Books reviewed October 2016

from Modern Believing Vol 57:4 • previous edition • next edition

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.

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