SHORT NOTICES

Books reviewed: Understanding Religious Sacrifice: A Reader , Jeffrey Carter (ed), Continuum 2003 (0‐8264‐4880‐1), pp. xi + 467, Pb £19.99
Reviewed by Simon J. Taylor
Bristol Islam and Politics in the Contemporary World , Beverley Milton‐Edwards, Polity Press 2004 (0‐7456‐2712‐9), pp. viii + 240, Pb £15.99
Reviewed by Jorgen Nielsen
University of Birmingham The Jewish‐Christian Schism Revisited , John Howard Yoder, Michael G. Cartwright and Peter Ochs (eds), SCM Press 2003 (0‐334‐02904‐X), pp. vii + 290, Pb £25
Reviewed by Brett Dewey
Baylor University, Texas Biblical Interpretation: The Meanings of Scripture – Past and Present , John M. Court (ed.), T & T Clark International 2004, A Continuum Imprint (0‐8264‐6968‐X), pp. xii + 334, Hb £75
Reviewed by Benjamin Bury
University of Birmingham Judges and Ruth , Victor H. Matthews, The New Cambridge Bible Commentary, Cambridge University Press 2004 (0‐521‐00066‐1), pp. xxi + 270, Pb, £13.99, Hb £40
Reviewed by Deryn Guest
University of Birmingham The Ancient Synagogue From Its Origins until 200 C.E.: Papers Presented at an International Conference at Lund University, October 14–17, 2001 , Birger Olsson and Magnus Zetterholm (eds), Almqvist & Wiksell International 2003 (91‐22‐02028‐4), pp. xviii + 574, Pb
Reviewed by Benjamin Bury
Birmingham University Roman Wives, Roman Widows: The Appearance of New Women and the Pauline Communities , Bruce W. Winter, Eerdmans 2003 (0‐8028‐4971‐7), pp. xvii + 236, Pb £18.99/$26
Reviewed by Bernadette McNary‐Zak
Rhodes College, Memphis Apostle of the Crucified Lord: A Theological Introduction to Paul and his Letters , Michael J. Gorman, Eerdmans 2004 (0‐8028‐3934‐7), pp. xiii + 610, Pb £27.99
Reviewed by Anthony Bash
University of Hull John , Mark Edwards, Blackwell Bible Commentaries, Blackwell 2004 (Hb 0‐631‐22906‐X, Pb 0‐631‐22907‐8), pp. xiv + 242, Hb £60/Pb £15.99
Reviewed by John Armson
Herefordshire From Paul to Valentinus: Christians at Rome in the First Two Centuries , Peter Lampe, T & T Clark 2003, A Continuum Imprint (0‐5670‐8050‐1), pp. xvii + 525, Hb £40
Reviewed by Augustine Casiday
University of Durham Jesus in the Manichaean Writings , Majella Franzmann, T & T Clark 2003, A Continuum Imprint (0‐5670‐8964‐9), pp. xiv + 168, Hb £60
Reviewed by Augustine Casiday
University of Durham A Mind Intent on God. The Prayers and Spiritual Writings of Alcuin: An Anthology , Douglas Dales, Canterbury Press 2004 (1‐85311‐570‐3), pp. xx + 102, Pb £7.99
Reviewed by John Armson
Herefordshire Francis of Assisi: Performing the Gospel Life , Lawrence S. Cunningham, Eerdmans 2004 (0‐8028‐2762‐4), pp. xii + 160, Pb £9.99/$14
Reviewed by Peter Atkins
Auckland, New Zealand A Companion to the Reformation World , R. Po‐chia Hsia (ed.), Blackwell Publishing 2004 (0‐661‐22017‐8), pp. xix + 572, Hb £85/$124.95
Reviewed by R. Ward Holder
Saint Anselm College, Manchester, NH The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola , Michael Ivens SJ, Translator, Gracewing 2004 (0‐85244‐404‐4), pp. xii + 112, Hb £7.99
Reviewed by Gerald Vinten
Emeritus Professor of Management; International Professional Managers Association Shrines of Our Lady in England , Anne Vail, Gracewing 2004 (0‐85244‐603‐9), pp. ix + 246, Hb £9.99
Reviewed by Isabel Wollaston
University of Birmingham The Evolution of the English Churches 1500–2000 , Doreen Rosman, Cambridge University Press 2003 (Hb 0‐521‐64205‐1, Pb 0‐521‐64556‐5), pp. xiv + 399, Hb £50, Pb £18.95
Reviewed by J.N. Morris
Trinity Hall, Cambridge Public Faith? The State of Religious Belief and Practice in Britain , Paul Avis (ed.), SPCK 2003 (0‐281‐05531‐9), pp. xiii + 145, Pb £16.99
Reviewed by Anthony Cane
Diocese of Chichester Historical Dictionary of the Friends (Quakers) , Marjorie Post Abbot, Mary Ellen Chijioke, Pink Dandelion, John William Oliver Jr., Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies and Movements, No. 44, Scarecrow Press 2003 (0‐8108‐4483‐4‐354‐X), pp. xxxii + 432, Hb $80.00,
Reviewed by Sally Bruyneel
Bethel University, Minnesota The Shepherding Movement: Controversy and Charismatic Ecclesiology , S. David Moore, Journal of Pentecostal Theology Supplement Series 27, T & T Clark International 2003, A Continuum Imprint (0‐8264‐7160‐9), pp. x + 230, Pb £12.99/$19.95
Reviewed by D.E. ‘Gene’ Mills, Jr.
