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Gerald GAMM,
Urban Exodus. Why the Jews Left Boston and the Catholics Stayed.
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. 384 + x pp. $22.50 pb. ISBN 0-674-00558-9.
Reviewed by Anthony J. BLASI, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN 37209
Magnus ZETTERHOLM,
The Formation of Christianity in Antioch. A Social-Scientific Approach to the Separation Between Judaism and Christianity.
London & New York: Routledge, 2003. Pp. 272 + xiv. $92.95 hb ISBN 0-415-29896-2.
Reviewed by Anthony J. BLASI, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN 37209
Jennifer HEATH,
The Scimitar and the Veil: Extraordinary Women of Islam.
Mahwah NJ: HiddenSpring, an imprint of Paulist Press, 2004. pp. 465. $28. hb. ISBN 1-58768-020-3.
Reviewed by Winifred WHELAN, Professor Emerita, St. Bonaventure University, St. Bonaventure NY 14778.
Sister Dianna ORTIZ with Patricia DAVIS,
The Blindfold's Eyes: My Journey from Torture to Truth.
Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2002. pp.xii+484. $18pb. ISBN 1-57075-563-9.
Reviewed by Peter BERNARDI, S.J., Loyola University, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70118
Florence CAFFREY BOURG,
Where Two or Three Are Gathered: Christian Families as Domestic Church.
Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press, 2004. pp. 229. $22.00. Pb, USBB 0-268-02179.
Reviewed by Nathan KOLLAR, St. John Fisher College, Rochester N.Y. 14618
Mona M. VILLARRUBIA,
From Hurt to Healing: Childhood Sexual Abuse by a Catholic Priest. One Woman's Story.
Baltimore: PublishAmerica, 2004. pp. 176. No Price Listed pb. ISBN 1-4137-2259-8.
Reviewed by Georgie Ann WEATHERBY, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA 99258-0065
Terrence REYNOLDS,
The Phenomenon of Religious Faith.
Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: 2005. pp. 468. $ 51.33 ISBN0-13-048115-7.
Reviewed by Nathan KOLLAR, St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY 14618
Philip ENDEAN, editor,
Karl Rahner: Spiritual Writings.
Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2004. pp. 206. $16.00 pb. ISBN 1-57075-553-1.
Reviewed by Peter C. Phan, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057
Joseph KELLY,
The Origins of Christmas.
Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2004. pp. 140 pb. $11.95 ISBN 0-8146-2984-9.
Reviewed by Nuala COTTER, Assumption College, Worcester, MA 01609
Patrick W. CAREY, Editor,
American Catholic Religious Thought, the shaping of a theological and social tradition.
Milwaukee: Marquette University Press, 2004. pp 486. $37.00 pb ISBN 0-87462-696-X.
Reviewed by Francis BERNA, OFM, La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA 19141
Michael O'LAUGHLIN,
God's Beloved: A Spiritual Biography of Henri Nouwen.
Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2004. x + 198 pp. $16.00pb. ISBN 1-57075-561-2.
Reviewed by David CLOUTIER, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University, Department of Theology, St. Joseph, MN, 56374.
Fernando and Gioia LANZI,
Saints and Their Symbols: Recognizing Saints in Art and in Popular Images.
tr. Matthew O'Connell. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2004. pp. 239. $49.95 hc. ISBN: 0-8146-2970-9.
Reviewed by Patrick J. HAYES, Marymount College of Fordham University, Tarrytown, NY 10591
Marie M. FORTUNE and Joretta L. MARSHALL, Editors,
Forgiveness and Abuse: Jewish and Christian Reflections.
New York: Haworth Pastoral Press, 2002, pp. 152. $19.95pb. ISBN 0-7890-2252-4.
Reviewed by Johann M. VENTO, Georgian Court University, Lakewood, NJ 08701
Robert WUTHNOW,
All in Sync: How Music and Art are Revitalizing American Religion.
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. 2003. pp. 300. $29.95 hb. ISBN 0-520-23769-2.
Reviewed by William R. GARRETT, Saint Michael's College, Colchester, VT 05439
Ian Christopher LEVY,
John Wyclif: Scriptural Logic, Real Presence, and the Paramenters of Orthodoxy.
Marquette Studies in Theology 36. Milwaukee: Marquette University Press, 2003. Pp. 351. $30.00 pb. ISBN 0-87462-688-9.
Reviewed by Raymond STUDZINSKI, OSB, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064
Demetrius DUMM,
Praying the Scriptures.
Washington, D.C: Institute of Carmelite Studies Publications, 2003. pp. 290. $13.95 pb. ISBN 0-935216-30-8.
Reviewed by Raymond STUDZINSKI, OSB, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064
Paul J. GRIFFITHS,
Lying: An Augustinian Theology of Duplicity.
Grand Rapids: Brazos Press, 2004. pp. 254. $18.99. pb. ISBN 1-58743-086-X.
Reviewed by Moni MCINTYRE, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA 15206
Charles E. CURRAN, editor,
Conscience: Readings in Moral Theology, 14.
New York: Paulist Press, 2004. pp. 196. $19.95pb. ISBN 0-8091-4248-1.
