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Paul VALLELY, Pope Francis. The Struggle for the Soul of Catholicism. New York. Bloomsbury USA. 2015, pp. 470, $30.00 ISBN 978-1-63286-115-3.
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Marco POLITI, Pope Francis Among the Wolves. The Inside Story of a Revolution. New York. Columbia University Press, 2015 pp. 270, $27.95, ISBN 978-0-231-17414-5. Massimo FAGGIOLI, Pope Francis. Tradition in Transition. Mahwah NJ, Paulist Press, 2015. ISBN 978-0-8091-4892-9.? Reviewed by Daniel H. LEVINE, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI 48109-1045.
David L. SCHINDLER and Nicholas J. HEALY Jr. Freedom, Truth, and Human Dignity: The Second Vatican Council’s Declaration on Religious Freedom. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2015. pp. 477. $45 pb. ISBN 978-0-8028-7155-8. Reviewed by James DALLEN, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA 99258.
Wolfgang HUBER. Ethics: The Fundamental Questions of Our Lives. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2015. pp. 250. $32.95 pb. ISBN978-1-62616-165-8. Reviewed by Moni MCINTYRE, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh PA 15282.
Servais PINCKAERS. Passions and Virtue, trans. Benedict M. Guevin. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 2015. 139 pp., $65.00 hardback. ISBN: 978-0-8132-2751-1. Reviewed by Steve W. LEMKE, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, New Orleans, LA 70126.
D. Paul SULLINS. Keeping the Vow: The Untold Story of Married Catholic Priests. New York: Oxford University Press, 2016. Pp. 322. $29.95 hardcover. ISBN 978-0-19-986004-3. Reviewed by Patricia WITTBERG, Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate, Georgetown University, Washington, DC.
Paul GROGAN and Kirsteen KIM, editor. The New Evangelization: Faith, People, Context and Practice. London: Bloomsbury, 2015. Pp. 296 + xii. $83.99. ISBN 978-0-567-65737-4. Reviewed by Francis X. KLOSE, Cabrini College, Radnor PA 19087.
Jonathan J. SANFORD. Before Virtue: Assessing Contemporary Virtue Ethics. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 2015. 280 pp., $65.00 hardback. ISBN: 978-0-8132-2739-9. Reviewed by Steve W. LEMKE, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, New Orleans, LA 70126.
PONTIFICAL BIBLICAL COMMISSION.The Inspiration and Truth of Sacred Scripture. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2014. pp. 204. $19.95 pb. 978-0-8146-4903-9. Reviewed by Jason BERMENDER, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI 53228.
Margaret F. BRINIG & Nicole STELLE GARNETT. Lost Classroom, Lost Community. Catholic Schools’ Importance in Urban America. Chicago and London, University of Chicago Press. 2014. pp. 202. ISBN-13:978-0-226-12200-7. Reviewed by Péter Torok, Hungary.
William HARMLESS,Augustine and the Catechumenate, Rev. Ed.Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2014. pp. 476. ISBN 978-0-8146-6314-1.Reviewed by Marc TUMEINSKI, Anna Maria College, Paxton, MA 01612.
Anthony J. GITTINS. Living Mission Interculturally: Faith, Culture, and the Renewal of Praxis. Collegeville: Liturgical Press. 2015. Pp. 221. ISBN: 978-0-8146-8318-7. Reviewed by Michael McCALLION, Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit, MI 48206.
Annemarie SANDERS, Editor. Transformational Leadership: Conversations with the Leadership Conference of Women Religious. Maryknoll, N.Y. Orbis Books, 2015. pp. 207. $20.00 pb. ISBN 978-1-62698-138-6. Reviewed by Dr. Terry SHIELDS, Leadership and Management Program, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8.
Elizabeth Michael BOYLE and Carol J. DEMPSEY, The Bible and Literature, Orbis Books, 2015, pp. xvi, 216. $30, pb. ISBN 978-1-62698. Reviewed by Christopher RUPERT S.J., LaStorta Jesuit Residence, 2320 Liverpool Rd., Pickering, ON L1X 1V4.
Robert WUTHNOW. Inventing American Religion: Polls, Surveys, and the Tenuous Quest for a Nation’s Faith. London, UK: Oxford University Press, 2015, pp. 247. $29.95 hardcover ISBN 9780190258900. (Also e-book). Reviewed by Meg Wilkes KARRAKER, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN 55105.
