ONCE MORE . . .

Books reviewed:
A History of the Sikhs, Volume 1: 1469–1839 , Khushwant Singh, Oxford University Press 2005 (0-1956-7308-5), xiv + 434 pp., pb $24.95
A History of the Sikhs, Volume 2: 1839–2004 , Khushwant Singh, Oxford University Press 2005 (0-1956-7309-3), xiv + 575 pp., pb $24.95 Reviewed by Nirmal Singh Hindu University of America
Keepers of the Story: Oral Traditions in Religion , Megan McKenna, Seabury Books 2004 (1-59627-006-3), xi + 211 pp., pb $16 Reviewed by David Tonghou Ngong Baylor University
A Concise Encyclopedia of the Philosophy of Religion , Anthony C. Thiselton, Baker Academic 2005 (0-8010-3120-6), viii + 344 pp., pb $24.99 Reviewed by Owen Anderson Arizona State University West
The Modern Theologians: An Introduction to Christian Theology since 1918 , David F. Ford, Rachel Muers (eds), Blackwells 2005 (1-4051-0277-2), xxi + 819 pp., pb £19.99 Reviewed by Philip McCosker Peterhouse, Cambridge     

REVIEWS

Books reviewed: Theory and Practice in Old Testament Ethics , John Rogerson, T&T Clark International 2004 (0‐567‐08259‐8), xii + 153 pp., pb £25
Reviewed by Benjamin Bury
University of Birmingham Oasis of Wisdom: The Worlds of the Desert Fathers and Mothers , David G.R. Keller, Liturgical Press 2005 (0‐8146‐3034‐0), xxii + 181 pp., pb £9.24/$16.95
Reviewed by Tarmo Toom
The John Leland Center for Theological Studies The Sepulchre of Christ and the Medieval West: From the Beginning to 1600 , Colin Morris, Oxford University Press 2005 (0‐19‐826928‐5), xxii + 427 pp., hb £55/$99
Reviewed by Tarmo Toom
The John Leland Center for Theological Studies A Short Course in Christian Doctrine , George Pattison, SCM Press 2005 (0‐334‐02978‐3), 180 pp., pb $19
Reviewed by Owen Anderson
Arizona State University West The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass: A Search for an Acceptable Notion of Sacrifice , Michael McGuckian, SJ, Gracewing 2005 (0‐85244‐634‐9), x + 134 pp., pb £7.99
Reviewed by Brannon Hancock
University of Glasgow The Art of God: The Making of Christians and the Meaning of Worship , Christopher Irvine, SPCK 2005 (0‐281‐05623‐3), xix + 151 pp., pb £14.99
Reviewed by John Armson
Herefordshire One with God: Salvation as Deification and Justification , Veli‐Matti Kärkkäinen, Liturgical Press 2004 (0‐8146‐2971‐7), xi + 144 pp., pb $14.95
Reviewed by David M. Whitford
United Theological Seminary The Captivation of the Will: Luther vs. Erasmus on Freedom and Bondage , Gerhard O. Forde, Eerdmans Publishing Co. 2005 (0‐8028‐2906‐6), xviii + 118 pp., pb $20
Reviewed by Ben Dickerson
Veritas Preparatory Academy God, Truth, and Witness: Engaging Stanley Hauerwas , L. Gregory Jones, Reinhard Hütter, and C. Rosalee Velloso Ewell (eds), Brazos 2005 (1‐58743‐151‐3), 336 pp., hb $39.99
Reviewed by Jason A. Fout
Selwyn College, Cambridge The Science of God. An Introduction to Scientific Theology , Alister McGrath, T&T Clark 2004 (0‐56708‐353‐5), xiv + 271 pp., pb $16.50
Reviewed by Alessandro Giostra
Accademia Georgica Two Models of Jewish Philosophy: Justifying One's Practices , Daniel Rynhold, Oxford University Press 2005 (0‐19‐927486‐X), 262 pp., hb £50
Reviewed by Chris Barrigar
