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Mary MALONE. Women and Christianity, Vol. III: From the Reformation to the 21st Century. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2003. pp. 334. $24.00. pb. ISBN 1-57075-475-6. Reviewed by Jill RAITT. University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65201
Raymond L. SICKINGER. Antoine Frédéric Ozanam. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2017, 385 pp., ISBN: 978-0-268-10142-8, $60, hardcover. Reviewed by Patrick J. HAYES, Redemptorist Archives of the Baltimore Province, Philadelphia, PA.
Gerard O’CONNELL. Do not Stifle the Spirit: Conversations with Jacques Dupuis. New York: Orbis Books, 2017. pp. 280. $30.00 pb. ISBN 978-1-62698-222-2. Reviewed by Kathleen BORRES, Saint Vincent Seminary, Latrobe, PA 15650
Charles L. COHEN, Paul F. KNITTER and Ulrich ROSENHAGEN, eds. The Future of Interreligious Dialogue: A Multireligious Conversation on Nostra Aetate. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2017. pp. 327. $40.00 pb. ISBN 978-1-62698-245-1. Reviewed by Michael J. TKACIK, Saint Leo University, Saint Leo, Florida 33574
Anthony J. BLASI. Social Science and the Christian Scriptures: Sociological Introductions and New Translation, Volume 1,2,3. Eugene, Oregon: WIPF & STOCK. 2017. Pp. 723. pb. ISBN 978-1-5236- 1150-6. Reviewed by Michael J. McCALLION, Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit, Michigan.
Dinh Anh Nhue NGUYEN, OFMConv, editor. The Bible and Asian Culture: Reading the Word of God in Its Cultural Background and in the Vietnamese Context. Rome: Gregorian Biblical Press, 2015. Paper 244 pp. Reviewed by Peter C. PHAN, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057.
Jeannine Hill FLETCHER. The Sin of White Supremacy: Christianity, Racism, and Religious Diversity in America. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2017. pp. 194. $28.00 pb. ISBN 978-1-62698-237-6. Reviewed by Ella JOHNSON, St. Bernard’s School of Theology and Ministry, Rochester, NY 14618.
Thomas E. HOSINSKI, The Image of the Unseen God: Catholicity, Science, and Our Evolving Understanding of God, Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2017.pp. 206. $27.00 pb. ISBN: 9781626982598. Reviewed by Walter N. SISTO, D’Youville College, Buffalo, NY 14201.
Tisha RAJENDRA. Migrants and Citizens: Justice and Responsibility in the Ethics of Immigration. Grand Rapids. MI: Eerdmans, 2017. Paper. 168 pp. Reviewed by Peter C. PHAN, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057.
Brett HENDRICKSON. The Healing Power of the Santuario of Chimayó: America’s Miraculous Church. New York: New York University Press, 2017. Pp. xi + 244. Reviewed by John T. FORD, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064.
Micah D. KIEL, Apocalyptic Ecology: The Book of Revelation, the Earth, and the Future. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2017, pp. 188. $24.95 pb. ISBN 978-0814687826. Reviewed by Wilburn T. STANCIL, Rockhurst University, Kansas City, MO 64110.
Joel MARCUS. Jesus and the Holocaust: Reflections on Suffering and Hope. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Groups, 1997, pp. 129. $15.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8028-7435-1. Reviewed by Marie CONN, Chestnut Hill College. Philadelphia, PA 19118.
Laura Reece HOGAN, I live, No Longer I: Paul’s Spirituality of Suffering, Transformation, and Joy. Wipf & Stock, Eugene, Oregon. 2017, pp. xx, 151. ISBN 978-1-5326-0107-1. Reviewed by Christopher RUPERT S.J., LaStorta Jesuit Residence, 2320 Liverpool Rd., Pickering, ON L1X 1V4.
