The Catholic Historical Review articles from October 2008

The Catholic Historical Review archives from October 2008

The political and polemical motives of Johann Fabri's Moscouitarum Religio (1525-26).(Critical essay)
October 1, 2008... Given the difficulty in determining certain details about religious life in medieval Russia using the available sources, conflicting accounts from foreign descriptions of Moscow need to be carefully scrutinized. A report, which Johann Fabri...

The parish community in eighteenth-century Malta.
October 1, 2008... Making use of a wealth of primary sources, the author provides numerous insights into the role of the Maltese community in the life of the eighteenth-century Church across the liturgical year, exploring social, cultural, and gender differences...

James Gillespie Blaine, his family, and "Romanism".(Cover story)
October 1, 2008... In the presidential campaign of 1884, a supporter of Republican nominee James G. Blaine, in Blaine's presence, referred to the Democratic party as the party of "Rum, Romanism, and Rebellion"--that is, the party of drunkards, Catholics, and...

Archbishop Arturo Rivera Damas and the struggle for social justice in El Salvador.
October 1, 2008... Many religious progressives use the word disappointing when evaluating Archbishop Arturo Rivera Damas's leadership of the Archdiocese of San Salvador from 1980 to 1994. As the only Salvadoran bishop to support Archbishop Oscar Romero (1977-80)...

General and miscellaneous: The Roman Catholic Church: An Illustrated History.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... The Roman Catholic Church: An Illustrated History. By Edward Norman. (Berkeley: University of California Press. 2007. Pp. 192. $29.95. ISBN 978-0-520-25251-6.) This has all of the appearances of a coffee-table book, on the order of Eamon...

A History of Christianity in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... A History of Christianity in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, 1450-1990: A Documentary Sourcebook. Edited by Klaus Koschorke, Frieder Ludwig, and Mariano Delgado, in cooperation with Roland Spliesgart. (Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans...

Catholic and Ecumenical: History and hope, why the Catholic Church is Ecumenical and what she is Doing about.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Catholic and Ecumenical: History and Hope, Why the Catholic Church Is Ecumenical and What She Is Doing about It. Second edition. By Frederick M. Bliss, S.M. (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield [A Sheed & Ward Book]. 2007. Pp. xx, 185. $72.00...

Rome and Canterbury: The Elusive Search for Unity.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Rome and Canterbury: The Elusive Search for Unity. By Mary Reath. (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. 2007. Pp. xviii, 158. $19.95. ISBN 978-0-742-55278-4) This is an excellent contemporary overview of Anglican-Roman relations, particularly...

Hierarchia Ecclesiastica Orientalis: Series Episcoporum Ecclesiarum Christianarum Orientalium III: Supplementum.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Hierarchia Ecclesiastica Orienlalis: Series Episcoporum Ecclesiarum Christianarum Orientalium III: Supplementum. By Giorgio Fedalto. (Padova: Edizioni Messaggero. 2006. Pp. 557. [euro]110,00 paperback. ISBN 978-8-825-01393-1.) Various...

Bible Manuscripts: 1400 Years of Scribes and Scripture.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Bible Manuscripts: 1400 Years of Scribes and Scripture. By Scot McKendrick and Kathleen Doyle. (London: The British Library; Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 2007. Pp. 160. $35.00. ISBN 978-0-712-34922-2.) In Bible Manuscripts: 1400...

The Restoration of Israel: Christian Zionism in Religion, Literature and Politics.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... The Restoration of Israel: Christian Zionism in Religion, Literature and Politics. By Gerhard Falk. [American University Studies, Series VII: Theology and Religion, Vol. 257.] (New York: Peter Lang. 2006. Pp. xii, 224. $70.95. ISBN...

Juris Historia: Liber Amicorum Gero Dolezalek.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Juris Historia: Liber Amicorum Gero Dolezalek. Edited by Vincenzo Colli and Emanuele Conte [Studies in Comparative Legal History.] (Berkeley: Robbins Collection. 2008. Pp. xxiv, 431. $50.00. ISBN 978-1-882-23918-4.) This Festschrift in...

Bollandistes saints et legendes: Quatre siecles de recharche.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Bollandistes saints et legendes: Quatre siecles de recharche. By Robert Godding, Bernard Joassart, Xavier Lequeux, Francois de Vriendt, and Joseph van der Straeten. (Brussels: Societe des Bollandistes. 2007. Pp. iv, 179. [euro]49,00. ISBN...

Eugenio Pacelli. Un uomo sul trono di Pietro.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Pio XII: Eugenio Pacelli. Un uomo sul trono di Pietro. By Andrea Tornielli. (Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori. 2007. Pp. 661. [euro] 24,00. ISBN 978-8-804-57010-3.) "Who was Eugenio Pacelli...?" Thus Andrea Tornielli launches his biography of Pope...

