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The Missions of Jesus and the Disciples according to the Fourth Gospel. With Implications for the Fourth Gospel's Purpose and the Mission of the Contemporary Church , Andreas J. Köstenberger, Eerdmans 1998 Beginning Old Testament Study , J. Rogerson (ed), new edn Language and Imagery in the Old Testament , J. C. L. Gibson Women in the Footsteps of the Buddha. Struggle for Liberation in the Ther?gāthā, K.R. Blackstone The New Liberalism. Faith for the Third Millennium , Jonathan Clatworthy (ed), After Noah: Animals and the Liberation of Theology , Andrew Linzey and Dan Cohn-Sherbok, Mowbray 1997 Jewish Wisdom in the Hellenistic Age , John J. Collins, T. & T. Clark 1998 Rereading the Rabbis. A Woman's Voice , Judith Hauptman Women in the Holocaust , Dalia Ofer and Lenore J. Weitzman (eds) Seeds of Hope. A Henri Nouwen Reader , Robert Durback (ed) The Road to Peace: Writings on Peace and Justice , Henri Nouwen, John Dear (ed) Who are we Now? Christian Humanism and the Global Market from Hegel to Heaney , Nicholas Boyle, T. & T. Clark 1998 Grace and Mortgage. The Language of Faith and the Debt of the World Rationality and Religion. Does Faith Need Reason ?, Roger Trigg The Religion of Being , Don Cupitt Religious Traditions in South Asia. Interaction and Change , G.A. Oddie (ed) The Western Church in the Middle Ages , John A. F. Thomson, Arnold 1998     

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The Bible and the Modern World, D.J.A. Clines, Sheffield Academic Press 1997 Introduction to Biblical Studies, Steve Moyise, Cassell 1998 The Book of Hiding. Gender, Ethnicity, Annihilation and Esther, Timothy K. Beal Listening In. A Multicultural Reading of the Psalms, S. B. Reid The Acts of the Apostles: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary, Ben Witherington III The Moral Vision of the New Testament: Community, Cross, New Creation. A Contemporary Introduction to New Testament Ethics, Richard B. Hays, T. & T. Clark 1997 The Nations that Know Thee Not. Ancient Jewish Attitudes towards Other Religions, R. Goldenberg Western Scholarship and the History of Palestine, Michael Prior (ed) Theodicy, Dan Cohn-Sherbok (ed) The Intellectual Foundations of Christian and Jewish Discourse: the Philosophy of Religious Argument, J. Neusner and B. Chilton, Routledge 1997 The Jewish-Christian Controversy: From the Earliest Times to 1789, Volume 1 - History, Samuel Krauss and William Horbury (eds), JCB Mohr (Paul Siebeck) 1997 Defenders of Reason in Islam. Mu'tazilism from Medieval School to Modern Symbol, Richard C. Martin and Mark R. Woodward with Dwi S. Atmaja, Oneworld 1997 Religious Renunciation of a Pastoral People, Vinay Kumar Srivastava, Oxford University Press, Delhi 1997 Providential Accidents. An Autobiography, Geza Vermes, SCM Press 1998 Care in a Confused Climate: Pastoral Care and Postmodern Culture, Paul Goodliff, Darton, Longman and Todd 1998 The Jubilee Challenge: Utopia or Possibility? Hans Ucko (ed) Thinking Things Through 4. Why Evil and Suffering?, C.S. Rodd The Fascination of Evil, Concilium 1998/1, David Tracy and Hermann Haring (eds) A Love and its Sounding. Explorations of T. S. Eliot, Christopher Southgate, with a Foreword by Anne Stevenson, University of Salzburg 1997 Art, Modernity and Faith. Restoring the Image, George Pattison, SCM Press, 2nd edn 1998 Makers of Christian Theology in America, Mark G. Toulouse and James O. Duke (eds) To Speak of God in the Twilight Towards a Theology of Mission in the Postmodern World, Tiziano Tosolini, Gracewing 1997 Who Comes in the Name of the Lord?: Jesus at the Margins, Harold J. Recinos Beyond All Reason - The Limits of Post-Modern Theology, John Reader, Aureus 1997 Millennium, Messiahs and Mayhem. Contemporary Apocalyptic Movements, Thomas Robbins and Susan J. Palmer (eds), Routledge 1997 Post-Secular Philosophy: Between Philosophy and Theology, Phillip Blond (ed) Kierkegaard: A Critical Reader, Jonathan Ree and Jane Chamberlain (eds) Tentmaking. Perspectives on Self-Supporting Ministry, James M. M. Francis and Leslie J. Francis (eds) The Mystery of Baptism in the Anglican Tradition, Kenneth Stevenson, John Henry Newman: Universal Revelation, Francis McGrath, Burns and Oates 1997     

