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Tim VANDUIVENDYK, The Unwanted Gift of Grief. A Ministry Approach. New York: The Haworth Press, 2006. pp. 192. ISBN 0-7890-2950-2.
Reviewed by Janice A. THOMPSON, King’s College, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711

Paul GAVRILYUK, The Suffering of the Impassible God: The Dialectics of Patristic Thought. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. pp. 210. $35.00 pb. ISBN 10- 019-929711-8.
Reviewed by Peter C. PHAN, Georgetown University, DC 20057

Anthony J. BLASI and Joseph F. ZIMMERMAN, Transition from Vowed to Lay Ministry in American Catholicism. Lewinston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press pp. 236; ISBN:0-7734-6391-7.
Reviewed by Lluís OVIEDO, Antonianum University, Rome

Donald COZZENS, Freeing Celibacy. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2006. pp. 100. $15.95 pb. ISBN 0-8146-3160-0.
Reviewed by Shannon SCHREIN, Lourdes College, Sylvania, OH 43560

Thomas P. RAUSCH, Being Catholic in a Culture of Choice. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2006. pp. 123. $19.95 pb. ISBN 0-8146-5984-5.
Reviewed by Georgie Ann WEATHERBY, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA 99258

Sr. Sharon L. MCMILLAN, S.N.D. de N., Episcopal Ordination and Ecclesial Consensus. Collegeville, Minn.: The Liturgical Press, 2005. pp. 311. $39.95 pb. ISBN 0-8146-6195-5.
Reviewed by Brian P. FLANAGAN, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467.

Joseph A. BRACKEN, S.J., World Without End: Christian Eschatology from a Process Perspective. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 2005. pp.228. $30.00.cloth. ISBN 0-8028-2811-6.
Reviewed by Charlene BURNS, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI 54702

Noel O’DONOGHUE, Adventures in Prayer: Reflections on St Teresa of Avila, St John of the Cross and St Thérèse of Lisieux. London and New York: Burns and Oates, A Continuum Imprint, 2004. pp. 259. ISBN 0-8601-2348-0.
Reviewed by Keith J. EGAN, Saint Mary’s College and the University of Notre Dame. Notre Dame, IN 46556

Marie Evans BOUCLIN, Seeking Wholeness: Women Dealing with Abuse of Power in the Catholic Church. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2005. pp. 288. pb. ISBN 13:978-0-8146-5179-7;10: 0-8146-5179-8.
Reviewed by Jill RAITT, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211

Mary FORMAN, Praying with the Desert Mothers. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2005. pp. 107. $9.95 pb. ISBN 13:978-0-8146-1522-5.
Reviewed by Walter E. BROWN, New Orleans, Baptist Theological Seminary, New Orleans, LA 70126

William F. HAYNES, Jr. and Geffrey B. KELLY, Is There a God in Health Care? Toward a New Spirituality of Medicine. The Haworth Pastoral Press, 2006. Pp. ix-222. pb. ISBN-13: 978-0-7890-2867-9.
Reviewed by Dolores L. CHRISTIE, CTSA/John Carroll University, University Heights, OH 44118

John C. POLKINGHORNE, Science and Creation: The Search for Understanding. Philadelphia: Templeton Foundation Press, 2006. pp. ix-135. $14.95 pb. ISBN: 1-59947-100-0.
Reviewed by Gloria L. SCHAAB, Department of Theology and Philosophy, Barry University, 11300 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami Shores, FL 33161

Raimon PANIKKAR, The Experience of God; Icons of the Mystery. Translated by Joseph Cunneen, Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2006, 143pp. $16, ISBN 0-8006-3825-5.
Reviewed by John LOUNIBOS, Dominican College, Orangeburg, NY 10962

Douglas V. HENRY and Michael D. BEATY, Editors, Christianity and the Soul of the University: Faith as a Foundation for Intellectual Community. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2006. Pp. 192. $24.99 pb. ISBN 978-0-8010-2794-9.
Reviewed by Paul J. WADELL, St. Norbert College, De Pere, WI 54115

