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Books reviewed:Comparative Theology: Essays for Keith Ward, T.W. Bartel (ed.), SPCK 2003 (0-281-05474-6), pp. xv +208, Pb£19.99Reviewed by Elizabeth J HarrisUniversity of BirminghamOne Scripture or Many? Canon from Biblical, Theological and Philosophical Perspectives, Christine Helmer and Christof Landmesser (eds), Oxford University Press 2004 (0-19-925863-5), pp. xi + 249, Hb£50Reviewed by Walter MoberlyUniversity of DurhamA Certain Sympathy of Scriptures: Biblical and Quranic, Kenneth Cragg, Sussex Academic Press 2004 (1-84519-012-2), pp. xv + 145, Pb£12.95Reviewed by Douglas PrattUniversity of Waikato, New ZealandFifty Key Christian Thinkers, Peter McEnhill and George Newlands, Routledge Key Guides, Routledge 2004 (0-415-17050-8), pp. xi + 297,£12.99Reviewed by Isabel WollastonUniversity of BirminghamAthanasius, Khaled Anatolios, The Early Church Fathers, Routledge 2004 (0-4152-0202-7), pp. viii + 293, Hb£50Tertullian, Geoffrey D. Dunn, The Early Church Fathers, Routledge 2004 (0-4152-8231-4), pp. viii + 200, Pb£16.99Reviewed by Augustine CasidayUniversity of DurhamReforming Mary: Changing Images of the Virgin Mary in Lutheran Sermons of the Sixteenth Century, Beth Kreitzer, Oxford Studies in Historical Theology, Oxford University Press 2004 (0-19-516654-X), pp. xi + 229, Hb£37.50Reviewed by A. Denise StarkeyLoyola University ChicagoThe Decline of Christendom in Western Europe, 1750–2000, Hugh McLeod and Werner Ustorf (eds), Cambridge University Press 2003 (0-521-81493-6) pp. ix + 234, Hb£40Reviewed by David GoodhewYorkProtestant Nonconformity in the Twentieth Century, Alan P.F. Sell and Anthony R. Cross (eds), Paternoster Press 2003 (1-84227-221-7) pp. x + 398, Pb£24.99/$39.99Reviewed by David GoodhewYorkEqual Rites: The Book of Mormon, Masonry, Gender, and American Culture, Clyde R. Forsberg, Jr., Religion and American Culture Series, Columbia University Press 2004 (0-231-12640-9), pp. xxiv + 326, Hb£24.50/$35Reviewed by D.E.‘Gene’ Mills, Jr.Florida State UniversityThe Cambridge Companion to Hans Urs von Balthasar, Edward T. Oakes SJ and David Moss (eds), Cambridge University Press 2004 (0-521-89147-7), pp. xviii + 282, Pb£16.99/$25.99Reviewed by Gavin D’CostaUniversity of BristolPaths to Unity: Explorations in Ecumenical Method, Paul Avis (ed.), Church House Publishing 2004 (0-7151-5768-X), pp. viii + 152, Pb£12.99Reviewed by Rev Dr Adrian BurdonChester-le-Street, Co DurhamIn the End– the Beginning: The Life of Hope, Jürgen Moltmann, SCM / Fortress 2004 (0-8006-3656-2), pp. xii + 180, Pb£14.99/$17Reviewed by Ryan A. NealUniversity of EdinburghFrom Cells to Souls– and Beyond: Changing Portraits of Human Nature, Malcolm Jeeves (ed.), Eerdmans 2004 (0-8028-0985-5), pp. xiv + 252, Pb $29Reviewed by Paul VoelkerLoyola University ChicagoSeeking God In All Things: Theology and Spiritual Direction, William Reiser, Liturgical Press 2004 (0-8146-5166-6), xii + 172, Pb $19.95Reviewed by Revd Barry J. LinneyCherry Hinton, St. Andrew’s, CambridgeSounding the Silence, John Skinner, Gracewing 2004 (0-85244-589-X), pp. xiv + 120, Pb£7.99Reviewed by Rev Dr Adrian BurdonChester-le-Street, Co Durham [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Books reviewed: Harold Coward, Sin and Salvation in the World Religions: A Short Introduction Alan Race and Ingrid Shafer (eds), Religions in Dialogue: From Theocracy to Democracy Melanie J. Wright, Understanding Judaism Ellen F. Davis and Richard B. Hays (eds), The Art of Reading Scripture K.A. Kitchen, On the Reliability