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R. Horsley, ed.: A People's History of Christianity, Vol. 1, Christian Origins. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2005. Irfan Shahîd: Byzantium and the Arabs in the Sixth Century. Vol. 2, Part 1: Toponomy, Monuments, Historical Geography, and Frontier Studies. Washington, DC: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 2002; pp. xxxvi + 469, 15 maps, 8 plates. Daniel Hobbins: The Trial of Joan of Arc. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2005. Ernan McMullin, ed.: The Church and Galileo. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2005. pp. xii + 408. Stewart J. Brown and George Newlands, eds.: Scottish Christianity in the Modern World. Edinburgh, T & T Clark, 2000. pp. 323. Adrian Burdon: Authority and Order: John Wesley and his Preachers. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2005. pp. vi + 117. Max Charlesworth, Françoise Dussart and Howard Morphy, eds.: Aboriginal Religions in Australia: An Anthology of Recent Writings. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing, 2005. pp. xiv + 324. André Möller: Ramadan in Java: The Joy and Jihad of Ritual Fasting. Lun University: Lund, Sweden, 2005. pp. 451. John Clifford Holt: The Buddhist Vi&sdotbelow;nu: Religious Transformation, Politics, and Culture. New York: Columbia University Press, 2004. pp. 441. Kristi L. Wiley: Historical Dictionary of Jainism. Lanham, ML: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2004. pp. 287. Iqbal Singh, S. Radhakrishan, and Arvind Sharma, with an introduction by Matthew T. Kapstein: The Buddhism Omnibus — Comprising Gautama Buddha , The Dhammapada and The Philosophy of Religion: A Buddhist Perspective. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. pp. xxii + 818. Aline H. Kalbian: Sexing the Church: Gender, Power, and Ethics in Contemporary Catholicism. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2005. pp. x + 169. Dianne Kirby, ed.: Religion and the Cold War. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. pp. 245. Nils Holger Petersen, Claus Clüver, and Nicholas Bell, eds.: Signs of Change: Transformations of Christian Traditions and Their Representations in the Arts, 1000–2000. Amsterdam and New York: Rodpi, 2004. pp. xvi + 490. Craig Wright: The Maze and the Warrior: Symbols in Architecture, Theology and Music. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001. Michael Kessler and Christian Sheppard (eds.): Mystics: Presence and Aporia. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003. Frances S. Adeney: Christian Women in Indonesia: A Narrative Study of Gender and Religion. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2003; pp. xi + 226. John Moorhead: Ambrose: Church and Society in the Late Roman World, Harlow Essex, Pearson Education, 1999. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Books reviewed: Arnold Hermann, To Think Like God: Pythagoras and Parmenides: The Origins of Philosophy. G. R. Evans (ed.), The First Christian Theologians. An Introduction to Theology in the Early Church. Elizabeth A. Castelli, Martyrdom and Memory: Early Christian Culture Making (Gender, Theory, and Religion). Frederick B. Davis, The Jew and Deicide: The Origin of an Archetype. Lucetta Scaraffia and Gabriella Zarri (eds), Women and Faith. Catholic Religious Life in Italy from Late Antiquity to the Present. Anthony Kenny, A New History of Western Philosophy, Volume Two: Medieval Philo-sophy. Joshua Trachtenberg, Jewish Magic and Superstition: A Study in Folk Religion. Charles Christopher Mierow, trans., Otto of Freising, The Deeds of Frederick Barbarossa. Dianne Hall, Women and the Church in Medieval Ireland, c. 1140–1540. Matthew Levering, Scripture and Metaphysics: Aquinas and the Renewal of Trinitarian Theology. Maribel Fierro (ed.), Judíos y Musulmanes en al-Andalus y el Magreb Contactos Intelectuales. Alessandro Barbero, Charlemagne: Father of a Continent. Anne Winston-Allen, Convent Chronicles: Women Writing about Women and Reform in the Late Middle Ages. Theresa Coletti, Mary Magdalene and the Drama of Saints: Theater, Gender, and Religion in Late Medieval England. Anneke B. Mulder-Bakker, Lives of the Anchoresses. The Rise of the Urban Recluse in Medieval Europe. Virginia Nixon, Mary's Mother: Saint Anne in Late Medieval Europe. Eamon Duffy, Voices of Morebath: Reformation and Rebellion in