Philip JENKINS, Dream catchers: How mainstream America Discovered Native Spirituality. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-518910-8 $16.95
Reviewed by Don SWENSON, Mount Royal College, Calgary Alberta T3E 6K6 Canada

Kenan B. OSBORNE, Orders and Ministry: Leadership in the World Church Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2005. pp. 288. pb. ISBN 13:978-0-8146-5179-7;10: 0-8146-5179-8.
Reviewed by Ruth POOCHIGIAN, O.P 3112 Forest Run Way, Madison WI 53704

James HARFORD, Merton and Friends: A Joint Biography of Thomas Merton, Robert Lax, and Edward Rice. New York: Continuum, 2006. xiv + 325 pp., hb., $35.95. ISBN: 0-8264-1869-4.
Reviewed by Patrick HAYES, St. John’s University, Staten Island, New York 10301.

Marc Cardinal OUELLET, Divine Likeness: Toward a Trinitarian Anthropology of the Family. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2006. pp. x + 242. $26.00 pb. ISBN 0-8028-2833-7.
Reviewed by Benjamin BROWN, Lourdes College, Sylvania, OH 43560

George WEIGEL, God’s Choice: Pope Benedict XVI and the Future of the Catholic Church. New York: Harper-Collins, 2005, pp. 307. $26.95 hc. ISBN-10: 0-06-621331-2.
Reviewed by Robert MARKO, Aquinas College, Grand Rapids, MI 49506

Joan MUELLER, The Privilege of Poverty: Clare of Assisi, Agnes of Prague, and the Struggle for a Franciscan Rule for Women. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2006. pp.128. ISBN 0-271-02893-9.
Reviewed by Andrew T. McCARTHY, St. Leo University, 2302 Merry Oaks Ct, Virginia Beach, VA 23451

Jane KOPAS, Seeking the Hidden God. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2005. p 183. $18.00 ppb. ISBN 1-57075-624-4. Reviewed by Kathleen M. FISHER, Assumption College, Worcester, MA 01609

Christopher RUDDY, The Local Church, Tillard and the Future of Catholic Ecclesiology. NY: Crossroad Publishing Company, 2006. pp. 259. $29.95 pb. ISBN 13: 978-0-8245-2347-3.
Reviewed by Francis Berna, OFM, La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA 19141-1199

Gilbert MEILAENDER, The Way that Leads There: Augustinian Reflections on the Christian Life. Grand Rapids/Cambridge: Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2006. pp. 160. ISBN 0-80328-3213-X.
Reviewed by Richard SHIELDS, University of St. Michael’s College, Toronto

Lee A. KIRKPATRICK, Attachment, Evolution, and the Psychology of Religion. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2005. pp. 288. pb. ISBN 13:978-0-8146-5179-7;10: 0-8146-5179-8.
Reviewed by Jane POWER, 11 McColl Rd, Mont Albert North, Victoria, Australia 3129

Jeff LEVIN & Harold KOENIG, Editors, Faith, Medicine, and Science. A Festschrift in Honor of Dr. David B. Larson. New York: Haworth Pastoral Press, 2005. pp. 321 with Index. $34.95 soft. ISBN 113:97890-1872-4.
Reviewed by Nathan KOLLAR, St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY 14618.

Crystal L. DOWNING, How Postmodernism Serves (My) Faith: Questioning Truth in Language, Philosophy and Art. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2006. pp, 240. $18.00 pb. ISBN 0-8308-2758-9.
Reviewed by Reid LOCKLIN, University of Toronto (St. Michael’s College), 81 St. Mary St., Toronto, Ontario M5S 1J4, CANADA

Tony HANNA, New Ecclesial Movements. New York: Alba House, 2006. pp. 282, $17.95 pb. ISBN 0-8189-0996-X.
Reviewed by Nivard STABILE, O.P., St. John’s University, NY 11439

D.R.KOEPKE, Editor, Ministering to Older Adults. Binghamton, New York: Haworth Pastoral Press (Co-published by the Journal of Religion, Spirituality & Aging, Volume 17, Numbers 3/4 2005). pp.180. $22.95 pb. ISBN-13: 978-0-7890-3049-8.
Reviewed by Jean DONOVAN, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA 15282

Margaret FARLEY, Just Love: A Framework for Christian Sexual Ethics. New York: Continuum, 2006. Pp. vii-322. hb. ISBN-13: 978-0-8264-1001-6.
Reviewed by Dolores L. Christie, CTSA/John Carroll University, University Heights, OH 44118.