Reviews

Books reviewed: Interfaith Pilgrims: Living Truths and Truthful Living , Swarthmore Lecture, 2003, Eleanor Nesbitt, Quaker Books 2003 (0‐85245‐347‐7), pp. 124, Pb £8 Learning from Other Faiths , Hermann Häring, Janet Martin Soskice and Felix Wilfred (eds), Concilium 2003/4, SCM Press 2003 (0‐334‐03075‐7), pp. 141, Pb £9.95 A New Introduction to Islam , Daniel Brown, Blackwell 2004 (0‐631‐21604‐9), pp. xv + 269, Pb £14.99/$27.95 Islam in Context: Past, Present and Future , Peter G. Riddell and Peter Cotterell, Baker Academic 2003 (0‐8010‐2627‐X), pp. 231, Pb $17.99 Understanding Old Testament Ethics: Approaches and Explorations , John Barton, Westminster John Knox Press 2003 (0‐664‐22596‐9), pp. xi + 212, Pb £17.99 Jesus Remembered , Volume I of Christianity in the Making , James D.G. Dunn, Eerdmans 2003 (0‐8028‐3931–2), pp. xvii + 1019, Hb £39.95 New Creation in Paul's Letters and Thought , Moyer V. Hubbard, Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series 119, Cambridge University Press 2002 (0‐521‐81485‐5), pp. xiii + 293, Hb £45/$60 Belly and Body in the Pauline Epistles , Karl Olav Sandnes, Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series 120, Cambridge University Press 2002 (0‐521‐81535‐5), pp. xiv + 318, Hb £45/$60 Secret Gospels: Essays on Thomas and the Secret Gospel of Mark , Marvin Meyer, Trinity Press International 2003 (1‐56338‐409‐4), pp. vii + 199, Pb £16.99/$23 Moses in America: The Cultural Uses of Biblical Narrative , Melanie J. Wright, AAR Cultural Criticism Series, Oxford University Press 2003 (0‐19‐515226‐3), pp. 172, Hb £30 The Theology of St Cyril of Alexandria: A Critical Appreciation , Thomas Weinandy and Daniel A. Keating (eds), T. & T. Clark 2003, A Continuum Imprint (0‐5670‐8900‐2), pp. xv + 269, Hb £35 The Commentaries of Origen and Jerome on St. Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians , Ronald E. Heine, Oxford University Press 2002 (0‐1992‐24551‐7), pp. xii + 297, Hb £50 The Making of American Liberal Theology: Imagining Progressive Religion, 1805–2000 , Gary Dorrien, Westminster/John Knox Press 2001 (0‐664‐22354‐0), pp. xxvi + 494, Pb £30 The Making of American Liberal Theology: Idealism, Realism, and Modernity, 2000–1950 , Gary Dorrien, Westminster/John Knox Press 2003 (0‐664‐22355‐9), pp. xx + 666, Pb £30 Adventures in Orthodoxy: The Marvels of the Christian Creed and the Audacity of Belief , Dwight Longenecker, Gracewing 2003 (0‐85244‐406‐0), pp. xx + 170, Pb £9.99 Essentials of Christian Theology , William C. Placher (ed.), Westminster John Knox Press 2003 (0‐664‐22395‐8), pp. x + 422, Pb $29.95 Postmodern Christianity , John W. Riggs, Trinity Press International 2003 (1‐56338‐364‐0), pp. xi + 174, Pb $19 Gateways to Dogmatics: Reasoning Theologically for the Life of the Church , Gerhard Sauter, Eerdmans 2003 (0‐8028‐4700‐5), pp. xx–310, Pb £12.99 A Theology of Engagement , Ian S. Markham, Blackwell 2003 (Hb 0‐631‐23601‐5, Pb 0‐631‐23602‐3), pp. x + 250, Hb £55/$64.95, Pb £16.99/29.95 Bernard Lonergan: An Introductory Guide to Insight, Terry J. Tekippe, Paulist Press 2003 (0‐8091‐4150‐7), pp. xii + 110, Pb $16.95 The Theology of the Body Explained: A Commentary on John Paul II's ‘Gospel of the Body’ , Christopher West, Gracewing 2003 (0‐85244‐600‐4), pp. xix + 530, Pb £20 Impossible God: Derrida's Theology , Hugh Rayment‐Pickard, Ashgate 2003 (0‐7546‐0597‐3), pp. x + 185, Hb £40 Rationality and Religious Theism , Joshua L. Golding, Ashgate Philosophy of Religion Series, Ashgate 2003 (0‐7546‐1568‐5), pp. 142, Pb £15.99/$29.95 Does God Have a Future? A Debate on Divine Providence , Christopher A. Hall and John Sanders, Baker Academic 2003 (0‐8010‐2604‐0), pp. 222, Pb $17.99 Infinitely Beloved: The Challenge of Divine Intimacy , Brian Thorne, Darton, Longman & Todd 2003 (0‐232‐52507‐2), pp. x + 92, Pb £8.95 Cosmic Grace and Humble Prayer: The Ecological Vision of the Green Patriarch Bartholomew , Father John Chryssavgis (ed.), Eerdmans 2003 (0‐8028‐2169‐3), pp. xii + 351, Hb £27.95 The New Anti‐Catholicism: The Last Acceptable Prejudice , Philip Jenkins, Oxford University Press 2003 (0‐19‐515480‐0), pp. vii + 258, Hb £14.99 Politics and Religion , Steve Bruce, Polity Press 2003 (Hb 0‐7456‐2819‐2, Pb 0‐7456‐2820‐6), pp. xii + 292, Hb £50 / Pb £15.99 Faithful Learning and the Christian Scholarly Vocation , Douglas V. Henry, Bob R. Agee (eds), Eerdmans 2003 (0‐8028‐1398‐4), pp. xii + 175, Pb £12.99/$18 The Foundation of Hope: Turning Dreams into Reality , R. John Elford (ed.), Liverpool University Press 2003 (0‐85323‐519‐8), pp. xii + 228, Hb £22.50 God's Book of Works: The Nature and Theology of Nature , R.J. Berry, T. & T. Clark International 2003, A Continuum Imprint (0‐567‐08915‐0), pp. xvi + 286, Hb £17.99 The Paradise of God: Renewing Religion in an Ecological Age , Norman Wirzba, Oxford University Press (0‐19‐515716‐8), pp. xiv + 240, Hb £25 Must Christianity Be Violent? Reflections on History, Practice, and Theology , Kenneth R. Chase and Alan Jacobs (eds), Brazos Press 2003 (1‐58743‐064‐9), pp. 256, Pb $19.99 The Gospel According to Tolkien: Visions of the Kingdom in Middle‐earth , Ralph C. Wood, Westminster John Knox Press 2003 (0‐664‐22610‐8), pp. xi + 169, Pb $14.95 Preaching Mark in Two Voices , Brian K. Blount and Gary W. Charles, Westminster John Knox Press 2003 (0‐664‐22393‐1), pp. xiii + 273, Pb £15.99 The Case for Humanism: An Introduction , Lewis Vaughn and Austin Dacey, Rowman and Littlefield 2003 (0‐7425‐1393‐9), pp. ix + 223, Pb £20.95     

