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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 £...
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Reviews in religion and theology
Year: 2005, Volume: 12, Issue: 1, Pages: 134-176 |
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| Summary: | 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 21st 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 toAmerican 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 |
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| ISSN: | 1467-9418 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Reviews in religion and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9418.2005.00239.x |