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The Parting of the Ways: The Roman Church As a Case Study by Stephen Spence (Interdisciplinary Studies in Ancient Culture and Religion, 5: Peeters: David Brown Book Company) This book seeks to inject into the general discussion of the "Parting of the Ways" of Judaism and Christianity the social realities of the separation of a particular Christian community and a particular Jewish community. More

Aquinas by Ralph M. McInerny (Polity Press) (Paperback)  A briefer but no less authoritative introduction to the life and central Aristotelian significance Aquinas, McInerny provides deft look into the central contemporary significance of the philosopher and theologian, with a definite leaning toward the philosophical. This book is a lively and highly accessible introduction to the thought of Thomas Aquinas. While primarily a theologian, Aquinas' conception of theology presupposed an autonomous philosophy. This book concentrates on his philosophy while making clear its openness to theology as reflection on Revelation. More

The Blackwell Companion to Protestantism edited by Alister E. McGrath & Darren C. Marks (Blackwell Companions to Religion Series: Blackwell Publishing) brings together new essays from internationally renowned scholars in order to examine the past, present and future of Protestantism. More

The Closing of the Western Mind: The Rise of Faith and the Fall of Reason by Charles Freeman (Knopf) A Postmodern Gibbon gives a radical and powerful reappraisal of the impact of Constantine ’s adoption of Christianity on the later Roman world, and on the subsequent development both of Christianity and of Western civilization. More

Language, Self and Love: Hermeneutics in the Writings of Richard Rolle and the Commentaries on the Song of Songs by Denis Renevey (University of Wales Press) The author discusses the correspondences between the discourse of love in the Song of Songs and the language of mysticism in the writings of William of St Thierry and Richard Rolle, where the self is described in its attempts at establishing a direct relationship with God. The late medieval period has received insufficient attention with regard to its contribution towards a language of interiority. More often than not, the account of Augustine's immense impact on the language of inwardness for the Western tradition of thought is fol­lowed by accounts of the ways authors of the Enlightenment accommodated the Augustinian model to their new preoccupations.  More

The Evangelical Historians by Maxie B. Burch (University Press of America Press) This book explores the personal backgrounds, historical methodologies, and academic philosophies of George Marsden, Nathan Hatch, and Mark Noll. It addresses the issues raised by the interaction of personal faith and scholarship, and the subsequent effect this has upon the evangelical community at large and the academic mission of institutions that wish to maintain their Christian distinction. The author shows how these scholars founded the Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals, and she demonstrates the significance of their attempts to open evangelical historical scholarship to a wider audience. More

Palestine in the Time of Jesus: Social Structures and Social Conflicts by K. C. Hanson, Douglas E. Oakman (Fortress) is an impressively presented, detailed introduction to the politics, social institutions, governmental structures, and social structure of the antiquarian Palestine of 2000 years ago. Drawing heavily on both Scriptural reference and archaeological data, Palestine in the Time of Jesus is a scholarly and thought provoking "window in time" revealing the complicated story of a rich and conflicted land. Enhanced with an accompanying CD-ROM, Palestine Palestine in the Time of Jesus is a welcome and thoroughly reader friendly addition to any library, New Testament Studies reading list and reference collection.

Inspired Preaching: A Survey of Preaching Found in the New Testament by C. Richard Wells, A. Boyd Luter (Broadman & Holman) If we preach because the Bible says to preach (2 Timothy 4:2), then shouldn't we be keenly interested in what the Bible has to say about how to preach? Authors C. Richard Wells and A. Boyd Luter forge a fresh, compact, evangelical theology of preaching, in the light of the studies of biblical preaching and deliver a biblical­ly informed prescription and plea for the renewal and multiplica­tion of expository preaching to confront the challenges of the new millennium. More

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