The Catholic Historical Review articles from January 2009

The Catholic Historical Review archives from January 2009

Journey to the headwaters: Bartolome de las Casas in a comparative context.(Essay)
January 1, 2009... This essay compares the theological orientation of Bartolome de Las Casas (1484-1566) with those of two other notable colonial Latin American ecclesial figures: Toribio de Benavente Motolinia (1494/95-1565), and Juan Vasco de Quiroga...

Jacques Maritain, the mystery of Israel, and the holocaust.
January 1, 2009... French philosopher Jacques Maritain (1882-1973) gained a reputation both as a leading Catholic intellectual and as an outspoken critic of antisemitism, and as such has been lauded for more than fifty years as a progressive influence within...

Faith and the Historian: Catholic Perspectives.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... Faith and the Historian: Catholic Perspectives. Edited by Nick Salvatore. (Urbana: University of Illinois Press. 2007. Pp. x, 196. $60.00 clothbound, ISBN 978-0-252-03143-4; $25.00 paperback, ISBN 978-0-252-07382-3) In my first year of...

Mosaics in the Eternal City.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... Mosaics in the Eternal City. By Michael G. Sundell. [Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies: Occasional Publications, Vol. 3.] (Tempe: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. 2007. Pp. x, 211. $39.00 paperback. ISBN...

Love: A Brief History through Western Christianity.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... Love: A Brief History through Western Christianity. By Carter Lindberg. [Blackwell Brief Histories of Religion Series.] (Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing. 2008. Pp. xii, 195. $21.95 paperback. ISBN 978-0-631-23599-6.) Carter Lindberg's...

To Have and to Hold: Marrying and its Documentation in Western Christendom, 400-1600.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... To Have and to Hold: Marrying and Its Documentation in Western Christendom, 400-1600. Edited by Philip L. Reynolds and John Witte, Jr. (New York: Cambridge University Press. 2007. Pp. xvi, 519. $88.00. ISBN 978-0-521-86736-8.) The volume...

Plagues, Priests, and Demons: Sacred Narratives and the Rise of Christianity in the Old World and the New.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... Plagues, Priests, and Demons: Sacred Narratives and the Rise of Christianity in the Old World and the New. By Daniel T. Reff. (New York: Cambridge University Press. 2005. Pp. xiv, 290. $70.00 clothbound, ISBN 978-0-521-84078-1; $26.99...

Nostra Aetate: Origins, Promulgation, Impact on Jewish-Catholic Relations Proceedings of the International Conference, Jerusalem, 30 October-1 November 2005.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... Nostra Aetate: Origins, Promulgation, Impact on Jewish-Catholic Relations. Proceedings of the International Conference, Jerusalem, 30 October--1 November 2005. Edited by Neville Lamdan and Alberto Melloni. [Christianity and History: Series of...

A History of Catholic Antisemitism: The Dark Side of the Church.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... A History of Catholic Antisemitism: The Dark Side of the Church. By Robert Michael. (New York: Palgrave Macmillan. 2008. Pp. x, 282. $74.95. ISBN 978-0-230-60388-2.) This book lives up to its subtitle, presenting in detail "the dark side"...

The Emerging Diaconate: Servant Leaders in a Servant Church.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... The Emerging Diaconate: Servant Leaders in a Servant Church. By William T. Ditewig. (New York and Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press. 2. Pp. x, 258. $21.95 paperback. ISBN 978-0-809-14449-5.) With his ministerial experience, past work as a director...

Gli archivi per la storia degli ordini religiosi.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... Gli archivi per la storia degli ordini religiosi. Vol. 1:Fonti e problemi (secoli XVI-XIX). Edited by Massimo Carlo Giannini and Matteo Sanfilippo. [Studi di storia delle instituzioni ecclesiastiche, 1.] (Viterbo: Edizioni Sette Citta, 2007....

