REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: The Philosophy of Hegel. By G. R. G. Mure . Situation Ethics. The New Morality. By Joseph Fletcher . Belief and Unbelief. A Philosophy of Self-Knowledge. By Michael Novak . Culture and Theology. A Sketch for a Contemporary Christianity. By Brian Wicker . God and Philosophy. By Antony Flew . Inquiry into Being. By Joseph J. Sikora , s.j . Sein und Existenz. Kritische Studien in Systematischer Absicht. By Johannes B. Lotz . Clinical Theology. A theological and psychiatric basis to clinical pastoral care. By Frank Lake . With Figures and Charts prepared by E. R. Swain . The Causes and Cures of Neurosis. By H. J. Eysenck and S. Rachman . Theological Investigations, Volume V, Later Writings. By Karl Rahner , s.j . Translated by Karl -H. Kruger . The Theology of Rudolph Bultmann. Edited by Charles W. Kegley . The Way to Freedom, Letters, Lectures and Notes 1935–1939 from the Collected Works of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Vol. II. Edited and introduced by Edwin H. Robertson . Translated by Edwin H. Robertson and John Bowden . Studies in Christian Existentialism. By John Macquarrie . Commentary on Saint Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians, St Thomas Aquinas . Translation and introduction by Matthew L. Lamb , o.c.s.p . Commentary on Saint Paul's Epistle to the Galatians, St Thomas Aquinas . Translated by F. R. Larcher , o.p ., introduction by Richard T. A. Murphy o.p . Roman State and Christian Church. By P. R. Coleman -Norton . The Popes and the Jews in the Middle Ages. By Edward A. Synan . The Beginnings of Indian Philosophy. By Franklin Edgerton .     

Reviews

Books reviewed in this article: Delbert Burkett, An Introduction to the New Testament and the Origins of Christianity Jenny Read‐Heimerdinger, The Bezan Text of Acts: A Contribution of Discourse Analysis to Textual Criticism Paula Fredriksen and Adele Reinhartz (eds), Jesus, Judaism and Christian Anti‐Judaism: Reading the New Testament after the Holocaust Pauline Allen and Bronwen Neil (eds), Maximus the Confessor and his Companions: Documents from Exile Eric Plumer (ed.), Augustine's Commentary on Galatians: Introduction, Text, Translation and Notes Aidan Nichols OP, Darton, Discovering Aquinas: An Introduction to his Life, Work and Influence Edward Howells, John of the Cross and Teresa of Avila: Mystical Knowing and Selfhood Amanda Porterfield (ed.), American Religious History Jeanne Halgren Kilde, When Church Became Theatre: The Transformation of Evangelical Architecture and Worship in Nineteenth‐Century America Dale P. Andrews, Practical Theology for Black Churches: Bridging Black Theology and African American Folk Religion Robert Jewett and John Shelton Lawrence, Captain America and the Crusade against Evil: The Dilemma of Zealous Nationalism Paul Gifford (ed.), 2000 Years and Beyond: Faith, Identity and the Common Era Clive Marsh, Christianity in A Post‐Atheist Age Stephen T. Davis, Daniel Kendall, SJ, and Gerald O’Collins, SJ (eds), The Incarnation: An Interdisciplinary Symposium on the Incarnation of the Son of God Catherine Keller, Face of the Deep: A Theology of Becoming David Willis, Notes on the Holiness of God Tatha Wiley, Original Sin: Origins, Developments, Contemporary Meanings Natalie K. Watson, Introducing Feminist Ecclesiology John G. Stackhouse Jr, Humble Apologetics: Defending the Faith Today Alister McGrath, A Scientific Theology: Reality Stephen Darwall, Virtue Ethics Stephen Darwall, Consequentialism Stephen Darwall, Contractarianism / Contractualism Stephen Darwall, Deontology Charles E. Curran (ed.), Change in Official Catholic Moral Teachings Noreen L. Herzfeld, In Our Image: Artificial Intelligence and the Human Spirit Werner G. Jeanrond and Lisa Sowle Cahill (eds), Religious Education for Boys and Girls     

