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The Kindness of God: Metaphor, Gender, and Religious Language

The Kindness of God: Metaphor, Gender, and Religious Language


Janet Martin Soskice



Review When I began to read The Kindness of God, I could scarcely put it down... The book maintains a marvelous tone. Its...
Fifty Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die

Fifty Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die


John Piper



About the Author John Piper is Pastor for Preaching at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He has authore...
The Neighbor: Three Inquiries in Political Theology (Religion and Postmodernism Series)

The Neighbor: Three Inquiries in Political Theology (Religion and Postmodernism Series)


Eric L. Santner, Slavoj Zizek, Kenneth Reinhard



Review "The Neighbor is a valuable intervention into our contemporary intellectual and political history. These three ess...
Creation and the God of Abraham

Creation and the God of Abraham


Carlo Cogliati, David B. Burrell, Janet M. Soskice, William R. Stoeger



Book Description Creatio ex nihilo - the principle that God created the world from nothing - is a foundational doctrine i...
The Library of Eusebius of Caesarea (Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae)

The Library of Eusebius of Caesarea (Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae)


Andrew Carriker



About the Author Andrew James Carriker, Ph.D. (1999) in History, Columbia University, is affiliated with the University o...
Para Inquiry: Postmodern Religion and Culture

Para Inquiry: Postmodern Religion and Culture


Victor E. Taylor



Review "Victor E. Taylor(English and humanities, York College of Pennsylvania) has written an eclectic and sweeping book ...
Reason, Faith and History: Philosophical Essays for Paul Helm

Reason, Faith and History: Philosophical Essays for Paul Helm


Martin Stone



About the Author Martin Stone is a Professor of Renaissance & Early Modern Philosophy at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuv...
Understanding Dan: An Exegetical Study of a Biblical City, Tribe and Ancestor (JSOT Supplement)

Understanding Dan: An Exegetical Study of a Biblical City, Tribe and Ancestor (JSOT Supplement)


Mark Walter Bartusch



About the Author Mark Bartusch is Assistant Professor of Theoloy at Valparaiso University, Indiana ...
The Irrational Augustine

The Irrational Augustine


Catherine Conybeare



Review throughout her book Conybeare writes with a masterful command of both the Latin and English languages Paul C. Burn...
Nietzsche's Dancers: Isadora Duncan, Martha Graham, and the Revaluation of Christian Values

Nietzsche's Dancers: Isadora Duncan, Martha Graham, and the Revaluation of Christian Values


Kimerer L. Lamothe



Review "LaMothe's succulent attention to the phenomenology of dance technique draws persuasive power from beyond the writ...
Tracking the Tribes of Yahweh: On the Trail of a Classic (Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement 351)

Tracking the Tribes of Yahweh: On the Trail of a Classic (Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement 351)


Roland Boer



About the Author Roland Boer is Logan Research Fellow at the Centre for Studies in Religion and Theology, Monash Universi...
Beneath the Mask of Holiness: Thomas Merton and the Forbidden Love Affair that Set Him Free

Beneath the Mask of Holiness: Thomas Merton and the Forbidden Love Affair that Set Him Free


Mark Shaw



Review "[This book] can only deepen and add weight to our respect for this scrupulous, devoted, and tormented man." --Ron...
A Little Guide to Christian Spirituality: Three Dimensions of Life with God

A Little Guide to Christian Spirituality: Three Dimensions of Life with God


Glen G. Scorgie



Review Glen Scorgie has produced a guide to Christian spirituality that is deeply informed without being pedantic, conc...
Divine Motivation Theory

Divine Motivation Theory


Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski



Review "Well-written and cogently argued, this is an important text...Agree or disagree with Z.'s arguments, most readers...
500 Jahre Theologie in Hamburg: Hamburg als Zentrum christlicher Theologie und Kultur zwischen Tradition und Zukunft (Arbeiten Zur Kirchengeschichte) (Arbeiten Zur Kirchengeschichte)

500 Jahre Theologie in Hamburg: Hamburg als Zentrum christlicher Theologie und Kultur zwischen Tradition und Zukunft (Arbeiten Zur Kirchengeschichte) (Arbeiten Zur Kirchengeschichte)


