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- No God, No Science? Theology, Cosmology, Biology
- M. Hanby,
- Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2013. Pp. xviii, 435. Hb. ,
- £70. ISBN 978-1-4051-5801-5.
Review by Robin Parry, Wipf and Stock Publishers, Eugene, OR
- Science and Religion in the Twenty-First Century: The Boyle Lectures.
- R. Re Manning and M. Byrne, eds.,
- London: SCM Press, 2013. Pp. lx, 190. Pb. .,
- ISBN 978-0-334-04594-6.
Review by Michael Fuller, University of Edinburgh
- Inspiration in Science and Religion.
- Michael Fuller ed.,
- Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013. Pp. xiv, 163. Pb.
- ISBN 978-1-4438-4718-6.
Review by Mike Parsons, Gloucester
- Emergence for Life Not Fall from Grace: Making Sense of the Jesus Story in the Light of Evolution.
- K. Treston,
- Preston, Australia: Mosaic Press, 2013. Pp. 133. Pb.
- £14.99. ISBN 978-1-74324-043-4
- The Unbearable Wholeness of Being: God, Evolution, and the Power of Love.
- I. Delio,
- Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2013. Pp. xxvi, 230. Pb.
- £12.99. ISBN 978-1-62698-029-7.
Review by Christopher Southgate, University of Exeter
- The Uncontrolling Love of God: An Open and Relational Account of Providence.
- T. J. Oord,
- Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2015. Pp. 228. Pb.
- $22. ISBN 978-0-8308-4084-7.
- Suffering and the Christian Life.
- R. W. Miller, ed.,
- Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2013. Pp. viii, 152. Pb.
- £14.99. ISBN 978-1-62698-013-6.
- Citizen of the World: Suffering and Solidarity in the Twenty-First Century.
- D. H. and J. A. Dunson,
- Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2013. Pp. xiv, 162. Pb.
- £14.99. ISBN 978-1-62698-045-7.
Review by Jonathan Clatworthy, Liverpool
- Salvation as Praxis: A Practical Theology of Salvation for a Multi-Faith World.
- W. Morris,
- London and New York: Bloomsbury T. and T. Clark, 2014. Pp. x, 197. Pb.
- £19.99. ISBN 978-0-5675-3209-1.
Review by Simon Taylor, Derby Cathedral
- Led into Mystery: Faith Seeking Answers in Life and Death.
- J. W. de Gruchy,
- London: SCM Press, 2013. Pp. viii, 247. Pb.
- ISBN 978-0-334-04736-0.
Review by Paul Badham, University of Wales, Trinity St David.
- Ethnographies of Doubt: Faith and Uncertainty in Contemporary Societies.
- M. E. Pelkmans,
- London and New York: I. B. Tauris and Co., 2013. Pp. xii, 276. Hb.
- £54.50. ISBN 978-1-84885-810-7.
Review by Guy Collins, Hanover, NH
- Found Theology: History, Imagination and the Holy Spirit.
- J. B. Quash,
- London and New York: Bloomsbury T. and T. Clark, 2013. Pp. xviii, 317. Pb.
- £19.99. ISBN 978-0-567-51792-0.
Review by Christopher Brewer, Colossian Forum on Faith, Science and Culture, Grand Rapids, MI
- Biblical Criticism: A Guide for the Perplexed.
- E. W. Davies,
- London and New York: Bloomsbury T. and T. Clark, 2013. Pp. x, 165. Pb.
- £14.99. ISBN 978-0-567-14594-9.
Review by Hannah Strømmen, University of Chichester
- The Story of Original Sin.
- J. E. Toews,
- Cambridge: James Clarke and Co., 2013. Pp. xii, 132. Pb.
- £17.50. ISBN 978-0-227-17414-2.
Review by Marina Hannus, University of Exeter Marina Hannus
- From Creation to Babel: Studies in Genesis 1-11.
- J. Day,
- London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2013. Pp. xvi, 230. Hb.
- ISBN 978-0-56721-509-3.
Review by Andrew Angel, Burgess Hill
- John, Jesus, and the Renewal of Israel.
- R. A. Horsley and T. Thatcher,
- Grand Rapids, MI, and Cambridge: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2013. Pp. vi, 201. Pb.
- £12.99. ISBN 978-0-8028-6872-5.
Review by Derek Tovey, Auckland, New Zealand
- The Unrelenting God: God’s Action in Scripture: Essays in Honor of Beverly Roberts Gaventa.
- D. J. Downs and M. L. Skinner, eds.,
- Grand Rapids, MI, and Cambridge: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2013. Pp. xvi, 323. Pb.
- £29.99. ISBN 978-0-8028-6767-4.
Review by Neil Richardson, Orleton, Herefordshire
- Order and (Dis)order in the First Christian Century: A General Survey of Attitudes.
- F. G. Downing,
- Leiden: Brill, 2013. Pp. xiv, 395. Hb.
- $171. ISBN 978-90-04-25175-5.
- Image, Word and God in the Early Christian Centuries.
- M. J. Edwards,
- Farnham and Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing, 2013. Pp. viii, 220. Pb.
- £19.99. ISBN 978-1-4094-0671-6.
Review by Alvyn Pettersen, Worcester Cathedral
- Theologizing Friendship: How Amicitia in the Thought of Aelred and Aquinas Inscribes the Scholastic Turn.
- N. Lefler,
- Cambridge: James Clarke and Co., 2015. Pp. xvi, 178. Pb.
- £20. ISBN 978-0-227-17481-4.