Reviewed by James T. BRETZKE, S.J. University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94118
Ronald ROLHEISER,
The Restless Heart. Finding a Spiritual Home in Times of Loneliness.
New York: Doubleday, 2004. pp. 193. $19.95 ISBN 0-385-51114-0.
Reviewed by Nathan KOLLAR, St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY 14618
John W. MILLER,
How the Bible Came to Be: Exploring the Narrative and the Message.
Mahwah: Paulist Press, 2004); ISBN: 0-8091-4183-3, $18.95, paperback.
Reviewed by Patrick J. HAYES, Marymount College of Fordham University, Tarrytown, NY
Marie M. FORTUNE and W. Merle LONGWOOD, Editors,
Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church: Trusting the Clergy?
New York: The Haworth Pastoral Press, 2003. pp. 109. $17.95 pb. ISBN 0-7890-2465-9.
Reviewed by Georgie Ann WEATHERBY, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA 99258-0065
Luke Timothy JOHNSON,
The Creed. What Christians Believe and Why it matters.
New York: Doubleday, 2003. pp.324. $23.95 pb. ISBN 0-385-50247-8.
Reviewed by Francis HOLLAND, St. John's University, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Jamaica, NY 11439
Gerlinde BAUMAN,
Love and Violence: Marriage as a Metaphor for the Relationship between YHWH and Israel in the Prophetic Books. Trans. Linda M. Maloney. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2003. pp. 271.
Reviewed by Maureen O'CONNELL, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
M. Bridget BRENNAN and Jerome L. SHEN,
Claiming our Deepest Desires: The Power of an Intimate Marriage.
Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2004. pp. 146. $12.95 (paperback). ISBN 0-8146-3012-X.
Reviewed by Randall Jay WOODARD, Silver Spring, MD 20902
R. Scott APPLEBY, Patricia BYRNE, and William L. PORTIER, editors,
Creative Fidelity: American Catholic Intellectual Traditions.
Original Documents from More than 200 Years of Catholic History. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2004. $50.00 Hardback pp.330 ISBN 15707-5453
Reviewed by Biff ROCHA, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH 45401
Jean VANIER,
Drawn into the Mystery of Jesus through the Gospel of John.
NY/Mahwah, N.J.: Paulist Press, 2004, pp. 360. $18.95 pb. ISBN 0-8091-4296-1.
Reviewed by Jill RAITT, University of Missouri-Columbia, MO 65211
Gerard S. SLOYAN,
Why Jesus Died.
Edited by Marshall D. Johnson. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2004. pp.vi+154. $6.00pb. ISBN 0-8006-3693-7.
Reviewed by Peter BERNARDI, S.J., Loyola University, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70118
Carol J. DEMPSEY & Mary Margaret PAZDAN, Editors,
Earth, Wind & Fire.
Collegeville, Minn.: Liturgical Press, 2004, pp.198.$21.95. pb. ISBN 0-8146-5110-0.
Reviewed by Nathan KOLLAR
Carl E. BRAATEN and Robert W. JENSEN, Editors,
Mary, Mother of God.
Grand Rapids, MI-Cambridge, UK: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2004. Pp. viii + 123. No price given. ISBN 0-8028-2266-5.
Reviewed by Michael JONCAS, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN
Stanley HAUERWAS,
Performing the Faith: Bonhoeffer and the Practice of Nonviolence.
Grand Rapids: Brazos Press, 2004. Pp. 252. $19.99 pb.
Reviewed by Paul J. WADELL, St. Norbert College, De Pere, WI 54115
Gerald O'COLLINS, S.J.,
Easter Faith: Believing in the Risen Jesus.
New York: Paulist Press, 2003. pp. ix, 122. $12.95. pb. ISBN 0-8091-4258-9.
Reviewed by Joseph A. BRACKEN, S.J., Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH 45207
William C. GAVENTA and David L. COULTNER, Editors,
The Pastoral Voice of Robert Perske.
Binghamton, NY: Haworth Pastoral Press, 2003. Pp. 184. $19.95 pb. ISBN 0-7890-2256-7.
Reviewed by John C. MEYER, Bradley University, PEORIA, IL 61625
John and Gloria BEN-DANIEL,
The Apocalypse in the Light of the Temple: A new approach to the Book of Revelation.
Jerusalem: Beit Yochanan, 2003. pp. 266. UK £14.00 pb. ISBN 965-555-134-2.
Reviewed by Dennis HAMM, S.J., Creighton University, Omaha, NE 68178
Howard P. BLEICHNER,
View from the Altar.
New York: The Crossroad Publishing Company, 2004. pp. 222. $19.95 pb. ISBN 0-8245-2141-2.
Reviewed by Mary GAUTIER, CARA, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057
Christian SCHAREN,
Public Worship and Public Work.
Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 2004. pp. 227. $29.95 pb. ISBN 0-8146-6193-9 (pbk.).
Reviewed by Jacqueline WENGER, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064
Belden RUSSONELLO & STEWART,
The View from Mainstream America: The Catholic Voter in Summer 2004.
