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Peter McGRAIL. The Rite of Christian Initiation, Adult Rituals and Roman Catholic Ecclesiology. Surrey, England: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd, 2013. pp. 200. 60.00 hb. ISBN 978-1-4094-2655-4. Reviewed by Francis BERNA, La Salle University, 1900 W. Olney Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19141

Laurenti MAGESA, What is Not Sacred? African Spirituality Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2013, pp.220, $30.00 pb. ISBN978-1-62698-052-5. Reviewed by Nathan R. KOLLAR, St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY. 14618

Rupert SHORTT. Christianophobia: A Faith under Attack. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2012. pp. 328. $26.00 pb. ISBN: 978-0-8028-6985-2. Reviewed by Daniel Lloyd, Saint Leo University, North Charleston, SC 29406

Cheryl M. PETERSON.  Who is the Church? An Ecclesiology for the Twenty-First Century.  Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2013. viii + 153 pages.  $22.00 pb.  ISBN 978-0-8006-9881-2.  Reviewed by Francis X. KLOSE, La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA 19144

John Paul SYDNOR. Ramanuja and Schleiermacher: Toward a Constructive Comparative Theology. Eugene, Oregon: Pickwick Publications, 2011. Pp. 226. $26.00 pb. ISBN 978-1-60899-308-6. Reviewed by Hans GUSTAFSON, Jay Phillips Center for Interfaith Learning at Saint John`s University (MN) and the University of St. Thomas (MN)

Cynthia D. MOE-LOBEDA. Resisting Structural Evil: Love as Ecological-Economic Vocation. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2013. pp. xix + 309. $22.00 pb. ISBN 978-1-4514-6267-8. Reviewed by James T. CROSS, Saint Leo University, Saint Leo, FL 33574

James FRANCE. Separate but Equal: Cistercian Lay Brothers 1120 1350. Collegeville, MN: Cistercian Publications, 2012 Cistercian Studies 246. xxviii + 372 pages. $39.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-87907-246-9. Reviewed by Robert P. RUSSO, Lourdes University, Sylvania, OH 43560

Tomas SPIDLIK. Prayer, The Spirituality of the Christian East, Volume 2 . Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press (Cistercian Studies, 206), 2005. Paperback, 540 pp. $39.95. ISBN-: 978-0879077068 Reviewed by Robert P. MARKO, Aquinas College, Grand Rapid, MI 49506

Robert HURTEAU, A Worldwide Heart: The Life of Maryknoll Father John J. Considine. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2013. 308 pages. $45.00 paperback. ISBN 978-1-62698-021-1. Reviewed by Arthur J. Kubick, Providence, RI.

David Bentley HART. The Experience of God: Being, Consciousness, Bliss. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2013. Hardback, 365 pp. $25.00. Reviewed by Ryan MARR, Saint Louis University, 63103

Robin GILL. Theology Shaped by Society: Sociological Theology, Volume 2. Burlington, Vermont: Ashgate Publishing Company, 2012. Pp. 219. Np pb. ISBN 978-1-4094-2597-7. Reviewed by James R. KELLY, Fordham University, Bronx, NY 10458

Robert CALDERISI. Earthly Mission: The Catholic Church and World Development. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2013. ix + 278 pages. $35.00 hc. ISBN 978-0-300-17512-7. Reviewed by Robert P. RUSSO, Lourdes University, Sylvania, OH 43560

William L. BROWNSBERGER. Jesus the Mediator. Washington D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 2013. pp. 150. $49.95 hb. ISBN 978-0-8132-2119-9. Reviewed by Cathal DOHERTY sj, School of Theology and Ministry, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467

Meg Wilkers KARRAKER. Diversity and the Common Good. Civil Society, Religion, and Catholic Sisters in a Small City. Lexington Books, 2013. 166 pp. ISBN 978-0-7391-8152-2 also eBook. Reviewed by Ana Lourdes SUAREZ, Catholic University of Argentina, Buenos Aires

Mitzi J. BUDDE and Don THORSEN, editors. Unity in Mission: Theological Reflections on the Pilgrimage of Mission. New York: Paulist Press, 2013. pp. 345. $24.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8091-4830-1. Reviewed by Jeffrey KIRCH, C.PP.S. Saint Joseph's College, Rensselaer, IN 47978

Leonardo BOFF. Christianity in a Nutshell. Translated from the Portuguese by Phillip Berryman. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2013. pp 122. $18.00. ISBN: 9781626980303. Reviewed by Eric W HENDRY, Plano, TX 75026

John KALTNER and Steven L. McKENZIE. The Back Door Introduction to the Bible. Winona, MN: Anselm Academic, 2012. pp 210. $22.95. ISBN: 9781599820897. Reviewed by Eric W. HENDRY, Plano, TX 75026

