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Susan H. SWETMAN. Everyday Annunciations, Learning to Say Yes. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2024. Pp. 123. $21.95 pb. ISBN 979-8-4008-0067-2. Reviewed by Francis BERNA, La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA 19141. Teresa MORGAN, Trust in Atonement: God, Creation, and Reconciliation. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2024. pp. 267. $39.95 hb. ISBN 9780802883377. Reviewed by Kathleen BORRES, Saint Vincent Seminary, Latrobe, PA 15650. Richard Gaillardetz. While I Breathe, I Hope: A Mystagogy of Dying. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2024. pp. 256. $19.95 pb. ISBN: 9780814688663. Reviewed by Daniel LLOYD, Summerville, SC 29485. Amy PEELER. Hebrews: Commentaries for Christian Formation. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2024. pp.482 ISBN 978-0-8028-7738-3 Reviewed by James ZEITZ, Professor emeritus: Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, Texas 48207. Jos MOONS, S.J., ed. Witnesses of Synodality: Good Practices and Experiences. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2024. pp. 149. $22.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8091-5696-2. Reviewed by Stephen S. WILBRICHT, Stonehill College, Easton, MA 02357. Toby D. CASTLE. Permission to Grieve. Lament as a Posture and Practice of Formation in a Culture of Denial. WIPF and Stock Publishers: Eugene, OR. 2024. ISBN: 9798385222537 $26.00 Pb. xix + 153 . Reviewed by Daniel SMITH-CHRISTOPHER, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA 90045. Ryan T. CRAGUN and Jesse M. SMITH. Goodbye Religion: The Causes and Consequences of Secularization. In Secular Studies. General Editor Phil Zuckerman. New York: New York University Press, 2024. Pp. 343. Np. ISBN 9781479825301. Reviewed by Calvin MERCER, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858. Michael GREEN. The Meaning of Salvation, Redemption and Hope for Today. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. 2023. Pp. 256. $29.99 pb. ISBN 978-0-8028-8258-5. Reviewed by Francis BERNA, La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA 19141. Michael SVIGEL. The Fathers on the Future: A 2nd Century Eschatology for the 21st-Century Church. Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers, 2024. pp. 287. $29.95 pb. ISBN 1496487664. Paperback. Reviewed by Grant WALDRON, Dallas Theological Seminary, Dallas, TX 75206. Virginia HERBERS. Gifts from Friends We Never Wanted: Biblical Journeys of Grace. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2024. Pp. 127. $19.95. ISBN 9798400800184. Reviewed by Herbie MILLER, MorningStar Presbyterian Church, Matthews, NC 28105. Edena ANDREEVA and Kevin McNEER, eds. Slavery in the Modern Middle East and North Africa: Exploitation and Resistance from the 19th Century – Present Day. ISBN: 978-0-7556-4793-4 (Hb). Pp. 239 + xii. $120.00. London and New York: I.B. Taurus/Bloomsbury. Reviewed by Daniel SMITH-CHRISTOPHER, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA 90045 James B. PROTHRO, and Isaac Augustine MORALES, OP, eds. The Future of Catholic Biblical Interpretation: Marie-Joseph Lagrange and Beyond. Grand Rapids: Eerdmanns, 2024. Pp. 350 + xiv. $49.95. ISBN 978-0-8028-8291-2 (Hb). Reviewed by Daniel SMITH-CHRISTOPHER, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA 90045 Joel S. BADEN. Source Criticism [Cascade Companions]. Eugene, Oregon: Cascade Books, 2024. Pp. 149. $22.00. ISBN 978-1-6667-6409-3. Reviewed by Daniel SMITH-CHRISTOPHER, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA 90045. Matthew R. MCWHORTER, Meditation as Spiritual Therapy: Bernard of Clairvaux’s De consideration. Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America Press, 2024. 275 pages, pkb, $34.95. ISBN 9780813238005. Reviewed by Thomas SIMMONS, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069. Thomas F. O’MEARA. Toward a Cosmic Theology: Christian Revelation in a Vast Universe. New York: Paulist Press, 2024. Pp. 124 + xvi. $19.95. ISBN 978-0-8091-5686-3. Reviewed by Calvin MERCER, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858. Elissa CUTTER and Allison MURRAY Women and Public Theology: Emerging Voices. New York/Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2024. Pp. 170. $29.95. ISBN:978-0-8091-5610-8. Reviewed by Victor PUSCAS, Diocese of Joliet-in-Illinois, Crest Hill, IL 60403. Luke Timothy JOHNSON. Imitating Christ: The Disputed Character of Christian Discipleship. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co, 2024. Pp.220. $30.99. ISBN 978-0-8028-8310-0. Reviewed by Nathan R. KOLLAR, St. John Fisher University, Rochester, Y. 14618. Barbara HELLENSLEBEN, Regula M. Zwahlen, Aristotle Papanikolaou, Pantelis Kalaitzidis, eds. Building The House of Wisdom: Sergii Bulgakov and Contemporary Theology: New Approaches and Interpretations. Munster, Germany: Verlag, Aschendorff, 2024. ISBN 978-3-402-12061-3, $87.00. Reviewed by Walter N. SISTO, D’Youville University, Buffalo, NY 14201. Jabymon SKARIA. Dalit Theology, Boundary Crossings and Liberation in India: A Biblical and Postcolonial Study. London, New York, Oxford: I.B. Taurus, 2023 (Pb 2024). Pp. 223. $27.96 Pb ISBN 978-0-7556-4239-7. Reviewed by Daniel SMITH-CHRISTOPHER, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA 90045. Christian WINDLER. Missionaries in Persia: Cultural Diversity and Competing Norms in Global Catholicism. London, New York, Oxford: I.B. Taurus, 2024. Pp. 408. $84.00. Hb. ISBN 978-0-7556-4936. Reviewed by Daniel SMITH-CHRISTOPHER, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA. 90045. William CAVANAUGH, et al., eds. Fratelli Tutti: A Global Commentary. Studies in World Catholicism, vol. 13. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2024. Pp. xxx + 329. $43.99 pb. ISBN 978-1-6667-1997-0. Reviewed by Benjamin J. BROWN, Lourdes University, Sylvania, OH 43560 Juliette J. DAY. Hearing Our Prayers: An Exploration of Liturgical Listening. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2024. pp. 225. $49.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8146-6941-9. Reviewed by Stephen S. WILBRICHT, Stonehill College, Easton, MA 02357. St. IRENAEUS of Lyons. Against the Heresies (Books 4 & 5), translated and annotated by Dominic Unger, with introduction and revisions by Scott Moringello. Ancient Christian Writers: The Works of the Fathers in Translation, no. 72. New York: The Newman Press, 2024. 336 pp., hardback, $49.95. ISBN: 978-0-8091-0026-4. Reviewed by Steve W. LEMKE, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Steven HOSKINS and Christian D. WASHBURN (eds.). Walking With Jesus Christ: Catholic and Evangelical Visions of the Moral Life. Saint Paul: Saint Paul Seminary Press, 2024. pp. 340 + xvii. $34.95. pb. ISBN 978-I-953936-08-0. Reviewed by Neil FULTON, University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law, Vermillion, SD 57069. Julie Hanlon RUBIO. Can You Be a Catholic and a Feminist? New York: Oxford University Press. 2024, pp. 252. $29.35 hb. ISBN 978-0-755314-5. Reviewed by Dolores L. CHRISTIE, Cleveland, OH Florian KLUG. Beyond the Visible Church, the Motif of the ecclesia ab Abel from Augustine to James Alison. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2024. Pp. 426. $79.95 pb. ISBN 979-8-4008-0009-2. Reviewed by Francis BERNA, La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA 19141 Kate RIGBY. Meditations on Creation in an Era of Extinction. Marynoll: Orbis Books, 2023. pp. 203 + xxxiv. $36. pb. ISBN 978-1626985506. Reviewed by Neil FULTON, University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law, Vermillion, SD 57069. Elizabeth JOHNSON, CSJ. Come, Have Breakfast: Meditations on God and the Earth. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2024. Pp. 239. $20.99 hb. ISBN 9781626985643 (print) | ISBN 9798888660225 (ebook). Reviewed by Winifred WHELAN, Independent Scholar and Researcher, 5333 N. Sheridan Road #12N, Chicago IL 600640. Dermot QUINN. Seton Hall University: A History, 1856-2006. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press. 2023. 559 pp. $39.95. Reviewed by Augustine J. CURLEY, Newark Abbey. Frances M. YOUNG. Scripture, the Genesis of Doctrine. Doctrine and Scripture in Early Christianity, Vol. 1. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans, 2023. Pp.308. $40.99. ISBN 978-0802882981. Reviewed by Maureen BEYER MOSER, Greenwich Academy, Greenwich, CT 06830 Ray KURZWEIL. The Singularity Is Nearer: When We Merge With AI. New York: Viking, 2024. Pp. 419 + xii. NP. ISBN 9780399562761. Reviewed by Calvin MERCER, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858. Thomas RAUSCH, This is Our Faith: An Introduction to Catholicism. Revised & Updated. New York: Paulist Press, 2024. Pp. 212. $24.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8091-5704-4. Reviewed by Jane RUSSELL, Belmont Abbey College, Belmont, NC 28012. Malka Z. SIMKOVICH. Letters from Home: The Creation of Diaspora in Jewish Antiquity. University Park, PENN: Eisenbrauns. 2024. Xv + 214 pp. [Main index and Ancient Source index]. $24.95. ISBN: 978-1-64602-275-5 Pb. Reviewed by Daniel L. SMITH-CHRISTOPHER, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, 90045. Stephen O. PRESLEY. Cultural Sanctification: Engaging the World like the Early Church. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2024. pp. 230. $24.99 pb. ISBN: 9781467468343. Reviewed by Daniel LLOYD, Summerville, SC 29485. James A. HOPWOOD. Change of Heart: A Wesleyan Spirituality. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2023. 148 pp., $20.75 paperback. ISBN: 979-8385205516. Reviewed by Steve W. LEMKE, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, New Orleans, LA 70126. Laurie CASSIDY (ed.) Praying for Freedom: Racism and Ignatian Spirituality in America. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2024. pp. 248. $29.95 pb. ISBN 0-8146-6791-0. Reviewed by Marcus MESCHER, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH 45207. Karsten HARRIES. Nicholas of Cusa’s On Learned Ignorance: A Commentary on De docta ignorantia. Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2024. Pp. xii +485. $85.00. cloth ISBN 978-0-8132-3832-6. Reviewed by Leo D. LEFEBURE, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057. Nancy M. ROURKE. Ecological Moral Character: A Catholic Model. Washington D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2024. pp.155. $49.95 pb. ISBN9781647124038. Reviewed by Carolyn J. LOVE, Yorkville, IL 60560. Benedikt ROMER. The Iranian Christian Diaspora: Religion and Nationhood in Exile. London and New York: I.B. Tauris. 2024. x+236 pp. $100.00. Hb 978-0-7556-5168-9. Reviewed by Daniel L. SMITH-CHRISTOPHER, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, 90045. Anthony FISHER, O.P. Unity in Christ: Bishops, Synodality, and Communion. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2023. pp. 170. $24.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8132-3731-2. Reviewed by Stephen S. WILBRICHT, Stonehill College, Easton, MA 02357. Lynn R. HEBER and Gail R. O'AY. Rvelation: Wisdom Commentary, Volume 58. Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press. 2023, 421 pp., $26.79 pb. ISBN 9780814682098 (hardcover). Reviewed by James ZEITZ, Professor emeritus: Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, Texas 48207 Amanda BRESIE. Veiled Leadership: Katharine Drexel, the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, and Race Relations. Washington DC: Catholic University of America Press. 2023. Ix + 318 pp. $34.95. Pb. ISBN 978-0-8132-3723-7. Reviewed by Daniel L. SMITH-CHRISTOPHER, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, 90045. Karen PETERSON-IYER. Reenvisioning Sexual Ethics: A Feminist Christian Account. Washington DC: Georgetown University Press, 2022. Pp.169. $49.95 pb, $149.95 hc, or $49.95 eBook. ISBN pb 9781647122287. Reviewed by Randall WOODARD, Saint Leo University. Patrick RIORDAN, S.J. Human Dignity and Liberal Politics: Catholic Possibilities for the Common Good. Washington DC: Georgetown University Press, 2023. Pp. 230. ISBN: 9781647123697. Reviewed by Brett O’NEILL, S.J., Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467. ose Mario FRANCISCO, SJ and Jayeel CORNELIO. People’s Christianity: Theological Sense and Sociological Significance. New York: Paulist Press. 2022. 195 pp. $29.95. ISBN 978-0-8091-5554-5. Reviewed by Bryan FROEHLE, Palm Beach Atlantic University, West Palm Beach, FL 33401. Marjorie CORBMAN, Divine Rage: Malcolm X’s Challenge to Christians. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2023. ix + 269 pages, pkb, $29.00. ISBN 978-1-62698-508-7. Reviewed by Thomas SIMMONS, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069. Holly J. CAREY. Women Who Do: Female Discipleship in the Gospels. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2023. 199 pp. $29.99 pb. ISBN 978-0-8028-7915-8. Reviewed by Adam BOOTH, C.S.C., Stonehill College, North Easton, MA 02356. Jean-Pierre TORRE, O.P. Saint Thomas Aquinas. Vol. 1: The Person and His Work. Third Edition. Trans. by Matthew K. Minerd and Robert Royal, (Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2023). pp. 499. ISBN 978-0-8132-3560-8. Reviewed by Pablo Munoz ITURRIETA, Catholic University of Chiapas, Mexico Paul TURNER and John W. MARTENS. Liturgy and Life Study Bible Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 2023. 2312 pp. $129.95 hardcover with dust jacket. ISBN-10: 0814664350. ISBN-13: 9780814664353. Reviewed by Jacob FRIESENHAHN, Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, TX 78207. Timothy RADCLIFFE. Listening Together: Meditations on Synodality. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2024. Pp. 185. $14.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8146-8882-3. Reviewed by Stephen S. WILBRICHT, Stonehill College, Easton, MA 02357. Mitri RAHEB. Decolonizing Palestine: The Land, the People, the Bible. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2023. Pp. xviii + 166. $24.00 pb. ISBN 978-1-62698-549-0. Reviewed by Benjamin J. BROWN, Lourdes University, Sylvania, OH 43560. Kelly IVERSON. Reading Mark. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2023. Pp. 183. $27.00 pb. IBN 978-1-4982-3002-5. Reviewed by Brian M. DOYLE, Marymount University, Arlington, VA 22207. René MICALLEF, S.J. Strangers In The Bible. Loved But Not Embraced?Foreword by David Hollenbach, S.J. Mahwah: Paulist Press, 2024. pp. 290. $34.95 pb. ISBN: 978-08091-4996-4. Reviewed by James T. BRETZKE, S.J. John Carroll University, University Heights, OH 44118. Douglas GROOTHUIS. Beyond the Wager. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2024. Pp. 201. $24.00 pb. ISBN 9781514001783. Reviewed by Grant WALDRON, Dallas, TX 75206. Thomas RYAN, CSP. Missionary Priest: A Spiritual Memoir. New York: Paulist Press, 2024, pp. 168. $29.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8091-5681-8. Reviewed by Dolores L. CHRISTIE, Cleveland, OH. Charles G. KIM, Jr. The Way of Humility, St. Augustine’s Theology of Preaching. Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America Press, 2023. Pp. 205 $75.00 hb. ISBN 978-0-8132-3739-8; eISBN 978-0-8132-3740-4. Reviewed by Francis BERNA, La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA 19141. David M. ODORISIO Thomas Merton in California: The Redwoods Conferences and Letters. Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 2024. Pp. 443. $59.95. ISBN:9798400800313. Reviewed by Victor PUSCAS, Diocese of Joliet-in-Illinois, Crest Hill, IL 60403. Theresa Marie Chau NGUYEN, OP. The Splendor of the Church in Mary: Henri de Lubac, Vatican II, and Marian Ressourcement. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2023. Pp. xx + 246. ISBN 978-0-8132-3691-9. Reviewed by Ryan J. MARR, Mercy College of Health Sciences, Des Moines, IA 50309. Edmond Zi-Kang CHUA. A Systematic Theology from East Asia: Jung Young Lee’s Biblical -Cultural Trinity. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2023. Pp. xxvii +253. $38.00 pb. ISBN 978-1-6667-6319-5. Reviewed by Leo D. LEFEBURE, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057. St. JEROME, Exegetical epistles, v. 1: Fathers of the Church, a new translation, v. 147. Translated by Thomas P. Scheck. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2023. Pp. 370. $45.00 pb. ISBN: 9780813237138. Reviewed by Daniel LLOYD, Summerville, SC 29485. Miriam DE COCK and Elizabeth KLEIN, eds. Exploring the Literary Contexts of Patristic Biblical Exegesis. Washington: Catholic University of America Press, 2023. pp. 266. $75.00 pb. ISBN 9780813237411. Hardcover. Reviewed by Grant WALDRON, Dallas Theological Seminary, Dallas, TX 75204. CAESARIUS of HEISTER. The Dialogue on Miracles: Volume 1. Translated by Ronald E. Pepin, Foreword and Introduction by Hugh B. Feiss, OSB. Cistercian Fathers vol. 89. Collegeville, MN: Cistercian Publications, 2023. Pp. xiii + 522. $64.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-87907-122-6; Volume 2: Translated by Ronald E. Pepin. Cistercian Fathers vol. 90. Collegeville, MN: Cistercian Publications, 2023. Pp. ix + 461. $64.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-87907-127-1. Reviewed by Patrick F. O’CONNELL, Gannon University, Erie, PA 16541. James KEENAN, S.J. The Moral Life: Eight Lectures. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2023, pp. 177. $24.95 pb. ISBN 9-781647-124007. Reviewed by Dolores L. CHRISTIE, Cleveland, OH Michael J. McCLYMOND. Martyrs, Monks, and Mystics. An Introduction to Christian Spirituality. New York: Paulist Press. 2023. 395 pp. $49.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-80091-5305-3. Reviewed by Pierre HEGY, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY 11530. Douglas G. BUSHMAN. The Theology of Renewal for His Church: The Logic of Vatican II's Renewal in Paul VI's Encyclical Ecclesiam Suam and Its Reception in John Paul II and Benedict XVI. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2024. pp. 385. pb. ISBN 978-1-6667-3125-5. Reviewed by Peter DRILLING, retired professor of systematic theology and pastoral studies, Lackawanna, NY 14218. José Enrique AGUILAR CHIU, Richard J. Clifford, SJ, Carol J. Dempsey, OP, Eileen M. Schuller, OSU, Thomas D. Stegman, SJ, Ronald D. Witherup, PSS, editors. The Paulist Biblical Commentary. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2018. pp. 2561654. $149.95 or $199.96 eBook. ISBN 978-0-8091-0613-4. Reviewed by Randall WOODARD, Saint Leo University. Samuel TORVEND. Monastic Ecological Wisdom: A Living Tradition. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2023. pp. xv+160. $21.95 pb. ISBN 9780814667972. Reviewed by Christopher DENNY, St. John’s University, Queens, NY 11439. Jacob LETT and Jonathan M. PLATTER, editors. Sanctifying Theology: At the Intersection of Wesleyan Theology, Dogmatics, and Practice. A Festschrift in Honour of Thomas A. Noble. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2023. 253 pp., $36 paperback. ISBN: 9781666791297. Reviewed by Steve LEMKE, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. James. B. BERNAUER, SJ, (ed.), Auschwitz & Absolution: The Case of the Commandant and the Confessor. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2024. xxxiii + 155 pages, pkb, $29.00. ISBN 978-1-62698-529-2. Reviewed by Thomas SIMMONS, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069. Richard R. Gaillardetz. Ecclesiology for a Global Church: A People Called and Sent. Revised 2nd Edition. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2023. pp. 360 + xxxi. $40.00 pb. ISBN 978-1-62698-538-4. Reviewed by Stephen S. WILBRICHT, Stonehill College, Easton, MA 02357. Simon GATHERCOLE, The Gospel and the Gospels. Christian Proclamation and Early Jesus Books. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2022. ISBN 978-0-8028-7759-8. Reviewed by Linda M. MALONEY, Cameron Park, CA 95682. Peter Damian FEHLNER. The Collected Essays of Peter Damian Fehlner. Volume 2, Systematic Mariology. Edited by J. Isaac Goff. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2023. pp. 275. $37.00 pb. ISBN 9781532663802; $52.00 hb. Reviewed by Clare MCGRATH-MERKLE, Benedictine College. Tim VIVIAN. The Sayings and Stories of the Desert Fathers and Mothers: Volume 2: TH–O (Theta–Omega), Translated and introduced by Tim Vivian, Foreword by Rick Kennedy. Cistercian Studies vol. 292. Collegeville, MN: Cistercian Publications, 2023. Pp. xxxix + 542. $49.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-87907-292-6. Reviewed by Patrick F. O’CONNELL, Gannon University, Erie, PA 16541. Michele MURRAY. Tobit. Wisdom Commentary Volume 15. Amy-Jill Levine, Volume Editor. Barbara E. Reid, OP, General Editor. Collegeville, MN: A Michael glazier Book, Liturgical Press, 2023. Pp. 267+li. $49.95 hb. Reviewed by Linda S. HARRINGTON, 3507 Alpine Ave., Sioux City, IA 51106. Michael SEEWALD. Catholic Perspectives on Reform. New York/Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2022. pp.164. $27.95 pb. ISBN978-0-8091-5563-7. Reviewed by Annette MACKAY, SUNY Oneonta, Oneonta, NY 3820. Sarah KOHLES, OSF. Creating Spaces for Women in the Catholic Church. New York/Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press. 2023. X + 170 pages. Pbk. $29.95. ISBN: 9780809156283. Reviewed by Annette M. MACKAY, SUNY Oneonta, Oneonta, NY 13820. Gary A. ANDERSON. That I May Dwell Among Them: Incarnation and Atonement in the Tabernacle Narrative. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans. 2023. pp. 270. $35.99. ISBN 0802883060. Reviewed by Giulio MUCI, Saint Leo University, St. Leo, FL 33574. C. Walker GOLLAR. ”Let Us Go Free”: Slavery and Jesuit Universities in America. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2024. Pp. xvi + 399. $89.95 hardcover. $29.95 pb. $29.95 ebook. ISBN 9781647123864 pb. Reviewed by Leo D. LEFEBURE, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057. Conor M., KELLY, Racism and Structural Sin: Confronting Injustice with the Eyes of Faith. Collegeville MN: Liturgical Press, 2023. 117 pages. $16.95 pb. ISBN – 9780814667835. Reviewed by Anthony M. STEVENS-ARROYO, Professor Emeritus, Brooklyn College, 1607 Academy Drive, East Stroudsburg, PA 18301. Gerhard LOHFINK. The Most Important Words of Jesus. Trans. by Linda M. Maloney. (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2022). 340 pp. Hardcover $34.95, ISBN 9780814668504. Reviewed by Jane E. RUSSELL, OSF, Belmont Abbey College, Belmont, NC 28012 John BEHR, ed. and trans. Gregory of Nyssa: On the Human Image of God. Oxford Early Christian Texts. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023. 365 pp., $210 hardback. ISBN: 978-0199267996. Reviewed by Steve W. LEMKE, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, New Orleans, LA 70126. Radu BORDEIANU. Icon of the Kingdom of God: An Orthodox Ecclesiology. Washington, D.C: Catholic University of America Press, 2003. pp. 364. $34.95 ISBN 978-0-8132-3689-6. Reviewed by Ryan MARR, Mercy College of Health Sciences. Des Moines, IA 50309. The Very Devout Meditations attributed to Bernard of Clairvaux, translated with an Introduction by David N. Bell. Cistercian Studies vol. 298. Collegeville, MN: Cistercian Publications, 2023. Pp. x + 162. $29.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-87907-157-8. Reviewed by Patrick F. O’CONNELL, Gannon University, Erie, PA 16541. Frank D. MACCHIA. Jesus the Spirit Baptizer: Christology in Light of Pentecost. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. 2021. pp. 383. $35.00 pb ISBN 978-0-8028-7979-0. Reviewed by Paul KASUN, Universidad del Rosario, Colombia. Matthew THIESSEN. A Jewish Paul: The Messiah’s Herald to the Gentiles. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2023. pp. 208. $24.99 pb. ISBN 9781540965714. Reviewed by Elvir CICEKLIC, Palm Beach Atlantic University, West Palm Beach FL 33401. John W. CROSSIN, OSFS. Moving into the Ecumenical Future. Foreword by Mitzi J. Budde. Eugene: Pickwick, 2022. pp. 177. $29.00 pb. ISBN 9781666737530. Reviewed by Elvir CICEKLIC, Palm Beach Atlantic University, West Palm Beach FL 33401. Robert C. ROBERTS, Recovering Christian Character: The Psychological Wisdom of Soren Kierkegaard. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Books, 2022. 392 pp. $49.00 hb. ISBN 978-0-8028-7316-3. Reviewed by David DAULT, Loyola University Chicago Institute of Pastoral Studies, Chicago, IL 60611. Michael W. AUSTIN and Gregory L. BOCK, eds. QAnon, Chaos, and the Cross: Christianity and Conspiracy Theories. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdman’s Publishing Co., 2023. pp. 286 + xiii. Pb. ISBN 978-0-8028-8265-3. Reviewed by R. Zachary KARANOVICH, Mount Mary University. Milwaukee, WI 53222. Daniel P. HORAN, OFM. Engaging Thomas Merton: Spirituality, Justice, and Racism. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2023. pp 260. $29.00 pb. ISBN 978-1-62698-544-5. Reviewed by Sarah Louise MACMILLEN, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA 15282. Michael CASEY, The Longest Psalm: Day-by-Day Responses to Divine Self-Revelation. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2023. ix + 311 pages, pkb, $29.95. ISBN 979-8-4008-0000-9. Reviewed by Thomas SIMMONS, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069. Annette ESSER, The Hildegard of Bingen Pilgrimage Book. Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 2022, pp, 327, $29,95 pb. ISBN 9780814667651 (pb). Reviewed by Andrew D. CIFERNI, O. Praem. Daylesford Abbey, Paoli, PA, 19301. Volker KÜSTER. The Many Faces of Jesus Christ: Intercultural Christology, revised edition. Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2023 (1999, German; 2001, English). pp. 263 + xxxvi. $35.00 pb. ISBN 9781626985148. Reviewed by Calvin MERCER, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858. Ilia DELIO. The Not-Yet God: Carl Jung, Teilhard de Chardin, and the Relational Whole. Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2023. pp. 269 + xxxiii. $30.00 pb. ISBN 2023007213. Reviewed by Calvin MERCER, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858. Clint JOHNSON. Paradox at Play: Metaphor in Meister Eckhart’s Sermons.Washington, DC: The Catholic University Press, 2023. pp. 359. Reviewed by R. Gabriel PIVARNIK, O.P., Providence College, Providence, RI 02918. Patricia WITTBERG, Mary L. GAUTIER, Gemma SIMMONDS, and Natalie BECQUART, God’s Call Is Everywhere. A Global Analysis of Contemporary Religious Vocations for Women. Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 2023. PP 222 + xxvi. $26.95pb. ISBN 978-0-8146-6913-6. Reviewed by Anthony J. BLASI, 4531 Briargrove St., San Antonio, TX 78217. J. E. SIGLER, Holy Ghost in the Catholic Machine. Spirit-Structure Tensions in Parish Preaching Work. Pickwick Publications, 2023. pp. 473.$52.00. ISBN 979-8-3852-0003-0. Reviewed by Pierre Hegy, Adelphi University. 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Reviewed by Victor PUSCAS, Diocese of Joliet-in-Illinois, Crest Hill, IL 60403. Declan MARMION and Salvador RYAN, editors. Reforming the Church: Global Perspectives. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press Academic, 2023. pp. 189. $34.95 pb ISBN 978-0-8146-6864-1. Reviewed by Richard SHIELDS, Dundas, ON. L9H 4H2. Ian J. VAILLANCOURT. Treasuring the Psalms: How to Read the Songs That Shape the Soul of the Church. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2023. pp. 228. ISBN 978-1-5140-0510. Reviewed by Peter DRILLING, retired professor of systematic theology, Lackawanna, NY Harvey D. EGAN, S.J., Rethinking Catholic Theology: From the Mystery of Existence to the New Creation. (New York: Paulist Press, 2023), pp. 517 (Paperback). Reviewed by Joseph BRACKEN, S.J., Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH. Colleen M. GRIFFITH and Hosffman OSPINO. Formative Theological Education. New Jersey: Paulist Press, 2023. Pp. vii + 151. $27.95 (paper). ISBN: 9780809156412. Reviewed by Carolyn J. LOVE, Yorkville, IL 60560. Thomas PFAU, Incomprehensible Certainty: Metaphysics and Hermeneutics of the Image. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2022. Pp. 812. Hardcover: $80. E-book: $63.99. ISBN: 9780268202484. E-book ISBN: 9780268202477. Reviewed by Elizabeth A. HUDDLESTON, National Institute for Newman Studies, Pittsburgh, PA. DAVID J. ENDRES, Ed., Slavery and the Catholic Church in the United States. Washington DC. The Catholic University of America Press, 2023. Pp 292. $29.95 pb. ISBN 978-0813236759. Reviewed by Marie CONN, Chestnut Hill College (ret.), Philadelphia, PA 19118 Frank FROMHERZ and Suzanne SATTLER, IHM. No Guilty Bystander. The Extraordinary Life of Bishop Thomas Gumbleton. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis, 2023. X + 317pp. $30.00 pb. ISBN 978-1-62698-523-0. Reviewed by Anthony J. BLASI, Pax Christi San Antonio, 4531 Briargrove St., San Antonio, TX 7821 Eldon TAYLOR, Questioning Spirituality: Is It Irrational to Believe in God? Winchester, UK: O Books, 2023. 184 pages, pbk, $17.95. ISBN 1803413018. Reviewed by David VON SCHLICHTEN, Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA 15601 Dermot A. LANE, Nature Praising God: Towards a Theology of the Natural World. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2022. 122 pages, pbk, $19.95. ISBN 9780814669105. Reviewed by David VON SCHLICHTEN, Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA 15601. Fred KAMMER, SJ. Doing Faith Justice: An Introduction to Catholic Social Thought and Action, Fourth Edition. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2023. Pp. xxii + 378. ISBN 978-0-8091-5579-8. Reviewed by Ryan J. MARR, Mercy College of Health Sciences, Des Moines, IA 50309. Aaron PIDEL, SJ. The Inspiration and Truth of Scripture: Testing the Ratzinger Paradigm. Verbum Domini series, eds. Pablo T. Gadenz, et al. Washington, DC: Catholic University, 2023. Pp. xx + 278. $34.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8132-3687-2. Reviewed by Benjamin J. BROWN, Lourdes University, Sylvania, OH 43560. Thomas P. RAUSCH, S.J. Holy Blasphemies: God. Mystery, and the Spiritual (New York: Paulist Press, 2023), 180 pp, $22.95 Reviewed by Joseph A. BRACKEN, S.J., Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH 45207. Clemens SEDMAK and Kelli Reagan HICKEY. Counting the Cost: Financial Decision-Making, Discipleship, and Christian Living . Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2023. Pp. viii + 178. $19.95 (paper), $17.99 (ebook). ISBN: 9780814669334. Reviewed by David ROHRER BUDIASH, Greenbelt, MD 20770. Robert J. WICKS. Let’s Look Together: Henri Nouwen as Spiritual Mentor. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2023. pp 157. $20.00 pb. ISBN 9781626985223. Reviewed by Mark S. M. SCOTT, Stonehill College, Easton, MA 02357. Patrick M. GARRY. The Power of Gratitude: Charting a Path toward a Joyous and Faith-Filled Life. Eugene: Resource Publications, 2023. pp. 118 + xvi. $16. pb. ISBN 978-1666765902. Reviewed by Neil FULTON, University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law, Vermillion, SD 57069. Alistair C. STEWART. Breaking Bread: The Emergence of Eucharist and Agape in Early Christian Communities. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2023, pp.404. $49.99 hb. ISBN 978-0-8028-8302-5. Reviewed by Dolores L. CHRISTIE, Cleveland, OH 44122 Jennifer L. KOOSED and Robert Paul SEESENGOOD. Judith. Wisdom Commentary, Volume 16. Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 2022. Pp. 202. $49.95 Hb. ISBN 9780814681152. Reviewed by Eloise M. ROSENBLATT, R.S.M., St. Paul University, Ottawa. Catherine E. CLIFFORD and Massimo FAGGIOLI, Eds. The Oxford Handbook of Vatican II. New York: Oxford University Press, 2023, ISBN: 978-0198813903, $175, hardcover. Reviewed by Patrick J. HAYES, Redemptorist Archives, Philadelphia. G. Stephen BLAKEMORE, Recovering the Soul: Aquinas’s and Spinoza's Surprising and Helpful Affinity on the Nature of Mind-Body Unity. Wipf and Stock: Pickwick Papers, 2023: Eugene, OR 94701 2022). Paperback, xi, 247 pages. $23.49. Reviewed by Joseph A. BRACKEN, S.J., Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH 45207. José TOLENTINO MENDONÇA, Thirst: Our Desire for God, God’s Desire for Us. New York: Paulist Press, 2019. pp. 141. $17.95. ISBN 9780809154388. Reviewed by Alessandro ROVATI, Belmont Abbey College, Belmont, NC 28012. Robert J. WICKS. Quiet Dangers: Navigating the Psychological Challenges of Spiritual Intimacy. New York: Paulist Press, 2023. pp. 130 + xxiii. $19.95 pb. ISBN 9780809156504. Reviewed by Neil FULTON, University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law, Vermillion, SD 57069. Daniel COSACCHI. Great American Prophets: Pope Francis’s Models of Christian Life, Foreword by Kerry Alys Robinson. New York: Paulist Press, 2022. Pp. xix + 163. $29.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8091-5572-9. Reviewed by Patrick F. O’CONNELL, Gannon University, Erie, PA 16541. Charles E. CURRAN. The Catholic Theological Society of America: A Story of Seventy-Five Years. Foreword by Christine Firer Hinze. Paulist Press, New York/Mahwah, NJ. 2021. pp. 217. $19.95 Paperback. ISBN 978-0-8091-5574-3. Reviewed by Paul KASUN, Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, KM 1 Vereda Cruz Verde, El Rosal CO-250217, Colombia. Thomas Joseph WHITE, OP. Princiles of Catholic Theology. Book I. On the Nature of Theology. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2023. pp. 177. pb. ISBN978-0-8132-3693-3. Reviewed by Peter DRILLING, retired professor of Theology. Cardinal Jozef DE KESEL. Faith & Religion in a Secular Society. New York: Paulist Press, 2022. pp. 152 + xiv. $22.95 pb. ISBN 9780809156221. Reviewed by Neil FULTON, University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law, Vermillion, SD 57069. Patrick KELLY, SJ. Play, Sport, and Spirit. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2023. Pp 171. $29.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8091-5644-3. Reviewed by Francis BERNA, La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA 19141. Al TIZON. Christ Among the Classes: The Rich, the Poor, and the Mission of the Church. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 2023. pp. 240. $26.25 pb. ISBN: 9781626985186. Reviewed by Daniel LLOYD, Summerville, SC 29485. Jon SOBRINO, with Charo Mármol. Theology Without Deception: God, the Poor, and Reality in El Salvador. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2023. Pp. 225. $28.00 pb. ISBN:9781608339839. Reviewed by Victor PUSCAS, Diocese of Joliet-in- Illinois, Crest Hill, IL 60403. Andrew W. HOFER, OP. The Power of Patristic Teaching: The Word in Our Flesh. Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America Press, 2023. pp.389. pb. ISBN 978-0-8132-3653-7. Reviewed by Peter DRILLING, retired professor of theology. Calvin MERCER and Tracy J. TROTHEN. Religion and the Technological Future: An Introduction to Biohacking, Artificial Intelligence, and Transhumanism. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021. 266 pp. $43.13 paperback. ISBN: 978-3-030-62358-6. Reviewed by Steve W. LEMKE, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, New Orleans, LA 70126. Peter H. W. LAU. The Book of Ruth. NICOT: The New International Commentary on the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2023. pp. 342. $48.00 Hb. ISBN: 978-0-8028-7726-0. Reviewed by Daniel SMITH-CHRISTOPHER, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA 90045. James D. NOGALSKI. The Books of Joel, Obadiah, and Jonah. NICOT. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2023. pp. 434. $54.00 Hb. ISBN: 978-0-8028-6427-7. Reviewed by Daniel SMITH-CHRISTOPHER, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA 90045. Francis J. MOLONEY, sdb. Witnesses to the Ends of the Earth. New Testament Reflections on Mission. New York/Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2022. Pp. x + 163. $24.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8091-5591-0. Reviewed by Linda M. MALONEY, Cameron Park, CA 95682. Pope FRANCIS. Walking Together. The Way of Synodality. Preface by Carinal Mario Grech. Introduction by Sister Nathalie Becquart, XMCJ. Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2023. pp. xviii+172. $26.00 ISBN:9781626985247. Reviewed by James T. BRETZKE, S.J. John Carroll University, University Heights, OH 44118. James KROEGER, M.M. Walking With Pope Francis: The Official Documents in Everyday Language. Foreword by Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle. Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2023. pp. xvii+186. $20.00 pb. ISBN:9781626985131. Reviewed by James T. BRETZKE, S.J. John Carroll University, University Heights, OH 44118. Mark A. Scott, OCSO. Loving Jesus: Monastery Talks on the Gospel According to Matthew. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2023. Pp. xxii + 203. $34.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-87907-065-6. Reviewed by Benjamin J. BROWN, Lourdes University, Sylvania, OH 43560 Bernard P. PRUSAK. Freedom and Possibility. New York: Paulist, 2023. pp.186. $24.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8091-5635-1. Reviewed by Michael G. LAWLER, Creighton University, Omaha, NE 68178. Beth L. HEWETT. Grief on the Road to Emmaus: A Monastic Approach to Journeying with the Bereaved. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2023. pp. 328 + xvi. $29.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8146-6804-7. Reviewed by Stephen S. WILBRICHT, Stonehill College, Easton, MA 02357. Will LOESCHER. Transformation by the Spirit and the Word. A Literary Exploration of Acts. Foreword by Steve Walton. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, ©2023. Pp. xviii + 196. $29.50 pb or eBook. ISBN 978-1-6667-5349-3. Reviewed by Linda M. MALONEY, Cameron Park, CA 95682. Hugh FEISS, OSB and Maureen M. O’Brien (Eds.). A Benedictine Reader: 1530-1930. Collegeville, MN: Cistercian Publications/Liturgical Press, 2023. pp. 500. $49.95 pb. ISBN 9780879071691. Reviewed by Carol STANTON, Orlando, FL 32804. Gregory VAIL. Learning Christ: Ignatius of Antioch and the Mystery of Redemption. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America, 2013. Pp.400. $34.