Recent Books on ≡ Theology, Science and Religion

Books reviewed in this article:
Keith Ward, God, Faith & the New Millennium: Christian Belief in an Age of Science.
Fraser Watts ed, Science Meets Faith: Theology and Science in Conversation.
Ian G. Barbour, Religion and Science: Historical and Contemporary Issues.
Philip Clayton, God and Contemporary Science.     

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     

BOOK REVIEWS

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

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)     

Reviews

Books reviewed: Sue Patterson Realist Christian Theology in a Postmodern Age Michael J. McClymond Encounters with God: An Approach to the Theology of Jonathan Edwards W. Jay Wood Epistemology: Becoming Intellectually Virtuous Philip Clayton God and Contemporary Science Ian A. McFarland Listening to the Least: Doing Theology from the Outside In C. Stephen Evans Faith Beyond Reason Andrew Bradstock Faith in the Revolution: The Political Theologies of Muentzer and Winstanley Stephen C. Barton, ed. Where Shall Wisdom be Found? Wisdom in the Bible, the Church and the Contemporary World Jeffrey G. Sobosan Romancing the Universe: Theology, Science, and Cosmology     

Short Notices

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

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     

Reviews

Books reviewed: David F. Ford, Self and Salvation: Being Transformed Francis Clark, Godfaring: On Reason, Faith, and Sacred Being David Kamitsuka, Theology and Contemporary Culture: Liberation, Postliberal and Revisionary Perspectives Robert Alter, Canon and Creativity: Modern Writing and the Authority of Scripture Laurence Paul Hemming (ed.), Radical Orthodoxy?—A Catholic Enquiry John E. Thiel, Senses of Tradition: Continuity and Development in Catholic Faith S. Mark Heim, The Depth of the Riches: A Trinitarian Theology of Religious Ends Serene Jones, Feminist Theory and Christian Theology: Cartographies of Grace Martin X. Moleski, S.J., Personal Catholicism: The Theological Epistemologies of John Henry Newman and Michael Polanyi Denis Donoghue, Adam’s Curse: Reflections on Religion and Literature     

REVIEWS

Books reviewed:
David Bentley Hart, The Beauty of the Infinite: The Aesthetics of Christian Truth Reviewed by Oleg Bychkov
Ingolf U. Dalferth, Die Wirklichkeit des Möglichen: Hermeneutische Religionsphilosophie Reviewed by Matthias Gockel
Vincent J. Miller, Consuming Religion: Christian Faith and Practice in a Consumer Culture Reviewed by Michael L. Budde
John David Dawson, Christian Figural Reading and the Fashioning of Identity Reviewed by John C. Cavadini
Stanley Hauerwas, Performing the Faith: Bonhoeffer and the Practice of Nonviolence Reviewed by Clifford Green
Stephen van Erp, The Art of Theology: Hans Urs von Balthasar's Theological Aesthetics and the Foundations of Faith Reviewed by Mark Alan Bowald
John Inge, A Christian Theology of Place Reviewed by Belden C. Lane
Graham Hughes, Worship as Meaning: A Liturgical Theology for Late Modernity Reviewed by Jim Fodor
Denys Turner, Faith, Reason and the Existence of God Reviewed by David Burrell
Francesca Aran Murphy, Art and Intellect in the Philosophy of Étienne Gilson Reviewed by Trent Pomplun     

