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Meeting Jews: The Struggle to Bring God Down to Earth

M. C. R. Braybrooke

Leicester: Christians Aware, 2010. Pp.xviii, 234. Pb.

Reviewed by Jeremy F. Worthen, South East Institute for Theological Education

Christ Jesus and the Jewish People Today: New Explorations of Theological Interrelationships

P. A. Cunningham, J. Sievers, M. C. Boys, H. H. Henrix and J. Svartvik, eds.

Grand Rapids, MI, and Cambridge: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2011. Pp.xxxii, 302. Pb.

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Reviewed by Jeremy F. Worthen, South East Institute for Theological Education

Jewish-Christian Dialogue and the Life of Wisdom: Engagements with the Theology of David Novak

M. Levering

London and New York: Continuum, 2010. Pp.xiv, 204. Hb.

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Reviewed by Jeremy F. Worthen, South East Institute for Theological Education

Only One Way? Three Christian Responses to the Uniqueness of Christ in a Pluralistic World

G. D'Costa, P. F. Knitter and D. S. Strange

London: SCM Press, 2011. Pp.viii, 240. Pb.

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Reviewed by Ian S. Markham, Virginia Theological Seminary

Christ and the Other: In Dialogue with Hick and Newbigin

G. Adams

Farnham and Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing, 2010. Pp. iii, 207. Hb.

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Reviewed by Paul Hedges, University of Winchester

Spiritual Bankruptcy: A Prophetic Call to Action

J. B. Cobb

Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 2010. Pp.xii, 183. Pb.

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Reviewed by John Atherton, University of Chester

Secularization: In Defence of an Unfashionable Theory

S. Bruce

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. Pp.x, 243. Hb.

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Reviewed by Robin Gill, University of Kent

Why God Won't Go Away: Engaging with the New Atheism

A. E. McGrath

London: SPCK, 2011. Pp.x, 118. Pb.

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Reviewed by Lydia Reid, University of Manchester

Mere Theology: Christian Faith and the Discipleship of the Mind

A. E. McGrath

London: SPCK, 2010. Pp.xiv, 174. Pb.

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Reviewed by Richard Harries, King's College, London

Against Atheism: Why Dawkins, Hitchens, and Harris are Fundamentally Wrong

I. S. Markham

Chichester: John Wiley and Sons, 2010. Pp.x, 162. Pb.

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Reviewed by Stephen Bullivant, St Mary's University College, Twickenham

The SPCK Introduction to Nietzsche: His Religious Thought

L. Huskinson

London: SPCK, 2009. Pp.xxii, 106. Pb.

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Reviewed by David Deane, Atlantic School of Theology, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Imaginative Apologetics: Theology, Philosophy and the Catholic Tradition

A. P. Davison, ed.

London: SCM Press, 2011. Pp.xxviii, 169. Pb.

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Reviewed by Theo Hobson, New York

C. S. Lewis and Friends: Faith and the Power of Imagination

D. Hein and E. H. Henderson

London: SPCK, 2011. Pp.x, 149. Pb.

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Reviewed by Suzanne Bray, Lille Catholic University

Beyond Evangelicalism: The Theological Methodology of Stanley J. Grenz

S. D. Knowles

Farnham and Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing, 2010. Pp.x, 213. Hb.

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Reviewed by John Reader, Ironstone Benefice

The Language of Science and Faith: Straight Answers to Genuine Questions

K. W. Giberson and F. S. Collins

London: SPCK, 2011. Pp.251. Pb.

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Reviewed by Michael Fuller, Theological Institute of the Scottish Episcopal Church

Christianity and the Renewal of Nature: Creation, Climate Change and Human Responsibility

S. C. H. Kim and J. L. Draper, eds.

London: SPCK, 2011. Pp.xviii, 135. Pb.

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Reviewed by Paula Clifford, Oxford

Sunday, Sabbath, and the Weekend: Managing Time in a Global Culture

E. O'Flaherty and R. L. Petersen, eds.

Grand Rapids, MI, and Cambridge: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2010. Pp.xii, 198. Pb.

