Review Essays

Book reviewed in this article: SORTING OUT THE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG CHRISTIAN VALUES, US POPULAR RELIGION, AND HOLLYWOOD FILMS: SCREENING THE SACRED: RELIGION, MYTH AND IDEOLOGY IN POPULAR AMERICAN FILM Edited by Joel Martin and Conrad Ostwalt, Jr. SORTING OUT THE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG CHRISTIAN VALUES, US POPULAR RELIGION, AND HOLLYWOOD FILMS: HOLLYWOOD DREAMS AND BIBLICAL STORIES By Bernard Brandon Scott SORTING OUT THE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG CHRISTIAN VALUES, US POPULAR RELIGION, AND HOLLYWOOD FILMS: SEEING AND BELIEVING: RELIGION AND VALUES IN THE MOVIES By Margaret Miles SORTING OUT THE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG CHRISTIAN VALUES, US POPULAR RELIGION, AND HOLLYWOOD FILMS: HOLLYWOOD CENSORED: MORALITY CODES, CATHOLICS, AND THE MOVIES By Gregory Black SORTING OUT THE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG CHRISTIAN VALUES, US POPULAR RELIGION, AND HOLLYWOOD FILMS: SIN AND CENSORSHIP: THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND THE MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY By Frank Walsh TRANSCENDING BODIES: UNBEARABLE WEIGHT: FEMINISM, WESTERN CULTURE, AND THE BODY By Susan Bordo TRANSCENDING BODIES: BODIES THAT MATTER: ON THE DISCURSIVE LIMITS OF“SEX” By Judith Butler TRANSCENDING BODIES: VOLATILE BODIES: TOWARD A CORPOREAL FEMINISM By Elizabeth Grosz TRANSCENDING BODIES: IMAGINARY BODIES: ETHICS, POWER AND CORPOREALITY By Moira Gatens TRANSCENDING BODIES: RELIGIOUS IMAGINATION AND THE BODY: A FEMINIST ANALYSIS By Paula Cooey THE EMBRACE OF SUFFERING: ALPHONSO LINGIS AND THE BODY OF INTELLIGIBILITY: ABUSES By Alphonso Lingis THE EMBRACE OF SUFFERING: ALPHONSO LINGIS AND THE BODY OF INTELLIGIBILITY: THE COMMUNITY OF THOSE WHO HAVE NOTHING IN COMMON By Alphonso Lingis THE EMBRACE OF SUFFERING: ALPHONSO LINGIS AND THE BODY OF INTELLIGIBILITY: FOREIGN BODIES By Alphonso Lingis ELLIOT WOLFSON AND THE STUDY OF KABBALAH IN THE WAKE OF SCHOLEM: ALONG THE PATH: STUDIES IN KABBALISTIC MYTH, SYMBOLISM AND HERMENEUTICS By Elliot Wolfson ELLIOT WOLFSON AND THE STUDY OF KABBALAH IN THE WAKE OF SCHOLEM: CIRCLE IN THE SQUARE: STUDIES IN THE USE OF GENDER IN KABBALISTIC SYMBOLISM By Elliot Wolfson ELLIOT WOLFSON AND THE STUDY OF KABBALAH IN THE WAKE OF SCHOLEM: THROUGH A SPECULUM THAT SHINES: VISION & IMAGINATION IN MEDIEVAL JEWISH MYSTICISM By Elliot Wolfson CURRENT PERSPECTIVES ON DEATH, DYING, AND MOURNING: DEATH AND SPIRITUALITY Edited by Kenneth J. Doka with John Morgan CURRENT PERSPECTIVES ON DEATH, DYING, AND MOURNING: SPIRITUAL, ETHICAL, AND PASTORAL ASPECTS OF DEATH AND BEREAVEMENT Edited by Gerry R. Cox and Ronald J. Fundis CURRENT PERSPECTIVES ON DEATH, DYING, AND MOURNING: FACING DEATH: IMAGES, INSIGHTS, AND INTERVENTIONS By Sandra L. Bertman CURRENT PERSPECTIVES ON DEATH, DYING, AND MOURNING: IN THE SHADOW OF ILLNESS: PARENTS AND SIBLINGS OF THE CHRONICALLY ILL CHILD By Myra Bluebond‐Langner CURRENT PERSPECTIVES ON DEATH, DYING, AND MOURNING: FINAL GIFTS: UNDERSTANDING THE SPECIAL AWARENESS, NEEDS, AND COMMUNICATIONS OF THE