an English Village. Robert Frykenberg (ed.) and Alain Low, assoc. (ed.), Christians and Missionaries in India: Cross-Cultural Communication since 1500. Alister E. McGrath, The Intellectual Origins of the European Reformation, 2d ed. Matt Goldish, T he Sabbatean Prophets. Bernard Joassart, Érudition hagiographique au XVIIIe siècle. Jean Lebeuf et les Bollandistes. Correspondence. Presentation, édition et commentaire par Bernard Joassart. Michiel Wielema, The March of the Libertines. Spinozists and the Dutch Reformed Church (1660–1750). William Gibson, Enlightenment Prelate: Benjamin Hoadly, 1676–1761. Paul E. Kerry, Enlightenment Thought in the Writings of Goethe: A Contribution to the History of Ideas. John H arvey (ed.). Edmund Jones, The Appearance of Evil: Apparitions of Spirits in Wales. Roger Lee Brown (ed.), The Letters of Edward Copleston, Bishop of Llandaff, 1828–1849. R. Tudor Jones, Congregationalism in Wales. R. Tudor Jones, Faith and the Crisis of a Nation: Wales 1890–1914. Raymond Brady Williams, Williams on South Asian Religions and Immigration. Lawrence Rigel and Rosita Rosenberg, Liberal Judaism: The First Hundred Years. Daniel Carey (ed.), Asian Travel in the Renaissance. Maria Hsia Chang, Falun Gong: The End of Days. Heinz Halm, Shi ‘ism. Adrian Hastings, Alistair Mason, and Hugh Pyper (eds), Christian Thought: A Brief History. Stanley Hauerwas and Samuel Wells (eds), The Blackwell Companion to Christian Ethics. Alister E. McGrath, Theology: The Basics. Margaret Miles, The Word Made Flesh. A History of Christian Thought. Gareth Jones (ed.), The Blackwell Companion to Modern Theology. Jack Goody, Islam in Europe. Robert Haight, Christian Community in History: Vol. 1, Historical Ecclesiology. Alister E. McGrath and Darren C. Marks (eds), The Blackwell Companion to Protestantism. John Marston and Elizabeth Guthrie (eds), History, Buddhism, and New Religious Movements in Cambodia. Jorgen Nielson, Muslims in Western Europe. John David Dawson, Christian Figural Reading and the Fashioning of Identity. Nils Holger Petersen, Mette Birkedal Bruun, Jeremy Llewellyn, and EyolfØstrem (eds), The Appearances of Medieval Rituals: The Play of Construction and Modification. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Books reviewed: W illiam B aird, History of New Testament Research. Volume Two: From Jonathan Edwards to Rudolf Bultmann. C linton B ennett, In Search of Jesus: Insider and Outsider Images. A nthony J. B lasi, J ean D uhaime, and P aul-A ndré T urcotte (eds), Handbook of Early Christianity: Social Science Approaches. S ara S. P oor, Mechthild of Magdeburg and Her Book: Gender and the Making of Textual Authority. F ergus K err, After Aquinas. Versions of Thomism. E lizabeth V andiver, R alph K een, and T homas D. F razel, Luther's Lives: Two Contemporary Accounts of Martin Luther. J ames V eazie S kalnik, Ramus and Reform: University and Church at the End of the Renaissance, Sixteenth Century Essays and Studies, Volume LX. P hilip O’R egan, Archbishop William King of Dublin (1650–1729) and the Constitution in Church and State. D avid L. G raizbord, Souls in Dispute: Converso Identities in Iberia and the Jewish Diaspora, 1580–1700. E ric L und (ed.), Documents from the History of Lutheranism 1517–1750. M att G oldish, The Sabbatean Prophets. R ichard C. F oltz, F rederick M. D enny, and A ziz B aharuddin (eds), Islam and Ecology: A Bestowed Trust. V ictoria N elson: The Secret Life of Puppets. R onald M. D avidson (ed), Indian Esoteric Buddhism, A Social History of the Tantric Movement. I an J. S haw, High Calvinists in Action: Calvinism and the City, Manchester and London 1810–1860. P aul S hore, The Eagle and the Cross: Jesuits in Late Baroque Prague. D eryck W. L ovegrove (ed), The Rise of the Laity in Evangelical Protestantism. S heryl A. K ujawa-H olbrook (ed), Freedom is a Dream: A Documentary History of Women in the Episcopal Church. C lifford P utney, Muscular Christianity: Manhood and Sports in Protestant America, 1880–1920. N eil L. W hitehead, Dark Shamans — Kanaima and the Poetics of Violent Death. M oss R oberts, Dao De Jing: The Book of the Way: Laozi. W. H. M cL eod, Who is a Sikh? The Problem of Sikh Identity. S tanley H auerwas and S amuel W ells (eds), The Blackwell Companion to Christian Ethics. G areth J ones (ed), The Blackwell Companion to Modern Theology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]