Washington, D.C.: BRS, 2004. pp. 70. No Price or ISBN Listed - pb.
Reviewed by Georgie Ann WEATHERBY, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA 99258-0065
Luke Timothy JOHNSON,
Brother of Jesus, Friend of God: Studies in the Letter of James.
Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2004. Pp. xii + 290. $30.00 pb. ISBN 0-8028-0986-3.
Reviewed by Richard STEELE, Seattle Pacific University, SEATTLE, WA 98119
Jill L. McNISH,
Transforming Shame: A Pastoral Response.
Binghamton, N.Y.: Haworth Pastoral Press, 2004. 251pp. $19.95 ISBN 0-7890-2153-6
Reviewed by Ann SWANER and Ronald J. TESTA, Barry University, Miami Shores, Fl 33161
John R. SOMMERFELDT,
Bernard of Clairvaux: On the Life of the Mind.
Mahwah, NJ: The Newman Press, 2004. Pp. 197. $19.95 pb. ISBN 0-8091-4203-1.
Bernard of Clairvaux: On the Spirituality of Relationship. Mahwah, NJ: The Newman Press, 2004. Pp. 178. $19.95 pb. ISBN 0-8091-4253-8.
Reviewed by John V. APCZYNSKI, Department of Theology, St. Bonaventure, NY 14778-0012
Craig J. SLANE,
Bonhoeffer as Martyr: Social Responsibility and Modern Christian Commitment.
Brazos Press, 2004. pp. 256. ISBN 1-58743-074-6.
Reviewed by Michael J. TKACIK, Providence College, Providence, RI 02918
Paul DAVIES,
The Cosmic Blueprint.
Philadelphia and London: Templeton Foundation Press Paperback Edition, 2004. pp. 222. $16.95. pb. ISBN 1-9332031-66-9.
(Originally published by Simon and Schuster, 1988.)
Reviewed by Jill RAITT, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211
Aaron MILAVEC,
The Didache: Faith Hope & Life of the Earliest Christian Communities, 50-70 C.E.
New York/Mahwah, N.J.: The Newman Press, 2003. pp. xxvii + 984. $64.95. ISBN 0-8091-0537-3 (alk. paper) .
Reviewed by Robert J. DALY, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
Charlene SPRETNAK,
Missing Mary: The Queen of Heaven and Her Re-Emergence in the Modern Church.
New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004. pp.280. $24.95. hb. ISBN 1-4039-6398.
Reviewed by Mary Anne FOLEY, University of Scranton, Scranton, PA 18510
Ralph C. WOOD,
Flannery O'Connor and the Christ-Haunted South.
Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 2004. pp. 271. $ 22.00. pb. ISBN 0-8028-2117-0.
Reviewed by Denise T. ASKIN, Saint Anselm College, Manchester, NH 03102
Holly E. HEARON,
The Mary Magdalene Tradition: Witness and Counter-Witness in Early Christian Communities.
Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2004, pp. 236. $24.95 pb.
Reviewed by Gwen Laurie WRIGHT, Wright Communications, 7639 E. Amherst Ave., Denver, CO 80231.
Margaret SWEDISH and Marie DENNIS,
Like grains of wheat: A Spirituality of Solidarity.
Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2004). pp.240. $18.00 original paperback. ISBN: 1570755671
Reviewed by Arthur J. KUBICK, Rivier College, Nashua, NH 03060
Julie Hanlon RUBIO,
A Christian Theology of Marriage and Family.
Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2003. pp.241. S19.95 pb. ISBN 0-8091-4118-3.
Reviewed by Gaile POHLHAUS, Villanova University, VILLANOVA, PA 19087
David A. STOSUR, editor,
Unfailing Patience and Sound Teaching: Reflections on the Episcopal Ministry.
In Honor of Rembert G. Weakland, O.S.B. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2003. Pp. 299 + xx. $27.95.
Reviewed by Ann RIGGS, Rivier College, 420 S. Main St., NASHUA, NH 03050
Matthew B SCHWARTZ and Kalman J. KAPLAN,
Biblical Stories for Psychotherapy and Counseling.
New York: Haworth Pastoral Press, 2004. pp.218. $24.95 pb.
Reviewed by John TROKAN D. MIN, College of Mount St. Joseph, 5701 Delhi Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45233
K. C. HANSON, and Douglas E. OAKMAN,
Palestine in the Time of Jesus: Social Structures and Social Conflicts.
Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 1998 [2002]. pp. xx + 235. no price given for pb. ISBN 0-8006-3470-5.
Reviewed by Michael JONCAS, University of St. Thomas, 2115 Summit Avenue, St. Paul, MN
Walter J. BURGHARDT,
Justice: A Global Adventure.
New York: Orbis Books, 2004. pp. 273. $20.00 pb. ISBN 1-57075-519-1.
Reviewed by Brian M. DOYLE, Marymount University, Arlington, VA 22207
Massimo SERRETTI, editor,
The Uniqueness and Universality of Jesus Christ: In Dialogue with the Religions.
Grand Rapids, Michigan / Cambridge, UK: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2004. 163 pp. $22.00 pb. ISBN 0-8028-2212-6.
