Evil Revisited

Books reviewed in this article:
Stephen T. Davis (ed.), Encountering Evil: Live Options in Theodicy
William L. Rowe (ed.), God and the Problem of Evil
Amélie Oksenberg Rorty (ed.), The Many Faces of Evil: Historical Perspectives     

ONCE MORE . . .

Books reviewed:
Samuel Eliot Bassett, The Poetry of Homer
Everett Ferguson, Backgrounds of Early Christianity
Maxwell E. Johnson (ed.), Documents of the Baptismal Liturgy
Roger S. Gottlieb (ed.), This Sacred Earth: Religion, Nature, Environment     

Neurolinguistics and neuroimaging: forward to the future,or is it back?

Books reviewed in this article:
Michael Gazzaniga (ed.), Cognitive Neuroscience: A Reader
Alec Marantz, Yasushi Miyashita, and Wayne O'Neil (ed.), Image, Language, Brain: Papers From the First Mind Articulation Project Symposium
Colin Brown and Peter Hagoort, The Neurocognition of Language     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed:
Michael Loughlin, Ethics, Management and Mythology
Al Cooper (ed.), Sex and the Internet: a Guidebook for Clinicians
J. Mark Halstead & Michael J. Reiss, Values in Sex Education: From Principles to Practice
John Portman, Sex and Heaven: Catholics in Bed and Prayer
Alan Soble (ed.), The Philosophy of Sex: Contemporary Readings
Tim Lebon, Wise Therapy: Philosophy for Counsellors
Lou Marinoff, Philosophical Practice
Michael Davis, Profession, Code and Ethics
Michael Davis & Andrew Stark (Eds.), Conflict of Interest in the Professions     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed:
Rae Langton, Kantian Humility: Our Ignorance of Things in Themselves
Julia Annas, Platonic Ethics, Old and New
Cynthia A. Freeland (ed.), Feminist Interpretations of Aristotle
Christopher Williams, A Cultivated Reason: an Essay on Hume and Humeanism
John I. Jenkins, Knowledge and Faith in Thomas Aquinas
John Finnis, Aquinas: Moral, Political, and Legal Theory
Stewart Shapiro, Philosophy of Mathematics: Structure and Ontology
John Burgess and Gideon Rosen, A Subject with No Object: Strategies for Nominalistic Interpretation of Mathematics
Peter Smith, Explaining Chaos
Sahotra Sarkar, Genetics and Reductionism
Antony Duff (ed.), Philosophy and the Criminal Law: Principle and Critique
Susan Haack, Manifesto of a Passionate Moderate: Unfashionable Essays
Jean-Pierre Dupuy (ed.), Self-Deception and Paradoxes of Rationality
Peter French and Howard Wettstein (eds), Philosophy of the Emotions     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this article:
Allen Richard and Malcolm Turvey (eds.), Wittgenstein, Theory and the Arts
Brady Emily and Jerrold Levinson (eds.), Aesthetic Concepts: Essays after Sibley
Rob Van Gerwen (ed.), Richard Wollheim on the Art of Painting: Art as Expression and Representation
Keith Moxey, The Practice of Persuasion: Paradox & Power in Art History
James J. Sheehan, Museums in the German Art World from the End of the Old Regime to the Rise of Modernism
Theodore Gracyk, I Wanna Be Me: Rock Music and the Politics of Identity
Renée Cox Lorraine, Music, Tendencies, and Inhibitions: Reflections on a Theory of Leonard Meyer
Naomi Cumming, The Sonic Self: Musical Subjectivity and Signification
Krystyna Wilkoszewska (ed.), Aesthetics of the Four Elements: Earth, Water, Fire, Air     

Once More ≡

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     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed:
Charles C. Ragin, Fuzzy-Set Social Science
Ofer Feldman and Christ'l De Landtsheer (eds.), Politically Speaking: A Worldwide Examination of Language Used in the Public Sphere
Jim Sidanius and Felicia Pratto, Social Dominance: An Intergroup Theory of Social Hierarchy and Oppression
Nancy C. Unger, Fighting Bob LaFollette     

Short Notices

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     

Short Notices

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     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this article:
Benjamin Morison, On Location: Aristotle's Concept of Place
James G. Lennox (ed.), Aristotle: On the Parts of Animals
Bryan W. van Norden (ed.), Confucius and the Analects: New Essays
Katherine Hawley, How Things Persist
John Perry, Knowledge, Possibility and Consciousness
Michael Tye, Consciousness, Color and Content
Peter Goldie, The Emotions: a Philosophical Exploration
Christopher Cordner, Ethical Encounter: the Depth of Moral Meaning
Mary Warnock, Making Babies: Is There a Right to Have Children?
David Braybrooke, Natural Law Modernized
Gordon Graham Universities: the Recovery of an Idea     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed:
E. Jones and E. Asen, Systemic Couple Therapy and Depression
Alan Carr, Family Therapy. Concepts, Process and Practice
Torben Marner, Letters to Children in Family Therapy: A Narrative Approach
David Campbell, The Socially Constructed Organization
Gitte Haslebo and Kit Nielsen, Systems and Meaning – Consulting in Organizations
Christopher Clulow (ed.), Adult Attachment and Couple Psychotherapy, The 'Secure Base' in Practice and Research
C. Everett Bailey (ed.), Children in Therapy – Using the Family as a Resource     