BOOK REVIEWS

Books reviewed in this article: To the Lengths of God: Truth and the Ecumenical Age. By B. R. Brinkman. The Trinitarian Faith: The Evangelical Theology of the Ancient Catholic Church. By Thomas F. Torrance. The Mystery of the Triune God (Heythrop Monographs, n.6). By John J. O'Donnell. Ecumenical Theology and the Elusiveness of Doctrine. By Paul Avis. Ambiguity and the Presence of God. By Ruth Page. Feminist Interpretation of the Bible. Edited by Letty M. Russell. Problems of Old Testament Theology in the 20th Century. By Henning Graf Reventlow. Revelation and Theology: The Gospel as Narrated Promise. By Ronald F. Thiemann. Studying the Old Testament: From Tradition to Canon. By Annemarie Ohler. Form and Vitality in the World and God: A Christian Perspective. By Trevor Williams. Jesus and Community: The Social Dimension of Christian Faith. By Gerhard Lohfink. Church, Charism and Power. By L. Boff. Theological Dialogue between Orthodox and Reformed Churches. Edited by Thomas F. Torrance. The Practice of Faith: A Handbook of Contemporary Spirituality. By Karl Rahner, edited by Karl Lehmann and Albert Raffelt. Let This Mind Be In You: The Quest for Identity Through Oedipus to Christ. By Sebastian Moore. St Francis: A Model for Human Liberation. By L. Boff. The Sacred in a Secular Age. Edited by Phillip E. Hammond. Sickness and Sectarianism: Exploratory Studies in Medical and Religious Sectarianism. Edited by R. Kenneth Jones. Sacrifice in Africa: A Structuralist Approach. By Luc de Heusch. Theoretical Explorations in African Religion. Edited by W. van Binsbergen and M. Schoffeleers. Cult Controversies: The Societal Response to the New Religious Movements. By James A. Beckford. Apocalypse Delayed. The Story of Jehovah's Witnesses. By M. James Penton. The Lawful Rights of Mankind: An Introduction to the International Legal Code of Human Rights. By Paul Sieghart. The Theory and Practice of Human Rights. By L. J. Mcfarlane. Should the Baby Live? The Problem of Handicapped Infants (Studies in Bioethics). By Helga Kuhse and Peter Singer. Life in the Balance: Exploring the Abortion Controversy. By Robert N. Wennberg. Abortion: The Catholic Debate in America. By Hans Lotstra. Philosophy for Understanding Theology. By Diogenes Allen. Parmenides of Elea: Fragments. Edited by David Gallop. Theophrastus of Eresus, on his Life and Work (Rutgers University Studies in Classical Humanities). Edited by William W. Fortenbaugh (et al.). Scepticism or Platonism? The Philosophy of the Fourth Academy. By Harold Tarrant (Cambridge Classical Studies). Greek Religion, Archaic and Classical. By Walter Burkert. History, Society and the Churches: Essays in honour of Owen Chadwick. Edited by Derek Beales and Geoffrey Best. Scotland and the Crusades, 1095–1560. By Alan Macquarrie. Religious Toleration and Social Change in Hamburg, 1512–1819 By Joachim Whaley. Churchmen and Philosophers By Bruce Kuklick. Nietzsche and Pascal on Christianity (American University Studies, Series V, Philosophy). By Charles M. Natoli. Science Reorganized: Scientific Societies in the Eighteenth Century. By James E. McClellan. Monsieur Portal et les siens (1855–1926). By Regis Ladous, preface by Emile Poulat. Progress and Pessimism: Religion, Politics and History in Late Nineteenth Century Britain (Harvard Historical Studies 104). By J.P. von Arx. The Social Vision of William Blake. By Michael Ferber. Christian Trade Unions in the Weimar Republic, 1918–1933: The Failure of‘Corporate Pluralism’. By William L. Patch, Jr. Theologians Under Hitler: Gerhard Kittel, Paul Althaus and Emmanuel Hirsch. By Robert P. Ericksen. Westminster, Whitehall and the Vatican: The Role of Cardinal Hinsley, 1935–43. By Thomas Moloney. The Triple Myth: A Life of Archbishop Alojzije Stepinac. By Stella Alexander. The Nun, the Infidel and the Superman. By D. Felicitas Corrigan. A Basic Grammar of the Ugaritic Language with Selected Texts and Glossary. By Stanislav Segert.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Adrian Hastings, The Theology of a Protestant Catholic Daphne Hampson, Theology and Feminism Peter Schüttke-Scherle, From Contextual to Ecumenical Theology? A Dialogue between Minjung Theology and “Theology after Auschwitz” Douglas John Hall, Thinking the Faith: Christian Theology in a North American Context     

