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This chapter examines the history of the topics in its title, emphasizing the history of associations. Membership associations have been the most common type of nonprofit organization (NPO) in human history and remain so still today in all countries. Voluntary/nonprofit agencies with paid staff serving nonmembers and the general public are very recent social inventions, as are Volunteer Service Programs (see Chapter 29) and the voluntary sector concept. The chapter is structured around major historical periods in which associations have existed, beginning about 10,000 years ago, when many human societies settled down in villages from being small, nomadic, hunter-gathering bands. Thus, we discuss associations in (1) preliterate horticultural societies, (2) ancient agrarian societies, (3) recent pre-industrial societies, and (4) industrial and post-industrial societies.

William E. Arnal and Michel Desjardins, eds., Whose Historical Jesus?, reviewed by K.C. Hanson Peter R. Carrell, Jesus and the Angels: Angelology and the Christology of the Apocalypse of John, reviewed by A. Robert Nusca Michel Desjardins, Peace, Violence and the New Testament, reviewed by Anna Janzen Peter Doble, The Paradox of Salvation: Luke's Theology of the Cross., reviewed by Richard S. Ascough Terence L. Donaldson, Paul and the Gentiles: Remapping the Apostle's Convictional World, reviewed by L.W. Hurtado Joachim Gnilka, Paulus von Tarsus: Apostel und Zeuge, reviewed by Joseph Plevnik John S. Kloppenborg and Stephen G. Wilson, eds., Voluntary Associations in the Graeco-Roman World, reviewed by Willi Braun David Konstan, Friendship in the Classical World, reviewed by Alicia Batten Irina Levinskaya, The Book of Acts in Its Diaspora Setting, reviewed by Richard S. Ascough Richard Middleton and Brian J. Walsh, Truth Is Stranger than It Used to Be: Biblical Faith in a Postmodern Age, reviewed by Michael Knowles Richard J. Valantasis, The Gospel of Thomas, reviewed by Steven R. Johnson Nancy Christie and Michael Gauvreau, A Full-Orbed Christianity: Protestant Churches and Social Welfare in Canada, 1900-1940, reviewed by Brian J. Fraser Robert M. Grant, lrenaeus of Lyons, reviewed by Tim Hegedus J.E. Merdinger, Rome and the African Church in the Time of Augustine, reviewed by Joanne McWilliam Werner O. Packull, Hutterite Beginnings: Communitarian Experiments during the Reformation, reviewed by A. James Reimer Gilles Routhier, ed., L'Eglise canadienne et Vatican II., reviewed by Michael Attridge Johanna M. Selles, Methodists and Women's Education in Ontario, 1836-1925, reviewed by Cora Krommenhoek Paul B. Thompson, The Spirit of the Soil: Agriculture and Environmental Ethics, reviewed by Marvin L. Anderson Paul F. Bradshaw, ed., Essays on Early Eastern Eucharistic Prayers, reviewed by Jaroslav Z. Skira Katie Geneva Cannon, Katie's Canon: Womanism and the Soul of the Black Community, reviewed by LeeCormie Marcel J. Dumestre, A Church at Risk: The Challenge of Spiritually Hungry Adults, reviewed by Ronald M. Barnes James R. Horne, Mysticism and Vocation, reviewed by Ellen M. Leonard David Ng, ed., People on the Way: Asian North Americans Discovering Christ, Culture and Community, reviewed by Eun Hee Shin Joseph Ratzinger, A New Song for the Lord: Faith in Christ and Liturgy Today, reviewed by Daniel Donovan Heinrich Fries, Fundamental Theology, reviewed by Daniel Donovan Richard R. Gaillardetz, Teaching with