Richard J. REGAN. The American Constitution And Religion. Washington D C.: Catholic University of America, 2013. Pp. 282. ISBN 978-0-8132-2152-6 ppb. Reviewed by James R. KELLY, sociology emeritus Fordham University, Bronx, NY 10456
Marc Cardinal OUELETT.Mystery and Sacrament of Love: A Theology of Marriage and the Family for the New Evangelization.Grand Rapids, Michigan: Eerdmans Publishing Company. 332 pages. ISBN: 978-0-8028-7334-7. Reviewed by Michael McCALLION, Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit, Michigan.
Jeanmarie GRIBAUDO. A Holy Yet Sinful Church: Three Twentieth Century Moments in a Developing Theology. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press. 2015. $22.95 pb. ISBN978-0-8146-4771-4. Reviewed by Richard SHIELDS, University of St. Michael’s College, Toronto, ON.
Catherine VINCIE. Worship and the New Cosmology: Liturgical and Theological Challenges. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2014.pp. 115. $16.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8146-8272-2. Reviewed by Andrew MCCARTHY, Anna Maria College, 50 Sunset Ln, Paxton MA 01612.
Massimo FAGGIOLI. A Council of the Global Church: Receiving Vatican II in History. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2015. Pp. 350. $44.00. ISBN: 9781451472097. Reviewed by Paul MISNER, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881.
Peter BROWN. The Ransom of the Soul. Afterlife and Wealth in Early Western Christianity. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2015. ISBN: 978-0-674-96758-8. Reviewed by John V. APCZYNSKI, St. Bonaventure University, St. Bonaventure, NY 14778-0012.
Barry HUDOCK. Struggle, Condemnation, Vindication: John Courtney Murray's Journey toward Vatican II. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2015. Pp. xxix + 185. $19.95 pb. ISBN978-0-8146-8322-4. Reviewed by James T. CROSS, Saint Leo University, Saint Leo, FL 33574.
John R. TYSON. The Way of the Wesleys: A Short Introduction. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2014. 202 pp., $18.00 paperback. ISBN: 978-0-8028-6954-8. Reviewed by Steve W. LEMKE, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, New Orleans, LA 70126.
Roger OLSON and Christian T. Collins WINN. Reclaiming Pietism: Retrieving an Evangelical Tradition. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2015. 190 pp., $18.00 paperback. ISBN: 978-0-8028-6909-8. Reviewed by Steve W. LEMKE, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, New Orleans, LA 70126.
John A. MCCOY. A Still And Quiet Conscience: The Archbishop Who Challenged a Pope, a President, and a Church: A Life of Raymond G. Hunthausen. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2015. Pp. 344. $26.00 pb. ISBN 978-1-62698-117-1. Reviewed by Ann S.F. SWANER, Barry University, Miami Shores, FL 33161.
Ursula KING. Spirit and Fire, the live and vision of Teilhard De Chardin (Revised). Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Publications, 2015. pp. 258. $26.00 pb. ISBN 978-1-62698-114-0. Reviewed by Francis BERNA, La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA 19141.
Ilia DELIO, Making All Things New: Catholicity, Cosmology, Consciousness, Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2015. pp. 278. $25.00 pb. ISBN 978-1-62698-136-2. Reviewed by Ann MICHAUD, Fordham University, Bronx, NY, 01458.
Dom Gregory DIX. The Shape of the Liturgy. London: Bloomsbury 2005, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2015. Pp. 764. $35.96 pb, $76.73 Cloth. ISBN 978-0-567-66157-9. Reviewed by Winifred WHELAN, St. Bonaventure University (emerita), 1415 W. Rascher Avenue, Chicago IL 60640-1205.
David CHEETHAM, Douglas PRATT, and David THOMAS, Editors. Understanding Interreligious Relations. Edited by Oxford University Press, 2013. 448 pages. $35.00. Reviewed by Hans GUSTAFSON, Jay Phillips Center for Interfaith Learning at the College of Saint Benedict/Saint John’s University (MN) and the University of St. Thomas (MN).