of the Old Testament Judith Kovacs and Christopher Rowland, Revelation: The Apocalypse of Jesus Christ John Holdsworth, Dwelling in a Strange Land: Exile in the Bible and in the Church David L. Balch and Carolyn Osiek (eds), Early Christian Families in Context: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue Peter L. Berger, Questions of Faith: A Skeptical Affirmation of Christianity Andrew Pierce and Geraldine Smyth OP (eds), The Critical Spirit: Theology at the Crossroads of Faith and Culture Craig Detweiler and Barry Taylor, A Matrix of Meanings: Finding God in Popular Culture Robert W. Jenson, On Thinking the Human: Resolutions of Difficult Notions David Knight, Science and Spirituality: The Volatile Connection Natalie K. Watson, Feminist Theology Tina Beattie, Woman Burton Z. Cooper and John S. McClure, Claiming Theology in the Pulpit [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Myth and History in the Bible, Giovanni Garbini, Sheffield, Sheffield Academic Press 2003, A Continuum Imprint (0-8264-6260-X), pp. viii + 149, Hb £60 Paul Among the Postliberals: Pauline Theology Beyond Christendom and Modernity, Douglas Harink, Brazos Press 2003 (1-58743-041-X), pp. 283, Pb $23.99 The Church in Antioch in the First Century CE: Communion and Conflict, Michelle T. Slee, JSNTS Series 244, Sheffield Academic Press 2003, A Continuum Imprint (0-826-46683-4), pp. xiii + 214, Hb £60 The Acts of Peter, Gospel Literature, and the Ancient Novel: Rewriting the Past, Christine M. Thomas, Oxford University Press 2003 (0-19-512507-X), pp. xiii + 186, Hb £35 East and West: The Making of a Rift in the Church. From Apostolic Times until the Council of Florence, Henry Chadwick, Oxford History of the Christian Church, Oxford University Press 2003 (0-19-926457-0), pp. x + 306, Hb £60 Thomas Aquinas: Theologian of the Christian Life, Nicholas M. Healy, Great Theologians Series, Ashgate 2003 (Hb 0-7546-1471-9, Pb 0-7546-1472-7), pp. xiv + 168, Hb £47.50, Pb £16.99 Anglicans and Orthodox: Unity and Subversion 1559–1725, Judith Pinnington, Forward by Rowan Williams, Introduction by Kallistos Ware, Gracewing 2003 (0-8006-3127-7), pp. xxx +260, Pb £14.99 Abraham! Abraham! Kierkegaard and the Hasidim on the Binding of Isaac, Jerome I. Gellman, Ashgate 2003 (0 7546 1679 7), pp. vii + 125, Pb £16.99 Of Borders and Margins: Hispanic Disciples in Texas, 1888–1945, Daisy L. Machado, AAR Academy Series, Oxford University Press 2003 (0-19-5152239), pp. xiii + 151, Hb £25/$39.95 Jews and Christians: People of God, Carl E. Braaten and Robert W. Jenson (eds), Eerdmans 2003 (0-8028-0507-8), pp. ix + 198, Pb £12.99/$18 John Hick: An Autobiography, John Hick, Oneworld Publications 2003 (1-85168-312-7), pp. viii + 328, Hb £19.99/$29.95 Rowan Williams: An Introduction, Rupert Shortt, DLT 2003 (0-232-52490-4), pp. x + 133, Pb £7.95 Anglicanism: The Answer to Modernity, Duncan Dormor, Jack McDonald and Jeremy Caddick (eds), Continuum 2003 (0-8264-6699-0), pp. xiii + 205, £14.99 Dissent from the Homeland: Essays After September 11, Stanley Hauerwas and Frank Lentricchia (eds), Duke University Press 2003 (0-8223-3221-3), pp. viii + 226, Pb £16.95 Liturgy in a Postmodern World, Keith Pecklers SJ (ed.), Continuum 2003 (0-8264-6412-2). pp. viii + 215, Pb £14.99 The Sacred and the Profane: Contemporary Demands on Hermeneutics, Jeffrey F. Keuss (ed.), Ashgate 2003 (0-7546-0767-4), pp. vii + 142, Hb £40 Resurrection: Theological and Scientific Assessments, Ted Peters, Robert John Russell and Michael Welker (eds), Eerdmans 2002 (0-8028-0519-1), pp. xvii + 326, Pb £27.99/$39 Faith and Philosophy: The Historical Impact, D.G. Leahy, Ashgate 2003 (0-7546-3120-6), pp. xiii + 180, Pb £16.99 God and Design: The Teleological Argument and Modern Science, Neil A. Manson (ed.), Routledge 2003 (0-415-26344-1), pp. xvi + 376, Pb £15.99 Religious Education between Modernization and Globalization: New Perspectives on the United States and Germany, Richard R. Osmer and Friedrich Schweitzer, Eerdmans 2003 (0-8028-1284-8), pp. xix + 319, Pb £28.99/$40 Power Failure: Christianity in the Culture of Technology, Albert Borgmann, Brazos Press 2003 (1-58743-058-4), pp. 144, Pb $14.99 Christian Microenterprise Development: An Introduction, David Bussau and Russell Mask, Regnum 2003 (1-870345-28-2), pp. xiii + 142, Pb £9.99 Cults and New Religious Movements: A Reader, Lorne L. Dawson (ed.), Blackwell 2003 (1-4051-0180-6), pp. viii + 297, Pb £17.99/$29.95 Hb £55/$64.95 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Mark S. Smith, Second Edition with a foreword by Patrick D. Miller, The Early History of God: Yahweh and the Other Deities in Ancient Israel Martin Buber, ed. Maurice S. Friedman, Third Edition, Meetings: Autobiographical Fragments Martin Buber, The Legend of the Baal-Shem Martin Buber, Ten Rungs: Collected Hasidic Sayings Martin Buber, Between Man and Man Martin Buber, The Way of Man According to the Teachings of Hasidism Maurice S. Friedman, Martin Buber: The Life of Dialogue Ira M. Lapidus, A History of Islamic Societies Gerhard Endress, Islam: An Historical Introduction Henry D. Rack, Reasonable Enthusiast: John Wesley and the Rise of Methodism Adrian Hastings, Alistair Mason and Hugh Pyper (eds), Christian Thought: A Brief History Paul Avis, T & T Clark, Anglicanism and the Christian Church: Theological Resources in Historical Perspective. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Books reviewed in this article: Shamita Basu, Religious Revivalism as Nationalist Discourse: Swami Vivekananda and New Hinduism in Nineteenth-Century Bengal Lynne Hume, Ancestral Power: The Dreaming, Consciousness and Aboriginal Australians Henrietta L. Moore and Todd Sanders (eds), Magical Interpretations, Material Realities: Modernity, Witchcraft and the Occult in Postcolonial Africa Philip R. Davies (ed.), First Person: Essays in Biblical Autobiography Martin O’Kane (ed.), Borders, Boundaries and the Bible Craig Bartholomew, Colin Greene and Karl Möller (eds), After Pentecost: Language and Biblical Interpretation , Scripture and Hermeneutics Series, volume 2 George J. Brooke (ed.), Book List 2002 , Society for Old Testament Study V. Phillips Long, David W. Baker and Gordon J. Wenham (eds), Windows into Old Testament History: Evidence, Argument, and the Crisis of ‘Biblical Israel’ Ronald S. Wallace, Hannah's Prayer and its Answer: An Exposition for Bible Study Steven Tuell, I and II Chronicles Paul Murray O.P., A Journey with Jonah: The Spirituality of Bewilderment John Barton, Joel and Obadiah Magen Broshi, Bread, Wine, Walls and Scrolls Michael J. Gorman, Cruciformity: Paul's Narrative Spirituality of the Cross Daniel Marguerat, The First Christian Historian: Writing the ‘Acts of the Apostles’ Jan Willem van Henten and Friedrich Avemarie (eds), Martyrdom and Noble Death: Selected Texts from Graeco-Roman, Jewish and Christian Antiquity Gwilym Beckerlegge (ed.), From Sacred Text to Internet Alain Blancy and Maurice Jourjon and the Dombes Group, Mary: In the Plan of God and in the Communion of Saints Ronald J. Allen, Preaching is Believing: The Sermon as Theological