John L. ALLEN, Jr. The Catholic Church: What Everyone Needs to Know. New York: Oxford University Press, 2013. pp. 298. $16.95 pb. ISBN 975-0-19-997510-5. Reviewed by T.L. BRINK, Crafton Hills College, Yucaipa, CA 91711

Antonio GONZALES. God's Reign and the End of Empires. Convivium Press: Miami, 2012. Series: Kyrios: Translated from Spanish by Joseph V. Owens, S.J. Review by Anthony M. STEVENS-ARROYO, Brooklyn College, CUNY, Brooklyn, NY 11210

Mark W. ELLIOTT. The Heart of Biblical Theology: Providence Experienced. Farnham: Ashgate, 2012. pp. 196. $99.95 hb. ISBN 9781409440437. Reviewed by Michael G. AZAR, University of Scranton, Scranton, PA 18510

Richard MOUW. Talking with Mormons: An Invitation to Evangelicals. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2012. 99pp. Paperback. Reviewed by Richard Rymarz, St Joseph's College, University of Alberta

John VIDMAR, O.P. 101 Questions & Answers on the Crusades and the Inquisition: Disputed Questions. New York/ Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2013. pp. 104. $14.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8091-4804-2. Reviewed by Ella JOHNSON, St. Bernard's School of Theology & Ministry, Rochester, NY 14618

Pierre HEGY. Wake Up, Lazarus! Volume II: Paths to Catholic Renewal. Bloomington, IN: iUniverse, Inc., 2013. Paperback, 413 pp. $27.95. Reviewed by Peter PHAN, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057

James D. MADDEN. Mind, Matter & Nature: A Thomistic Proposal for the Philosophy of Mind. Catholic University of America Press, 2013. Pp. xiii+307. $31.46 pb. ISBN 978-0-8132-2141-0. Reviewed by Michael Horace BARNES, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH 45469-1530

Matthew LEVERING. The Theology of Augustine: An Introductory Guide to His Most Important Works. Grand Rapids. MI.: Baker Academic, 2013. 204pp. Paperback. Reviewed by Richard Rymarz, St Joseph's College, University of Alberta.

Nicolas AFANASIEV. The Church of the Holy Spirit. Trans. Vitaly Permiakov. Notre Dame: Notre Dame University Press, 2012. xx-327. ISBN-13-978-0-268-02042-2. Reviewed by Peter C. Phan, Georgetown University, Washington, DC.

Thomas NEVIN. The Last Years of Saint Thérèse: Doubt and Darkness. 1895-1897. New York: Oxford University Press, 2013. pp. 289. $35.00 hb. ISBN 978-0-19-998766-5. Reviewed by Keith J. EGAN, Notre Dame University (Adjunct), Saint Mary's College (Emeritus), South Bend, IN 46637

Sandra M. SCHNEIDERS, I.H.M., Buying the Field: Catholic Religious Life in Mission to the World. Volume 3 of Religious Life in a New Millennium. New York/Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2013. pp.763. $39.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8091-4788-5. Reviewed by Shannon SCHREIN, Lourdes University, Sylvania, OH 43560

Patrick REGAN. From Advent to Pentecost, Comparing the Seasons in the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms of the Roman Rite. Collegeville, MN: Pueblo Books, the Liturgical Press, 2012. Pp 313. $39.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8146-6241-0. Reviewed by Francis BERNA, La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA 19141

Skya ABBATE. The Catholic Imagination, Practical Theology for the Liturgical Year. Eugene, OR: RESOURCE Publications, 2012. Pp. 157. $21.00 pb. ISBN 978-1-62032-051-8. Reviewed by Francis BERNA, La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA 19141

J. Patrick HORNBECK II, Stephen E. LAHEY and Fiona SOMERSET, translators and editors. Wycliffite Spirituality. Classics of Western Spirituality Series. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2013. pp 432. $29.95 pb. ISBN: 9780809147656. Reviewed by Eric W. HENDRY, Plano, TX 75026

Tom BEAUDOIN, ed. Secular Music and Sacred Theology. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2013. XXIV + pp. 169. ISBN 978-0-8146-8024-7. Reviewed by Francis X. Klose, La Salle University, 1800 W. Olney Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19144

Patrick J. HAYES, A Catholic Brain Trust: The History of the Catholic Commission on Intellectual and Cultural Affairs, 1945-1965. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2011. vii + 432 pages. $75.00 hc. ISBN 978-0-268-03109-1. Reviewed by Robert P. RUSSO, Lourdes University, Sylvania, OH 43560