Kenan B. OSBORNE, O.F.M., Sacramental Theology: Fifty Years After Vatican II. Hobe Sound, FL: Lectio Publishing, 2014. 190 pp., $19.95. ISBN 978-0-9898397-3-0. Reviewed by Nathan R. KOLLAR, St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY 14618.
Benjamin BEIT-HALLAHMI. Psychological Perspectives on Religion and Religiosity. London, UK: Routledge, 2015, pp. 316. $170.00 hardcover ISBN 9780415682862 . (Also paperback $59.95). Reviewed by Meg Wilkes KARRAKER, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN 55105.
Donald NORWOOD, Reforming Rome: Karl Barth and Vatican II. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2015, pp.xxi+263. $35.00 pb. ISBN 978-0-8028-7210-4. Reviewed by Alice LAFFEY, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA 01610.
Dominic WHITE, O.P. The Lost Knowledge of Christ: Contemporary Spiritualities, Christian Cosmology, and the Arts. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2015. Pp 221, $24.95r. ISBN 978-0-8146-8269-2 -- 978-0-8146-8294-4 (ebook). Reviewed by James ZEITZ, Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, Texas 48207.
Eamon DUFFY, Saints and Sinners: A History of the Popes (Fourth Edition). New Haven: Yale University, 2014, pp 513. $23.00pb. ISBN-13: 978-0-30020612-8. Reviewed by Robert P. MARKO, Aquinas College, Grand Rapids, MI 49506.
Rose PACATTE. Martin Sheen: Pilgrim on the Way. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2015. pp. 142. $12.95 pb ISBN: 978-0-8146-3712-8. Reviewed by Dolores L. CHRISTIE, University Heights, OH 44118
Angela Alaimo O’DONNELL. Flannery O’Connor: Fiction Fired by Faith. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2015. pp. 138. $12.95 pb ISBN: 978-0-8146-3701-2. Reviewed by Dolores L. CHRISTIE, University Heights, OH 44118.
Anastasia WENDLINDER, Speaking of God in Thomas Aquinas and Meister Eckhart: Beyond Analogy. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2014. pp. 217. $109. 95 hc. ISBN 978-1-4094-6916-2. Reviewed by Peter C. PHAN. Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057.
Jakob Egeris THORSEN. Charismatic Practice and Catholic Parish Life. The Incipient Pentecostalization of the Church in Guatemala and Latin America. Leiden, the Netherlands & Boston: Brill, 2015. pp. 242. ISBN 978-90-04-29165-2. Reviewed by Pierre HEGY, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY 11530.
John DEAR. Thomas Merton, Peacemaker: Meditations on Merton, Peacemaking, and the Spiritual Life. Maryknoll, NY. Orbis Books, 2015. pp. xv + 192. $20.00 pb. ISBN 978-1-62698-107-2. Reviewed by Patrick F. O’CONNELL, Gannon University, Erie, PA 16541.
Daniella ZSUPAN-JEROME. Connected Toward Communion: The Church and Social Communication in the Digital Age. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2014. pp. 139. $17.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8146-8220-3.
Doris DONELLY. Sacraments and Justice. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2014. pp. 112. $16.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8146-8072-8.
Reviewed by Ella JOHNSON, St. Bernard’s School of Theology and Ministry, Rochester, NY 14618.
Rory McENTEE and Adam BUCKO, The New Monasticism: An Interspiritual Manifesto for Contemplative Living. Maryknoll: Orbis, 2015. pp. 215. $25.00 pb. ISBN 978-1-62698-126-3. Reviewed by Wilburn T. STANCIL, Rockhurst University, Kansas City, MO 64110.
Paul LAKELAND. A Council That Will Never End: Lumen Gentium and the Church Today. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2013. pp. 158+xxxiii. $19.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8146-8066-7. Reviewed by Ryan MARR, Mercy College of Health Sciences, Des Moines, IA 50309.
Thomas MERTON. Ishi Means Man: Essays on Native Americans. New York. Paulist Press, 2015. pp. viii + 81. $9.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8091-4911-7. Reviewed by Patrick F. O’CONNELL, Gannon University, Erie, PA 16541.
James J. BACIK. Humble Confidence: Spiritual and Pastoral Guidance from Karl Rahner. Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Prss, 2014. pp. 185. $19.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8146-8316-3. Reviewed by Jill RAITT, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211.
