The Catholic Historical Review articles from April 2009

The Catholic Historical Review archives from April 2009

Involvement in language: the role of the Congregatio Immaculati Cordis Mariae in the history of Lingala.(Report)
April 1, 2009... The missionaries of Scbeut (Congregatio Immaculati Cordis Mariae) played an important role in the history of the Congolese language Lingala. The linguistic policies and practices they developed not only bad a serious impact on the language's...

The eighty-ninth annual meeting of the American Catholic Historical Association.(Conference news)
April 1, 2009... Report of the Committee on Program The 2009 annual meeting of the American Catholic Historical Association took place, in conjunction with the annual meeting of the American Historical Association and other affiliated societies, at the...

The Crusades In Recent Research.(books about the Crusades)(Book review)
April 1, 2009... The Crusades: A History. By Jonathan Riley-Smith. Second Edition. (New Haven: Yale University Press. 2005. Pp. xxiv, 353. $20.00. ISBN 978-0-300-10128-7.) The Crusades, Christianity, and Islam. By Jonathan Riley-Smith. [The Bampton...

General and Miscellaneous.(Light from the Christian East: An introduction to the Orthodox Tradition)(Book review)
April 1, 2009... Light from the Christian East: An introduction to the Orthodox Tradition. By James R Payton. Jr. (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press. 2007. Pp. 240. $22.00 paperback. ISBN 978-0-830-82594-3.) James Payton's book is designed to introduce...

The New Faces of Christianity: Believing the Bible in the Global South.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... The New Faces of Christianity: Believing the Bible in the Global South. By Philip Jenkins. (New York: Oxford University Press. 2006. Pp. xii, 252. $26.00 hardback; $15.95 paperback. ISBN 978-0-195-36851-2.) This volume is a historian's...

Impulsore Chresto: Opposition to Christianity in the Roman Empire.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... Impulsore Chresto: Opposition to Christianity in the Roman Empire: c. 50-250 AD. By Jakob Engberg. Translated by Gregory Carter. [Early Christianity in the Context of Antiquity, 2.] (Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang. 2007. Pp. 249. $86.95. ISBN...

The Cult of St. Katherine of Alexandria in Early Medieval Europe.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... The Cult of St. Katherine of Alexandria in Early Medieval Europe. By Christine Walsh. [Church, Faith and Culture in the Medieval West.] (Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing Company. 2007. Pp. xx, 222. $99.95. ISBN 978-0-754-65861-0.) St....

Benedict of Aniane, The Emperor's Monk: Ardo's Life.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... Benedict of Aniane, The Emperor's Monk: Ardo's Life. Translated by Allen Cabaniss; foreword by Annette Grabowsky and Clemens Radl. [Cistercian Studies Series, 220.] (Kalamazoo, MI: Cistercian Publications. 2008. Pp. viii,l 12. $13.95 paperback....

Medieval Images of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... Medieval Images of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. By James France. [Cistercian Studies Series, No. 210. (Kalamazoo: Cistercian Publications. 2007. Pp. xxxii. 435. $49.95 paperback. ISBN 978-0-879-07310-7.) This is a monumental piece of work....

The Proprietary Church in the Medieval West.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... The Proprietary Church in the Medieval West. By Susan Wood. (New York: Oxford University Press. 2006. Pp. xiv, 1020. $288.00. ISBN 978-0-198-20697-2.) One does not have to think of the Middle Ages as an "Age of Faith" to be aware that the...

Church and Cosmos in Early Ottoman Germany: The View from Cologne.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... Church and Cosmos in Early Ottoman Germany: The View from Cologne. By Henry Mayr-Harting. (New York: Oxford University Press. 2007. Pp. xxii, 308, 8 plates. $110.00. ISBN 978-0-199-21071-8.) One would not expect to find glosses on...

