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Books reviewed in this article:
Konrad Schaefer, Psalms
L. Daniel Hawk, Joshua
Hans Urs von Balthasar (ed.), Robert J. Daly, S.J. (trans.), Origen: Spirit and Fire, A Thematic Anthology of His Writings
Nicholas de Lange (ed.), Ignaz Maybaum: A Reader
James M. Byrne, God: Thoughts in an Age of Uncertainty
David R. Law Inspiration
Stanley J. Grenz and John R. Franke, Beyond Foundationalism: Shaping Theology in a Postmodern Context
George Pattison, A Short Course in the Philosophy of Religion
Rufus Black, Christian Moral Realism – Natural Law, Narrative, Virtue, and the Gospel
Peter C. Hodgson, Theology in the Fiction of George Eliot
Theresa M. DiPasquale, Literature and Sacrament: The Sacred and the Secular in John Donne
Hans Dirk van Hoogstraten, Deep Economy: Caring for Ecology, Humanity and Religion
David Martin, Pentecostalism: The World Their Parish
Douglas V. Porpora, Landscapes of the Soul: The Loss of Moral Meaning in American Life     

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Short notices of reissued books:
Jacques Waardenburg (ed.), Muslim Perceptions of other Religions: A Historical Survey
Nicholas Awde (ed.), Women in Islam: An Anthology from the Qurãn and Hadiths
Jacob Neusner and William Scott Green (eds), Dictionary of Judaism in the Biblical Period
Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, Rhetoric and Ethic. The Politics of Biblical Studies
Yairah Amit, History and Ideology: An Introduction to Historiography in the Hebrew Bible
David R. Slavitt (translator), The Book of the Twelve Prophets
Anthony R. Ceresko OSFS, Introduction to Old Testament Wisdom: A Spirituality for Liberation
Martin Abegg Jr., Peter Flint, Eugene Ulrich, The Dead Sea Scrolls Bible: The Most Ancient Versions of the Books of the Bible
N.T. Wright, The Challenge of Jesus
Calvin Roetzel, Paul, the Man and the Myth
Robert Dodaro & George Lawless (eds), Augustine and His Critics: Essays in Honour of Gerald Bonner
Allan D. Fitzgerald (ed.), Augustine through the Ages: An Encyclopedia
Bernhard Lohse, Translated by Ray A. Harrisville, Martin Luther's Theology: Its Historical and Systematic Development
Robert Pope, Seeking God's Kingdom: The Nonconformist Social Gospel in Wales 1906–1939
Anton Wessels, 'A Kind of Bible': Vincent van Gogh as Evangelist
Daniel E. Albrecht, Rites in the Spirit: A Ritual Approach to Pentecostal/Charismatic Spirituality,
David G. Kamitsuka, Theology and Contemporary Culture: Liberation, Postliberal and Revisionary Perspectives
Lynn Japinga, Feminism and Christianity: An Essential Guide
Michael Howard, God in the Depths – Images of the Sea in the Development of Faith
Pat Lyne OCDS, Edith Stein Rediscovered: A Personal Portrait     

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Books reviewed in this article: Samuel E. Balentine, The Torah's Vision of Worship Richard J. Clifford, Proverbs: a Commentary William Horbury (ed.), Hebrew Study from Ezra to Ben‐Yehuda Walter E. Pilgrim, Uneasy Neighbors: Church and State in the New Testament K. Parry, D. J. Melling, D. Brady, S. H. Griffith, J. F. Healey (eds), The Blackwell Dictionary of Eastern Christianity William J. Short, Poverty and Joy: The Franciscan Tradition Wilfred McGreal O Carm, At the Fountain of Elijah: The Carmelite Tradition Thomas E. Corts (ed.), Henry Drummond: A Perpetual Benediction Elaine Kaye, For the Work of Ministry: A History of the Northern College and its Predecessors Chris Rowland and John Vincent (eds), Liberation Spirituality Steve Bruce, Sociology: A Very Short Introduction A. E. Harvey, Demanding Peace: Christian Responses to War and Violence K. Gnanakan, God's World: A Theology of the Environment Ursula Goodenough, The Sacred Depths of Nature Timothy F. Sedgwick, The Christian Moral Life: Practices of Piety Giles leGood (ed.), Chaplaincy: The Church's Sector Ministry Joel James Shuman, The Body of Compassion: Ethics, Medicine and the Church Dan Cohn‐Sherbok, Understanding the Holocaust. An Introduction Ekkehard Schuster and Reinhold Boschert‐Kimmig, Hope against Hope: Johann Baptist Metz and Elie Wiesel Speak Out on the Holocaust     