Reviews

Books reviewed: Gerald R. McDermott, Jonathan Edwards Confronts the Gods Stanley J. Grenz and John R. Franke, Beyond Foundationalism: Shaping Theology in a Postmodern Context Gavin D’Costa, The Meeting of Religions and the Trinity David Fergusson and Marcel Sarot, (eds.) The Future as God’s Gift: Explorations in Christian Eschatology Richard Bauckham and Trevor Hart, Hope Against Hope: Christian Eschatology in Contemporary Context Gerhard Sauter, What Dare We Hope? Reconsidering Eschatology Douglas Farrow, Ascension and Ecclesia: On the Significance of the Doctrine of the Ascension for Ecclesiology and Christian Cosmology Celia E. Deane‐Drummond, Creation through Wisdom: Theology and the New Biology Gregory Baum, (ed.) The Twentieth Century: A Theological Overview Niels Grønkjaer, (ed.) The Return of God: Theological Perspectives in Contemporary Philosophy Christine Helmer, The Trinity and Martin Luther: A Study of the Relationship between Genre, Language and the Trinity in Luther’s Works (1523–1546) Niels Henrik Gregersen and J. Wentzel van Huyssteen, (eds.) Rethinking Theology and Science: Six Models for the Current Dialogue Wolfhart Pannenberg, Beitraege zur Systematischen Theologie. Band 3 Kirche und Oekumene Frank G. Kirkpatrick, The Ethics of Community     

Reviews

Books reviewed:
S. Mark Heim Depth of the Riches: A Trinitarian Theology of Religious Ends
Alistair McFadyen Bound to Sin: Abuse, Holocaust and the Christian Doctrine of Sin
Charles Miller The Gift of the World: An Introduction to the Theology of Dumitru Staniloae.
Stuart Murray Biblical Interpretation in the Anabaptist Tradition
Andreas Pangritz Karl Barth in the Theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Frits de Lange Waiting for the Word: Dietrich Bonhoeffer on Speaking about God
Mark Theissen Nation and Samuel Wells, eds., Faithfulness and Fortitude: In Conversation with the Theological Ethics of Stanley Hauerwas
Keith Ward Religion and Revelation ; Religion and Creation ; Religion and Human Nature ; Religion and Community     

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

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

Books reviewed: Michael W. Myers, Brahman: A Comparative Theology Leo G. Perdue (ed.), The Blackwell Companion to the Hebrew Bible W. Lee Humphreys, The Character of God in the Book of Genesis: A Narrative Appraisal Klaus Baltzer, Deutero‐Isaiah, Hermeneia — A Critical and Historical Commentary on the Bible Brevard S. Childs, Isaiah, The Old Testament Library Tina Beattie, The Last Supper According to Mary and Martha Jacob Neusner, The Halakhah and the Aggadah: Theological Perspectives J. Behr, Asceticism and Anthropology in Irenaeus and Clement John Chrysostom, Wendy Mayer and Pauline Allen, The Early Church Fathers Norman Russell, Cyril of Alexandria Carolinne White, Early Christian Latin Poets Phillip Cary, Augustine’s Invention of the Inner Self: The Legacy of a Christian Platonist Paul M. Collins, Trinitarian Theology West and East: Karl Barth, the Cappadocian Fathers, and John Zizioulas G. R. Evans (ed.), The Medieval Theologians: An Introduction to Theology in the Medieval Period Donald K. McKim, Introducing the Reformed Faith: Biblical Revelation, Christian Tradition, Contemporary Significance Eric L. Santner, On the Psychotheology of Everyday Life, Reflections on Freud and Rosenzweig Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship John Robinson, Honest to God Gustavo Gutiérrez, A Theology of Liberation: History, Politics, and Salvation Vincent J. Donovan, Christianity Rediscovered: An Epistle from the Masai L. William Countryman, Dirt, Greed and Sex: Sexual Ethics in the New Testament and their Implications for Today Gerd Theissen, The Shadow of the Galilean: The Quest of the Historical Jesus in Narrative Form Anthony B. Pinn and Benjamin Valentin (eds), The Ties that Bind: African American and Hispanic American/ Latino/a Theologies in Dialogue Colin Gunton, The Christian Faith: An Introduction to Christian Doctrine Jacques Derrida, edited by Pascale‐Anne Brault and Michael Naas, The Work of Mourning Juliet Floyd and Sanford Shieh (eds), Future Pasts: The Analytic Tradition in Twentieth‐Century Philosophy John Hick, Dialogues in the Philosophy of Religion Michael Ruse, Can a Darwinian be a Christian? The Relationship Between Science and Religion Janet Radcliffe Richards, Human Nature After Darwin: A Philosophical Introduction     

