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Robin GILL. A Textbook of Christian Ethics, Fourth Edition. London: Bloomsbury, 2014. pp. xv + 575. $42.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-5675-9592-8. Reviewed by James T. CROSS, Saint Leo University, Saint Leo, FL 33574
Rowan WILLIAMS. The Edge of Words: God and the Habits of Language. London: Bloomsbury. 2014. Pp. 195. $24.92, pb.ISBN978-1-4729-1043-1. Reviewed by Nathan KOLLAR, St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY. 14618
Nicholas M. HEALY. Hauerwas: A (Very) Critical Introduction. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2014. pp. 142+xii. $23.00 pb. ISBN 978-0-8028-2599-5. Reviewed by Ryan MARR, Mercy College, Des Moines, IA 50309
Claire E. WOLFTEICH, editor. Invitation to Practical Theology: Catholic Voices and Visions: Paulist Press, 2014. Pp. 386. $29.99 pb. ISBN 978-0-8091-4890-54. Reviewed by Richard SHIELDS, University of St. Michael’s College, Toronto, ON M5S 1J4
William A. BARBIERI, Jr., editor. At the Limits of the Secular: Reflections on Faith and Public Life. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2014. Pp. xii + 374. $35.00pb. ISBN 978-0-8028-6877-0. Reviewed by David CLOUTIER, Mount St. Mary’s University, Emmitsburg, MD, 21727
Dianne BERGANT. New Collegeville Bible Commentary: Psalms 1-72, Psalms 73-150. Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 2013, vol. I: pp.142, vol.2: pp.153; $14.95 each volume. Pb. ISBN 978-0-8146-2857-7; 978-0-8146-2856-0.
Jose Enrique AGUILAR CHIU. The Psalms: An Introduction. New York/Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2014, pp.116. $19.95. ISBN 978-0-8091-4880-6 (pbk.) ISBN 978-1-58768-368-8 (ebook).
Reviewed by James ZEITZ, Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, Texas 48207
Thomas BERRY. Selected Writings on the Earth Community. Selected with an Introduction by Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim. Part of the Modern Spiritual Masters Series. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2014. pp. 200. $22.00. ISBN 978-1-62698-095-2. Reviewed by Ann MICHAUD, Fordham University, Bronx, NY 10458
Maurice CASEY, Jesus: Evidence and Argument or Mythicist Myths? London: Bloomsbury, 2014 Pp.272 ISBN: PB: 978-0-56744-762-3. Reviewed by James ZEITZ, Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, Texas 48207
Mark S. Smith, How Human Is God?: Seven Questions about God and Humanity in the Bible. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2014. pp. 192. $19.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8146-3759-3. Reviewed by Wilburn T. STANCIL, Rockhurst University, Kansas City, MO 64110
Sheila E. McGINN. The Jesus Movement and the World of the Early Church. Winona, Minnesota: Anselm Academic, 2014. Pp. 393. $33.95 pb. ISBN 978-1-59982-156-6. Reviewed by Anthony J. BLASI, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78249
Marvin JONES. Basil of Caesarea: His Life and Impact. Early Christian Fathers series, ed. Michael A. G. Haykin. Glasgow, Scotland: Christian Focus Publications, 2014. 175 pp., $11.99 paperback. ISBN: 978-1-7819-1302-4. Reviewed by Steve W. LEMKE, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, New Orleans, LA 70126
Myron Bradley PENNER, The End of Apologetics: Christian Witness in a Postmodern Context. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2013. 180 pp. $19.99 paperback or e-book. ISBN: 978-0-8010-3598-2. Reviewed by Steve W. LEMKE, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, New Orleans, LA 70126
Kevin CLARKE. Oscar Romero: Love Must Win Out. Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 2014. Pp. 153. $12.95 paperback. ISBN 978-0-8146-3757-9. Reviewed by Anthony MARANISE, Christian Brothers University, Memphis, TN. 38104
Lucia CERNA and Mary Jo IGNOFFO, La Verdad: A Witness to the Salvadoran Martyrs, Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2014. pp. 186. $20.00 pb: ISBN 978-1-62698-073-0. Reviewed by Arthur J. KUBICK, Providence, Rhode Island
