Modern Believing
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in Modern Believing Jul 2011 • previous edition • next edition
The Politics of Discipleship: Becoming Postmaterial Citizens
G. J. Ward
London: SCM Press, 2009. Pp. 317. Pb.
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Reviewed by John Reader, Ironstone Benefice and William Temple Foundation
Witness of the Body: The Past, Present and Future of Christian Martydom
M. L. Budde and K. Scott, eds.
Grand Rapids, MI, and Cambridge: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2011. Pp. x, 228. Pb.
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Reviewed by Brian Wicker, Carshalton
Revising Christian Humanism: The New Conversation on Spirituality, Theology and Psychology
D. S. Browning
Minneapolis, MN: Fortress press, 2010. Pp. vi, 186. Pb.
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Reviewed by Laura G. E. Smith, University of Bath
Soundings in the Theology of Psalms: Perspectives and Methods in Contemporary Scholarship
R. A. Jacobsen, ed.
Minneapolis, MN: Fortress press, 2011. Pp. xiv, 197. Pb.
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Reviewed by Susan Gillingham, University of Oxford
Scripture, Tradition and Reason: A Selective View of Anglican Theology through the Centuries
W. J. Marshall
Blackrock, Co. Dublin: Columba Press, 2010. Pp. 264. Pb.
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Reviewed by Nicholas P. Henderson, Ealing Common, London
After War, Is Faith Possible? An Anthology
G. A. Studdert Kennedy, K. S. Walters, ed.
Cambridge: Lutterworth Press, 2008. Pp. xii, 225. Pb.
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Reviewed by Michael Brierley, Tavistock
The Whole Armour of God: Anglican Army Chaplains in the Great War
L. Parker
Solihull: Helion and Co., 2009. Pp. 94. Pb.
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Reviewed by Michael Brierley, Tavistock
Four Philosophical Anglicans: W. G. De Burgh, W. R. Matthews, O. C. Quick, H. A. Hodges
A. P. F. Sell
Farnham and Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing, 2010. Pp. xii, 327. Hb
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Reviewed by Alex Hughes, Southsea
Progressive and Conservative Religious Ideologies: The Tumultuous Decade of the 1960s
R. Lints
Farnham and Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing, 2010. Pp. vii, 224. Hb
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Reviewed by Hugh McLeod, University of Birmingham
Wording a Radiance: Parting Conversations of God and the Church
D. W. Hardy
London: SCM Press, 2010. Pp. xiv, 170. Pb.
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Reviewed by John Clarke, Wells Cathedral
Believing the Creed: A Metaphorical Approach
J. Ogden
London: Epworth Press, 2009. Pp. xviii, 202. Pb.
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Reviewed by John Saxbee, Haverfordwest
Eucharist: A Guide for the Perplexed
R. N. McMichael
London and New York: T. and T. Clark International, 2010. Pp. viii, 164. Pb.
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Reviewed by Nicholas Taylor, Theological Institute of the Scottish Episcopal Church
For the Parish: A Critique of Fresh Expressions
A. P. Davison and A. G. Milbank
London: SCM Press, 2010. Pp. xii, 251. Pb.
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Reviewed by Martyn Percy, Ripon College Cuddesdon and the Oxford Ministry Course
Shaping the Church: The Promise of Implicit Theology
M. W. Percy
Farnham and Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing, 2010. Pp. x, 193. Pb.
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Reviewed by Edward Bailey, Centre for the Study of Implicit Religion and Contemporary Spirituality, Oxford
If you meet George Herbert on the Road ... Kill Him. Radically Rethinking Priestly Ministry
J. G. Lewis-Anthony
London and New York: Mowbray, 2009. Pp. viii, 248. Pb.
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Reviewed by Michael Brierley, Tavistock
Reimagining Ministry
D. S. Heywood
London: SCM Press, 2011. Pp. vi, 218. Pb.
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Reviewed by Justin Lewis-Anthony, Canterbury
Touching the Sacred: Art and Prayer to Inspire Worship
C. D. C. Thorpe and J. Lever
London: Canterbury Press Norwich, 2010. Pp. xx, 137. Pb
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Reviewed by Bridget Nichols, Ely
The Service of My Love: The Celebration and Blessing of Civil Partnerships: A Pastoral and Liturgical Handbook
J. E. Cotter
Aberdaron: Cairns Publications, 2009. Pp. xii, 114. Hb.
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Reviewed by Nicola Slee, The Queen's Foundation, Birmingham
This Life on Earth
D. Livingstone, ed.
Newcastle upon Tyne: Sea of Faith Network, 2009. Pp. viii, 166. Pb.
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Reviewed by Trevor Donnelly, Blackheath, London
Globalization and Theology
J. Rieger
Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 2010. Pp. vi, 70. Pb.
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Reviewed by John Reader, Ironstone Benefice and William Temple Foundation
The Drama of Mark
M. D. Hooker and J. J. Vincent
London: Epworth Press, 2010. Pp. viii, 69. Pb.
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Reviewed by Robert Titley, Richmond
A Broad-Church Communion Prayer-Book
J. Bunyan
BCP@2009.ce.au, 2009. Pp. 112. Pb.
Reviewed by Nicholas Taylor, Theological Institute of the Scottish Episcopal Church
Love Upside Down: Life, Love and the Subversive Jesus
S. G. Ogden
Winchester and Washington: O-Books, 2011. Pp. xii, 116. Pb.
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Reviewed by Martyn Percy, Ripon College Cuddesdon and Oxford Ministry Course