Johann Anselm Steiger



500 Jahre Theologie in Hamburg: Hamburg als Zentrum christlicher Theologie und Kultur zwischen Tradition und Zukunft (Arbeiten Zur Kirchengeschichte) (Arbeiten Zur Kirchengeschichte)...
Fundamentalism and American Culture (New Edition)

Fundamentalism and American Culture (New Edition)


George M. Marsden



Review "Marsden reveals a great deal of history, showing the origins, development and growth of evangelicalism and fundam...
An Introduction to Theology

An Introduction to Theology


Victoria La'Porte



About the Author Victoria La'Porte is a lecturer at Liverpool Hope University College. ...
The Construction of Shame in the Hebrew Bible: The Prophetic Contribution (JSOT Supplement Series)

The Construction of Shame in the Hebrew Bible: The Prophetic Contribution (JSOT Supplement Series)


Johanna Stiebert



Review "Stiebert is to be commended for calling the attention of biblical scholars to a neglected semantic domain and for...
Types of Authority in Formative Christianity and Judaism

Types of Authority in Formative Christianity and Judaism


Bruce Chilton



Review 'The book is full of detail and stimulating judgement (and very clearly written). It not only juxtaposes ... two m...
Benjamin Franklin, Jonathan Edwards, and the Representation of American Culture

Benjamin Franklin, Jonathan Edwards, and the Representation of American Culture


Barbara B. Oberg, Harry S. Stout



Review "This valuable collection of essays is a good place to start in deepening and revising our assessment of Edwards a...
Eusebius of Caesarea Against Paganism (Jewish and Christian Perspectives)

Eusebius of Caesarea Against Paganism (Jewish and Christian Perspectives)


Arieh Kofsky



Review '..".a careful work marked by a detailed knowledge of the primary sourcesThis study will be a useful library acqui...
Canon Law and the Letters of Ivo of Chartres (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series)

Canon Law and the Letters of Ivo of Chartres (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series)


Christof Rolker



Review 'Christof Rolker provides for the first time a truly comprehensive examination of the letters' [of Ivo of Chartres...
Hegel's Political Theology

Hegel's Political Theology


Andrew Shanks



Review "...the present work represents the emergence of a significant new voice in Hegelian interpretation." Theologica...
History, Justice, and the Agency of God: A Hermeneutical and Exegetical Investigation on Isaiah and Psalms (Biblical Interpretation Series)

History, Justice, and the Agency of God: A Hermeneutical and Exegetical Investigation on Isaiah and Psalms (Biblical Interpretation Series)


Christoph Onno Schroeder



Review '..".well-written study...The book is highly recommended, particularly for those interested in the Bible's dialogu...
The Evolution of God

The Evolution of God


Robert Wright



From Publishers Weekly In his illuminating book, The Moral Animal, Wright introduced evolutionary psychology and examined...
Moral Agents and Their Deserts: The Character of Mu'tazilite Ethics

Moral Agents and Their Deserts: The Character of Mu'tazilite Ethics


Sophia Vasalou



Review This is an impressive and original contribution to the knowledge of Islam's intellectual history. -- M. Swartz, Ch...
Paul and the Power of Sin: Redefining 'Beyond the Pale' (Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series)

Paul and the Power of Sin: Redefining 'Beyond the Pale' (Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series)


T. L. Carter



Review "Carter has produced a valuable and largely convincing application of Douglas' grid/group theory to Paul's key let...
Medicines of the Soul: Female Bodies and Sacred Geographies in a Transnational Islam

Medicines of the Soul: Female Bodies and Sacred Geographies in a Transnational Islam




Review "The author's voice is nuanced by her wide knowledge of Islam, of feminism, and of life. One comes to know these w...
Exodus Church and Civil Society (Ashgate New Critical Thinking in Religion, Theology, and Biblical Studies)

Exodus Church and Civil Society (Ashgate New Critical Thinking in Religion, Theology, and Biblical Studies)


Scott R. Paeth



About the Author Scott R. Paeth is an Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at DePaul University, USA. ...
Considering Transcendence: Elements of a Philosophical Theology (Indiana Series in the Philosophy of Religion)

Considering Transcendence: Elements of a Philosophical Theology (Indiana Series in the Philosophy of Religion)


Martin J. De Nys



Review De Nys (George Mason Univ.) offers an ambitious, timely work on philosophical theology dealing with the fundamental ...