Review by Peter Atkinson, Worcester Cathedral
- Theological Reflection and the Pursuit of Ideals: Theology, Human Flourishing and Freedom.
- D. Jasper and D. S. Wright, eds.,
- Farnham and Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing, 2013. Pp. xii, 220. Hb.
- £55. ISBN 978-1-4094-5239-3.
Review by Frances Ward, St Edmundsbury Cathedral
- Shellshocked Prophets: Former Anglican Army Chaplains in Interwar Britain, Wolverhampton Military Studies 6.
- L. M. Parker,
- Solihull: Helion and Co., 2015. Pp. 249. Hb.
- ISBN 978-1-909982-25-3.
- A Fool for Thy Feast: The Life and Times of Tubby Clayton, 1885-1972.
- L. M. Parker,
- Solihull: Helion and Co., 2015. Pp. 282. Hb.
- ISBN 978-1-910777-35-0.
Review by Michael Brierley, Worcester Cathedral
- Making Memory: Jewish and Christian Explorations in Monument, Narrative, and Liturgy.
- A. M. Vincent,
- Cambridge: James Clarke and Co., 2014. Pp. xii, 194. Pb.
- £20. ISBN 978-0-227-17431-9.
Review by Georgina Byrne, Worcester Cathedral
- Liberalism versus Postliberalism: The Great Divide in Twentieth-Century Theology.
- J. A. Knight,
- Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. Pp. xii, 313. Hb.
- ISBN 978-0-19-996938-8.
Review by Mike Higton, Durham University
- Archbishop Ramsey: The Shape of the Church.
- P. J. Webster,
- Farnham and Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing, 2015. Pp. xii, 255. Pb.
- £25. ISBN 978-0-7546-6596-0.
Review by Mark Dorsett, King’s School, Worcester
- Faithful to the Future: Listening to Yves Congar,
- Br. Émile of Taizé, tr. K. Scott and Br. Émile.
- London and New York: Bloomsbury T. and T. Clark, 2013. Pp. xviii, 214. Pb.
- £16.99. ISBN 978-0-567-02548-7.
Review by Kristin Colberg, College of St Benedict / St John’s University, MN
- A Point of Balance: The Weight and Measure of Anglicanism.
- R. B. Slocum and M. W. Percy, eds.,
- London: Canterbury Press Norwich, 2013. Pp. xx, 140. Pb.
- ISBN 978-1-84825-512-8.
Review by Ellen K. Wondra, Bexley Seabury Seminary Federation, Chicago, IL
- The Gift of Mission: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow: The Maryknoll Centennial Symposium.
- J. H. Kroeger, ed.,
- Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2013. Pp. xii, 268. Pb.
- £31.99. ISBN 978-1-62698-012-9.
Review by Janice Price, Church House, Westminster
- Religion in Consumer Society: Brands, Consumers and Markets.
- F. Gauthier and T. Martikainen, eds.,
- Farnham and Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing, 2013. Pp. xviii, 250. Hb.
- £55. ISBN 978-1-4094-4986-7. Review by John Drane, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA
- Christian Theology and African Traditions.
- M. Michael,
- Cambridge: Lutterworth Press, 2013. Pp. xvi, 259. Pb.
- £18.50. ISBN 978-0-7188-9294-4.
Review by Kevin Ward, University of Leeds
- British Liberation Theology: For Church and Nation.
- C. C. Rowland and J. J. Vincent, eds.,
- Sheffield: Urban Theology Unit, 2013. Pp. 140. Pb.
- £8.50. ISBN 978-0-907490-10-4.
Review by Angus Ritchie, Centre for Theology and Community, East London
- An Idol Unmasked: A Faith Perspective on Money.
- P. S. M. Selby,
- London: Darton, Longman and Todd, 2014. Pp. xvi, 140. Pb.
- £10.99. ISBN 978-0-232-53111-4.
- Theonomics: Reconnecting Economics with Virtue and Integrity.
- R. A. Lightbown and P. M. Sills, eds.,
- Durham: Sacristy Press, 2014. Pp. xxii, 154. Pb.
- ISBN 978-1-908381-18-7.
Review by Edward Carter, Chelmsford Cathedral
- Place, Ecology and the Sacred: The Moral Geography of Sustainable Communities.
- M. S. Northcott,
- London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2015. Pp. viii, 233. Pb.
- £22.99. ISBN 978-1-4411-3406-6.
Review by John Inge, Diocese of Worcester
- The Global Guide to Animal Protection.
- A. Linzey, ed.,
- Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2013. Pp. xvi, 323. Pb.
- ISBN 978-0-252-07919-1.
Review by Celia Deane-Drummond, University of Notre Dame, IN
- Gods and Arms: On Religion and Armed Conflict.
- K.-A. Nordquist, ed.,
- Cambridge: Lutterworth Press, 2013. Pp. x, 163. Pb.
- £15. ISBN 978-0-7188-9316-3.
Review by Rosemary Durward, King’s College, London
- Theology and Sexuality.
- S. Cornwall,
- London: SCM Press, 2013. Pp. viii, 195. Pb.
- ISBN 978-0-334-04530-4.
- Intersex, Theology, and the Bible: Troubling Bodies in Church, Text, and Society.
- S. Cornwall,
- New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. Pp. x, 241. Hb.
- £63. ISBN 978-1-137-36615-3.
Review by Jenny Gaffin, Hayling Island
- Miss Marple: Christian Sleuth
- I. Anders
- Winchester and Washington: Circle Books, 2013. Pp. viii, 103. Pb.
- £9.99. ISBN 978-1-78099-543-4.
Review by Nick Baldock, Birmingham