Reflection Robert Gibbs and Elliot R. Wolfson (eds), Suffering Religion Laura E. Donaldson and Kwok Pui-lan (eds), Postcolonialism, Feminism and Religious Discourse Susan Frank Parsons (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Feminist Theology Hugh Connolly, Sin... [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Short notices of reissued books: Paul Dundas, The Jains, Second Edition Mary Pat Fisher, Religions Today: An Introduction Richard B. Hays, The Faith of Jesus Christ: The Narrative Substructure of Galatians 3:1–4:11, Second Edition D. Moody Smith, John Among the Gospels Second Edition Vincent L. Wimbush and Richard Valantasis (eds), Asceticism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Books reviewed: Michael W. Myers, Brahman: A Comparative Theology . Leo G. Perdue (ed.), The Blackwell Companion to the Hebrew Bible . W. Lee Humphreys, The Character of God in the Book of Genesis: A Narrative Appraisal . Klaus Baltzer, Deutero-Isaiah, Hermeneia — A Critical and Historical Commentary on the Bible . Brevard S. Childs, Isaiah, The Old Testament Library . Tina Beattie, The Last Supper According to Mary and Martha . Jacob Neusner, The Halakhah and the Aggadah: Theological Perspectives . J. Behr, Asceticism and Anthropology in Irenaeus and Clement . John Chrysostom, Wendy Mayer and Pauline Allen, The Early Church Fathers . Norman Russell, Cyril of Alexandria . Carolinne White, Early Christian Latin Poets . Phillip Cary, Augustine’s Invention of the Inner Self: The Legacy of a Christian Platonist . Paul M. Collins, Trinitarian Theology West and East: Karl Barth, the Cappadocian Fathers, and John Zizioulas . G. R. Evans (ed.), The Medieval Theologians: An Introduction to Theology in the Medieval Period . Donald K. McKim, Introducing the Reformed Faith: Biblical Revelation, Christian Tradition, Contemporary Significance . Eric L. Santner, On the Psychotheology of Everyday Life, Reflections on Freud and Rosenzweig . Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship . John Robinson, Honest to God . Gustavo Gutiérrez, A Theology of Liberation: History, Politics, and Salvation . Vincent J. Donovan, Christianity Rediscovered: An Epistle from the Masai . L. William Countryman, Dirt, Greed and Sex: Sexual Ethics in the New Testament and their Implications for Today . Gerd Theissen, The Shadow of the Galilean: The Quest of the Historical Jesus in Narrative Form . Anthony B. Pinn and Benjamin Valentin (eds), The Ties that Bind: African American and Hispanic American/ Latino/a Theologies in Dialogue . Colin Gunton, The Christian Faith: An Introduction to Christian Doctrine . Jacques Derrida, edited by Pascale-Anne Brault and Michael Naas, The Work... [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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 . [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Books reviewed: Williams, Paul with Tribe, Anthony, Buddhist Thought: A Complete Introduction to the Indian Tradition . Kreyenbroek, Philip G., in collaboration with Munshi, Shehnaz Neville, Living Zoroastrianism: Urban Parsis Speak About Their Religion . Freedman, David Noel and McClymond, Michael J. (eds), The Rivers of Paradise: Moses, Buddha, Confucius, Jesus and Muhammad as Religious Founders . Porter, Stanley E. and Pearson, Brook W. R. (eds), Christian-Jewish Relations Through the Centuries . Boys, Mary C., Has God Only One Blessing? Judaism as a Source of Christian Self-Understanding . Neusner Jacob, Sonn, Tamara and Brockopp, Jonathan E., Judaism and Islam in Practice . Miller, Patrick D., The Religion of Ancient Israel . Gottwald, Norman K., The Politics of Ancient Israel . Flint, Peter W. (ed) with Kim, Tae Hun, The Bible at Qumran: Text, Shape, and Interpretation . Johnston, Philip and Walker, Peter (eds), The Land of Promise: Biblical, Theological and Contemporary Perspectives . Sauter, Gerhard and Barton, John (eds), Revelation and Story: Narrative Theology and the Centrality of Story . Vaggione, Richard Paul, Eunomius of Cyzicus and the Nicene Revolution . Howard, Thomas Albert, Religion and the Rise of Historicism: W. M. L. de Wette, Jacob Burckhardt, and the Theological Origins of Nineteenth-Century Historical Consciousness . Ustorf, Werner, Sailing on the Next Tide: Missions, Missiology, and the Third Reich . McDowell, John C., Hope in Barth’s Eschatology: Interrogations and Transformations beyond Tragedy . Corrington, Robert S., A Semiotic Theory of Theology and Philosophy . Brown, Frank Burch, Good Taste, Bad Taste, and Christian Taste: Aesthetics in Religious Life . Swinton, John, Spirituality and Mental Health Care: Rediscovering a ‘Forgotten’ Dimension . Clark, Stephen R., Biology and Christian Ethics . Fenn, Richard K. (ed.), The Blackwell Companion to Sociology of Religion . Livezey, Lowell W. (ed.), Public Rel... [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Books reviewed in this article: Julian Baldick, Animal and Shaman: Ancient Religions of Central Asia. David Noel Freedman, Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible. Tod Linafelt (ed.), Strange Fire: Reading the Bible after the Holocaust. Michael Joseph Brown, What They Don't Tell You: A Survivor's Guide to Biblical Studies. Esther Fuchs, Sexual Politics in the Biblical Narrative: Reading the Hebrew Bible as a Woman. Karl Löning and Erich Zenger, To Begin with, God Created ≡: Biblical Theologies of Creation. Gregory W. Dawes (ed.), The Historical Jesus Quest: Landmarks in the Search for the Jesus of History. Kevin Ward and Brian Stanley (eds), The Church Mission Society and World Christianity, 1799-1999. Leslie J. Francis and Yaacov J. Katz (eds), Joining and Leaving Religion: Research Perspectives. Kimon Howland Sargeant, Seeker Churches: Promoting Traditional Religion in a Nontraditional Way. J. Heywood Thomas, and Paul Tillich, Outstanding Christian Thinkers. John Webster, and Karl Barth, Outstanding Christian Thinkers. Samuel M. Powell, The Trinity in German Thought. James Woodward and Stephen Pattison (eds), The Blackwell Reader in Pastoral and Practical Theology. Marc Gopin, Between Eden and Armageddon: The Future of World Religions, Violence, and Peacemaking. John Hick, The Fifth Dimension: An Exploration of the Spiritual Realm. Mark Larrimore (ed.), The Problem of Evil: A Reader. Michael Taylor, Poverty and Christianity: Reflections at the Interface between Faith and Experience. Patrick Riley, Civilizing Sex: On Chastity and the Common Good. Brian S. Hook and R. R. Reno, Heroism and the Christian Life: Reclaiming Excellence. Douglas A. Hicks, Inequality and Christian Ethics. Joseph Sittler, Evocations of Grace: Writings on Ecology, Theology and Ethics. M. W. Sinnett, Restoring the Conversation: Socratic Dialectic in the Authorship of Søren Kierkegaard. Eef Dekker, Middle Knowledge. Pierre-Marie Emonet, The Dearest Freshness Deep Down Thing... [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reviews the book 'English Literature, Theology and the Curriculum,' edited by Liam Gearon and 'Religion and Literature: A Reader,' edited Robert Detweiler and David Jasper.