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     

Short Notices

Books reviewed in this article: Christopher Partridge (ed.), Dictionary of Contemporary Religion in the Western World Nancy K. Frankenberry (ed.), Radical Interpretation in Religion Margaret Stutley (ed.), Shamanism: An Introduction Samuel Terrien, The Psalms: Strophic Structure and Theological Commentary Steve Delamarter, with a contribution by J.H. Charlesworth, A Scripture Index to Charlesworth's The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha James H, The Pesharim and the Qumran Community: Chaos or Consensus? Timothy H. Lim, Pesharim James M. Scott, Geography in Early Judaism and Christianity: The Book of Jubilees Thomas R. Hatina, In Search of a Context: The Function of Scripture in Mark's Narrative Anthony Phillips, Essays on Biblical Law Larry J. Kreitzer, Gospel Images in Fiction and Film David S. Cunningham, Reading is Believing: The Christian Faith through Literature and Film John Wijngaards, No Women in Holy Orders? The Women Deacons of the Early Church Owen Chadwick, The Early Reformation on the Continent Andrew Bradstock and Christopher Rowland (eds), Radical Christian Writings: A Reader Sarah K. Pinnock, Beyond Theodicy: Jewish and Christian Continental Thinkers Respond to the Holocaust Coleen McDannell, Religions of the United States in Practice Douglas Pratt, Relational Deity: Hartshorne and Macquarrie on God John Habgood, Darton, The Concept of Nature Anthony C. Thiselton, A Concise Encyclopedia of the Philosophy of Religion Joseph Runzo, Global Philosophy of Religion: A Short Introduction Max Charlesworth, Philosophy and Religion: From Plato to Postmodernism John Cottingham, On the Meaning of Life Charles R. Pinches, Theology and Action: After Theory in Christian Ethics Philip Goodchild, Capitalism and Religion: The Price of Piety Pat Collins CM, The Broken Image: Reflections on Spirituality and Culture Gordon Lynch, After Religion: ‘Generation X’ and the Search for Meaning Alison Webster, Wellbeing Clifford Longley, Chosen People: The Big Idea that Shapes England and America     

