Short Notices

Books reviewed in this article: Jerome H. Neyrey, Honor and Shame in the Gospel of Matthew A. Le Grys, Preaching to the Nations: The Origins of Mission in the Early Church J. H. Charlesworth, Critical Reflections on the Odes of Solomon, Volume 1: Literary Setting, Textual Studies, Gnosticism, the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Gospel of John Dale T. Irvin, Christian Histories, Christian Traditioning: Rendering Accounts Arvind Sharma, The Concept of Universal Religion in Modern Hindu Thought Martin Forward, A Bag of Needments: Geoffrey Parrinder and the Study of Religion M. A. Hayes and L. Gearon (eds), Contemporary Catholic Theology: A Reader A. Nichols, Catholic Thought Since the Enlightenment: A Survey Paul Badham, The Contemporary Challenge of Modernist Theology L. Miller and S. E. Grenz (eds), Introduction to Contemporary Theologies W. E. Conn, The Desiring Self: Rooting Pastoral Counselling and Spiritual Direction in Self‐Transcendence Chris Glaser, Coming Out as Sacrament E. Stump and M. J. Murray (eds), Philosophy of Religion: The Big Questions M. A. Hayes, W. Porter and D. Tombs (eds), Religion and Sexuality H. J. Cargas (ed.), Holocaust Scholars Write to the Vatican Gerrie ter Haar (ed.), Strangers and Sojourners: Religious Communities in the Diaspora Phyllis Zagano and Terrence W. Tilley (eds), Things New and Old: Essays on the Theology of Elizabeth A. Johnson J. J. DiCensio, The Other Freud: Religion, Culture and Psychoanalysis G. Pattison, Anxious Angels: A Retrospective View of Religious Existentialism Eugene Ulrich, The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Origins of the Bible Georges Bernanos, The Heroic Face of Innocence: Three Stories by Georges Bernanos Steven Croft, Ministry in Three Dimensions: Ordination and Leadership in the Local Church Bryan D. Spinks and Iain R. Torrance (eds), To Glorify God, Essays in Modern Reformed Liturgy Regina Wentzel Wolfe and Christine E. Gudorf (eds), Ethics and World Religions: Cross‐Cultural Case Studies William Madges, God and the World Gillian T. W. Ahlgren, The Human Person and the Church Martin Israel,Happiness that Lasts Graham Cunningham, Religion and Magic, Approaches and Theories Richard S. Hess and Gordon J. Wenham (eds), Zion City of our God James A. Wharton, Job Terence E. Fretheim, First and Second Kings Edwin Robertson, The Prison Poems of Dietrich Bonhoeffer: A New Translation with Commentary Gordon S. Wakefield, Methodist Spirituality James Thrower, Religion: The Classical Theories Alastair G. Hunter, Psalms Oliver Leaman, Key Concepts in Eastern Philosophy Tamila Mgaloblishvili (ed.), Ancient Christianity in the Caucasus (Iberica Caucasica 1)     

Book Reviews

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

Reviews

Books reviewed: David Westerlund and Ingvar Svanberg (eds), Islam Outside the Arab World David Marshall, God, Muhammad and the Unbelievers: A Qur'anic Study Richard King, Orientalism and Religion: Postcolonial Theory, India and ‘The Mystic East’ M. P. Weitzman, The Syriac Version of the Old Testament: An Introduction A. Bach (ed.), Women in the Hebrew Bible: A Reader Carolyn Osiek, The Shepherd of Hermas Leif E. Vaage and Vincent L. Wimbush (eds), Asceticism and the New Testament Gerd Theissen, A Theory of Primitive Christianity Norman Kretzmann, The Metaphysics of Creation: Aquinas's Natural Theology in Summa contra gentiles II Gabriel Audisio, The Waldensian Dissent: Persecution and Survival, c.1170–c.1570 Alister E. McGrath, Thomas F. Torrance: An Intellectual Biography Timothy J. Gorringe, Karl Barth Against Hegemony Richard Bauckham and Trevor Hart (eds), Hope against Hope: Christian Eschatology in Contemporary Context Stephen R. Haynes and John K. Roth (eds), The Death of G‐d Movement and the Holocaust: Radical Theology Encounters the Shoah Keith E. Yandell, Philosophy of Religion: A Contemporary Introduction Michael J. Murray (ed.), Reason for the Hope Within Gianni Vattimo, trans. Luca D? Isanto and David Webb, Belief Robert Merrihew Adams, Finite and Infinite Goods: A Framework for Ethics Sue Patterson, Realist Christian Theology in a Postmodern Age Christopher Southgate (ed.), God, Humanity and the Cosmos: A Textbook in Science and Religion Holmes Rolston III, Genes, Genesis and God: Values and their Origins in Natural and Human History J. Wentzel van Huyssteen, The Shaping of Rationality: Toward Interdisciplinarity in Theology and Science Deuk‐Hoon Park, Christian Praxis and Economic Justice David L. Edwards, After Death? Past Beliefs and Real Possibilities     

