceptions of Jesus: Papers of the Third Conference of the European Network of Buddhist–Christian Studies (St Ottilien 1999) David Jobling, Tina Pippin, Ronald Schleifer (eds), The Postmodern Bible Reader Mark D. Chapman, Ernst Troeltsch and Liberal Theology: Religion and Cultural Synthesis in Wilhelmine Germany Stephen J. Hunt, Religion in Western Society James J. Buckley and David S. Yeago (eds), Knowing the Triune God: The Work of the Spirit in the Practices of the Church Miroslav Volf and Dorothy C. Bass (eds), Practicing Theology: Beliefs and Practices in Christian Life Dan R. Stiver, Theology After Ricoeur: New Directions in Hermeneutical Theology T. J. Gorringe, The Education of Desire: Towards a Theology of the Senses Anthony Harvey, By What Authority? George Guiver (ed.), Priests in a People‘s Church Sarah Coakley, Powers and Submissions: Spirituality, Philosophy and Gender Robert McKim, Religious Ambiguity and Religious Diversity Kenneth Leech, Through our Long Exile: Contextual Theology and the Urban Experience David N. Power, ‘The Word of the Lord’: Liturgy’s Use of Scripture Owen Hardwicke, Living Beyond Conformity: An Experience of Ministry and Priesthood