William LOADER. Jesus in John’s Gospel: Structure and Issues in Johannine Christology. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2017. pp. 532. $45.00 pb ISBN: 978-0-8028-7511-2. Reviewed by Dolores L. CHRISTIE, Shaker Heights, OH 44122.
Ulrich L. LEHNER, The Catholic Enlightenment: The Forgotten History of a Global Movement. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016. pp. 263. $31.95 hb. ISBN 978-0190232917. Reviewed by Jeffrey MORROW, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ 07079
Massimo FAGGIOLI. Catholicism & Citizenship: Political Cultures of the Church in the Twenty-First Century. Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 2017. Pp. 165. $19.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8146-8423-8. Reviewed by Ann SWANER, Barry University, Miami Shores, FL 33161.
Heup Young KIM. A Theology of Dao. Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2017. pp. 224. $30 pb. ISBN 1626982198. Reviewed by Jordan Thomas CHRISTOPHER, PhD Student, University of McGill, Montreal QC, Canada, H3A2B3.
Robert L. GALLAGHER and Paul HERTIG, editors. Contemporary Mission Theology. Engaging the Nations: Essays in Honor of Charles E. Van Engen. American Society of Missiology Series, No. 53. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2017. Pp. xxxi + 307. $42.00, paperback, ISBN 978-1-62698-211-6. Reviewed by John T. FORD, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064.
Robert WUTHNOW. American Misfits and the Making of Middle-Class Respectability. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2017, pp. 352. $35.00 ISBN: 9780691176864; eBook ISBN 9781400888092. Reviewed by Meg Wilkes KARRAKER, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN 55105.
Kathleen A. CAHALAN and Bonnie J. MILLER-McLEMORE, eds. Calling All Years Good: Christian Vocation throughout Life’s Seasons. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2017. pp. 244. $20.00. ISBN 978-0-8028-7424-5. Reviewed by Christine FLETCHER, Benedictine University, Lisle, IL 60532.
POPE FRANCIS. The Works of Mercy. Foreword by James Keenan. Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2017. pp. 190. $16 pb. ISBN 9781626982369. Originally published as Le Opere di Misercordia. Compiled by Giuseppe Merola. Cittá del Vaticano: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2016.Reviewed by James Bretzke BRETZKE, SJ, Boston College School of Theology & Ministry, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467.
Emmanuel KATONGOLE. Born from Lament: The Theology and Politics of Hope in Africa. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2017. pp. 294. ISBN 978-0-8028-7434-4. Reviewed by Kate JACKSON-MEYER, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467.
Fernando Cardinal FILONI (Edward Condon, trans.). The Church in Iraq. Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America Press, 2017. pp. 216. $19.95 pb. ISBN-13: 9780813229652. Reviewed by Charles MERCIER, Milford, CT 06460.
Erin Lothes BIVIANO. Inspired Sustainability: Planting Seeds for Action. Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2016. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2015. pp. 286. $35.00 pb. ISBN: 978-1-62698-163-8. Reviewed by Dolores L. CHRISTIE, Shaker Heights, OH 44122
Patrick JORDAN (ed.). Hold Nothing Back: Writings by Dorothy Days. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2016, pp. 128. $14.95 softcover ISBN 978-0-8146-4655-7; $11.99 eBook ISBN 978-0-8146-4680-9. Reviewed by Meg Wilkes KARRAKER, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN 55105.
Jeana DELROSSO, Leigh EICKE, and Ana KOTHE (eds.). Unruly Catholic Nuns: Sisters’ Stories. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2017, pp. 160. $60.00 hardover; $19.95 softcover ISBN 978-1-4384-6648-1. (Also Google e-book $9.99.) Reviewed by Meg Wilkes KARRAKER, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN 55105.
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. Wealth, Wages, and the Wealthy: New Testament Insight for Preachers and Teachers. Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 2017. Pp. 347. $34.95 pb. ISBN978-0-8146-8784-0. Reviewed by Nathan R. KOLLAR. St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY 14618.
