Thursday, August 18, 2016

Buddhism cluster--Poceski, Knitter/Haight


  • Mario Poceski (ed.), The Wiley Blackwell Companion to East and Inner Asian Buddhism (Malden MA: Wiley Blackwell, 2014)
  • Paul Knitter and Roger Haight, Jesus and Buddha: Friends in Conversation (Maryknoll NY: Orbis Books, 2015)
  • (Not available--assigned for review 8/19/2016)

Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Psychology and Religion cluster--Callahan, Parsons


  • Sidney Callahan, Called to Happiness: Where Faith and Psychology Meet (Maryknoll NY: Orbis Books, 2011)
  • William B. Parsons, Freud and Augustine in Dialogue: Psychoanalysis, Mysticism, and the Culture of Modern Spirituality (Charlottesville VA: University of Virginia Press, 2013)

Theology/Biblical Studies cluster--Williams, Tull/Lapsley, Taylor/de Groot


  • Delores S. Williams, Sisters in the Wilderness: The Challenge of Womanist God-Talk, 20th anniversary ed. (Maryknoll NY: Orbis Books, 2013)
  • Patricia K. Tull and Jacqueline E. Lapsley (eds.), After Exegesis: Feminist Biblical Theology. Essays in Honor of Carol A. Newsom (Waco TX: Baylor University Press, 2015)
  • Marion Ann Taylor and Christiana de Groot (eds.), Women of War, Women of Woe: Joshua and Judges through the Eyes of Nineteenth-Century Female Biblical Interpreters (Grand Rapids MI: William B. Eerdmans, 2016)

Film and Religion cluster--Rindge, Siegler


  • Matthew S. Rindge, Profane Parables: Film and the American Dream (Waco TX: Baylor University Press, 2016)
  • Elijah Siegler (ed.), Coen: Framing Religion in Amoral Order (Waco TX: Baylor University Press, 2016)
  • (Not available--assigned for review)

Thursday, August 4, 2016

Theology cluster--Douglas, White


  • Kelly Brown Douglas, Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God (Maryknoll NY: Orbis Books, 2015)
  • Carol Wayne White, Black Lives and Sacred Humanity: Toward an African American Religious Naturalism (New York: Fordham University Press, 2016)
  • (not available--assigned for review 8-8-2016)

Baptist Studies cluster--Culpepper, Fisher/Lemons/Mason-Brown, Pratt


  • Scott Culpepper, Francis Johnson and the English Separatist Influence (Macon GA: Mercer University Press, 2011)
  • Linford D. Fisher, J. Stanley Lemons, and Lucas Mason-Brown, Decoding Roger Williams: The Lost Essay of Rhode Island's Founding Father (Waco TX: Baylor University Press, 2014)
  • J. Kristian Pratt, The Father of Modern Landmarkism: The Life of Ben M. Bogard (Macon GA: Mercer University Press, 2013)

NT Studies cluster--Kuhn, Spencer, Green


  • Karl Allen Kuhn, The Kingdom According to Luke and Acts: A Social, Literary, and Theological Introduction (Grand Rapids MI: Baker Academic, 2015)
  • F. Scott Spencer, Salty Wives, Spirited Mothers, and Savvy Widows: Capable Women of Purpose and Persistence in Luke's Gospel (Grand Rapids MI: William B. Eerdmans, 2012)
  • Joel B. Green, Conversion in Luke-Acts: Divine Action, Human Cognition, and the People of God (Grand Rapids MI: William B. Eerdmans, 2015)

Philosophy of Religion cluster--Martens/Evans, Connell, Powell, Colton


  • Paul Martens and C. Stephen Evans (eds.), Kierkegaard and Christian Faith (Waco TX: Baylor University Press, 2016)
  • George B. Connell, Kierkegaard and the Paradox of Religious Diversity (Kierkegaard as a Christian Thinker; Grand Rapids MI: William B. Eerdmans, 2016)
  • Lisa D. Powell, Inconclusive Theologies: Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Kierkegaard, and Theological Discourse (Macon GA: Mercer University Press, 2014)
  • Randall G. Colton, Repetition and the Fullness of Time: Gift, Task, and Narrative in Kierkegaard's Upbuilding Ethics (Macon GA: Mercer University Press, 2013)
  • (not available--assigned for review 8-9-2016)