BOOK REVIEWS

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

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.)     

Book Reviews

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

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: The Transfiguration of Politics , by Paul Lehmann Martin Niemöller : Briefe aus der Gefangenschaft Moabit , ed. by Wilhelm Niemöller Realism versus Utopianism ? Reinhold Niebuhr's Christian Realism and the Relevance of Utopian Thought FOR Social Ethics , by Ruurd Veldhuis Contemplative Christianity : an Approach to the Realities of Religion , by Aelred Graham The Anchor Bible . Judges : A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary , by Robert G. Boling . Byzantine Theology : Historical Trends AND Doctrinal Themes , by John Meyendorff Staretz Amvrosy : Model for Dostoevsky's Staretz Zossima , by John B. Dunlop Le problème de la population: une interpellation aux hommes de notre temps , dossier presented by Joseph Moerman Evelyn Underhill , by Christopher J. R. Armstrong The Transcendent Unity of Religions , by Frithjof Schuon     

BOOK REVIEWS

Books reviewed: James D. G. Dunn and John W. Rogerson, Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible Yairah Amit, Reading Biblical Narratives. Literary Criticism and the Hebrew Bible Thomas L. Leclerc, Yahweh is Exalted in Justice: Solidarity and Conflict in Isaiah Nuria Calduch‐Benages, Joan Ferrer, and Jan Liesen, La sabiduría del Escriba/Wisdom of the Scribe: Diplomatic Edition of the Syriac Version of the Book of Ben Sira according to Codex Ambrosianus, with Translations in Spanish and English Sidnie White Crawford and Leonard J. Greenspoon, The Book of Esther in Modern Research Paolo Sacchi, The History of the Second Temple Period Mary E. Mills, Biblical Morality. Moral Perspectives in Old Testament Narratives Richard Swinburne, The Resurrection of God Incarnate H. Benedict Green, Matthew, Poet of the Beatitudes C. K. Barrett, On Paul. Essays on His Life, Work and Influence in the Early Church Michael D. Goulder, Paul and the Competing Mission in Corinth Byron R. McCane, Roll Back the Stone: Death and Burial in the World of Jesus Magnus Zetterholm, The Formation of Christianity in Antioch: A Social‐Scientific Approach to the Separation between Judaism and Christianity Dale V. Irvin and Scott W. Sunquist, History of the World Christian Movement, Volume I: Earliest Christianity to 1453 Francis Clark, The ‘Gregorian’ Dialogues and the Origins of Benedictine Monasticism Michael Frassetto, The Year 1000: Religious and Social Response to the Turning of the First Millennium Patrick Nold, Pope John XXII and his Franciscan Cardinal: Bertrand de la Tour and the Apostolic Poverty Controversy Teresa P. Reed, Shadows of Mary: Reading the Virgin Mary in Medieval Texts Michael D. Bailey, Battling Demons: Witchcraft, Heresy, and Reforma in the Late Middle Ages Colm Lennon, An Irish Prisoner of Conscience of the Tudor Era: Archbishop Richard Creagh of Armagh, 1523–86 Judith S. Graham, Puritan Family Life: The Diary of Samuel Sewall Crawford Gribben, The Puritan Millennium. Literature and Theology, 1550‐1682 M. Feingold, Jesuit Science And The Republic of Letters Robert Bireley, The Jesuits And The Thirty Years War: Kings, Courts, and Confessors Torkel Brekke, Makers of Modern Indian Religion in the Late Nineteenth Century P. Koslowski, The Concept of God, the Origin of the World, and the Image of the Human in the World Religions Peter Koslowski, The Origin and the Overcoming of Evil and Suffering in the World Religions J. H. Laenen, Jewish Mysticism: An Introduction Barbara Bowe, Biblical Foundations of Spirituality: Touching a Finger to the Flame Thomas G. Weinandy and Daniel A. Keating, The Theology of St Cyril of Alexandria. A Critical Appreciation James D. G. Dunn, Jesus Remembered: Christianity in the Making, Volume 1 Daniel W. Hardy, Finding the Church: The Dynamic Truth of Anglicanism S. Mark Heim, The Depth of the Riches: A Trinitarian Theology of Religious Ends John Webster, Word and Church. Essays in Christian Dogmatics Alister E. McGrath, A Scientific Theology. Volume 1: Nature James Alison, On Being Liked Michael J. Langford, A Liberal Theology for the Twenty‐First Century: A Passion for Reason Guy Mansini and James G. Hart, Ethics and Theological Disclosures:The Thought of Robert Sokolowski Mark A. Wrathall, Religion After Metaphysics Gerd Van Riel, Pleasure and the Good Life: Plato, Aristotle, and the Neoplatonists Nomy Arpaly, Unprincipled Virtue: An Inquiry into Moral Agency Gernot Böhme, Ethics in Context: The Art of Dealing with Serious Questions Erica Appelros, God in the Act of Reference: Debating Religious Realism and Non‐Realism Mark C. Murphy, Natural Law and Practical Rationality Richard Brian Davis, The Metaphysics of Theism and Modality J. Brower and K. Guilfoy, The Cambridge Companion to Abelard Brian Davies, Thomas Aquinas: Contemporary Philosophical Perspectives Stephen J. Pope, The Ethics of Aquinas Kevin White and Romanus Cessario, On The Virtues John Capreolus Steven Shakespeare, Kierkegaard, Language and the Reality of God Susan M. Felch and Paul J. Contino, Bakhtin and Religion: A Feeling for Faith Ruth Coates, Christianity in Bakhtin: God and the Exiled Author David Michael Levin, The Philosopher's Gaze: Modernity in the Shadows of Enlightenment Charles Guignon and David R. Hiley, Richard Rorty Celia E. Deane‐Drummond, Biology and Theology Today Oswaldo de Rivero, The Myth of Development: The Non‐Viable Economies of the 21^st Century     