Christopher LILLEY and Daniel J. PEDERSON, Human Origins and the Image of God: Essays in Honor of J. Wentzel van Huyssteen. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2017. Pp. xiv + 322. $60.00 hc. ISBN 978-0-8028-7514-3. Reviewed by Benjamin BROWN, Lourdes University, Sylvania, OH 43560.
Michael AMALADOSS. Interreligious Encounters: Opportunities and Challenges. Ed. Jonathan Y. Tan. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2017. pp. 250. $45 pb. ISBN 9781626982215. Reviewed by Peter DRILLING, Christ the King Seminary, East Aurora, NY 14052.
Ruben L.F. HABITO. Be Still and Know: Zen & the Bible. Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2017. Pp. 194. $24.00 pb. ISBN 978-1-62698-215-4. Reviewed by James BRETZKE, S.J., Boston College School of Theology & Ministry, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467.
Diarmuid O’MURCHU, INCARNATION: A New Evolutionary Threshold. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2017, pp.viii, 240. 184. $25.00. ISBN 9781626982352 (paperback) Reviewed by Joseph A. BRACKEN, S.J. , Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH 45207.
Elsa TAMEZ, Cynthia Briggs KITTREDGE, Claire Miller COLOMBO, Alicia J. BATTEN. Philippians, Colossians, Philemon. Wisdom Commentary 51. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2017. pp. 289. $39.95 hb. ISBN 978-0-8146-8200-5. Reviewed by Alice L LAFFEY, Emerita, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA 01590.
Peter C. PHAN. The Joy of Religious Pluralism: A Personal Journey. Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2017. pp. 235. $35.00 pb. ISBN: 978-1-62698-225-3. Reviewed by Dolores L. CHRISTIE, Shaker Heights, OH 44122.
Annette Bourland HUIZENGA. 1-2 Timothy, Titus. Wisdom Commentary, Volume 53, Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press (Michael Glazier Book), 2016. 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.
Anthony GODZIEBA and Bradley HINZE, eds. Beyond Dogmatism and Innocence. Hermeneutics, Critique, and Catholic Theology. Collegeville, Minn.: 2017. Pp. 270. $39.95 pb. ISBN 9780814684153. Reviewed by Kathleen BORRES, St. Vincent Seminary, Latrobe, PA, 15650.
Robert A. MARYKS, editor.A Companion to Jesuit Mysticism. Leiden, Boston: Brill, 2017. pp. 393. $252.00 hb. ISBN 978-90-04-3103-1; E - ISBN: 978-90-04-34075-6; ISSN: 1871-6377. Reviewed by Jill RAITT, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211.
Michael PLEKON. The World as Sacrament: An Ecumenical Path toward a World Spirituality. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2017. Pp. xviii + 252. $24.95. ISBN 978-0-8146-4556-7. Reviewed by John T. FORD, The Catholic University of America, Washington DC 20064.
Daniel CASTELO. Pentecostalism as A Christian Mystical Tradition. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm B. Eerdmans, 2017. pp. 194. $30.00 pb. ISBN: 978080289562. Reviewed by Walter SISTO, D’Youville College.
GREGORY THE GREAT.Moral Reflections on the Book of Job: Volume 3 (Books 11-16), Cistercian Studies, no. 258, trans. Brian Kerns. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2016. 342 pp., $39.95 hardcover. ISBN: 978-0-8790-7358-9. Reviewed by Steve W. LEMKE, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, New Orleans, LA 70126.
Jean-Pierre FORTIN. Grace in Auschwitz, a Holocaust Christology. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2016. pp.250. $79.00hb. ISBN 978-1-5064-0587-2. Reviewed by Francis BERNA, La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA 19141.
Frederick V. SIMMONS, ed., with Brian SORRELLS . Love and Christian Ethics: Tradition, Theory, and Society. Moral Traditions Series. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2017. pp. 408. $39.95 pb; $79.95 hc. ISBN: 9781626163676. Reviewed by James T. BRETZKE, S.J., Boston College School of Theology & Ministry, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467.