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Books reviewed in this article: Seth D. Kunin (ed.), Themes and Issues in Judaism Daniel J. Harrington, S.J., Invitation to the Apocrypha Jon Davies, Death, Burial and Rebirth in the Religions of Antiquity John Sawyer, Sacred Languages and Sacred Texts Donald H. Juel, The Gospel of Mark Peter Richardson, Herod: King of the Jews and Friend of the Romans Charles Carpenter, Theology as the Road to Holiness in St. Bonaventure Friedrich von Hügel, The Mystical Element of Religion As Studied in Saint Catherine of Genoa and her Friends Richard Cross, Duns Scotus Denis R. Janz (ed.), A Reformation Reader: Primary Texts with Introductions Carter Lindberg (ed.), The European Reformations Sourcebook Frank J. Coppa (ed.), Controversial Concordats: The Vatican's Relations with Napoleon, Mussolini, and Hitler Frank J. Coppa (ed.), Encyclopedia of the Vatican and Papacy Dorothy Day, On Pilgrimage Michael Jenkins, The Church Faces Death: Ecclesiology in a Post‐Modern Context James L. Fredericks, Faith Among Faiths: Christian Theology and Non‐Christian Religions Vinoth Ramachandra, Faiths in Conflict?: Christian Integrity in a Multicultural World Eric James, In Season, Out of Season John R. Tyson, Invitation to Christian Spirituality: An Ecumenical Anthology Donald Eadie, Grain in Winter Michael Welker, Creation and Reality     

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Books reviewed in this article:
Davila, James R., Liturgical Works (Eerdmans Commentaries on the Dead Sea Scrolls)
Goshen-Gottstein, Alon The Sinner and the Amnesiac. The Rabbinic Invention of Elisha ben Abuya and Eleazar ben Arach
Walsh, P. G. (ed.), St Augustine, De Bono Coniugali and De Sancta Virginitate
McKim, Donald K. (ed.), Calvin's Institutes
Funkschmidt, Kai, Earthing the Vision. Strukturreformen in der Mission untersucht am Beispiel von CEVAA (Paris), CWM (London) und UEM (Wuppertal)
Anthony Bradney and Fiona Cownie, Living without Law – An Ethnography of Quaker Decision-Making, Dispute Avoidance and Dispute Resolution
VanElderen, Marlin, Finding a Voice: Communicating the Ecumenical Movement
Fiddes, Paul S.(ed.), The Novel, Spirituality and Modern Culture: Eight Novelists Write about their Craft and their Context
La'Porte, Victoria, An Introduction to Theology
Leech, Kenneth (ed.), Setting the Church of England Free: The Case for Disestablishment
Atkins, Peter, Ascension Now: Implications of Christ's Ascension for Today's Church
O'Brien, Glen, Praying from the Margins: Gospel Reflections of a Gay Man
Alison, James, Faith Beyond Resentment: Fragments Catholic and Gay
Frankforter, A. Daniel, Stones for Bread: A Critique of Contemporary Worship
Swinton, John, Resurrecting the Person: Friendship and the Care of People with Mental Health Problems
Atkins, Peter, Soul Care: Facing Life with God
Forrester, Duncan, On Human Worth: A Christian Vindication of Equality
Polkinghorne, John and Welker, Michael, Faith in the Living God: A Dialogue     