BOOK REVIEWS

The Garden of Eden and the Hope of Immortality. By James Barr. Text and Concept in Leviticus I:1-9 (Forschungen zum Alten Testament 2). By Rolf P. Knierim. Revelation: Vision of a Just World. By Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza. The Temple of Jesus: His Sacrificial Program within a Cultural History of Sacrifice. By Bruce Chilton. The Christology of Jesus. By Ben Witherington III. Did Jesus Know He was God? By François Dreyfus. Jesus: The Unanswered Questions. By John Bowden. The Saga of God Incarnate, with Critical Dialogue (Studia Originalia 9). By Robert G. Crawford. Christian Origins and the Question of God, Volume 1: The New Testament and the People of God. By N.T. Wright. Social Reality and the Early Christians: Theology, Ethics and the World of the New Testament. By Gerd Theissen. The Spirit ofLife. By Jiirgen Moltmann. Plotinus: An Introduction to the ‘Enneads’. By Dominic J. O'Meara. The Origenist Controversy: The Cultural Construction of an Early Christian Debate. By Elizabeth A. Clark. The Lives of Simeon Stylites (Cistercian Studies Series, 112). By Robert Doran. C.P. Cavafy, Passions and Ancient Days, edited by E. Keeley and G. Savidis The East Syrian Lectionary: An Historico-Liturgical Study. By Pauly Kannookadan. The Bridling of Desire: Views of Sex in the Later Middle Ages. By Pierre J. Payer. Cornelius Agrippa, ‘De occulta philosophia libri tres’. Edited by V. Perrone Compagni. Reformierte Scholastik undpatristische Theologie: Die Bedeutung des Vaterbeweises in der ‘Institutio Theologiae Elencticae’ F. Turretins unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Gotreslehre und Christologie (Bibliotheca Humanistica et Reformatorica 50). By E. P. Meijering. The Church of the East and the Church of England: A History of the Archbishop of Canterbury's Assyrian Mission. By J. F.Coakley. The English Religious Tradition and the Genius of Anglicanism. Edited by Geoffrey Rowell. Evangelicals in the Church of England 1734-1984. By Kenneth Hylson-Smith. Law and Modernization in the Church of England: Charles II to the Welfare State. By Robert E. Rodes, Jr. Social Catholicism in Europe: From the Onset of Industrialization to the First World War. By Paul Misner. The Passing of Barchester: A Real Life Version of Trollope. By Clive Dewey. For the Soul of the People: Protestant Protest against Hitler. By Victoria Barnett. ‘Pfarrer, Christen und Katholiken’: Das Ministerium fur Stautssicherheit der ehemaligen DDR und die Kirchen. Edited by Gerhard Besier and Stephan Wolf. English and Welsh Jesuits: Catalogues (1555-1629), Catalogues (1630-1640) (Monumenta Historica Societatis Jesu 142-143: Monumenta Angliae I-II). Collected and edited by Thomas M. McCoog, S. J. The Ethics of Authenticity. By Charles Taylor. The Defence of Natural Law. By Charles Covell. Prospects for a Common Morality. Edited by Gene Outka and John P. Reeder, Jr. Ethics, Religion and the Good Society: New Directions in a Pluralistic World. Edited by Joseph Runzo. The Priority of Prudence: Virtue and Natural Law in Thomas Aquinas and the Implications for Modern Ethics. By Daniel Mark Nelson. The Primacy of Love: An Introduction to the Ethics of Thomas Aquinas. By Paul J. Wadell. Theories of Truth: A Critical Introduction. By Richard L. Kirkham. Frege and Other Philosophers. By Michael Dummett. The Cambridge Companion to Heidegger. Edited by Charles Guignon. Science as Salvation: A Modern Myth and its Meaning. By Mary Midgley. Marxian and Christian Utopianism: Toward a Socialist Political Theology. By John Marsden. Religious Policy in the Soviet Union. Edited by Sabrina Petra Ramet. Discernment and Commitment. Edited by J. Wiersma. Community and the Economy: The Theory of Public Co-operation. By Jonathan Boswell, Foreword by Bernard Crick.     