The Regensburg lecture.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... The Regensburg Lecture. By James V. Schall, S.J. (South Bend, IN: St. Augustine's Press. 2007. Pp. vi, 174. $20.00. ISBN 978-1-587-31695-1.) Was it prudent for Pope Benedict XVI to include in his lecture at the University of Regensburg on...

Pedro Arrupe: Un uomo per gli altri.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Pedro Arrupe: Un uomo per gli altri. Edited by Gianni La Bella. [Santa Sede e politica nel Novecento, 5.] (Bologna: Societa Editrice II Mulino. 2007. Pp. 1084. [euro]55,00. ISBN 978-8-815-11506-5) The year 2007 marked the centenary of the...

Servants of the Poor: Teachers and Mobility in Ireland and Irish America.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Servants of the Poor: Teachers and Mobility in Ireland and Irish America. By Janet Nolan. (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press. 2004. Pp. xv, 191.$45.00 clothbound, ISBN 978-0-268-03659-7; $18.00 paperback, ISBN 978-0-268-03660-9.) ...

Fuentes Primarias para la bistoria de la educaction de la mujer en Europa y America. Archivos Historicos Compania de Maria Nuestra Senora, 1921-1936.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Fuentes Primarias para la bistoria de la aducaction de la mujer en Europa y America . Archivos Historicos Compania de Maria Nuestra Senora, 1921-1936. By Pilar Foz y Foz, O.D.N., with the collaboration of Asuncion Artajo, O.D.O., and Eugenia...

Encyclopedia of Witchcraft: The Western Tradition.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Encyclopedia of Witchcraft: The Western Tradition. Edited by Richard M. Golden. Four volumes. (Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. 2006. Pp. xxxvi, 1238; index 35. $485.00. ISBN 978-1-576-07243-6.) Publication of this ambitious reference work...

Ancient: Paul, the Pastoral Epistles, and the Early Church.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Paul, the Pastoral Epistles, and the Early Church. By James W. Aageson. [Library of Pauline Studies.] (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers. 2008. Pp. xvi, 235. $24.95 paperback. ISBN 978-1-598-56041-1.) James Aageson's engaging book...

The Early Christian Book.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... The Early Christian Book. Edited by William E. Klingshirn and Linda Safran. [CUA Studies in Early Christianity] (Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America Press. 2007. Pp. xiv, 314; 28 plates. $39.95. ISBN 978-0-813-21486-3.) This...

The Sex Lives of Saints: An Erotics of Ancient Hagiography.(Saving Shame: Martyrs, Saints, and Other Abject Subjects)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... The Sex Lives of Saints: An Erotics of Ancient Hagiography. By Virginia Burrus. [Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion.] (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. 2004. Pp. vi. 216. $22.50 paperback. ISBN 978-0-812-22020-9) ...

The World of Early Egyptian Christianity: Language, Literature, and Social Context.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... The World of Early Egyptian Christianity: Language, Literature, and Social Context. Essays in Honor of David W. Johnson. Edited by James E. Goehring and Janet A. Timbie. [Catholic University of America Studies in Early Christianity.]...

Monastic Bodies: Discipline and Salvation in Shenoute of Atripe.(Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Monastic Bodies: Discipline and Salvation in Shenoute of Atripe. By Caroline T. Schroeder. [Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion.] (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. 2007. Pp. viii, 237. $79.95.) ISBN 978-0-812-23990-4....

Gregory of Nyssa: The Letters. Introduction, translation, and commentary.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Gregory of Nyssa: The Letters. Introduction, Translation, and Commentary. By Anna M. Silvas. [Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae, 83. J (Leiden and Boston: Brill. 2007. Pp. xx, 283. $159.00. ISBN 978-9-004-15290-8.) The career of Gregory...

Martyrdom and Memory: Early Christian Culture Making.(Gender, Theory, and Religion)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Martyrdom and Memory: Early Christian Culture Making. By Elizabeth A. Castelli. [Gender, Theory, and Religion.] (New York: Columbia University Press. 2004. Pp.xx, 335. s25.50 paperback. ISBN 978-0-231-12987-9.) What is perhaps most...

The Roman Revolution of Constantine.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... The Roman Revolution of Constantine. By Raymond Van Dam. (New York: Cambridge University Press. 2007. Pp. xvi, 441. $85.00. ISBN 978-0-521-88209-5.) Appropriately, given its title, this latest book on Constantine begins and ends with the...

Orthodoxy and the Courts in Late Antiquity.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Orthodoxy and the Courts in Late Antiquity. By Caroline Humfress. (New York: Oxford University Press. 2007. Pp. xiv, 344. $150.00. ISBN 978-0-198-20841-9.) Some scholars have suggested freeing late-antique church history from its orbit...