Anglican Diocese of Montreal The Bones Reassemble: Reconstituting Liturgical Speech , Catherine Madsen, The Davies Group 2005 (1888570849), 204 pp., pb $24
Reviewed by David R. Blumenthal
Emory University Islam and Liberty: The Historical Misunderstanding , Mohamed Charfi, Zed Books 2005 (1‐84277‐511‐1), 1 + 186 pp., pb $25
Reviewed by Jason Walsh
Phoenix, Arizona Sermons from Duke Chapel: Voices from ‘A Great Towering Church’ , William Willimon (ed), Duke University Press 2005 (0‐8223‐3483‐6), ix + 367 pp., hb $34.95
Reviewed by David Lohr
Hickory, NC The Priesthood of the Faithful: Key to a Living Church , Paul J. Philibert, Liturgical Press 2005 (10: 0‐8146‐3023‐5/13: 978‐0‐8146‐3023‐5), 173 pp., pb $15.95
Reviewed by John Armson
Herefordshire, UK The Evangelical Conversion Narrative: Spiritual Autobiography in Early Modern England , D. Bruce Hindmarsh, Oxford University Press 2005 (0‐19‐924575‐4), x + 384 pp., hb £60/$110
Reviewed by Jonathan R. Baer
Wabash College Aiming to Kill: The Ethics of Suicide and Euthanasia , Nigel Biggar, The Pilgrim Press 2004 (0‐8298‐1503‐1), xvi + 220 pp., pb $20
Reviewed by Stephen E. Lammers
Lafayette College When Deborah Met Jael: Lesbian Biblical Hermeneutics , Deryn Guest, SCM Press 2005 (0‐334‐02958‐9), viii + 306 pp., pb £19.99
Reviewed by Sean D. Burke
Graduate Theological Union Sexuality and the Jesus Tradition , William Loader, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company 2005 (0‐8028‐2862‐0), vii + 288 pp., pb $30
Reviewed by Julie J. Kilmer
Olivet College, Michigan The Myth of Religious Superiority: A Multifaith Exploration , Paul Knitter (ed), Orbis Books 2005 (1‐57075‐627‐9), xi + 242 pp., pb $30
Reviewed by Christy Lohr
Hartford Seminary Writing on the Tablet of the Heart: Origins of Scripture and Literature , David M. Carr, Oxford University Press 2005 (0 19 5172973), xiv + 330 pp., hb £39.50
Reviewed by Gaye W. Ortiz
Augusta State University Sacred and Secular Scriptures: A Catholic Approach to Literature , Nicholas Boyle, DLT 2004 (0‐232‐52575‐7), xi + 299 pp., pb £14.95.
Reviewed by Walter Moberly
Durham University The Metaphysics of Dante's Comedy , Christian Moevs, Oxford University Press 2005 (0‐19‐517461‐5), viii + 308 pp., hb £29.99
Reviewed by Sandra Ellis‐Killian
The Alethia Foundation Deeper Joy: Lay Women and Vocation in the 20th Century Episcopal Church , Fredrica Harris Thompsett and Sheryl Kujawa‐Holbrook (eds.), Church Publishing 2005 (0‐89869‐479‐5), ix + 292 pp., pb $28
Reviewed by Barbara Brown Zikmund
Catholic University of America Postcolonial Imagination & Feminist Theology , Pui‐lan Kwok, SCM 2005 (0‐664‐22883‐6), 252 pp., pb $16.50
Reviewed by Marcella Althaus‐Reid
University of Edinburgh Religion, Education and Adolescence: International Empirical Perspectives , Leslie J. Francis, Mandy Robbins and Jeff Astley (eds), University of Wales Press 2005 (0‐7083‐1957‐2), xii + 272 pp., hb £45
Reviewed by Simon Oxley
World Council of Churches     

War and the Christian Conscience: Where Do You Stand? – Joseph J. Fahey

Book reviewed: War and the Christian Conscience: Where Do You Stand? , Joseph J. Fahey, Orbis Press 2005 (1‐57075‐583‐3), xviii + 205 pp., pb $15.00     