Book Reviews

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

SHORT NOTICES

Solar Ethics, Don Cupitt Is There a God?, Richard Swinburne Birth of a Worldview: Early Christianity in Its Jewish and Pagan Context, Robert Doran Teaching and Learning Religion: A Phenomenological Approach, Terence Lovat Cross and Crescenk Responding to the Challenge of Islam, Colin Chapman Christian Values. Theory and Practice in Christian Ethics Today, J. Ian H. McDonald, T. & T. Clark Learning for Life: A Handbook of Adult Religious Education, Yvonne Craig A Sense of the Divine. The Natural Environment from a Theocentric Perspective, James M. Gustafson, T. & T. Clark A Dignified Dying, Hans Kung and Walter Jens Aquinas and the Jews, John Y. B. Hood On Earth as It is in Heaven: Temple Symbolism in the New Testament, Margaret Barker, T. & T. Clark Worship in the Primary School, Elaine McCreery, David Fulton Classic Texts in Mission and World Christianity, Norman E. Thomas (ed.) Kant's Idealism, Philip J. Neujahr Religion in Modem Britain, Steve Bruce Ordered Universes: Approaches to the Anthropology of Religion, Morton Klass     

REVIEWS

Toward a Theology of Nature: Essays on Science and Faith, Wolfhart Pannenberg Rapture Encaged: The Suppression of the Feminine in Western Culture, Ruth Anthony El Saffar A History of Israelite Religion in the Old Testament Period, Rainer Albertz Jesus and Faith: A Conversation on the Work of John Dominic Crossan, Jeffrey Carlson and Robert A. Ludwig (eds) Word and Spirit at Play: Toward a Charismatic Theology, Jean-Jacques Suurmond The Nature of Knowledge: Concerning Adaptations, Instincts and the Evolution of Intelligence, Henry Plotkin Animal Theology, Andrew Linzey Mysterious Apocalypse: Interpreting the Book of Revelation, A.W. Wainwright The Book of Revelation (New Testament Guide), J.M. Court The Climax of Prophecy: Studies in the Book of Revelation, R. Bauckham, T. & T. Clark Las Casas: In Search of the Poor of Jesus Christ, Gustavo Gutierrez Confusions in Christian Social Ethics: Problems for Geneva and Rome, Ronald H. Preston Spirituality in Ecumenical Perspective, E. Glenn Hinson (ed.) Who Do You Say That I Am? Introduction to Christology, Jacques Dupuis Islam: A Challenge for Christianity (Concilium 1994/3), Hans Kiing and Jiirgen Moltmann (eds)     

SHORT NOTICES

Liberation Theology UK, John Vincent and Chris Rowland (eds) Metaphysical Personalism: An Analysis of Austin Farrer's Metaphysics of Theism, Charles Conti Athanasius and the Politics of Asceticism, David Brakke Early Christian Art and Architecture: An Introduction, Guntram Koch Jesus and the Land, Charles R. Page II Psychiatry and Religion, Dinesh Bhugra (ed.) This We Can Say: Talking Honestly about Sex, The Society of Friends Feminist Theological Ethics: A Reader, Lois K. Daly (ed.) All Things are Possible to Believers, Rudolf Schnackenburg New Occasions Teach New Duties? Christian Ethics for Today, Cyril Rodd (ed.), T. & T. Clark Power through Weakness: Paul's Understanding of the Christian Ministry in II Corinthians, Timothy B. Savage Authority and Anglicanism, Stephen Ross White Judaism Transcends Catastrophe: God, Torah and Israel Beyond the Holocaust, Jacob Neusner (ed.)     