Glendon MORIARTY, Pastoral Care of Depression: Helping Clients Heal Their Relationship With God. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Pastoral Press, 2006. pp. 220. paper, $22.95. ISBN 13: 978-0-7890-2383-4.
Reviewed by Jean LANDES & Nathan KOLLAR, St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY 14618.

THE PENTATEUCH. Handwritten and Illuminated by Donald Jackson. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2006. pp. 158. $69.95 hb. ISBN 0-8146-9052-1
Reviewed by Alice L. LAFFEY, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA 01610

Frank J. COPPA, The Papacy, the Jews, and the Holocaust. Washington, D.C.:The Catholic University of America Press, 2006. pp. xx, 353. $59.95 cloth. ISBN 0-8132-1449-1.
Reviewed by Paul MISNER, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881

Joseph JENSEN, Ethical Dimensions of the Prophets. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press/Michael Glazer, 2006, pp. xi + 203, $24.95, pb. ISBN 0-8146-5983-7.
Reviewed by Mary ELSBERND, Loyola University Chicago/Institute of Pastoral Studies, Chicago, IL 60610

Celia DEANE-DRUMMOND, Wonder and Wisdom: Conversations in Science, Spirituality, and Theology. West Conshohocken, PA: Templeton Press, 2006, pp. 160 pp., $19.95. ISBN13: 978-1-59947-091-7.
Reviewed by Nathan KOLLAR, St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY 14618

Jacques DALARUN, Robert of Arbrissel: Sex, Sin, and Salvation in the Middle Ages. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2006. pp. 188. $29.95 pb. ISBN 0-8132-1439-4.
Reviewed by Georgie Ann WEATHERBY, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA 99258

Ronald MODRAS, Ignatian Humanism, A Dynamic Spirituality for the 21st Century. Chicago: Loyola Press, 2004, pp. 346. $16.95 pb. ISBN 0-8294-1986-1.
Reviewed by John LOUNIBOS, Dominican College, Orangeburg, NY 10962

Suzanne C. TOTON, Justice Education: From Service to Solidarity. Marquette University Press, 2006. ISBN: 0874627273. 179 pp. $20.00.
Reviewed by Mary Anne FOLEY, University of Scranton, Scranton PA 18510-4660

James MARTIN, SJ, My Life with the Saints. Chicago: Loyola Press, 2006. 414 pp. $22.95 cloth. ISBN 0-8294-2001-0/978-0-8294-2001-2.
Reviewed by Wilburn T. STANCIL, Rockhurst University, Kansas City, MO 64110

Roger HAIGHT, The Future of Christology. New York: Continuum, 2005. Pp. 224. $27.95 hc. ISBN: 0826417647.
Reviewed by Gloria L. SCHAAB, Barry University, Miami Shores, FL 33161

Giuseppe ALBERIGO, Editor, History of Vatican II: The Fourth Period and the End of the Council. Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2006. pp. 686. $80 hb. ISBN 1-57075-155-2.
Reviewed by Edward Jeremy MILLER, Gwynedd Mercy College, Gwynedd Valley, PA 19437

Mario L. AGUILAR, A Social History of the Catholic Church in Chile. Volume I: The First Period of the Pinochet Government 1973-1980. Lewiston, NY, and Lampeter, UK: The Edwin Mellen Press, 2004. 222 pp. $109.95 hb. ISBN 0-7734-6245-7. Volume II: The Pinochet Government and Cardinal Silva Henríquez. Lewiston, NY, and Lampeter, UK: The Edwin Mellen Press, 2006, 356 pp. $119.95 hb. ISBN 0-7734-5806-9.
Reviewed by Arthur J. KUBICK, Rivier College, Nashua, NH 03060

Timothy MATOVINA, Guadalupe and her Faithful:  Latino Catholics in San Antonio, from Colonial Origins to the Present.  Baltimore:  Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005.  pp. 232.  $22.95 pb.  ISBN 0-8018-8229-X.
Reviewed by Georgie Ann WEATHERBY, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA 99258-0065