Reviews

Books reviewed:
William T. Cavanaugh, Theopolitical Imagination . Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 2002, 126pp. £12.99 pb., £35.00 hb. Reviewed by Ryan Patrick Murphy King's College, London
Sarah Coakley, ed., Rethinking Gregory of Nyssa . Oxford and Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2003, 137pp. £17.99 Reviewed by Ivor J. Davidson University of Otago
Paul M. Collins, Trinitarian Theology, West and East: Karl Barth, the Cappadocian Fathers, and John Zizioulas . Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001, xiv + 251pp. £40.00 Reviewed by Demetrios Bathrellos London
Adam Hood, Baillie, Oman and Macmurray: Experience and Religious Belief . Aldershot: Ashgate, 2003, 226pp. £47.50 hb. Reviewed by John Flett Princeton Theological Seminary
Donald K. McKim, ed., The Cambridge Companion to Martin Luther . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003, £16.99 pb. Reviewed by Graham Tomlin Wycliffe Hall, Oxford
Oliver O'Donovan and Joan Lockwood O'Donovan, Bonds of Imperfection: Christian Politics Past and Present . Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2004, 330 pp., $35.00 / £24.99 Reviewed by Dustin Resch Briercrest College and Seminary Caronport, Saskatchewan, Canada
Peter Scott, A Political Theology of Nature . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003, 275pp. £47.50 hb., £17.95 pb. Reviewed by Ryan Patrick Murphy King's College, London
Jeffrey Stout, Democracy and Tradition . Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2004, 368pp. £22.95 Reviewed by Rod Taylor Oxford
Stephan van Erp, The Art of Theology: Hans Urs von Balthasar's Theological Aesthetics and the Foundations of Faith . Leuven: Peeters, 2004, 297pp., $40 Reviewed by Brian Horne London
Nigel Voak, Richard Hooker and Reformed Theology: A Study of Reason, Will, and Grace , Oxford Theological Monographs. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003, xviii + 348pp. £53.00 Reviewed by Rowan A. Greer New Haven, Connecticut     

The Gospel of Faith and Justice – Antonio González

Book reviewed:
The Gospel of Faith and Justice , Antonio González, Orbis Books 2005 (1-57075-611-2), xii + 179 pp., pb $24.00     

What’s Faith Got to Do with It? Black Bodies/Christian Souls – Kelly Brown Douglas

Book reviewed: What’s Faith Got to Do with It? Black Bodies/Christian Souls , Kelly Brown Douglas, Orbis 2005 (13‐978‐1‐57075‐609‐2), xix + 252 pp., pb $18.00     

ONCE MORE . . .

Books reviewed:
The Major World Religions : An Introduction with Texts , T. Patrick Burke, Second Edition, Blackwell 2004 (1-4051-1049-X), pp. xix + 380, Pb £17.99/$34.95 Reviewed by Isabel Wollaston University of Birmingham
The Biblical World , two volumes, John Barton (ed.), Routledge 2004 (0-415-34954-0), Hb £45 Reviewed by Deryn Guest University of Birmingham
Matthew : A Commentary, Volume 1 : The Christbook (Matthew 1–12) , Frederick Dale Bruner, Revised and Expanded Edition, Eerdmans 2004 (0-8028-1118-3), pp. xlviii + 604, Hb £34.95/$45 Matthew : A Commentary, Volume 2 : The Churchbook (Matthew 13–18) , Frederick Dale Bruner, Revised and Expanded Edition, Eerdmans 2004 (0-8028-2670-9), pp. xxxii + 854, Hb £34.95/$45 Reviewed by Philip Seddon University of Birmingham
Religion in the Medieval World , Bernard Hamilton, Second Edition, Arnold Publishers 2003 (0-340-80839-X), pp. ix + 196, Pb £14.99 Reviewed by Stephen Morris New York
A History of the Popes 1830–1914 , Owen Chadwick, Oxford History of the Christian Church, Oxford University Press 2003 (0-19-926286-1), pp. x + 614, Pb £25 Reviewed by Isabel Wollaston University of Birmingham
Religion and American Culture : A Reader , David G. Hackett (ed.), Second Edition, Routledge 2003 (0-415-94273-X), pp. xvi + 550, Pb £22.95 Reviewed by Jeffrey Marlett The College of Saint Rose, New York
Cut Loose Your Stammering Tongue : Black Theology in the Slave Narrative , Dwight N. Hopkins and George C.L. Cummings (eds), Second Edition, Westminster John Knox Press 2003 (0-664-22521-7), pp. xvi + 205, Pb $24.95 Reviewed by Isabel Wollaston University of Birmingham     

Two Worlds Are Ours: An Introduction to Christian Mysticism – John Macquarrie

Book reviewed:
Two Worlds Are Ours: An Introduction to Christian Mysticism , John Macquarrie, SCM Press 2004 (0-334-02965-1), viii + 287 pp., pb £19.99     

A–Z of Thomas Aquinas – Joseph P. Wawrykow

Book reviewed:
A–Z of Thomas Aquinas , Joseph P. Wawrykow, SCM Press 2005 (0-334-04012-4), xviii + 190 pp., pb £22.99     

A Theology of Christian Spirituality – Samuel M. Powell

Book reviewed:
A Theology of Christian Spirituality , Samuel M. Powell, Abingdon Press 2005 (0-687-49333-1), vii + 227 pp., pb $26.00/£19.99     

ONCE MORE . . .