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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     

Short Notices

Books reviewed in this article: Divine Love in Islamic Mysticism: The Teachings of Al‐Ghazali and Al‐Dabbagh , Binyamin Abrahamov, RoutledgeCurzon Sufi Series, RoutledgeCurzon 2003 (0‐7007‐1607‐6), pp. 190, Hb £65 Who Are You, My Daughter? Reading Ruth Through Image and Text , Ellen F. Davies (Translation and notes) and Margaret Adams Parker (woodcuts), Westminster John Knox Press 2003 (0‐664‐22374‐5), pp. xxiii + 123, Hb £12.99 A Woman’s Place is in the House: Royal Women of Judah and their Involvement in the House of David , Elna K. Solvang, JSOTS Series 349, Sheffield Academic Press 2003, A Continuum Imprint (0‐8264‐6213‐8), pp. xiii + 188, Hb £50 A Prophet in Debate: The Rhetoric of Persuasion in the Book of Amos , Karl Möller, JSOT Series 372, Sheffield Academic Press 2003, A Continuum Imprint (0‐8264‐6568‐4), pp. xiv + 352, Hb £65 Jesus the Pharisee , Hyam Maccoby, SCM Press 2003 (0‐334‐02914‐7), pp. x + 228, Pb £16.99 Moses as a Character in the Fourth Gospel: A Study of Ancient Reading Techniques , Stan Harstine, JSNTS Series 229, London, Sheffield Academic Press 2002, A Continuum Imprint (0‐8264‐6026‐7), pp. viii + 194, Hb £50 A New Heaven and a New Earth: The Meaning and Function of the Old Testament in Revelation 21.1–22.5 , D. Mathewson, Sheffield Academic Press 2003, A Continuum Imprint, JSNTS Series 238 (0 8264 6226 X), pp. xii + 282, Hb £60 From Judgment to Passion: Devotion to Christ and to the Virgin Mary, 800–1200 , Rachel Fulton, Columbia University Press 2002 (0‐231‐12550‐X), pp. 676, Hb £28/$40 The Formation of Christianity in Antioch: A Social‐Scientific Approach to the Separation Between Judaism and Christianity , Magnus Zetterholm, Routledge 2003 (0‐415‐29896‐2), pp. xiv + 272, Hb £50 Blessed One: Protestant Perspectives on Mary , B.R. Gaventa and C.L. Rigby (eds), Westminster John Knox Press 2002 (0‐664‐22438‐5), pp. xii + 158, Pb £12.99 Being Still: Reflections on an Ancient Mystical Tradition , Jean‐Yves Leloup, Gracewing 2003 (0‐85244‐537‐7), pp. viii + 141, Pb £9.99 Theology, Rhetoric, and Politics in the Eucharistic Controversy, 1078–1079: Alberic of Monte Cassino Against Berengar of Tours , Charles M. Radding and Francis Newton, Columbia University Press 2003 (0‐231‐12685‐9), pp. xi + 197, £13/$18.50 Ignatius: Sharing the Pilgrim Story. A Reading of the Autobiography of St. Ignatius of Loyola , Peter Du Brul SJ, Gracewing 2003 (0‐85244‐536‐9), pp. lxxii + 206, Pb £15.99 Religion and the Cold War , Dianne Kirby (ed.), Palgrave Macmillan 2003 (0‐333‐99398‐5), pp. xiii + 245, Hb £45 Religion in Late Modernity , Robert Cummings Neville, State University of New York Press 2002 (0‐7914‐5424‐X), pp. xv + 284, Pb $22.95 The Methodists and Revolutionary America, 1760–1800: The Shaping of an Evangelical Culture , Dee E. Andrews, Princeton University Press 2002, pp. xv + 367, Hb £15.95 Terror and Triumph: The Nature of Black Religion , Anthony B. Pinn, Fortress Press 2003 (0‐8006‐3601‐5), pp. xiv + 274, Pb $22 Rastafari: From Outcasts to Culture Bearers , Ennis Barrington Edmonds, Oxford University Press 2003 (0‐19‐513376‐5), pp. x + 194, Hb £19.99 Thinking Through Myths: Philosophical Perspectives , Kevin Schilbrack (ed.), Routledge 2002 (0‐415‐25461‐2), pp. xi + 217, Pb £15.99 Belief Beyond Boundaries: Wicca, Celtic Spirituality and the New Age , Joanne Pearson (ed.), Ashgate, in association with The Open University, 2002 (0‐7546‐0820‐4), pp. ix + 339, Pb £13.99 Spirituality in Aotearoa New Zealand: Catholic Voices , Helen Bergin and Susan Smith (eds), Accent Publications 2002 (0‐9583454‐4‐9), pp. 277, Pb NZ$35 Believing in Nothing and Something: An Approach to Humanist Beliefs and Values , Geoff Heath, Bowland 2003 (0‐9544221‐0‐4), pp. 134, Pb £11.95 Who are the Christians in the Middle East? , Betty Jane Bailey and J. Martin Bailey, Eerdmans 2003 (0‐8028‐1020‐9), pp. xiii + 215, Pb £14.99/$20 The Theology of Reconciliation: Essays in Biblical and Systematic Theology , Colin Gunton (ed.), T. & T. Clark 2003, A Continuum Imprint (0‐5670‐8889‐8), pp. vi + 177, Hb £25 Theology in Dialogue: The Impact of the Arts, Humanities, and Science on Contemporary Religious Thought. Essays in Honor of John W. de Gruchy , Lyn Holness and Ralf K. Wüstenberg (eds), Eerdmans 2002 (0‐8028‐3916‐9) / David Philip Publishers 2002 (0‐86486‐605‐4), pp. xxvi + 286, Pb £28.99/$40 Incarnation and Physics: Natural Science in the Theology of Thomas F. Torrance , Tapio Luoma, Oxford University Press 2002 (0‐19‐515189‐5), pp. viii + 230, Hb £35 Shelter from the Storm: Caring for the Victims of Kosovo , Bruce D. Thompson, SCM Press 2003 (0‐7162‐0569‐6), pp. xvi + 121, Pb £9.99     

