Review Essays

Book Reviewed in this Article THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO DARWIN: THE RELEVANCE OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE TO RELIGIOUS STUDIES* HOW THE MIND WORKS. By Steven Pinker PHANTOMS IN THE BRAIN: PROBING THE MYSTERIES OF THE HUMAN MIND. By V. S. Ramachandran and Sandra Blakeslee THE NEUROPSYCHOLOGY OF DREAMS: A CLINICO‐ANATOMICAL STUDY. By Mark Solms WHY GOD WON'T GO AWAY: BRAIN SCIENCE AND THE BIOLOGY OF BELIEF. By Andrew Newberg, Eugene D'Aquili, and Vince Rause TRADITION AND TRANSGRESSION IN THE COMPARATIVE THEOLOGY OF FRANCIS X. CLOONEY, S.J. THINKING RITUALLY: REDISCOVERING THE PŪRVA M?MĀMSĀ OF JAIMINI. THEOLOGY AFTER VEDANTA: AN EXPERIMENT IN COMPARATIVE THEOLOGY. SEEING THROUGH TEXTS: DOING THEOLOGY AMONG THE ŚRIVAISNAVAS OF SOUTH INDIA. HINDU WISDOM FOR ALL GOD'S CHILDREN. Faith Meets Faith Series PREACHING WISDOM TO THE WISE: THREE TREATISES BY ROBERTO DE NOBILI, S.J., MISSIONARY AND SCHOLAR IN SEVENTEENTH CENTURY INDIA. Translated and Introduced by Anand Amaladass, S.J. and Francis X. Clooney, S.J. Jesuit HINDU GOD, CHRISTIAN GOD. “RELIGION” AND RELIGIONS IN LEGAL THEORY THE RHETORIC OF CHURCH AND STATE: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF RELIGION CLAUSE JURISPRUDENCE. By Frederick Mark REGULATING RELIGION: THE COURTS AND THE FREE EXERCISE CLAUSE. By Catharine Cookson RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS V. CHILDREN'S RIGHTS. By James G. Dwyer JUDGING JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES: RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION AND THE DAWN OF THE RIGHTS REVOLUTION. By Shawn Francis Peters Lawrence IN UNEXPECTED PLACES: RELIGION IN POPULAR CULTURE JESUS IN DISNEYLAND: RELIGION IN POSTMODERN TIMES. By David Lyon RELIGION AND POPULAR CULTURE IN AMERICA. Edited by Bruce David Forbes and Jeffrey H. Mahan GOD IN THE DETAILS: AMERICAN RELIGION IN POPULAR CULTURE. Edited by Eric Michael Mazur and Kate McCarthy EYES WIDE OPEN: LOOKING FOR GOD IN POPULAR CULTURE. By William D. Romanowski Grand VIRTUAL FAITH: THE IREVERENT SPIRITUAL QUEST OF GENERATION X. By Tom Beaudoin GIVE ME THAT ONLINE RELIGION. By Brenda E. Brasher BARING OUR SOULS: TV TALK SHOWS AND THE RELIGION OF RECOVERY. By Katheleen S. Lowney E: REFLECTIONS ON THE BIRTH OF THE ELVIS FAITH. By John Strausbaugh THE JOURNEY OF LUKE SKYWALKER: AN ANALYSIS OF MODERN MYTH AND SYMBOL. By Steven A. Galipeau STAR TREK AND SACRED GROUND: EXPLORATIONS OF STAR TREK, RELIGION, AND AMERICAN CULTURE. Edited by Jennifer E. Porter and Darcee L. McLaren AMERICAN PROTESTANTISM AND LEISURE HOLY DAY, HOLIDAY: THE AMERICAN SUNDAY. By Alexis McCrossen POPULAR CULTURE WARS: RELIGION & THE ROLE OF ENTERTAINMENT IN AMERICAN LIFE. By William D. Romanowski HOLY LEISURE: RECREATION AND RELIGION IN GOD'S SQUARE MILE. By Troy Messenger REVIVALS AND ROLLER RINKS: RELIGION, LEISURE, AND IDENTITY IN LATE‐NINETEENTH‐CENTURY SMALL‐TOWN ONTARIO. By Lynne Marks HEARING THINGS: RELIGION, ILLUSION, AND THE AMERICAN ENLIGHTENMENT. By Leigh Eric THE EVANGELIST AND THE IMPRESARIO: RELIGION, ENTERTAINMENT, AND CULTURAL POLITICS IN AMERICA, 1884–1914. By Kathryn J. Oberdeck MATERIALS FOR THE STUDY OF MESOPOTAMIAN CIVILIZATION: A PROGRESS REPORT WOMEN OF BABYLON: GENDER AND REPRESENTATION IN ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA By Zainab Bahrani DICTIONARY OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST. By Piotr Bienkowski and Alan Millard A CONCISE DICTIONARY OF AKKADIAN. Second Edition. By Jeremy Black RELIGION IN ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA. By Jean Bottero; translated by T. Fagan EVERYDAY LIFE IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST. By Jean Bottero; translated by A. Nevill THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH: A NEW TRANSLATION, ANALOGUES, CRITICISM. By Benjamin Foster, Douglas Frayne, and Gary Beckman THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH: A NEW TRANSLATION. By Andrew George A MANUAL OF SUMERIAN GRAMMAR AND TEXTS. Second Edition. By John L. Hayes A GRAMMAR OF AKKADIAN. Second Edition. By John Huehnergard WHO'S WHO IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST. By Gwendolyn Leick CUNEIFORM TEXTS AND THE WRITING OF HISTORY. By Marc van de Mieroop DAILY LIFE IN ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA. By Karen Nemet‐Nejat HAMMURABI'S LAWS: TEXT, TRANSLATION AND GLOSSARY. By M. E. J. Richardson LIFE IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST. By Daniel Snell A SUMERIAN READER. Second Edition. By Konrad Volk THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST: AN ENCYCLOPEDIA FOR STUDENTS, 4 vols. By Ronald Wallenfels THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS: A REVIEW THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS, 2 VOLS. Edited by L. H. Schiffman and J. C. VanderKam