Books reviewed:
Till the Heart Sings: A Biblical Theology of Manhood and Womanhood , Samuel Terrien, Eerdmans & Dove 2004 (0-8028-2237-1), pp. xxiv + 260, Pb £16.99 Reviewed by Walter Moberly University of Durham
Sex and Love in the Home: A Theology of the Household , David Matzko McCarthy, Second Edition, SCM Press 2004 (0-334-02946-5), pp. xiv + 297, Pb £18.99 Reviewed by Gavin D'Costa University of Bristol
The Divine Milieu , Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, translated by Siôn Cowell, Sussex Academic Press 2004 (1-902210-29-8), pp. xxxi + 12, Hb £29.95 Reviewed by Rev Dr Adrian Burdon Chester-le-Street, Co Durham     

The Suspended Middle: Henri de Lubac and the Debate concerning the Supernatural – John Milbank

Book reviewed:
The Suspended Middle: Henri de Lubac and the Debate concerning the Supernatural , John Milbank, SCM/Eerdmans 2005 (0-334-04045-0), x + 117 pp., pb £16.99/$20.00     

BOOK REVIEWS

Books reviewed:
Media and the Path to Peace . By Gadi Wolfsfeld. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2004. 271 pp. Reviewed by Philip Seib Marquette University
The Man Who Shocked the World: The Life and Legacy of Stanley Milgram . By Thomas Blass. New York, NY: Basic Books. 2004. 360 pp. Reviewed by Kenneth S. Bordens Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne
Political Psychology: Key Readings . Edited by John Jost and Jim Sidanius. New York: Psychology Press. 2004. pp. 497. Reviewed by Leonie Huddy Stony Brook University     

SHORT NOTICES

Book reviewed: Introduction to the Hebrew Bible with CD‐ROM , John J. Collins, Fortress Press, 2004, (0‐8006‐2991‐4), pp. ix + 6 13, Pb $49.00
Reviewed by Deryn Guest
University of Birmingham A History of Modern Palestine: One Land, Two Peoples , Ilan Pappe, Cambridge University Press 2004 (0‐521‐55632‐5), pp. xxi + 333, Pb £15.99
Reviewed by Vaughan S Roberts
Warwick Job's God , Ellen van Wolde (ed.), Concilium 2004/4, SCM Press 2004 (0‐334‐03080‐3), pp. 141, Pb £9.95
Reviewed by Mark W. Hamilton
Graduate School of Theology, Abilene Christian University Die Rezeption des Propheten Ezechiel in der Offenbarung des Johannes , B. Kowalski, Stuttgarter Biblische Beiträge 32, Verlag Katholisches Bibelwerk 2004 (3‐460‐00521‐1), pp. 529, c40.90
Reviewed by Steve Moyise
University College Chichester Christian Identity in the Jewish and Graeco‐Roman World , Judith M. Lieu, Oxford University Press 2004 (0‐19‐926289‐6), pp. x + 370, Hb £55
Reviewed by Anthony Bash
University of Durham Exploring New Testament Greek , Peter Kevern and Paula Gooder, SCM‐Canterbury Press, LTD 2004, London, 0‐334‐029422, pp. 236, £10.99
Reviewed by Doreen McFarlane
Hartford Seminary Communio Sanctorum: The Church as the Communion of Saints. Bilateral Working Group of the German National Bishops’ Conference and the Church Leadership of the United Evangelical Lutheran Church of Germany. Translated by Mark W. Jeske, Michael Root, and Daniel R. Smith. Edited by Michael Root. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2004. 0‐8146‐2566‐5 (pb.) xviii + 91. $14.95.
Reviewed by David M. Whitford
Claflin University Unwelcome Good News: Providence in Human Life , Andrew P. Porter, Wipf & Stock Publishers 2004 (ISBN 1‐59244‐938‐7), pp. viii + 149, pb $19.00
Reviewed by Sarah K. Pinnock
Trinity University, Town Illuminating Luke: The Infancy Narrative in Italian Renaissance Painting , Heidi J. Hornik and Mikael C. Parsons, Trinity Press International 2004, A Continuum Imprint (1‐56338‐405‐1), pp. ix + 164, Pb £14.99
Reviewed by John Armson
Herefordshire Theology of Physics , Dr. George Richter, Richter – et al. 2004, (0‐9746720‐0‐9), pp. 184.
Reviewed by Alessandro Giostra
Accademia Georgica, Treia, Italy     