Mary JOHNSON, S.N.D. de N., Patricia WITTBERG, S.C., and Mary L GAUTIER. New Generations of Catholic Sisters: The Challenge of Diversity. New York: Oxford Press, 2014. Pp.216. $29.95 ISBN 0199316848. Reviewed by Heather MACKINNON, SSND. 1010-1276 Burlington, ON, Canada, L7S 2J9
Harry BUCKNALL. Like a Tramp, Like a Pilgrim: On Foot Across Europe to Rome. London, UK: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2014, pp. 245. $23.29 hardcover ISBN 1408187248. (Also Kindle $11.49). Reviewed by Meg Wilkes KARRAKER, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN 55105
Joseph A. BRACKEN, S.J., The World in the Trinity: Open-Ended Systems in Science and Religion. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2014. Pp. 260. $29.39. Reviewed by Nathan R. KOLLAR, St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY 14618
Randall S. ROSENBERG. The Vision of Saint John XXIII. New York: Paulist Press, 2014. Pages xvii + 141. $14.95. ISBN 978-0-8091-4886-8. Reviewed by Stephen S. WILBRICHT, Stonehill College, Easton, MA 02357
Maria Clara BINGEMER and Peter CASARE, editors. Witnessing: Prophecy, Politics, and Wisdom. Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2014. pp. 176. $35.00 pb. ISBN 978-1-6269-8087-7. Reviewed by Kyle M. NICHOLAS, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA 98119
Deirdre CORNELL. Jesus Was A Migrant. Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2014. pp. 133. $20.00 pb. ISBN 978-1-6269-8040-2. Reviewed by Kyle M. NICHOLAS, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA 98119
Timothy WRIGHT, No Peace Without Prayer: Encouraging Muslims and Christians to Pray Together a Benedictine Approach. Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 2013. pp. 338. $29.95. ISBN 978-0-7546-6770-4.
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Richard ROHR, Dancing Standing Still: Healing the World from a Place of Prayer, New York: Paulist Press, 2014. pp. 105.$14.95. ISBN 978-0-8091-4867-7
Reviewed by Patricia SHARBAUGH, St. Vincent College, Latrobe, PA 15650
Anne E. PATRICK, Conscience and Calling: Ethical Reflections on Catholic Women’s Church Vocations London: Bloombury/T&T Clark, 2013. Pp. xv + 197. $24.95pb. ISBN 978-1-4411-4452-2. Reviewed by David CLOUTIER, Mount St. Mary’s University, Emmitsburg, MD, 21727
Brother EMILE of Taize, Faithful to the Future: Listening to Yves Congar. London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2013. Translated by Karen Scott and Br. Emile. pp. 214. $29.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-567-02548-7. Reviewed by Rose BEAL, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota, Winona, MN 55987
Elliott C. MALONEY. Saint Paul, Master of the Spiritual Life “in Christ.” Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2014. pp. 217. $24.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8146-8265-4. Reviewed by Francis BERNA, La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA 19141
John THIEL. Icons of Hope: The “Last Things” in Catholic Imagination. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2013. pp. 223. $35.00. ISBN 978-90268-04239-4. Reviewed by Peter C. PHAN, Georgetown University, DC 20057
Kathleen DUFFY. Teilhard’s Mysticism: Seeing the Inner Face of Evolution. Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2014. Pp. 140. &18.00 pb. ISBN 978-1-62698-085-3. Reviewed by Calvin MERCER, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858
Terrence RYNNE, Jesus Christ, Peacemaker: A New Theology of Peace. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2014. pp. 253. ISBN 978-1-62698-097-6. Reviewed by Marc TUMEINSKI, Anna Maria College, Paxton, MA 01612
Kristin Johnston LARGEN, Finding God Among Our Neighbors: An Interfaith Systematic Theology. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2013. Pp. 244. $29.00 pb. ISBN 9780800699338 Reviewed by Joseph S. FLIPPER, Bellarmine University, Louisville, KY 40205
Charles E. CURRAN and Lisa A. FULLAM, Editors. Ethics and Spirituality: Readings in Moral Theology, Volume 17. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2014. pp 275. $29.95. ISBN: 9780809148738. Reviewed by Eric W. HENDRY, Plano, TX 75026