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Books reviewed in this article: Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, Hinduism and Buddhism Yaakov Elman and Israel Gershoni (eds), Transmitting Jewish Traditions. Orality, Textuality, and Cultural Diffusion Daniel H. Frank, Oliver Leaman and Charles H. Manekin (eds), The Jewish Philosophy Reader Robert L. Cole, The Shape and the Message of Book III (Psalms 73–89) M. Marcovich (ed), Athenagorae Qui Fertur: De Resurrectione Mortuorum Carol Harrison, Augustine: Christian Truth and Fractured Humanity Donald K. McKim, Westminster Dictionary of Theological Terms Tina Beattie, God's Mother, Eve's Advocate: A Gynocentric Refiguration of Marian Symbolism in Engagement with Luce Irigaray Leo D. Lefebure, Revelation, the Religions, and Violence Ian Barbour, When Science Meets Religion H. Paul Santmire, Nature Reborn: The Ecological and Cosmic Promise of Christian Theology Mark A. Noll and Ronald F. Thiemann (eds), Where Shall My Wond'ring Soul Begin? The Landscape of Evangelical Piety and Thought Donal Dorr, Mission in Today's World John d'Arcy May, After Pluralism: Towards an Interreligious Ethic Alan Aldridge, Religion in the Contemporary World: A Sociological Introduction Martyn Percy (ed), Calling Time: Religion and Change at the Turn of the Millennium Matthew Fox, Sins of the Spirit, Blessings of the Flesh: Lessons for Transforming Evil in Soul and Society Nicholas M. Healy, Church, World and the Christian Life: Practical‐Prophetic Ecclesiology T. J. Gorringe, Thinking Things Through. 8. Salvation     

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

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Books reviewed: Legitimating New Religions , James R. Lewis, Rutgers University Press 2003 (0‐8135‐3324‐4), pp. viii + 272, Pb $21.95 Dictionary of Buddhism , Damien Keown with contributions from Stephen Hodge, Charles Jones and Paola Tinti, Oxford University Press 2003 (0‐19‐860560‐9), pp. x + 357, Hb £20/$35 The Bible: The New Revised Standard Version Cross‐Reference Edition, with Apocrypha; Anglicized Text , Managing Editor Martin H. Manser, with John Barton (for the Old Testament) and Bruce Metzger (for the Apocrypha and New Testament), Oxford University Press 2003 (0‐19‐100016‐7), pp. xxii +1,520, Hb £35 When the Great Abyss Opened: Classic and Contemporary Readings of Noah's Flood , J. David Pleins, Oxford University Press 2003 (0‐19‐515608‐0), pp. xi + 242, Hb £20 Exploring the Old Testament, Volume 3: The Psalms and Wisdom Literature , Ernest Lucas, SPCK 2003 (0‐281‐05431‐2), pp. xvi + 207, Pb £16.99 Who Were the Early Israelites and Where Did They Come From? , William G. Dever, Eerdmans 2003 (0‐8028‐0975‐8), pp. xi + 268, Pb £17.95 Paul, Luke and the Graeco‐Roman World: Essays in Honour of Alexander J. M. Wedderburn , Alf Christophersen, Carsten Claussen, Jörg Frey and Bruce Longenecker (eds), Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement Series 217, Sheffield Academic Press 2002, A Continuum Imprint (1‐84127‐259‐0), pp. xvi + 290, Hb £65 God and History in the Book of Revelation: New Testament Studies in Dialogue with Pannenberg and Moltmann , Michael Gilbertson, Cambridge University Press 2003 (0‐521‐82466‐4), Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series 124, pp. xiii + 235 Hb £47.50/$65 From Dogma to History: How Our Understanding of the Early Church Developed , William H. C. Frend, SCM Press 2003 (0‐334‐02908‐2), pp. vii + 212, Pb £12.99 Richard Hooker and Reformed Theology: A Study of Reason, Will, and Grace , Nigel Voak, Oxford University Press 2003 (0‐19‐926039‐7), pp. xviii + 348, Hb £50/$85 Nice and Hot Disputes: The Doctrine of the Trinity in the Seventeenth Century , Philip Dixon, Continuum 2003 (0‐5670‐8816‐2), pp. xi– 236, Hb £40 Christian Mystics: Their Lives and Legacies Throughout the Ages , Ursula King, Routledge 2004 (0‐415‐32652‐4), pp. v + 270, Pb £13.99 The Blackwell Companion to Political Theology , Peter Scott and William T. Cavanaugh (eds), Blackwell 2004 (0‐631‐22342‐8), pp. x + 566, Hb £85 Progressive Christians Speak: A Different Voice on Faith and Politics , John Cobb Jr (ed.), Westminster John Knox Press 2004 (0‐664‐22589‐6), pp. xvi + 341, Pb £20 War and Peace: A Selection of Key Readings. Problems in Theology 3 , Jeff Astley, David Brown and Ann Loades (eds), T. & T. Clark 2003, A Continuum Imprint (0‐567‐08973‐8), pp. viii + 111, Pb £12.99 Invitation to the Sociology of Religion , Phil Zuckerman, Routledge 2003 (0‐415‐94126‐1), pp. ix + 156, Pb £15.99 Faith and Feminism: An Introduction to Christian Feminist Theology , Nicola Slee, Darton, Longman and Todd 2003 (0‐232‐52486‐6), Exploring Faith: Theology for Life, pp. xi + 131, Pb £8.95 Introducing Feminist Perspectives on Pastoral Theology , Zoë Bennett Moore, Introductions in Feminist Theology 11, Sheffield Academic Press 2002, A Continuum Imprint (0‐8264‐6261‐8), pp. 157, Pb £15.99/$11.90 Teaching Freud Diane Jonte‐Pace (ed.), Oxford University Press 2003 (0‐19‐5157680), AAR Teaching Religious Studies Series, pp. xi + 276, Pb £48 Blessed are the Cynical: How Original Sin Can Make America a Better Place , Mark Ellingsen, Brazos Press 2003 (1‐58743‐042‐8), pp. 208, Hb $23.99 Worship , Keith F. Pecklers, Continuum 2003 (0‐8264‐6856‐X), pp vi + 234, Pb, £14.99 Worship Seeking Understanding: Windows into Christian Practice , John D. Witvliet, Baker Academic 2003 (0‐8010‐2623‐7), pp. 319, Pb $26.99 Theology at the Eucharistic Table: Master Themes in the Theological Tradition , Jeremy Driscoll, Gracewing 2003 (0‐85244‐469‐9), pp. 251, Pb, £17.99 Confessing Jesus Christ: Preaching in a Postmodern World , David J. Lose, Eerdmans 2003 (0‐8028‐4983‐0), pp. viii + 264, Pb £19.99 Charis and Charisma: David Yonggi Cho and the Growth of Yoido Full Gospel Church , Sung‐Hoon Myung and Young‐Gi Hong (eds), Regnum 2003 (1‐870345‐45‐2), pp. xi + 217, Pb £19.99     