The SCM Press A–Z of Evangelical Theology – Roger E. Olson

Book reviewed:
The SCM Press A–Z of Evangelical Theology , Roger E. Olson, SCM Press 2005 (0-334-04011-6), 328 pp., pb £22.99     

Christology in Dialogue with Muslims: A Critical Analysis of Christian Presentations of Christ for Muslims from the Ninth and Twentieth Centuries – Mark Beaumont

Book reviewed:
Christology in Dialogue with Muslims: A Critical Analysis of Christian Presentations of Christ for Muslims from the Ninth and Twentieth Centuries , Mark Beaumont, Regnum Books International 2005 (1-870345-46-0), xxiv + 227 pp., pb £19.99     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed: Biblical and Near Eastern Essays – Studies in Honour of Kevin J. Cathcart , Carmel McCarthy and John F. Healey (eds.), JSOTS Series 375, T & T Clark 2004, A Continuum Imprint (0‐8264‐6690‐7), pp. xix + 376, Hb £75
Reviewed by Benjamin Bury
University of Birmingham Jesus Ascended: The Meaning of Christ's Continuing Incarnation , Gerrit Scott Dawson, T&T Clark, 2004 (0‐567‐08221‐0), pp. xiii + 255, Pb £16.99
Reviewed by Philip McCosker
Peterhouse, Cambridge Christianity at Corinth: The Quest for the Pauline Church , Edward Adams and David G. Horrell (eds), Westminster John Knox Press 2004 (0‐664‐22478‐4), pp. xvi + 332, Pb $39.95
Reviewed by Anthony Bash
University of Durham The Works of Mercy: The Heart of Catholicism , James F. Keenan, SJ, Rowman & Littlefield, 2005 (ISBN 0‐7425‐3220‐8), pp. 118, pb $55.00
Reviewed by Bernadette McNary‐Zak
Rhodes College The Hermeneutics of Charity: Interpretation, Selfhood, and Post‐modern Faith In Honor of James H. Olthuis , James K.A. Smith and Henry Isaac Venema, editors, Brazos Press, Grand Rapids, 2004, 272 pp. $34.99
Reviewed by Christopher Daniel‐Smith
Loyola Marymount University Pentecostal and Charismatic Studies: A Reader , Edited by William K. Kay and Anne Dyer, SCM Press 2004 (ISBN 0‐334‐02940‐6), pp. xxxiii + 332, Pb £25.00
Reviewed by Robert Cornwall
Santa Barbara, CA Poetics of Critique: The Interdisciplinarity of Textuality , Andrew W. Hass, Ashgate 2003 (0‐7546‐0868‐9), pp. xii + 184, Hb £47.50/$94.95
Reviewed by Brannon Hancock
University of Glasgow Modern Judaism. An Oxford Guide , Edited by Nicholas de Lange and Miri Freud‐Kandel, Oxford University Press 2005 (ISBN 0‐19‐926287‐X), pp. ix + 459, Pb £22.95
Reviewed by Silviu Bunta
Marquette University An Introduction to Christianity , Linda Woodhead, Cambridge University Press 2004 (Hb 0‐521‐45445‐X, Pb 0‐521‐78655‐X,), pp. viii + 439, Hb £45, Pb £16.99
Reviewed by Michael A. Chester
The North East Oecumenical Course Ancient Rhetoric and Paul's Apology: The Compositional Unity of 2 Corinthians , Frederick J. Long, Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series 131, Cambridge University Press 2004 (0‐521‐84233‐6), pp. xix + 291, Hb £50/$80