Leonardo BOFF. Come Holy Spirit: Inner Fire, Giver of Life, Comforter of the Poor.Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2015. pp. 214. $17.63 pb. ISBN 978-1-62698-106-5. Reviewed by Karen Monique GREGG, University of Saint Francis, Fort Wayne, IN 46808.
Christine M. FLETCHER. 24/7 Christian: The Secular Vocation of the Laity. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2015. pp. 128. $14.95 pb. ISBN-10: 0814649688.
Laura Kelly FANUCCI. Everyday Sacrament: The Messy Grace of Parenting. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2014. pp. 152. $14.95 pb. ISBN-10: 081463768X.
Reviewed by Maureen Beyer MOSER, 12 Woodlot Road, Eastchester, NY 10709.
Massimo FAGGIOLI. Sorting Out Catholicism: A Brief History of the New Ecclesial Movements. Translated by Demetrio S. Yocum.Collegeville, MN: Michael Glazier Books Liturgical Press, 2014. pp 242. $19.95. ISBN: 9780814683057. Reviewed by Eric W. HENDRY, Plano, TX 75026
Nancy Tatom AMMERMAN. Sacred Stories, Spiritual Tribes. Finding Religion in Everyday Life. Oxford University Press, 2014. 376 pp. ISBN 978-0-19-991736-5 also eBook. Reviewed by Christopher CARROLL Northwestern University Department of Sociology.
Peter J. CASARELLA, ed. Jesus Christ: The New Face of Social Progress. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdman's Publishing Company, 2015. pp. 380. $45.00 pb. ISBN 978-0-8028-7113-8. Reviewed by Kathleen BORRES, Saint Vincent Seminary, Latrobe, PA 15650
Walter KASPER. The Catholic Church: Nature, Reality, and Mission. London: Bloomsbury, 2015. pp 463. $54 pb. ISBN 978-1-4411-8708-3. Reviewed by Jeffrey KIRCH, C.PP.S. Saint Joseph’s College, Indiana, 47978
Stanislaw GRYGIEL. Discovering the Human Person: In Conversation with John Paul II. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Eerdmans, 2014. pp. 175. $24.00 pb. ISBN 978-0-8028-7154-1. Reviewed by Jason BERMENDER, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI 53233
Lee BEACH, The Church in Exile: Living in Hope After Christendom. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press Academic, 2015. pp. 240. ISBN 978-0-8308-4066-3. Reviewed by Marc TUMEINSKI, Anna Maria College, Paxton, MA 01612
Pope FRANCIS. Walking with Jesus: A Way Forward for the Church. Chicago: Loyola Press, 2015. pp. 160. $16.95. ISBN 978-0-8294-4254-0. Reviewed by Ann MICHAUD, Fordham University, Bronx, NY 10458
Maxwell E. JOHNSON, Timothy O’MALLEY, and Demetrio S. YOCUM, eds. At the Heart of the Liturgy: Conversations with Nathan D. Mitchell’s “Amen Corners,” 1991-2012. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2014. pp. 190. $34.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8146-6309-7. Reviewed by Stephen S. WILBRICHT, Stonehill College, Easton, MA 02357
Ian Christopher LEVY. John Wyclif’s Theology of the Eucharist in its Medieval Context. Revised and Expanded Edition of Scriptural Logic, Real Presence, & the Parameters of Orthodoxy. Milwaukee, WI: Marquette University Press, 2014. pp. 419. $32.00. pb. ISBN 978-1-62600-704-8. Reviewed by Jill RAITT, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211
Rebecca MOORE. Women in Christian Traditions. New York: New York University Press, 2015. $17.00 pb. pp.200. ISBN 978-1-4798-2175-4. Reviewed by Shannon SCHREIN, Lourdes University. Sylvania, OH 43560
Laura VANCE. Women in New Religions. New York: New York University Press, 2015. pp. 160. $17.00 pb. ISBN 978-1-4798-1602-6. Reviewed by Shannon SCHREIN, Lourdes University. Sylvania, OH 43560
Antonio L PEZ and Javier PRADES, eds. Retrieving Origins and the Claim of Multiculturalism. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2014. pp. 208. $29.00 pb. ISBN 978-0-8028-6990-6. Reviewed by Joseph S. FLIPPER, Bellarmine University, Louisville, KY 40205
Elizabeth A. JOHNSON. Abounding in Kindness: Writings for the People of God. New York.: Orbis Books, 2015. pp. ix + 324. ISBN 978-1-62698-112-3 pb. Reviewed by Jill RAITT, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65201