THOMAS KANE, CSP, Ed., Healing God's People: Theological and Pastoral Approaches. A Reconciliation Reader. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2013. pp.229. ISBN 978-0-8091-4822-6. Reviewed by Marc Tumeinski, Anna Maria College, Paxton, MA 01612

M. Cecilia GOPOSCHKIN. Blessed Louis: The Most Glorious of Kings: Texts Relating to the Cult of Saint Louis of France. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2012, xi + 307 pp., ISBN: 978-0-268-02984-5, $39.00, paperback. Reviewed by Patrick J. HAYES, Redemptorist Archives of the Baltimore Province, Brooklyn, NY

Margaret M. MCGUINNESS. Called to Serve: A History of Nuns in America. New York: New York University Press, 2013, pp. 266. $35.00 cl. ISBN 9780814795569 also eBook. Reviewed by Meg Wilkes KARRAKER, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN 55105-1096

Susan STABILE. Growing in Love and Wisdom: Tibetan Buddhist Sources for Christian Meditation. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 260. $19.95 hc. ISBN 978-0199862627. Reviewed by Fran LEAP, Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA 15601

Erin M. BRIGHAM, Sustaining the Hope for Unity: Ecumenical Dialogue in a Postmodern World. Collegeville, Min: Liturgical Press, 2012. Pp.160. $29.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8146-8022-3. Reviewed by Nathan KOLLAR, St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY 14618

William V. D'ANTONIO, Michele DILLON, and Mary L. GAUTIER. American Catholics in Transition. New York: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2013. Pp. 202. $27.95 pb. ISBN 978-1-4422-1991-5. Reviewed by Melissa A. CIDADE, Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20001.

Alain de BOTTON. Religion for Atheists: a Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion. New York: Vintage Books, 2012. ISBN 978-0-307-47682-1. Pp. 320. Reviewed by Jason Paul BOURGEOIS, Marian Library/IMRI, University of Dayton, Dayton OH 45469

Abbot Paul NAAMAN. The Maronites: The Origins of an Antiochene Church. Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 2011. Cistercian Studies 243. Pp. xviii + 199 (including appendix and maps). ISBN 978-0-87907-243-8. Reviewed by Nathan LUNSFORD, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI 53233

Mark DELCOGLIANO, trans. & intro. Gregory the Great: On the Song of Songs. Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 2012. Cistercian Studies 244. Pp. xviii + 326 (including appendices). ISBN 978-0-87907-244-5. Reviewed by Nathan LUNSFORD, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI 53233

Laurie CASSIDY and Maureen H. O'CONNELL, eds. She Who Imagines: Feminist Theological Aesthetics. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2012. pp. 228. $29.95. ISBN 978-0-8146-8027-8. Reviewed by Ann MICHAUD, Fordham University, Bronx, NY 10458

Kathleen KAUTZER, The Underground Church: Nonviolent Resistance to the Vatican Empire, Leiden, Boston: Brill, 2012, pp. 346. $163.00 hb. ISBN 978-90-04-21938-0, reviewed by Lluis OVIEDO, Antonianum University, Via Merulana 124, 00185 Roma, Italy

Nathan KOLLAR. Spiritualities Past, Present, and Future an Introduction. North Charleston, SC: Createspace, 2012. Pp. xi + 387. $27.97pb. ISBN 978-1478320326. Reviewed by Daniel DI DOMIZIO, Cardinal Stritch University, Milwaukee, WI 53217

Margaret A. FARLEY. Personal Commitments: Beginning, Keeping, Changing. Revised Edition. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2013. pp 190. $20.00 pb. ISBN: 9781626980273. Reviewed by Eric W. HENDRY, Plano, TX 75026

Michael E. LEE, ed. Ignacio Ellacuría: Essays on History, Liberation, and Salvation. NY: Orbis Books, 2013. pp. 309. $40.00. ISBN: 978-1-62698-022-8. Reviewed by Michael P. MCCARTHY, Loyola University Chicago, Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics, Maywood, IL 60153.

Kenneth R. HIMES, Christianity and the Political Order: Conflict, Cooptation, and Cooperation. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2013. Pp. 340. $40.00 ISBN978-1-62698-028-0. Reviewed by Nathan R. KOLLAR, St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY 14618

Eugene KENNEDY. Believing. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 2013. pp. 157. $20.00 paperback. ISBN: 978-1-62698-017-4. Reviewed by Wilburn T. STANCIL, Rockhurst University, Kansas City, MO 64110

Gary A. ANDERSON. Charity: The Place of the Poor in the Biblical Tradition. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2013. Pp. 232. ISBN 978-0-300-18133-3. Reviewed by David CLOUTIER, Mount St. Mary's University, Emmitsburg, MD, 21727

Frank J. COPPA. The Life & Pontificate of Pope Pius XII: Between History and Controversy. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2013. pp. 260. $46.85 pb. ISBN 978-0-8132-2015-4. Reviewed by Dr. Karen Monique GREGG, University of Saint Francis, Fort Wayne, IN 46808

Phyllis THEROUX, The Good Bishop: The Life of Walter F. Sullivan. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2013. 262 pages. $20.00 paperback. ISBN 978-1-62698-024-2. Reviewed by Arthur J. Kubick, Providence, RI.