David Carroll COCHRAN, Catholic Realism and the Abolition of War. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2014. ix + 252 pages. $28.00 pb. ISBN 978-1-62698-074-7. Reviewed by Robert P. RUSSO, Lourdes University, Sylvania, OH 43560
Rowan WILLIAMS. Being Christian: Baptism, Bible, Eucharist, Prayer. Grand Rapids ,and London: Eerdmans and Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: 2014. Pp. 84. ISBN 978-0-8028-7197-8. Reviewed by Keith J. EGAN, Saint Mary’s College and the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame IN 46556
Gordon T. SMITH, Spiritual Direction: A Guide to Giving & Receiving Direction, Formatio Series. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2014. pp 99. $15.00. ISBN: 9780830835799. Reviewed by Eric W. HENDRY, Plano, TX 75026
Susan R. PITCHFORD, The Sacred Gaze: Contemplation and the Healing of the Self. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2014. pp 163. $17.95. ISBN: 9780814635681. Reviewed by Eric W. HENDRY, Plano, TX 75026
Gerhard LOHFINK. No Irrelevant Jesus: On Jesus and the Church Today. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2014. pp. 330. $34.95 hc. ISBN 978-0-8146-8264-7. Reviewed by Jason BERMENDER, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI 53233
Carlos D. COLORADO and Justin D. KLASSEN, editors. Aspiring to Fullness in a Secular Age: Essays on Religion and Theology in the Work of Charles Taylor.Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press, 2014. Pp. 301. $39.00 Pb. ISBN 978-0-268-02376-8. Reviewed by John V. APCZYNSKI, St. Bonaventure University, St. Bonaventure, NY 14778-0012 (apczynsk@sbu.edu
Kevin B. McCRUDEN. A Body You Have Prepared For Me: The Spirituality of the Letter to the Hebrews. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2013. pp. 146. $19.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8146-5888-8. Reviewed by Kyle M. NICHOLAS, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA. 98119
Melanie C. ROSS, Evangelical Versus Liturgical?: Defying a Dichotomy. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2014. pp. 149. $17.00 pb. ISBN 978-0-8028-6991-3. Reviewed by Wilburn T. STANCIL, Rockhurst University, Kansas City, MO 64110
Joan CHITTISTER. Essential Writings. Selected by Mary Lou Kownacki and Mary Hembrow Snyder, with an introduction by Mary Lou Kownacki, OSB. Part of the Modern Spiritual Masters Series. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2014. pp. 256. $29.95. ISBN 978-0-8146-8027-8. Reviewed by Ann MICHAUD, Fordham University, Bronx, NY 10458
Francis J. MOLONEY, SDB, The Resurrection of the Messiah: A Narrative Commentary on the Resurrection Accounts in the Four Gospels. New York: Paulist Press, 2013. pp. 219. $21.95 pb. ISBN 978-0809148479. Reviewed by Jeffrey MORROW, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ 07079
David YAMENE. Becoming Catholic: Finding Rome in the American Religious Landscape. New York: Oxford University Press, 2014. pp. 230. $29.95. ISBN 978-0-19-996498-7. Reviewed by Karen Monique GREGG, University of Saint Francis, Fort Wayne, IN 46808.
Juliette J. DAY. Reading the Liturgy: An Exploration of Texts in Christian Worship. New York: Bloomsbury T & T Clark, 2014. Pages x + 179. $26.99. ISBN 978-0-567-06335-9. Reviewed by Stephen S. WILBRICHT, Stonehill College, Easton, MA 02357
Christopher SWIFT. Hospital Chaplaincy in the Twenty-first Century, The Crisis of Spiritual Care on the NHS 2nd edition. Farnham, England: Ashgate, 2014. Pp. 201. $31.46 ISBN-10: 1472410513; ISBN-13: 978-1472410511. Reviewed by NATHAN R. KOLLAR, St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY 14618
Charles E. CURRAN, The Development of Moral Theology: Five Strands. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2013, x + 306 pp., $29.95, pb. ISBN: 978-1-62616-019-4. Reviewed by Patrick J. HAYES, Redemptorist Archives of the Baltimore Province, Brooklyn, NY
James G. MURRAY. War’s Ends: Human Rights, International Order, and the Ethics of Peace. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2014. pp. 232. $29.95. pb. ISBN 978-1-62616-027-9. Reviewed by Moni MCINTYRE, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA 15282