Gustavo GUTI RREZ and Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig M LLER. On The Side of the Poor: The Theology of Liberation. New York: Orbis Books, 2015. Pp. 144. $19.35 pb. ISBN 978-1-62698-115-7. Reviewed by Karen Monique GREGG, University of Saint Francis, Fort Wayne, IN 46808
John C. HAUGHEY. A Biography of the Spirit. Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2015. pp. 220. $25.00 pb. ISBN 978-1-62698-122-5. Reviewed by Andrew T. MCCARTHY. Anna Maria College. Paxton, MA 01621
F. D. E. SCHLEIERMACHER. Christmas Dialogue, The Second Speech, and Other Selections. Edited, translated, and with an Introduction by Julia A. Lamm. Classics of Western Spirituality. New York & Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2014. Pp. 296. $29.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8091-4878-3. Reviewed by Richard B. STEELE, Seattle Pacific University, SEATTLE, WA 98119
Brian STEENSLAND and Philip GOFF, editors. The New Evangelical Social Engagement. New York: Oxford University Press, 2014. $90.00 pb. ISBN 978-0-19-932954-0. Reviewed by Paul MISNER, Marquette University emeritus, Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881
Joseph MUDD. Eucharist as Meaning: Critical Metaphysics and Contemporary Sacramental Theology. Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 2014. Pp 240. $29.95. ISBN 978-0-8146-8221-0
Joseph MUDD. Eucharist as Meaning: Critical Metaphysics and Contemporary Sacramental Theology. Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 2014. Pp 240. $29.95. ISBN 978-0-8146-8221-0
Thomas O’Loughlin, The Eucharist: Origins and Contemporary Understandings. NY: NY, Bloomsbury, 2015. Pp 220. $34.95, ISBN 978-0-567-38459-1. Reviewed by Nathan R. KOLLAR, St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY 14618
Robert Emmett CURRAN. Papist Devils: Catholics in British America, 1574-1783. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2014. pp. 320. $29.95 pb. ISBN: 978-0-8132-2583-8. Reviewed by Daniel LLOYD, Saint Leo University, North Charleston, SC 29406
Christiana Z. PEPPARD and Andrea VICINI, eds., Just Sustainability: Technology, Ecology, and Resource Extraction. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2015. Pp. xii + 292. $42.00pb. ISBN 978-1-62698-132-4. Reviewed by David CLOUTIER, Mount St. Mary’s University, Emmitsburg, MD, 21727
Otto Hermann PESCH. The Second Vatican Council Pre-history, Event, Results & Post-history, (Translated by Deirdre Dempsey) Milwaukee: Marquette University Press, 2014. Pp 412. $35.00 pb. ISBN 978-1-62600-702-4. Reviewed by Francis BERNA, La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA 19141
Margaret A. FARLEY. Changing the Questions. Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2015. pp. 352, $30.00. ISBN: 978-1-8028-62698-128-7 (pbk.). Reviewed by Dolores L. CHRISTIE, University Heights, OH 44118
Diana WALSH PASULKA. Heaven Can Wait: Purgatory in Catholic Devotional and Popular Culture. New York: Oxford University Press, 2015. pp. 207+x. $29.95 hb. ISBN 978-0-1953-8202-0. Reviewed by Ryan MARR, Mercy College of Health Sciences, Des Moines, IA 50309
Ann KESSLER. Benedictine Men and Women of Courage: Roots and History, rev. ed., edited by Neville Ann Kelly. Seattle: Lean Scholar Press: 2014. pp. 480. $26.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-9904497-0-6. Reviewed by Jakob Karl RINDERKNECHT, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI 53201
John MILBANK. The Suspended Middle: Henri de Lubac and the Renewed Split in Modern Catholic Theology. Michigan / Cambridge: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2014. pp. 110. ISBN: 978-0-8028-7236-4. Reviewed by Cathal DOHERTY SJ, University of San Francisco, CA
Jared DEES. 31 Days to Becoming a Better Religious Educator. Indiana: Ave Maria Press, 2013. pp. 160. $8.95 pb. ISBN-13 978-1594713842. Reviewed by Jeffrey S. BURWELL SJ, St. Paul’s College at the University of Manitoba, MB, R3T 2N2
Scott CARL, editor. Verbum Domini and the Complementarity of Exegesis and Theology. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2015. pp. 192. $25.00 pb. ISBN 978-0-8028-7148-0. Reviewed by JASON BERMENDER, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI 53223