Christianity and Culture/Psychology of Religion cluster--Maltby, Mercer


  • Paul Maltby, Christian Fundamentalism and the Culture of Disenchantment (Charlottesville VA: University of Virginia Press, 2013)
  • Calvin Mercer, Slaves to Faith: A Therapist Looks Inside the Fundamentalist Mind (Westport CT: Praeger, 2009)

Theology cluster--Min, Pui-Lan/González-Andrieu/Hopkins


  • Anselm K. Min (ed.), The Task of Theology: Leading Theologians on the Most Compelling Questions for Today (Maryknoll NY: Orbis Books, 2014)
  • Kwok Pui-Lan, Cecilia González-Andrieu, and Dwight N. Hopkins (eds.), Teaching Global Theologies: Power & Praxis (Waco TX: Baylor University Press, 2015)
  • (Not available--cluster assigned for review 8-5-2016)

NT Studies cluster--Wolter, Patte/Grenholm, Wright


  • Michael Wolter, Paul: An Outline of His Theology, trans. Robert L. Brawley (Waco TX: Baylor University Press, 2015)
  • Daniel Patter and Cristina Grenholm (eds.), Modern Interpretations of Romans: Tracking Their Hermeneutical/Theological Trajectory (Romans Through History and Cultures Series, vol. 10; London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2013)
  • N. T. Wright, The Paul Debate: Critical Questions for Understanding the Apostle (Waco TX: Baylor University Press, 2015)

History of Christianity cluster--Litfin, Perry/Kendall, Meltzer/Elsner


  • Bryan M. Litfin, Early Christian Martyr Stories: An Evangelical Introduction with New Translations (Grand Rapids MI: Baker Academic, 2014)
  • Tim Perry and Daniel Kendall, The Blessed Virgin Mary (Guides to Theology; Grand Rapids MI: William B. Eerdmans, 2013)
  • Françoise Meltzer and Jaś Elsner (eds.), Saints: Faith Without Borders (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2011)
  • (not available--assigned for review 8-8-2016)

Theology cluster--Witherington, Olson


  • Ben Witherington III, The Problem with Evangelical Theology: Testing the Exegetical Foundations of Calvinism, Dispensationalism, Wesleyanism, and Pentecostalism, rev. and expanded ed. (Waco TX: Baylor University Press, 2016)
  • Roger E. Olson, Against Calvinism (Grand Rapids MI: Zondervan, 2011)
  • (Not available--cluster assigned for review 8-5-2016)

History of Christianity (Medieval) cluster--Burton/Schofield/Weiler, Jones/Watson, Cullum/Lewis


  • Janet Burton, Phillipp Schofield, and Björn Weiler (eds.), Thirteenth Century England XIV: Proceedings of the Aberystwyth and Lampeter Conference, 2011 (Woodbridge UK: Boydell Press, 2013)
  • Sarah Rees Jones and Sethina Watson (eds.), Christians and Jews in Angevin England: The York Massacre of 1190. Narratives and Contexts (Woodbridge UK: York Medieval Press, 2013)
  • P. H. Cullum and Katherine J. Lewis (eds.), Religious Men and Masculine Identity in the Middle Ages (Woodbridge UK: Boydell Press, 2013)

Baptist Studies cluster--Crowther/Harper, Kell


  • Edward R. Crowther and Keith Harper (eds.), Between Fetters and Freedom: African American Baptists Since Emancipation (Macon GA: Mercer University Press, 2015)
  • Carl L. Kell (ed.), The Exiled Generations: Legacies of the Southern Baptist Convention Holy War (Knoxville TN: University of Tennessee Press, 2014)
  • (Not available--cluster assigned for review 8-5-2016)

Latin American Christianity cluster--Maduro, Aponte


  • Otto Maduro, Maps for a Fiesta: A Latina/o Perspective on Knowledge and the Global Crisis, ed. Eduardo Mendieta (New York: Fordham University Press, 2015)
  • Edwin David Aponte, ¡Santo!: Varieties of Latino/a Spirituality (Maryknoll NY: Orbis Books, 2012)

Science and Religion cluster--Harrison, Rolnick, Rios


  • Peter Harrison, The Territories of Science and Religion (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2015)
  • Philip A. Rolnick, Origins: God, Evolution, and the Question of the Cosmos (Waco TX: Baylor University Press, 2015)
  • Christopher M. Rios, After the Monkey Trial: Evangelical Scientists and a New Creationism (New York: Fordham University Press, 2014)