Bonnie A. BIRK, Christine de Pizan and Biblical Wisdom: A Feminist-Theological Point of View. Milwaukee: Marquette University Press, 2005, pp. 202. $23.00pb. ISBN 0-87462-699-4.
Reviewed by Johann M. VENTO, Georgian Court University, Lakewood, NJ 08701

Cardinal Walter KASPER, Editor, The Petrine Ministry: Catholic and Orthodox in Dialogue. Translated by the Staff of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. New York/Mahwah, N.J.: The Newman Press, 2006. 257 pp. $24.95. ISBN 0-8091-4334-8.
Reviewed by Peter C. PHAN, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., 20057

Martinus CAWLEY, O.C.S.O. (translator), Send Me God: The Lives of Ida the Compassionate of Nivelles, Nun of La Ramée, Arnulf, Lay Brothers of Villers, and Abundus, Monk of Villers by Goswin of Bossut. University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University, 2006. pp 258. $25.00 ppb. ISBN 027102683-9.
Reviewed by Kathleen M. FISHER, Assumption College, Worcester, MA 01609

Tracey ROWLAND, Culture and the Thomist Tradition After Vatican II. London: Routledge, 2003. pp. 226. $125 ($39.95 pb). ISBN 0-415-30526-8.
Reviewed by Jason Paul BOURGEOIS, Quincy University, Quincy IL 62301

Gerard S. SLOYAN, Jesus on Trial: A Study of the Gospels. 2nd Ed. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2006. pp. 159. pp. 168. $18.00 pb. ISBN 0-8006-3829-8.
Reviewed by Mary DOAK, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556

Malcolm JEEVES, Human Nature: Reflections on the Integration of Psychology and Christianity. Philadelphia, PA: Templeton Foundation Press, 2006, pp. 245 . $24.95, pb. ISBN 1-932031-96-0.
Reviewed by Nathan KOLLAR, St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY 14618

Joseph PEREZ, The Spanish Inquisition. News Haven, Ct.: Yale University Press, 2005. Pp. 248. ISBN 0-300-10790-0.
Reviewed by James R. KELLY, Fordham University, Bronx, NY 10458

Siroj SORAJJAKOOL, When Sickness Heals: The Place of Religious Belief in Healthcare. Templeton Foundation Press, 2006. Pp. xx. pb. ISBN-13: 978-1-59947-090-0.
Reviewed by Dolores L. Christie, CTSA/John Carroll University, University Heights, OH 44118.

John WITTE and Eliza ELLISON, eds., Covenant Marriage in Comparative Perspective. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2005. pp. 342. $34.00 pb. ISBN 0802829937.
Reviewed by Florence Caffrey BOURG, Academy of the Sacred Heart, New Orleans, LA 70115

Regis J. ARMSTRONG, OFMCap., Wayne Hellman, OFMConv., and William Short, OFM (eds.), The Francis Trilogy. Hyde Park, NY: New City Press, 2004. pp. 387. $19.95pb. ISBN 1-56548-204-2.
Reviewed by Francis BERNA, OFM, La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA 19141-1199

Jean VANIER, Befriending the Stranger. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2005. 130 pp. pb. ISBN 0-8028-3134-6 $15.00.
Reviewed by Ruth Poochigian, 3112 Forest Run Way, Madison WI 53704

Richard VALANTASIS, Centuries of Holiness: Ancient Spirituality Refracted for a Postmodern Age. New York: Continuum, 2005. pp. 231. $24.95 hb. ISBN 0- 8264-1705-1.
Reviewed by Alice L. LAFFEY, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA 16010

Trinh Xuan THUAN, Chaos and Harmony: Perspectives on Scientific Revolutions of the Twentieth Century. Philadelphia: Templeton Foundation Press, 2006. pp. 366. $22.95 pb. ISBN 13: 978-1-932031-97-3.
Reviewed by Andrew T. McCARTHY, Saint Leo University, 2302 Merry Oaks Ct, Virginia Beach, VA 23451