Ilia DELIO, OSF. The Unbearable Wholeness of Being: God, Evolution, and the Power of Love. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2013. pp. xxvi + 230. $22.00 pb. ISBN978-1-62698-029-7. Reviewed by Michael Horace BARNES, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH 45469-1530

Denys TURNER. Thomas Aquinas: A Portrait. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2013. pp. 312. $28 cloth. ISBN: 9780300188554. Reviewed by Ella JOHNSON, St. Bernard's School of Theology and Ministry, Rochester, NY 14618

Kevin J. AHERN, ed. Visions of Hope: Emerging Theologians and the Future of the Church. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2013. pp 261. $40.00. ISBN: 9781626980167. Reviewed by Eric W. HENDRY, Plano, TX 75026

Cardinal Carlo M. MARTINI and Georg SPORSCHILL. Night Conversations with Cardinal Martini, the relevance of the Church for tomorrow. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2012. Pp. 115. $15.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8091-4799-1. Reviewed by Francis BERNA, La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA 19141

James K. WELLMAN, Jr. Rob Bell and A New American Christianity. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2012. Pp. 158. ISBN 978-1-4267-4844-8. Pb. Reviewed by Calvin MERCER, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858

Geza VERMES. Christian Beginnings: From Nazareth to Nicaea. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2013. xvi + 272 pages. $30.00 hc. ISBN 978-0-300-19160-8. Reviewed by Robert P. RUSSO, Lourdes University, Sylvania, OH 43560

Brenda Llewellyn IHSSEN, They Who Give from Evil: The Response of the Eastern Church to Moneylending in the Early Christian Era. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2012. pp. 207. $24.00 pb. ISBN 978-1610970327. Reviewed by Richard B. STEELE, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA 98119

Anne DILLON. Michelangelo and the English Martyrs. Burlington, NJ: Ashgate, 2012. Pp. 315. $134.95. ISBN: 978-0-7546-64475. Reviewed by Shannon SCHREIN, Lourdes University, Sylvania, OH 43560

Jeffry ODell KORGEN and Vincent A. GALLAGHER. The True Cost of Low Prices: The Violence of Globalization. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis , 2013. Pp. 206. ISBN 978-1-62698-002-0. Reviewed by Nicole S. HARVELL and Andrew T. McCARTHY, Anna Maria College, 50 Sunset Lane, Paxton, MA 01612

Martin RIESEBRODT, The Promise of Salvation: A Theory of Religion. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2010. 228pp. Paperback. Reviewed by Richard RYMARZ, St Joseph's College, University of Alberta

Brendan PURCELL, From Big Bang to Big Mystery: Human Origins in the Light of Creation and Evolution. New Hyde Park, York: New City Press, 2012. pp. 330. $34.95 pb. ISBN 978-1-56548-433-7. Reviewed by Alice L. LAFFEY, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA 01610

Kirsi SALONEN, Jussi HANSKA. Entering a Clerical Career at the Roman Curia, 1458-1471. Series: Church, Faith and Culture in the Medieval West. Surrey: Ashgate, 2013. pp. 310. $134.95 pb. ISBN 978-1-4094-2839-8. Reviewed by Jonathan YEGGE, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

Robert A. KRIEG, Treasure in the Field: Salvation in the Bible and in Our Lives. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2013. pp. 165. $19.95 paper. ISBN 978-0-8146-8068-1. Reviewed by Wilburn T. STANCIL, Rockhurst University, Kansas City, MO 64110

Orestes A. BROWNSON, The Convert: or, Leaves from My Experience, edited by Arie J. Groffioen. Milwaukee: Marquette University Press, 2012. pp. 258. $29.00 pb. ISBN 978-0-87462-797-8. Reviewed by Patrick F. O'CONNELL, Gannon University, Erie, PA 16541

André VAUCHEZ. Saint Francis of Assisi: The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval Saint. Translated from French by Michael F. Cusato, OFM. New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 2012. Pp. 398. $22.00 pb, $35.00 cloth. ISBN 978-0-300-17894-4. Reviewed by Winifred WHELAN, St. Bonaventure University emerita, St Bonaventure NY 14778

Christopher COLLINS, S.J., The Word Made Love: The Dialogical Theology of Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2013. pp. 181. ISBN 978-0-8146-8078-0. Reviewed by Marc TUMEINSKI, Anna Maria College, Paxton, MA 01612