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Books reviewed in this article: Alan Race, Interfaith Encounter Paul D. Wegner, The Journey from Texts to Translations: The Origin and Development of the Bible Paul J. Achtemeier, Joel B. Green, Marianne Meye Thompson, Introducing the New Testament, its Literature and Theology Richard A. Horsley, Hearing the Whole Story: The Politics of Plot in Mark’s Gospel Anna Wierzbicka, What did Jesus Mean? Explaining the Sermon on the Mount and the Parables in Simple and Universal Human Concepts James E. Tull (edited and with a preface by Morris Ashcraft), High‐Church Baptists in the South: The Origin, Nature, and Influence of Landmarkism Thomas C. Kennedy, British Quakerism, 1860–1920: The Transformation of a Religious Community Philip A. Cunningham, A Story of Shalom: The Calling of Christians and Jews by a Covenanting God Kathryn Tanner, Jesus, Humanity and the Trinity: A Brief Systematic Theology Paul Matthews, The Revelation of Nature Michael Palmer, The Question of God: An Introduction and Sourcebook Michael Paul Gallagher, Dive Deeper: The Human Poetry of Faith John Wijngaards, The Ordination of Women in the Catholic Church: Unmasking a Cuckoo’s Egg Tradition Andrew Davey, Urban Christianity and Global Order: Theological Resources for an Urban Future Anthony G. Reddie, Faith, Stories and the Experience of Black Elders B. J. Gibbons, Spirituality and the Occult from the Renaissance to the Modern Age James E. Gilman, Fidelity of Heart: An Ethic of Christian Virtue     