Aline H. KALBIAN. Sex, Violence, and Justice: Contraception and the Catholic Church. Washington: Georgetown University Press. pp. 21. $29.95 pb. ISBN 978-1-62616-048-4. Reviewed by Dolores L. CHRISTIE, John Carroll University, University Heights, OH 44118
Maxwell E. JOHNSON, Praying and Believing in Early Christianity: The Interplay Between Christian Worship and Doctrine. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2013. pp. 148. $19.95 paper. ISBN 978-0-8146-8259-3. Reviewed by Wilburn T. STANCIL, Rockhurst University, Kansas City, MO 64110
Terry EAGLETON. Culture and the Death of God. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2014. pp. x + 234. $26.00 hb. Reviewed by Francis X. KLOSE, La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA 19141
Wesley GRANBERG-MICHAELSON. From Times Square to Timbuktu: The Post-Christian West Meets the Non-Western Church, with forward by James H. Billington. Grand Rapids, Michigan/Cambridge, U.K. : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2013. Pp. 175 pb. ISBN 978-0-8028-6968-5. Reviewed by Mary-Paula CANCIENNE, Georgian Court University, Lakewood, NJ, 08701
Roger HAIGHT. Spirituality Seeking Theology Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Press, 2014 pp. 194. $26 pb ISBN 978-1-62698-077-8. Reviewed by Jeffrey KIRCH, Saint Joseph’s College, Rensselaer, IN 47978
Sister Wendy BECKETT, Spiritual Letters. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2013. pp. 305. $24.00 pb. ISBN 978-1-62698-051-8 Reviewed by Fran LEAP, Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA 15601
Hans KUNG. Can We Save the Catholic Church? New York: HarperCollins US, 2014 pp. 368. $16.99 pb. ISBN 978-00-075-2202-6. Reviewed by Paul MISNER, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881
Christina ASTORGA. Catholic Moral Theology & Social Ethics: A New Method. New York: Orbis Books, 2014. pp. 571. $50.00 pb. ISBN978-1-62698-054-9. Reviewed by Peter BEISHEIM, Stonehill College, North Easton, MA 02357
Bernard McGINN. Thomas Aquinas’s Summa theologiae: A Biography. “Lives of Great Religious Books.” Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2014. pp. 260. $24.95 hb. ISBN: 978-0-691-15426-8. Reviewed by Keith J. EGAN, Saint Mary’s College/University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556
Massimo FAGGIOLI. Vatican II: The Battle for Meaning. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2012. pp. 224. $14.95 (E-book $11.95; Kindle $8.76) ISBN 978-08091-4750-2. Reviewed by Meg Wilkes KARRAKER, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN 55105
Scott COWDELL, Ren Girard and Secular Modernity: Christ, Culture and Crisis Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2013 Pp. xi + 300 $34.00 ISBN 978-0-268-02374-4 Reviewed by Benjamin BROWN, Lourdes College, Sylvania, OH 43560
Patrick F. O’CONNELL, editor with introduction Thomas Merton: Selected Essays Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2013 pp. 493 $50.00 hb ISBN 978-1-62698-023-5 Reviewed by Calvin MERCER, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858
Elizabeth A. JOHNSON, Ask the Beasts: Darwin and the God of Love. London: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2014. pp. 323. $32.95 hb. ISBN 978-1-4729-0373-0; $22.99 EPUB eBook (extent 256). ISBN 9781472903747. Reviewed by Jill RAITT, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65201
Gary A. ANDERSON, Charity: The Place of the Poor in the Biblical Tradition. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2013. pp. 222. $22.23 hb. ISBN 978-0300181333. Reviewed by Jeffrey MORROW, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ 07079
Michael L. SATLOW How the Bible Became Holy New Haven: Yale University Press, 2014 pp. 320 $35.00 hb. ISBN 978-0-300-17191-4 Reviewed by Alice L. LAFFEY, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA 01610
Hans JOAS. (Alex Skinner, trans.) The Sacredness of the Person: A New Genealogy of Human Rights. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2013, pp. 232. $29.95 paperback ISBN 9781589019690 E-book 9781589019706. Reviewed by Meg Wilkes KARRAKER, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN 55105