Ebistoire des iconoclastes.(Bilans de recherche)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Ebistoire des iconoclastes. By Marie-France Auzepy. [Bilans de recherche, 2.] (Paris:Association des Amis du Centre d'Histoire et Civilization de Byzance. 2007. Pp.xvi.386. [euro]40,000 paperback. ISBN 978-2-916 71607-7.) The iconoclastic...

Medieval: Literaturbericht zur mittelalterlichen und neuzeitlichen Epigraphik (1998-2002).(Monumenta Germaniae Historica)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Literaturbericht zur mittelalterlichen und neuzeitlichen Epigraphik (1998-2002). By Walter Koch and Franz-Albrecht Bornschlegel. [Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Hilfmettel 22] (Hannover: Hahnsche Buchhandlung. 2005. Pp. 519. [euro]40,00. ISBN...

Byzantine Rome and the Greek Popes: Eastern Influences on Rome and the Papacy from Gregory the Great to Zacharias.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Byzantine Rome and the Greek Popes: Eastern Influences on Rome and the Papacy from Gregory the Great to Zacharias, A. D. 590-752. By Andrew J. Ekonomou. (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. 2007. Pp. x, 347. $70,00. ISBN 978-0-739-11977-8.) ...

Paths of Exile: Narratives of St. Columba and the Praxis of Iona.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Paths of Exile: Narratives of St. Columba and the Praxis of Iona. By James Lewis. (South Bend, IN: Cloverdale Books. 2007. Pp. xii, 204. $19.95 paper-back. ISBN 978-1-929-56924-3.) Voluntary lifelong exile (Hiberno-Latin peregrinatio) is...

Celi De in Ireland: Monastic Writing and Identity in the Early Middle Ages.(Studies in Celtic History, XXIII)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Celi De in Ireland: Monastic Writing and Identity in the Early Middle Ages. By Westley Follett. [Studies in Celtic History, XXIII.] (Rochester, NY: The Boydell Press. 2006. Pp. xii, 253. $85.00. ISBN 978-1-843-83276-8.) The last major...

The times of Bede: studies in Early English Christian Society and its Historian.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... The Times of Bede: Studies in Early English Christian Society and Its Historian. By Patrick Wormald. Edited by Stephen Baxter. (Malden, MA: Blackwell. 2006. Pp. xviii, 290. $83.95. ISBN 978-0-631-16655-9.) This collection of nine previously...

The Crusades, the Kingdom of Sicily, and the Mediterranean.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... The Crusades, the Kingdom of Sicily, and the Mediterranean. By James M. powell. [Variorum Collected Studies Series, CS 871.] (Burlington, VT: Ashgate publishing Company. 2007. Pp. x, 300. $ 114. 95. ISBN 978-0-754-65917-4.) This volume of...

Bohemond d'Antioche: Chevalier d'Aventure.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Bohemond d'Antioche: Chevalier d'Aventure. By Jean Flori. [Biographie Payot.] (Paris: Payot & Rivages. 2007. Pp. 380.025,00 paperback. ISBN 978-2-228-90226-7.) Bohemond of Antioch (c. 1058-1111) enjoyed enormous attention from his...

Historia Ierosolimitana. History of the Journey to Jerusalem.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Historia Ierosolimitana. History of the Journey to Jerusalem. By Albert of Aachen. Edited and translated by Susan B. Edgington. [Oxford Medieval Texts.] (Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2007. Pp. Ixii, 949. $302.50. ISBN 978-0-199-20486-1.)...

The Churches of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem: A Corpus.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... The Churches of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem: A Corpus. Vol. 3: The City of Jerusalem. By Denys Pringle. (New York: Cambridge University Press. 2007. Pp. xxvi, 506; plates 212, figures 81, maps 5. $195.00. ISBN 978-0-521-39038-5.) The...

Envisaging Heaven in the Middle Ages.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Envisaging Heaven in the Middle Ages. Edited by Carolyn Muessig and Ad Putter with the assistance of Gareth Griffith and Judith Jefferson. [Routledge Studies in Medieval Religion and Culture, 6.] (New York: Routledge. 2007. Pp. xiv, 257....

A History of Heaven on Earth.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Mapping Paradise: A History of Heaven on Earth. By Alessandro Scafi. (London: The British Library; Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 2006. Pp. 398. $55.00. ISBN 978-0-226-73559-7.) Why were medieval maps so inaccurate and fanciful, even...

The Development of the Concept of Miracle.(Miracles and Wonders: The Development of the Concept of Miracle, 1150-1350)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Miracles and Wonders: The Development of the Concept of Miracle, 1150-1350. By Michael E. Goodich. [Church, Faith and Culture in the Medieval West.] (Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing Company. 2007. Pp. xii, 148. $99.95. ISBN...