Reviewed by Dorothy JACKO, SC, Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA 15601
Bernard PUJO,
Vincent de Paul: The Trailblazer.
Translated by Gertrud Graubart Champe. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2003. pp. 327. $40.00, hardcover. ISBN: 0-268-04361-2.
Reviewed by Patrick HAYES, Marymount College of Fordham University, Tarrytown, NY, 10591
Gregory P. ROCCA,
Speaking the Incomprehensible God.
D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2004. pp. 412. No price given. ISBN 0-8132-1367-3.
Reviewed by Peter C. PHAN, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057
John C. CAVADINI and Laura HOLT, editors,
Who Do You Say That I Am? Confessing the Mystery of Christ.
Notre Dame, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Press, 2004. pp. 263. No price given. Pb. ISBN 0-268-04401-5.
Reviewed by Peter C. PHAN, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057
John Howard GRIFFIN,
Scattered Shadows: A Memoir of Blindness and Vision.
Washington, D.C: Institute of Carmelite Studies Publications, 2003. pp. 290. $13.95 pb. ISBN 0-935216-30-8.
Reviewed by Georgie Ann WEATHERBY, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA 99258-0065
Germain GRISEZ & Russell SHAW,
Personal Vocation: God Calls Everyone by Name.
Huntington, Ind.: Our Sunday Visitor, Inc., 2003. Pp.169. $12.95 pb. ISBN 1-59276-021-X.
Reviewed by Paul J. WADELL, St. Norbert College, De Pere, WI 54115
Wendy M. WRIGHT,
Heart Speaks to Heart: the Salesian Tradition.
Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2004. pp. 216. $16.00 pb. ISBN 1-57075-506-X.
Reviewed by Kathleen M. FISHER, Assumption College, Worcester, MA 01609
Will DEMING,
Paul on Marriage and Celibacy: The Hellenistic Background of 1 Corinthians 7.
second edition, foreword by Raymond F. Collins (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2004), xxii + 272 pp.
Reviewed by David CLOUTIER, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University, St. Joseph, MN, 56374
Kenneth W. STEVENSON,
The Lord's Prayer.
A Text in Tradition. Minneapolis, MN.,: Fortress Press, 2004. pp. 250. Index $22.00. Pb. ISBN 0-8006-3650-3.
Reviewed by Nathan R. KOLLAR, St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY 14618
E. Christian BRUGGER,
Capital Punishment: Roman Catholic Moral Tradition.
Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2003. pp.281. $50.00 cloth. ISBN 0-268-02359-X.
Reviewed by Marie CONN, Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia, PA 19118-2693
Scott McDERMOTT,
Charles Carroll of Carrollton: Faithful Revolutionary.
New York: Scepter, 2002. pp. 352. $24.95 pb. ISBN 1-889334-68-5.
Reviewed by Timothy J. QUAIN, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN, 37209.
Judith A. MERKLE,
From the Heart of the Church: The Catholic Social Tradition.
Collegeville, Minn.: The Liturgical Press, 2004. pp. 273. $26.95 pb. ISBN 0-8146-5111-9.
Reviewed by Peter C. PHAN, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., 20057
Hans-Josef KLAUCK,
Apocryphal Gospels. An Introduction.
London and New York: T & T Clark, 2003. pp. 236 $29.95pb ISBN 0-567-08390-X; $100hc ISBN 0-567-08918-5.
Reviewed by Anthony J. BLASI, Tennessee State University, Nashville, Tennessee 37209
Derrel R. WATKINS, Editor,
Practical Theology for Aging.
Binghamton, NY: Haworth Pastoral Press, 2003. Pp. 225. $24.95 pb. ISBN 0-7890-2227-3.
Reviewed by John C. MEYER, Bradley University, PEORIA, IL 61625
Nil SORSKY,
The Complete Writings.
Ed. and trans. George A. Maloney. Preface by John L. Mina. New York and Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2003. Pp. 164. $19.95 pb. ISBN 0-8091-3810-7.
Reviewed by Richard STEELE, Seattle Pacific University, SEATTLE, WA 98119
Paula HUSTON,
The Holy Way: Practices for a Simple Life.
Loyola Press, 2003. Pp. 322 + xxiv. $15.95 (paperback). ISBN 0-8294-1441-X.
Reviewed by Randall Jay WOODARD, Silver Spring, MD 20902
David M. McCARTHY,
The Good Life: Genuine Christianity for the Middle Class.
Brazos Press, 2004. pp. 176. $13.99. ISBN 1-58743-068-1.
Reviewed by Jason KING, Lourdes College, Sylvania, OH 43560
José COMBLIN,
People of God. Edited and translated by Phillip Berryman.
Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis Books, 2004. Pp. 230 + ix. $25.00. ISBN 1-57075-521-3.
Reviewed by Edward P. HAHNENBERG, Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio 45207-4442
Laurenti MAGESA,
Anatomy of Inculturation: Transforming the Church in Africa.
Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis Books, 2004. Pp. 286. $28.00 pb. ISBN 1-57075-529-9.