Reviewed by Anthony Bash
University of Durham The Mystery of Mary , Paul Haffner, Gracewing/Hillenbrand Books 2004 (UK 0‐85244‐650‐0; US 1‐59525‐008‐5), pp. xiv + 285, Pb £14.99
Reviewed by Peter Atkins
Auckland, New Zealand Teresa of Avila: An Extraordinary Life , Shirley du Boulay, DLT 2004 (0‐232‐52589‐7), pp. xi + 292, Pb £10.95
Reviewed by John Armson
Herefordshire A Monastic Renaissance at St. Albans : Thomas Walsingham and his Circle c. 1350–1440 , James A. Clark, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2004, ISBN 0‐19‐927595‐5, pp. xi + 316, Hb £55.00
Reviewed by David Lohr
Hickory, North Carolina The Cambridge Companion to John Calvin , Donald McKim (ed), Cambridge University Press 2004 (0‐521‐01672‐X), pp. xvii + 352, Pb £17.99/$24.99
Reviewed by Jason A. Fout
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, St. Joseph, Michigan In Search of the Catholic Spirit: Methodists and Roman Catholics in dialogue , David M. Chapman, Epworth Press 2004 (0‐7162‐0588‐2), pp. xviii + 312, Pb £19.99
Reviewed by Rev Dr Adrian Burdon
Chester le Street, County Durham King, Priest and Prophet: A Trinitarian Theology of Atonement , Robert Sherman, Theology for the Twenty‐first Century, T & T Clark 2004, A Continuum Imprint (0‐567‐02560‐8) xi + 291, Pb £22
Reviewed by John Armson
Herefordshire The Next Reformation: Why Evangelicals Must Embrace Postmodernity , Carl Raschke, Baker Academic 2004 (0‐8010‐2751‐9), pp. 215, Pb $18.99
Reviewed by Borden Painter
Trinity College (Connecticut) A.J. Tomlinson: Plainfolk Modernist , Religion in America Series, R.G. Robins, New York, Oxford University P 2004 (0‐19‐516591‐8), pp. x + 316, Hb £27.50/$45.00
Reviewed by D.E. ‘Gene’ Mills Jr.
Florida State University Emerging Evangelism , John Finney, Darton, Longman and Todd, 2004 (0‐232‐52496‐3), pp. 178, Pb £10.95
Reviewed by Ken Alan Jung
Los Angeles, California Tractarians and the ‘Condition of England’: The Social and Political Thought of the Oxford Movement , S.A. Skinner, Oxford, Oxford University Press 2004 (0‐19‐927323‐5), pp. x + 330, Hb £55
Reviewed by Denis Paz
University of North Texas A Different World Is Possible , Luiz Carlos Susin, Jon Sobrino, and Felix Wilfred, eds., London: SCM Press, 2004 (0‐334‐03081‐1), pp. 140, Pb £10.50
Reviewed by Ken Alan Jung
Los Angeles, California The Hare Krishna Movement: The Postcharismatic Fate of a Religious Transplant , Edwin Bryant and Maria Ekstrand (eds), Columbia UP 2004 (0 231 12256 X), pp. 448, Pb. $49.50
Reviewed by Gerald Vinten
International Professional Managers Association Rethinking Religion: A Concise Introduction , Will Deming, Oxford University Press, 2005, (ISBN 0‐19‐516981‐6), pp. xi + 157, Pb £12.99
Reviewed by Jane Compson
University of Central Florida Church, State and Civil Society , David Fergusson, Cambridge University Press, 2004 (Hb 0‐521‐82239‐4, Pb 0‐521‐52959‐X), pp. vii + 213, Hb £40/$70, Pb £16.99/ $24.99