Scott W. BULLARD. Re-membering the Body: The Lord's Supper and Ecclesial Unity in the Free Church Traditions. Eugene: Cascade Books, 2013. pp. 188. $22.00 pb. ISBN 978-1-62032-017-4. Reviewed by Kyle M. NICHOLAS, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA. 98119
John MARENBON Abelard in Four Dimensions: A Twelfth-Century Philosopher in His Context and Ours Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press, 2013 pp. 284. $34.00 pb. ISBN 10: 0-268-03530-X, ISBN 13: 978-0-268-03530-3 Reviewed by Jill RAITT, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211
ROBERT BLAIR KAISER. Inside the Jesuits. How Pope Francis is Changing the Church and the World. Lanham, MD. Rowman and Littlefield 2014, pp. 210. $31.99 Cloth ISBN978-1-4422-2901-3. Reviewed by Daniel H. LEVINE, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MMI 48109-1045
Christiana Z. PEPPART. Just Water: Theology, Ethics, and the Global Water Crisis. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2014. Pp. 230. $28.00 pb. ISBN 978-1-62698-056-3. Reviewed by David CLOUTIER, Mount St. Mary’s University, Emmitsburg, MD, 21727
J. Abraham V LEZ de CEA, The Buddha and Religious Diversity. London: Routledge, 2013. pp 250. $135 hc. ISBN 978-0-415-63972-9. Reviewed by Peter C. PHAN. Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057
Leo D. LEFEBURE. True and Holy: Christian Scripture and Other Religions. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 2014. pp. 274. $30.00 pb. ISBN: 978-1-62698-053-2. Reviewed by Daniel LLOYD, Saint Leo University, North Charleston, SC 29406
Todd HARTCH The Rebirth of Latin American Christianity New York. Oxford University Press, 2014; pp 278 Paper ISBN 978019984138. Reviewed by Daniel H. LEVINE, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI 48109-1045
John L. ALLEN, Jr. The Catholic Church: What Everyone Needs to Know. Updated Edition. NY, NY: Oxford University Press, 2014 290 pages $14.00. ISBN 978-0-19-937980-4. Reviewed by Karen Monique GREGG, University of Saint Francis, Fort Wayne, Indiana 46808
Mark R. FRANCIS, Local Worship, Global Church. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2014. pp.181. $19.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8146-1879-0. Reviewed by Marie CONN, Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia, PA 19118
Linda HOGAN and Agbonkhianmeghe E. OROBATOR, editors, Feminist Catholic Theological Ethics. Conversations in the World Church. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2014. Pp. 300. $42.00 pb. ISBN 978-1-62698-078-5. Reviewed by Gr goire CATTA, S.J., Boston College School of Theology and Ministry, Chesnut Hill, MA 02467
Diarmuid O’MURCHU, MSC The Meaning and Practice of Faith Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2014. Pp. 130 $16.00 pb. ISBN 978-1-62698-081-5.
Thomas McDERMOTT, OP Filled With All the Fullness of God, an Introduction to Catholic Spirituality, 2013 Pp. 110. NY: Bloomsbury T&T Clark $22.75pb ISBN 978-0-5673-4197-6 Reviewed by Francis BERNA, La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA 19141
Mark MCENTIRE, Portraits of a Mature God: Choices in Old Testament Theology. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress, 2013. Pp 251, $30.38 Hardcover. ISBN 978-0-8006-9941-3. Reviewed by James ZEITZ, Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, Texas 48207
Paul LAKELAND, A Council that Will Never End: Lumen Gentium and the Church Today Collegeville, MN: Michael Glazier-Liturgical Press, 2013. pp 158. $19.95. ISBN: Reviewed by Eric W. HENDRY, Plano, TX 75026
Thomas HALTON, Trans Theodoret of Cyrus: A Cure for Pagan Maladies Ancient Christian Writers series, no. 67 New York/Mahwah, NJ: The Newman Press, 2013 xv + 360 pages $49.95 hc ISBN 978-0-8091-0606-6 Reviewed by Robert P. RUSSO, Lourdes University, Sylvania, OH 43560
Kenneth GARCIA. Academic Freedom and the Telos of the Catholic University. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. pp. 216. $71.73 hardcover. ISBN 978-1-137-03191-4.