Black, Matthew (ed.), Peake’s Commentary on the Bible . Mills, Watson E. and Wilson, Richard F. (eds), Mercer Commentary on the Bible. Volume 3: (Wisdom) Writings . Barrett, David B., Kurian, George T. and Johnson, Todd M., World Christian Encyclopedia: A Comparative Survey of Churches and Religions in the Modern World (Second Edition, 2 vols) Dupré, Louis Symbols of the Sacred . [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reviews the book 'The Twentieth Century: A Theology Overview,' edited by Gregory Baum.

Reviews the book 'A Journey through Christian Theology: With Text from the First to the Twenty-first Century,' by William P. Anderson and Richard L. Diesslin.

Reviews books about religion. 'The Koran: A Very Short Introduction,' by Michael Cook; 'Theology: A Very Short Introduction,' by David Ford; 'Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction,' by Damien Keown; 'Hinduism: A Very Short Introduction,' by Kim Knott; 'The Bible: A Very Short Introduction,' by John Riches; 'Islam: A Very Short Introduction,' by Malise Ruthven; 'Judaism: A Very Short Introduction,' by Norman Solomon.

Reviews the book `Betrayal: German Churches and the Holocaust,' edited by Robert P. Ericksen and Susannah Heschel.

Short notices of reissued books: Ken Parry (ed.), The Blackwell Dictionary of Eastern Christianity . Rowan Williams, Arius . Colin E. Gunton, Becoming and Being: The Doctrine of God in Charles Hartshorne and Karl Barth . Leszek Kolakowski, Religion. If There Is No God. . .: On God, the Devil, Sin and Other Worries of the So-Called Philosophy of Religion . [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reviews the book 'Dictionary of Fundamental Theology,' edited by Rene Latourelle and Rino Fisichella.

Reviews the book 'Must there be Scapegoats? Violence and Redemption in the Bible,' by Raymund Schwager.

Reviews the book 'Experiencing Scripture in World Religions,' edited by Harold Coward.

Reviews the book 'Sharing the Book: Religious Perspectives on the Right and Wrongs of Proselytism,' edited by John Witte Jr. and Richard C. Martin.

Reviews the book 'Edith Stein Rediscovered: A Personal Portrait,' by Pat Lyne.

Reviews the book ''A Kind of Bible': Vincent Van Gogh as Evangelist,' by Anton Wessels.

Reviews the book 'Feminism and Christianity: An Essential Guide,' by Lynn Japinga.

Reviews the book `Hope against Hope: Johann Baptist Metz and Elie Wiesel Speak Out on the Holocaust,' by Ekkehard Schuster and Reinhold Boschert-Kimmig.

Reviews the book `Holocaust Scholars Write to the Vatican,' edited by H.J. Cargas.

Reviews the book `Philosophy of Religion: The Big Question,' edited by E. Stump and M.J. Murray.