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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)     

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Books reviewed in this article:
Robert A. Segal, Theorizing about Myth
Gavin Flood, Beyond Phenomenology: Rethinking the Study of Religion
Harold Coward (ed.), Experiencing Scripture in World Religions
John H. Hayes (ed.), Dictionary of Biblical Interpretation
Dale Patrick, The Rhetoric of Revelation in the Hebrew Bible
Deborah W. Rooke, Zadok's Heirs: The Role and Development of the High Priesthood in Ancient Israel
Anne Fitzpatrick-McKinley, The Transformation of Torah from Scribal Advice to Law
Alec Gilmore, A Dictionary of the English Bible and its Origins
Jerome D. Quinn and William C. Wacker, The First and Second Letters to Timothy: A New Translation with Notes and Commentary
John M. Court, The Book of Revelation and the Johannine Apocalyptic Tradition
J. A. K. Leslie, Students' Aid to Pre-Modern Middle Eastern Studies
Merry E. Weisner-Hanks, Christianity and Sexuality in the Early Modern World: Regulating Desire, Performing Practice
Catherine M. Soussloff (ed.), Jewish Identity in Modern Art History
Adrian Thatcher, Marriage after Modernity: Christian Marriage in Postmodern Times
J. Andrew Kirk and Kevin J. Vanhoozer (eds), To Stake a Claim: Mission and the Western Crisis of Knowledge
Margaret A. Farley and Serene Jones (eds), Liberating Eschatology: Essays in Honor of Letty M. Russell
Una Kroll, Forgive and Live
Bryan S. Turner (ed.), The Talcott Parsons Reader
John H. Berthrong, The Divine Deli: Religious Identity in the North American Cultural Mosaic     

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Books reviewed in this category: Patricia Beattie Jung, Mary E. Hunt, Radhika Balakrishnan (eds), Good Sex: Feminist Perspectives from the World's Religions Jonathan A. Romain, Your God Shall Be My God. Religious Conversion In Britain Today Raymond Brady Williams, An Introduction to Swaminarayan Hinduism Marcus Braybrooke, Christian‐Jewish Dialogue: The Next Steps Tudor Parfitt (ed), Israel and Ishmael: Studies in Muslim‐Jewish Relations Ilona N. Rashkow, Taboo or not Taboo: Sexuality and Family in the Hebrew Bible Roman Garrison, Why are You Silent, Lord? George J. Brooke (ed), The Birth of Jesus: Biblical and Theological Reflections Christopher Tuckett, Christology and the New Testament: Jesus and his Earliest Followers Arland J. Hultgren, The Parables of Jesus: A Commentary Ben Witherington III, The Gospel of Mark: A Socio‐Political Commentary Peter Oakes, Philippians: From People to Letter Steve Walton, Leadership and Lifestyle: The Portrait of Paul in the Miletus Speech and 1 Thessalonians Edwin Walhout, Revelation Down to Earth: Making Sense of the Apocalypse of John David Trobisch, The First Edition of the New Testament Erika Rummel, The Confessionalization of Humanism in Reformation Germany Nigel Yates, Anglican Ritualism in Victorian Britain 1830–1910 Colin Grant, Altruism and Christian Ethics Emmanuel Clapsis, Orthodoxy in Conversation: Orthodox Ecumenical Engagements Morwenna Ludlow, Universal Salvation: Eschatology in the Thought of Gregory of Nyssa and Karl Rahner Duncan B. Forrester, Truthful Action: Explorations In Practical Theology Mark Thiessen Nation and Stanley Wells (eds), Faithfulness and Fortitude: In Conversation with the Theological Ethics of Stanley Hauerwas Robert K. Johnston, Reel Spirituality: Theology and Film in Dialogue Mark Connelly (ed), Christmas at the Movies George Aichele (ed), Culture, Entertainment and the Bible Pat Collins, Prayer in Practice: A Biblical Approach     

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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     

