Recently added articles from Theological Studies:

From the editor's desk.

Jun 01, 2008; Schultenover, David G. ... Several years ago when I was interviewing for the position of editor to replace Michael Fahey, I mentioned to the board of directors of this journal that I would try to pay some attention to the increasingly important issue of globalization--how it might impact theology and, vice versa, ...

Paul in Israel's Story: Self and Community at the Cross.(Paul on the Cross: Reconstructing the Apostle'S Story of Redemption)(Book review)

Jun 01, 2008; Johnson, Luke Timothy ... PAUL IN ISRAEL'S STORY: SELF AND COMMUNITY AT THE CROSS. By John L. Meech. American Academy of Religion. New York: Oxford University, 2006. Pp. viii + 182. $55. PAUL ON THE CROSS: RECONSTRUCTING THE APOSTLE'S STORY OF REDEMPTION. By David A. Brondos. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2006 ....

Faithful Renderings: Jewish-Christian Difference and the Politics of Translation.(Book review)

Jun 01, 2008; Boys, Mary C. ... FAITHFUL RENDERINGS: JEWISH-CHRISTIAN DIFFERENCE AND THE POLITICS OF TRANSLATION. By Naomi Seidman. Afterlives of the Bible. Chicago: University of Chicago, 2006. Pp. viii + 333. $55; $22. Faithful Renderings so dazzles with knowledge and insight that it is a daunting read. In ...

Cyprian and the Bishops of Rome: Questions of Papal Primacy in the Early Church.(Book review)

Jun 01, 2008; Fahey, Michael A. ... CYPRIAN AND THE BISHOPS OF ROME: QUESTIONS OF PAPAL PRIMACY IN THE EARLY CHURCH. By Geoffrey D. Dunn. Early Christian Studies 11. Strathfield, NSW, Australia: St. Paul's, 2007. Pp. ix + 227. AU$42. To understand how the church in third-century North Africa regarded the extent of ...

The Legend of the Septuagint: From Classical Antiquity to Today.(Book review)

Jun 01, 2008; Ryan, Stephen D. ... THE LEGEND OF THE SEPTUAGINT: FROM CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY TO TODAY. By Abraham Wasserstein and David J. Wasserstein. New York: Cambridge University, 2006. Pp. xviii + 334. $80. The Letter of Aristeas contains a brief but entertaining legend about the origin of the Greek translation ...

The One Who Is to Come.(Book review)

Jun 01, 2008; Evans, Craig A. ... THE ONE WHO IS TO COME. By Joseph A. Fitzmyer, S.J. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2007. Pp. xvi + 205. $18. Fitzmyer provides a succinct, useful analysis of messianic ideas in biblical and related literature, ranging from OT to rabbinic and targumic writings. Nine chapters ...

Hebrews.(Book review)

Jun 01, 2008; Koester, Craig R. ... HEBREWS. By Alan C. Mitchell. Sacra Pagina 13. Collegeville, Minn.: Liturgical, 2007. Pp. xx + 357. $39.95. This fine new commentary is a welcome contribution to recent literature on Hebrews. Clearly written throughout, its notes offer valuable information about the language and ...

The Maya and Catholicism: An Encounter of Worldviews.(Book review)

Jun 01, 2008; Andraos, Michel ... THE MAYA AND CATHOLICISM: AN ENCOUNTER OF WORLDVIEWS. By John D. Early. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2006. Pp. xviii + 312. $59.95. In the last decade, anthropologists and other social scientists have newly focused on the religious, cultural, and social lives of the ...

The Cambridge Companion to Jonathan Edwards.(Book review)

Jun 01, 2008; Valeri, Mark ... THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO JONATHAN EDWARDS. Edited by Stephen J. Stein. Cambridge Companions to Religion. New York: Cambridge University, 2007. Pp. xix + 374. $85; $27.99. As the tercentenary of his 1703 birth neared, historians, theologians, and literary scholars of early ...

The Jesuits II: Cultures, Sciences, and the Arts, 1540-1773.(Book review)

Jun 01, 2008; Wickeri, Philip L. ... THE JESUITS II: CULTURES, SCIENCES, AND THE ARTS, 1540-1773. Edited by John W. O'Malley, S.J., Gauvin Alexander Bailey, Steven J. Harris, and T. Frank Kennedy, S.J. Toronto: University of Toronto, 2006. Pp. xxxvi + 905 + 1 videodisc. $95. These 40, broadly interdisciplinary ...