Reviewed by David Grumett
Exeter The Spiritual Revolution: Why Religion is Giving Way to Spirituality , Paul Heelas and Linda Woodhead, Blackwell 2005 (Hb 1‐4051‐1958‐6, Pb 1‐4051‐12959‐4), pp. xii + 204, Hb £50, Pb £15.99
Reviewed by John Armson
Herefordshire The Transformative Imagination: Rethinking Intercultural Theology , George Newlands, Ashgate 2004 (0‐7546‐3827‐8), pp. ix + 195, Hb £45
Reviewed by David Grumett
Exeter Missions, Nationalism, and the End of Empire , Brian Stanley (ed), Studies in the History of Christian Missions, Eerdmans 2004 (0‐8028‐2116‐2), pp. 313, Hb £32.99/$45
Reviewed by Gerald Vinten
Paris Graduate Management School Food for the Soul , Elizabeth Maxwell and Susan Shapiro (eds.), Seabury Books 2004 (ISBN 1‐59627‐001‐2), pp. xxv + 242, Pb $18.00
Reviewed by Gaye W. Ortiz
Augusta State University Gay Unions In the Light of Scripture, Tradition, and Reason , Gray Temple, Church Publishing 2004 (ISBN 0‐89869‐457‐4), pp. 174, Pb $20.00
Reviewed by Randall Woodard
Silver Spring, MD A Brief History of Death , Douglas J. Davies, Blackwell 2005 (Pb 1‐4051‐0183‐0, Hb 1‐4051‐0182‐2), pp. xi + 184, Pb £12.99, Hb £40
Reviewed by Adam Hood
The Queen's Foundation, Birmingham A Fitting End: Making the Most of a Funeral , Hugh James, Canterbury Press Norwich 2004 (ISBN 1‐85311‐602‐5), pp. xi + 179, Pb £12.99
Reviewed by MaryEllen O’Brien
Loyola University Chicago My Life and My Death: A Priest Confronts His Cancer , Jeffrey T. Simmons, New York: Church Publishing 2004 (ISBN 0‐89869‐445‐0), pp. 17 + 140, pb $14.00
Reviewed by MaryEllen O’Brien
Loyola University Chicago In Praise of Wisdom: Literary and Theological Reflections on Faith and Reason , Kim Paffenroth, Continuum 2004 (0‐8264‐1603‐9), pp. xvi + 160, Hb £22
Reviewed by Peter Atkins
Auckland. New Zealand Walter Benjamin, Religion, and Aesthetics , S. Brent Plate, Routledge 2005 (0‐415‐96992‐1), pp. xv + 171, Pb £14.99
Reviewed by Gaye Ortiz
Augusta State University Science and Theology since Copernicus: The Search for Understanding , Peter Barrett, T & T Clark 2004, A Continuum Imprint (0‐567‐08970‐3), pp. 208, Pb £12.99
Reviewed by Alessandro Giostra
Accademia Georgica, Treia, Italy William James and a Science of Religions: Reexperiencing The Varieties of Religious Experience , Wayne Proudfoot (ed.), Columbia University Press 2004 (0‐231‐13204‐2), pp. vii + 138, Hb £22.50/$34.50
The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature , William James, Centenary Edition, Routledge 2004 (0‐415‐27809‐0), pp. lxiii + 415, Hb £16.99/$18.95
Reviewed by Owen Anderson
Arizona State University Discovering Girard , Michael Kirwan, Darton, Longman, and Todd 2004 (0‐232‐52526‐9), pp. 137, Pb £10.95
Reviewed by Craig Hovey
University of Cambridge     