Reviewed by Peter C. PHAN, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., 20057
Robert A. KRIEG,
Catholic Theologians in Nazi Germany.
New York: Continuum, 2004. pp.ix+234. $24.95hc. ISBN 0-8264-1576-8.
Reviewed by Peter BERNARDI, S.J., Loyola University, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70118.
Michael L. PAPESH,
Clerical Culture: Contradiction and Transformation.
Liturgical Press, Collegeville, Minnesota, 2004. Pp.194. ISBN 0-81463001-4.
Reviewed by Kafkazli SEYED JAVAD, M. M., University of Bristol, 12 Woodland Road, BS8 1UQ, Bristol, England.
C. KARI,
Public Witness. The Pastoral Letters of the American Catholic Bishops.
Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 2004. pp. 170. $23.95. ISBN 0-8146-5833-4.
Reviewed by Nathan R. KOLLAR, St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY 14618
André TROCMÉ,
Jesus and the Nonviolent Revolution.
Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2003. pp. 215. $15.00 pb. ISBN 1-57075-538-8.
Reviewed by Craig HOVEY, Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1TJ, Great Britain.
Margaret M BEIRNE,
Women and Men in the Fourth Gospel.
London: Sheffield Academic Press, JSNT Supplement Series 242, 2003. pp. 254+xiii. hb. ISBN 0-8264-6667-2.
Reviewed by Kathleen McGOVERN GAFFNEY, (emerita), Xavier University, New Orleans , LA 70113
Elaine PAGELS,
Beyond Belief.
New York: Random House, 2004. pp. 257. $24.95 hb. ISBN 0-375-50156-8. Vintage $13.00 pb ISBN: 0-375-70316-0.
Reviewed by Richard WOODS, Dominican University, River Forest, IL 60305
Judith BERLING,
Understanding Other Religious Worlds: A Guide for Interreligious Education.
Faith Meets Faith Series. Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2004. Pp. 146. $ 20.00 pb. ISBN 1-5074-516-7.
Reviewed by James T. BRETZKE, S.J. University of San Francisco, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94118
Gerard MAGILL, Editor,
Genetics and Ethics: An Interdisciplinary Study.
St. Louis: Saint Louis University Press, 2004. pp. xiv + 366. $24.00. ISBN 0-9652929-7-5.
Reviewed by Benjamin BROWN, Catholic University of America, 106 Caldwell, Washington, DC 20064
Paul J. PHILIBERT,
Stewards of God's Mysteries: Priestly Spirituality in a Changing Church.
Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2004. pp. 87. $9.95 pb. ISBN 0-8146-2976-8.
Reviewed by Georgie Ann WEATHERBY, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA 99258-0065
Diane B. STINTON,
Jesus of Africa: Voices of Contemporary African Christology.
Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2004. pp. 280. $25.00 pb. ISBN 1-57075-537-X.
Reviewed by Victor P. OKUMU, OSB, Weston Jesuit School of theology, Cambridge, MA 02138.
Joe HOLLAND,
Modern Catholic Social Teaching: The Popes Confront the Industrial Age 1740-1958.
New York: Paulist Press, 2003. 404 pp. $29.95 pb. ISBN 0-8091-4225-2.
Reviewed by John SNIEGOCKI, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH 45207-4442
Frederick D. AQUINO,
Communities of Informed Judgment: Newman's Illative Sense and Accounts of Rationality.
Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America Press, 2004. pp. 182. $54.95 hb. ISBN 08132-1364-9.
Reviewed by Todd C. REAM, Baylor University, PO Box 97312, Waco, TX 76798
Christopher CLARK and Wolfram KAISER, editors,
Culture Wars: Secular-Catholic Conflict in Nineteenth-Century Europe.
Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press, 2003 pp. 376 Hardcover ISBN: 0521809975 $70.
Reviewed by Biff ROCHA, University of Dayton, Dayton OH 45420
Andrew M. GREELEY,
Priests: A Calling in Crisis.
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2004. pp. 131. $19.00 pb. ISBN 0-226-30644-5.
Reviewed by Jacqueline E. WENGER, The Catholic University of America, WASHINGTON, DC 20064.
William E. PRENDERGAST,
Treating Sex Offenders: A Guide to Clinical Practice with Adults, Clerics, Children, and Adolescents.
Second Edition. New York: Haworth Press, 2004 pp. 331 Paperback ISBN: 0-7890-0931-5 $34.95; Hard Cover ISBN: 0-7890-0930-7 $49.95.
Reviewed by Biff ROCHA, University of Dayton, Dayton OH 45420
Cathy C. CAMPBELL,
Stations Of The Banquet.
Collegeville, Minnesota: The Liturgical Press, 2003. pp. 310. $19.95 pb. ISBN 0-8146-2938-5.
Reviewed by Michael J. TKACIK, Providence College, Providence, RI 02918
Michael HELLER,
Creative Tension: Essays on Science and Religion.
Philadelphia and London: Templeton Foundation Press, 2003. pp. xii + 183. $22.95 (paper). ISBN 1-932031-34-0.