Short Notices

Jerrold E. Levy, In the Beginning: The Navajo Genesis Luise Schottroff, Silvia Schroer & Marie-Theres Wacker, Feminist Interpretation: The Bible in Woman's Perspective Ben Witherington, Grace in Galatia: A Commentary on St Paul's Letter to the Galatians Donald Armstrong (ed.), The Truth about Jesus R. N. Longenecker (ed.), Life in the Face of Death: The Resurrection Message of the New Testament A. Friesen, Erasmus, the Anabaptists and the Great Commission Alan P. F. Sell (ed.), Mill and Religion: Contemporary Responses to Mill's, ‘Three Essays on Religion’ G. W. F. Hegel (ed. Peter C. Hodgson), Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion, Volume III: The Consummate Religion John Webster, Barth's Moral Theology: Human Action in Barth's Thought Anne Hunt, What are they saying about the Trinity? David A. S. Fergusson, The Cosmos and the Creator: An Introduction to the Theology of Creation C. David Grant, Thinking Through Our Faith: Theology for 21st Century Christians Walter Wink, The Powers That Be: Theology for a New Millennium Michael Nazir-Ali, Citizens and Exiles: Christian Faith in a Plural World Robert J. Schreiter, The Ministry of Reconciliation: Spirituality and Strategies John Gladwin, Love and Liberty: Faith and Unity in a Postmodern Age Eric O. Springsted (ed.), The Spirituality and Theology: Essays in Honour of Diogenes Allen Kenneth Leech, Drugs and Pastoral Care S. E. Lammers and A. Verhey (eds), On Moral Medicine: Theological Perspectives in Medical Ethics Anthony Elliot (ed.), Freud 2000     

Reviews

Books reviewed:
Stephen R. Holmes, God of Grace and God of Glory: An Account of the Theology of Jonathan Edwards.
Colin E. Gunton, Theology Through Preaching.
Gerhard Sauter and John Barton, (eds.), Revelation and Story.
John C. McDowell, Hope in Barth's Eschatology: Interrogations and Transformations Beyond Tragedy.
Christopher M. Tuckett, Christology and the New Testament: Jesus and His Earliest Followers.
John Polkinghorne, (ed.), The Work of Love: Creation as Kenosis.
Gabriel Fackre, The Doctrine of Revelation: A Narrative Interpretation.
John Webster, (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Karl Barth.
Stephen C. Barton, Life Together: Family, Sexuality and Community in the New Testament and Today.
Victoria La'Porte, An Introduction to Theology.
John Webster, Barth.     