Quellen zur geschichte der Waldenser von StraBburg (1400-1401).(Book review)
April 1, 2009... Quellen zur Geschichte der Waldenser von StraBburg (1400-1401). Edited by Georg Modestin. [Monuments Germaniae Historical Quellen zur Geistesgeschichte des Mittelalters, Band 22.] (Hannover: Verlag Hahnsche Buchhandlung. 2007. Pp. x, 287....

Enrico Dandolo and the Rise of Venice.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... Enrico Dandolo and the Rise of Venice. By Thomas F. Madden. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. 2003. Pp. xix, 298. $49.95. ISBN 978-0-801-87317-7.) Historiography in general has not been kind to the leaders of the so-called Fourth...

Monastic Hospitality: The Benedictines in England, c. 1070-c. 1250.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 1, 2009... Monastic Hospitality: The Benedictines in England, c. 1070-c. 1250. By Julie Kerr. [Studies in the History of Medieval Religion, Vol. 32.] (Rochester, NY: Boydell Press. 2007. Pp. xii, 244. $90.00. ISBN 978-1-843-83326-0.) Henry VIII's...

The medieval chantry chapel: an Archaeology.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... The Medieval Chantry Chapel:An Archaeology. By Simon Roffey. [Studies in the History of Medieval Religion, Vol. XXXIV] (Rochester, NY: Boydell Press. 2007. Pp. xiv, 189. $75.00. ISBN 978-1-843-83334-5.) A chantry, Simon Roffey reminds us,...

The First English Bible: The Text and Context of the Wycliffite Versions.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... The First English Bible: The Text and Context of the Wycliffite Versions. By Mary Dove. [Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature, 66.] (New York: Cambridge University Press. 2007. Pp. xvi, 313. $99.00. ISBN 978-0-521-88028-2.) Extant in...

The medieval manuscripts of Christ Church Cathedral. Dublin.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... The Medieval. Manuscripts of Christ Church Cathedral. Dublin. Edited by-Raymond Gillespie and Raymond Refausse. (Dublin: Four Courts Press. 2006. Pp. 192. $65.00. ISBN 978-1-851-82985-9.) The origin of this book lies in a poignant event...

Early Modern Catholicism: An Anthology of Primary Sources.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... Early Modern Catholicism: An Anthology of Primary Sources. Edited by Robert S. Miola. (New York: Oxford University Press. 2007. Pp. xiv, 522. $55.00 paperback. ISBN 978-0-199-25986-1.) There is a great deal to commend in Early Modern...

Jewish life in Early Modern Rome: Challenge, Conversion, and private life.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... Jewish Life in Early Modern Rome: Challenge, Conversion, and Private life. By Kenneth Stow. [Variorum Collected Studies Series, CS879-I (Burlington VT: Ashgate Publishing Company. 2007. Pp. xiv, 336. $124.95. ISBN 978-0-754-65916-7.) The...

Education and Society in Florentine Tuscany: Teachers, Pupils and Schools, c. I250--1500. Vol. l.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... Education and Society in Florentine Tuscany: Teachers, Pupils and Schools, c. I250--1500. Vol. 1. By Robert Black. [Education and Society in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, 29-1 (Leiden: Brill. 2007. Pp. xxx, 838, $222.00. ISBN...

The Renaissance in the Streets, Schools, and Studies: Essays in Honour of Paul E Grendler.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... The Renaissance in the Streets, Schools, and Studies: Essays in Honour of Paul E Grendler. Edited by Konrad Eisenbichler and Nicholas Terpstra. [Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies: Essays and Studies, 16.] (Toronto: Centre for...

The Sistine Chapel: a new vision.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... The Sistine Chapel: A New Vision. By Heinrich W. Pfeiffer, S.J.; translated from the German by Steven Lindberg. (Vatican City: Musei Vaticani, Libreria Editrice Vaticana; New York: Abbeville Press. 2007. Pp. 352. $125.00. ISBN...