Authority: A Theology of the Magisterium in the Church, reviewed by John A. Boissonneau Guenther H. Haas, The Concept of Equity in Calvin's Ethics, reviewed by Victor Shepherd Daphne Hampson, After Christianity, reviewed by Tracy Trothen Michael J. Himes, Ongoing Incarnation: Johann Adam Mohler and the Beginnings of Modern Ecclesiology, reviewed by Daniel Donovan Julia Lamm, The Living God: Schleiermacher's Theological Appropriation of Spinoza., reviewed by Iain G. Nicol Robert A. Larmer. Water into Wine? An Investigation of the Concept of Miracle, reviewed by Philip G. Ziegler Robert A. Larmer, ed. Questions of Miracle, reviewed by Philip G. Ziegler Diarmuid O'Murchu, Quantum Theology: Spiritual Implications of the New Physics, reviewed by Stephen G. Dunn Raimundo Panikkar, Invisible Harmony: Essays on Contemplation and Responsibility, reviewed by John Duggan Vinoth Ramachandra, The Recovery of Mission: Beyond the Pluralist Paradigm, reviewed by Carl F. Starkloff Paul Ricoeur, Figuring the Sacred: Religion, Narrative and Imagination, reviewed by James H. Olthuis Stephen Bede Scharper, Redeeming the Time: A Political Theology of the Environment., reviewed by Dennis O'Hara Hedwig Wahle, Juifs et Chretiens en dialogue. Vivre d'un heritage commun, reviewed by Peter Richardson Donald Wiebe, The Irony of Theology and the Nature of Religious Thought, reviewed by Rory A.A. Hinton Donald Wiebe, Beyond Legitimation: Essays on the Problem of Religious Knowledge, reviewed by Rory A.A. Hinton

Jeffrey B. Gibson, The Temptations of Jesus in Early Christianity, reviewed by Colleen Shantz Norman C. Habel, The Land Is Mine: Six Biblical Land Ideologies, reviewed by Marvin L. Anderson Thomas W. Gillespie, The First Theologians: A Study in Early Christian Prophecy, reviewed by Michael P. Knowles Richard A. Horsley, Galilee: History, Politics, People, reviewed by William E. Arnal Gareth Schmeling, ed., The Novel in the Ancient World, reviewed by Richard S. Ascough David C. Sim, Apocalyptic Eschatology in the Gospel of Matthew., reviewed by John S. Kloppenborg Jeffrey L. Staley, Reading with a Passion: Rhetoric, Autobiography, and the American West in the Gospel of John, reviewed by Willi Braun Carsten P. Thiede, Re-Kindling the Word: Jesus, Qumran and the Papyri, reviewed by Jean-Fran~ois Racine Lauri Thuren, The Motivation of the Paraenesis: Discovering Argumentation and Theology in 1 Peter, reviewed by Robert L. Webb Renita J. Weems, Battered Love: Marriage, Sex, and Violence in the Hebrew Prophets, reviewed by John L. McLaughlin Brad H. Young, Jesus the Jewish Theologian, reviewed by Robert Derrenbacker John M. Badertscher, Gordon Harland and Roland E. Miller, Religious Studies in Manitoba and Saskatchewan: A State-of-the-Art Review, reviewed by Bryan Hills Brian J. Fraser, The Study of Religion in British Columbia: A State-of-the-Art Review, reviewed by Robert K. Burkinshaw R.D. Gidney and W.P.I. Millar, Professional Gentlemen: The Professions in Nineteenth-Century Ontario, reviewed by Sharon Anne Cook Carmel McEnroy, Guests in Their Own House: The Women of Vatican II., reviewed by Ellen M. Leonard Mark A. Noll, David W. Bebbington and George A. Rawlyk, eds., Evangelicalism: Comparative Studies in Popular Protestantism in North America. the British Isles, and Beyond 1700-1990, reviewed by John W. Stephenson Elizabeth Alvilda Petroff, Body and Soul: Essays on Medieval Women and Mysticism, reviewed by Kate Galea Kim Power, Veiled Desire: Augustine on Women, reviewed by Richard Valantasis Scott L. Waugh and Peter D. Diehl, eds., Christendom and Its Discontents: Exclusion, Persecution, and Rebellion 1000-1500, reviewed by Evelyn A. Mackie Earle H. Waugh, Dissonant Worlds: Roger Vandersteene Among the Cree, reviewed by David Nazar Peter Wyatt, Jesus Christ and Creation in· the Theology of John Calvin, reviewed by Anna Case-Winters John Fenwick and Bryan Spinks, Worship in Transition: The Liturgical Movement in the Twentieth Century, reviewed by Alan L. Hayes Margaret Eletta Guider, Daughters of Rahab: Prostitution and the Church of Liberation in Brazil, reviewed by Helen-May Eaton-Ramirez Howard Clark Kee and Irvin Borowski, eds., Removing Anti-Judaism from the Pulpit, reviewed by Dow Marmur Bill McKibben, The Comforting Whirlwind: God, Job, and the Scale of Creation, reviewed by Michael Kolarcik Mercy Amba Oduyoye, Daughters of Anowa: African Women and Patriarchy, reviewed by Diana L. Hayes Marjorie Procter-Smith, Praying with Our Eyes Open: Engendering Feminist Liturgical Prayer, reviewed by Pamela Ann Moeller Ted A. Campbell, Christian Confessions: A Historical Introduction, reviewed by Philip G. Ziegler Anne E. Carr, Transforming Grace: Christian Tradition and Women' s Experience, reviewed by Grace Kim Gary David Comstock, Unrepentant, Self-Affirming, Practicing: Lesbian/Bisexual! Gay People within Organized Religion, reviewed by Donald C. Smith Dawn De Vries, Jesus Christ in the Preaching of Calvin and Schleiermacher, reviewed by lain G. Nicol Willem B. Drees, Religion, Science and Naturalism, reviewed by Donald Wiebe David J. Gouwens, Kierkegaard as Religious Thinker, reviewed by Abrahim H. Khan Colin Grant, A Salvation Audit, reviewed by Nancy L. Cocks Moshe Idel and Bernard McGinn, eds., Mystical Union in Judaism, Christianity and Islam: An Ecumenical Dialogue, reviewed by Dow Marmur Gordon D. Kaufman, God-Mystery-Diversity; Christian Theology in a Pluralistic World, reviewed by DarylCulp Julian Kunnie, Models of Black Theology: Issues in Class, Culture and Gender, reviewed by Ogbu U. Kalu Geiko Miiller-Fahrenholz, God's Spirit: Transforming a World in Crisis, reviewed by Philip G. Ziegler Mark I. Wallace. Fragments, of the Spirit: Nature, Violence, and the Renewal of Creation, reviewed by Philip G. Ziegler Anne E. Patrick, Liberating Conscience: Feminist Explorations in Catholic Moral Theology, reviewed by Bridget Campion Terence Penelhum, Reason and Religious Faith, reviewed by Abrahim H. Khan John Polkinghorne, The Faith of a Physicist, reviewed by Donald Wiebe Jung Suk Rhee, Secularization and Sanctification: A Study of Karl Barth's Doctrine of Sanctification and Its Contextual Application to the Korean Church, reviewed by Carl F. Starkloff John J. Robertson, Jr., The Loss and Recovery of Transcendence: The Will to Power and the Light of Heaven, reviewed by Brian J. Walsh Christoph Schwabel, ed., Trinitarian Theology Today: Essays on Divine Being and Act, reviewed by Myroslaw Tataryn Thomas F. Torrance., The Christian Doctrine of God: One Being, Three Persons, reviewed by Myroslaw Tataryn Harold Wells, A Future for Socialism? Political Theology and the "Triumph of Capitalism", reviewed by Donald C. Smith Stephen N. Williams, Revelation and Reconciliation: A Window on Modernity, reviewed by Greg Robertson Pamela Dickey Young, Christ in a Post-Christian World, reviewed by Cora Twohig-Moengangongo

Recent books of interest in theological scholarship.