BOOK REVIEWS

The Cambridge Companion to the Bible. By Howard Clark Kee et al. The Complete Gospels: Annotated Scholars Version: Revised and expanded edition. Edited by Robert J. Miller Q and the History of Early Christianity: Studies on Q. By Christopher M. Tuckett The Book of Acts in its Palestinian Setting (The Book of Acts in its First Century Setting 4). Edited by Richard Bauckham. Studies in Early Christology By Martin Hengel. St. Jerome's ’Hebrew Questions on Genesis‘ Translated with introduction and commentary by C. T. R. Hayward. Responses to 101 Questions on the Psalms and Other Writings. By Roland E. Murphy. Art and the Roman Viewer: The Transformation of Art from the Pagan World to Christianity. By Jas’ Elsner. Symeon the Holy Fool: Leontius’s ‘Life’ and the Late Antique City (The Transformation of the Classical Heritage 25). By Derek Krueger. Eros and Allegory: Medieval Exegesis of the Song of Songs By Denys Turner. Papal Primacy: From its Origins to the Present. By Klaus Schatz. Sainthood in the Later Middle Ages. By André Vauchez. Scottish Theology from John Knox to John MacLeod Campbell. By Thomas F. Torrance. Religion, Literature and Politics in Post-Reformation England 1540–1688. Edited by Donna B. Hamilton and Richard Strier. The Making of an Enterprise: The Society of Jesus in Portugal, its Empire, and Beyond 1540–1750. By Dauril Alden. Japan and Christianity: Impacts and Responses. Edited by John Breen and Mark Williams. Coleridge’s Progress to Christianity: Experience and Authority in Religious Faith. By Ronald C. Wendling. Hopkins Against History. By Eugene Hollahan. The Random Grim Forge: A Study of Social Ideas in the Work of Gerard Manley Hopkins. By Sjaak Zonneveld. The Bridge Betrayed: Religion and Genocide in Bosnia. By Michael A. Sells. Cult and Ritual Abuse: Its History, Anthropology and Recent Discovery in Contemporary America. James Randall Noblitt and Pamela Sue Perskin. Satanic Ritual Abuse: Principles of Treatment. Colin A. Ross. New Age Religion and Western Culture: Esotericism in the Mirror of Secular Thought. By Wouter J. Hanegraaff. Telling God’s Story: Bible, Church and Narrative Theology. By Gerard Loughlin. Asceticism. Edited by Vincent L. Wimbush and Richard Valantasis. Beyond its Authority? The Magisterium and Matters of Natural Law. By Frank Mobbs. Sex, Priests and Power. By A. W. Richard Sipe. God’s Just Vengeance: Crime, Violence, and the Rhetoric of Salvation. By Timothy Gorringe. Christ and the Spirit: Spirit-Christology in Trinitarian Perspective. By Ralph Del Colle. Theological Perspectives on Christian Formation. Edited by Jeff Astley, Leslie Francis and Colin Crowder. Christian Theology and Religious Education: Connections and Contradictions. Edited by Jeff Astley and Leslie J. Francis. Aquinas and Empowerment: Classical Ethics for Ordinary Lives. Edited by G. Simon Love’s Virtues. By Mike W. Martin. Euthanasia: Death, Dying and the Medical Duty. Edited by G. R. Dunstan and P. J. Lachman. The Religion of Socrates. By Mark L. McPherran. Plato’s Ethics. By Terence Irwin. Stoic Studies. By A. A. Long. The Cambridge Companion to Plotinus. Edited by Lloyd P. Gerson.     

