REVIEWS

Books reviewed: Modes of Religiosity: A Cognitive Theory of Religious Transmission , Harvey Whitehouse, AltaMira Press 2004 (0‐7591‐0615‐0), pp. xiii + 191, Pb £18.95 
Reviewed by Owen Anderson 
Arizona State University Identity and the Politics of Scholarship in the Study of Religion , Jose Ignacio Cabezon and Sheila Greeve Davaney (eds), Routledge 2004 (0‐415‐97066‐0), pp. iv + 236, Pb £17.99 
Reviewed by Daniel L. Smith‐Christopher 
Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA The Book of Job in Medieval Jewish Philosophy , Robert Eisen, Oxford University Press 2004 (0‐19‐517153‐5), pp. xii + 324, Hb £30 
Reviewed by Mark W. Hamilton 
Abilene Christian University With Reverence for the Word, Medieval Scriptural Exegesis in Judaism, Christianity and Islam , Jane Dammen McAuliffe, Barry D. Walfish and Joseph W. Goering (eds), Oxford University Press 2003 (0‐19‐513727‐2), pp. xvii + 488, Hb £55 
Reviewed by David Thomas 
University of Birmingham Africa and the Bible , Edwin M. Yamauchi, Baker Academic 2004 (0‐8010‐2686‐5), pp. 297, Hb $26.99 
Reviewed by David Tonghou Ngong 
Baylor University, Waco, Texas Bound by the Bible: Jews, Christians and the Sacrifice of Isaac , Edward Kessler, Cambridge University Press 2004 (0‐521‐83542‐9), pp. xii + 222, Hb £45 
Reviewed by Mark Newby 
Birmingham The Ten Commandments in History: Mosaic Paradigms for a Well‐Ordered Society , Paul Grimley Kuntz, Eerdmans 2004 (0 8028 2660 1), pp. xiv + 226, Pb £17.99/$24 
Reviewed by Gerald Vinten 
Paris Graduate Management School and International Professional Managers’ Association Jacob's Tears: The Priestly Work of Reconciliation , Mary Douglas, Oxford University Press 2004 (0‐19‐926523‐2), pp. vi + 211, Hb £45 
Reviewed by Benjamin Bury 
University of Birmingham Waiting for Josiah: The Judges , Philippe Guillaume, JSOTS Series 385, T & T Clark 2004, A Continuum Imprint (0‐8264‐6988‐4), pp. xiii +325, Hb £75 
Reviewed by Deryn Guest 
University of Birmingham On the Cutting Edge: The Study of Women in Biblical Worlds. Essays in Honor of Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza , Jane Schaberg, Alice Bach, Esther Fuchs (eds), T & T Clark 2004, A Continuum Imprint (0‐8264‐1582‐2), pp. x + 254, Pb £19.99 
Reviewed by Deryn Guest 
University of Birmingham Jesus and Gospel , Graham Stanton, Cambridge University Press 2004 (0‐521‐00802‐6), pp. xii + 239, Pb £15.95 
Reviewed by Philip Seddon 
University of Birmingham The Byzantine Christ : Person, Nature, and Will in the Christology of Saint Maximus the Confessor , Demetrios Bathrellos, Oxford University Press, 2004 (0‐19‐925864‐3), pp. xii + 228, Hb £50 
Reviewed by Philip McCosker 
Peterhouse, Cambridge Kierkegaard's Ethic of Love : Divine Commands and Moral Obligations , C. Stephen Evans, Oxford University Press 2004 (0‐19‐927217‐4), pp. x + 366 Hb £55 
Reviewed by Stephen Platten 
Wakefield The Kingdom is Always but Coming : A Life of Walter Rauschenbusch , Christopher H. Evans, Library of Religious Autobiography Series, Eerdmans 2004 (0‐8028‐4736‐6), pp. xxx + 348 Pb £19.99/$25 
Reviewed by David True 
Wilson College, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania Popular Piety and Political Identity in Mexico's Cristero Rebellion : Michoacan, 1927–29 , Matthew Butler, A British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship Monograph, Oxford University Press for the British Academy 2004 (0‐19‐72698‐8), pp. xx + 251, Hb £40 
Reviewed by Jeffrey Marlett 
College of Saint Rose, Albany, New York Karl Barth : Theologian of Christian Witness , Joseph L. Mangina, Great Theologians, Ashgate 2004 (0‐7546‐0458‐6), pp. xiv + 208, Pb £16.99 
Reviewed by Thom Chittom Yves Congar's Theology of the Holy Spirit , Elizabeth Teresa Groppe, AAR Academy Series, Oxford University Press 2004 (0‐19‐516642‐6), pp. viii + 262, Hb £37.50 
Reviewed by Tracey Rowland 
John Paul II Institute (Melborne) Retribution, Repentance and Reconciliation , Kate Cooper and Jeremy Gregory (eds), Studies in Church History Volume 40, Ecclesiastical History Society / Boydell and Brewer 2004 (0‐9529733‐9‐1), pp. xiv + 384, Hb £45/$75 
Reviewed by Kenneth Wilson 
Queen's College, Birmingham Sienna, Civil Religion and the Sienese , Gerald Parsons, Ashgate 2004 (0‐7546‐1516‐2), pp. xx + 197, Hb £50 
Reviewed by Gerald Vinten 