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8132-3478-6. Reviewed by Maureen BEYER MOSER, Greenwich Academy, Greenwich, CT 06830. Edward FESER. All One in Christ: A Catholic Critique of Racism and Critical Race Theory. San Francisco, CA: Ignatius Press, 2022. pp. 163. $17.95 pb. ISBN: 978621645801. Reviewed by Daniel LLOYD, Saint Leo University, Charleston, SC 29406. Bill T. ARNOLD. The Book of Deuteronomy: Chapters 1–11. New International Commentary on the Old Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2022. Pp. 660+xxxix. $60.00. ISBN 978-0-8028-2170-6. Reviewed by Nicholas R. WERSE, Baylor University, Waco, TX. Henri NOUWEN, Adam: God's Beloved. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2022. pp. 134. ISBN-13 978-1626984936.Reviewed by Marc TUMEINSKI, Anna Maria College, Paxton, MA 01612. Matthew LEVERING. The Abuse of Conscience: A Century of Catholic Moral Theology. Eerdmans, 2021, viii + 360 pp., ISBN: 978-0-8028-7950-9, $45.00, hardcover. Reviewed by Patrick J. HAYES, Redemptorist Archives, Philadelphia. Victoria SMIRNOVA, Medieval Exempla in Transition: Caesarius of Heisterbach’s Dialogus miraculorum and Its Readers. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2023. xxix + 352 pages, pbk, $34.95. ISBN 978-0-87907-130-1. Reviewed by Thomas SIMMONS, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069. Mark M. SMITH. A Sensory History Manifesto. University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2021. pp. 119. $21.95 pb. ISBN 9780271090184. And Sergij BULGAKOV, The Tragedy of Philosophy (Philosophy & Dogma), trans. Stephen Churchyard, Brooklyn, NY: Angelico Press, 2020. ISBN: 978-1-62138-558-5. Reviewed by Walter N. SISTO, D’Youville University, Buffalo, NY 14201 Stanley E. PORTER and Bryan R. DYER, Origins of New Testament Christology: An Introduction to the Traditions and Titles Applied to Jesus. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2023. ix + 278 pages, $30.49 pb. ISBN 9780801098710. Reviewed by Elvir CICEKLIC, Palm Beach Atlantic University, West Palm Beach FL 33401. Hannah NATION and J. D. TSENG. Faithful Disobedience: Writings on Church and State from a Chinese House Church Movement. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2022. pp. 264. ISBN978-1-5140-0413-5. Reviewed by Pablo Munoz ITURRIETA, Catholic University of Chiapas, Mexico. Geertjan ZUIJDWEGT. An Evangelical Adrift, The Making of John Henry Newman’s Theology. Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America Press, 2022. pp. 365. $75.00. ISBN 978-0813235585. Reviewed by Marial CORONA, The Lumen Christi Institute, Chicago, IL 60637. Paul T. NIMMO and Keith L. JOHNSON, eds. KENOSIS: The Self-Emptying of Christ in Scripture and Tradition. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2022. Pp. 344. $65.00 pb. ISBN: 978-0-8028-7920-2. Reviewed by Daniel LLOYD, Saint Leo University, Charleston, SC 29406. Mark O’KEEFE and Maria GONZALO-GARCÍA, To Live for God Alone: The Life and Spirit of Saint Rafael Arnaiz. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2023. v + 271 pages, $32.36 pb. ISBN 9780879072919. Reviewed by Elvir CICEKLIC, Palm Beach Atlantic University, West Palm Beach FL 33401. Jon M. SWEENEY. Teresa of Calcutta: Dark Night, Active Love. Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 2022. pp. 162. $19.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8146-6615-9. Reviewed by Jacob H. FRIESENHAHN, Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, TX 78207 Ty Paul MONROE, Putting on Christ: Augustine’s Early Theology of Salvation and the Sacraments. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2022. 319 + viii pp. $75.00. Reviewed by Robert McFADDEN, CSC, Holy Cross College. Sister Wendy BEKETT and Robert ELLSBERG, Dearest Sister Wendy…A Surprising Story of Faith and Friendship. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2022. x +317 pages, pbk, $28.00. ISBN 978162698752. Reviewed by Annette M. MACKAY, West Virginia University, Morgantown WV 26505. Anthony GIAMBRONE, O.P. A Quest for the Historical Christ: Scientia Christi and the Modern Study of Jesus. Washington, DC: Catholic University of America, 2022. Pp. xxii + 450. $34.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-813-23487-8. Reviewed by Benjamin J. BROWN, Lourdes University, Sylvania, OH 43560 Grant KAPLAN. Faith and Reason Through Christian History. Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2022. pp. 360. $29.95 pb. ISBN 9-780813-235837. Reviewed by Timothy P. MULDOON, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467. William M. WRIGHT IV. The Lord’s Prayer: Matthew 6 and Luke 11 For the Life of the Church. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2023. pp. 190 + xv. $24.99 hc. ISBN 978-1540963063. Reviewed by Neil FULTON, University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law, Vermillion, SD 57069. Mark A. NOLL. The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind (with a new preface and afterword). Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2022 (1994). Pp. 291 + xvi. Np pb. ISBN 978-0-8028-8204-2. Reviewed by Calvin MERCER, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858. Helen RHEE. Illness, Pain, and Health Care in Early Christianity. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2022. 351 pp. $49.99 hb. ISBN 978-0-8028-7684-3. Reviewed by Adam BOOTH, C.S.C., Stonehill College, North Easton, MA 02356 Johannes HEINRICHS, Das Recht Nicht zu lügen: Der Ex-Jesuit im autobiografischen Interview über sexuelle Heuchelei, Staatskirchentum und die akademische Diskurskrankheit. Berlin: Europa Buch, 2023. Paperback. 497 pp. 19.50 Reviewed by Peter C. PHAN, Georgetown University, DC 20057. Fredric BRANDFON. Intimate Strangers: A History of Jews and Catholics in the City of Rome. Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society, 2023. Pp. xiii + 366. ISBN 9780827615571 (hardcover). Reviewed by Leo D. LEFEBURE. Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057. William MATTISON III. Growing in Virtue: Aquinas on Habit. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2023. Pp. 253. 49.95 pb. ISBN 978-1-64712-328-4. Reviewed by Michael G. LAWLER, Creighton University, Omaha, NE, 68178 Paul F. BRADSHAW. Apostolic Tradition. A New Commentary. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2023. Pp. 129. $24.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8146-6846-7. Reviewed by Linda M. MALONEY, Cameron Park, CA 95682 Eleanor O’DONNELL. The Relational Power of God: Considering the Rebel Voice. Pickwick Publications, 2023, Eugene, OR, USA. Paperback ISBN: 978-1-6667-3368-6. 207 pages $31.00 U.S. Review by Michael Dallaire, St. Mark’s College, Vancouver, BC, Vancouver, B.C. Canada, V5R 3Y. Joseph Antenucci BECHERER and Henry Martin LUTTIKHUIZEN. Christ Among Us, Sculptures of Jesus across the History of Art. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2022. Pp 1`44. $45.00 hb. ISBN 978-0-8028-7406-1. Reviewed by Francis BERNA, La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA 19141. J. Patout BURNS, Jr. Augustine’s Preached Theology: Living as the Body of Christ. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdman’s Publishing Co., 2022. Pp. 374. $27.79 pb. ISBN978-0-8028-8022-2. Reviewed by Victor PUSCAS, Diocese of Joliet-in-Illinois, Crest Hill, IL 60403. Peter FELDMEIER, Living Christ: A Spiritual Reading of the Gospels, Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2023, pp. 234. $29.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8146-6821-4. Reviewed by Patrick GARRY, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD 57069 Thomas O’LOUGHLIN. In Christ Now Meet Both East and West: On Catholic Eucharistic Action. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2023. pp. 112. $16.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8146-6875-7. Reviewed by R. Gabriel PIVARNIK, O.P., Providence College, Providence, RI 02918. Pope FRANCIS. Pope Francis on Eucharist: 100 Daily Meditations for Adoration, Prayer, and Reflection.Compiled by John T. Kyler. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2023. pp. 100. $14.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8146-6887-0.Reviewed by R. Gabriel PIVARNIK, O.P., Providence College, Providence, RI 02918 Lucien MILLER. Jesus in the Hands of Buddha: The Life and Legacy of Shigeto Vincent Oshida, O.P. Foreword by Timothy Radcliffe, O.P. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2023. pp. xx+195. $24.95 pb., $22.90 eBook. ISBN 9780814668672-6867 eISBN: 9780814668689-E6868. Reviewed by James BRETZKE, S.J., John Carroll University, University Heights, OH 44118. LUDOLPH of SAXONY. The Life of Jesus Christ: Part Two – Volume 2, Chapters 58-89, translated by Milton T. Walsh. Cistercian Studies vol. 284. Collegeville, MN: Cistercian Publications, 2022. Pp. xvii + 766. $79.95 cloth. ISBN 978-0-87907-284-1. Reviewed by Patrick F. O’CONNELL, Gannon University, Erie, PA 16541. Emmanuel DURAND, O.P. Divine Speech in Human Words: Thomistic Engagements with Scripture. Edited by Matthew K. Minerd. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America, 2022. pp. 480. $65.00 hb. ISBN 9780813235363. Reviewed by Kathleen BORRES, Saint Vincent Seminary, Latrobe, PA 15650 Frank MATERA, Praying the Psalms in the Voice of Christ: A Christological Reading of the Psalms in the Liturgy of the Hours, Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2023, pp. 182. $29.95 pb ISBN 9780814667590. Reviewed by Richard SHIELDS, Dundas, Ontario Megan Loumagne ULISHNEY. Original Sin and the Evolution of Sexual Difference. New York: Oxford University Press, 2022, pp. 230 (print copy). $ 67.49 ebook. ISBN 978-0-19-269821-6. Reviewed by Dolores L. CHRISTIE, Cleveland, OH Susan E. 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New York/Mahwah: Paulist Press, 2022. Pp. xxiv + 359. $34.95 pb. ISBN: 9788-0-8091-5531-6. Reviewed by Tim MULDOON, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 Alison M. BENDERS. Recollecting America’s Original Sin: A Pilgrimage of Race and Grace. Collegeville: Liturgical Press Academic, 2022, pp. 158. $19.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8146-6508-4. Reviewed by Dolores L. CHRISTIE, Cleveland, OH Nathan A. KOLLAR. Change and Confusion in Catholicism: A Historical Perspective on Today’s Liminal Church. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Newcastle upon Tyne, 2022. NE6 2PA, UK. Pp. 425 97 £ 97.8 ISBN (10): 1-5275-8827-0; ISBN (13): 978-1-5275-8827-1. Reviewed by Joseph A. BRACKEN, S.J., Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH 45207. Kate JACKSON-MEYER, Tragic Dilemmas in Christian Ethics: Georgetown University Press, Washington, DC, 2022, pp. 193, $49.95, ISBN 9781647122676 (pbk; hardcover & e-book available). 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New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2022. xii + 328 pages, HB, $32.50. ISBN 978-0-3002-5700-7. Reviewed by Thomas SIMMONS, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069. Richard LENNAN. Tilling the Church: Theology for an Unfinished Project. Collegeville: Liturgical, 2022. pp. 264, $29.95 pb. ISBN 9780814667439. Reviewed by Thomas E. DRURY, Palm Beach Atlantic University, West Palm Beach, FL 33401. Jessica COBLENTZ. Dust in the Blood: A Theology of Life with Depression. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2022. pp. 248. $24.95 pb. ISBN 9780814685020, 8502. Reviewed by Maureen Beyer MOSER, Greenwich Academy, Greenwich, CT 06830. Sergius BULGAKOW, The Eucharistic Sacrifice, trans. Mark Roosein, Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2021. Pp. 116. ISBN: 978-0-268-20141-8. Reviewed by Walter N. SISTO, D’Youville University, Buffalo, NY 14201. John F. HAUGHT. The Cosmic Vision of Teilhard de Chardin. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2021. Pp. 260 + xvii. $26.00 pb. ISBN 9781626984493 (pb), ISBN 9781608339129 (epub). Reviewed by Calvin MERCER, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858. Thomas D. STEGMAN, S. J. Texts Less Traveled: Exploring Hebrews, the Catholic Epistles, and Revelation. New York: Paulist Press, 2022, pp. 116. $16.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8091-5525-5.Reviewed by Dolores L. CHRISTIE, Cleveland, OH Justo L. GONZALEZ. The Bible In the Early Church. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans, 2022, pp. 194, $price pb. ISBN 978-0-8028-8174-8. Reviewed by Dolores L. CHRISTIE, Cleveland, OH Michael J. MCCALLION. Foundational Social Ritual Practices of Parish Life: Eating, Worshipping, and Hanging Out Together. Newcastle, United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2022. Pp. 205. £61.99 hb. ISBN 978-1-5275-7643-8. Reviewed by Stephen WILBRICHT, Stonehill College, Easton, MA 02357. John J. BURKHARD. The “Sense of the Faith” in History: Its Sources, Reception, and Theology. 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New York: St. Martin’s Essentials, 2022. Pp. x + 262. $27.99 hc. ISBN 978-1250262790. Reviewed by Benjamin J. BROWN, Lourdes University, Sylvania, OH 43560. Brian MOUNTFORD (editor). Religion and Generation Z: Why Seventy Percent of Young People Say They Have No Religion. Alresford, Hampshire (UK): Christian Alternative Books. 