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United States Welfare Policy: A Catholic Response.(Book review)
Sep 22, 2007; Grandbois, Gerald ... United States Welfare Policy: A Catholic Response. By Thomas J. Massaro, S.J. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2007. 225 pp. $59.95 cloth; $26.95 paper. In the preface of the book, United States Welfare Policy: A Catholic Response, Massaro states, "This volume is a ...
The Mighty and the Almighty: Reflections on America, God, and World Affairs.(Book review)
Sep 22, 2007; Lamy, Steven L. ... The Mighty and the Almighty. Reflections on America, God, and World Affairs. By Madeline Albright with Bill Woodward. Scranton, Pa.: Harper Collins Publishers, 2006. 357 pp. $25.95. Albright and Woodward present a well-written and thoughtful review of many key issues in ...
Through the Eye of a Needle: Theological Conversations over Political Economy.(Book review)
Sep 22, 2007; Dackson, Wendy ... Through the Eye of a Needle: Theological Conversations Over Political Economy. Edited by John Atherton and Hannah Skinner. Peterborough, UK: Epworth, 2007. xiv+274pp. 19.99 [pounds sterling] paper. The Christian theological tradition has long had an uneasy relationship with the ...
Sectarian elements in public school Bible courses: lessons from the Lone Star State.
Sep 22, 2007; Chancey, Mark A. ... "You're just taking the historical facts, theories and philosophies, looking at people's lives. You're ... imparting information just about the facts in the Bible."--the principal of a Texas public high school offering a Bible elective in the 2005-2006 school year. (1) If ...
Leadership and recent controversies over religious liberty.
Sep 22, 2007; Daniel, Wallace L. ... I In accepting the Mark Hatfield/Barbara Jordan Political Courage Award from the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty (BJC)-in 1999, Congressman Chet Edwards paid homage to Baptist statesman George W. Truett and Baylor University President Herbert H. Reynolds. Edwards ...
Charitable Choice at Work: Evaluating Faith-Based Job Programs in the States.(Book review)
Sep 22, 2007; Bartkowski, John P. ... Charitable Choice at Work: Evaluating Faith-Based Job Programs in the States. By Sheila Suess Kennedy and Wolfgang Bielefeld. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2006. 234pp. $26.95. Charitable Choice at Work is a vital addition to a growing library of scholarship on ...
Church, State, and Public Justice: Five Views.(Book review)
Sep 22, 2007; Cole, Darrell ... Church, State, and Public Justice: Five Views. Edited by P.C. Kemeny. With contributions by Clarke E. Cochran, Derek H. Davis, Ronald J. Sider, Corwin Smidt, and J. Philip Wogaman. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 2007. 268pp. $19.00. The book presents five different ...
Wrestling with God: The Courts' Tortuous Treatment of Religion.(Book review)
Sep 22, 2007; Gordon, Sarah Barringer ... Wrestling with God: The Courts' Tortuous Treatment of Religion. By Patrick M. Garry. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University Press, 2006. 230 pp. $49.95 cloth; $22.95 paper. This is another angry book. Like Patrick Garry, many scholars of church and state advocate particular ...
God on Trial: Dispatches from America's Religious Battlegrounds.(Book review)
Sep 22, 2007; Peters, Shawn Francis ... God on Trial: Dispatches from America's Religious Battlegrounds. By Peter Irons. New York: Viking Press, 2007. 362 pp. $26.95. One doubts if Peter Irons ever has been accused of writing a ponderous book. Over the past several decades, the prolific Irons (professor emeritus of ...
Christianity and the Soul of the University: Faith as a Foundation for Intellectual Community.(Book review)
Sep 22, 2007; Ringenberg, William Carey ... Christianity and the Soul of the University: Faith as a Foundation for Intellectual Community. Edited by Douglas V. Henry and Michael D. Beaty. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Academic, 2006. 208 pp. $24.99. In March 2004, Baylor University hosted one of the most significant of the ...
The Christian College: A History of Protestant Higher Education in America, 2d ed.(Book review)
Sep 22, 2007; Schmeltekopf, Donald D. ... The Christian College: A History of Protestant Higher Education in America, 2nd edition. By William C. Ringenberg. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Academic, 2006. 316 pp. np. It is not widely known, other than by students of American institutional and social life, that higher ...
The Future of Baptist Higher Education.(Book review)
Sep 22, 2007; Massey, Karen ... The Future of Baptist Higher Education. Edited by Donald D. Schmeltekopf and Dianna M. Vitanza. Waco, Tex.: Baylor University Press, 2006. 231 pp. To define what it means to be Baptist can be a daunting task. This is due, in part, to the fact that there are a variety of Baptist ...

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