Cyril ORJI. The Catholic University and the Search for Truth. Winona, MN: Anselm Academic, 2013. pp. 265. $25.16 pb. ISBN 978-1-59982-277-8. Reviewed by Tim MULDOON, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
Robert BARTLETT. Why Can the Dead Do Such Great Things? Saints and Worshippers from the Martyrs to the Reformation. New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2013. 787 pages ISBN 978-0-691-15913-3. Reviewed by Richard RYMARZ, St Joseph’s College, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2J5
Gerard. A ARBUCKLE, Catholic Identity or Identities? Refounding Ministries in Chaotic Times. Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 2013. pp. 245, paperback. ISBN 978 0 8146 3567 4. Reviewed by Richard RYMARZ, St Joseph’s College, University of Alberta, Edmonton Alberta, T6G 2J5
Amy HEREFORD, CSJ, Religious Life at the Crossroads: A School for Mystics and Prophets. Maryknoll,New York: Orbis Books, 2013. pp.206. $20.00 pb. ISBN 978-1-62698-048-8. Reviewed by Shannon SCHREIN, Lourdes University, Sylvania, OH 43560
Paul LAURITZEN The Ethics of Interrogation: Professional Responsibility in an Age of Terror Washington: Georgetown University Press, 2013 Pp. 227 $26.95 ISBN: 978-1-58901-972-0 Reviewed by Moni MCINTYRE, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA 15282
Corrine L. CARVALHO (ed), Pastoral Essays in Honor of Lawrence Boadt, CSP Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Books, 2013. Pp. xii + 162. $18.95 pb. ISBN978-0-8091-4838-7. Reviewed by Francis X. KLOSE, La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA 19141
Celia M. DEUTSCH, Eugene J. FISHER, James RUDIN (eds), Toward the Future: Essays on Catholic-Jewish Relations in Memory of Rabbi Leon Klenicki. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Books, 2013. Pp. 255 + index. $24.95 pb. ISBN978-0-8091-4841-7. Reviewed by Nathan KOLLAR, St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY 14618
Michael E. CONNORS, Ed We Preach Christ Crucified Collegeville: The Liturgical Press, 2014 pp. 239 $24.95 pb ISBN 978-0-8146-3823-1 Reviewed by Stephen S. WILBRICHT, Stonehill College, Easton, MA 02357
Douglas J. DAVIES with Nathaniel A. WARNE (Editors) Emotions and Religious Dynamics. Surrey, England: Ashgate Publishing Limited, pp. xii, 220. 2013. ISBN 978-1-4724-1502-8 (-5025 ebk) Reviewed by Christopher RUPERT S.J., LaStorta Jesuit Residence, 2320 Liverpool Rd., Pickering, ON L1X 1V4
Agnes HELLER, The Concept of the Beautiful, edited with an essay by Marcia Morgan Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2012 Pp. lv + 165 $80.00 hardcover ISBN 978-0-7391-7047-2 Reviewed by Stephen OKEY, Saint Leo University, Saint Leo, FL 33574.
Donald H. DUNSON and James A. DUNSON, Citizen of the World: Suffering and Solidarity in the 21st Century. Maryknoll, Orbis Books, 2013. pp. 162. $22 pb. ISBN 978-1-62698-045-7. Reviewed by Randall WOODARD, Saint Leo University.
Tracy O’SULLIVAN. Been There All Along. Darien, IL: Carmelite Media, 2013. pp. 178. $16.99 pb. ISBN 978-1-936742-08-0. Reviewed by Keith J. EGAN, Saint Mary’s College and the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN 46637
Mary Ellen KONIECZNY The Spirit’s Tether: Family, Work, and Religion among American Catholics. New York: NY: Oxford University Press, 2013, 294 pp. $29.95 (Paperback). ISBN 978-0-19-996579-3 Reviewed by James CAVENDISH, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620
Richard GRAY. Christianity, the Papacy, and Mission in Africa. Edited with an Introduction by Lamin Sanneh. Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis Books, 2012. pp. 197. $50.00. ISBN 978-1-57075-986-4. Reviewed by Peter C. PHAN, Georgetown University, D.C. 20057
Mary C. BOYS, Redeeming Our Sacred Story: The Death of Jesus and Relations between Jews and Christians. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2013. pp 387. $29.95. ISBN: 9780809148172. Reviewed by Eric W. HENDRY, Plano, TX 75026
Diarmuid O’MURCHU. God in the Midst of Change: Wisdom for Confusing Times. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 2013. pp. 195. $20.00. ISBN: 978-1-62698-041-9. (pbk.) Reviewed by Jane RUSSELL, Belmont Abbey College, Belmont, NC 28012
Abbie REESE. Dedicated to God: an Oral History of Cloistered Nuns New York: Oxford University Press, 2014. pp. 250. $34.95 hardback. 978-0-19-994793-5 Reviewed by Patricia WITTBERG, Sociology Department, IUPUI 425 University Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46202