The Church Confronts Modernity: Catholicism since 1950 in the United States, Ireland, and Quebec.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... The Church Confronts Modernity: Catholicism since 1950 in the United States, Ireland, and Quebec. Edited by Leslie Woodcock Tentler. (Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America Press. 2007. Pp. x, 302. $29.95 paperback. ISBN...

A Better Wine: Essays Celebrating Kieran Kavanaugh, O.C.D.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... A Better Wine: Essays Celebrating Kieran Kavanaugh, O.C.D. Edited by Kevin Culligan, O.C.D. [Carmelite Studies, 10.] (Washington, DC: Institute of Carmelite Studies, 2007. Pp. xxviii, 353. $13.95. ISBN 978-0-935-21641-7.) Historians of the...

The Fathers of the Church: A Comprehensive Introduction.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... The Fathers of the Church: A Comprehensive Introduction. By Humbertus R. Drobner. Translated by siegfried S. Schatzmann with bibliographies updated and expanded for the English edition by William Harmless, S.J., and Humbertus Drobner. (Peabody,...

Social Distinctives of the Christians in the First Century: Pivotal Essays by E. A. Judge.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... Social Distinctives of the Christians in the First Century: Pivotal Essays by E. A. Judge. By Edwin A. Judge. Edited by David M. Scholer. (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, Inc. 2008. Pp.xx, 227. $24.95 paperback. ISBN 978-1-565-63880-8.)...

Expectations of Justice in the Age of Augustine.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... Expectations of justice in the age of Augustine By Kevin Uhalde. (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. 2007. Pp viii, 233. $55.00. ISBN 978-0-812-23987-4.) In the space between Peter Brown's Power and Persuasion in the Late...

The Crisis of the Oikoumene: The Three Chapters and the Failed Quest for Unity in the Sixth-Century Mediterranean.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... The crisis of the Oikoumene: The Three Chapters and the Failed Quest for Unity in the Sixth-Century Mediterranean. Edited by Celia Chazelle and Catherine Cubitt. [Studies in the Early Middle Ages, Vol. 14.] (Turnhout: Brepols. 2007. Pp. xii,...

Holy Power, Holy Presence: Rediscovering Medieval Metaphors for the Holy Spirit.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... Holy Power, Holy Presence: Rediscovering Medieval Metaphors for the Holy Spirit. By Elizabeth A. Dreyer. (New York and Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press. 2007. Pp. vi, 344.$24.95 paperback. ISBN 978-0-809-14485-3.) Lamenting neglect of the Holy...

Marvellous to Behold: Miracles in Medieval Manuscripts.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... Marvellous to Behold: Miracles in Medieval Manuscripts. By Deirdre Jackson. (London: The British Library. Distrib. the University of Chicago Press. 2007. Pp. 160; 118 color illustrations. $35.00. ISBN 978-0-712-34946-8.) Marvellous to...

Silence and Sign Language in Medieval Monasticism.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... Silence and Sign Language in Medieval Monasticism. By Scott G. Bruce. (New York: Cambridge University Press. 2007. Pp. xxiv, 209. $95.00. ISBN 978-0-521-86080-2.) Up until now, monastic sign language has been something of a specialist...

L'Islam et la Fin des temps: L'interpretation prophetiques des invasions musulmanes dans la chretiente medievale.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... L'Islam et la Fin des temps: L'interpretation prophetiques des invasions musulmanes dans la chretiente medievale. By Jean Flori. [L'Univers Historique.] (Paris: Editions du Seuil. 2007. Pp. 444. [euro]25,00 paperback. ISBN 978-2-020-59266-6.)...

The Seventh Crusade, 1244-1254: Sources and Documents.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... The seventh crusade, 1244-1254: Sources and Documents. Edited and translated by Peter Jackson. [Crusade Texts in Translation, 16.] (Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing Company. 2007. Pp. xvi, 256. $79.95. ISBN 978-0-754-65722-4.) The volume...