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     

Reviews

Books reviewed Donald Wiebe, The Politics of Religious Studies: The Continuing Conflict with Theology in the Academy Timothy Fitzgerald, The Ideology of Religious Studies John Witte Jr and Richard C. Martin (eds), Sharing the Book: Religious Perspectives on the Rights and Wrongs of Proselytism Paul J. Griffiths, Religious Reading: The Place of Reading in the Practice of Religion Shaye J. D. Cohen, The Beginnings of Jewishness. Boundaries, Varieties, Uncertainties José Faur, Homo Mysticus: A Guide to Maimonides's Guide for the Perplexed Kenneth Cragg, The Weight in the Word – Prophethood: Biblical and Qur'anic Kenneth Cragg, Readings in the Qur'an James Howard‐Johnston and Paul Antony Hayward (eds), The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages: Essays on the Contribution of Peter Brown John McManners, Church and Society in Eighteenth‐Century France, Volume 1 The Clerical Establishment and its Social Ramifications, Volume 2 The Religion of the People and the Politics of Religion Nigel Scotland,‘Good and Proper Men ’: Lord Palmerston and the Bench of Bishops David N. Livingstone, D. G. Hart, Mark A. Noll (eds), Evangelicals and Science in Historical Perspective Alistair Kee, Nietzsche against the Crucified Wallace W. Zane, Journeys to the Spiritual Lands: The Natural History of a West Indian Religion William P. Anderson and Richard L. Diesslin, A Journey through Christian Theology: With Texts from the First to the Twenty‐first Century David Coffey, Deus Trinitas: The Doctrine of the Triune God Reinhard Hutter, Suffering Divine Things: Theology as Church Practice John W. de Gruchy (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Dietrich Bonhoeffer Geffrey B. Kelly and C. John Weborg (eds), Reflections on Bonhoeffer: Essays in Honour of F. Burton Nelson George Hunsinger, Disruptive Grace: Studies in the Theology of Karl Barth Richard Bauckham (ed.), God will be All in All: The Eschatology of Jürgen Moltmann Paul Avis, God and the Creative Imagination Nicholas Sagovsky, Ecumenism, Christian Origins and the Practice of Communion Paul Helm, Faith with Reason Alvin Plantinga, Warranted Christian Belief Lisa Barnes Lampman and Michelle D. Shattuck (eds), God and the Victim: Theological Reflections on Evil, Victimization, Justice, and Forgiveness Gregory Baum (ed.), The Twentieth Century: A Theological Overview Frank Graziano, The Millennial New World Jennifer E. Porter and Darcee L. McLaren (eds),Star Trek and Sacred Ground: Explorations of Star Trek, Religion, and American Culture Eugene F. Rogers Jr, Sexuality and the Christian Body: Their Way Back into the Triune God Liam Gearon (ed.), English Literature, Theology and the Curriculum Robert Detweiler and David Jasper (eds), Religion and Literature: A Reader G. R. Evans and Martyn Percy (eds), Managing the Church? Order and Organization in a Secular Age     

Reviews

Books reviewed: L. E. Keck et al. (eds), Numbers, Deuteronomy, Introduction to Narrative Literature, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1&2 Samuel S. E. Gillingham, One Bible, Many Voices: Different Approaches to Biblical Studies Michael D. Goulder, The Psalms of the Return (Book 5, Psalms 107–150): Studies in the Psalter IV James D. G. Dunn, T. & T. Clark, The Theology of Paul the Apostle D. Mendels, Identity, Religion and Historiography: Studies in Hellenistic History William Horbury, Jewish Messianism and the Cult of Christ James S. McLaren, Turbulent Times? Josephus and Scholarship on Judaea in the First Century CE J. Neusner and B. Chilton, Jewish-Christian Debates: God, Kingdom, Messiah Ben Pink Dandelion, Douglas Gwyn and Timothy Peat, Heaven on Earth: Quakers and the Second Coming Adnan Aslam, Religious Pluralism in Christian and Islamic Philosophy: The Thought of John Hick and Seyyed Hossein Nasr W. Cantwell Smith, Believing: An Historical Perspective W. Cantwell Smith, Faith and Belief: The Difference Between Them Norman Doe, Canon Law in the Anglican Communion: A Worldwide Perspective G. R. Evans, Discipline and Justice in the Church of England Alan Falconer (ed.), Faith and Order in Moshi: The 1996 Commission Meeting Lewis S. Mudge, The Church as Moral Community: Ecclesiology and Ethics in Ecumenical Debate T. F. Best and D. Hellar (eds), Eucharistic Worship in Ecumenical Contexts: The Lima Liturgy – And Beyond Timothy Bradshaw ed, Grace and Truth in the Secular Age José Comblin, Called for Freedom: The Changing Context of Liberation Theology Karen Kilby, Karl Rahner Rosemary Radford Ruether, Women and Redemption: A Theological History Ian Markham, Truth and the Reality of God: An Essay in Natural Theology Johannes A. van der Ven, Formation of the Moral Self Robin Gill (ed.), Euthanasia and the Churches Richard Swinburne, Providence and the Problem of Evil John Polkinghorne, Science and Theology: An Introduction John P. Burgess (ed.), In Whose Image? Faith, Science and the New Genetics Stephen Platten (ed.), Seeing Ourselves: Interpreting Contemporary Society Jacques Derrida and Gianni Vattimo (eds), Religion Ursula King (ed.), Faith and Praxis in a Postmodern Age     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Unbaptized God: The Basic Flaw in Ecumencial Theology by Robert W. Jenson
The Body of God, by Saille Mcfague
Freedom and Creation in Three Traditions by David B.Burrell
Speaking the Christian God:the Holy Trinity and the Challenge of Feminism,by Alvin F. Kimel
Loyalty to God. The Apostles'Creed in life and Liturgy by Theodore W. Jennings, Jr.
Theology and Narrative: Selected Essays by Hans Frei, ed. George Hunsinger and William C. Placher
Pseudo-Dionysius. A Commentary on the Texts and an Intriduction to Their Influence, by Paul Rorern
Ecumencial faith in Evangetical Perspective by Gabriel Rapids
Theology after Vedanta. An Experiment in Comparative Theology, by Francis X. Clooney,S.J.
New Horizons in Hermeneutics: The Theory and Practice of Transforming Biblical Reading by Anthony C. Thiselton
Shadow of Spirit: Postmodernism and Religion edited by Philippa Berry and Andrew Wernick
The Amnesty of Grace: Justification by Faith from a Latin American Perspective, by Elsa Tamez, trans. Sharon H. Ringe     