Sulle tracce dell'eresia: Ambrogio Catarino Politi (1484-1553).(Book review)
April 1, 2009... Sulle tracce dell'eresia: Ambrogio Catarino Politi (1484-1553). By Giorgio Caravale. [Studi e testi per la storia religiosa del Cinquecento, 14.] (Florence: Leo S. Olschki. 2007. Pp. xii, 320. [euro]35,00 paperback, ISBN 978-8-822-25640-9.) ...

Annotations and Meditations on the Gospels.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... Annotations and Meditations on the Gospels. Vol 2: The Passion Narratives. By Jerome Nadal, S.J. Translated and edited by Frederick A. Homann, S.J. Introductory study by Walter S. Melion. (Philadelphia: Saint Joseph's University Press....

Suppliche al pontefice. Diocesi di Trento 1566-1605.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... Suppliche al pontefice. Diocesi di I'rento 1566-1605. Edited by Cristina Belloni. [Fondazione Bruno Kessler. Annali deII'Istituto storico italo-ger-manico in Trento, Fonti, 6.] (Bologna: Societa editrice II Mulino. 2007. Pp. 861. [euro]55.00....

Raffaello Borghini's II Riposo.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... Raffaello Borghini's II Riposo. Edited and translated by Lloyd H. Ellis, Jr. [The Lorenzo da Ponte Italian Library] (Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 2007. Pp. xiv, 384. $75.00. ISBN 978-0-8020-9743-9.) In his translation of Raffaello...

Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia (1646-1684): The First Woman in the World to Earn a University Degree.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia (1646-1684): The First Woman in the World to Earn a University Degree. By Francesco Ludovico Maschietto. Translated by Jan Vairo and William Crochetiere. Edited by Catherine Marshall. (Philadelphia: Saint...

The world of Maria Gaetana Agnesi, mathematician of god.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... The World of Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Mathematician of God. By Massimo Mazzotti Uohns Hopkins Studies in the History of Mathematics.] (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. 2007. Pp. xxii, 217. $49.95. ISBN 978-0-801-88709-3.) Gaetana...

Dying in the Law of Moses: Crypto-Jewish Martyrdom in the Iberian World.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... Dying in the Law of Moses: Crypto-Jewish Martyrdom in the Iberian World. By Miriam Bodian. [The Modern Jewish Experience.] (Bloomington: Indiana University Press. 2007. Pp. xx, 279. $35-00. ISBN 978-0-253-34861-6.) This account of...

Juan lie Mariana and Early Modern Spanish Political Thought.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... Juan lie Mariana and Early Modern Spanish Political Thought. By Harald E. Braun. [Catholic Christendom, 1300-1700.] (Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing Company. 2007. Pp. xiii, 200. $99.95. ISBN 978-0-754-63962-6.) This concise treatment...

The heirs of St. Teresa of Avila: defenders and disseminators of the founding mother's legacy.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... The Heirs of St. Teresa of Avila: Defenders and Disseminators of the Founding Mother's Legacy. Edited by Christopher C. Wilson. [Carmelite Studies, IX.] (Washington, DC: Institute of Carmelite Studies. 2006. Pp. xviii, 140. $12.95 paperback....

The Cloister and the World; Early Modern Convent Voices.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... The Cloister and the World; Early Modern Convent Voices. Edited by Thomas M- Carr, Jr [EMF: Studies in Early Modern France, Vol. 2.] (Charlottesville, VA: Rookwood Press, Inc. 2007. Pp. x, 267. $49.95 paperback. ISBN 978-1-H86-36564-3.) ...

Les stalles de la cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens: histoire, iconographie.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... Les stalles de la cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens: Histoire, iconographie. By Kristiane Leme-Hebuterne. Photographs by Christophe Petit. [Memoires de (a Societe des Antiquaires de Picardie, 26.] (Paris: Editions A. et J. Picard. 2007. Pp. 248....