Short Notices

Books reviewed in this article: Phillip B. Munoa III, Four Powers in Heaven: The Interpretation of Daniel 7 in the Testament of Abraham Kenneth Ballhatchet, Caste, Class and Catholicism in India 1789–1914 Richard J. Coggins, Sirach S. Jones and S. Pearce (eds), Jewish Local Patriotism and Self-Identification in the Graeco-Roman World Gerd Ludemann and Martina Janssen, Suppressed Prayers: Gnostic Spirituality in Early Christianity Richard Cross, The Physics of Duns Scotus: The Scientific Context of a Theological Vision Columba Stewart, Prayer and the Community: The Benedictine Tradition Richard Woods, Mysticism and Prophecy: The Dominican Tradition Saskia Murk-Jansen, Brides in the Desert: The Spirituality of the Beguines Gordon S. Wakefield, An Outline of Christian Worship Stratford Caldecott (ed.), Beyond the Prosaic Movement: Renewing the Liturgical Movement Romano Guardini, The Spirit of the Liturgy Horace T. Allen & Joseph Russell, On Common Ground: The Story of the Common Lectionary John Blakesley, A Garland of Faith: Sequences, Prayers and Poems of the Medieval Church arranged for the Three Year Lectionary David J. Schlafer, What Makes this Day Different? Preaching Grace on Special Occasions Leonel L. Mitchell, Pastoral and Occasional Liturgies: A Ceremonial Guide Alan Wilkinson, Christian Socialism: Scott Holland to Tony Blair Michael Budde, The (Magic) Kingdom of God: Christianity & Global Culture Industries T. W. Boxx and G. M. Quinlivan (eds), Toward the Renewal of Civilization: Political Order and Culture Philip Sheldrake, Spirituality and Theology: Christian Living and the Doctrine of God J. Ian H. McDonald, The Crucible of Christian Morality James F. Sennett (ed.), The Analytic Theist: An Alvin Plantinga Reader     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: The Trial OF Beyers Naudé: Christian Witness AND THE Rule OF Law, edited by the Der überholte Marx, by Walther Bienert Karl Barths Tauflehre, by Richard Schlüter Evangelischer Erwachsenen Katechismus: Kursbuch DES Glaubens, edited by Werner Jentsch, Harmut Jetter, Manfred Kiessig and Horst Keller The Common Catechism: A Christian Book OF Faith, edited by Johannes Feiner and Lukas Vischer The Ecumenical World OF Orthodox Civilization: Russia AND Orthodoxy Christian Ethics FOR Black Theology, by Major J. Jones La Cage DES Chrétiens, by Bruno Bürki. Yaoundé Cyprian OF Carthage AND THE Unity OF THE Christian Church, by Peter Hinchliff The Hindu Response TO THE Unbound Christ, by S. J. Samartha Gott IN Japan, edited by Yagi Sehchi and Ulrich Luz Entwicklung IM Paradies, by Ulrich Beyer A Theology OF THE Old Testament, by John L. McKenzie Papsttum UND Petrusdienst, by Heinrich Stirnimann and Lukas Vischer     