R.E. Clements, Wisdom in Theology, reviewed by Robert Delsnyder Mary Douglas, In the Wilderness: The Doctrine of Defilement in the Book of Numbers, reviewed by TYler F. Williams Victor H. Matthews and Don C. Benjamin, Social World of Ancient Israel, reviewed by John L. McLaughlin James G. Williams, The Bible, Violence, and the Sacred: Liberation from the Myth of Sacred Violence, reviewed by Leif E. Vaage Norman A. Beck, Mature Christianity in the 21st Century: The Recognition and Repudiation of the Anti-Jewish Polemic in the New Testament, reviewed by Shawn Carruth John K. Chow, Patronage and Power: A Study of Social Networks in Corinth, reviewed by Robert A. Derrenbacker, Jr. Kathleen E. Corley, Private Women, Public Meals: Social Conflict in the Synoptic Tradition, reviewed by Margaret Y. MacDonald Gail PaterSon Corrington, Her Image of Salvation: Female Saviors and Formative Christianity, reviewed by Richard S. Ascough Joel B. Green and Max Turner, eds., Jesus of Nazareth: Lord and Christ. Essays on the Historical Jesus and New Testament Christology, reviewed by Larry W. Hurtado Robert H. Gundry, Mark: A Commentary on His Apology for the Cross, reviewed by Richard N. Longenecker David M. Hay, ed., Pauline Theology Vol. 2: 1 & 2 Corinthians., reviewed by Jean-Francois Racine S.R. Llewelyn and R.A. Kearsley, eds., New Documents Illustrating Early Christianity, Vol. 6: A Review of the Greek Inscriptions and Papyri Published in 1980-81, reviewed by B. Hudson McLean Norman R. Petersen, The Gospel of John and the Sociology of Light: Language and Characterization in the Fourth Gospel, reviewed by Alfons M. Osiander John J. Pilch and Bruce J. Malina, eds., Biblical Social Values and Their Meaning: A Handbook., reviewed by Willi Braun Stanley E. Porter and Thomas H. Olbricht, eds., Rhetoric and the New Testament: Essays from the 1992 Heidelberg Conference, reviewed by Alan Kirk Darrell J. Pursiful, The Cultic Motif in the Spirituality of the Book of Hebrews, reviewed by Frank J. Matera Bruce W. Winter and Andrew D. Clarke, eds., The Book of Acts in Its First-Century Setting, reviewed by Christopher R. Matthews Alan Davies, ed., Antisemitism in Canada: History and Interpretation, reviewed by Dow Marmur Theodore de Bruyn, Pelagius's Commentary on St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, reviewed by J. Kevin Coyle Eric W. Gritsch, Fortress Introduction to Lutheranism, reviewed by Gordon A. Jensen Randi R. Warne, Literature as Pulpit: The Christian Social Activism of Nellie L. McClung, reviewed by Beth Profit Gary H. Gossen, ed., South and Meso-American Native Spirituality: From the Cult of the Feathered Serpent to the Theology of Liberation, reviewed by Michael J. Stogre Ruben L.F. Habito, Healing Breath: Zen Spirituality for a Wounded Earth, reviewed by Moni McIntyre Margaret Hebblethwaite, Base Communities: An Introduction, reviewed by Rosalee Bender Gordon W. Lathrop, Holy Things: A Liturgical Theology, reviewed by Thomas Harding Pamela Ann Moeller, A Kinesthetic Homiletic: Embodying Gospel in Preaching, reviewed by Alexandra Caverly-Lowery Mary and Clare Christie O'Brien, Single Women: Affirming Our Spiritual Journey., reviewed by Brigid Murphy John Patton, Pastoral Care in Context: An Introduction to Pastoral Care, reviewed by Ann Evans Marjorie Procter-Smith and Janet R. Walton, eds., Women at Worship: Interpretations of North American Diversity, reviewed by Dana Johnston Lamin Sanneh, Encountering the West: Christianity and the Global Cultural Process, reviewed by Susan Rakoczy Kevin Treston, A New Vision of Religious Education: Theory, History, Practice, and Spirituality for DREs, Catechists, and Teachers, reviewed by Mary Heather MacKinnon Michael Warren, Faith, Culture, and the Worshipping Community: Shaping the Local Church, reviewed by Mary Heather MacKinnon Maria Pilar Aquino, Our Cry for Life: Feminist Theology from Latin America, reviewed by Theresa O'Donovan Denise Lardner Carmody and John Tully Carmody, eds., The Future