Believe Not Every Spirit: Possession, Mysticism, and Discernment in Early Modern Catholicism.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... Believe Not Every Spirit: Possession, Mysticism., and Discernment in Early Modern Catholicism. By Moshe Sluhovsky. (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. 2007. Pp. x, 374. $45.00. ISBN 978-0-226-76282-1.) In this fascinating and...

Le pere Joseph; L'Eminence grise de Richelieu.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... Le pere Joseph; L'Eminence grise de Richelieu. By Benoist Pierre. (Paris: Perrin, 2007. Pp. 476. [euro]24,00 paperback. ISBN 978-2-262-02244-0.) Francois le Clerc, in religion Pere Joseph de Paris, was a significant figure in many domains...

Les Examens particuliers de M. Tronson: Essai sur la formation du pretre classique.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... Les Examens particuliers de M. Tronson: Essai sur la formation du pretre "classique." By Emile Goichot. Edited by Rene Heyer. (Strasbourg: Presses Universitaires de Strasbourg. 2005. Pp. 237. [euro]18,00 paperback. ISBN 978-2-868-20272-7.) ...

Les sacrements dans la France des XVII (e) et XVII (e) siecles. Pastorale el vecn lies fideles.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... Les sacrements dans la France des XVII (e) et XVII (e) siecles. Pastorale el vecn lies fideles. By Marcel Bernos. [Collection le temps dc l'histoire.] (Aix-en-Provence: Publications de 1'Universite dc Provence. 2007. Pp. 350. [euro]29,00...

Bossuet. By Gerard Ferreyrolles, Beatrice Guion, Jean-Louis Quantin, and Emmanuel Bury.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... Bossuet. By Gerard Ferreyrolles, Beatrice Guion, Jean-Louis Quantin, and Emmanuel Bury. [Memoire de la critique.] (Paris: Presses de l'Universite de Paris-Sorbonne. 2006. Pp. 268. [euro]24,00 paperback. ISBN 978-2-840-50581-5.) L'Ecriture...

Strange Revelations: Magic, Poison, and Sacrilege in Louis XIV's France.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... Strange Revelations: Magic, Poison, and Sacrilege in Louis XIV's France. By Lynn Wood Mollenauer. [Magic in History Series.] (University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press. 2007. Pp. x, 213. $70.00 clothbound, ISBN 978-0-271-02915-3;...

Dun Jansenisme a l'autre. Chroniques de Sorbonne (1696-1713).(Book review)
April 1, 2009... Dun Jansenisme a l'autre. Chroniques de Sorbonne (1696-1713). By Jacques Gres-Gayer. [Univers Port-Royal.] (Paris: Editions Nolin. 2007. Pp. 573. [euro]45,00 paperback. ISBN 978-2-910-48733-1.) With this volume, Jacques Gres-Gayer brings to...

Catholic Germany from the Reformation to the Enlightenment.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... Catholic Germany from the Reformation to the Enlightenment. By Marc R. Forster. [European History in Perspective.] (New York: Palgrave Macmillan. 2007. Pp. x, 265. $34.95. ISBN 978-0-333-69838-9.) This is the first synthesis of studies on...

Reforming Saints: Saints' Lives and 'their Authors in Germany, 1470-1530.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... Reforming Saints: Saints' Lives and 'their Authors in Germany, 1470-1530. By David J. Collins. [Oxford Studies in Historical Theology.] (New York: Oxford University Press. 2007. Pp. ix, 227. $65.00. ISBN 978-0-195-32953-7.) It is now some...

The Cult of the Virgin Mary in Early Modern Germany: Protestant and Catholic Piety, 1500-1648.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... The Cult of the Virgin Mary in Early Modern Germany: Protestant and Catholic Piety, 1500-1648. By Bridget Heal. [Past and Present Publications.] (New York: Cambridge University Press. 2007. Pp. xvi, 338. $99.00. ISBN 978-0-521-87103-7.) ...

