Anglican Theological Review

A Song to Sing, A Life to Live: Reflections on Music as Spiritual Practice. By Don Saliers and Emily Saliers. San Francisco, Calif.: Jossey-Bass, 2005. xxii + 209 pp. $21.95 (cloth); $16.95 (paper).What might songs that speak to alienated souls gathered...

Christ, Providence, and History: Hans W. Frei's Public Theology. By Mike Higton. London and New York: T & T Clark International, 2004. xi + 287 pp. $59.95 (paper).Hans Frei, an Episcopal priest and professor of theology in the Religious Studies Department...

Daily Liturgical Prayer: Origins and Theology. By Gregory W. Woolfenden. Liturgy, Worship and Society series. Aldershot, Hampshire (UK), and Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate Publishing, 2004. xii + 326 pp. $29.95 (paper).Woolfenden begins this study, originally...

The theological meaning of "personhood" is a matter of perennial interest, and necessarily so. From its beginning, the Christian faith has professed human personhood to be in the image and likeness of God; but precisely what this signifies has changed...

Fortress Introduction to the Prophets. By Rodney R. Hutton. Minneapolis, Minn.: Fortress Press, 2004. 115 pp. $16.00 (paper).Rodney R. Hutton provides a concise introduction, which offers insights into the nature of Israelite prophecy. He suggests that...

The virtue of humility asks that we listen to the witness of God in every person. Nowadays humility is often confused with the sin of self-abnegation, the abuse of God's gift of life. And it is contrasted unfavorably with the sin of pride, taken in Romantic...

Introducing World Missions: A Biblical, Historical, and Practical Survey. By A. Scott Moreau, Gary R. Corwin, and Gary B. McGee. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Bake Academic, 2004. 349 pp. $29.99 (cloth).Introducing World Missions is a college-level textbook presenting...

This article examines the New Testament concept of koinonia (communion, fellowship) from the perspective of two concepts of personhood: Western European individualism and Melanesian relationalism. After a cautionary examination of the terms "communion,"...

Priesthood in a New Millennium: Toward an Understanding of Anglican Presbyterate in the Twenty-First Century. By R. David Cox. New York: Church Publishing', 2004. ix + 473 pp. $39.00 (paper).R. David Cox has written an ambitious book. In the first part,...

Recultivating the Vineyard: The Reformation Agendas of Christianization. By Scott H. Hendrix. Louisville, Ky.: Westminster John Knox Press, 2004. 254 pp. $29.95 (paper).Scott Hendrix's Rccultimting the Vineyard revolves around a simple thesis, succinctly...

The Battle for Middle-Earth: Tolkien's Divine Design in "The Lord of the Rings." By Fleming Rutledge. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2004. 373 pp. $20.00 (paper)."This treatment of Tolkien's great story is about God first of all. Then it is about (in...

The Frankfurt School on Religion: Key Writings by the Major Thinkers. Edited by Eduardo Mendieta. New York and London: Routledge, 2005. vii + 405 pp. $28.95 (paper).Religion has once again become a fashionable topic in philosophy and social theory. Many...

Thirst: God and the Alcoholic Experience. By James B. Nelson. Louisville, Ky.: Westminster John Knox Press, 2004. 217 pp. $19.95 (paper).Although most churches make rooms available for the use of Twelve Step recovery groups, such as Alcoholics Anonymous,...

You Are Peter: An Orthodox Theologian's Reflection on the Exercise of Papal Primacy. By Olivier Clément. Hyde Park, N.Y.: New City Press, 2003. 112 pp. $12.95 (paper).This volume is an eirenic and well-intentioned essay, translated from a French original...