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Short notices of reissued books:
Gwilym Beckerlegge (ed.), The World Religions Reader
Carmen Blacker, The Catalpa Bow
W. Y. Evans-Wentz (ed.), The Tibetan Book of the Dead
Andrew Rippin, Muslims, their Religious Beliefs and Practices
Robert L. Short, The Gospel According to Peanuts
Sharon D. Welch, A Feminist Ethic of Risk,
Brian Martin, John Henry Newman: His Life and Work     

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Short notices of reissued books:
John J. Collins, The Apocalyptic Imagination: An Introduction to Jewish Apocalyptic Literature
Karel van der Toorn, Bob Becking and Pieter W. van der Horst (eds), Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible
Carol P. Christ, Rebirth of the Goddess: Finding Meaning in Feminist Spirituality
Judith R. Baskin (ed.), Jewish Women in Historical Perspective
Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, The Book of Revelation: Justice and Judgment
Richard N. Longenecker, Biblical Exegesis in the Apostolic Period
Kenneth E. Kirk, Conscience and Its Problems: An Introduction to Casuistry
Gerard Loughlin, Telling God's Story: Bible, Church and Narrative Theology
Judith Taylor Gold, Monsters and Madonnas: The Roots of Christian Anti-Semitism, revised edition     

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Adrian Hastings, A History of English Christianity 1920–2000
Hannah Ward and Jennifer Wild, The Lion Christian Quotation Collection
Hannah Ward and Jennifer Wild, The Lion Christian Meditation Collection
Gerald Bonner, St Augustine of Hippo: Life and Controversies     

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Books reviewed:
Bernhard W. Anderson with Stephen Bishop, Out of the Depths
Stephen Pattison, A Critique of Pastoral Care
Ninian Smart, World Philosophies
Padmasiri de Silva, An Introduction to Buddhist Psychology     

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Short notices of reissued books:
J. Philip Wogaman, Christian Perspectives on Politics
J. Philip Wogaman, Christian Ethics: A Historical Introduction
J. Philip Wogaman and Douglas M. Strong (eds), Readings in Christian Ethics: A Historical Sourcebook     

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Books reviewed:
Mary Boyce, Zoroastrians: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices
Maryanne Dunn and Linda Kay Davidson (eds), The Pilgrimage to Compostela in the Middle Ages
D. Bruce Hindmarsh, John Newton and the English Evangelical Tradition: Between the Conversions of Wesley and Wilberforce
George Guiver CR, Company of Voices: Daily Prayer and the People of God     

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Short notices of reissued books: Laurance Wielder (ed.), The Poets' Book of Psalms: The Complete Psalter as Rendered by Twenty‐Five Poets from the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Centuries Geza Vermes, An Introduction to the Complete Dead Sea Scrolls Matthew F. Kohmescher, Catholicism Today E. D. Klemke, The Meaning of Life     

Once More...

Books reviewed in this article:
Jonathan G. Campbell, Deciphering the Dead Sea Scrolls , Second Edition
Tina Beattie, God's Mother, Eve's Advocate: A Marian Narrative of Women's Salvation     

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Re-issues reviewed:
Jaroslav Pelikan, Mary through the Centuries: Her Place in the History of Culture
W. Cantwell Smith, Patterns of Faith around the World     

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Short notices of reissued books:
Paul Dundas, The Jains, Second Edition
Mary Pat Fisher, Religions Today: An Introduction
Richard B. Hays, The Faith of Jesus Christ: The Narrative Substructure of Galatians 3:1–4:11, Second Edition
D. Moody Smith, John Among the Gospels Second Edition
Vincent L. Wimbush and Richard Valantasis (eds), Asceticism     

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Short notices of reissued books:
Paul F. Bradshaw, The Search for the Origins of Christian Worship: Sources and Methods for the Study of Early Liturgy , Second Edition
Paul D. Hanson, The People Called: The Growth of Community in the Bible
Walter Brueggemann, The Bible Makes Sense , Revised Edition with a New Introduction
Richard N. Soulen and R. Kendall Soulen, Handbook of Biblical Criticism , Third Edition
Douglas Stuart, Old Testament Exegesis: A Handbook for Students and Pastors , Third Edition
Stanley Hauerwas, Wilderness Wanderings: Probing Twentieth–Century Theology and Philosophy
David Weiss Halivni, Revelation Restored: Divine Writ and Critical Responses
Sallie McFague, Speaking in Parables
Frances Young, The Making of the Creeds
Karl Barth, Protestant Theology in the Nineteenth Century: Its Background and History , New Edition
John Macquarrie, Twentieth–Century Religious Thought , Fifth Edition
Patrick Sherry, Spirit and Beauty: An Introduction to Theological Aesthetics , Second Edition
Douglas J. Davies, Death, Ritual and Belief: The Rhetoric of Funerary Rites , Second Edition     