James K.A. SMITH, Imagining the Kingdom: How Worship Works. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2013. Pp. xx + 198. ISBN 978-0-8010-3578-4. Reviewed by David CLOUTIER, Mount St. Mary's University, Emmitsburg, MD, 21727

Maria Lopez VIGIL. Monsenor Romero: Memories in Mosaic. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2013. Pp. xv + 303. $30.00 pb. ISBN 978-1-62698-010-5. Reviewed by Moni MCINTYRE, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA 15282

Victor H. MATTHEWS. The Hebrew Prophets and Their Social World. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Academic, 2012. Pp 216, $24.99 pb. ISBN 978-0-8010-4851-6. Reviewed by James ZEITZ, Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, Texas 48207

Patrick T. McCORMICK. God's Beauty: A Call to Justice. Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 2012. pp.154. $19.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8146-8062-9. Reviewed by Mary-Paula CANCIENNE, Georgian Court University, Lakewood, NJ 08701

Teresa BERGER. Gender Differences and the Making of Liturgical History: Lifting a Veil on Liturgy's Past. Surrey, England and Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing Company, 2011, pp. 220. $39.95 pb. ($35.96 Website; also available ebook, hb). ISBN: 978-1-4094-2698-1. Reviewed by Meg Wilkes KARRAKER, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN 55105-1096

Katharine E. HARMON. There Were Also Many Women There, Lay Women in the Liturgical Movement in the United States 1926-1959. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2012. pp. 340. $39.95 pb. ISBN978-0-8146-6271-7. Reviewed by Francis BERNA, La Salle University, 1900 W. Olney Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19141

Gilbert MEILAENDER, Bioethics: A Primer for Christians, 3rd Edition. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, Co., 2013. pp 146. $16.00. ISBN: 9780802867704. Reviewed by Eric W. HENDRY, Plano, TX 75026

Donald COZZENS, Notes from the Underground: The Spiritual Journey of a Secular Priest. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2013. pp. 210. $20.00. ISBN: 978-1-62698-006-8. Reviewed by Dolores L. CHRISTIE, University Heights, OH 44118

Marc A. PUGLIESE and Gloria L. SCHAAB, eds. Seeking Common Ground: Evaluation and Critique of Joseph Bracken's Comprehensive Worldview. Marquette Studies in Theology 79 (Andrew Tallon, series ed.). Milwaukee: Marquette University Press, 2012. pp. 288. $27.00 hb. ISBN 978-0-87462-799-2. Reviewed by Calvin MERCER, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858

Gerard J. MCGLONE, S.J. and Len SPERRY, eds. The Inner Life of Priests. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2012. pp. 201. $19.85 pb. ISBN978-0-8146-3438-7. Reviewed by James T. BRETZKE, S.J., Boston College School of Theology & Ministry, Chestnut Hill, MA 20467

Christopher PRAMUK. Hope Sings So Beautiful: Graced Encounters Across the Color Line. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2013. Pp. 200. ISBN 978-0-8146-8210-4. Reviewed by Andrew T. McCarthy, Anna Maria College, 50 Sunset Lane, Paxton, MA 01612

Keith WARD. By Faith and Reason: The Essential Keith Ward. Wm. Curtiss Holtzen and Roberto Sirvent, editors. London, England: Darton, Longman and Todd Ltd., 2012. Pp.309. ?25.99 pb. ISBN 978-0-232-52898-5. Reviewed by Hans GUSTAFSON, Jay Phillips Center for Interfaith Learning at Saint John's University (MN) and the University of St. Thomas, MN

John C. CAVADINI, ed. Explorations in the Theology of Benedict XVI. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2012. pp. viii + 318. $30.00 hb. ISBN 978-0-268-02309-6. Reviewed by Ryan MARR, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO 63103

Carla Mae STREETER O.P. Foundations of Spirituality: the Human and the Holy - a systematic approach. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, pp xxii, 130. $18.95 ppk. ISBN 978-0-8146-8071-11. Reviewed by Christopher Rupert S.J., LaStorta Jesuit Residence, 2320 Liverpool Rd., Pickering, ON L1X 1V4

Colleen M. GRIFFITH and Thomas H. GROOME (eds). Catholic Spiritual Practices: a Treasury of Old and New / Brewster Mass: Paraclete Press, pp 166. $18.99. ISBN 978-1-61261-246-1. Reviewed by Christopher RUPERT S.J., LaStorta Jesuit Residence, 2320 Liverpool Rd., Pickering, ON L1X 1V4.

Reginald W. BIBBY. The Resilience & Restructuring of Religion in Canada. Reviewed by Richard Rymarz, St Joseph's College, University of Alberta, Edmonton Alberta, T6G 2J5.