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

Models for Scripture , John Goldingay, Paternoster Critical Theology , Gareth Jones Narratives of a Vulnerable God: Christ, Theology and Scripture , William C. Placher, Westminster/John Knox The Real God: A Response to Anthony Freeman's God in Us , Richard Harries One Faith? Non-realism and the World of Faiths , David A. Hart European Religion in the Age of Great Cities 1830–1930 , Hugh McLeod (ed.) Religion in Industrial Society: Oldham and Saddleworth 1740–1865 , Mark Smith Hear Our Voice: Women Rabbis Tell Their Stories , Sybil Sheridan (ed.) Rethinking Islam , Mohammed Arkoun Pastoral Care and Liberation Theology , Stephen Pattison Theology, Ideology and Liberation , Peter Scott A Rereading of Romans: Justice, Jews and Gentiles , Stanley K. Stowers, God in Christian Perspective , George Newlands, T. & T. Clark Learning to Speak: The Church's Voice in Public Affairs , Keith Clements, T. & T. Clark The Ethics of IVF , Anthony Dyson, Mowbray The End of Innocence: Britain in the Time of AIDS , Simon Garfield Sophie's World , Jostein Gaarder The Soul of the American University: From Protestant Establishment to Established Nonbelief , George M. Marsden The Last Philosophy , Don Cupitt The Openness of God: A Biblical Challenge to the Traditional Understanding of God , Clark Pinnock and others, Paternoster Christianity without Absolutes , Reinhold Bernhardt     