Paris Graduate Management School and International Professional Managers’ Association Race, Nation, and Religion in the Americas , Henry Goldschmidt and Elizabeth McAlister (eds), Oxford University Press 2004 (0‐19‐514918‐1), pp. xiii + 338, Hb £45 
Reviewed by Daniel L. Smith‐Christopher 
Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA Against the Modern World: Traditionalism and the Secret Intellectual History of the Twentieth Century , Mark Sedgwick, Oxford University Press 2004 (0‐19‐515297‐2), pp. xiv + 370, Hb £25 
Reviewed by Kenneth Wilson 
The Queen's College, Birmingham An Introduction to Third World Theologies , John Parratt (ed.), Cambridge University Press 2004 (0‐521‐79739‐X), pp vii + 189, Pb £16.99/$ 25.99 
Reviewed by Jason Fout 
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, St. Joseph, MI Improvisation: The Drama of Christian Ethics , Samuel Wells, Brazos Press 2004 (1‐58743‐071‐1), pp. 236, Pb £14.99/$19.99 
Reviewed by Stephen Platten 
Wakefield Faith and Freedom: An Interfaith Perspective , David Burrell, Challenges in Contemporary Theology, Blackwell 2004 (Pb 1‐4051‐2171‐8, Hb 1‐4051‐2170‐X), pp. xxi + 266, Pb £19.99/Hb £60 
Reviewed by Tracey Rowland 
John Paul II Institute (Melbourne) Keeping God's Silence: Towards a Theological Ethics of Communication , Rachel Muers, Blackwell 2004 (1‐4051‐1900‐4), pp. viii + 238, Pb £19.99 
Reviewed by Esther Reed 
University of St Andrews Risking the Church: The Challenges of Catholic Faith , Richard Lennan, Oxford University Press 2004 (0‐19‐927146‐1), pp. 269, Hb £50 
Reviewed by Gavin D’Costa 
University of Bristol A Church Drawing Near: Spirituality and Mission in a Post‐ Christian Culture , Paul Avis, T. & T. Clark 2003 (0‐567‐08968‐1), pp. xii + 227, Pb £16.99 
Reviewed by James M. Byrne 
Saint Michael's College, Vermont The Future of Liberation Theology: An Argument and Manifesto , Ivan Petrella, Ashgate 2004 (0‐7546‐4051‐5), pp. ix + 186, Hb £45 
Reviewed by Kenneth Wilson 
The Queen's College, Birmingham Lying: An Augustinian Theology of Duplicity , Paul J. Griffiths, Brazos Press 2004 (1‐58743‐086‐X), pp. 254, Pb $18.99 
Reviewed by Adam Hood 
The Queen's Foundation, Birmingham Furthering Humanity: A Theology of Culture , T.J. Gorringe, Ashgate 2004 (0‐7546‐4032‐9), pp. vi + 283, Pb £17.99 
Reviewed by James M. Byrne 
Saint Michael's College, Vermont Selling Spirituality: The Silent Takeover of Religion , Jeremy Carrette and Richard King, Routledge 2005 (0‐415‐30209‐9), pp. xii + 194, Pb £12.99 
Reviewed by Gordon Lynch 
University of Birmingham Theological Aesthetics: A Reader , Gesa E. Thiessen (ed.), SCM Press 2004 (0‐334‐02947‐3), pp. xvi + 400, Pb £25 
Reviewed by Ryan A. Neal 
University of Edinburgh Queer Fish: Christian Unreason from Darwin to Derrida , John Schad, Sussex Academic Press 2004 (1‐84519‐020‐3), pp. vii + 177, Pb £15.95 
Reviewed by Michael W. DeLashmutt 
University of Glasgow Michel Foucault and Theology: The Politics of Religious Experience , James Bernauer and Jeremy Carrette (eds), Ashgate 2004 (0‐7546‐3354‐3), pp. 285, Pb £16.99 
Reviewed by James M. Byrne 
Saint Michael's College, Vermont Why Would Anyone Believe in God? Justin L. Barrett, AltaMira Press 2004 (0‐7591‐0667‐3), pp. ix + 140, Pb £14.95 
Reviewed by Ruth Walker 
University of Waikato, New Zealand Is God a Scientist? A Dialogue between Science and Religion , Robert Crawford, Palgrave Macmillan 2005 (1‐4039‐1688‐8), pp. vii + 179, Hb £45/$65 
Reviewed by Alessandro Giostra 
Accademia Georgica, Treia, Italy Evolution and Ethics: Human Morality in Biological and Religious Perspective , Philip Clayton and Jeffrey Schloss (eds), Eerdmans 2004 (0‐8028‐2695‐4), pp. x + 339, Pb £19.99/$32 
Reviewed by Ruth Walker 
University of Waikato, New Zealand Human Rights and the Image of God , Roger Ruston, SCM Press 2004 (0‐334‐02959‐7), pp. vii + 312, Pb £18.99 
Reviewed by John Armson 
Herefordshire The Parish – People, Place and Ministry: A Theological and Practical Exploration , Malcolm Torry (ed.), Canterbury Press 2004 (1‐85311‐586‐X), pp. viii + 215, Pb £14.99 
Reviewed by Peter Atkins 
Auckland, New Zealand The Country Vicar: Reshaping Rural Ministry , David Osborne, Darton Longman and Todd 2004 (0‐232‐52546‐3), pp. vii + 215, Pb £10.95 
Reviewed by John Armson 
Herefordshire Creating Uncommon Worship: Transforming the Liturgy of the Eucharist , Richard Giles, Canterbury Press 2004 (1‐85311‐590‐8), pp. xiv + 258, Pb £20 
Reviewed by Peter Atkins 
Auckland, New Zealand