Reforming the Art of Dying: The ars moriendi in the German reformation (1519-1528).(Book review)
April 1, 2009... Reforming the Art of Dying: The ars moriendi in the German Reformation (1519-1528). By Austra Reinis. [St. Andrews Studies in Reformation History.] (Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing Company. 2007. Pp.viii, 290. $99.95. ISBN...

Christian Magistrate and Territorial Church: Johannes Brenz and the German Reformation.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... Christian Magistrate and Territorial Church: Johannes Brenz and the German Reformation. By James M. Estes. Rev. ed. [Publications of the Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies, Essays and Studies, 12.] (Toronto: Centre for Reformation...

The restoration of Christianity: an English translation of the Christianismi restitutio, 1553.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... The Restoration of Christianity: An English Translation of the Christianismi restitutio, 1553. By Michael Servetus. Translated by Christopher A. Hoffman and Marian Hillar. Notes by Marian Hillar. With a preface by Alicia McNary Forsey [Hors...

Konfessionskonflikt, Kirchenstruktur, Kulturwandel. Die Jesuiten im Reich nach 1556.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... Konfessionskonflikt, Kircbenslruktur, Kulturwandel. Die Jesuiten im Reich nach 1556. Edited by Rolf Oecot. [Veroffentlichungen des Instituts fur europaische Geschichte Mainz, Abteilung fur abendlandische Religionsgeschiehte. Bciheft 77.]...

Pieties in transition: religious practices and experiences, c. 1400-1640.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... Pieties in Transition: Religious Practices and Experiences, c. 1400-1640. Edited by Robert Lutton and Elisabeth Salter. (Burlington, VT': Ashgate Publishing Company. 2007. Pp. xii, 241. $99.95. ISBN 978-0-754-65616-6.) This interesting...

Burning to Read: English Fundamentalism and Its Reformation Opponents.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... Burning to Read: English Fundamentalism and Its Reformation Opponents. By James Simpson. (Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. 2007. Pp. xiv, 346. $27.95. ISBN 978-0-674-02671-1.) Burning to Read is a deeply troubling...

The city churches of sir Christopher Wren.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... The City Churches of Sir Christopher Wren. By Paul Jeffery. (New York: Hambledon Continuum. 2007. Pp. xx, 385. $35.95. ISBN 978-1-852-85142-2.) This is a paperback reprint of a book first published in 1996; its author died within a year of...

Connecting the Covenants: Judaism and the Search for Christian Identity in Eighteenth-Century England.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... Connecting the Covenants: Judaism and the Search for Christian Identity in Eighteenth-Century England. By David B. Ruderman. [Jewish Culture and Contexts.] (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. 2007. Pp. viii, 143. $55.00. ISBN...

Assist me to Proclaim: the life and hymns of Charles Wesley.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... Assist Me to Proclaim: The Life and Hymns of Charles Wesley. By John R. Tyson. [Library of Religious Biography.] (Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. 2007. Pp. xii, 356. $22.00 paperback. ISBN 978-0-802-82939-9.) ...

Catholic Revival in the North of Ireland, 1603-41.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... Catholic Revival in the North of Ireland, 1603-41. By Brian Mac Cuarta. (Dublin: Four Courts Press. Distrib. in the United States by ISBS, Portland, OR. 2007. Pp. 282. $65.00. ISBN 978-1-846-82051-9.) The imposition of the Protestant state...

Church, Stale and Dynasty in Renaissance Poland: The Career of Cardinal Fryderyk Jagiellon (1468-1503).(Book review)
April 1, 2009... Church, Stale and Dynasty in Renaissance Poland: The Career of Cardinal Fryderyk Jagiellon (1468-1503). By Natalia Nowakowska. [Catholic Christendom, 1300-1700.1 (Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing Co. 2007. Pp. xx, 222. $99.95. ISBN...

Imperial Saint: The Cult of St. Catherine and the Dawn of Female Rule in Russia.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... Imperial Saint: The Cult of St. Catherine and the Dawn of Female Rule in Russia. By Gary Marker. (De Kalb: Northern Illinois University Press. 2007. Pp. xviii, 309. $42.00- ISBN 978-0-875-80375-3.) In Russia's new capital of St. Petersburg,...