BOOK REVIEWS

Books reviewed: Christopher Bobonich, Plato's Utopia Recast: His Later Ethics and Politics John Capreolus, On The Virtues Miguel A. Badia Cabrera, Hume's Reflection on Religion Catherine Chalier, What Ought I to Do?: Morality in Kant and Levinas Keith Ansell‐Pearson and John Mullarkey, Henri Bergson: Key Writings Andrew Brook and Don Ross, Daniel Dennett Nancey Murphy, Brad J. Kallenberg, and Mark Thiessen Nation, Virtues and Practices in the Christian Tradition: Christian Ethics after MacIntyre William Lane Craig, God, Time, and Eternity Paul Copan and Paul K. Moser, The Rationality of Theism W. Norris Clarke, The One and the Many: A Contemporary Thomistic Metaphysics Richard A. Cohen, Ethics, Exegesis and Philosophy: Interpretation after Levinas Simon Critchley and Robert Bernasconi, The Cambridge Companion to Levinas D. D. Raphael, Concepts of Justice Martha C. Nussbaum, Upheavals of Thought: The Intelligence of Emotions David Herbert, Religion and Social Transformations Robert H. Nelson, Economics as Religion; from Samuelson to Chicago and Beyond Edmondo F. Lupieri, The Mandaeans: The Last Gnostics Antonía Tripolitis, Religions of the Hellenistic‐Roman Age James M. Scott, Geography in Early Judaism and Christianity: The Book of Jubilees David Naugle, Worldview: The History of a Concept Dianne Kirby, Religion and the Cold War Colin E. Gunton, The Christian Faith: An Introduction to Christian Doctrine Paul Williams, The Unexpected Way: On Converting from Buddhism to Catholicism Alan P. F. Sell, Confessing and Commending the Faith Thomas M. Kelly, Theology at the Void John David Dawson, Christian Figural Reading and the Fashioning of Identity Daniel Kendall and Stephen T. Davis, The Convergence of Theology: A Festschrift Honoring Gerald O'Collins, S.J. Bernard Hoose, Authority in the Roman Catholic Church Timothy Matovina and Gary Riebe‐Estrella, Horizons of the Sacred: Mexican Traditions in US Catholicism Kenneth J. Howell, God's Two Books: Copernican Cosmology and Biblical Interpretation in Early Modern Science Ellen Frankel Paul, Fred D. Miller Jr. and Jeffrey Paul, Should Differences in Income and Wealth Matter? Ron Geaves, Continuum Glossary of Religious Terms     

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 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