Jean PORTER. Justice as a Virtue: A Thomistic Perspective. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2016. pp. 286. $40.00 pb. ISBN: 978-0-8028-7325-5. Reviewed by James T. BRETZKE, S.J., Boston College School of Theology & Ministry, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467.
Heidi RUSSELL. The Source of All Love: Catholicity and the Trinity. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2017. pp. 216. $27.00 pb. ISBN: 978-1-62698-234-5. Reviewed by Daniel LLOYD, Saint Leo University, North Charleston, SC 29406.
Pope FRANCIS, With the Smell of the Sheep: The Pope Speaks to Priests, Bishops, and Other Shepherds, ed. Giuseppe Merola. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2017: pp.xiii, 297. ISBN 9781626982246 (softcover) $18.00. Reviewed by Matthew R. PETRUSEK, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA 90045.
Ivana NOBLE. Tracking God: An Ecumenical Fundamental Theology. Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock, 2016. Pp xviii + 261. $32.00 pb. ISBN 978-1606087008. Reviewed by Whitney MCHAFFIE, Lourdes University, Sylvania, OH 43560.
Brant PITRE. The Case for Jesus: The Biblical and Historical Evidence for Christ. New York: Image, 2016. Pp. xii + 242. $23.00 hb. ISBN 978-0770435486. Reviewed by Thomas HEADLEY, Lourdes University, Sylvania, OH 43560.
Alister MCGRATH. The Big Question: Why We Can’t Stop Talking about Science, Faith and God. New York, NY: St. Martin’s Press, 2015. Pp. ix + 257. $20.88 pb. ISBN 978-1250077929. Reviewed by Jason EICHENBERG, Lourdes University, Sylvania, OH 43560.
Riccardo SACCENTI. Debating Medieval Natural Law: A Survey. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame, 2016. Pp. xiv + 156. $45.00 hc. ISBN978-0-268-10040-7. Reviewed by Benjamin J. BROWN, Lourdes University, Sylvania, OH 43560.
Amanda C. OSHEIM. A Ministry of Discernment: The Bishop and the Sense of the Faithful. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2016. pp. 221 + xxii. $24.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8146-8319-4. Reviewed by Stephen S. WILBRICHT, Stonehill College, Easton, MA 02357.
F. Scott SPENCER. Song of Songs. Wisdom Commentary 25. 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. Radical Discipleship: A Liturgical Politics of the Gospel. Fortress Press, 2017. pp. 279. $34.00 pb. ISBN: 978-1-5064-0189-8. Reviewed by Dolores L. CHRISTIE, Shaker Heights, OH 44122.
Stephen A. HUNT, D. François TOLMIE, & Ruben ZIMMERMAN. Character Studies in the Fourth Gospel: Narrative Approaches to Seventy Figures In John. William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, 2016, pp. xxii, 724. ISBN 978-08028-7392-7. First Published by Mohr Siebeck, Tubingen, 2013. Reviewed by Christopher RUPERT, S.J., LaStorta Jesuit Residence, 2320 Liverpool Rd., Pickering, ON L1X 1V4.
Giosuè GHISALBERTI. Augustine’s Passions: His Transformation from a Roman Citizen to a Catholic Bishop, 354-401. Milwaukee: Marquette University Press, 2016. pp. 300. $29.00 pb. ISBN 1-62600-606-7. Reviewed by Leo MADDEN, Ohio Dominican University, Columbus, OH 43219.
J. Brent BILL. Holy Silence: The Gift of Quaker Spirituality, 2nd ed. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2016. pp. 143. $15.99 pb. ISBN 978-0-8028-7403-0. Reviewed by John SNIEGOCKI, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH 45207.