Paula M. KANE. Sister Thorn and Catholic Mysticism in Modern America. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2013 pp314. $39.95 hardback ISBN 978-1-4696-0760-3. Reviewed by Patricia WITTBERG, Sociology Department, IUPUI 425 University Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46202
Anne M. BUTLER. Across God’s Frontiers: Catholic Sisters in the American West, 1950-1920 Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 2012, pp. 424 $45.00 cloth ISBN: 9780807845654 Also available as E-book Reviewed by Meg Wilkes KARRAKER, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN 55105
Willis JENKINS. The Future of Ethics. Sustainability, Social Justice, and Religious Creativity. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2013. pp. 325 $34.95 pb. ISBN: 978-1-6261-6017-0. Reviewed by Gr goire CATTA SJ, School of Theology and Ministry, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02167
Stanley HAUERWAS, Approaching the End: Eschatological Reflections on Church, Politics and Life. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2013. pp. 251. ISBN 978-0-8028-6959-3. Reviewed by Marc TUMEINSK, Anna Maria College, Paxton, MA 01612
Peter MCDONOUGH, The Catholic Labyrinth. Power, Apathy, and a Passion for Reform in the American Church. New York. Oxford University Press, 2013 pp. 380 Paper ISBN 978-0-19-975118-1. Reviewed by Daniel H. LEVINE, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI 48109-1045
James L. MARSH and Anna J. BROWN, editors Faith, Resistance, and the Future: Daniel Berrigan’s Challenge to Catholic Social Thought New York, NY: Fordham University Press, 2012 ix + 387 pages $70.00 hc ISBN 978-0-8232-3982-5 Reviewed by Robert P. RUSSO, Lourdes University, Sylvania, OH 43560.
Fran O’ROURKE, ed. What Happened in and to Moral Philosophy in the Twentieth Century? Philosophical Essays in honor of Alasdair MacIntyre. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2013. Pp. 499. $70.00 hb. ISBN 978-0-268-03737-6. Reviewed by David CLOUTIER, Mount St. Mary’s University, Emmitsburg, MD 21727.
Thomas M. KELLY, When the Gospel Grows Feet: An Ecclesiology in Context Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2013 279 pages $29.95 paperback ISBN 978-0-8146-8077-3 Reviewed by Arthur J. KUBICK, Providence, RI.
David John AYOTTE, SJ. Globalization and Multicultural Ministry: A Teilhardian Vision. New York/Manwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2012 pp. 200. $29.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8091-4816-5. Reviewed by Ann SWANER, Barry University, Miami Shores, FL 33161.
R. Gabriel PIVARNIK. Toward a Trinitarian Theology of Liturgical Participation. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press Pueblo, 2012. pp. 259. Pb. $39.95 ISBN 978-0-8146-4. Reviewed by James DALLEN, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA 99258.
Teresa BERGER, ed. Liturgy in Migration: From Upper Room to Cyberspace. Collegeville, MN, Liturgical Press, 2012. pp. 280. $39.95 pb ISBN 978-0-8146-6275-5. Reviewed by James DALLEN, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA 99258.
Michael GRIFFIN and Jennie Weiss BLOCK (Editors), In the Company of the Poor: Conversations with Dr. Paul Farmer and Fr. Gustavo Guti rrez Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2013. 206 pages. $24.00 paperback ISBN 978-1-62698-050-1 Reviewed by Arthur J. KUBICK, Providence, RI.
Jay P. CORRIN, Catholic Progressives in England After Vatican II. Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press, 2013. pp. 523. Pb. ISBN 13:978-0-268-02310-2 and 10: 0-268-02310-7. Reviewed by Michael P. HORNSBY-SMITH, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH, UK.
William LOADER Making Sense of Sex: Attitudes towards Sexuality in Early Jewish and Christian Literature Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2013 176 pages $24.00 ISBN 978-0-8028-7095-7 Reviewed by Karen Monique GREGG, University of Saint Francis, Fort Wayne, Indiana 46808
Mark CANNISTER. Teenagers Matter: Making Student Ministry a Priority in the Church. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2013. pp. 254. ISBN 978-0-8010-4852-4. Reviewed by Richard SHIELDS, University of St. Michael’s College, Toronto, ON M5S 1J4.