Popes, Church, and Jews in the Middle Ages: Confrontation and Response.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... Popes, Church, and Jews in the Middle Ages: Confrontation and Response. By Kenneth Stow. [Variorum Collected Studies Series, CS 876.] (Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing Company. 2007. Pp. xii, 336. $124.95. ISBN 978-0-754-65915-0.) This...

Christianization and the Rise of Christian Monarchy: Scandinavia, Central Europe, and Rus' c. 900-1200.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... Christianization and the Rise of Christian Monarchy: Scandinavia, Central Europe, and Rus' c. 900-1200. Edited by Nora Berend. (New York: Cambridge University Press. 2007. Pp. xiv, 444. $99.00. ISBN 978-0-521-87616-2.) Nora Berend and her...

Christian Russia in the Making.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... Christian Russia in the Making. By Andrzej Poppe. [Variorum Collected Studies Series CS867.] (Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing Company. 2007. Pp. xiv, 362. $124.95. ISBN 978-0-754-65911-2.) This second volume of articles by the well-known...

The Complete Works of Liudprand of Cremona.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... The Complete Works of Liudprand of Cremona. Translated with an introduction and notes by Paolo Squatriti. [Medieval Texts in Translation.] (Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America Press. 2007. Pp. xii, 296. $29.95 paperback. ISBN...

The Apocalyptic Year 1000: Religious Expectation and Social Change, 950-1050.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... The Apocalyptic Year 1000: Religious Expectation and Social Change, 950-1050. Edited by Richard Landes, Andrew Gow, and David C. Van Meter. (New York: Oxford University Press. 2003. Pp. xvi, 360. $145.00 clothbound, ISBN 978-0-195-11191-0;...

Norbert and Early Norbertine Spirituality.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... Norbert and Early Norbertine Spirituality. Selected and introduced by Theodore J. Antry, O. Praem, and Carol Neel. [The Classics of Western Spirituality,] (Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press. 2007. Pp. xvi, 309. $27.95 paperback. ISBN...

The Penitents' Treasury: Indulgences in Latin Christendom, 1175-1375.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... The Penitents' Treasury: Indulgences in Latin Christendom, 1175-1375. By Robert W. Shaffern. (Scranton: University of Scranton Press. 2007. Pp. x, 240. $40.00 clothbound, ISBN 978-1-589-66139-4; $25.00 paperback, ISBN 978-1-589-66136-3.) ...

Princely Virtues in the Middle Ages, 1200-1500.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... Princely Virtues in the Middle Ages, 1200-1500. Edited by Istvan P. Bejczy and Cary J. Nederman. [Disputatio, Vol. 9.] (Turnhout: Brepols Publishers. 2007. Pp. xii, 316. [euro]60,00. ISBN 978-2-503-51696-7.) Given the simple but...

The Garden of Delights: Reform and Renaissance for Women in the Twelfth Century.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... The Garden of Delights: Reform and Renaissance for Women in the Twelfth Century. By Fiona J. Griffiths. [The Middle Ages Series.] (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. 2006. Pp. viii, 381. $65.00. ISBN 978-0-812-23960-7.) By...

Dante and the Church: Literary and Historical Essays.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... Dante and the Church: Literary and Historical Essays. Edited by Paolo Acquaviva and Jennifer Petrie. [University College Dublin Foundation for Italian Studies.] (Dublin: Four Courts Press. 2007. Pp. 217. [euro]55,00; $65.00. ISBN...

The Art of Medieval Urbanism: Parthenay in Romanesque Aquitaine.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... The Art of Medieval Urbanism: Parthenay in Romanesque Aquitaine. By Robert A. Maxwell. (University Park: The Pennsylvania State University Press. 2007. Pp. xxiv, 375. $90.00. ISBN 978-0-271-02956-6.) Few who savor the rich narrative and...

The Rationale Divinorum Officiorum of William Durand of Mende: A New Translation of the Prologue and Book One.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... The Rationale Divinorum Officiorum of William Durand of Mende: A New Translation of the Prologue and Book One. Introduced and translated by Timothy M. Thibodeau. [Records of Western Civilization.] (New York: Columbia University Press. 2007. Pp....