2022. pp. 151. $17.95. ISBN: 9781789049312.Reviewed by Sarah Louise MACMILLEN. Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Joseph BRACKEN, S.J. Reciprocal Causality in an Event Filled World. 2022. Landham Maryland: The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group. 153 pages, $95. hardback, $45. ebook. ISBN 978-1-9787-0978-2. Reviewed by Winifred WHELAN, OSF. Paul MURRAY, Light at the Torn Horizon. Park Ridge, IL: Word on Fire Institute, 2022. 100 pages, pb, $19.95. ISBN 978-1-68578-025-8. Reviewed by Thomas SIMMONS, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069. Charles E. CURRAN. 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Washington DC: The Catholic University of America Press, 2021. Translated by Andrew T. Gane. 723 pages. $34.95 pb. ISBN – 978-0-8132-3494-6. Reviewed by Anthony M. STEVENS-ARROYO, Professor Emeritus, Brooklyn College, 1607 Academy Drive, East Stroudsburg, PA 18301. Laurie BRINK. The Heavens Are Telling the Glory of God: An Emerging Chapter for Religious Life—Science, Theology, and Mission. Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 2022. Pp. 281 + xxxviii. $34.95 pb. ISBN 9780814667248 (pb), ISBN 9780814667255 (epub). Reviewed by Calvin MERCER, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858. Mary L. COLOE, PBVM. John 11-21:Wisdom Commentary: Volume 44b. Collegeville, Minnesota, 2021. Pp.313-600. $45.46 pb, ISBN 9780814681688 (hardcover). Reviewed by James ZEITZ, Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, TX Scott ROSE, et al. Blessed are the Refugees: Beatitudes of Immigrant Children. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2018. Pp. xxviii + 91. $18.00. ISBN 978-1-62698-288-8. Reviewed by Benjamin BROWN, Lourdes University, Sylvania, OH 43560. vanThanh NGUYEN, What Does the Bible Say about Strangers, Migrants, and Refugees. Hyde Park, NY: New City Press, 2021. Pp. 142. $16.95 pb. ISBN 978-1-56648-376-7. Reviewed by Benjamin BROWN, Lourdes University, Sylvania, OH 43560. Ezra SULLIVAN, OP, Habits & Holiness: Ethics, Theology, and Biopsychology. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 2021. Pp. 575. $34.95 pb. 1SBN 78-0813233291. Reviewed by Joseph A. BRACKEN, S.J., Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH 45207. Frederick Dale BRUNER. The Letter to the Romans: A Short Commentary. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2021. pp. 229. $26.99 pb. ISBN: 978-0-8028-7943-1. Reviewed by Daniel LLOYD, Saint Leo University, Charleston, SC 29406. Stephen A. WERNER. The Restless Flame, Daniel Lord, S.J.: Thinking Big in a Parochial World. Saint Louis:Pull Press, 2021. pp. 360. $17.00 pb. ISBN 979-8476470885. 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GROVE. Augustine on Memory. Oxford University Press, 2021. Pp. xi + 265. $69.96 (hc). ISBN-13: 978-0197587218. Reviewed by Pierre HEGY, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY 11530. Gregory K. HILLIS. Man of Dialogue: Thomas Merton’s Catholic Vision. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2021. Pp. 297. $24.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8146-8460-3. Reviewed by by Jeffrey MARLETT, College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY 12203. Howard THURMAN. The Way of the Mystics. Edited by Peter Eisenstadt and Walter Earl Fluker. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2021. pp. xxii + 168. $25.00 pb. ISBN: 9781626984387. Reviewed by R. Zachary KARANOVICH, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467. Juliet MOUSSEAU, Prophetic Witness to Joy: A Theology of the Vowed Life. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2021. ix + 106 pages, pb, $19.95. ISBN 978-0-8146-6683-8. Reviewed by Thomas SIMMONS, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069. David C. McDUFFIE. Nature’s Sacrament: The Epic of Evolution and a Theology of Sacramental Ecology. Winchester, UK: Christian Alternative Books, 2021. pp. 123. $14.95 pb. ISBN 978-1-78904-717-2. Reviewed by Stephen S. WILBRICHT, Stonehill College, Easton, Massachusetts 02354 N. T. WRIGHT. Galatians. Commentaries for Christian Formation. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2021. Pp. 417. $39.99 hb. ISBN 978-0-8028-2560-5. Reviewed by Steve W. LEMKE, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, New Orleans, LA 70126. Randall BALMER, Bad Faith: Race and the Rise of the Religious Right. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2021. Pp. 141. $16.99. ISBN 978-0-8028-7934-9. Reviewed by Ann S.F. SWANER, Barry University, Miami Shores, FL 33138. LUDOLPH of SAXONY. The Life of Jesus Christ: Part Two – Volume 1, Chapters 1-57, translated by Milton T. Walsh. Cistercian Studies vol. 283. Collegeville, MN: Cistercian Publications, 2021. Pp. xxvi + 860. $79.95 cloth. ISBN 978-0-87907-283-4. Reviewed by Patrick F. O’CONNELL, Gannon University, Erie, PA 16541. Dan STRINGER, Struggling with Evangelicalism. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2021, pp. 197. $16.99 pb. ISBN 978-0-8308-4766-2. Reviewed by Wilburn T. STANCIL, Rockhurst University, Kansas City, MO 64110. Andrew T. ABERNETHY. Discovering Isaiah: Content, Interpretation, Reception. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2021. pp. x + 197. $24.00 pb. ISBN 978-0-8028-7805-2. Reviewed by Nathan HAYS, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76708. Patrick HENRY. Benedictine Options. Learning to Live from the Sons and Daughters of Saints Benedict and Scholastica. Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 2021.pp. 162. $19.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8146-6681-4. Reviewed by James K. HANNA, University of Notre Dame David N. BELL. Handmaid of the Lord: Mary, the Cistercians and Armand-Jean de Rancé. Collegeville; Cistercian Publications, 2021. Pp. 388. $49.95 pb. Reviewed by James K. HANNA, University of Notre Dame. Gerhard LOHFINK. The Forty Parables of Jesus. Translated by Linda M. Maloney. Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press Academic, 2021, pp. 256, $29.95 ISBN: 978-0-8146-8510-5. Reviewed by Rachelle LINNER, Spiritual Director, Medford, MA 02155 Manfred HAUKE, Introduction to Mariology, trans. Richard Chonak, Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America Press, 2021. ISBN: 9780813233376, $34.95. Reviewed by Walter N. SISTO, D'Youville, Buffalo, NY 14201. Bronwen McSHEA. Apostles of Empire: The Jesuits and New France. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2019. xxix + 331 pp., ISBN: 978-1-4962-0890-3, $60.00, hardcover. Reviewed by Patrick J. HAYES, Redemptorist Archives, Philadelphia. Ezra SULLIVAN, OP, Habits & Holiness: Ethics, Theology, and Biopsychology. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2021, pp. 575. $34.95 pb. ISBN 978-0813233291. Reviewed by Wilburn T. STANCIL, Rockhurst University, Kansas City, MO 64110. Gerald J. 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Reviewed by David VON SCHLICHTEN, Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA 15601. Bishop Edward BRAXTON. The Church and the Racial Divide. Reflections of an African American Catholic Bishop. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2021. Pp. 208. $26.00 pb. ISBN 978-1-62698-406-6. Reviewed by Robert MASSON, Prof. Emeritus, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI. Ilia DELIO, OSF. The Hours of the Universe, Reflections on God, Science, and the Human Journey. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2021. Pp. 242. $25.00 pb. ISBN978-1-62698-403-5. Reviewed by Francis BERNA, La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA 19141. AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO, The Augustine Catechism: The Enchiridion on Faith, Hope, and Charity. Translation and Notes by Bruce Harbert. Introduction by Boniface Ramsey. New York: New City Press, 1999. pp. 173. $18.95 pb. ISBN 978-1-56548-298-2. Mary L. COLOE. Wisdom Commentary: Volume 44A-John 1-10. Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 2021, pp. 305. $49.95 hb. ISBN 978-0-8146-8168-8. Reviewed by Dolores L. CHRISTIE, Cleveland, OH R. JARED STAUDT, Ed., Renewing Catholic Schools: How to Regain a Catholic Vision in a Secular Age. Washington, DC: The Catholic Education Press, 2020. pp. 147. ISBN-13 978-1949822045. Reviewed by Marc TUMEINSKI, Anna Maria College, Paxton, MA 01612 Patrick W. COLLINS. A Focus on Truth: Thomas Merton’s Uncensored Mind. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2021. pp. xvi + 197. $19.95 pb. ISBN: 9780814688496. Reviewed by R. Zachary KARANOVICH, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 Hieromonk Gregory HRYNKIW, Cajetan on Sacred Doctrine. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America, 202. pp. 330. $75.00 hb. ISBN 9780813233475. Reviewed by Kathleen BORRES, Saint Vincent Seminary, Latrobe, PA 15650 Dorothy DAY. On Pilgrimage: The Sixties. Edited by Robert Ellsberg. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2021. pp. xix + 316. $28.00 pb. ISBN: 9781626984097. Reviewed by R. Zachary KARANOVICH, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467. Justin McCLAIN, editor. The Quotable Saint Jerome. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2020. pp. 175. $19.95 ISBN 978-0813233215. Also available as an eBook ISBN 9780813233215. Reviewed by James K. HANNA, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN J. Gary MILLAR. Changed into His Likeness: A Biblical Theology of Personal Transformation. Downer’s Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2021. pp. 288. $27.00 pb. ISBN: 978-0-8308-7116-2. Reviewed by Daniel LLOYD, Saint Leo University, Charleston, SC 29406. Hans JOAS. The Power of the Sacred: An Alternative to the Narrative of Disenchantment. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2001. Pp. 390. Translated by Alex Skinner. ISBN 9780-1909-333272. Reviewed by Michael McCALLION, Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit, MI 48206. Barbara E. REID, OP and Shelly MATTHEWS. Wisdom Commentary. Volume I: 43A Luke 1-9; ISBN 970814681671 (hardcover); $49.95; ISBN 97808114681923 (epub). Wisdom Commentary. Volume 2 43B Luke 10-24; 9780814688151 (hardcover); ISBN 9780814688403 (epub); Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press (Michael Glazier Book), 2021.Vol 2 $49.95. Pp 713 (both volumes). Reviewed by James ZEITZ, Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, Texas 48207. Todd A. SALZMAN & Michael G. LAWLER. Pope Francis and the Transformation of Health Care Ethics. Washington: Georgetown University Press, 2021, pp. 223. $34.95 pb. ISBN 978-1-64712-071-9. Reviewed by Dolores L. CHRISTIE, Cleveland, OH. John D. WILSEY. God’s Cold Warrior: The Life and Faith of John Foster Dulles. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 2021. pp. xv + 253. $21.99. pb. ISBN: 978-0-8028-7572-3. Reviewed by Moni MCINTYRE, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. Robert SPITZER, S.J., Ph.D., Christ versus Satan in Our Daily Lives: The Cosmic Struggle Between Good and Evil. San Francisco, CA: Ignatius Press, 2020. 439 pages, pb, $19.95. ISBN 978-1-6216-4417-0. Reviewed by Thomas SIMMONS, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069-2307. Steven D. SMITH. Pagans & Christians in the City: Culture Wars from the Tiber to the Potomac. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2021. pp. 404. $29.99 pb. ISBN 978-0-8028-7880-9. Reviewed by Maureen Beyer MOSER, Greenwich Academy, Greenwich, CT 06830. Bruce TALLMAN. God’s Ecstatic Love, Transform Your Life with a Spiritual Masterpiece. Hannacroix, NY: Apocryphile Press, 2021. ISBN 978-1-949643-86-2, pp. 271 pbk, $18.95. Reviewed by Francis BERNA, La Salle University. Tim VIVIAN, translator, The Sayings and Stories of the Desert Fathers and Mothers: Volume 1: A – H (Eta), Preface by Kathleen Norris, Foreword by Terrence G. Kardong, OSB, Introduction by Tim Vivian. Cistercian Studies vol. 287. Collegeville, MN: Cistercian Publications, 2021. Pp. xliii + 366. $49.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-87907-109-7. Reviewed by Patrick F. O’CONNELL, Gannon University, Erie, PA 16541 Bill CAIN, SJ. The Diary of Jesus Christ. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2021. pp. 210. $20.00 pb. ISBN 9781626984073. Reviewed by Anita HOUCK, Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN, 46556. Laurie CASSIDY and M. Shawn COPELAND, editors. Desire, Darkness, and Hope: Theology in a Time of Impasse: Engaging the Thought of Constance FitzGerald, OCD. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2021. pp. xii + 463. $44.95 pb. ISBN 978-0814688014. Reviewed by Christopher PRAMUK, Regis University, Denver, CO 80005 James E. WOODS. Putting on the Mind of Christ: Contemplative Prayer and Holistic Unity. Foreword by Ruben L.F. Habito. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2021, pp. 171, $22, pb. ISBN: 978-1-62698-423-3. Reviewed by Rachelle LINNER, Spiritual Director, Medford, MA 02155 Judith SUTERA, OSB, St. Benedict's Rule, An Inclusive Translation and Daily Commentary. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2021, pp.321. $24.95 pb. ISBN: 9780814688182, 8818 eISBN: 9780814688434, E8843. (For the Rule only: Judith SUTERA, OSB, St. Benedict’s Rule: An Inclusive Translation, Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2021, pp.120. $14.95 pb. ISBN: 9780814688199, 8819, eISBN: 9780814688441, E8844.) Reviewed by Carol STANTON, Orlando, FL. Michael WELKER. In God’s Image: An Anthropology of the Spirit, the 2019-20 Gifford Lectures, trans. Douglas W. Stott. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2021. 155 pp. $21 paperback. ISBN: 978-0-8028-7874-8. Reviewed by Steve W. LEMKE, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, New Orleans, LA 70126. Nathaniel MARX, Authentic Liturgy. Minds in Tune with Voices. Liturgical Press Academic, 2020, pp.266. $34.95 pb. ISBN 9780814684696. Reviewed by Andrew CIFERNI, Daylesford Abbey, Paoli, PA 19301. Michel EVDOKIMOV. Two Martyrs in a Godless World. Dietrich Bonheoffer and Alexander Men. Hyde Park, New York: New City Press, 2021. Pp. 162. $24.95 pb. ISBN 978-1-56548-384-2. Reviewed by Anthony J. BLASI, San Antonio, TX Christine Firer HINZE. Radical Sufficiency: Work, Livelihood, and a US Catholic Economic Ethic. Washington, DC: Georgetown UP, 2021. Pp. x + 349. $39.95 pb. ISBN 978-1-64712-026-9. Reviewed by Benjamin J. BROWN, Lourdes University, Sylvania, OH 43560. James J. BACIK. Saints Celebrated and Unsung: The Universal Call to Holiness. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2021, pp. 135, $18, pb. ISBN: 978-1-62698-405-9. Reviewed by Rachelle LINNER, Spiritual Director, Medford, MA 02155. Rebekah EKLUND, The Beatitudes through the Ages. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2021. pp. 346. $35.00 hb. ISBN 9780802876508. Reviewed by Kathleen BORRES, Saint Vincent Seminary, Latrobe, PA 15650. Lee C. CAMP. Scandalous Witness: A Little Political Manifesto for Christians. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 2020. pp. viii + 183. $19.99, hb. ISBN 978-0-8028-7735-2. Reviewed by Tobias WINRIGHT, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO 63108. AELRED of RIEVAULX. The Liturgical Sermons: The Reading-Cluny Collection, 1 of 2 – Sermons 85-133, translated by Daniel Griggs, with an Introduction by Marjory Lange and Marsha L. Dutton. Cistercian Fathers vol. 81. Collegeville, MN: Cistercian Publications, 2021. Pp. liv + 378. $49.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-87907-181-3. Reviewed by Patrick F. O’CONNELL, Gannon University, Erie, PA 16541. Pierre HEGY. Worship as Community Drama: Introduction to Liturgy Evaluation. Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock, 2019, pp. 120. $28.00 pb. ISBN 978-1-5326-7301-6. Reviewed by Dolores L. CHRISTIE, Cleveland, OH Samuel E. BALENTINE, ed. The Oxford Handbook of Ritual and Worship in the Hebrew Bible. 2020. pp. 592. $131.68. ISBN: 978-0190222116. Reviewed by Alice L. LAFFEY. Sutton, MA 01590. Ines Angeli MURZAKU. Mother Teresa: Saint of the Peripheries. New York/Mahwah NJ: Paulist Press, 2021. Pp. xi+330. $29.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8091-5377-0; $20.07 e-book ISBN 978-1-58768-750-1. Reviewed by John T. FORD, Logansport, IN 46947. Thomas R. 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Hb. 978-1-9787-0207-3, (Pb announced for July 2021). Hb: $105.00. Reviewed by Daniel L. SMITH-CHRISTOPHER, Dept. Theology, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, 90045. David CAYLEY, Ivan Illich: An Intellectual Journey. University Park, Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2021, pp. 552. $44.95 hb. ISBN: 978-0-271-08812-9. Reviewed by Daniel L. SMITH-CHRISTOPHER, Dept. Theology, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, 90045. Frank J. MATERA. A Concise Theology of the New Testament. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2021, pp. 120. $19.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8091-5433-3. Reviewed by Dolores L. CHRISTIE, Cleveland, OH. Dieter MITTERNACHT and Anders RUNESSON (eds.) Jesus, the New Testament, Christian Origins. Perspectives, Methods, Meanings. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans, 2021, pp. 706 + xxiv. $65.00 hb. ISBN 978-0-8028-6892-3. Reviewed by Anthony J. BLASI, 4531 Briargrove St., San Antonio, TX 78217 VELI-MATTI KARKKAINEN, An Introduction to Ecclesiology: Historical, Global, and Interreligious Perspectives, Revised and Expanded Edition. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2021, pp. 281. $30.00 pb. ISBN 978-0-8308-4189-9. Reviewed by Wilburn T. STANCIL, Rockhurst University, Kansas City, MO 64110. Geoffrey H. FULKERSON and Joel Thomas CHOPP, editors. Science and the Doctrine of Creation: The Approaches to Ten Modern Theologians. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2021. Pp. 256. $28.00 pb. ISBN 978-0-8308-5280-2. Reviewed by Calvin MERCER, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858. Jon M. SWEENEY. Nicholas Black Hawk: Medicine Man, Catechist, Saint. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2012, pp. 122. $16.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8146-4416-4. Reviewed by Dolores L. CHRISTIE, Cleveland, OH Daniel J. DALY. The Structures of Virtue and Vice. Washington DC: Georgetown University Press, 2021. Pp. 244. $44.95. ISBN 978-1-64712-039-9. Reviewed by Leo MADDEN, Ohio Dominican University, Columbus, OH 43219. Nancy L. DeCLAISSE-WALFORD. Psalms Books 4-5. (Wisdom Commentary). Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press/Michael Glazier, 2020, pp. 400, $39.95, Hb. ISBN: 9780814681213, 8121. Reviewed by Daniel L. SMITH-CHRISTOPHER, Prof. Old Testament, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA. 90045. Allan DOIG, A History of the Church through its Buildings. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020. pp. 376. $39.95 hc. ISBN 978-0=19-957536-7. Reviewed by Peter C. PHAN, Georgetown University, DC 20057. Louis M. SAVARY, Teilhard de Chardin on the Eucharist: Envisioning the Body of Christ. Mahway, NJ: Paulist Press, 2021. xi + 199 pages, pb, $24.95. ISBN 978-0-8091-5492-0. Reviewed by Thomas SIMMONS, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069-2307. David W. KLING, A History of Christian Conversion. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2020. pp. 836. $150.00 hb. ISBN 9780195320923. Reviewed by Kathleen BORRES, Retired from Saint Vincent Seminary, Latrobe, PA 15650. Pierre-André BURTON, Aelred of Rievaulx (1110-1167): An Existential and Spiritual Biography, translated by Christopher Coski. Cistercian Studies vol. 276. Collegeville, MN: Cistercian Publications, 2020. Pp. xiii + 598. $49.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-87907-276-6. Reviewed by Patrick F. O’CONNELL, Gannon University, Erie, PA 16541. Todd T. W. DALY. Chasing Methuselah: Theology, the Body, and Slowing Human Aging. Eugene, Oregon: Cascade Books, 2021. Pp. 307 + xvi. $30.00 pb. ISBN 978-1-5326-9800-2. Reviewed by Calvin MERCER, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858. Bruce G. EPPERLY. Mystics in Action: Twelve Saints for Today. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2020, pp. 158, $22, pb. ISBN: 978-1-62698-389-2. Reviewed by Rachelle LINNER, Spiritual Director, Medford, MA 02155. Todd C. REAM. Hesburgh of Notre Dame. The Church’s Public Intellectual. New York: Paulist Press,2021. Pp. Xxiv + 175. $27.95 pb. ISBN 978-08091-5402-9. Reviewed by Anthony J. BLASI, 4531 Briargrove St., San Antonio, TX 78217. D. H. WILLIAMS. Defending and Defining the Faith: An Introduction to Early Christian Apologetic Literature. New York: Oxford University Press, 2020. pp. xvii + 465. $74.00. (Also available as eBook). ISBN 978-0-19-062050-9. Reviewed by Linda M. MALONEY, Enosburg Falls, VT 05450. Marcus MESCHER. The Ethics of Encounter: Christian Neighbor Love as a Practice of Solidarity. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2020. pp. 197. $40 pb. ISBN 978-1-62698-376-2. Review by Amanda C. OSHEIM, Loras College, Dubuque, IA 52002. Derek WILSON. The Mayflower Pilgrims: Sifting Fact from Fiction. London: SPCK, 2019. 244 pp., $27.00 hardback. ISBN: 978-0-281-07914-8.Reviewed by Steve W. LEMKE, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, New Orleans, LA 70126. Rachel WHEELER. Desert Daughters, Desert Sons: Rethinking the Christian Desert Tradition. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2020. Pp. ix + 178. $19.95 pb. ISBN 9780814685006. Reviewed by Mary DOAK, University of San Diego, San Diego, CA 92116. R.H. RUGGLES, Visions of Mary and Jesus: A Pilgrimage to the sacred sites of 14 famous apparitions. Popular Pilgrimage Publications, 2021. Pp. 247. $8.49 pb. ISBN 978-1-989903-65-0. Reviewed by Walter N. SISTO, D'Youville, Buffalo, NY 14201. Mary E. McGANN. The Meal that Reconnects: Eucharistic Eating and the Global Food Crisis. Collegeville, MN: 2020. pp. xii + 244. $29.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8146-6031-7. Reviewed by Stephen S. WILBRICHT, Stonehill College, Easton, MA 02354. Christian SMITH and Amy ADAMCZYK. Handing Down the Faith. How Parents Pass Their Religion on to the Next Generation. New York, Oxford University Press, 2021. PP. 248 + x. $ 29.95. ISBN 9780190093327 (hardcover). Reviewed by Anthony J. BLASI, 4531 Briargrove St., San Antonio, TX 78217. Melinda Lundquist DENTON and Richard FLORY. Back-Pocket God, Religion and Spirituality in the Lives of Emerging Adults. . New York: Oxford University Press, 2020. Pp. 268. $29.95 hbk. ISBN 978-0-19-006478-5. Reviewed by Francis BERNA, La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA 19141. Lisa Michele WOLFE. Qoheleth (Ecclesiastes). Wisdom Commentary 24. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2020. Pp. 202+lxxii. $39.95 hb. ISBN 978-0814681237. Reviewed by Nicholas R. WERSE, Baylor University, Waco, TX. Margit ECKHOLT, Dorothea SATTLER, Ulrike LINK-WIECZOREK, Andrea STR?BIND, EDS., Women in Church Ministries: Reform Movements in Ecumenism. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press Academic, 2021. Pp. 238. $34.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8146-8513-6. (First published in 2018 under the title Frauen in kirchlichen Ämtern: Reformbewegungen in der Ökumene. This English-language publication includes “central contributions” from that initial book.) Reviewed by Carol STANTON, 4051 Shorecrest Dr., Orlando, FL. Alberto de MINGO KAMINOUCHI. An Introduction to Christian Ethics: A New Testament Perspective, trans. Brother John of Taize. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2020. pp. 200. $19.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8146-8809-0. Reviewed by Dolores L. CHRISTIE, Shaker Heights, OH 44122. Roger BERGMAN. Preventing Unjust War. A Catholic Argument for Selective Conscientious Objection. Eugene, Oregon: Cascade (Wipf & Stock), 2020. PP. 199 + xiv. $26.00 pb. ISBN 978-1-5326-8665-8. Reviewed by Anthony J. BLASI, 4531 Briargrove St., San Antonio, TX 78217. Anthony J BLASI and Lluis OVIEDO, Eds. The Abuse of Minors in the Catholic Church: Dismantling the Culture of Cover. New York, Routledge: 2020. pp 249. 160.00 pb. ISBN: 978-0-367-43345-1. Reviewed by Walter N. SISTO, D’Youville, Buffalo, NY 14201. Lee C. CAMP. Scandalous Witness: A Little Political Manifesto for Christians. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 2020. pp. viii + 183. $19.99, hb. ISBN 978-0-8028-7735-2. Reviewed by Tobias WINRIGHT, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO 63108. Bernadette McNARY-ZAK. Humble Aspiration: Constructing an Early Christian Ideal. Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 2020. pp. 192. ISBN 9780814684061. Reviewed by Maureen Beyer MOSER, Harvey School, Katonah, NY 10536. Francis J. MALONEY, SDB. Reading Revelation at Easter Time. Collegeville MN, Liturgical Press, 2020. pp 197. $24.95 pb. ISBN#9780814685297. Reviewed by John J. SLOVIKOVSKI, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA Linda DAKIM-GRIMM. Dignity and Justice: Welcoming the Stranger at Our Border. Orbis Books, 2020. pp xiv+192. $24.00pb. ISBN 978-1-62698-381-6. Reviewed by John T. FORD, Logansport, IN. Kristen E. HEYER, James F. KEENAN, Andrea VICINI, eds., Building Bridges in Sarajevo: The Plenary Papers from CTEWC 2018. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2019. Pp. 228 + xvii. $42.00 pb. ISBN 978-1-62698-342-7. Reviewed by Michael J. McGRAVEY, Elms College, 291 Springfield St., Springfield, MA 01013. Pope FRANCIS, Go Forth. Toward a Community of Missionary Disciples, edited with an introduction by William P. Gregory. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2019. Pp. 196 + xxiv. $22.00 pb. ISBN 978-1-62698-326-7. Reviewed by Anthony J. BLASI, 4531 Briargrove Street, San Antonio, TX 78217 Christopher LAMB. The Outsider. Pope Francis and His Battle to Reform the Church. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis, 2020. Pp. 188 + xvi. $24 pb. ISBN 978-1-62698-361-8. Reviewed by Anthony J. BLASI, 4531 Briargrove St., San Antonio, TX 78217. Brian O’LEARY, SJ. God Ever Greater: Exploring Ignatian Spirituality. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2018. pp. xiii + 126. $19.95. pb. ISBN: 978-0-8146-8813-7. Reviewed by Moni MCINTYRE, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. Mary DOAK. A Prophetic, Public Church: Witness to Hope Amid the Global Crises of the 21st Century. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2020. pp. 234 + xxi. $29.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8146-8450-4. Reviewed by Stephen S. WILBRICHT, Stonehill College, Easton, MA 02357. Mark O’KEEFE, OSB. 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Birth of a Dancing Star: My Journey from Cradle Catholic to Cyborg Christian. Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2019. pp. 218 + xiv. $24.00 pb. ISBN 9781626983472. Reviewed by Calvin MERCER, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858. Douglas HARINK, Resurrecting Justice: Reading Romans for the Life of the World. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2020. xvi + 229 pages, pb, $26.00. ISBN 978-0-8308-5276-5. Reviewed by Thomas SIMMONS, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069. Tim DOWLEY. Defying the Holocaust. Ten Courageous Christians Who Supported Jews. London: SPCK, 2020. pp. xv + 243. illus., name & subject index. $14.99, pb. ISBN 978-0-281-08362-6. Reviewed by Guy Christopher CARTER, St. Peter’s University, Jersey City, NJ 07306 [1992-2002]. Khyati Y. JOSHI. White Christian Privilege. The Illusion of Religious Equality in America. New York: New York University Press, 2020. pp. 277. ISBN 9781479840236. Reviewed by Péter TÖRÖK, Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary. Robert C. CHRISTIE, ed. Saint John Henry Newman: Preserving and Promulgating His Legacy. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2020. pp. xiii + 273. $86.50, hb. ISBN: 978-1527536319. Reviewed by Ryan MARR, Mercy College of Health Sciences, Des Moines, IA 50309. The Nuns of TAUTRA MARIAKLOSTER, Northern Light. Preface by Dom Brendan Freeman, OCSO. Monastic Wisdom Series: Number Sixty. Publications. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2020. xv + 201 pages. Reviewed by Andrew D. CIFERNI, Daylesford Abbey, Paoli, Pennsylvania Christopher B. BARNETT trans. Soren Kierkegaard: Discourses and Writings on Spirituality. New York: Paulist Press, 2019. pp. 345. $49.95 hc. ISBN 978-0-8091-0648-6. Reviewed by Michael J. TKACIK, Saint Leo University, Saint Leo, Florida 33574. Kyle LAMBELET, ¡Presente!: Nonviolent Politics and the Resurrection of the Dead. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2019. pp. 214. ISBN 978-1626167261. Reviewed by Marc TUMIENSKI, Anna Maria College, Paxton, MA 01612. James J. BACIK, Pope Francis and His Critics: Historical and Theological Perspectives. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2020. pp. 136. 14.95pb. ISBN: 9780909154531. Reviewed by Walter N. SISTO, D’Youville College, Buffalo, NY 14201. Jason KING and Julie HANLON RUBIO, eds. Sex, Love, and Families: Catholic Perspectives. Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press Academic, 2020. pp. 315. $34.95 pb. Reviewed by Dolores L. CHRISTIE, Cleveland, OH 44122. Sr. Cheryl Frances CHEN, Sr. Hanne-Maria BERENTZEN, Sr. Anne Elizabeth SWEET & Sr. Maria Rafael BARTLETT. Northern Light: The Cistercian Nuns of Tautra Mariakloster. Athens, Ohio: Cistercian Publications, 2020. pp. 201. $24.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-87907-160-8. Reviewed by Gregory STEPHENSON. University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. John COTTINGHAM. In Search of the Soul: A Philosophical Essay. Princeton University Press, 2020. pp. 174. $22.95. ISBN 978-0-691-17442-6. Reviewed by Michael H. BARNES, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH 45469. Ellen JOHNSON. This Is My Body: Eucharistic Theology and Anthropology in the Writings of Gertrude the Great of Helfta. . Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2020. pp. 246. $34.95 pb. ISBN 9780879072803. Reviewed by Richard SHIELDS, University of St. Michael’s College, Toronto, ON M5S 1J4 Maureen K. DAY. Catholic Activism Today: Individual Transformation and the Struggle for Social Justice. New York: New York University Press, 2020. pp. 320. $39.00 hb. ISBN 978-1479851331. Reviewed by Gladys GANIEL, Queen’s University Belfast, BT7 1NN, UK Daniel P. CASTILLO. An Ecological Theology of Liberation. Salvation and Political Ecology. Foreword by Gustavo Gutiérrez. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2019, 227 + xxviii pp. ISBN 978-1-62698-321-2, soft cover. Reviewed by Anthony J. BLASI, 4531 Briargrove Street, San Antonio, TX 78217. Ronald D. WITHERUP, Galatians, Life in the New Creation: A Spiritual-Pastoral Reading. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2020. xx + 163 pages, pb, $29.99. ISBN 978-0-9081-5403-6. Reviewed by Thomas SIMMONS, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069. Bonnie B. THURSTON. Shaped by the End You Live For: Thomas Merton’s Monastic Spirituality. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2020. pp. xix + 166. $19.95, pb. Reviewed by John T. FORD, Logansport, IN 46947. Timothy BRUNK. The Sacraments and Consumer Culture. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2020. Pp. xvi + 212. $ 24.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8146-8508-2. Reviewed by Benjamin J. BROWN, Lourdes University, Sylvania, OH 43560. Massimo FAGGIOLI, The Liminal Papacy of Pope Francis: Moving Toward Global Catholicity. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2020. Pp. 205. $27.00 pb. ISBN 978-1-626988-368-7. Reviewed by Nathan R. KOLLAR, St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY: 14618. Barry HARVEY. Baptists and the Catholic Tradition, Reimagining the Church’s Witness in the Modern World. (Second Edition). Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academics, 2020. Pp. 229, $27.99 pb. ISBN 978-1-5409-6079-5. Reviewed by Francis BERNA, La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA 19141. Dolores L. CHRISTIE. It’s Time: Narratives of Illness, Aging, and Death. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2019. Pp.154. $21.00 pb. ISBN 978-1-5326-8079-3. Reviewed by Arthur J. KUBICK, Pawtucket, RI 02860. SAINT ÓSCAR ROMERO. Voice of the Voiceless: The Four Pastoral Letters and Other Statements. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1985, 2020. Pp. 223. $28.00 pb. ISBN 978-1-62698-362-5. Reviewed by Arthur J. KUBICK, Pawtucket, RI. John S. KLOPPENBORG, Christ’s Associations: Connecting and Belonging in the Ancient City. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. pp. 526 + xxxii. $40.00 Pb. ISBN 0-300-21704-8. Reviewed by Daniel L. SMITH-CHRISTOPHER, Loyola Marymount University, 1 LMU Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90045. Michael PAPAZIAN. The Doctor of Mercy. The Sacred Treasures of St. Gregory of Narek. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press Academic, 2019. pp. xxiii + 254, incl. name and subject index, $36.99 hardback. ISBN 978081 4685013. Reviewed by Guy C. CARTER, St. Peter’s University, Jersey City, NJ 1992-2002. Gerald A. ARBUCKLE. Fundamentalism at Home and Abroad: Analysis and Pastoral Responses. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2017. Pp. xviii + 190. Reviewed by John T. FORD, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064. Oliver CRISP and Fred SANDERS, eds. The Christian Doctrine of Humanity, Explorations in Constructive Dogmatics series. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2018, 250 pp. $34.99, pb. ISBN 978-031059-547-2. Reviewed by Steve W. LEMKE, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, New Orleans, LA 70126. Katherine DUGAN. Millennial Missionaries: How a Group of Young Catholics is Trying to Make Catholicism Cool. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019. pp. 230. $34.95 hb. ISBN-10: 0190875968. Reviewed by Biff ROCHA, Independent Scholar, Mason, OH 45040. Jay R. FEIERMAN and Lluis OVIEDO, eds. The Evolution of Religion, Religiosity, and Theology: A Multilevel and Multidisciplinary Approach. N.Y.: Routledge, 2020. Pp. 301. $145 (!) [Kindle rental $11.] ISBN 978-0-367-25026-3. Reviewed by Michael H. BARNES, Religious Studies Dept. University of Dayton. David HOLLENBACH. Humanity in Crisis: Ethical and Religious Response to Refugees. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2019. pp. x + 197. $39.95 pb. ISBN 978-1-62616-718-6. Reviewed by Moni McIntyre, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. Song-Mi Suzie PARK. 2 Kings: Wisdom Commentary, Volume 12, Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press (Michael Glazier Book), 2019. Pp 358, $39.95. ISBN 978008-1461114 (hardcover); ISBN 9780814681 (ebook). Reviewed by James ZEITZ, Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, Texas 48207. James R. PAYTON Jr. The Victory of the Cross: Salvation in Eastern Orthodoxy. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press, 2019. Pp. 201. $16.69. ISBN: 97808308552567 Reviewed by Walter N. SISTO, D’Youville, Buffalo, NY 14201. Thomas O’Laughlin, Eating Together Becoming One: Taking Up Pope Francis’s Call to Theologians. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press Academic, 2019. pp.174. $25.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8146-8458-0. Reviewed by Marie CONN, Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia, PA 19118. Juliet Mousseau, RSCJ, and Sarah Kohles, OSF, editors. In our Own Words. Religious Life in a Changing World. Liturgical Press, Collegeville, Minnesota, 2018. 238 pp. ISBN 9780814645208, ISBN 978014645444 (ebook). Reviewed by Ana Lourdes SUAREZ, Catholic University of Argentina, Buenos Aires. David B. HUNSICKER, The Making of Stanley Hauerwas: Bridging Barth and Postliberalism. Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2019. pp. 248. $36 pb. ISBN 9780830849161. Reviewed by Alessandro ROVATI, Belmont Abbey College, Belmont, NC 28054. Anselm GRÜN, Tomáš HALÍK, and Winfried NONHOFF. Is God Absent?: Faith, Atheism, and Our Search for Meaning. New York: Paulist, 2019. Originally published in German in 2016. Translated by Peter Dahm Robertson. pp. 179. $19.95 pb. ISBN 978-08091-5343-5. Reviewed by David VON SCHLICHTEN, Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA 15601. Christopher STECK, SJ. All God’s Animals: A Catholic Theological Framework for Animal Ethics. Moral Traditions Series. Washington: Georgetown University Press, 2019. pp. 249. $119.95 hb, $39.49 pb. ISBN 978-1-62616-715-5. Reviewed by Steve W. LEMKE, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, New Orleans, LA 70126 Anthony DESTAFANO. Hell: A Guide. Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson (Nelson Books), 2020. xvii + 233 pages, hardcover: $25.99. ISBN 9780718080617. Reviewed by Thomas SIMMONS, University of South Dakota School of Law, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069. Robert ELLSBERG. A Living Gospel: Reading God’s Story in Holy Lives. Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2019. pp.176. $22.00 pb ISBN: 978-1-60833-786-6. Reviewed by Dolores L. CHRISTIE, Shaker Heights, OH 44122. Gerald W. SCHLABACH. A Pilgrim People: Becoming a Catholic Peace Church. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2019, pp. 416 + xvi. $39.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8146-4454-6. Reviewed by Stephen S. WILBRICHT, Stonehill College, Easton, MA 02357. Samantha L. MILLER, Chrysostom’s Devil: Demons, the Will, and Virtue in Patristic Soteriology. Downer’s Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2020. Pp. xviii + 198. $40.00 pb. ISBN 978-0-8308-4917-8. Reviewed by Benjamin BROWN, Lourdes University, Sylvania, OH 43560. Thomas H. GROOME. Faith for the Heart, A “Catholic” Spirituality. New York/Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2019. Pp. 295. $21.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8091-5466-1. Reviewed by Francis BERNA, La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA 19141. Brant James PITRE, Michael Patrick BARBER, and John A. KINCAID. Paul, a New Covenant Jew: Rethinking Pauline Theology. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans, 2019. xvii + 310 pages. Softcover: $35.00. ISBN: 978-08-028-7376-7. Reviewed by Bud MARR, National Institute for Newman Studies, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 REVOLUTION OF THE HEART: The Dorothy Day Story. A documentary directed by Martin Doblmeier. Journey Films & Maryland Public Television (2020). ISBN: 7-11841-84051-8. $19.95. 57 minutes. Reviewed by Sarah Louise MACMILLEN, Ph.D. Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA 15282. Jon M. SWEENEY et al. (eds). Jesus Wasn't Killed By the Jews: Reflections for Christians in Lent. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2019. pp. 128. $19.00 pb. ISBN: 9781626983526. Reviewed by Walter N. SISTO, D’Youville College, Buffalo, NY 14201. LUDOLPH of SAXONY. The Life of Jesus Christ: Part One – Volume 2, Chapters 41-92, translated by Milton T. Walsh. Cistercian Studies vol. 282. Collegeville, MN: Cistercian Publications, 2019. Pp. xix + 833. $79.95 cloth. ISBN 978-0-87907-282-7. Reviewed by Patrick F. O’CONNELL, Gannon University, Erie, PA 16541. Bishop Nelson J. PEREZ, et al. Proceedings and Conclusions of the V National Encuentro of Hispanic/Latino Ministry. United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington. 2019. Reviewed by Anthony M. STEVENS-ARROYO, Brooklyn College, CUNY, Brooklyn, NY 11210 Warren CARTER. Mark. Wisdom Commentary, Volume 42, Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press (Michael Glazier Book), 2019. Pp 506, $30.54 Pb. ISBN 9780814681664 (hardcover); ISBN 9780814681016 (ebook). Reviewed by James ZEITZ, Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, Texas 48207. Stephen BULLIVANT, Mass Exodus: Catholic Disaffiliation in Britain and America since Vatican II. 2019. Oxford University Press. 336 pages. ISBN: 9780198837947. Hardcover: $32.95. Reviewed by Pierre HEGY, Adelphi University. Garden City NY 11530. Phileena HEUERTZ. Mindful Silence: The Heart of Christian Contemplation. Forward by Richard Rohr, OFM. Downers Grove IL: IVP Books, 2018, pp 199. $14.91 hardcover. ISBN 10-0830846492. Reviewed by Winifred WHELAN, St. Bonaventure University, St. Bonaventure NY 14778. Brian Y. LEE and Thomas L. KNOEBEL. Discovering Pope Francis: The Roots of Jorge Mario Bergoglio’s Thinking. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press Academic, 2019. xx + 251 pages. Softcover: $29.95. ISBN: 978-08-146-8504-4. Reviewed by Ryan MARR, National Institute for Newman Studies, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. Guy MANSINI, OSB. Fundamental Theology. Sacra Doctrina Series. Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America Press, 2018. Pp. 291. $24.95 pb. ISBN 9780863229850. Reviewed by John T. FORD, Logansport, IN 46947. Daniel K. FINN, Consumer Ethics in a Global Economy: How Buying Here Causes Injustice There (Georgetown University Press: Washington, D.C., 2019). Pp ix,171. $104.95 (hard cover), $34.95 (paper; ebook). ISBN: 9781626166950 (1626166951. Reviewed by Joseph A. BRACKEN, S.J., Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH 45207. Mary FROHLICH, Breathed into Wholeness: Catholicity and Life in the Spirit. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2019. pp. 242. $28.00 pb. ISBN 9781626983489. Reviewed by Kathleen BORRES, Retired from Saint Vincent Seminary, Latrobe, PA 15650. Jacob W. WOOD. To Stir a Restless Heart: Thomas Aquinas and Henri de Lubac on Nature, Grace, and the Desire for God. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press. 2019. HC pp. xvi-472. ISBN 9780813231839. $65.00. Reviewed by Peter C. PHAN, Georgetown University. GERARD B. WEGEMER and STEPHEN W. SMITH, eds. The Essential Works of Thomas More. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2020. Pp. xxviii + 1473. $100 hbk. ISBN: 978-0-30022-337-8. Reviewed by Patrick F. O’CONNELL, Gannon University, Erie, PA 16541. ISAAC of STELLA. Sermons on the Christian Year, Volume 2, translated by Lewis White, with an Introduction by Elias Dietz, OCSO. Cistercian Fathers vol. 66. Collegeville, MN: Cistercian Publications, 2020. Pp. xxviii + 259. $34.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-87907-666-5. Reviewed by Patrick F. O’CONNELL, Gannon University, Erie, PA 16541. Robert ANELLO. Minor Setback or Major Disaster: The Rise and Demise of Minor Seminaries in the United States, 1958-1983. St. Louis: ?En Route Books & Media, 2019?. pp. 591. $24.99 pb. ISBN 978-1-950108-62-6. Reviewed by George MANGIARACINA, Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology, Franklin, WI 53132. Sergii BULGAKOV, The Apocalypse of John: An Essay in Dogmatic Interpretation, trans. Mike Whitton, eds. Barbara Hallensleben, Regula Zwahlen, Munster: Aschendorff Verlag GmnH & Co, KG, 2019. pp. 56,00 € pb. ISBN 978492129422. Reviewed by Walter N. SISTO, D'Youville. John Mark FALKENHAIN. How We Love: A Formation for the Celibate Life. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2019. pp. 235. pbk. ISBN 9780814687963. Reviewed by Pablo MUNOZ ITURRIETA, Dominican University, Ottawa, ON Teresa BERGER, ed. Full of Your Glory: Liturgy, Cosmos, Creation. Collegeville, Minn.: Liturgical Press, 2019. pp. 432. $44.95 pb. ISBN 9780814664568. Reviewed by Kathleen BORRES, Retired from Saint Vincent Seminary, Latrobe, PA 15650. Peter FEUERHERD. The Radical Gospel of Bishop Thomas Gumbleton. Maryknoll: Orbis, 2019. pp. 120. $18.00 pb. ISBN 978-1-62698-340-3. Reviewed by Moni MCINTYRE, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. Antoinette CLARK. 2 Corinthians: Wisdom Commentary, Volume 48, Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press (Michael Glazier Book), 2019. Pp 329, $36.99 ISBN 9780814681725 (hardcover). Reviewed by James ZEITZ, Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, Texas 48207. Mary JOHNSON, S.N.D. de N., M.L. GAUTIER, Patricia WITTBERG, S.C., Thu T. DO, L.H.C. Migration for Mission: international Catholic Sisters in the United States. Oxford University Press, New York, NY. August, 2018. 210 pp. ISBN 9780190933104 (updf) ISBN 9780190933111 (epub) ISBN 9780190933128 (online resource) ISBN 9780190933098 (hardcover: alk. paper). Reviewed by Ana Lourdes SUAREZ, Catholic University of Argentina, Buenos Aires. Reginald LYNCH. 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ISBN: 978-0-3002-3855-6 and 978-0-3002-3858-7. Reviewed by Ryan MARR, National Institute for Newman Studies, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. Matt FRADD and Robert DELFINO, Does God Exist? A Socratic Dialogue on the Five Ways of Thomas Aquinas. St. Louis, Missouri: EnRoute Books & Media, 2018. Pp.134. $26.00 hc. ISBN 978-0-999670-7-1. Reviewed by Claude T. KINCAID, Lourdes University, Sylvania, OH 43560. Trent HORN, The Case for Catholicism: Answers to Classic and Contemporary Protestant Objections. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2017. Pp. 342. $18.60 pb. ISBN 978-1621641445. Reviewed by Lucas COLE, Lourdes University, Sylvania, OH 43560. Glenn R. KREIDER and Michael J. SVIGEL, A Practical Primer on Theological Method: Table Manners for Discussing God, His Works, and His Ways. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 2019. Pp 182. $16.99 pb. ISBN 978-0-310-58880-1. Reviewed by Tanika CARTER, Lourdes University, Sylvania, OH 43650. Paul M. 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Abingdon Press (Nashville, TN). 2019. xxi + 326. Vocabulary List (no Index). Pb. ISBN: 9781426759239. List Price: $42.99. Reviewed by Daniel L. Smith-Christopher, Loyola Marymount University of Los Angeles Michael FORD. Lonely Mystic: A New Portrait of Henri J.M. Nouwen. New York/Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2018. pp. 162. $16.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8091539-8. Reviewed by Sarah Louise MacMILLEN, Ph.D., Duquesne University, Pittsburgh PA 15282. Michael CASEY. Balaam’s Donkey. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2019. Pp.470. ISBN 978-0-8146-8463-4. Reviewed by Christine FLETCHER, Benedictine University, Lisle, IL 60532. Robert. F. LEAVITT. The Truth Will Make You Free: The New Evangelization for a Secular Age – A Study in Development. Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press Academic, 2019. PP. 319. ISBN 978-0-8146-4668-7. Reviewed by Matthew R. PETRUSECK, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA Hugh FEISS, OSB, Ronald E. PEPIN and Maureen O’BRIEN, eds. A Benedictine Reader: (530-1530). 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Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2017. Pp. lxiv + 252. $39.95 hb. ISBN 978-0-8146-8124-4. Reviewed by Nicholas R. WERSE, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76706. Denise Dombkowski HOPKINS. Psalms Books 2-3. Wisdom Commentary 21. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2016. Pp. 410. $39.95 Hebrew Bible. ISBN 978-0-8146-8120-6. Reviewed by Nicholas R. WERSE, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76706. Leonard J. DeLORENZO, Work of Love: A Theological Reconstruction of the Communion of Saints. Notre Dame, IN: Notre Dame Press, 2017: pp.xiii, 346. ISBN 9780268100933 (hardcover) $55.00. Reviewed by Joseph A. BRACKEN, S.J. , Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH 45207. David E. DeCOSSE & Thomas A. NAIRN, OFM, eds. Conscience & Catholic Health Care: From Clinical Contexts to Government Mandates. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis, 2017. Pp. 200 and Index. $ 35, pb. ISBN 978-1-62698-212-3. Reviewed by Nathan R. KOLLAR, St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY 14618. Jennifer M. MCBRIDE. 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New York: Nation Books, 2016. 321 pages. $26.99 hardcover. ISBN 978-1-56858-573-4. Reviewed by Arthur J. KUBICK, Providence, RI. Charles E. CURRAN and Lisa A. FULLAM, eds. The Sensus Fidelium and Moral Theology. Readings in Moral Theology No. 18.New York: Paulist Press, 2017. pp. 300. $34.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8091-5315-2. Reviewed by Ryan MARR, Mercy College of Health Sciences, Des Moines, IA 50309. Terry EAGLETON. Materialism. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2016. Pp. x+176. ISBN 9780300218800. Reviewed by Craig A. Ford, Jr., Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 Matteo NICOLINI-ZANI. Christian Monks on Chinese Soil: A History of Monastic Missions to China. Translated by Sophia Senyk and William Skudlarek, OSB. Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 2016. pp. 408. $39.95 ISBN 9780814646991(print), 9780814646007 (ebook). Reviewed by Liang ZHANG, Institute of Religious Studies, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, P. R. China. Gianni VATTIMO. 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Michael E. CONNORS, ed. To All the World: Preaching and the New Evangelization. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2016. pp. 167 + ix. $24.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8146-4708-0. Reviewed by Stephen S. WILBRICHT, Stonehill College, North Easton, MA 02357. Michael J. BUCKLEY. What Do You Seek? The Questions of Jesus as Challenge and Promise. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2016. Pp. xii + 146. $18.00 pb. ISBN 978-0-8028-7395-8. Reviewed by James T. CROSS, Saint Leo University, Saint Leo, FL 33574. Edward LANGERAK, Civil Disagreement: Personal Integrity in a Pluralistic Society. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2014, pp ix + 170, $29.95 pb. ISBN-978-1-62616-033-0. Reviewed by Robert P. MARKO, Aquinas College, Grand Rapids, MI 49506. David Farina TURNBLOOM. Speaking with Aquinas: A Conversation about Grace, Virtue and the Eucharist. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2017. Pp. xxxii+165. Reviewed by Craig A. Ford, Jr., Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467. Raymond F. COLLINS. 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Pp 207, $33.99 Hardcover. ISBN 9780814682036; ISBN 9780814682289 (ebook). Reviewed by James ZEITZ, Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, Texas 48207. Bob MITCHELL, Faith-Based Development: How Christian Organizations Can Make a Difference. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2017. pp. 229. $26.00 pb. ISBN 978-1-62698-214-7. Reviewed by Ann MICHAUD, Fordham University, Bronx, NY, 01458. Matthew A. ROTHAUS MOSER. Love Itself Is Understanding: Hans Urs von Balthasar’s Theology of the Saints. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2016. pp. xxxi+319. $79.00 hb. ISBN 9781451499599. Reviewed by Christopher DENNY, St. John’s University, Queens, NY 11439. Florence M. GILLMAN. 1 Thessalonians; Mary Ann Beavis and HyeRan Kim-Cragg. 2 Thessalonians: Wisdom Commentary. Volume 52, Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press (Michael Glazier Book), 2016. Pp 210, $39.95 Hardcover. ISBN 9780814682012; ISBN 9780814682256. Reviewed by James ZEITZ, Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, Texas 48207. 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