Reviewed by Steven T. OSTOVICH, College of St. Scholastica, DULUTH, MN 55811
Molly T. MARSHALL,
Joining the Dance. A Theology of the Spirit.
2003. pp 161. $16.00 pb. ISBN 0-8170-1413-6.
Reviewed by Mary ELSBERND, Loyola University Chicago, Institute of Pastoral Studies, 820 N. Michigan Av. Chicago, IL 60611
Anthony J. KELLY, CSSR, and Francis J. MOLONEY, SDB,
Experiencing God in the Gospel of John.
NY/Mahwah, NJ: Paulist, 2003. pp. xiii + 432. $24.95 ISBN 0-8091-4140-X.
Reviewed by Robert L. HUMPHREY, Southern New Hampshire University, 2500 North River Road, Manchester, NH 03106.
Michelle A GONZÁLEZ ,
Sor Juana: Beauty and Justice in the Americas.
Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2003. 218 pp. $20. (pbk.) ISBN 1-57075-494-2.
Reviewed by Anthony M. STEVENS-ARROYO, RISC at Brooklyn College, BROOKLYN, NY 11210
Elizabeth A. JOHNSON, Editor,
The Church Women Want: Catholic women in Dialogue.
New York: Crossroad, 2002. pp. 141. $16.95 pb. ISBN 0-8245-1979-5.
Reviewed by Jennifer BADER, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
Bruno FORTE,
The Essence of Christianity.
Translated by P. David Glenday. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co, 2003. pp. 132 + xiv. $22.00 pb. ISBN 0-8028-2657-1.
Reviewed by Linda S. HARRINGTON, Briar Cliff University, SIOUX CITY, IA 51103
B. SPILKA, B. HUNSBERGER, R. GORSUCH, R. W. HOOD, Jr.,
The psychology of Religion: An Empirical Approach.
The Guilford Press, 2003. pp. 671. ISBN L- 57230-90.
Reviewed by Kafkazli Seyyed JAVAD, University of Bristol, 12 Woodland Road, BS8 1UQ, Bristol, UK
Francis OAKLEY and Bruce RUSSETT, editors,
Governance, Accountability, and the Future of the Catholic Church.
New York: Continuum International Publishing Group, 2004. pp. 240. $26.95 hardback ISBN 0-8264-1577-6.
Reviewed by Anthony J. POGORELC, The Catholic University of America, WASHINGTON D.C. 20064
Andrew M. GREELEY,
The Catholic Revolution. New Wine, Old Wineskin, and the Second Vatican Council.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2004. xiv + 224 pp. $24.95 Hard. ISBN 0-520-23817-6
Reviewed by Anthony J. BLASI, Tennessee State University, Nashville, Tennessee 37209
Daniel KENDALL and Gerald O'COLLINS, editors,
In Many and Diverse Ways, In Honor of Jacques Dupuis.
Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books2003. pp. 290. $30.00 pb. ISBN 1-57075-510-8.
Reviewed by Francis BERNA, OFM, La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA 19141
Ralph McINERNY,
The Very Rich Hours of Jacques Maritain: A Spiritual Life.
Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2003. pp. 235. ISBN 0-268-04359-0.
Reviewed by Daniel P. SHERIDAN, Saint Joseph’s College of Maine, 278 Whites Bridge Road, STANDISH, ME 04084
Bart D. EHRMAN,
Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew.
New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. pp. 294. $30.00 hd. ISBN 0-19-514183-0.
Reviewed by Nathan R. KOLLAR, St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY 14618
Ian S. MARKHAM,
A Theology of Engagement.
Malden, MA / Oxford, UK: Blackwell, 2003. x + 250 pages. $29.95 (paper).
Reviewed by Todd C. REAM, Baylor University, WACO, TX 76798
Larry W. HURTADO,
Lord Jesus Christ: Devotion to Jesus in Earliest Christianity.
Grand Rapids, MI/Cambridge, UK: Eerdmans, 2003. pp. xxii + 746. $55.00 ISBN 0-8028-6070-2.
Reviewed by Robert L. HUMPHREY, Southern New Hampshire University, 2500 North River Road, Manchester, NH 03106.
James MARTIN, S.J., Editor,
Awake My Soul: Contemporary Catholics on Traditional Devotions.
Chicago: Loyola Press, 2004. pp.xvi+160. $11.95 pb. ISBN 0-8294-1987-X.
Reviewed by Peter BERNARDI, S.J., Loyola University, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70118
Edward P. HAHNENBERG,
Ministries: A Relational Approach.
New York: The Crossroad Publishing Company, 2003. pp.264.
Reviewed by Frances R. BELMONTE, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL 60611
James L. and Melissa Elliot GRIFFITH,
Encountering the Sacred in Psychotherapy: How to Talk with People About Their Spiritual Lives.
New York and London: The Guilford Press, 2002. pp.320 + xv . $24.95pb ISBN 1 - 57230 - 938 - 5.
Reviewed by Frances R. BELMONTE, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL 60611
Christopher BROOKE,
The Age of the Cloister: The Story of Monastic Life in the Middle Ages.