Hyo-Dong LEE. Spirit, Qi, and the Multitude: A Comparative Theology for the Democracy of Creation. 2014, pp. 362. $32.28 (paper). ISBN: 978-0-8232-5502-3. Reviewed by Joseph A. BRACKEN, S.J., Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH 45207
Antonio SPADARO. Cybertheology: Thinking Christianity in the Era of the Internet. New York: Fordham University Press, 2014.pp 160. $24.00 pb. ISBN 978-0823257003. Reviewed by Peter BEISHEIM, Stonehill College, North Easton, MA 02357
Nathan R. KOLLAR, Muhammad SHAFIQ, editors. Sacred Texts & Human Contexts: A North American Response to “A Common Word between Us and You.” North Charleston, SC: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014. Pp. 453. $35.50 pb. ISBN 978-1500845407. Reviewed by Thomas DONLIN-SMITH, Nazareth College, Rochester, NY 14618
Cheryl C.D. HUGHES, Katharine Drexel: The Riches-To Rags Story of an American Saint. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2014. VII + pp. 275. ISBN 978-0-8028-6992-0. Reviewed by Francis X. KLOSE, Cabrini College, 610 King of Prussia Road, Radnor, PA 19087
Ricky MANALO. The Liturgy of Life: The Interrelationship of Sunday Eucharist and Everyday Worship Practices. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2014. pp. 205. $24.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8146-6308-0. Reviewed by Stephen S. WILBRICHT, Stonehill College, Easton, MA 02356
Aimee Upjohn LIGHT, God at the Margins: Making Theological Sense of Religious Plurality. Winona, MI: Anselm Academic, 2014. Pp. 140. $ 16.95 pb. ISBN978-1-59982-188-7. Reviewed by Nathan R. KOLLAR, St. John Fisher College, NY 14618
Franco GARELLI. Religion Italian Style: Continuities and Changes in a Catholic Country. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2014. pp.230. $109.95 hc. ISBN 9781472436443. Reviewed by Brandon VAIDYANATHAN, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005
J. Matthew ASHLEY, Kevin F. BURKE, Rodolfo CARDENAL, editors. A Grammar of Justice: The Legacy of Ignacio Ellacuria. Maryknoll: Orbis, 2014. pp. 282. $25.00 pb. ISBN 978-1-62698-086-0. Reviewed by Moni MCINTYRE, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA 15282
Lawrence J. McANDREWS. What They Wished For: American Catholics & American Presidents, 1960-2004. Univ. of Georgia Press. 503 pp. 2014 ISBN 978-0-8203-4683-0 503 PP. Reviewed by James R. KELLY, Sociology emeritus, Fordham University, Bronx, NY 10458
Jonathan Y. TAN. Christian Mission Among the Peoples of Asia. New York: Orbis Books, 2014. pp. 242. $40.00 pb. ISBN 978-1-62698-104-1. Reviewed by Jayne L. WILCOX, La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA 19141
Robert MAGLIOLA. Facing up to Real Doctrinal Difference: How Some Thought-Motifs from Derrida Can Nourish the Catholic-Buddhist Encounter. Kettering, OH: Angelico Press, 2014. Pp. 206. $16.95 pb. ISBN: 978-1-62138-079-5 Reviewed by John V. APCZYNSKI,, Professor emeritus, St. Bonaventure University, St. Bonaventure, NY 14778-0012
John BERKMAN and William C. MATTISON, III, eds. Searching for a University Ethic: Multidisciplinary, Ecumenical, and Interfaith Responses to the Catholic Natural Law Tradition. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2014. Pp. 327. $35.00 pb. ISBN 978-0-8028-6844-2. Reviewed by James T. BRETZKE, S.J., Boston College School of Theology & Ministry, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
Anselm K. MIN, editor. The Task of Theology: Leading Theologians on the Most Compelling Questions for Today. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2014. pp. 266. $37.00. ISBN 978-1-62698-105-8. Reviewed by Ann MICHAUD, Fordham University, Bronx, NY 10458
Jacob RAMSAY. Mandarins and Martyrs. The Church and the Nguyen Dynasty in Early Nineteenth-Century Vietnam. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2008. xii-212 pp. Maps, notes, bibliography, index.$ 50.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8047-5651-8. Reviewed by Peter C. PHAN, Georgetown University, Washington, DC.