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Reviewed by Richard Higginson, Ridley Hall, Cambridge

Critical Spirituality: A Holistic Approach to Contemporary Practice

F. Gardner

Farnham and Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing, 2011. Pp.xii, 199. Pb.

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Reviewed by Fiona Gardner, Bath Spa University

The Embrace of Eros: Bodies, Desires, and Sexuality in Christianity

M. D. Kamitsuka, ed.

Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2010. Pp.xii, 356. Pb.

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Reviewed by Jenny Gaffin, Parkstone, Poole

Gender Differences and the Making of Liturgical History: Lifting a Veil on Liturgy's Past

T. M. Berger

Farnham and Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing, 2011. Pp.xx, 220. Pb.

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Reviewed by Alison Green, Monmouth

Standing Together in the Community of God: Liturgical Spirituality and the Presence of Christ

P. A. Janowiak

Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2011. Pp.xii, 235. Pb.

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Reviewed by Bridget Nichols, Ely

God's Transforming Work: Celebrating Ten Years of Common Worship

N. C. Papadopulos, ed.

London: SPCK, 2011. Pp.x, 165. Pb.

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Reviewed by Michael Brierley, Tavistock

Lost in Wonder: Essays on Liturgy and the Arts

A. Nichols

Farnham and Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing, 2011. Pp.x, 184. Hb.

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Reviewed by Christopher Irvine, Canterbury Cathedral

Resonant Witness: Conversations between Music and Theology

J. S. Begbie and S. R. Guthrie, eds.

Grand Rapids, MI, and Cambridge: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2011. Pp.viii, 497. Pb.

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Reviewed by June Boyce-Tillman, University of Winchester

Hannah's Child: A Theologian's Memoir

S. M. Hauerwas

London: SCM Press, 2010. Pp.xii, 288. Pb.

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Reviewed by Mark Coffey, Manchester Grammar School

Migrations of the Holy: God, State, and the Political Meaning of the Church

W. T. Cavanaugh

Grand Rapids, MI, and Cambridge: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2011. Pp.vi, 200. Pb.

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Reviewed by Esther D. Reed, University of Exeter

The Witness of God: The Trinity, Missio Dei, Karl Barth, and the Nature of Christian Community

J. G. Flett

Grand Rapids, MI, and Cambridge: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2010. Pp.xvi, 328. Pb.

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Reviewed by Wessel Bentley, University of South Africa

Saving Power: The Anglican Communion and the Mission of God

M. D. Doe

London: SPCK, 2011. Pp.xii, 110. Pb.

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Reviewed by Nicholas P. Henderson, Ealing Common, London

Conflict and the Practice of Christian Faith: The Anglican Experiment

B. N. Kaye

Cambridge: Lutterworth Press, 2011. Pp.x, 181. Pb.

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Reviewed by Mark Chapman, Ripon College Cuddesdon, Oxford

Faith and Order in the U. S. A.: A Brief History of Studies and Relationships

W. A. Norgren

Grand Rapids, MI, and Cambridge: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2011. Pp.vi, 97. Pb.

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Reviewed by Richard Clutterbuck, Edgehill Theological College, Belfast

The Spirit-Driven Leader: Seven Keys to Succeeding under Pressure

C. S. Calian

Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2010. Pp.xiv, 130. Pb.

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Reviewed by Vanessa Herrick, Wimborne Minster

Domestic Violence: What Every Pastor Needs to Know, 2nd edn.

A. Miles

Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2011. Pp.xxii, 183. Pb.

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Reviewed by Jill Sandham, Diocese of Southwark

Supporting Dying Children and Their Families: A Handbook for Christian Ministry

P. Nash

London: SPCK, 2011. Pp.xii, 178. Pb.

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Reviewed by Sister Frances Dominica, Helen and Douglas House, Oxford

God Lost and Found

J. L. Pritchard

London: SPCK, 2011. Pp.xiv, 146. Pb.

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Reviewed by Susan Durber, Westminster College, Cambridge