Rosmini: Conoscere e credere, Storia della Causa.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... Rosmini: Conoscere e credere, Storia della Causa. By Claudio Massimiliano Papa. [Coscienza studi, 51.] (Rome: Edizioni Studium. 2007. Pp. 334. [euro]28,00 paperback. ISBN 978-8-838-24033-1.) Claudio Massimiliano Papa is the postulator of...

Don Bosco: History and Spirit, Vol. 3: Don Bosco Educator, Spiritual Master, Writer and Founder of the Salesian Society.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... Don Bosco: History and Spirit, Vol. 3: Don Bosco Educator, Spiritual Master, Writer and Founder of the Salesian Society. By Arthur J. Lenti. Edited by Aldo Giraudo. (Rome: Libreria Ateneo Salesiano. 2008. Pp. 355. [euro]21.00 paperback. ISBN...

Apologia pro Vita Sua and Six Sermons.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... Apologia pro Vita Sua and Six Sermons. By John Henry Cardinal Newman. Edited, annotated, and with an introduction by Frank M. Turner. (New Haven: Yale University Press. 2008. Pp. x. 513- $55.00. ISBN 978-0-300-11507-9.) This "historian's...

Une Femme, le Carmel, la Republique. La Princesse Jeanne Bibesco. Memoires apocryphes.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... Une Femme, le Carmel, la Republique. La Princesse Jeanne Bibesco. Memoires apocryphes. By Christine Oddo. (Paris:Les Editions du Cerf. 2007. Pp. 351. [euro]25,00 paperback. ISBN 978-2-204-08338-6.) Historians will approach this work with...

Hitler's Priests: Catholic Clergy and National Socialism.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... Hitler's Priests: Catholic Clergy and National Socialism. By Kevin P. Spicer. (De Kalb: Northern Illinois University Press; published in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. 2008. Pp. xvi, 369. $34.95. ISBN...

A Cross Too Heavy: Eugenia Pacelli, Politics and the Jews of Europe, 1917-1943.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... A Cross Too Heavy; Eugenia Pacelli, Politics and the Jews of Europe, 1917-1943. By Paul O'Shea. (Kenthurst, Australia: Rosenberg Publishing. 2008. Pp 392. $35.00. ISBN 978-1-877-05871-4.) Vatikan and Shoa: Die Haltung des Heiligen Stuhls zu...

Pius XII: The Hound of Hitler.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... Pius XII: The Hound of Hitler. By Gerard Noel. (New York: Continuum. 2008. Pp. 232. $26.95. ISBN 978-1-847-06355-7.) This book by a noted British Catholic journalist, editor, and author has received considerable notice in the United...

What Happened at Vatican II.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... What Happened at Vatican II. By John O'Malley. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard UP, 2008. Pp. 400. $29.95. ISBN 978-0-674-03169-2.) Each scholar has a secret list of books that will remain among the classics of historical research and religions...

The Great Commission: Models of Evangelization in American Catholicism.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... The Great Commission: Models of Evangelization in American Catholicism. By Timothy E. Byerley. (Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press. 2008. Pp. xiv, 161. $ 18.95 paperback. ISBN 978-0-809-14558-4.) Timothy E. Byerley is a priest in the Diocese of...

The Catholic Worker after Dorothy: Practicing the Works of Mercy in a New Generation.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... The Catholic Worker after Dorothy: Practicing the Works of Mercy in a New Generation. By Dan McKanan. (Collegeville, MiN: Liturgical Press. 2008. Pp. iv, 236. $19.95 paperback. ISBN 978-0-814-63187-4.) Touching the World: Christian...

Vatican Secret Diplomacy: Joseph P. Hurley and Pope Pius XII.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... Vatican Secret Diplomacy: Joseph P. Hurley and Pope Pius XII By Charles R. Gallagher, S.J. (New Haven. Yale University Press. 2008. Pp. xii, 283. $40.00. ISBN 978-0-300-12134-6.) Although Joseph Hurley was bishop of St. Augustine, Florida,...