Jean TRUAX. Aelred the Peacemaker: The Public Life of a Cistercian Abbot. Cistercian Studies vol. 251. Collegeville, MN: Cistercian Publications, 2017. Pp. xiv + 325. $34.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-87907-251-3. Reviewed by Patrick F. O’CONNELL, Gannon University, Erie, PA 16541.
Garrett GALVIN. David’s Successors. Kingship in the Old Testament. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press (Michael Glazier Book), 2016. Pp 160, $24.95. pb. ISBN 9780814682517. Reviewed by James ZEITZ, Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, Texas 78207.
Edward FOLEY, editor. A Handbook for Catholic Preaching. Collegeville MN: Liturgical Press, pp. 318. ISBN 9780814663165. Reviewed by Pierre HEGY, Adelphi University NY 11530..
Megan SWEAS. Putting Education to Work: How Cristo Rey Schools are Transforming Urban Education. New York: HarperOne, 2014. pp. 264, hardcover. ISBN 978 0 6228801 1. Reviewed by Richard RYMARZ, BBI-TAITE, Sydney, Australia.
Stefan PAAS. Church Planting in the Secular West: Learning from the European Experience. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Eerdmans, 2016. pp. 304, paperback. ISBN 978 0 8208 7348 4. Reviewed by Richard RYMARZ, BBI-TAITE, Sydney, Australia.
Maria C. MORROW. Sin in the Sixties. Catholics and Confession, 1955-1975. Washington , D.C. The Catholic University of America Press, 2016. pp. 264. ISBN: 978-0-8132-2898-3. Reviewed by Péter TÖRÖK, Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary, Hungary 2120.
William P. LOEWE, Lex Crucis: Soteriology and the Stages of Meaning. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2016. pp. 381. $79.00 hc. ISBN: 9781451472240. Reviewed by Paul LACHANCE, Independent Scholar.
Paul LAKELAND. The Wounded Angel: Fiction and the Religious Imagination. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2017. 215 pp. $24.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8146-4622-9. Reviewed by Kathleen M. FISHER, Assumption College, Worcester, MA 01609.
Anselm C. HAGEDORN. Die Anderen im Spiegel: Israels Auseinandersetzung mit den Völkern in den Büchern Nahum, Zefanja, Obadja und Joel. Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 414. Berlin: de Gruyter. 2011. Pp 379. ISBN 978-3110228564. Reviewed by Nicholas R. WERSE, Baylor University, Waco, Texas.
Diarmaid MacCULLOCH, All Things Made New: The Reformation and Its Legacy. New York: Oxford University Press, 2016. 452 pp., $29.95 hardcover. ISBN: 978-0-19-061681-6. Reviewed by Steve W. LEMKE, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, New Orleans, LA 70126.
Wes MARKOFSKI. New Monasticism and the Transformation of American Evangelicalism. Oxford University Press, 2015. Pp. 364. ISBN 978-0-19-025801-6. Reviewed by Pierre HEGY, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY 11542.
Catholic Social Thought: Encyclicals and Documents from Pope Leo XIII to Pope Francis. David J. O’Brien and Thomas A. Shannon, eds. Third Revised Edition, Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2017. Pp. 687. $40.00. ISBN: 9781626981997. Reviewed by Walter SISTO.
Miguel DE LA TORRE. The Politics of Jesús: A Hispanic Political Theology. Lanham-Boulder-New York-London: Rowman & Littlefield, 2015. xv + 201 pages. ISBN 978-1-4422-5036-9, paperback, $23.00; ISBN 978-1-4422-5036-6, eBook, $22.99. Reviewed by John T. FORD, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC.