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Short notices of reissued books:
Walter Brueggemann, A Commentary on Jeremiah: Exile and Homecoming.
Owen Chadwick, Michael Ramsey: A Life.
Julius Lipner, Hindus: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices.
Diarmaid MacCulloch, Thomas Cranmer.
William J. O'Malley, S.J., Meeting the Living God     

Once More Unto the Breach,My Dear Friends,Once More

Philosophical Studies -     

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Alister E. McGrath, Christian Theology: An Introduction (3rd edition)
Alister E. McGrath, The Christian Theology Reader (2nd edition)     

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Black, Matthew (ed.), Peake's Commentary on the Bible
Mills, Watson E. and Wilson, Richard F. (eds), Mercer Commentary on the Bible. Volume 3: (Wisdom) Writings
Barrett, David B., Kurian, George T. and Johnson, Todd M., World Christian Encyclopedia: A Comparative Survey of Churches and Religions in the Modern World (Second Edition, 2 vols)
Dupré, Louis Symbols of the Sacred     

Value and Obligation Once More

In Understanding Moral Obligation (2012), Robert Stern sets out to provide a fresh interpretation of the role of autonomy in Kant's moral philosophy and attempts to rectify J. B. Schneewind's standard account in The Invention of Autonomy (1998). While Stern agrees that Kant's resort to autonomy is at the basis of a constructivist account of moral obligation, he claims that autonomy plays no role in Kant's theory of value, such that, in this respect, Kant remains a realist. Accordingly, Stern characterizes Kant's moral philosophy as a “hybrid” view because he sees it as involving a compromise between realism with regard to value and constructivism with regard to obligation. Stern's interpretation relies on a sharp distinction between value and obligation. The purpose of the present article is to question Stern's reliance on that rigid distinction, which involves intermixing theoretical and practical reason and assumes a distorted view of human agency.     

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The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings , Third Edition, Bart D. Ehrman, Oxford University Press 2004 (0-19-515462-2), pp. xxxvi + 506, Pb £21.99
A Short History of the Papacy in the Middle Ages , Walter Ullmann with a new introduction by George Garnett. Routledge 2003 (0-415-30227-7), pp. xix + 339, Pb $19.99
Showing of Love , Julian of Norwich, translated by Julia Bolton Holloway, DLT 2003 (0-232-52503-X), pp. xxxiv + 133, Pb £9.95
The Encyclopedia of Christianity , Volume 3 (J-O), Erwin Fahlbusch et al. , Eerdmans 2003 (0-8028-2415-3) / Brill 2003 (90-04-12654-6), pp. xxix + 918, Hb £65/$100
Approaches to Auschwitz: The Holocaust and its Legacy , Revised Edition, Richard L. Rubenstein and John K. Roth (eds), Westminster John Knox Press 2003 (0-664-22353-2), pp. xi + 499, Pb $29.95     

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Short notices of reissued books:
Ken Parry (ed.), The Blackwell Dictionary of Eastern Christianity
Rowan Williams, Arius
Colin E. Gunton, Becoming and Being: The Doctrine of God in Charles Hartshorne and Karl Barth
Leszek Kolakowski, Religion. If There Is No God. . .: On God, the Devil, Sin and Other Worries of the So-Called Philosophy of Religion     

Recent Books in ≡ Islamic Studies

Books reviewed in this article:
N. Robinson, Islam: A Concise Introduction
J. Renard, Responses to 101 Questions on Islam
J. Bowker, What Muslims Believe
B. Abrahamov, Islamic Theology: Traditionalism and Rationalism
E. Sirriyeh, Sufis and Anti-Sufis     

重论分析性与综合性(上)

分析句与综合句之间的界限是能够得到充分界定的。奎因试图将此种界限模糊化,却是基于一种误解:奎因不是让语义学摆脱掉在卡尔纳普工作中所发现的缺陷,而是否弃自然语言的语义学,用行为主义色彩的语用学加以取代。佩维尔·玛特纳在上篇首先论证:对于科学语言和自然语言的一种逻辑的,即非经验的、非行为主义的分析,是能够得到界定和有效利用的。对于弗雷格涵义—指称图式的一种流行观点的历史重估表明,指示不同于指称,涵义不同于内涵,从而更深入地批判了奎因论题。