Reviews

Books reviewed in this article: Carsten Peter Thiede, The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Jewish Origins of Christianity Markus Bockmuehl (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Jesus Paul Copan and Craig A. Evans (eds), Who Was Jesus? A Jewish–Christian Dialogue David F. Ford and Mike Higton (eds), Jesus Reimund Bieringer, Didier Pollefeyt and Frederique Vandecasteele–Vanneuville (eds), Anti–Judaism and the Fourth Gospel Tania Oldenhage, Parables for Our Time: Rereading New Testament Scholarship after the Holocaust Steve Moyise (ed.), Studies in the Book of Revelation Stephen R. Haynes, Noah's Curse: The Biblical Justification of American Slavery George Herring, What was the Oxford Movement? Peter J. Bowler, Reconciling Science and Religion: The Debate in Early Twentieth–Century Britain Giles Fraser, Redeeming Nietzsche: On the Piety of Unbelief Theo Hobson, The Rhetorical Word: Protestant Theology and the Rhetoric of Authority Carl E. Braaten and Robert W. Jenson (eds), The Last Things: Biblical and Theological Perspectives on Eschatology Oliver Davies, A Theology of Compassion: Metaphysics of Difference and the Renewal of Tradition W. Montgomery Watt, A Christian Faith for Today Alex Wright, Why Bother With Theology? Teresa Berger (ed.), Dissident Daughters: Feminist Liturgies in Global Context John G. Stackhouse, Jr. (ed.), No Other God's Before Me? Evangelicals and the Challenge of World Religions Mark Atherton (ed.), Celts and Christians: New Approaches to the Religious Traditions of Britain and Ireland Yossi Klein Halevi, William Morrow, At the Entrance to the Garden of Eden: A Search for God with Christians and Muslims in the Holy Land Richard K. Fenn, Beyond Idols: The Shape of a Secular Society Robert Durback (ed.), Henri Nouwen: In My Own Words Raymond Plant, Politics, Theology and History Peter Coles (ed.), The Routledge Companion to the New Cosmology Wesley Carr et al (eds), The New Dictionary of Pastoral Studies     