Naomi Schaefer RILEY. ‘Til Faith Do Us Part: How Interfaith Marriage Is Transforming America Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2013, pp. 234 $24.94 cloth ISBN: 9780199873746 Also available as E-book Reviewed by Meg Wilkes KARRAKER, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN 55105.
Mary Christine ATHANS, BVM. In Quest of the Jewish Mary: The Mother of Jesus in History, Theology, and Spirituality. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2013. pp. 210. $19.00 pb. ISBN 978-1-62698-004-4. Reviewed by Mary Joan LEITH, Stonehill College, Easton, MA 02357
Molly WORTHEN. Apostles of Reason: The Crisis of Authority in American Evangelicalism. New York: Oxford University Press, 2014.pp. 352. $27.95 hb. ISBN: 978-0-19-989646-2. Reviewed by Philip E. THOMPSON, Sioux Falls Seminary, Sioux Falls, SD 57105
D. C. SCHINDLER, The Catholicity of Reason. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2013. pp. 333. $30.00 pb. ISBN 978-0-8028-6933-3. Reviewed by Derek HATCH, Howard Payne University, Brownwood, TX 76801
James H. KROEGER, ed. The Gift of Mission: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow. The Maryknoll Centennial Symposium. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2013 pp. 268. $48.00 pb. ISBN 978-1-62698-012-9. Reviewed by Robert E. WRIGHT, Oblate School of Theology, San Antonio, TX 78216.
Veronica Mary ROLF. Julian’s Gospel: Illuminating the Life & Revelations of Julian of Norwich. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 2013. pp. xi + 660. $38.00 cloth. ISBN 978-1-62698-036-5. Reviewed by Patrick F. O’CONNELL, Gannon University, Erie, PA 16541
Vern BENGSTON, Norella PUTNEY and Susan HARRIS, Families and Faith: How Religion is Passed Down Across the Generations, New York: Oxford University Press, 2013, pp 272 ISBN 978-0199948659 Reviewed by Richard RYMARZ, St Joseph’s College, University of Alberta, Edmonton Alberta, T6G 2J5
Patrick F. O’CONNELL, editor with introduction Thomas Merton: Selected Essays Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2013 pp. 493 $50.00 hb ISBN 978-1-62698-023-5 Reviewed by Calvin MERCER, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858
Raymond F. PALOUTZIAN and Crystal L. PARK, eds. Handbook of the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 2nd ed New York: Guilford Press, 2013 pp. 698 Np ISBN 978-1-4625-1006-1 Reviewed by Calvin MERCER, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858
Ruben L. F. HABITO, Zen and the Spiritual Exercises: Paths of Awakening and Transformation. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2013. pp 237. $25.00. ISBN: 9781626980464. Reviewed by Eric W. HENDRY, Plano, TX 75026
David V. MECONI, S.J. The One Christ: St. Augustine’s Theology of Deification. Washington D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 2013. pp. xx + 280. $64.95 hb. ISBN 978-o-8132-2127-4. Reviewed by Jill RAITT, Professor Emerita, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65201
Stanley E. PORTER, How We Got the New Testament: Text, Transmission, Translation. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2013. pp. 222 $21.99 paperback. ISBN: 978-0-8010-4871-5. Reviewed by Wilburn T. STANCIL, Rockhurst University, Kansas City, MO 64110
Timothy MATOVINA. Latino Catholicism: Transformation in America’s Largest Church. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2012. Pp. 328. $29.95 cloth. ISBN: 9780691139791. Reviewed by Elfriede WEDAM, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL 60660
THE LETTER TO THE ROMANS: The Bible in Medieval Tradition. Ian Levy, Philip Krey, Thomas Ryan, translators and editors Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2013 pp. 339 $34.00 pb. ISBN 978-0-8028-0976-6 Reviewed by Maureen Beyer MOSER, 12 Woodlot Rd., Eastchester, NY 10709.
Andrew Michael FLESCHER Moral Evil Moral Traditions Series Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2013. pp. 280. $32.95 pb/ebook. ISBN 978-1-62616-010-1 Reviewed by James T. BRETZKE, S.J., Boston College School of Theology & Ministry, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467