Reviews

Books reviewed:
Stephen R. Holmes, God of Grace and God of Glory: An Account of the Theology of Jonathan Edwards.
Colin E. Gunton, Theology Through Preaching.
Gerhard Sauter and John Barton, (eds.), Revelation and Story.
John C. McDowell, Hope in Barth's Eschatology: Interrogations and Transformations Beyond Tragedy.
Christopher M. Tuckett, Christology and the New Testament: Jesus and His Earliest Followers.
John Polkinghorne, (ed.), The Work of Love: Creation as Kenosis.
Gabriel Fackre, The Doctrine of Revelation: A Narrative Interpretation.
John Webster, (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Karl Barth.
Stephen C. Barton, Life Together: Family, Sexuality and Community in the New Testament and Today.
Victoria La'Porte, An Introduction to Theology.
John Webster, Barth.     

Reviews

Books reviewed in this article: Carsten Peter Thiede, The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Jewish Origins of Christianity Markus Bockmuehl (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Jesus Paul Copan and Craig A. Evans (eds), Who Was Jesus? A Jewish–Christian Dialogue David F. Ford and Mike Higton (eds), Jesus Reimund Bieringer, Didier Pollefeyt and Frederique Vandecasteele–Vanneuville (eds), Anti–Judaism and the Fourth Gospel Tania Oldenhage, Parables for Our Time: Rereading New Testament Scholarship after the Holocaust Steve Moyise (ed.), Studies in the Book of Revelation Stephen R. Haynes, Noah's Curse: The Biblical Justification of American Slavery George Herring, What was the Oxford Movement? Peter J. Bowler, Reconciling Science and Religion: The Debate in Early Twentieth–Century Britain Giles Fraser, Redeeming Nietzsche: On the Piety of Unbelief Theo Hobson, The Rhetorical Word: Protestant Theology and the Rhetoric of Authority Carl E. Braaten and Robert W. Jenson (eds), The Last Things: Biblical and Theological Perspectives on Eschatology Oliver Davies, A Theology of Compassion: Metaphysics of Difference and the Renewal of Tradition W. Montgomery Watt, A Christian Faith for Today Alex Wright, Why Bother With Theology? Teresa Berger (ed.), Dissident Daughters: Feminist Liturgies in Global Context John G. Stackhouse, Jr. (ed.), No Other God's Before Me? Evangelicals and the Challenge of World Religions Mark Atherton (ed.), Celts and Christians: New Approaches to the Religious Traditions of Britain and Ireland Yossi Klein Halevi, William Morrow, At the Entrance to the Garden of Eden: A Search for God with Christians and Muslims in the Holy Land Richard K. Fenn, Beyond Idols: The Shape of a Secular Society Robert Durback (ed.), Henri Nouwen: In My Own Words Raymond Plant, Politics, Theology and History Peter Coles (ed.), The Routledge Companion to the New Cosmology Wesley Carr et al (eds), The New Dictionary of Pastoral Studies     

Book reviews

Books reviewed:
Christopher, E. & Solomon, H. M. (eds.), Jungian Thought in the Modern World.
Goldstein, R. (ed.), Images, Meanings and Connections: Essays in Memory of Susan R. Bach.
Dieckmann, Hans, Complexes: Diagnosis and Therapy in Analytical Psychology.     

Short Notices

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     

Review article

The Book of Knowledge: The Keys of Enoch. James Jacob Hurtak Los Gatos, California: The Academy for Future Science, 1973, 1977, 1982 (2nd ed.), 1987 (3rd ed.). 612 pp, US$40.     

Short Notices

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     

History of the United Church of Christ

Book reviewed:
The Living Theological Heritage of the United Church of Christ , Barbara Brown Zikmund (ed.), Pilgrim Press 1995–2005. Vols I–VII
Ancient and Medieval Legacies, Vol. I , Richard Ulrich (ed.), Pilgrim Press 1995 (0-8298-1064-1), 583 pp., $60.00
Reformation Roots, Vol. II , John Payne (ed.), Pilgrim Press 1997 (0-8298-1143-5), xii + 683 pp., $60.00
Colonial and National Beginnings, Vol. III , Charles Hambrick-Stowe (ed.), Pilgrim Press 1998 (0-8298-1113-3), x + 518 pp., $60.00
Consolidation and Expansion, Vol. IV , Elizabeth Nordbeck, Lowell Zuck (eds), Pilgrim Press 1999 (0-8298-1110-9), xvi + 668 pp., $60.00
Outreach and Diversity, Vol. V , Margaret Lamberts Bendroth, Lawrence Jones, Robert Schneider (eds), Pilgrim Press 2000 (0-8298-1111-7), xiv + 536 pp., $60.00
Growing Toward Unity, Vol. VI , Elsabeth Slaughter Hilke (ed.), Pilgrim Press 2001 (0-8298-1112-5), xvi + 744 pp., $70.00
United and Uniting, Vol. VII , Frederick Trost, Barbara Brown Zikmund (eds), Pilgrim Press 2005 (0-8298-1113-3), xx + 828 pp., $70.00     

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