Short Notices

Books reviewed in this article: Julian Baldick, Animal and Shaman: Ancient Religions of Central Asia David Noel Freedman, Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible Tod Linafelt (ed.), Strange Fire: Reading the Bible after the Holocaust Michael Joseph Brown, What They Don't Tell You: A Survivor's Guide to Biblical Studies Esther Fuchs, Sexual Politics in the Biblical Narrative: Reading the Hebrew Bible as a Woman Karl Löning and Erich Zenger, To Begin with, God Created ≡: Biblical Theologies of Creation Gregory W. Dawes (ed.), The Historical Jesus Quest: Landmarks in the Search for the Jesus of History Kevin Ward and Brian Stanley (eds), The Church Mission Society and World Christianity, 1799–1999 Leslie J. Francis and Yaacov J. Katz (eds), Joining and Leaving Religion: Research Perspectives Kimon Howland Sargeant, Seeker Churches: Promoting Traditional Religion in a Nontraditional Way J. Heywood Thomas, and Paul Tillich, Outstanding Christian Thinkers John Webster, and Karl Barth, Outstanding Christian Thinkers Samuel M. Powell, The Trinity in German Thought James Woodward and Stephen Pattison (eds), The Blackwell Reader in Pastoral and Practical Theology Marc Gopin, Between Eden and Armageddon: The Future of World Religions, Violence, and Peacemaking John Hick, The Fifth Dimension: An Exploration of the Spiritual Realm Mark Larrimore (ed.), The Problem of Evil: A Reader Michael Taylor, Poverty and Christianity: Reflections at the Interface between Faith and Experience Patrick Riley, Civilizing Sex: On Chastity and the Common Good Brian S. Hook and R. R. Reno, Heroism and the Christian Life: Reclaiming Excellence Douglas A. Hicks, Inequality and Christian Ethics Joseph Sittler, Evocations of Grace: Writings on Ecology, Theology and Ethics M. W. Sinnett, Restoring the Conversation: Socratic Dialectic in the Authorship of Søren Kierkegaard Eef Dekker, Middle Knowledge Pierre‐Marie Emonet, The Dearest Freshness Deep Down Things. An Introduction to the Philosophy of Being Pierre‐Marie Emonet, The Greatest Marvel of Nature. An Introduction to the Philosophy of the Human Person Scott Cowdell, A God for this World Alister E. McGrath (ed.), Christian Literature: An Anthology Rowan Williams, Lost Icons: Reflections on Cultural Bereavement     

Reviews

Books reviewed in this article:
Anne E. Monius, Imagining a Place for Buddhism: Literary Culture and Religious Community In Tamil-Speaking South India
Joseph Dan, The Heart and the Fountain: An Anthology of Jewish Mystical Experiences
Walter Dietrich and Ulrich Luz (eds), The Bible in a World Context: An Experiment in Contextual Hermeneutics
Roy A. Harrisville and Walter Sundberg, The Bible in Modern Culture: Baruch Spinoza to Brevard Childs , Second edition
John L. Berquist, Controlling Corporeality: The Body and the Household in Ancient Israel
William C. Placher, Jesus the Saviour: The Meaning of Jesus Christ for Christian Faith
R.N. Swanson (ed.), The Holy Land, Holy Lands, and Christian History
Galia Sabar, Church, State and Society in Kenya: From Mediation to Opposition, 1963–1993
Charles T. Mathewes, Evil and the Augustinian Tradition
Norman Doe, The Law of the Church in Wales
Michael Barnes S.J., Theology and the Dialogue of Religions
Beverley Clack, Sex and Death: A Reappraisal of Human Mortality
Morny Joy, Kathleen O'Grady and Judith L. Poxon (eds), French Feminists on Religion: A Reader
Kay A. Read and Isabel L. Wollaston (eds), Suffer the Little Children: Urban Violence and Sacred Space
Erica Appelros, God in the Act of Reference: Debating Religious Realism and Non-realism
Conor Cunningham, Genealogy of Nihilism
Richard L. Fern, Nature, God and Humanity: Envisioning an Ethics of Nature
Kenneth Stevenson, Do This: The Shape, Style and Meaning of the Eucharist
Helen Orchard (ed.), Spirituality in Health Care Contexts
Christopher Cocksworth and Rosalind Brown, Being a Priest Today: Exploring Priestly Identity
Nancy Lammers Gross, If You Cannot Preach Like Paul...     