Marie KEENAN. Child Sexual Abuse and the Catholic Church: Gender, Power, and Organizational Culture. New York: Oxford University Press. 2012 pp. 355. $62.50 Hardback. ISBN 978-0-19-989567-0. Reviewed by Anthony J. POGORELC, The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. 20064.

Donald A. HAGNER, The New Testament: A Historical and Theological Introduction. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2012. pp. 872. $49.99 hb. ISBN 978-0-8010-3931-7. Reviewed by Eric VANDEN EYKEL, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI 53233

JERZY KLUGER, The Pope and I. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis press, 2012. pp. 251. ISBN 978 1 57075 970 3. Reviewed by Richard RYMARZ, St Joseph's College, University of Alberta, Edmonton Alberta, T6G 2J5

Jerome MURPHY-O'CONNOR. Keys to Galatians: Collected Essays. Collegeville, MN: Michael Glazier-Liturgical Press, 2012. pp. 210. $24.95. ISBN: 9780814680704. Reviewed by Eric W. HENDRY, Plano, TX 7502.

James I. HEFT, with John O'Malley, eds. , After Vatican II: Trajectories and Hermeneutics. Grand Rapids: William B,. Eerdmans, 2012. pp. 194. $28.00. ISBN: 978-0-8028-6731-5 (pbk.). Reviewed by Dolores L. CHRISTIE, University Heights, OH 44118.

Gerald O'COLLINS. Rethinking Fundamental Theology. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. pp. 365. $65.00 hardcover ISBN 9780199605569, $35.00 pbk (June 2013) ISBN 9780199673988. Reviewed by Robert WRIGHT, Oblate School of Theology, 285 Oblate Drive, San Antonio, TX 78216

International Theological Commission. Theology Today: Perspectives, Principles and Criteria. Washington, DC: Catholic University of America, 2012. Pp. viii + 90. $19.95 pb. ISBN 9-780813-220239. Reviewed by Benjamin J. BROWN, Lourdes University, Sylvania, OH 43560

Daniel M. BELL JR. The Economy of Desire: Christianity and Capitalism in a Postmodern World. The Church and Postmodern Culture Series. Series edited by James K. A. Smith. Grand Rapids, MI, Baker Academic, 2012. 224 pages. $19.99 pb. ISBN 978-0-8010-3573-9. Reviewed by Robert P. RUSSO, Lourdes University, Sylvania, OH 43560

Gordon J. WENHAM. Psalms as Torah: Reading Biblical Song Ethically. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Academic, 2012. pp 233, $22.995 pb. ISBN 978-0-8010-3168-7. Reviewed by James ZEITZ, Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, Texas 48207

Virginia GARRARD-BURNETT, Terror in the Land of the Holy Spirit. Guatemala Under Efra?n R?os Montt. Oxford University Press, 2010 pp 288, hb ISBN13 9780195379648, $65. pb ISBN13 9780199844777, $27.75 Reviewed by Daniel H. Levine, University of Michigan.

Richard W. MILLER, editor. Suffering and the Christian Life. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2013. Pp. 152. $22.00 pb. ISBN 978-1-62698-013-5. Reviewed by Hans GUSTAFSON, Jay Phillips Center for Interfaith Learning at Saint John?s University (MN) and the University of St. Thomas (MN)

Larry L.RASMUSSEN. Earth-Honoring Faith: Religious Ethics in a New Key. New York: Oxford University Press, 2013. pp 368. $45.00. ISBN 978-0-19-991700-6. Reviewed by Ann MICHAUD, Fordham University, Bronx, NY 10458

John A. RANDO, Editor. Celebrating a Century of Ecumenism: Exploring the Achievements of International Dialogue. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans, 2012. Pp. 330. $ 30.40 ISBN 978-0-8028-6705-6. Reviewed by Nathan R. KOLLAR, St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY 14618

Roger STRONSTAD. The Charismatic Theology of St. Luke: Trajectories from the Old Testament to Luke-Acts, 2nd Edition. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2012. pp. 123. $16.99. ISBN: 9780801048586. Reviewed by Eric W. HENDRY, Plano, TX 75026

Daniel S. BROWN, Jr., ed. Interfaith Dialogue in Practice: Christian, Muslim, Jew. Kansis City, MO: Rockhurst University Press, 2013. Pp. 160. $30 sc. ISBN 978-1-886761-32-2. Reviewed by Oswald John NIRA, Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, TX 78207

Miguel A. DE LA TORRE and Stacey M. FLOYD-THOMAS, eds. Beyond the Pale: Reading Theology from the Margins. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2011. Pp. 294. $40 sc. ISBN 978-0-664-23679-3. Reviewed by Oswald John NIRA, Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, TX 78207