Robert F. DRINAN, The Mobilization of Shame: A World View of Human Rights. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001. pp. xiii + 240. $18.00 pb. ISBN 0-300-09319-5.
Reviewed by Moni MCINTYRE, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA 15282

Robert B. STEWART (ed.), The Resurrection of Jesus: John Dominic Crossan and N.T. Wright in Dialogue. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2006. pp. 220. $18.00 pb. ISBN 0-8006-3785-2.
Reviewed by Gerald MCCARTHY, Assumption College, Worcester MA 01609

M. Eugene BORING and Fred B. CRADDOCK, The People’s New Testament Commentary. Louisville: Westminster/ John Knox, 2004. pp. 827. $39.95. ISBN 0-664-22754-6.
Reviewed by Leo MADDEN, Ohio Dominican University, Columbus, OH 43219

Ronnie J. ROMBS, St. Augustine and the Fall of the Soul: Beyond O’Connell and His Critics. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2006. pp. xxiii + 228. $64.95. ISBN-13: 978-0-8132-1436-8.
Reviewed by Michael H. BARNES, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH 45469-1530

Thomas STEVENSON, Sons of the Church: The Witnessing of Gay Catholic Men. New York: Harrington Park Press, 2006. pp. 103. No Price Listed. pb. ISBN-13:978-1-56023-581-1.
Reviewed by Georgie Ann WEATHERBY, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA 99258-0065

Craig J. SLANE, Bonhoeffer as Martyr: Social Responsibility and Modern Christian Commitment. Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos Press 2004. pp. 256. $22.99 pb. ISBN 1-58743-074-6.
Reviewed by Marie CONN, Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia, PA 19118-2693

Tatha WILEY, Paul and the Gentile Women: Reframing Galatians. New York: Continuum, 2005. 352 pp. $19.95 pb. ISBN 0-8624-1787-6.
Reviewed by Elizabeth GROPPE, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH 45207

Joseph F. KELLY, Church History Time-Line. Liturgical Press, 2005. Pp. 24. pb. ISBN-13: 978-0-8146-2834-8; ISBN 10- 10:0-8146-2834-6.
Robert J. KARRIS, Eating Your Way Through Luke’s Gospel. Liturgical Press, 2006. Pp. 110. $9.95, pb. ISBN 13: 978-0-8146-2121-9; ISBN 10: 0-8146-2121-X.
Scott M. LEWIS, The New Collegeville Bible Commentary: The Gospel According to John and the Johannine Letters. Reviewed by Dolores L. CHRISTIE, CTSA/John Carroll University, Cleveland, OH 44118.

Dean HOGE and Aniedi OKURE, International Priests in America: Challenges and Opportunities. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2006. pp. 174. $19.95 pbk. ISBN-13: 978-0-8146-1830-1.
Reviewed by Jeff REXHAUSEN, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221

St. THERESE OF LISIEUX, Story of a Soul. Translated by John Clarke O.C.D. Study Edition prepared by Marc Foley, O.C.D. Washington, D.C.: ICS Publications. 2005. pp. 459. $18.95. ISBN 0-935216-38-3.
Reviewed by Nathan R. KOLLAR, St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY 14618

Lizette LARSON-MILLER, The Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick. (Lex Orandi Series) Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 2005. pp. 143, $14.95 pb. ISBN 0814625231..
Reviewed by Ann S.F. SWANER, Barry University, Miami Shores, FL 33161

Jean-Luc BARRÉ, Jacques and Raïssa Maritain: Beggars for Heaven. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2005, pp. 495; translated by Bernard E. Doering. $50. ISBN 0-268-02183-x.
Reviewed by Paul MISNER, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881

Donald X. BURT, Day by Day with Saint Augustine. Collegeville, Minn,: Liturgical Press, 2006. pp. 311, $14.95 pb. ISBN 0-8145-1519-8.
Reviewed by Peter C. PHAN, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057

Pierre HÉGY, L'espoir déçu. L'autorité dans l'Église catholique. Villeurbanne Cedex: Éditions Golias, 2006, pp. 368. 15 euros.pb. ISBN 2-914475-84-5.
Reviewed by Peter C. PHAN, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057