Reviews

Books reviewed: Williams, Paul with Tribe, Anthony, Buddhist Thought: A Complete Introduction to the Indian Tradition Kreyenbroek, Philip G., in collaboration with Munshi, Shehnaz Neville, Living Zoroastrianism: Urban Parsis Speak About Their Religion Freedman, David Noel and McClymond, Michael J. (eds), The Rivers of Paradise: Moses, Buddha, Confucius, Jesus and Muhammad as Religious Founders Porter, Stanley E. and Pearson, Brook W. R. (eds), Christian‐Jewish Relations Through the Centuries Boys, Mary C., Has God Only One Blessing? Judaism as a Source of Christian Self‐Understanding Neusner Jacob, Sonn, Tamara and Brockopp, Jonathan E., Judaism and Islam in Practice Miller, Patrick D., The Religion of Ancient Israel Gottwald, Norman K., The Politics of Ancient Israel Flint, Peter W. (ed) with Kim, Tae Hun, The Bible at Qumran: Text, Shape, and Interpretation Johnston, Philip and Walker, Peter (eds), The Land of Promise: Biblical, Theological and Contemporary Perspectives Sauter, Gerhard and Barton, John (eds), Revelation and Story: Narrative Theology and the Centrality of Story Vaggione, Richard Paul, Eunomius of Cyzicus and the Nicene Revolution Howard, Thomas Albert, Religion and the Rise of Historicism: W. M. L. de Wette, Jacob Burckhardt, and the Theological Origins of Nineteenth‐Century Historical Consciousness Ustorf, Werner, Sailing on the Next Tide: Missions, Missiology, and the Third Reich McDowell, John C., Hope in Barth’s Eschatology: Interrogations and Transformations beyond Tragedy Corrington, Robert S., A Semiotic Theory of Theology and Philosophy Brown, Frank Burch, Good Taste, Bad Taste, and Christian Taste: Aesthetics in Religious Life Swinton, John, Spirituality and Mental Health Care: Rediscovering a ‘Forgotten’ Dimension Clark, Stephen R., Biology and Christian Ethics Fenn, Richard K. (ed.), The Blackwell Companion to Sociology of Religion Livezey, Lowell W. (ed.), Public Religion and Urban Transformation: Faith in the City     

SHORT NOTICES

Great Christian Thinkers, Hans Küng
Folklore and the Hebrew Bible, Susan Niditch
An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion, B. R. Tilghman
The Gospel According to John: A Literary and Theological Commentary, Thomas L. Brodie
Laughter A Theological Essay, Karl-Josef Kuschel
The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Modern Christian Thought, Alister E. McGrath (ed.)
Jonah (Old Testament Library) James Limburg
Gender, Power and Promise: The Subject of the Bible's First Story, Danna Nolan Fewell and David M. Gunn
Hidden Treasure: A Journey towards Healing from Sexual Abuse, Muriel Green and Anne Townsend, Darton, Longman & Todd
Cry Love, Cry Hope: Responding to Aids, Bill Kirkpatrick (ed.), Darton, Longman & Todd
Pastoral Responses to Sexual Issues, William V. Arnold
Christian Theology: An Introduction, Alister E. McGrath
African Theology: A Critical Analysis and Annotated Bibliography, Josiah U. Young III
Raising up a Faithful Priest: Community and Priesthood in Biblical Theology, Richard D. Nelson
Front Line Mission: Ministry in the Market Place, Denis Claringbull
The Psalms: Songs of Tragedy, Hope and Justice, J. David Pleins
A Rabbi Reads the Psalms, Jonathan Magonet     