Wendy WRIGHT. The Lady of the Angels and Her City: A Marian Pilgrimage. Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 2013, pp. 247. ISBN 978-0-8146-34270-7.Reviewed by Anneris GORIS, La Esperanza Center, New York

D. L. SCHINDLER and N.J. HEALY, Eds., Joseph Ratzinger in Communio, Volume 2: Anthropology and Culture. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2013. pp. 199. ISBN 978-0-8028-6417-8. Reviewed by Marc Tumeinski, Anna Maria College, Paxton, MA 01612

Melissa M. WILCOX, editor. Religion in Today's World: Global Issues, Sociological Perspectives. New York: Routledge, 2013, pp. 608. $65.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-415-50387-7. $155.00 hb. ISBN 978-0-415-50386-0. Reviewed by Meg Wilkes KARRAKER, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN 55105-1096

Robert WUTHNOW. Boundless Faith. The Global Outreach of American Churches. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009. Xii + 345 pp. $22.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-520-26808-1. Reviewed by Anthony J. BLASI, 4531 Briargrove St., San Antonio, TX 78217

Marvin L. Krier MICH, The Challenge and Spirituality of Catholic Social Teaching. Rev. ed. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 2011. pp. ix + 261. $22.00 pb. ISBN 978-1-57075-945-1 Reviewed by John SNIEGOCKI, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH 45207-4442

Clayton N. JEFFORD. Reading the Apostolic Fathers. 2nd Ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2012. pp. 224. &29.99 pb. ISBN: 978-0-8010-4857-9. Reviewed by Daniel Lloyd, Saint Leo University, North Charleston, SC 29406.

Dolores L. CHRISTIE. Moral Choice: A Christian View of Ethics. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2013. pp. 260. $35.00 pb. ISBN 9780800698027. Reviewed by James T. BRETZKE, S.J., Boston College School of Theology & Ministry, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467

Dalibor RENIC. Ethical and Epistemic Normativity : Lonergan and Virtue Epistemology. Milwaukee: Marquette University, 2012. Pp. 268. ISBN: 0-87462-809-1. Reviewed by Jeremy D. WILKINS, Regis College | University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2Z5 Canada

Robert WILKEN. The First Thousand Years. A Global History of Christianity. 2012: Yale University Press: New Haven (350 pp. with index) $35.00 Reviewed by Anthony M. STEVENS-ARROYO, Brooklyn College, CUNY

Gordon THOMAS. The Pope's Jews: The Vatican's Secret Plan To Save Jews from the Nazis. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2012, pp. xx + 314, ISBN: 978-0-312-60421-9, $27.99, hardcover. Reviewed by Patrick J. HAYES, Redemptorist Archives of the Baltimore Province, Brooklyn, NY

John D. LAURANCE. The Sacrament of the Eucharist. Lex Orandi Series. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2012. pp. 203. $24.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8146-2518-7. Reviewed by Marie CONN, Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia, PA 19118

Todd A. SAZMAN and Michael G. LAWLER, Sexual Ethics: A Theological Introduction. Washington: Georgetown University Press, 2012. Pp. xxix + 250. ISBN 978-1-58901-913-3. Reviewed by David CLOUTIER, Mount St. Mary's University, Emmitsburg, MD, 21727.

Peter D. CLARKE and Anne J. DUGGAN, eds., Pope Alexander III (1159-81): The Art of Survival. Burlington, Vermont: Ashgate, 2012. pp. 452. $134.95 hb. ISBN 978-0754662884. Reviewed by Jeffrey MORROW, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ 07079

Robert BRENNEMAN, Homies and Hermanos: God and Gangs in Central America, New York, Oxford University Press, 2012, pp. 294. $24.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-19-975390-1. Reviewed by Timothy Wadkins, Canisius College, 2001 Main St. Buffalo, NY 14208

Massimo FAGGIOLI. True Reform. Liturgy and Ecclesiology in Sacrosanctum Concilium. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2012. pp. 188. $19.95. ISBN 978-0-8146-6238-0. Reviewed by Paul MISNER, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881

John FEEHAN. The Singing Heart of the World: Creation, Evolution, and Faith. Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2012. pp. 223. $26.00 pb. ISBN 978-1-57057-984-0. Reviewed by Calvin MERCER, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858

Miroslav VOLF, editor. Do We Worship the Same God? Grand Rapids, Michigan: Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2012. Pp.166. $20.00 pb. ISBN 978-0-8028-6689-9. Reviewed by Hans GUSTAFSON, Jay Phillips Center for Interfaith Learning at Saint John?s University (MN) and the University of St. Thomas (MN)

Christian SALENSON, Christian de Cherge: A Theology of Hope. Collegeville, Minnesota: Cistercian Publications, 2012. pp. 190. $19.95 paperback. ISBN 978-0-87907-247-6. Reviewed by Arthur J. Kubick, Providence, RI.