Gerald O’COLLINS. The Second Vatican Council: Message and Meaning. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2014. pp. xiv + 225. $24.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8146-8311-8. Reviewed by Patrick F. O’CONNELL, Gannon University, Erie, PA 16541
Travis SCHOLL. Walking the Labyrinth: A Place to Pray and Seek God. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press, 2014, pp. 237. $16.00 pb. ISBN 978-0830835836. Reviewed by Fran LEAP, Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA 15601
Matthew LEVERING, Mary’s Bodily Assumption, Notre Dame, University of Notre Dame Press, 2015, pp. 268. ISBN 978-0-268-03390-0. . Reviewed by Christopher RUPERT S.J., LaStorta Jesuit Residence, 2320 Liverpool Rd., Pickering, ON L1X 1V4.
Shai HELD. Abraham Joshua Heschel, The Call of Transcendence. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2013. pp. 300. $39.00 hbk. ISBN 978-0-253-01126-8. Reviewed by Francis BERNA, La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA 19141.
Mary Beth Fraser CONNOLLY. Women of Faith: The Chicago Sisters of Mercy and the Evolution of a Religious Community. New York: Fordham University Press, 2014, pp. 372. $65 hc. ISBN: 9780823254736 (Also eBook). Reviewed by Meg Wilkes KARRAKER, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN 55105 .
Murphy PIZZA. Paganistan: Contemporary Pagan Community in Minnesota’s Twin Cities. Farnham, England: Ashgate Publishing, 2015. Hbk. 150. 60.00 ISBN 978-1-40944-283-7. Reviewed by Hans GUSTAFSON, Jay Phillips Center for Interfaith Learning at the College of Saint Benedict/Saint John’s University (MN) and the University of St. Thomas (MN)
Brett C. HOOVER. The Shared Parish: Latinos, Anglos, and the Future of U.S. Catholicism. New York / London: New York University Press, 2014. pp. 304. $49.00 cloth. ISBN: 9781479854394. Reviewed by William A. CLARK, SJ, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA 01610
Margaret O’GARA. No Turning Back: The Future of Ecumenism. Edited by Michael Vertin. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2014. pp. 240. $29.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8146-8313-2. Reviewed by Ella JOHNSON, St. Bernard’s School of Theology and Ministry, Rochester, NY 14618
Anne M. MARTINEZ. Catholic Borderlands: Mapping Catholicism onto American Empire, 1905 1935. Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 2014. Pp. 293. $70.00 hb. ISBN 978-0-8032-4877-9. Reviewed by Ann SWANER, Barry University, Miami Shores FL 33161
Stephen BULLIVANT. Faith and Unbelief. New York/Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2014. Pp. xx + 156. $16.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8091-4865-3. Reviewed by Benjamin J. BROWN, Lourdes University, Sylvania, OH 43560
Raymond G. HELMICK, S.J. The Crisis of Confidence in the Catholic Church. New York: Bloomsbury, 2014. pp. 293. ISBN 978-0-567-46425-5. Reviewed by Jeffrey KIRCH, C.PP.S., Saint Joseph’s College, Rensselaer, IN 47978
Austen IVEREIGH. The Great Reformer: Francis and the Making of a Radical Pope. New York. Henry Holt and Company, 2014. Pp. 445, ISBN 978-1-62779-157-1 (hardcover) ISBN 978-1-62779-158-1 (electronic book). Reviewed by Daniel H. LEVINE, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI 48109
Leonardo BOFF, Francis of Rome. Francis of Assisi. A New Springtime For The Church. Maryknoll/New York, Orbis Books, 2014, pp. 160. Pb ISBN 978-1-62698-083-9. Reviewed by Solange LEFEBVRE, Universit de Montr al, C.P. 6128 succursale centre-ville, Montr al Qu bec Canada H3C 3J7