DYING By Maggie Callanan and Patricia Kelley CURRENT PERSPECTIVES ON DEATH, DYING, AND MOURNING: TREATMENT OF COMPLICATED MOURNING By Therese A. Rando CURRENT PERSPECTIVES ON DEATH, DYING, AND MOURNING: HOW WE GRIEVE: RELEARNING THE WORLD By Thomas Attig CURRENT PERSPECTIVES ON DEATH, DYING, AND MOURNING: DISENFRANCHISED GRIEF: RECOGNIZING HIDDEN SORROW Edited by Kenneth J. Doka CURRENT PERSPECTIVES ON DEATH, DYING, AND MOURNING: NO VOICE IS EVER WHOLLY LOST: AN EXPLORATION OF THE EVERLASTING ATTACHMENT BETWEEN PARENT AND CHILD By Louise J. Kaplan CURRENT PERSPECTIVES ON DEATH, DYING, AND MOURNING: THE NEAR‐DEATH EXPERIENCE: A READER Edited by Lee W. Bailey and Jenny Yates CURRENT PERSPECTIVES ON DEATH, DYING, AND MOURNING: EXPERIENCES NEAR DEATH: BEYOND MEDICINE AND RELIGION By Allan Kellehear HOW DO WE WISH TO DIE? THE CONTROVERSY OVER ASSISTED DEATH: LIFE'S LIVING TOWARD DYING: A THEOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL‐ETHICAL STUDY By Vigen Guroian HOW DO WE WISH TO DIE? THE CONTROVERSY OVER ASSISTED DEATH: ACTIVE EUTHANASIA AND HEALTH CARE REFORM: TESTING THE MEDICAL COVENANT By William F. May HOW DO WE WISH TO DIE? THE CONTROVERSY OVER ASSISTED DEATH: LIFE ON THE LINE: ETHICS, AGING, ENDING PATIENTS' LIVES AND ALLOCATING RESOURCES By John F. Kilner HOW DO WE WISH TO DIE? THE CONTROVERSY OVER ASSISTED DEATH: BREAKING THE THREAD OF LIFE: ON RATIONAL SUICIDE By Robert L. Barry HOW DO WE WISH TO DIE? THE CONTROVERSY OVER ASSISTED DEATH: MUST WE SUFFER OUR WAY TO DEATH? CULTURAL AND THEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON DEATH BY CHOICE Edited by Ron P. Hamel and Edwin R. DuBose CAN OUR HISTORY GRANT US COURAGE? THE REINVIGORATION OF OLD‐LINE PROTESTANT CONGREGATIONAL STUDIES: PLACES OF WORSHIP: EXPLORING THEIR HISTORY By James P. Wind CAN OUR HISTORY GRANT US COURAGE? THE REINVIGORATION OF OLD‐LINE PROTESTANT CONGREGATIONAL STUDIES: THE PROTESTANT EXPERIENCE IN GARY, INDIANA, 1906–1975: AT HOME IN THE CITY By James W. Lewis CAN OUR HISTORY GRANT US COURAGE? THE REINVIGORATION OF OLD‐LINE PROTESTANT CONGREGATIONAL STUDIES: AMERICAN CONGREGATIONS, Vol. 1: PORTRAITS OF TWELVE RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES Edited by James P. Wind and James W. Lewis CAN OUR HISTORY GRANT US COURAGE? THE REINVIGORATION OF OLD‐LINE PROTESTANT CONGREGATIONAL STUDIES: AMERICAN CONGREGATIONS, Vol. 2: NEW PERSPECTIVES IN THE STUDY OF CONGREGATIONS Edited by James P. Wind and James W. Lewis CAN OUR HISTORY GRANT US COURAGE? THE REINVIGORATION OF OLD‐LINE PROTESTANT CONGREGATIONAL STUDIES: CONGREGATION: THE JOURNEY BACK TO CHURCH By Gary Dorsey CAN OUR HISTORY GRANT US COURAGE? THE REINVIGORATION OF OLD‐LINE PROTESTANT CONGREGATIONAL STUDIES: CHRIST CHURCH, PHILADELPHIA: THE NATION'S CHURCH IN A CHANGING CITY By Deborah Mathias Gough CAN OUR HISTORY GRANT US COURAGE? THE REINVIGORATION OF OLD‐LINE PROTESTANT CONGREGATIONAL STUDIES: GRANT US COURAGE: TRAVELS ALONG THE MAINLINE OF AMERICAN PROTESTANTISM By Randall Balmer CAN OUR HISTORY GRANT US COURAGE? THE REINVIGORATION OF OLD‐LINE PROTESTANT CONGREGATIONAL STUDIES: CONGREGATION & COMMUNITY By Nancy Tatom Ammerman