Postmodernity's Transcending: Devaluing God – Laurence Paul Hemming

Book reviewed:
Postmodernity's Transcending: Devaluing God , Laurence Paul Hemming, SCM Press 2005 (0-334-02992-9), 269 pp., pb £30.00     

ONCE MORE . . .

Books reviewed:
Biblical Interpretation: The Meanings of Scripture – Past and Present , John M. Court (ed.), T & T Clark 2004, A Continuum Imprint (ISBN 0-8264-6658-3), pp. xii + 334, Pb £35 Reviewed by Isabel Wollaston University of Birmingham
The Psalms in Israel's Worship , Sigmund Mowinckel, The Biblical Resource Series, translated by D.R. Ap-Thomas, with a new Foreword by James L. Crenshaw, Eerdmans 2004 (0-8028-2816-7), pp. xliv + 303, Hb £19.99/$40 Reviewed by Philip Seddon University of Birmingham
Paul on Marriage and Celibacy: The Hellenistic Background of 1 Corinthians 7 , Will Deeming, Second Edition, Eerdmans 2004 (0-8028-3989-4), pp. xxii + 271, Pb £19.99 Reviewed by Anthony Bash University of Durham     

SHORT NOTICES

Books reviewed: Theory For Religious Studies , William E. Deal and Timothy K. Beal, Routledge 2004 (0‐415‐96639‐6), pp. xv + 168, Pb £10.99
Reviewed by Rick Arrandale
Director, Isle of Avalon Foundation, Glastonbury René Girard: Violence and Mimesis , Chris Fleming, Key Contemporary Thinkers, Polity Press 2004 (0‐7456‐2948‐2), pp. xii + 211, Pb £15.99/$24.95
Reviewed by Sandra Ellis‐Killian
The Alethia Foundation The Word Made Flesh: A History of Christian Thought , Margaret R. Miles, Blackwell 2005 (Hb 1‐4051‐0845‐2, Pb 1‐4051‐0846‐0), pp. xxiv + 435, Hb £60/Pb £24.99
Reviewed by Ryan A. Neal
University of Edinburgh Manichaean Texts from the Roman Empire , Iain Gardner and Samuel N.C. Lieu (eds), Cambridge University Press 2004 (Hb 0‐5215‐6090‐X, Pb 0‐5215‐6822‐6), pp. xviii + 312, Hb £50/Pb £19.95
Reviewed by Augustine Casiday
University of Durham From Penitence to Charity: Pious Women and the Catholic Reformation in Paris , Barbara B. Diefendorf, Oxford University Press 2004 (0‐19‐509582‐0), pp. ix + 340, Hb £36.50
Reviewed by Stephen Morris
New York Calvin's Christology , Stephen Edmondson, Cambridge University Press 2004 (0‐521‐54154‐9), pp. xiv + 248, Hb $70/Pb $25.99
Reviewed by R. Ward Holder
Saint Anselm College, Manchester, NH Honest to God: 40 Years On , Colin Slee (ed.), SCM Press 2004 (0‐334‐02939‐2), pp. xiv + 160, Pb £16.99
Reviewed by John Armson
Herefordshire The First and the Last: The Claim of Jesus Christ and the Claims of Other Religious Traditions , George Sumner, Eerdmans 2004 (0‐8028‐2498‐6), pp. vi + 219, Hb £17.95/$26
Reviewed by Revd Barry Linney
Cherry Hinton St. Andrew, Cambridge Bound to Be Free: Evangelical Catholic Engagements in Ecclesiology, Ethics, and Ecumenism Reinhard Hütter, Eerdmans 2004 (0‐8028‐2750‐0), pp. x + 313, Pb £18.99/$28
Reviewed by Daniel M. Bell, Jr.
Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary, Columbia, SC Gathering: A Theology and Spirituality of Worship in Free Church Tradition , Christopher J. Ellis, SCM Press 2004 (0‐334‐02967‐8), pp. viii + 327, Pb £19.99
Reviewed by Adrian Burdon
Chester‐le‐Street, County Durham Mission Implausible: Restoring Credibility to the Church , Duncan McLaren, Paternoster Press 2004 (1‐8422‐7295‐0), pp. 214, Hb £15.99
Reviewed by Gordon Lynch
University of Birmingham Religion Online: Finding Faith on the Internet , Lorne L. Dawson and Douglas E. Cowan (eds), Routledge 2004 (0‐415‐97022‐9), pp. vii + 279, Pb £16.99
Reviewed by Rick Arrandale
Director, Isle of Avalon Foundation, Glastonbury The Way it Was: The Narrative of the Birth of Jesus , Matthew Byrne, Columba Press 2004 (1‐85607‐463‐3), pp. 178, Pb £7.99/€11.99
Reviewed by John Armson
Herefordshire Christian Attitudes to Marriage: From Ancient Times to the Third Millennium , Peter Coleman, SCM Press 2004 (0‐334‐02956‐2), pp. xii + 234, Pb £18.99
Reviewed by Randall Jay Woodard
Silver Spring, Maryland Sacred Longings: Ecofeminist Theology and Globalization , Mary C. Grey, SCM Press 2003 (0‐334‐02928‐7), pp. xii + 260, Pb £14.99
Reviewed by Michael Northcott
University of Edinburgh Having: Property and Possession in Religious and Social Life , William Schweiker and Charles T. Mathewes (eds), Eerdmans 2004 (0‐8028‐24846), pp. ix + 242, Pb £25.99/ $36
Reviewed by Richard Nagle
Heythrop College, London A Time of Waiting: Images and Insights , Anne Thurston, Columba 2004 (1‐85607‐471‐4), pp. 93, Pb £6.99/€ 9.99 The Rosary in Space and Time , Ruth Rees, Gracewing 2004 (0‐85244‐610‐1), pp. xiv + 140, Pb £7.99
Reviewed by John Armson
Herefordshire