Aus dem Winkel in die Welt: Die Bucher des Thomas von Kempen und ihre Schicksale.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... Aus dem Winkel in die Welt: Die Bucher des Thomas von Kempen und ihre Schicksale. Edited by Ulrike Bodemann and Nikolaus Staubach. [Tradition-Reform-Innovation: Studien zur Modernitat des Mittelalters, Vol. 11.] (New York: Peter Lang. 2006. Pp....

Episcopal Culture in Late Anglo-Saxon England.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... Episcopal Culture in Late Anglo-Saxon England. By Mary Frances Giandrea. [Anglo-Saxon Studies, 7.] (Rochester, NY: Boydell Press. 2007. Pp. xvi, 245. $85.00. ISBN 978-1-843-83283-6) This is an ambitious, well-crafted, and deeply informative...

The Culture of Medieval English Monasticism.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... The Culture of Medieval English Monasticism. Edited by James G. Clark. [Studies in the History of Medieval Religion, Vol. XXX.] (Rochester, NY: Boydell Press. 2007. Pp. xvi, 219. $85.00. ISBN 978-1-843-83321-5.) Late-medieval English...

Late Medieval Monasteries and Their Patrons: England and Wales, c. 1300-1540.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... Late Medieval Monasteries and Their Patrons: England and Wales, c. 1300-1540. By Karen Stober. [Studies in the History of Medieval Religion, 29.] (Rochester, NY: Boydell Press. 2007. Pp. xii, 285. $80.00. ISBN 978-1-843-83284-4.) It seems...

John Bromyard on Church and State. The Summa Predicantium and Early Fourteenth-Century England: A Dominican's Books and Guide for Preachers.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... John Bromyard on Church and State. The Summa Predicantium and Early Fourteenth-Century England: A Dominican's Books and Guide for Preachers. By Keith Walls. (Market Weighton, UK: Clayton-Thorpe Publications. 2007. Pp. xii, 323. [euro]21.99....

Reading in the Wilderness: Private Devotion and Public Performance in Late Medieval England.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... Reading in the Wilderness: Private Devotion and Public Performance in Late Medieval England. By Jessica Brantley. (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. 2007. Pp. xviii, 463. $45.00. ISBN 978-0-226-07132-9.) This is a book that does...

Deviance and Power in Late Medieval London.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... Deviance and Power in Late Medieval London. By Frank Rexroth. Translated by Pamela E. Selwyn. [Past and Present Publications.] (New York: Cambridge University Press. 2007. Pp. xiv, 411. $115.00. ISBN 978-0-521-84730-8.) Frank Rexroth's...

Richard Scrape: Archbishop, Rebel, Martyr.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... Richard Scrape: Archbishop, Rebel, Martyr. Edited by P. J. P Goldberg. (Donington, UK: Shaun Tyas Press. 2007. Pp. x, 236; 20 plates. [pounds sterling] 35.00. ISBN 978-1-900-28984-9.) Richard Scrope, third son of Henry Scrope, first Baron...

The Bedford Hours: The Making of a Medieval Masterpiece.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... The Bedford Hours: The Making of a Medieval Masterpiece. By Eberhard Konig, translated by Christiane Roth and Christopher de Hamel. (London: The British Library. Distrib. University of Chicago Press. 2007. Pp. 144. $35.00. ISBN...

A Local Society in Transition: The Henrykow Book and Related Documents.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... A Local Society in Transition. The Henrykow Book and Related Documents. By Piotr Gorecki. [Studies and Texts, Vol. 155.] (Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies. 2007. Pp. xii, 284. C$74.95. ISBN 978-0-888-44155-X.) The study of...

"Reject Aeneas, Accept Pius": Selected Letters of Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini (Pope Pius II).(Book review)
January 1, 2009... "Reject Aeneas, Accept Pius": Selected Letters of Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini (Pope Pius II). Introduced and translated by Thomas M. Izbicki, Gerald Christianson, and Philip Krey. (Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America Press. 2006....