Declan MARMION, Salvador Ryan, and Gesa E. Thiessen, editors. Remembering the Reformation: Martin Luther and Catholic Theology. Minneapolis, Fortress Press, 2017. pp. 248. $79 hc. ISBN: 9781506423371. Reviewed by Paul LACHANCE, Independent Scholar
William E. SIMON Jr. Great Catholic Parishes: A Living Mosaic – How Four Essential Practices Make Them Thrive. Notre Dame, IN: Ave Maria Press. 2016. pp. 202. $17.95 pb. ISBN-13 978-1-59471-417-7. Reviewed by Jonathon L. WIGGINS, CARA at Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20007.
Eileen MARKEY, A Radical Faith: The Assassination of Sister Maura. 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. Of Reality: The Purposes of Philosophy. Trans. Robert T. Valgenti. New York: Columbia University Press, 2016. Pp. 248. ISBN: 978-0-231-16696-6. $35.00, hardcover. Reviewed by John V. APCYNSKI, emeritus, St. Bonaventure University.
Daniel A. DOMBROWSKI, Whitehead’s Religious Thought: From Mechanism to Organism, from Force to Persuasion. (Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 2017): pp.xviii, 184. ISBN 9781438464299 (hardcover) $85.00. Reviewed by Joseph A. BRACKEN, S.J. , Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH 45207.
Thomas BANCHOFF and José CASANOVA, editors. The Jesuits and Globalization: Historical Legacies and Contemporary Challenges. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2016, viii + 299 pp., ISBN: 978-1-62616-286-0, $32.95, paperback. Reviewed by Patrick J. HAYES, Redemptorist Archives of the Baltimore Province, Philadelphia, PA.
Bishop Joseph OSEI-BONSU.Understanding the Mass: Historical, Biblical, Theological, and Liturgical Perspectives. New York: Paulist Press, 2017. 220 pp. $27.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8091-5302-2. Reviewed by Nathan R. KOLLAR, St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY, 14618.
Anthony J. GITTINS. The Way of Discipleship, Women, Men, and Today’s Call to Mission. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2016. Pp. 160. $19.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8146-4715-8. Reviewed by Francis BERNA, La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA 19141.
L. Juliana M. CLASSENS. Claiming Her Dignity: Female Resistance in the Old Testament. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2016. pp. xxvi + 165. $ 24.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8146-8419-1. Reviewed by Alice L. LAFFEY, Emerita, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA 01610.
Lesley HAZLETON. Agnostic: A Spirited Manifesto. New York: Riverhead Books. 2016. Pp.212. ISBN 978-1-59463-413-0. Reviewed by Nicholas R. WERSE, Baylor University, Waco, Texas.
Charles E. ZECH, Mary L. GAUTIER, Mark M. GRAY, Jonathon L. WIGGINS, and Thomas P. GAUNT, S.J., S.J. Catholic Parishes of the 21st Century. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2017. Pp. 164. ISBN 978-0-19-064516-8. Reviewed by Michael J. McCALLION, Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit, Michigan.
Diarmuid O’MURCHU. Religious Life in the 21st Century. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2016. Pp. 272. $26.00 pb. ISBN 978-1-62698-207-9. Reviewed by Patricia WITTBERG, SC. CARA at Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20007.
Clemens SEDMAK. A Church of the Poor: Pope Francis and the Transformation of Orthodoxy. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2016. pp.218. $32.00 pb. ISBN 978-1-62698-206-2. Reviewed by Marie CONN, Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia, PA 19118.
Agbonkhianmeghe E. OROBATOR, editor. The Church We Want: African Catholics Look to Vatican III. Maryknoll, Orbis Books, 2016. pp. 256. $35 pb. ISBN 978-1-62698-203-1. Reviewed by Randall WOODARD, Saint Leo University.
Georg HOLZHERR. The Rule of Benedict. An Invitation to the Christian Life. Translated by Mark Thamert. Collegeville, MN: Cistercian Publications , Liturgical Press, 2016. pp. 596. $59.95 ISBN 97808790172568 (print) 9780879077341 (ebook). Reviewed by Christine FLETCHER, Benedictine University, Lisle, IL 60532.
