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The article reviews the book "Elite and Popular Religion. Papers Read at the 2004 Summer Meeting and the 2005 Winter Meeting of the Ecclesiastical History Society," edited by Kate Cooper and Jeremy Gregory.

The article reviews the book "Studies in the Book of Ben Sira: Papers of the Third International Conference on the Deuterocanonical Books, Shime'on Centre, Pápa, Hungary, 18-20 May, 2006," edited by Géza G. Xeravits and József Zsengellér.

Reviews the book the "The Tickle Papers: Parables and Pandemonium," by Phyllis Tickle.

Reviews the book "Yahwism After the Exile: Perspectives on Israelite Religion in the Persian Era: Papers Read at the First Meeting of the European Association for Biblical Studies, Utrecht, 6-9 August 2000," edited by Rainer Albertz and Bob Becking.

Reviews the book "The Rajneesh Papers: Studies in a New Religious Movement," edited by Susan J. Palmer and Arvind Sharma.

The article reviews the book "Biography of a Mexican Crucifix: Lived Religion and Local Faith from the Conquest to the Present" by Jennifer Scheper Hughes.

The article reviews the book "Native North American Religious Traditions: Dancing for Life," by Jordan Paper.

Reviews the book "Religion and Conflict in Sudan," by Yusuf Fadl Hasan and Richard Gray.

Reviews the book "Offering Smoke: The Sacred Pipe and Native American Religion," by Jordan Paper.

Reviews the book "The Use and Abuse of Time in Christian History. Papers Read at the 1999 Summer Meeting and the 2000 Winter Meeting of the Ecclesiastical Society," edited by R. N. Swanson.

The article reviews the book "The Spirit of Enthusiasm: A History of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, 1967-2000," by Susan A. Maurer.

Reviews the book 'Spirit Wars: Native North American Religions in the Age of Nation Building,' by Ronald Niezen.

This paper expands upon some of Goldberg’s initial reflections regarding the new type of ‘subject’ that is at the heart of post-raciality. A particular attention is paid to the connection with religion, as many of the current conflicts in Europe have been articulated through the grammar of secularism and religion, especially in relationship to Islam. This observation invites us to consider how this ‘racialization of religion’ figures as a reminder of the central role of this politico-theological question in the demarcation of who counts as a proper (political) subject, and how the current debates about Islam figure as a reminder of that. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Book reviewed: Seth Jacobs. America's Miracle Man in Vietnam: Ngo Dinh Diem, Religion, Race, and U.S. Intervention in Southeast Asia. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2004. x + 351 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index. $79.95 (hardcover), $22.95 (paper). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An exhibit at the National Szechenyi Library was held in 2008-2009 focusing on the philological importance and influence of the Bible in Hungary. Within the framework of this exhibit a conference amplified the subject. The papers of this conference are reprinted in the reviewed volume.

Reviews the book 'Religious Identity and the Invention of Tradition: Papers Read at a Noster Conference in Soesterbert, January 4-6, 1999,' edited by Jan Willem van Henten and Anton Houtepen.

A review of the book "Why Do Uzbeks Have to Be Muslims? Exploring Religiosity in the Ferghana Valley," by Irene Hilgers, edited by Chris Hann, is presented.

The article reviews the book "Dagestan: Russian Hegemony and Islamic Resistance in the North Caucasus," by Robert Bruce Ware and Enver Kisriev.

A review of the book "Christianity and Modernity in Eastern Europe," edited by Bruce R. Berglund and Brian Porter-Szücs is presented.

The article reviews the book "The Beginning of Print Culture in Athabasca Country: A Facsimile Edition & Translation of a Prayer Book in Cree Syllabics by Father Émile Grouard, which was translated by Patricia Demers, Naomi L. McIlwraith and Dorothy Thunder.

The focus of this book is the nature and proper constitution of the economic order in the United States. The subject is approached in ten essays divided among three perspectives, all focusing on the nature and relationship of Christianity and capitalism. Two historical essays, by John Pawlikowski and David Krueger, offer valuable grounding in (respectively) Catholic and Protestant approaches to ethical analysis of economic issues. Contemporary Christian Ethics is represented in essays by Franklin Gamwell, Robert Benne, Cornel West, Douglas Sturm, and Widick Schroeder, while perspectives from economics, social theory, and anthropology are provided in essays by Daniel Finn, Bruce Grelle, and Kay Warren. In many ways the key piece in this anthology is Gamwell's paper, which poses the broad question of the interrelation between liberal political thought, religious ethics, and the economic order and argues that an ongoing dispute within liberalism itself is a major obstacle to consensus on the proper shape of the economic sphere. With the reawakened interest in application of religious ethical analysis to defining social justice in the economy, however, all the component essays of this volume are useful, and varied, sources of thoughtful reflection. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reviews the book 'In Quest of the Past: Studies on Israelite Religion, Literature and Prophetism. Papers Read at the Joint British-Dutch Old Testament Conference, Held at Elspeet, 1988,' edited by A.S. van der Woude.