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Books reviewed in this article:
N. Wyatt, Religious Texts from Ugarit: The Words of Ilimilku and his Colleagues
H. Stegemann, The Library of Qumran: On the Essenes, Qumran, John the Baptist, and Jesus
K. Niederwimmer, The Didache, Hermeneia – A Critical and Historical Commentary on the Bible
Graham Neville, Radical Churchman: Edward Lee Hicks and the New Liberalism
Marie M. Fortune, Love Does No Harm: Sexual Ethics for the Rest of Us
Stephen R. L. Clark, God, Religion and Reality
R. A. Segal, Jung on Mythology: Key Readings
D. E. Cooper & J. A. Palmer (eds), Spirit of the Environment: Religion, Value and Environmental Concern
Michael Uhlmann (ed.), Last Rights: Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia Debated
Philip A. Cunningham & Arthur F. Starr (eds), Sharing Shalom: A Process for Local Interfaith Dialogue between Christians and Jews     

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John Bowker (ed.), The Cambridge Illustrated History of Religions Charles Kurzman (ed.), Modernist Islam, 1840–1940: A Sourcebook Erhard S. Gerstenberger, translated by John Bowen, T & T Clark, Theologies in the Old Testament G. McConville, Exploring the Old Testament: The Prophets J. A. Cerrato, Hippolytus Between East and West: The Commentaries and the Provenance of the Corpus, Sacha Stern, Calendar and Community Mark A. Matson, John David Instone‐Brewer, Divorce and Remarriage in the Bible: The Social and Literary Context Hans‐Ruedi Weber, Walking on the Way: Biblical Signposts V. George Shillington, T & T Clark, Reading the Sacred Text: An Introduction to Biblical Studies Athalya Brenner and Jan Willem van Henten (eds), Bible Translation on the Threshold of the Twenty‐First Century: Authority, Reception, Culture and Religion David M. Gunn and Paula M. NcNutt (eds), ‘Imagining’ Biblical Worlds: Studies in Spatial, Social and Historical Constructs in Honor of James W. Flanagan Charles H. Cosgrove, Appealing to Scripture in Moral Debate: Five Hermeneutical Rules Alastair G. Hunter and Philip R. Davies (eds), Sense and Sensitivity: Essays on Reading the Bible in Memory of Robert Carroll Peter Richardson, City and Sanctuary: Religion and Architecture in the Roman Near East Andrew Louth, St. John Damascene: Tradition and Originality in Byzantine Theology Carter Lindberg (ed.), The Reformation Theologians: An Introduction to Theology in the Early Modern Period Karl Barth, translated and annotated by Darrell L. Guder and Judith J. Guder, The Theology of the Reformed Confessions J.H.S. Kent, Wesley and the Wesleyans: Religion in Eighteenth‐Century Britain Stewart Brown, The National Churches of England, Ireland and Scotland 1801–46 Alex Gross, Yankele. A Holocaust Survivor's Bittersweet Memoir Anne H. Pinn and Anthony B. Pinn, Fortress Introduction to Black Church History José Oscar Beozzo and Luiz Carlos Susin (eds), Brazil: People and Church(es) Concilium Gerrie ter Haar and James J. Busuttil (eds), The Freedom To Do God's Will: Religious Fundamentalism and Social Change Paul F. Bradshaw (ed.), The New SCM Dictionary of Liturgy and Worship Pierre‐Francois de Bethune OSB, By Faith and Hospitality: The Monastic Tradition as a Model for Interreligious Encounter Gregory Collins, The Glenstal Book of Icons: Praying with the Glenstal Icons Noel Dermot O’Donoghue OFM, The Angels Keep Their Ancient Places: Reflections On Celtic Spirituality Gordon Lynch, Pastoral Care and Counselling James L. Wakefield, Jürgen Moltmann: A Research Bibliography Joshua Hoffman and Gary S. Rosenkrantz, The Divine Attributes: Exploring the Philosophy of Religion Fernando Savater, The Questions Of Life: An Invitation to Philosophy Graham Harvey (ed.), Readings in Indigenous Religions Steven J. Sutcliffe, Children of the New Age: A History of Spiritual Practices J.R. Watson, An Annotated Anthology of Hymns