Mary Katherine BIRGE, Brian G. HENNING, Rodica M. M. STOICOIU, and Ryan TAYLOR. Genesis Evolution and the Search for a Reasoned Faith. Winona, MN: Anselm Academic, 2011. pp. 133. ISBN 978-0-88489-755-2. Reviewed by Calvin MERCER, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858

Hugh FEISS O.S.B., Ed. ON LOVE. Victorine Texts in Translation. Exegesis, Theology and Spirituality from the Abbey of St Victor. New York: New City Press, 2012. pp. 330. $39.95 pb. ISBN 978-1-56548-434-4. Reviewed by Jonathan J. YEGGE, St. Francis College, Brooklyn, NY 11201 and Catholic University Leuven, BE

Dennis M. DOYLE, Timothy J. FURRY, and Pascal D. BAZZELL, editors. Ecclesiology and Exclusion: Boundaries of Being and Belonging in Postmodern Times. New York: Orbis Books, 2012. Pp. 327. $38.00 pb. ISBN 978-1-5705-982-6. Reviewed by Peter BEISHEIM, Stonehill College, North Easton, MA 02357

Donal DORR. Option for the Poor and the Earth: Catholic Social Teaching. New York: Orbis Books, 2012. Pp. 522. $38.00 pb. ISBN 978-1- 57075-974-1. Reviewed by Peter BEISHEIM, Stonehill College, North Easton, MA 02357

Karen KILBY. Balthasar: A (Very) Critical Introduction. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2012. Pp xii, 173. $23.00. ISBN 978-0-8028-2378-8 (pbk). Reviewed by Joseph A. Bracken, S.J., Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH 45207

Anthony J. CIORRA and Michael W. HIGGINS, eds. Vatican II: A Universal Call to Holiness. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2012. pp. 172. $16.95. ISBN: 978-0-8091-4787-8. Reviewed by Eric W. HENDRY, Plano, TX 75026-0346

Maureen F. McCABE, OCS. I Am The Way: Stages of Prayer in Saint Bernard. Collegevillle, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 2012. pp. 108. $15.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-87907-028-1. Reviewed by Jill RAITT, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 63132

Rabbi James RUDIN. Cushing, Spellman, and O'Connor: The Surprising Story of How Three American Cardinals Transformed Catholic-Jewish Relations. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2012. pp. 147. ISBN 978-0-8028-6567-0. Reviewed by Erik RANSTROM, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467

Karen TEEL. Racism and the Image of God. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. pp. 216. Reviewed by Joseph S. FLIPPER, Bellarmine University, Louisville, KY 40205. $84.00 hb. ISBN 978-0-230-622277-7.

Greg BARRETT. The Gospel of Rutba: War, Peace, and the Good Samaritan Story in Iraq. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2012. pp. 240. $25.00 hardcover. ISBN 978-57075-951-2. Reviewed by Arthur J. Kubick, Providence, RI.

Roger HAIGHT. Christian Spirituality for Seekers: Reflections on the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius Loyola. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2012. Pp. 280. $25 pp. ISBN 978-1-57075-987-1. Reviewed by Nathan R. KOLLAR, St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY 14618

Dermot A. LANE. Stepping Stones To Other Religions: A Christian Theology of Inter-Religious Dialogue. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2011. Pp. 328. $40.00 pb. ISBN 978-1-57075-991-8. Reviewed by Hans GUSTAFSON, Jay Phillips Center for Interfaith Learning at Saint John?s University (MN) and the University of St. Thomas (MN)

Rosemary P. CARBINE and Kathleen J. DOLPHIN, eds. Women, Wisdom, and Witness: Engaging Contexts in Conversation. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2012. pp. 292. $34.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8146-8064-3. Reviewed by Ella JOHNSON, St. Bernard's School of Theology and Ministry, Rochester, NY 14618

Henri NOUWEN. Adam: God's Beloved. Maryknoll, NY: Orbits Books, 1997. pp. 128. $20.00 pb. ISBN 978-1-57075-994-9. Reviewed by Randall WOODARD, Saint Leo University.

Sally N. VAUGHN. Archbishop Anselm 1093-1109: Bec Missionary, Canterbury Primate, Patriarch of Another World. The Archbishop of Canterbury Series. Series edited by Andrew Chandler. Surrey, England: Ashgate, 2012 xxii + 287 pages. $99.95 hc. ISBN 978-1-4094-0121-6. Reviewed by Robert P. RUSSO, Lourdes University, Sylvania, OH 43560

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