of Prophetic Christianity: Essays in Honor of Robert McAfee Brown, reviewed by Diane Bisson Annette Esser and Luise Schottroff, eds., Feministische Theologie im europiiischen Kontext. Feminist Theology in a European Context. Thiologie jeministe dans un contexte europeen, reviewed by J. Eileen Scully C.W. Maggie Kim, Susan M. St. Ville and Susan M. Simonaitis, Transfigurations: Theology and the French Feminists, reviewed by Marsha Aileen Hewitt Moni McIntyre, Social Ethics and the Return to Cosmology: A Study of Gibson Winter, reviewed by Ted Reeve Dorothee Soelle, On Earth as in Heaven: A Liberation Spirituality of Sharing, reviewed by Moni McIntyre Maryanne Stevens, ed., Reconstructing the Christ Symbol: Essays in Feminist Christology, reviewed by Ellen M. Leonard Felix Wilfred, ed., Leave the Temple: Indian Paths to Human Liberation, reviewed by Thomas Vettickal Randall C. Zachman., The Assurance of Faith: Conscience in the Theology of Martin Luther and John Calvin, reviewed by Harold McSorley

Serinity Young, ed., An Anthology of Sacred Texts By and About Women, reviewed by Patricia McLean Bruce C. Birch, Let Justice Roll Down: The Old Testament. Ethics. and Christian Life, reviewed by John L. McLaughlin Gordon F. Davies, Israel in Egypt: Reading Exodus 1-2, reviewed by Lyle Eslinger J. Clinton McCann, ed., The Shape and Shaping of the Psalter, reviewed by J. Glen Taylor Ilona N. Rashkow, The Phallacy of Genesis: A Feminist-Psychoanalytic Approach, reviewed by Jacqueline R. Isaac Claus Westermann, Genesis: An Introduction, reviewed by John E. Harvey Janice Capel Anderson and Stephen D. Moore, eds., Mark and Method: New Approaches in Biblical Studies, reviewed by Joseph Kozar Raymond F. Collins, The Birth of the New Testament: The Origin and Development of the First Christian Generation, reviewed by L. Ann Jervis Raymond F. Collins, Divorce in the New Testament, reviewed by Robert L. Webb Eldon J. Epp and Gordon D. Fee, Studies in the Theory and Method of New Testament Textual Criticism, reviewed by Jean-François Racine Michael Fieger, Das Thomasevangelium: Einleitung, Kommentar und Systematik, reviewed by Schuyler Brown David E. Garland, Reading Matthew: A Literary and Theological Commentary on the First Gospel, reviewed by Steven C. Muir Ed L. Miller, ed., Good News in History: Essays in Honor of Bo Reicke, reviewed by Alicia Batten Mikeal C. Parsons and Richard I. Pervo, Rethinking the Unity of Luke and Acts, reviewed by Richard S. Ascough Jack T. Sanders, Schismatics, Sectarians, Dissidents, Deviants: The First One Hundred Years of Jewish-Christian Relations, reviewed by S.G. Wilson John Sanford, Mystical Christianity: A Psychological Commentary on the Gospel of John., reviewed by Schuyler Brown Daniel N. Schowalter, The Emperor and the Gods: Images from the Time of Trajan, reviewed by Ernest P. Janzen Heinz Schreckenberg and Kurt Schubert, Jewish Historiography and Iconography in Early and Medieval Christianity, reviewed by Alan F. Segal Bryan V. Hillis, Can Two Walk Together Unless They Be Agreed? American Religious Schisms in the 1970s, reviewed by Phyllis Airhart Robert Anthony Krieg, Karl Adam, reviewed by Daniel Donovan David B. Marshall, Secularizing the Faith: Canadian Protestant Clergy and the Crisis of Belief, 1850-1940, reviewed by G.A. Rawlyk Bernard McGinn, The Presence of God: A History of Western Christian Mysticism, reviewed by Paul 1. Fedwick Paul Meyendorff, Russia, Ritual & Reform: The Liturgical Reforms of Nikon in the 17th Century, reviewed by Myroslaw Tataryn Fergus Millar, The Roman Near East, 31 B.C.-A.D. 337, reviewed by Peter Richardson Robert L. Wilken, The Land Called Holy: Palestine in Christian History and Thought, reviewed by Thomas M. Rosica Donald Capps, The Depleted Self-Sin in a Narcissistic Age, reviewed by John Allan Loftus David S. Cunningham, Faithful Persuasion: In Aid of a Rhetoric of Christian Theology, reviewed by Paul Wilson David W. Fagerberg, What Is Liturgical Theology? A Study in Methodology, reviewed by Scott H. Pell David R. Holeton, ed., Growing in Newness of Life: Christian Initiation in Anglicanism Today, reviewed by Brian Prideaux Ursula King, Women and Spirituality: Voices of Protest and Promise. 