Reviews

Books Reviewed:
Jan–Olav Henriksen, The Reconstruction of Religion: Lessing, Kierkegaard, and Nietzsche
Edward Farley, Faith and Beauty: A Theological Aesthetic
Oliver Davies, A Theology of Compassion
Jamie Ferreira, Love's Grateful Striving: A Commentary on Kierkegaard's Works of Love
Cyril O'Regan, Gnostic Apocalypse: Jacob Boehme's Haunted Narrative
Joseph L. Mangina, Karl Barth on the Christian Life: The Practical Knowledge of God
Eric O. Springsted, The Act of Faith: Christian Faith and the Moral Self
Paul Valliere, Modern Russian Theology: Bukharev, Soloviev, Bulgakov. Orthodox Theology in a New Key
Oona Ajzenstat, Driven Back to the Text: The Premodern Sources of Levinas's Postmodernism
Eric Santner, On the Psychotheology of Everyday Life     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
The Jews in Christian Europe,1400–1700, by John Edwards
Visionary Science, A translation of Paul Tillich's
Apologetics In Oxford. The Theology of Maurice F. Wiles, by Gerard Rothuizen, Kamper Cahiers
God and the Processes of Reality, by David A. Pailin
Speaking of Faith: Cross-cultural Perspectives on Women, Religion and Social Change, edited by Diana L. Eck and Devaki Jain
Perplexity in the Moral Life, by Edmund N. Santurri     

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     

SHORT NOTICES

The School Tradition of the Old Testament (Bampton Lectures 1994), E. W. Heaton Augustine (Outstanding Christian Thinkers Series), Mary T. Clark The Church as Polis: From Political Theology to Theological Politics as Exemplified by Jürgen Moltmann and Stanley Hauerwas , Arne Rasmussen Pantheism: A Non-theistic Concept of Deity , Michael P. Levine Religion in Britain since 1945: Believing without Belonging , Grace Davie Sarah Laughed , Trevor Dennis John's Gospel , Mark W. G. Stibbe Ephesians , Martin Kitchen II Thessalonians, Maarten J. J. Menken The Catholic Faith , Richard Conrad Faith and Criticism , Basil Mitchell Emotion and Spirit: Questioning the Claims of Psychoanalysis and Religion , Neville Symington     

Reviews

Books reviewed in this article:
Science, Life and Christian Belief: A Survey of Contemporary Issues. By Malcolm Jeeves and R. J. Berry.
A Scientific Theology. Volume 1: Nature . By Alister E. McGrath.
Faith, Science and Understanding . By John Polkinghorne.
Physics and Metaphysics: Theories of Space and Time . By Jennifer Trusted.
Controlling our Destinies: Historical, Philosophical, Ethical, and Theological Perspectives on the Human Genome Project . Edited By Phillip R. Sloan.     

Reviews

Books reviewed:
Lawrence H. Schiffman, James C. VanderKam (eds), Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Robert Elinor, Buddha & Christ: Images of Wholeness
Larry J. Kreitzer and Deborah W. Rooke (eds), Ciphers In the Sand: Interpretation of The Woman Taken in Adulter
Thomas Harrison, Divinity and History. The Religion of Herodotus
Bernard Lonergan, Frederick E. Crow and Robert M. Doran (eds), Grace and Freedom: Operative Grace in the Thought of St. Thomas Aquinas
John W. O'Malley, Trent and all That: Renaming Catholicism in the Early Modern Era
Douglas J. Davies, The Mormon Culture of Salvation: Force, Grace and Glory
Philip Jenkins, Mystics and Messiahs: Cults and New Religions in American History
Michael D. Emerson and Christian Smith, Divided By Faith: Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America
Martin Ott, African Theology in Images
Keith Ward, Religion and Community
Martin Sutherland (ed.), Mission Without Christendom: Exploring the Site
Serene Jones, Feminist Theory and Christian Theology: Cartographies of Grace
John Webster (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Karl Barth
Philip Clayton, The Problem of God in Modern Thought
Andrew Shanks, God and Modernity: A New and Better Way to Do Theology
James P. Mackey, The Critique of Theological Reason
John E. Thiel, Senses of Tradition: Continuity and Development in Catholic Faith
Anne Primavesi, Sacred Gaia: Holistic Theology and Earth System Science
Michael H. Barnes, Stages of Thought: The Co-Evolution of Religious Thought and Science
Stanley L. Jaki, The Savior of Science
George Lovell, Consultancy, Ministry and Mission, A Handbook for Practitioners and Work Consultants in Christian Organizations     

The Nicene Faith: Formation of Christian Theology, Vol. 2 Parts 1 and 2

Book reviewed:
The Nicene Faith: Formation of Christian Theology, Vol. 2 Parts 1 and 2 by John Behr (Crestwood, NY: St Vladimir's Seminary Press, 2004) xviii + 507 pp. Reviewed by Andrew Louth University of Durham Department of Theology and Religion Abbey House Palace Green Durham DH1 3RS UK     