Short Notices

Books reviewed in this article: Jay L. Garfield, Empty Words: Buddhist Philosophy and Cross–Cultural Interpretation Frederick Farrar, Christianity for Buddhists John L. Thompson, Writing the Wrongs: Women of the Old Testament among Biblical Commentators from Philo through the Reformation Hans Küng, Women in Christianity Anne Sofie Roald, Women in Islam: The Western Experience John L. Esposito and John Voll (eds), Makers of Contemporary Islam Jone Salomonsen, Enchanted Feminism: The Reclaiming Witches of San Francisco Ronald Hutton, Shamans: Siberian Spirituality and the Western Imagination Jenny Blain, Nine Worlds of Seid–Magic: Ecstasy and Neo–Shamanism in North European Paganism Marshall D. Johnson, Making Sense of the Bible: Literary Type as an Approach to Understanding Arthur Gibson, Biblical Semantic Logic: A Preliminary Analysis J. David Pleins, The Social Visions of the Hebrew Bible: A Theological Introduction Martin Hengel, The Septuagint as Christian Scripture: Its Prehistory and the Problem of its Canon Steve Moyise, The Old Testament in the New: An Introduction Peter J. Miano, The Word of God and the World of the Bible: An Introduction to the Cultural Backgrounds of the New Testament Alexander Samely, Rabbinic Interpretation of Scripture in the Mishnah Jennifer A. Glancy, Slavery in Early Christianity G. R. Evans, Law and Theology in the Middle Ages Robert J. Rider (edited by Alan C. Robinson and P.E.H. Hair), Reflections on the Battlefield: From Infantryman to Chaplain 1914–1919 Richard T. Antoun, Understanding Fundamentalism: Christian, Islamic and Jewish Movements Joe R. Jones, A Grammar of Christian Faith: Systematic Exploration in Christian Life and Doctrine Helen Oppenheimer, Making Good: Creation, Tragedy and Hope J. Denny Weaver, The Nonviolent Atonement Steven Bouma–Prediger, For the Beauty of the Earth: A Christian Vision for Creation Care Rita Nakashima Brock and Rebecca Ann Parker, Proverbs of Ashes: Violence, Redemptive Suffering, and the Search for What Saves Us James H. Olthuis (ed.), Religion With/Out Religion: The Prayers and Tears of John D. Caputo     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed:
Richard G. Botzler and Susan J. Armstrong (eds) Environmental Ethics: Divergence and Convergence (2nd edition)
T. D. J. Chappell (ed) The Philosophy of the Environment
David E. Cooper and Joy A. Palmer (eds) The Spirit of the Environment: Religion, Value, and Environmental Concern
Owen Goldin and Patricia Kilroe (eds) Human Life and the Natural World: Readings in the History of Philosophy     