2d. ed., reviewed by Rebecca McKenna Regina Siegfried and Edward Ruane, In the Company of Preachers, reviewed by Michel Cêté Brian D. Spinks, Worship: Prayers from the East, reviewed by Paul J. Fedwick Denise Lardner Carmody, Mythological Woman: Contemporary Reflections on Ancient Religious Stories, reviewed by Ellen M. Leonard Denise Lardner Carmody, Virtuous Woman: Reflections on Christian Feminist Ethics, reviewed by Ellen M. Leonard Frederick E. Crowe, Lonergan, reviewed by Michael Vertin Darrell J. Fasching, Narrative Theology After Auschwitz: From Alienation to Ethics, reviewed by Alan Davies Darrell J. Fasching, The Ethical Challenge of Auschwitz and Hiroshima: Apocalypse or Utopia, reviewed by Alan Davies Frederick Ferré, Hellfire and Lightning Rods: Liberating Science, Technology, and Religion, reviewed by James Farris William J. Hill, Search for the Absent God: Tradition and Modernity in Religious Understanding, reviewed by John Dool Gilles Routhier, La reception d'un concile, reviewed by John T. Ford Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza, Discipleship of Equals: A Critical Feminist Ekklesialogy of Liberation, reviewed by Theresa O'Donovan Alan P.F. Sell, Commemorations: Studies in Christian Thought and History, reviewed by William O. Fennell Robert Chester Sutton, Human Existence and Theodicy: A Comparison of Jesus and Albert Camus, reviewed by Barry L. Whitney

Antony F. Campbell and Mark A. O'Brien, Sources of the Pentateuch: Texts, Introductions, Annotations., reviewed by Dennis Becker Thomas Jemielity, Satire and the Hebrew Prophets, reviewed by John L. McLaughlin Steve N. Mason, Josephus and the New Testament, reviewed by Gabriele Boccaccini Sean McEvenue, Interpreting the Pentateuch, reviewed by Dennis Becker Leo G. Perdue and W. Clark Gilpin, eds., The Voice from the Whirlwind: Interpreting the Book of Job, reviewed by John L. McLaughlin David L. Petersen and Kent Harold Richards, Interpreting Hebrew Poetry, reviewed by John L. McLaughlin E.P. Sanders, Judaism: Practice and Belief 63 B.C.E.-66 C.E., reviewed by Wayne o. McCready M. Eugene Boring, The Continuing Voice of Jesus: Christian Prophecy and the Gospel Tradition, reviewed by Richard S. Ascough Douglas A. Campbell, The Rhetoric of Righteousness in Romans 3:21-26, reviewed by Grant LeMarquand John Darr, On Character Building: The Reader and the Rhetoric of Characterization in Luke-Acts, reviewed by David Neale David L. Dungan, ed., The Interrelations of the Gospels: A Symposium Led by M.-E. Boismard, W.R. Farmer and F. Neirynck. Jerusalem 1984., reviewed by John S. Kloppenborg Don B. Garlington, "The Obedience of Faith": A Pauline Phrase Historical Context, reviewed by L. Ann Jervis Craig S. Keener, Paul, Women and Wives: Marriage and Women's Ministry in the Letters of Paul, reviewed by Alicia Batten Margaret M. Mitchell, Paul and the Rhetoric of Reconciliation: An Exegeticallnvestigation of the Language and Composition of J Corinthians, reviewed by Willi Braun Frans Neirynck, in collaboration with J. Verheyden, F. Van-Segbroeck, G. Van Oyen and R. Corstjens, The Gospel of Mark: A Cumulative Bibliography, 1950-1990., reviewed by John S. Kloppenborg Harold Riley, The First Gospel, reviewed by John S. Kloppenborg J. Paul Sampley, Walking Between the Times: Paul's Moral Reasoning, reviewed by L. Ann Jervis Jeffrey S. Siker, Disinheriting the Jews: Abraham in Early Christian Controversy, reviewed by Stephen G. Wilson Graham N. Stanton, A Gospel for a New People: Studies in Matthew., reviewed by Richard S. Ascough N.T. Wright, The Climax of the Covenant: Christ and the Law in Pauline Theology, reviewed by Terence L. Donaldson David V.N. Bagchi, Luther's Earliest Opponents: Catholic Controversialists, 1518-1525, reviewed by Gordon A. Jensen Jacques