Stephan Kuttner in Amerika 1940-1964: Grundlegung der modernen historisch-kanonistischen Forschung.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... Stephan Kuttner in Amerika 1940-1964: Grundlegung der modernen historisch-kanonistischen Forschung. By Andreas Hetzenecker [Schriften zur Rechtsgeschichte, Heft 133.] (Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. 2007. Pp. 479. [euro]79,80 paperback. ISBN...

Cesar Chavez, the Catholic Bishops, and the Farmworkers' Struggle for Social Justice.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... Cesar Chavez, the Catholic Bishops, and the Farmworkers' Struggle for Social Justice. By Marco G. Prouty. (Tucson: The University of Arizona Press. 2006. Pp. xiv, 185. $19.95 paperback. ISBN 978-0-816-52731-1.) Marco Prouty, a former...

Another Face of Empire: Bartolome de Las Casas, Indigenous Rights, and Ecclesiastical Imperialism.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... Another Face of Empire: Bartolome de Las Casas, Indigenous Rights, and Ecclesiastical Imperialism. By Daniel Castro. [Latin America Otherwise: Languages, Empires, Nations.] (Durham: Duke University Press. 2007. Pp. xii, 234. $22.95 paperback....

Biblioteca jesuitico-espanola (1759-1799): Estudio introductorio, edition critica y notas.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... Biblioteca jesuitico-espanola (1759-1799): Estudio introductorio, edition critica y notas. By Lorenzo Hervas y Panduro, S.J. Edited and annotated by Antonio Astorgano Abajo. (Madrid: Libris, Asociacion de Libreros de Viejo. 2007. Pp. 833....

Salvation through Slavery: Chiricahua Apaches and Priests on the Spanish Colonial Frontier.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... Salvation through Slavery: Chiricahua Apaches and Priests on the Spanish Colonial Frontier. By H. Henrietta Stockcl. (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. 2008. Pp.xii, 179. $27.95. ISBN 978-0-826-34325-3.) In this provocative...

Black Robes in Paraguay: The Success of the Guarani Missions Hastened the Abolition of the Jesuits.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... Black Robes in Paraguay: The Success of the Guarani Missions Hastened the Abolition of the Jesuits. By William F Jaenike. (Minneapolis: Kirk House Publishers. 2008. Pp. 356. $25.00 paperback. ISBN 978-1-933-79404-4.) For quite some time...

Cuban Convents in the Age of Enlightened Reform, 1761-1807.(Book review)
April 1, 2009... Cuban Convents in the Age of Enlightened Reform, 1761-1807. By John J. Clune Jr. (Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2008. Pp. x, 131. $59-95. ISBN 978-0-813-03217-7.) This book engages important themes in the historiography on...

Joseph H. Lynch (1943-2008).(In memoriam)
April 1, 2009... Joseph H. Lynch, Distinguished Professor of History and Joe and Elizabeth Engle Professor in the Study of the History of Christianity in Ohio State University, died on December 27, 2008, after a long illness. He was a summa cum laude graduate...

General and miscellaneous.(religious literature)(Bibliography)
April 1, 2009... Vatican Archives: An Inventory and Guide to Historical Documents of the Holy See--A Ten-Year Retrospective. Francis X. Blouin, Jr., Elizabeth Yakel, and Leonard A. Coombs. The American Archivist, 71 (Fall/Winter, 2008'), 410-32. La...

Other books received.(religious literature )(Bibliography)
April 1, 2009... Baggett, Jerome P. Sense of the Faithful: How American Catholics Live Their faith. (New York: Oxford University Press. 2009. Pp. xv, 285. $29.95.) Berguerand, Claude.Le duel d'Othon de Grandson (1397):Mort d'un chevalier-poete vaudois a la...