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Early Jewish Literature: An Anthology
Brad Embry, Ronald Herms and Archie T. Wright. Early Jewish Literature: An Anthology. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2018. Vol. 1, 728 pp.; Vol. 2, 756 pp. $125.00.
Reviewed by David Wallace
Said I Wasn’t Gonna Tell Nobody
James H. Cone. Said I Wasn’t Gonna Tell Nobody. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2018, 176 pp. $28.00.
Reviewed by Corey Patterson
Reading Nahum-Malachi: A Literary and Theological Commentary
Steven Tuell. Reading Nahum-Malachi: A Literary and Theological Commentary. Macon, GA: Smyth and Helwys, 2016, 304 pp. $33.00.
Reviewed by Jonathan Mellison
Disabling Mission, Enabling Witness: Exploring Missiology Through the Lens of Disability Studies
Benjamin T. Conner. Disabling Mission, Enabling Witness: Exploring Missiology Through the Lens of Disability Studies. Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2018, 160 pp. $24.
Reviewed by Wayne Hancock
Adrian Thatcher. Redeeming Gender. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016, 225 pp. $35.95.
Reviewed by Micah Cronin
Paula Fredriksen, Paul: The Pagans’ Apostle. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2017. 336 pp. $35.00.
Reviewed by M. John-Patrick O’Connor
Robin A. Leaver. The Whole Church Sings: Congregational Singing in Luther’s Wittenberg, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2017, 206 pp. $22.
Reviewed by Nicholas Hopman
Forbearance: A Theological Ethic for a Disagreeable Church
James Calvin Davis. Forbearance: A Theological Ethic for a Disagreeable Church. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2017, 240 pp. $25.00.
Reviewed by Naomi Ketchens
Awaiting the King: Reforming Public Theology
James K.A. Smith. Awaiting the King: Reforming Public Theology. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2017, 256 pp. $22.99.
Reviewed by Michael Nichols
The New Testament: A Translation
David Bentley Hart. The New Testament: A Translation. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2017, 616 pp. $35.00.
Reviewed by Matthew A. Smith
Matthew V. Novenson. The Grammar of Messianism. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2017, 384 pp. $74.00.
Reviewed by Nathan C. Johnson
Thinking Theologically and Writing Theologically
Thinking Theologically. Edited by Eric D. Barreto. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2015, 100 pp. $14.00.
Writing Theologically. Edited by Eric D. Barreto. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2015, 157 pp. $14.00
Reviewed by Melissa A. Martin
The Oxford History of Anglicanism, Volume IV: Global Western Anglicanism, c. 1910-present
The Oxford History of Anglicanism, Volume IV: Global Western Anglicanism, c. 1910-present. Edited by Jeremy Morris. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2017, 424 pp. $142.50.
Reviewed by Matt Rucker
The God of the Gospel: Robert Jenson’s Trinitarian Theology
Swain, Scott R. The God of the Gospel: Robert Jenson’s Trinitarian Theology. Downers Grove: IVP Academic Press, 2013, 258 pp. $38.00
Reviewed by Brandon Watson
F.W. Dobbs-Allsopp. On Biblical Poetry. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015, 575 pp. $74.00.
Reviewed by Aron Tillema
Delivered From the Elements of the World: Atonement, Justification, Mission
Peter J. Leithart. Delivered From the Elements of the World: Atonement, Justification, Mission. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2016, 368 pp. $27.00.
Reviewed by Andrew Song
Ambition: Essays by Members of The Chrysostom Society
Edited by Luci Shaw and Jeanne Murray Walker. Ambition: Essays by Members of The Chrysostom Society. Eugene, Oregon: Cascade Books, 2015, 142 pp. $16.80.
Reviewed by Aaron Morrison
Aristotle in Aquinas’s Theology
Gilles Emery, O.P., and Matthew Levering, eds. Aristotle in Aquinas’s Theology. New York: Oxford University Press, 2015, 336 pp. $110.00.
Reviewed by Luke Zerra
Echoes of Scripture in the Gospels
Richard B. Hays. Echoes of Scripture in the Gospels. Waco: Baylor University Press, 2016, 524 pp. $47.48.
Reviewed by Daniel Hasbun
Eternal God, Eternal Life: Theological Investigations into the Concept of Immortality
Philip G. Ziegler, ed. Eternal God, Eternal Life: Theological Investigations into the Concept of Immortality. New York: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2016, 215 pp. $122.00.
Reviewed by Theron Clay Mock III
Sanctify Them in the Truth: Holiness Exemplified
Stanley Hauerwas. Sanctify Them in the Truth: Holiness Exemplified. New York: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2016, 276 pp. $32.99.
Reviewed by Matt Smith
The Church in Exile: Living in Hope After Christendom
Lee Beach. The Church in Exile: Living in Hope After Christendom. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2015, pp. 240. $25 (paperback).
Reviewed by Kelsey L. Lambright
Backpacking with the Saints: Wilderness Hiking as Spiritual Practice
Belden C. Lane. Backpacking with the Saints: Wilderness Hiking as Spiritual Practice. New York: Oxford University Press, 2014. pp. 288. $24.95 (hardcover).
Reviewed by Rachel McKinley Cheney
Character: New Directions from Philosophy, Psychology, and Theology
Christian B. Miller, et. al. eds. Character: New Directions from Philosophy, Psychology, and Theology. New York: Oxford University Press, 2015. pp. 720. $74.00 (hardcover).
Reviewed by Tasha Striker
Religion in Hip-Hop: Mapping the New Terrain in the US
Monica Miller, Anthony B. Pinn, Bernard “Bun B” Freeman, eds. Religion in Hip-Hop: Mapping the New Terrain in the US. London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2015. pp. 296 $34.95 (paperback).
Reviewed by Gregory Rapier
Opera Omnia Vol. III: Christianity, Part One: The Christian Tradition
Raimon Panikkar. Opera Omnia Vol. III: Christianity, Part One: The Christian Tradition. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis. 2015. pp. 370. $90.00 (cloth).
Reviewed by John M. Allison
The Analogy of Faith: The Quest for God’s Speakability
Archie J. Spencer. The Analogy of Faith: The Quest for God’s Speakability. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2015. pp. 445. $28.00 (paperback).
Reviewed by Michael Reed
God without Measure: Working Papers in Christian Theology. Volume I: God and the Works of God
John Webster. God without Measure: Working Papers in Christian Theology. Volume I: God and the Works of God. New York: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2015. pp. 240. $120.00 (hardback).
Reviewed by Kevin Vollrath
Ethics of Everyday Life: Moral Theology, Social Anthropology, and the Imagination of the Human
Michael Banner. Ethics of Everyday Life: Moral Theology, Social Anthropology, and the Imagination of the Human. New York: Oxford University Press, 2015, pp. 240. $35.00.
Reviewed by Stephanie Mota Thurston
Confessing Christ for Church and World: Studies in Modern Theology
Kimlyn Bender. Confessing Christ for Church and World: Studies in Modern Theology. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2014, pp. 389. $40.00 (paperback).
Reviewed by Max Heidelberger
Ice Axes for Frozen Seas: A Biblical Theology of Provocation
Walter Brueggemann, Ice Axes for Frozen Seas: A Biblical Theology of Provocation, ed. Davis Hankins. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2014, pp. 439. $59.95 (hardback).
Reviewed by Marcus A. Hong
God Without Measure: Working Papers in Christian Theology. Volume II: Virtue and Intellect
John Webster. God Without Measure: Working Papers in Christian Theology. Volume II: Virtue and Intellect. New York: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2016, 187 pp. $112.00 (hardback).
Reviewed by Alex Siemers