Langlais and David Rome, Jews and French Quebecers: Two Hundred Years of Shared History, reviewed by Alan Davies Joanne McWilliam, ed., Augustine: From Rhetor to Theologian, reviewed by J. Kevin Coyle Thomas F. O'Meara, Church and Culture: German Catholic Theology, 1860-1914, reviewed by Daniel Donovan Douglas H. Shantz, Crautwald and Erasmus: A Study in Humanism and Radical Reform in Sixteenth-Century Silesia, reviewed by Erika Rummel Donald Swainson, ed., St. George's Cathedral: Two Hundred Years of Community, reviewed by William Westfall Joan E. Taylor, Christians and the Holy Places: The Myth of Jewish-Christian Origins, reviewed by John S. Kloppenborg Paul F. Bradshaw and Lawrence A. Hoffman, eds., The Changing Face of Jewish and Christian Worship in North America, reviewed by Jacoba H. Kuikman Don S. Browning, A Fundamental Practical Theology: Descriptive and Strategic Proposals, reviewed by Mary Ellen Sheehan L. William Countryman, The Language of Ordination: Ministry in an Ecumenical Context, reviewed by Daniel Donovan Alphonse and Rachel Goettmann, Prayer of Jesus-Prayer of the Heart., reviewed by Robert Barringer Joan H. Timmerman, Sexuality and Spiritual Growth, reviewed by Michael Connors Adrian van Kaam Formative Spirituality, Vol. 5: Traditional Formation, reviewed by David M. Whalen Stephen B. Bevans, Models of Contextual Theology: Faith and Cultures, reviewed by Gordon A. Jensen Langdon Gilkey, Through the Tempest: Theological Voyages in a Pluralistic Culture, reviewed by Emily R. John Marilyn J. Legge, The Grace of Difference: A Canadian Feminist Theological Ethic, reviewed by Karen Krug David N. Power, The Eucharistic Mystery: Revitalizing the Tradition, reviewed by Daniel Donovan

The two letters written to the Christian group at the city of Thessalonica occupy the thirteenth and fourteenth places in the canon of the New Testament; they are eighth and ninth in the sequence of Paul’s letters. There is little doubt that Paul wrote 1 Thessalonians, and many scholars consider it to be one of his earliest letters. In contrast, the authenticity of 2 Thessalonians is much contested, with scholars split between ascribing it to Paul and ascribing it to a later writer using Paul’s name. On the other hand, the textual integrity of 2 Thessalonians is secure, while 1 Thessalonians is argued by some to be a combination of two or more letters, or at the very least, they suggest, it contains a nonauthentic interpolation at 2:13–16. The primary aim of 1 Thessalonians is to encourage Jesus’ believers to continue to progress in their faith, and Paul addresses some practical concerns to that effect: sexual morality, community relationships, and Jesus’ return. In 2 Thessalonians the emphasis lies on addressing fear and anxiety over the return of Jesus and some problematic behavior within the group.

Harold Remus, William Closson James and Daniel Fraikin, Religious Studies in Ontario: A State-of-the-Art Review, reviewed by Jean-Marc Laporte Craig C. Broyles, The Conflict of Faith and Experience in the Psalms: A Form Critical and Theological Study, reviewed by John L. McLaughlin Robert B. Coote, In Defense of Revolution: The Elohist History, reviewed by Dennis Becker Lyle Eslinger, Into the Hands of the Living God, reviewed by Robert Polzin Shalom M. Paul, Amos: A Commentary on the Book of Amos, reviewed by Joyce RiIett Wood Christopher R. Seitz, Zion's Final Destiny: The Development of the Book of Isaiah, reviewed by Donald E. Burke John Dominic Crossan, The Historical Jesus: The Life of a Mediterranean Jewish Peasant., reviewed by Larry W. Hurtado William D. Davies and Dale C. Allison, A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Gospel According to Saint Matthew, Vol., reviewed by Michael Knowles Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza, evelation: Vision of a Just World, reviewed by Kenneth A. Fox Robert M. Fowler, Let the Reader Understand: Reader Response Criticism and the Gospel of Mark., reviewed by Joseph Vlcek