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     

REVIEWS

Books reviewed: Antony Copley (ed.), Hinduism in Public and Private: Reform, Hindutva, Gender, and Sampraday James D.G. Dunn and John Rogerson (eds), Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible John Webster, Holy Scripture: A Dogmatic Sketch Musimbi R.A. Kanyoro, Introducing Feminist Cultural Hermeneutics: An African Perspective Eryl W. Davies, The Dissenting Reader: Feminist Approaches to the Hebrew Bible Ralph McInerny, Aquinas Sarah Borden, Edith Stein M.F. Snape, The Church of England in Industrialising Society: The Lancashire Parish of Whalley in the 18^th Century Stephen Platten (ed.), Anglicanism and the Western Christian Tradition: Continuity, Change and the Search for Communion Paul Avis (ed.), Seeking the Truth of Change in the Church: Reception, Communion and the Ordination of Women Donald Fairbairn, Eastern Orthodoxy Through Western Eyes Wallace M. Alston, Jr. and Michael Welker (eds), Reformed Theology: Identity and Ecumenicity John G. Stackhouse, Jr. (ed.), Evangelical Ecclesiology: Reality or Illusion? Lamin Sanneh, Whose Religion is Christianity? The Gospel Beyond the West Joerg Rieger (ed.), Opting for the Margins: Postmodernity and Liberation in Christian Theology Andrew Wright, Religion, Education and Postmodernity Karl Ernst Nipkow, God, Human Nature and Education for Peace: New Approaches to Moral and Religious Maturity Henrique Pinto, Foucault, Christianity and Interfaith Dialogue Viggo Mortensen (ed.), Theology and the Religions: A Dialogue Michael L. Peterson and Raymond J. Vanarragon (eds), Contemporary Debates in Philosophy of Religion Pamela Sue Anderson and Beverley Clack (eds), Feminist Philosophy of Religion: Critical Readings Bruno Forte, The Essence of Christianity Jean‐Louis Chrétien, The Ark of Speech David Bentley Hart, The Beauty of the Infinite: The Aesthetics of the Christian Faith Gerald O’Mahony, A Way into the Trinity: The Story of a Journey Peter Byrne, God and Realism Simon Francis Gaine, ‘Will There Be Freedom in Heaven?’: Freedom, Impeccability and Beatitude Michael Washburn, Embodied Spirituality in a Sacred World Michael Breen, Eamonn Conway, Barry McMillan, (eds), Technology and Transcendence Alan G. Padgett, Science and the Study of God: A Mutuality Model for Theology and Science Anne Primavesi, Gaia's Gift: Earth, Ourselves and God after Copernicus Eric O. Jacobsen, Sidewalks in the Kingdom: New Urbanism and the Christian Faith Gerard Loughlin, Alien Sex: The Body and Desire in Cinema and Theology Kathryn Rountree, Embracing the Witch and the Goddess: Feminist‐Ritual Makers in New Zealand     

Short Notices

Books reviewed in this article:
P. H. Kelley, D. S. Mynatt, T. G. Crawford, The Masorah of Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia : Introduction and Annotated Glossary.
W. DiPuccio, The Interior Sense of Scripture: The Sacred Hermeneutics of John W. Nevin.
Gail Corrington Streete, The Strange Woman: Power and Sex in the Bible.
Temper Longman III, The Book of Ecclesiastes.
Kyoung-Jin Kim, Stewardship and Almsgiving in Luke's Theology.
C. R. Hume, Reading Through Colossians and Ephesians.
Kenneth Hylson-Smith, The Churches in England from Elizabeth I to Elizabeth II, Volume III: 1833–1998.
J. M. Turner, Modern Methodism in England 1932–1998.
John C. Hawley (ed.), Historicizing Christian Encounters with the Other.
David Batstone, Eduardo Mendieta, Lois Ann Lorentzen, Dwight N. Hopkins (eds), Liberation Theologies, Postmodernity, and the Americas.
Walter Wink, When the Powers Fall: Reconciliation in the Healing of Nations.
Elisabeth Ozdalga and Sune Persson (eds), Civil Society, Democracy and the Muslim world.
Levi ben Gershom, Commentary on Song of Songs.
Ariel Bloch and Chana Bloch, The Song of Songs: A New Translation.
Elizabeth A. Johnson, Friends of God and Prophets: A Feminist Theological Reading of the Communion of Saints.
Joan D. Chittister, Heart of Flesh: A Feminist Spirituality for Women and Men.
Philip F. Esler (ed.), Christianity for the Twenty-First Century.
Colin Brown, Crash Course on Christian Ethics.
Thomas J. J. Altizer, The Contemporary Jesus.
Wolfhart Pannenberg, Systematic Theology, Volume 3.
A. McKay, Pilgrimage in Tibet     

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