Carol BERRY, Vincent van Gogh: His Spiritual Vision in Life and Art. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2015. 186 pages. $22.00 paperback. ISBN 978-1-62698-152-2. Reviewed by Arthur J. KUBICK, Providence, RI.
Stephen M. BARR. The Believing Scientist: Essays on Science and Religion. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2016. Pp. 226. $25. ISBN 978-0-8028-7370-5. Reviewed by Michael Horace BARNES, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH 45469.
Agnes DE DREUZY. The Holy See and the Emergence of the Modern Middle East: Benedict XV’s Diplomacy in Greater Syria (1914-1922). Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2016. xi + 303 pp., ISBN: 9-780813-228495, $69.95, hardcover. Reviewed by Patrick J. HAYES, Redemptorist Archives, Philadelphia.
Kimberly VRUDNY. Beauty’s Vineyard: A Theological Aesthetic of Anguish and Anticipation. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2016. pp. 264. $34.95 pb. ISBN: 978-0-8146-8407-8. Reviewed by Craig A. FORD, Jr., Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467.
Bernard COOKE with Bruce MORRILL. The Essential Writings of Bernard Cooke: A Narrative Theology of Church, Sacrament, and Ministry. Foreword by Elizabeth A. Johnson. New York/Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2016. pp. 239. $27.95 pb. ISBN 9780809149759; e-book 9781587685880. Reviewed by Jill RAITT, University of Missouri, Columbia, Columbia, MO 65201.
David CLOUTIER. The Vice of Luxury: Economic Excess in a Consumer Age. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2015, pp. 336, $32.95 pb, ISBN: 9781626162563. Reviewed by Maria C. MORROW.
Patricia C. BELLM and Robert A. KRIEG. Cardinal Walter Kasper: Spiritual Writings. Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2016. pp. xv + 173. pb. ISBN: 978-1-62698-191-1. Reviewed by Moni MCINTYRE, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA 15282.
Mary Ellen KONIECZNY, Charles C. Camosy, and Tricia C. Bruce, eds. Polarization in the US Catholic Church: Naming the Wounds, Beginning to Heal. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2016. pp. 196. $19.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8146-4665-6. Reviewed by Ryan MARR, Mercy College of Health Sciences, Des Moines, IA 50309.
Gerald O’COLLINS, SJ, Revelation: Towards a Christian interpretation of God’s Self-Revelation in Jesus Christ. New York: Oxford U. Press, 2016. Pp. 210. $27.99. ISBN 978-0-19-878420-3. Reviewed by Nathan KOLLAR, St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY 14618.
Katarina SCHUTH. SEMINARY FORMATION: Recent History, Current Circumstances, New Directions. Collegeville MN: Liturgical Press, 2016. pp. 187. $24.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8146-4800-1.Reviewed by Anthony J. POGORELC, PSS. The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC.
Jim FOREST. The Root of War Is Fear: Thomas Merton’s Advice to Peacemakers. Maryknoll: Orbis, 2016. pp. xiv + 223. $25.00 pb. ISBN: 978-1-62698-197-3. Reviewed by Moni MCINTYRE, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA 15282.
David Vincent MECONI, editor. On Earth as It Is in Heaven: Cultivating a Contemporary Theology of Creation. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2016. pp. 332. $35.00 pb. ISBN 978-0-8028-7350-7. Reviewed by Stephen S. WILBRICHT, Stonehill College, Easton, MA 02357.
John C. WEI, Gratian the Theologian. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2016. Pp., vi + 353. ISBN: 978-0-8132-2803-7. $65.00, hardcover. Reviewed by Patrick HAYES, Redemptorist Archives of the Baltimore Province, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19123.
Jeana VISEL, Icons in the Western Church: Toward a More Sacramental Encounter, Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 2016. Pp. 174. $19.95 pb. ISBN: 97808146601. Reviewed by Walter N. SISTO, D`Youville College, Buffalo NY.