Kozar Robert W. Funk, New Gospel Parallels, reviewed by Philip Sellew Joachim Gnilka, Jesus von Nazaret: Botschajt und Geschichte, Supplementary Volume 3: Herder's Theological Commentary on the New Testament., reviewed by Schuyler Brown The Gospel of Thomas: The Hidden Sayings of Jesus, reviewed by John S. Kloppenborg Bradley H. McLean, Citations and Allusions to Jewish Scripture in Early Christian and Jewish Writings Through 180 C.E.2, reviewed by Michael P. Knowles Harry O. Maier, The Social Setting of Ministry as Reflected in the Writings of Hermas, Clement and Ignatius, reviewed by John S. Kloppenborg Fernando G. Segovia, The Farewell of the World: The Johannine Call to Abide, reviewed by Alfons M. Osiander Howard M. Teeple, How Did Christianity Really Begin? A Historical-Archaeological Approach, reviewed by Richard S. Ascough Walter T. Wilson, Love without Pretense: Romans 12.9-21 and Hellenistic-Jewish Wisdom Literature, reviewed by John S. Kloppenborg Walter Altmann, Luther and Liberation: A Latin American Perspective, reviewed by Gordon A. Jensen Richard Shaull, The Reformation and Liberation Theology: Insights for the Challenges of Today., reviewed by Gordon A. Jensen Martin Brecht, Martin Luther: Shaping and Defining the Reformation, 1521-1532, reviewed by Calvin Augustine Pater Alan Davies, Infected C!zristianity: A Study of Modern Racism, reviewed by H. Gordon Harland Michael Gauvreau, The Evangelical Century: College and Creed in English Canada from the Great Revival to the Great Depression, reviewed by Brian Hillis Elizabeth Gillan Muir, Petticoats in the Pulpit: The Story of Nineteenth Century Methodist Women Preachers in Upper Canada, reviewed by Joanne Carlson Brown A. James Reimer, The Emmanuel Hirsch and Paul Tillich Debate: A Study in the Political Ramifications of Theology., reviewed by Alan Davies Richard J. Valantasis, Spiritual Guides of the Third Century: A Semiotic Study of the Guide-Disciple Relationship in Christianity, Neoplatonism, Hermeticism, Gnosticism, reviewed by Leif E. Vaage Richard W. Vaudry, The Free Church In Victorian Canada, 1844-1861, reviewed by Paul R. Dekar Jerome W. Berryman, Godly Play-A Way of Religious Education, reviewed by Helen Goggin Sidney, Greidanus, The Modern Preacher and the Ancient Text, reviewed by Stephen Farris Donald A. Leggett, Loving God and Disturbing Men: Preaching from the Prophets, reviewed by Walter Deller Romney M. Moseley, Becoming a Self Before God: Critical Transformations, reviewed by Ronald M. Barnes Marilyn Nagy, Philosophical Issues in the Psychology of C.G. Jung, reviewed by Ronald M. Barnes Margaret M. Poloma and George H. Gallup,Varieties of Prayer: A Survey Report, reviewed by Joseph G. Schner Evelyn Underhill, The Ways of the Spirit, reviewed by Joy Milos James D. Whitehead and Evelyn Eaton, The Promise of Partnership: Leadership and Ministry in an Adult Church, reviewed by W. Wayne Soble Wesley Ariarajah, Hindus and Christians: A Century of Protestant Ecumenical Thought., reviewed by Peter Slater Peter Drilling, Trinity and Ministry, reviewed by Daniel Donovan Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza, But She Said: Feminist Practices of Biblical Interpretation, reviewed by Marsha Hewitt Sean E. McEvenue and Ben F. Meyer, eds., Lonergan's Hermeneutics: Its Development and Application, reviewed by Donna Teevan John C. Meagher, The Truing of Christianity: Visions of Life and Thought for the Future, reviewed by Don Wiebe Daniel L. Migliore, Faith Seeking Understanding: An Introduction to Christian Theology, reviewed by Richard Topping David L. Mueller, Foundation of Karl Barth's Doctrine of Reconciliation: Jesus Christ Crucified and Risen, reviewed by Craig A. Carter Winston D. Persaud, The Theology of the Cross and Marx's Anthropology: A View from the Caribbean, reviewed by Gordon A. Jensen Mark I. Wallace, The Second Naivete: Barth, Ricoeur, and the New Yale Theology, reviewed by Mark A. Husbands

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