Christoph Kolumbus: Korsar und Kreuzfabrer.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... Christoph Kolumbus: Korsar und Kreuzfabrer. By Corina Bucher. (Darmstadt: Primus Verlag. 2006. Pp. 288. [euro] 24,90. ISBN 978-3-896-78274-8.) After the smoke cleared from the fiery 1992 debates regarding the image of Christopher Columbus,...

Between Christians and Moriscos: Juan de Ribera and Religious Reform in Valencia, 1568-1614.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... Between Christians and Moriscos: Juan de Ribera and Religious Reform in Valencia, 1568-1614. By Benjamin Ehlers. [The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science, 124th Series (2006), vol. 1.] (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins...

Defending Probabilism: The Moral Theology of Juan Caramuel.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... Defending Probabilism: The Moral Theology of Juan Caramuel. By Julia A. Fleming. [Moral Traditions Series.] (Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press. 2006. Pp. xxiv, 201. $44.95. ISBN 978-1-589-01113-7.) Long considered to be an...

Der DreiBigjabrige Krieg: Ein Lexikon.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... Der DreiBigjabrige Krieg: Ein Lexikon. By Friedemann Bedurftig. (Darmstadt: Primus Verlag. 2006. Pp. 208. [euro]19.90. ISBN 978-3-896-78287-8.) German journalist Friedemann Bedurftig, author of reference works such as Lexikon Deutschland...

Henry VIII and the English Reformation.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... Henry VIII and the English Reformation. By Richard Rex. Second edition. (New York: Palgrave Macmillan. 2006. Pp. xviii, 228. $106.95 clothbound, ISBN 978-1-403-99272-7; $34.95 paperback, ISBN 978-1-403-99273-4.) There are many decisions to...

Papes, princes et savants dans l'Europe moderne: Melanges a la memoire de Bruno Neveu.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... Papes, princes et savants dans l'Europe moderne: Melanges a la memoire de Bruno Neveu. Edited by Jean-Louis Quantin and Jean-Claude Waquet. [Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Sciences historiques et philologiques VI, Hautes Etudes Medievales et...

Don Bosco: History and Spirit. Vol. 2: Birth and Early Development of Don Bosco's Oratory.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... Don Bosco: History and Spirit. Vol. 2: Birth and Early Development of Don Bosco's Oratory. By Arthur J. Lenti. Edited by Aldo Giraudo. (Rome: Libreria Ateneo Salesiano. 2007. Pp. xiv, 241. [euro]15,00 paperback, ISBN 978-8-821-30657-0) In...

Christian Democracy and the Origins of European Union.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... Christian Democracy and the Origins of European Union. By Wolfram Kaiser. [New Studies in European History.] (New York: Cambridge University Press. 2007. Pp. xii, 374. $105.00. ISBN 978-0-521-88310-8.) In an extensive historical study of...

Reliques et reliquaires a Paris.(Un Objet Religieux et sa Pratique: Le Chemin de Croix "Portatif" aux XIXE et XXE Siecles en France)(Book review)
January 1, 2009... Reliques et reliquaires a Paris ([XIX.sup.e]-[XX.sup.e] siecle)By Yves Gagneux. [Histoire religieuse de la France, 30.] (Paris: Les Editions du Cerf. 2007. Pp. 324. [euro]34,00 paperback. ISBN 978-2-204-08241-9.) Un objet religieux et sa...

Le pari personnaliste: Modernite et catholicisme au X[X.sup.e] siecle.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... Le pari personnaliste: Modernite et catholicisme au X[X.sup.e] siecle. By E.-Martin Meunier. [Collection Heritage et Projet, n[degrees] 71.] (Montreal: Editions Fides 2007. Pp. 369. $39.95 paperback. ISBN 978-2-762-12756-0.) What was the...