Mahwah, N.J.: HiddenSpring, 2003. pp. 356. $20.00 pb. ISBN 1-58768-018-1.
Reviewed by Franklin T. A. HARKINS, University of Notre Dame, NOTRE DAME, IN 46556
Vincent J. MILLER,
Consuming Religion: Christian Faith and Practice in a Consumer Culture.
New York - London: Continuum, 2004, pp. 256, $ 24,95 Hard., ISBN: 0-8264-1531-8.
Reviewed by Lluís OVIEDO, Antonianum University, ROMA - ITALY
Daniel Speed THOMPSON,
The Language of Dissent, Edward Schillebeeckx on the Crisis of Authority in the Catholic Church.
Notre Dame: The University of Notre Dame Press, 2003, 235 pp, ISBN 0-268-03359-5 (paper)
Reviewed by John B. LOUNIBOS, Dominican College, Orangeburg, NY 10965
Marie Therese ARCHAMBAULT, Mark G. THIEL, and Christopher VECSAY, Editors,
The Crossing of Two Roads: Being Catholic and Native in the United States.
Maryknoll: Orbis, 2003. pp. 255. $30.00 pb. ISBN: 1-57075-352-0.
Reviewed by Patrick J. HAYES, Quincy University, QUINCY, IL 62301
Bart D. EHRMAN, editor,
Lost Scriptures: Books That Did Not Make It Into The New Testament.
New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. 342 pages, hardback, ISBN 0-19-514182-2. $30.00.
Reviewed by Jonathan Y. TAN, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH 45207-4442.
Bart D. EHRMAN, editor,
Lost Scriptures: Books That Did Not Make It Into The New Testament.
New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. 342 pages, hardback, ISBN 0-19-514182-2. $30.00.
Reviewed by Jonathan Y. TAN, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH 45207-4442.
Robert Farrar CAPON,
Genesis, the Movie.
Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 2003. pp. 356. hb. ISBN 0-8028-6094-X.
Reviewed by Dolores L. CHRISTIE, CTSA/John Carroll University, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, OH 44118
N. T. WRIGHT,
The Resurrection of the Son of God.
Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2003. pp. 817 paperback, ISBN 0800626796.
Reviewed by Biff ROCHA, University of Dayton, DAYTON, OH 45420
D. A. BRADING,
Mexican Phoenix: Our Lady of Guadalupe: Image and Tradition Across Five Centuries.
Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0 521 801311 (paperback) and ISBN 0 521 803131 1 (hardback).
Reviewed by Anthony M. STEVENS-ARROYO, Brooklyn College, CUNY
Eberhard SCHOCKENHOFF,
Natural Law and Human Dignity: Universal Ethics in an Historical World.
Translated by Brian McNeil. Washington D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 2003. pp.327. $24.95 pb. ISBN 0-8132-1340-1.
Reviewed by Matthew Ryan McWHORTER, Georgia State University, ATLANTA, GA 30303-3083
Cletus WESSELS,
Jesus in the New Universe Story.
Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2003. pp. 240. $25.00 pb. ISBN 1-57075-465-9.
Reviewed by Carol J. DEMPSEY, University of Portland, PORTLAND, OR 97203
John Howard YODER,
The Jewish-Christian Schism Revisited.
Edited by Michael G. Cartwright and Peter Ochs. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2003. pp. 290. $30.00. ISBN 0-8028-1362-3.
Reviewed by Elizabeth GROPPE, Xavier University, CINCINNATI, OH, 45207
Robert Louis WILKEN,
The Spirit of Early Christian Thought: Seeking the Face of God.
New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 2003. pp. 368. $29.95, hc. ISBN 0-300-09708-5.
Reviewed by Peter C. PHAN, Georgetown University, WASHINGTON, D.C., 20057
Avery CARDINAL DULLES, S.J.,
Newman.
(Outstanding Christian Thinkers Series). New York: Continuum, 2002. pp.xi+176. $22.95pb. ISBN 0-8264-6287-1
Reviewed by Peter BERNARDI, S.J., Loyola University, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70118
Aimee K. CASSIDAY-SHAW,
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Family Abuse and the Bible: The Scriptural Perspective.
Reviewed by Nancy NASON-CLARK, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, N.B., Canada E3B 5A3
Ruth WALLACE,
They Call Him Pastor: Married Men in Charge of Catholic Parishes.
Paulist Press, 2003. pp.276. $19.95 pb. ISBN 0-8091-4171-X.
Reviewed by Mary L. GAUTIER, Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) at Georgetown University, WASHINGTON, DC 20057
Susan K. WOOD, Editor,
Ordering the Baptismal Priesthood: Theologies of Lay and Ordained Ministry.
Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2003. Pp. 275 + x. $26.95. ISBN 0-8146-2941-5.
Reviewed by Ann R. RIGGS, Rivier College, Nashua, NH 03060
Jane ACKERMAN,
Elijah Prophet of Carmel.
Washington, D.C: Institute of Carmelite Studies Publications, 2003. pp. 290. $13.95 pb. ISBN 0-935216-30-8.