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

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     

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Shamanism: A Reader , Graham Harvey (ed.), Routledge 2003 (0‐415‐25330‐6), pp. 461, Pb £17.99 Ancient Jewish Novels: An Anthology , edited and translated by Lawrence M. Wills, Oxford University Press 2002 (Hb 0‐19‐515141‐0; Pb 0‐19‐515142‐9), pp. x + 298, Hb £40.50, Pb £20 4QPesher Nahum: A Critical Commentary , Gregory L. Doudna, Sheffield Academic Press 2001, Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Supplement Series 35, Copenhagen International Series 8 (1‐84127‐156‐X), pp. 813, Hb £95 Copper Scroll Studies , George J. Brooke and Philip R. Davies (eds), Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Supplement Series 40, Sheffield Academic Press 2003, A Continuum Imprint (0‐8264‐6055‐0), pp. xvi + 344, Hb £95 Jesus in his Jewish Context , Geza Vermes, SCM Press 2003 (0‐334‐02915‐5), pp. x + 198, Pb £12.99 The New Testament: History, Literature, Religion , Gerd Theissen, T. & T. Clark 2003, A Continuum Imprint (Hb 0‐567‐08948‐7, Pb, 0‐567‐08949‐5), pp. xii + 206, Hb £40, Pb £12.99 Mary Magdalene: Beyond the Myth , Esther de Boer, Translated by John Bowden, SCM Press 2003 (0‐334‐02690‐3) pp. xi + 147, Pb £12.99 Slave of All: The Paradox of Authority and Servanthood in the Gospel of Mark , Narry F. Santos, JSNTS Series 237, Sheffield Academic Press 2003, A Continuum Imprint (0‐8264‐62251), pp. xii + 337, Hb £65 An Introduction to the New Testament Apocrypha , Fred Lapham, T. & T. Clark 2003, A Continuum Imprint (Hb 0‐8264‐6978‐7, Pb 0‐8264‐6979‐5), pp. ix + 193, Hb £70, Pb £14.99 The Spirit of Early Christian Thought: Seeking the Face of God. Robert Louis Wilken, Yale University Press 2003 (0‐300‐09708‐5), pp. xxii + 368, Pb £22.50 Communication and the Gospel , John Holdsworth, Darton, Longman & Todd 2003 (0‐232‐52488‐2), pp. xii + 119, Pb £8.95 From Angels to Aliens: Teenagers, the Media, and the Supernatural , Lynn Schofield Clark, Oxford University Press 2003 (0‐19‐515609‐9), pp. xii + 292, Hb £20 Mediating Religion: Conversations in Media, Religion and Culture , Jolyon Mitchell and Sophia Marriage (eds), T. & T. Clark 2003, A Continuum Imprint (0‐567‐08807‐3), pp. xv + 407, Pb £17.99 Introducing Christianity , Sally Bruyneel and Alan G. Padgett, Orbis Books 2003 (1‐57075‐395‐4), pp. xi + 164, Pb $18 Problems in Theology 1, Creation: A Reader , Jeff Astley, David Brown and Ann Loades (eds), T. & T. Clark International 2003, A Continuum Imprint (0‐567‐08977‐0), pp. vii + 119, Pb £12.99 Problems in Theology 2, Evil: A Reader , Jeff Astley, David Brown and Ann Loades (eds), T. & T. Clark International 2003, A Continuum Imprint (0‐567‐08975‐0), pp. viii + 112, Pb £12.99 The Cambridge Companion to Postmodern Theology , Kevin Vanhoozer (ed.), Cambridge University Press 2003 (0‐231‐12733‐2), pp. xv + 295, Pb £15.95/$23 Apostolicity and Unity: Essays on the Porvoo Common Statement , Ola Tjørhom (ed.), Eerdmans 2003 (2‐8254‐1375‐5), pp. xii + 271, Pb £18.90/$30 Signs amid the Rubble: The Purposes of God in Human History , Lesslie Newbigin, Eerdmans 2003 (0‐8028‐0989‐9), pp. xiv + 121, Pb £10.99/$15 The Ecclesiology of Stanley Hauerwas: A Christian Theology of Liberation , John B. Thomson, Ashgate New Critical Thinking in Religion, Ashgate 2003 (0‐7546‐3394‐2), pp. x + 245, Hb £49.50 The Resurrection of God Incarnate , Richard Swinburne, Oxford University Press 2003 (Hb 0‐19‐925745‐0, Pb 0‐19‐925746‐9), pp. vi + 224, Hb £45, Pb £16.99 Truth in the Making: Creative Knowledge in Theology and Philosophy , Robert Miner, Routledge 2004 (0‐415‐27698‐5), pp. xvi + 166, £17.99 A Political Theology of Nature , Peter Scott, Cambridge University Press 2003 (Hb 0‐521‐64165‐9, Pb 0‐521‐52717‐1), pp. xiii + 275, Hb £47.50, Pb £17.95 Re‐ordering Nature: Theology, Society and the New Genetics , Celia Deane‐Drummond, Bronislaw Szerszynski and Robin Grove‐White (eds), T. & T. Clark 2003, A Continuum Imprint (Hb 0‐567‐08896‐0, Pb 0‐567‐08878‐2), pp. xiv + 368, Hb £50, Pb £17.99 Subverting Greed: Religious Perspectives on the Global Economy , Paul F. Knitter and Chandra Muzaffar (eds), Orbis Books 2002 (1‐57075‐446‐2), pp. xiv + 193, Pb $20 Marriage and Modernization: How Globalization Threatens Marriage and What To Do About It , Don S. Browning, Eerdmans 2003 (0‐8028‐1112‐4), pp. xiv + 292, Pb £21.99/$30 Spiritual Caregiving as Secular Sacrament: A Practical Theology for Professional Caregivers , Ray S. Anderson, Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2003 (1‐84310‐746‐5), pp. 192, Pb £15.95/$24.95 Growing Old in Christ , Stanley Hauerwas, Carole Bailey Stoneking, Keith G. Meador, and David Cloutier (eds), Eerdmans 2003 (0‐8028‐4607‐6), pp. x + 310, Pb £17.99/$24 Psychotherapy and Spirituality , Agneta Schreurs, Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2002 (1‐85302‐975‐0), pp. 313, Pb £17.95/$26.95 Islam and the West: Conflict or Cooperation? , Amin Saikal, Palgrave Macmillan 2003 (1‐4039‐0358‐1), pp. x + 171, Pb £13.99 Gender, Politics, and Islam , Therese Saliba, Carolyn Allen, and Judith A. Howard (eds), University of Chicago Press 2002 (0‐226‐73428‐5), pp. 354, Hb $39 Searching for God in Godforsaken Times and Places: Reflections on the Holocaust, Racism, and Death , Hubert G. Locke, Eerdmans 2003 (0‐8028‐6084‐2), pp. x + 109, Pb £12.99/$18