Authentic Faith: Bonhoeffer's Theological Ethics in Context.(Book review)

Jun 01, 2008; McKim, Donald K. ... AUTHENTIC FAITH: BONHOEFFER'S THEOLOGICAL ETHICS IN CONTEXT. By Heinz Eduard Todt. Edited by Ernst-Albert Scharffenorth. English edition edited by Glen Harold Stassen. Translated from the German by David Stassen and Ilse Todt. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2007. Pp. xii + 291. $24. ...

The Oxford Guide to the Book of Common Prayer.(Book review)

Jun 01, 2008; Weil, Louis ... THE OXFORD GUIDE TO THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER: A WORLDWIDE SURVEY. Edited by Charles Hefling and Cynthia Shattuck. New York: Oxford University, 2006. Pp. xvi + 614. $45. A collection of more than 70 essays by almost 60 authors, all concerned with one central subject, would seem ...

The Legacy of John Paul II: An Evangelical Assessment.(Book review)

Jun 01, 2008; Rausch, Thomas P. ... THE LEGACY OF JOHN PAUL II: AN EVANGELICAL ASSESSMENT. Edited by Tim Perry. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity, 2007. Pp. 327. $25. As Mark Noll observes in this collection's first essay, evangelical reactions to Pope John Paul II's death demonstrate just how much ...

Der Mensch im Angesicht des Gekreuzigten: Untersuchungen zum Kreuzesverstandnis von Erich Przywara, Karl Rahner, Jon Sobrino, und Hans Urs von Balthasar.(Book review)

Jun 01, 2008; de Gaal, Emery ... DER MENSCH IM ANGESICHT DES GEKREUZIGTEN: UNTERSUCHUNGEN ZUM KREUZESVERSTANDNIS VON ERICH PRZYWARA, KARL RAHNER, JON SOBRINO, UND HANS URS VON BALTHASAR. By Peter Limning. Munstersche Beitrage zur Theologie 65. Munster: Aschendorff, 2007. Pp. x + 414. 54 [euro]. In dense but ...

Religious Diversity and the American Experience: A Theological Approach.(Book review)

Jun 01, 2008; Starkloff, Carl F. ... RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY AND THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: A THEOLOGICAL APPROACH. By Terrence W. Tilley et al. New York: Continuum, 2007. Pp. xvi + 223. $95; $29.95. This well-unified anthology is bold in its aspiration. First, the book wrestles with an intimidating and complex theme, ...

The Cause of Our Salvation: Soteriological Causality according to Some Modern British Theologians 1988-1998.(Book review)

Jun 01, 2008; Krieg, Robert A. ... THE CAUSE OF OUR SALVATION: SOTERIOLOGICAL CAUSALITY ACCORDING TO SOME MODERN BRITISH THEOLOGIANS 1988-1998. By Eamonn Mulcahy. Tesi Gregoriana. Serie teologia 140. Rome: Gregorian University, 2007. Pp. 523. 62.50 [euro]. Eamonn Mulcahy, a Spiritan priest now at Kenya's Catholic ...

The Priority of Christ: Toward a Postliberal Catholicism.(Book review)

Jun 01, 2008; McMahon, Christopher ... THE PRIORITY OF CHRIST: TOWARD A POSTLIBERAL CATHOLICISM. By Robert Barron. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Brazos, 2007. Pp. 352. $29.99. Barron offers a richly textured and provocative argument in favor of a postliberal theology. His previous books strongly suggest such an approach, but ...

Ancient Gnosticism: Traditions and Literature.(Book review)

Jun 01, 2008; Perkins, Pheme ... ANCIENT GNOSTICISM: TRADITIONS AND LITERATURE. By Birger A. Pearson. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2007. Pp. xv + 362. $17.50. Every few years the popular media grab hold of one or other gnostic gospel as though scholars had suddenly discovered the authentic Christianity transmitted by ...

Feminist and Womanist Essays in Reformed Dogmatics.(Book review)

Jun 01, 2008; Shoop, Marcia Mount ... FEMINIST AND WOMANIST ESSAYS IN REFORMED DOGMATICS. Edited by Amy Plantinga Pauw and Serene Jones. Columbia Series in Reformed Theology. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2006. Pp. v + 224. $29.95. The caution not to judge a book by its cover is an appropriate introduction to ...

Equality and the Family: A Fundamental, Practical Theology of Children, Mothers, and Fathers in Modern Societies.(Book review)

Jun 01, 2008; Roche, Mary M. Doyle ... EQUALITY AND THE FAMILY: A FUNDAMENTAL, PRACTICAL THEOLOGY OF CHILDREN, MOTHERS, AND FATHERS IN MODERN SOCIETIES. By Don S. Browning. Religion, Marriage, and Family. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2007. Pp. xi + 416. $34. Don Browning has gathered 21 essays, organized into five ...