Reviewed by Daniel JOSLYN-SIEMIATKOSKI, Boston College, CHESTNUT HILL, MA 02467
Rosalie G. RIEGLE,
Dorothy Day: Portraits by those who knew her.
Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books. 207 pp. $22.00 Hardcover. ISBN 1-57075-467-5
Reviewed by Marianne SHEAHAN, Saint Louis University, ST. LOUIS, MO 63108
James F. WHITE,
Roman Catholic Worship: Trent to Today.
Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2003. pp. 192. $23.95 pb. ISBN 0-8146-6194-7.
Reviewed by Patrick HAYES, Quincy University, QUINCY, IL 62301
Len SPERRY,
Sex, Priestly Ministry, and the Church.
Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 2003. 186pp. $16.95 ISBN 0-8146-2967-9
Reviewed by Ann SWANER and Ronald J. TESTA, Barry University, Miami Shores, Fl 33161
Christian SMITH, Editor,
The Secular Revolution: Power, Interests, and Conflict in the Secularization of American Public Life.
University of California Press, 2003. pp. 484. ISBN 0-520-23561-4.
Reviewed by Kafkazli Seyyed Javad M.M., University of Bristol, Department of Sociology, BS8 1UQ, Bristol, England.
David GIBSON,
The Coming Catholic Church.
San Francisco: Harper Collins, 2003. pp. 350. $23.95 hb. ISBN 0-06-053070-7.
Reviewed by Francis BERNA, OFM, La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA 19141
Thomas C. HENNESSY,
How the Jesuits Settled In New York: A Documentary Account.
New York: Something More Publications (distributed by Fordham University Press), 2003, pp. 286. $24.00, pb. ISBN 0-9622889-7-7
Reviewed by Joseph DOUGHERTY, La Salle University, Philadelphia PA 19141-1199
William G. RUSCH, editor,
Justification and the Future of the Ecumenical Movement: The Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification. Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 2003. pp.149. $14.95 pb. ISBN 0-8146-2733-1.
Reviewed by Matthew Ryan McWHORTER, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Georgia State University, ATLANTA, GA 30303-3083
C. L. SEOW,
Daniel.
Westminster Bible Companion; Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2003. pp. 198. $ 22.95 pb. ISBN 0-664-25675-9.
Reviewed by Carol J. DEMPSEY, University of Portland, PORTLAND, OR 97203
James GRIFFITH and Melissa GRIFFITH,
Encountering the Sacred in Psychotherapy: How to Talk with People About Their Spiritual Lives.
New York: The Guilford Press, 2002. pp. 320. $23.00 pb. ISBN 1572309385.
Reviewed by April CUNION, Regent University, VIRGINIA BEACH, VA 23464
Raymond A. LUCKER and William McDONOUGH, Editors,
Revelation and the Church: Vatican II in the Twenty-first Century.
Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2003. pp.283. $24.00 pb. ISBN 1-57075-479-9.
Reviewed by Mary Heather MacKINNON, SSND, DMin, 3546 Fowler Court, Burlington, Ontario, Canada, L7N 3W3
DANIEL HARRINGTON and JAMES KEENAN,
Jesus and Virtue Ethics: Building Bridges Between New Testament Studies and Moral Theology.
Lanham, Md.: Sheed and Ward, 2002. pp. 198. $27.95. ISBN 1-58051-125-2.
Reviewed by JAMES B. BALL, St. Mary`s University, San Antonio, TX 78228
Kathleen A. MAHONEY,
Catholic Higher Education in Protestant America. The Jesuits and Harvard in the Age of the University.
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003. xii + 347 pp. $42.95 hard cover. ISBN 0-8018-7340-1.
Reviewed by Anthony J. BLASI, Tennessee State University, Nashville, Tennessee 37209
Ken M. CAMPBELL, Editor,
Marriage and Family in the Biblical World.
Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2003. Pp. 286. $22.00 pb. ISBN 0-8308-2737-4
Reviewed by David CLOUTIER, College of St. Benedict/St. John`s University, St. Joseph, MN 56374
Stanley HAUERWAS et al., Editors,
Growing Old in Christ.
Grand Rapids: Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2003. pp. 310. $24.00 pb. ISBN 0-8028-4607-6
Reviewed by Paul J. WADELL, St. Norbert College, De Pere, WI 54115
John J. PILCH,
The Cultural World of the Apostles: The Second Reading, Sunday by Sunday, Year C.
Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 2003. Pp. 132. $11.95 pb. ISBN 0-8146-2782-X.
Reviewed by Brian BERRY, College of Notre Dame of Maryland, BALTIMORE, MD 21210
Thomas P. RAUSCH
Who is Jesus? An Introduction to Christology.
Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2003. pp. 217. $23.95 pb. ISBN 0-8146-5078-3.
Reviewed by Brian BERRY, College of Notre Dame of Maryland, BALTIMORE, MD 21210
David L. BALCH and Carolyn OSIEK, Editors,
Early Christian Families in Context. An Interdisciplinary Dialogue.
Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans, 2003. xix + 412 pp. $28.00 pb. ISBN 0-8028-3986-X.
Reviewed by Anthony J. BLASI, Tennessee State University, Nashville, Tennessee 37209