Balthasar Kaltner: Kanonist und (Erz-) Bischof an der Schwelle einer folgenschweren Wendezeit (1844-1918).(Book review)
January 1, 2009... Balthasar Kaltner: Kanonist und (Erz-) Bischof an der Schwelle einer folgenschweren Wendezeit (1844-1918). By Gerlinde Katzinger. [Wissenschaft und Religion: Veroffentlichungen des Internationalen Forschungszentrums fur Grundfragen der...

Das katholische Intellektuellen-Milieu in Deutschland, seine Presse und seine Netzwerke (1871-1963).(Book review)
January 1, 2009... Das katholische Intellektuellen-Milieu in Deutschland, seine Presse und seine Netzwerke (1871-1963). Le milieu intellectuel catholique en Allemagne, sa presse et ses reseaux (1871-1963). Edited by Michel Grunewald and Uwe Puschner in...

A Special Mission: Hitler's Secret Plot to Seize the Vatican and Kidnap Pope Pius XII.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... A Special Mission: Hitler's Secret Plot to Seize the Vatican and Kidnap Pope Pius XII. By Dan Kurzman. (Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press. 2007. Pp. xviii, 285. $26.00. ISBN 978-0-306-81617-8.) Dan Kurzman asserts that Adolf Hitler, convinced...

Forkhill Protestants and Forkhill Catholics, 1787-1858.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... Forkhill Protestants and Forkhill Catholics, 1787-1858. By Kyla Madden. [McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Religion, Series 2, Vol. 33.] (Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press. 2007. Pp. xviii, 240. $29.95. ISBN 978-0-773-53060-7.)...

The Expansion of Evangelicalism: The Age of Wilberforce, More, Chalmers, and Finney.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... The Expansion of Evangelicalism: The Age of Wilberforce, More, Chalmers, and Finney. By John Wolffe. [A History of Evangelicalism: People, Movements and Ideas in the English-Speaking World, Vol. 2.] (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press. 2007....

Geoffrey Fisher: Archbishop of Canterbury, 1945-1961.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... Geoffrey Fisher: Archbishop of Canterbury, 1945-1961. By David Hein. [Princeton Theological Monograph Series.] (Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications. 2007. Pp. xviii, 122. $17.00 paperback. ISBN 978-1-597-52824-5.) Geoffrey Fisher, archbishop...

Loyalism in Ireland 1789-1829.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... Loyalism in Ireland 1789-1829By Allan Blackstock. [Irish Historical Monograph Series, Vol. 5] (Rochester, NY:The Boydell Press. 2007. Pp x, 296. $80.00. ISBN 978-1-843-83302-4.) Surprisingly, since it was responsible for one of the most...

Politics, Religion and the Press: Irish Journalism in Mid-Victorian England.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... Politics, Religion and the Press: Irish Journalism in Mid-Victorian England. By Anthony McNicholas. (New York: Peter Lang. 2007. Pp. 370. $106.95. ISBN 978-3-039-10699-8.) This important study suggests new ways of exploring the Irish...

The Early Works of Orestes A. Brownson, Vol. 7: Life by Communion Years, 1843-1844.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... The Early Works of Orestes A. Brownson, Vol. 7: Life by Communion Years, 1843-1844. Edited by Patrick W. Carey. [Marquette Studies in Theology, No. 54.] (Milwaukee: Marquette University Press. 2007. Pp. vi, 490. $47.00 paperback. ISBN...

A Pretty Village: Documents of Worship and Culture Change, St. Ignatius Mission, Montana, 1880-1889.(Zealous in All Virtues: Documents of Worship and Culture Change, St. Ignatius Mission, Montana, 1890-1894)(Book review)
January 1, 2009... A Pretty Village: documents of worship and culture change, St. Ignatius mission, Montana, 1880-1889. Edited by Robert J. Bigart; Latin translation by James M. Scott; French translation by Elizabeth A. Hubble. (Pablo, MT: Salish Kootenai College...