Florida State University Theology: The Basics , Alister E. McGrath, Blackwell 2004 (1‐4051‐1425‐8), pp. xxv + 162, Pb £12.99/$17.95
Reviewed by Jason A. Fout
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, St. Joseph, MI The Fall and Sin: What We Have Become as Sinners , Marguerite Shuster, Eerdmans 2004 (0‐8028‐0994‐4), pp. xii + 280, Pb £19.99/$30
Reviewed by Jason A. Fout
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, St. Joseph, MI The Ecumenical Future , Carl E. Braaten and Robert W. Jenson (eds), Eerdmans 2004 90‐8028‐2671‐7), pp. viii + 237, Pb £14.95
Reviewed by John Armson
Herefordshire Vocation: Discerning Our Callings in Life , Douglas J. Schuurman, Eerdmans 2004 (0‐8028‐0137‐4), pp. xiv + 190, Pb £16.99/$20
Reviewed by Peter Atkins
Auckland, New Zealand Memory and Liturgy: The Place of Memory in the Composition and Practice of Liturgy , Peter Atkins, Ashgate 2004 (0‐7546‐0870‐0), pp. xvii + 155, Pb £15.99
Reviewed by Adrian Burdon
Chester‐le‐Street, Co Durham On Prayer , Marcel Mauss, edited and with an introduction by W.S.F. Pickering, translated Susan Leslie, Durkheim Press/Berghahn Books 2004 (1‐57181‐633‐X), pp. xi + 158, Pb £17/$25
Reviewed by Gavin D’Costa
University of Bristol Discerning the Spirits: A Guide to Thinking about Christian Worship Today , Cornelius Plantinga Jr. and Sue A. Rozeboom, Eerdmans 2003 (0‐8028‐3999‐1), pp. xv + 170, Pb £12.99/$18
Reviewed by Adrian Burdon
Chester‐le‐Street, Co Durham Whirlwind of Life: The Story of Emilia Fogelklou , Malin Bergman Andrews, Quaker Books 2004 (0‐85245‐354‐X), pp. 206, Pb £9.50
Reviewed by Sally Bruyneel
Bethel University, Minnesota This Is Who I Am: Listening with Older Friends , Volume 9 of the Eldership and Oversight Handbooks, Quaker Books 2003 (0‐85245‐351‐5), pp. 57, Pb £4
Reviewed by John Armson
Herefordshire Contemporary Experiences of Friends in Britain Yearly Meeting, Role Over? National Lottery Funding and the Quaker Testimony against Gambling , Quaker Peace and Social Witness, Quaker Books 2004 (0‐85245‐358‐2), pp. vi + 107, Pb £6
Reviewed by Gerald Vinten
Emeritus Professor of Management; International Professional Managers Association The God You Have: Politics, Religion and the First Commandment , Patrick D. Miller, Fortress Press 2004 (0‐8006‐3662‐7), pp. x + 81, Pb $6
Reviewed by Gerald Vinten
Emeritus Professor of Management; International Professional Managers Association Urban Ministry and the Kingdom of God , Laurie Green, SPCK 2003 (0‐281‐05530‐0), pp. ix + 182, Pb £12.99
Reviewed by Michael Northcott
University of Edinburgh Facing the City : Urban Mission in the 21^st Century , Rod Garner, Epworth 2004 (0‐7162‐0580‐7), pp. xv + 203, Pb £14.99
Reviewed by Peter Atkins
Auckland, New Zealand The Ethics of Nature , Celia E. Deane‐Drummond, Blackwell 2004 (0‐631‐22938‐8), pp. xiv + 256, Pb £19.99/$29.95
Reviewed by Ruth Walker
University of Waikato, New Zealand The Myths of Time : From Saint Augustine to American Beauty , Hugh Rayment‐Pickard, Dartman, Longman and Todd 2004 (0‐232‐52493‐9) pp. xv + 144, Pb £10.95
Reviewed by Jason Fout
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, St. Joseph, MI Representing Religion in World Cinema : Filmmaking, Mythmaking, Culture Making , S. Brent Plate (ed.), Palgrave Macmillan 2003 (1‐4039‐6051‐8), pp. 272, Pb £17.99
Reviewed by Gaye W. Ortiz
Augusta State University