Robert LASSALLE-KLEIN, Blood and Ink: Ignacio Ellacur a, Jon Sobrino, and the Jesuit Martyrs of the University of Central America, Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2014. pp. 376. $34.00 pb: ISBN 978-1-62698-063-1. Reviewed by Arthur J. KUBICK, Providence, Rhode Island
Joshtrom KUREETHADAM, Creation in Crisis: Science, Ethics, Theology. Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2014. pp. 188. $50.00. ISBN: 978-1-62698-100-3 (pbk.). Reviewed by Dolores L. CHRISTIE, John Carroll University, University Heights , OH 44118
Steven P. MILLER, The Age of Evangelicalism: America’s Born-Again Years. New York: Oxford University Press, 2014. pp. 221. ISBN 978 0 19 077795-2 . Reviewed by Richard RYMARZ, St Joseph’s College, University of Alberta, Edmonton Alberta, T6G 2J5
Brenda E. NOVACK, A Double-Edged Sword. Jehanne d’Arc and Claims to Divine Sanction in Acts of War (Eugene, OR: Pickwick | Wipf and Stock, 2014), xvi + 358 pp., ISBN 13:978-1-62564-238-7, paperback, $41.00. Reviewed by Guy C. CARTER, Saint Peter’s University, Jersey City, NJ
Brendan BYRNE. Life Abounding: A Reading of John’s Gospel. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2014. Pp.376. $39.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8146-3574-2. Reviewed by Shannon SCHREIN, Lourdes University, Sylvania, OH 43560
Nancy Tatom AMMERMAN. Sacred Stories, Spiritual Tribes. Finding Religion in Everyday Life. Oxford University Press, 2014. 376 pp. ISBN 978-0-19-991736-5 also eBook. . Reviewed by Ana Lourdes SUAREZ, Catholic University of Argentina, Buenos Aires
James T. BRETZKE, Handbook of Roman Catholic Moral Terms. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2013, pp 260. $24.95 pb. ISBN-978-1626160033. Reviewed by Robert MARKO, Aquinas College, Grand Rapids, MI 49506
Ilia DELIO, ed. From Teilhard to Omega: Co-creating an Unfinished Universe. Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2014. pp. 263. $30.00 pb. ISBN 978-1-62698-069-3. Reviewed by Calvin MERCER, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858
Garry WILLS Bare Ruined Choirs. Doubt, Prophecy, and Radical Religion [First published in 1972- Paulist Press. Reissued 2014. Pp 300 ISBN 978-0-8091-4819-6. Reviewed by Daniel H. LEVINE, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI 48109-1045
Robert Blair KAISER. Inside the Jesuits: How Pope Francis Is Changing the Church and the World. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2014. Pp. 224. $32.00 hb; $31.99 ebook. ISBN 978-1-4422-2901-3. Reviewed by James T. BRETZKE, S.J., Boston College School of Theology & Ministry, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
Laura SWAN. The Wisdom of the Beguines: The Forgotten Story of a Medieval Women’s Movement. Katanoh, New York: BlueBridge, 2014. pp. 208. $13.56 hc. ISBN 1933346973. Reviewed by Ann SWANER, Barry University, Miami Shores, FL 33161
Judith SCHUBERT. 100 Questions & Answers on Women in the New Testament. New York, NY: Paulist Press, 2014. pp.115. $16.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8091-4845-5. Reviewed by Marie CONN, Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia, PA 19118
Kristin M. COLBERG and Robert A. KRIEG, Eds. The Theology of Cardinal Walter Kasper: Speaking Truth in Love. Collegeville, MN: Michael Glazier Liturgical Press, 2014. pp 308. $29.95. ISBN: 9780814683156. Reviewed by Eric W. HENDRY, Plano, TX 75026
Paul CROWLEY, S.J. (Editor). From Vatican II to Pope Francis, Charting a Catholic Future. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2014. pp. 180. $28.00 pb. ISBN 978-1-62698-089-1. Reviewed by Francis BERNA, La Salle University, 1900 W. Olney Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19141