Milwaukee's Jesuit University: Marquette, 1881-1981.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... Milwaukee's Jesuit University: Marquette, 1881-1981. By Thomas J. Jablonsky. [Urban Life Series, No. 3.] (Milwaukee: Marquette University Press. 2007. Pp. 438. $40.00. ISBN 978-0-874-62080-1.) This handsome hard-bound publication is a...

Catholicism in the American West: A Rosary of Hidden Voices.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... Catholicism in the American West: A Rosary of Hidden Voices. Edited by Roberto R. Trevino and Richard V. Francaviglia. [The Walter Prescott Webb Memorial Lectures, No. 39.] (College Station, TX: Published for the University of Texas at...

John Cuthbert Ford, S.J.: Moral Theologian at the End of the Manualist Era.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... John Cuthbert Ford, S.J.: Moral Theologian at the End of the Manualist Era. By Eric Marcelo O. Genilo, S.J. [Moral Traditions Series.] (Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press. 2007. Pp. xvi, 217. $49.95. ISBN 978-1-589-01181-6.) This...

Redemption and Ritual: The Eastern-Rite Redemptorists of North America, 1906-2006.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... Redemption and Ritual: The Eastern-Rite Redemptorists of North America, 1906-2006. By Paul Laverdure. (Yorkton, Canada: Redeemer's Voice Press. 2007. Pp. xviii, 421. $19.95 paperback. ISBN 978-0-978-19442-0.) This is a must read for anyone...

Private Passions and Public Sins: Men and Women in Seventeenth-Century Lima.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... Private Passions and Public Sins: Men and Women in Seventeenth-Century Lima. By Maria Emma Mannarelli; translated by Sidney Evans and Meredith D. Dodge. [Dialogos.] (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. 2007. Pp. xvi, 204. $23.95...

The Souls of Purgatory: The Spiritual Diary of a Seventeenth-Century Afro-Peruvian Mystic, Ursula de Jesus.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... The souls of purgatory: The Spiritual Diary of a Seventeenth-Century AfroPervian Mystic, Ursula de Jesus. Translated, edited, and with an introduction by Nancy E. van Deusen. [Dialogos.] (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. 2004. Pp....

Resisting Brazil's Military Regime: An Account of the Battles of Sobral Pinto.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... Resisting Brazil's Military Regime: An Account of the Battles of Sobral Pinto. By John W. F. Dulles (Austin: University of Texas Press. 2007. Pp. xxxvi, 288. $ 60.00. ISBN 978-0-292-71725-1.) Noteworthy among the literary works of John...

Religious Culture in Modern Mexico.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... Religious Culture in Modern Mexico. Edited by Martin Austin Nesvig. [Jaguar Books on Latin America.] (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 2007. Pp. x, 281. $79.00 clothbound, ISBN 978-0-742-53746-0; $30.95 paperback. ISBN...

The Jacquinot Safe Zone: Wartime Refugees in Shanghai.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... The Jacquinot Safe Zone: Wartime Refugees in Shanghai. By Marcia R. Ristaino. (Stanford: Stanford University Press. 2008. Pp. xviii, 206. $27.95. ISBN 978-0-804-75793-5.) This valuable volume uncovers, in intriguing details, new dimensions...

Periodical literature.(Bibliography)
January 1, 2009... General and Miscellaneous La [much less than]Fine dell'era costantiniana [much greater than] in F. Heer e M.-D. Chenu (1938-1963). In tre quadri e un epilogo al Concilio vaticano II. Gianmaria Zamagni. Cristianesimo nella Storia, XXIX...

Other books received.
January 1, 2009... Allman, Mark J. Who Would Jesus Kill? War, Peace, and the Christian Tradition. (Winona, MN: Saint Mary's Press. 2008. Pp. 326. $24.95 paperback.) Benedict XVI, Pope. Mary. [Spiritual Thoughts Series.] Vol. 1 introd. Fr. Ermes Maria Ronchi,...