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: James E. Atwell. The Sources of the Old Testament – A Guide to the Religious Thought of the Hebrew Bible.
Reviewed by Benjamin Bury Craig A. Evans (ed.). Of Scribes and Sages: Early Jewish Interpretation and Transmission of Scripture.
Reviewed by Mark W. Hamilton Lester L. Grabbe. A History of the Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period – Volume 1. Yehud: A History of the Persian Province of Judah.
Reviewed by Benjamin Bury Charles Matson Odahl. Constantine and the Christian Empire.
Reviewed by Tarmo Toom G.R. Evans (ed.). The First Christian Theologians: An Introduction to Theology in the Early Church.
Reviewed by Tarmo Toom David Dunn‐Wilson. A Mirror for the Church: Preaching in the First Five Centuries.
Reviewed by Tarmo Toom Jim Fodor and Frederick Christian Bauerschmidt (eds). Aquinas in Dialogue: Thomas for the Twenty First Century.
Reviewed by Tracey Rowland Paul Helm. John Calvin's Ideas.
Reviewed by Philip McCosker Peter C. Hodgson. Hegel & Christian Theology: A Reading of the Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion.
Reviewed by Owen Anderson Kenneth J. Collins. The Evangelical Moment: The Promise of an American Religion.
Reviewed by Bryan Bademan Robert K. Johnston. Useless Beauty: Ecclesiastes through the Lens of Contemporary Film.
Reviewed by Jason A. Fout Judith Plaskow. The Coming of Lilith: Essays on Feminism, Judaism, and Sexual Ethics, 1973–2003.
Reviewed by Teresa J. Hornsby Rebecca J. Lester. Jesus in Our Wombs: Embodying Modernity in a Mexican Convent.
Reviewed by Marc Cortez Douglas A. Campbell (ed.). Gospel and Gender. A Trinitarian Engagement with Being Male and Female in Christ.
Reviewed by Sally Bruyneel Rosemary Radford Ruether. The Goddess and the Divine Feminine: A Western Religious History.
Reviewed by Rick Arrandale David Brown. God and Enchantment of Place: Reclaiming Human Experience.
Reviewed by A. Denise Starkey William R. Miller and Harold D. Delaney (eds). Judeo‐Christian Perspectives on Psychology: Human Nature, Motivation, and Change.
Reviewed by Hung‐En Sung Richard Nelson‐Jones. Cognitive Humanistic Therapy: Buddhism, Christianity and Being Fully Human.
Reviewed by Ruth Walker Stuart Chandler. Establishing A Pure Land on Earth: The Foguang Buddhist Perspective on Modernization and Globalization.
Reviewed by Elizabeth J Harris Nancy Tatom Ammerman. Pillars of Faith: American Congregations and Their Partners.
Reviewed by Todd Breyfogle Russell Jeung. Faithful Generations: Race and New Asian American Churches.
Reviewed by Timothy S. Lee George L. Murphy. The Cosmos in the Light of the Cross.
Reviewed by Randall Otto Mikael Stenmark. How to Relate Science and Religion. A Multidimensional Model.
Reviewed by Alessandro Giostra Philip Clayton. Mind and Emergence: From Quantum to Consciousness.
Reviewed by Paul Voelker Joel B. Green and Stuart L. Palmer (eds). In Search of the Soul: Four Views of the Mind–Body Problem.
Reviewed by Marc Cortez Paul J. Griffiths and Reinhard Hütter (eds). Reason and the Reasons of Faith.
Reviewed by Ronald Grant Nutter David F. Ford, Ben Quash and Janet Soskice (eds). Fields of Faith: Theology and Religious Studies for the Twenty‐first Century.
Reviewed by Philip McCosker Richard Rorty, Gianni Vattimo and Santiago Zabala (eds). The Future of Religion.
Reviewed by Ruth Walker Robert Wuthnow. Saving America? Faith‐Based Services and the Future of Civil Society.
Reviewed by Gerald Vinten Linda Barnes and Susan Sered (eds). Religion and Healing in America.
Reviewed by Revd Canon Martyn Percy Ellen M. Umansky. From Christian Science to Jewish Science: Spiritual Healing and American Jews.
Reviewed by Michael A. Chester Daniel J. Price. Karl Barth's Anthropology in Light of Modern Thought.
Reviewed by Peter Kalve Eberhard Busch. The Great Passion: An Introduction to Karl Barth's Theology.
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