Books reviewed: Sophie Gilliat-Ray, Religion in Higher Education: The Politics of the Multi-Faith Campus . R. W. L. Moberly, The Bible, Theology and Faith: A Study of Abraham and Jesus . Yvonne Sherwood, A Biblical Text and its Afterlives: The Survival of Jonah in Western Culture . Hans-Josef Klauck, trans. Brian McNeil, Magic and Paganism in Early Christianity: The World of the Acts of the Apostle . Mark A. Noll, American Evangelical Christianity: An Introduction . S. Mark Heim, The Depth of the Riches: A Trinitarian Theology of Religious Ends . Gavin D'Costa, Sexing the Trinity: Gender, Culture and the Divine . John B. Cobb, Jr. and Clark H. Pinnock (eds), Searching for an Adequate God: A Dialogue between Process and Free Will Theists . Sheila Greeve Davaney, Pragmatic Historicism: A Theology for the Twenty-First Century . Yehuda Bauer, Rethinking the Holocaust . Stephen Parsons, Ungodly Fear: Fundamentalist Christianity and the Abuse of Power . David H. Smith (ed), Caring Well: Religion, Narrative, and Health Care Ethics . Mark Barger Elliott, Creative Styles of Preaching . Bishop Joe Aldred (ed), Praying with Power [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Short notices of reissued booksJ. Philip Wogaman, Christian Perspectives on Politics J. Philip Wogaman, Christian EthicsA Historical Introduction J. Philip Wogaman and Douglas M. Strong (eds), Readings in Christian EthicsA Historical Sourcebook [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Malory Nye (ed),Culture and Religion: An International, Interdisciplinary Journal John L. Esposito and Michael Watson (eds), Religion and Global Order . George D. Chryssides, Exploring New Religions . Roger Jackson and John Makransky (eds), Buddhist Theology: Critical Reflections by Contemporary Buddhist Scholars . Yvonne Chireau and Nathaniel Deutsch (eds), Black Zion: African American Religious Encounters with Judaism . Mohammad Abu-Hamdiyyah, The Qur'an: an Introduction . Reuven Firestone, Jihad: the Origin of Holy War in Islam . David Brown, Tradition and Imagination: Revelation and Change . Peter J. Thuesen, In Disconcordance with the Scriptures: American Protestant Battles over Translating the Bible . Edward Adams, Constructing the World: A Study in Paul's Cosmological Language . Andrew McGowan, Ascetic Eucharists: Food and Drink in Early Christian Ritual Meals . Hilarion Alfeyev, St. Symeon the New Theologian and Orthodox Tradition . Richard A. Muller, The Unaccommodated Calvin: Studies in the Foundation of a Theological Tradition . Dwight N. Hopkins, Down, Up, and Over: Slave Religion and Black Theology . Sue Morgan, A Passion for Purity: Ellice Hopkins and the Politics of Gender in the Late-Victorian Church . Michael Chandler, The Life and Work of Henry Parry Liddon . Anthony OOMahoney (ed), Palestinian Christians: Religion, Politics and Society in the Holy Land . Michael Prior (ed), They Came and They Saw: Western Christian Experiences of the Holy Land . Thomas Hummel, Kevork Hintlian and Ulf Carmesund (eds), Patterns of the Past, Prospects for the Future: The Christian Heritage in the Holy Land . Gerald O'Collins, The Tripersonal God: Understanding and Interpreting the Trinity . Stephen Davis, Daniel Kendall and Gerald O'Collins (eds), The Trinity: An Interdisciplinary Symposium on the Trinity . David Fergusson and Marcel Sarot (eds), The Future as God's Gift: Explorations in Christian Eschatology . Daniel Harrington, Why Do We Suffer? A Sc... [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reviews the book 'The Person of Jesus Christ,' by H.R. Mackintosh and T. Clark.

Reviews the book 'Women in Islam: An Anthology from the Qur'an and Hadiths,' edited by Nicholas Awde.

Reviews the book `Controversial Concordats: The Vatican's Relations With Napoleon, Mussolini, and Hitler,' edited by Frank J. Coppa.

Reviews the book `The Meaning of Life,' by E.D. Klemke.