St Margaret's Gospel-book: The Favourite Book of an Eleventh-Century Queen of Scots.(Treasures from the Bodleian Library)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... St Margaret's Gospel-book: The Favourite Book of an Eleventh-Century Queen of Scots. By Rebecca Rushforth. [Treasures from the Bodleian Library.] (Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 2007. Pp. 114; 60 color illustrations. $ 45.00. ISBN...

Teacher in Faith and Virtue: Lanfranc of Bec's Commentary on Saint paul.(Sacred Texts and Their Commentaries: Jewish, Christian and Islamic)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Teacher in Faith and Virtue: Lanfranc of Bec's Commentary on Saint paul. By Ann Collins. [Commentaria. Sacred Texts and Their Commentaries: Jewish, Christian and Islamic, Vol. 1. ] (Boston: Brill. 2007. Pp. x, 219. $129.00. ISBN...

Thomas Becket and His Biographers.(Studies in the History of Medieval Religion)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Thomas Becket and His Biographers. By Michael Staunton. [Studies in the History of Medieval Religion, Vol. XXVIII.] (Rochester, NY: Boydell Press. 2006. Pp. viii, 246. $95.00. ISBN 978-1-843-83271-3.) The materials for the life of Thomas...

Entre Champagne et Bourgogne: Beaumont, ancienne grange de l'abbaye cistercienne de Clairvaux.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Entre Champagne et Bourgogne: Beaumont, ancienne grange de l'abbaye cistercienne de Clairvaux. By Christophe Wissenberg. (Paris: Picard. 2007, Pp. 149. [euro]29,00. ISBN 978-2-708-40787-9.) This is a beautiful book about a Cistercian grange...

The Image of St. Francis: Responses to Sainthood in the Thirteen Century.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... The Image of St. Francis: Responses to Sainthood in the Thirteen Century. By Rosalind B. Brooke. (New York: Cambridge University Press. 2006.Pp. xvi, 524. $135.00. ISBN 978-0-521-78291-3) The volume is massive. Brooke offers an overwhelming...

A Question of Collective Guilt.(The Interdict in the Thirteenth Century: A Question of Collective Guilt)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... The Interdict in the Thirteenth Century: A Question of Collective Guilt. By Peter D Clarke (New York: Oxford University Press 2007 Pp x 300 $ 117 00 ISBN 978-0-199-20860-9) Bishop Stubbs once described the interdict as the medieval...

The St. Albans Chronicle: The Chronica Maiora of Thomas Walsingbam.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... The St. Albans Chronicle: The Chronica Maiora of Thomas Walsingbam. Vol. 1: 1376-1394. Edited by John Taylor, Wendy R. Childs, and Leslie Watkiss. [Oxford Medieval Texts.] (New York: Oxford University Press. 2003. Pp. cxxi, 1030. $403.50. ISBN...

Fiat Lux: Lumiere et luminaires dans la vie religieuse en Occident du XIIIe au debut du XVIe siecle.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Fiat Lux: Lumiere et luminaires dans la vie religieuse en Occident du XIIIe au debut du XVIe siecle. By catherine Vincent. [Histoire religeuse de la France, 24.]. (Paris: Les Editions du Cerf. 2004. Pp. 693. [euro]44.00 paperback. ISBN...

The Feast of Corpus Christi.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... The Feast of Corpus Christi. By Barbara R. Walters, Vincent Corrigan, and Peter T. Ricketts. (University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press. 2006. Pp. xviii, 562. $70.00. ISBN 978-0-271-029245.) In the twentieth century six names are...

A Partible Inheritance.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Spain, 1157-1300. A Partible Inheritance. By Peter Linehan. (Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing. 2008. Pp. xviii, 284. $99.95. ISBN 978-0-631-17284-0.) This volume, according to its publishers, is the latest and the tenth in a series on the...

Captives and Their Saviors in the Medieval Crown of Aragon.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Captives and Their Saviors in the Medieval Crown of Aragon. By Jarbel Rodriguez. (Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America Press. 2007. Pp. xxiv, 225. $64.95. ISBN 978-0-813-21475-7.) Jarbel Rodriguez's book is a welcome addition...

Ockham and Political Discourse in the Late Middle Ages.(Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought, Fourth Series, Vol. 69)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Ockham and Political Discourse in the Late Middle Ages. By Takashi Shogimen. [Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought, Fourth Series, Vol. 69.] (New York: Cambridge University Press. 2007. Pp. xiv, 301. $99.00. ISBN 978-0-521-84581-6.)...

Figure e motivi della contemplazione nelle teologie medievali.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Figure e motivi della contemplazione nelle teologie medievali. By Barbara Faes de Mottoni. [Micrologus Library; 18.] (Florence: SISMEL, Edizioni del Galuzzo. 2007. Pp. 181. [euro] 37,00 paperback. ISBN 978-888-450215-5.) This volume...

Simone Atumano: Monaco di Studio, arcivescovo latino di Tebe.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Simone Atumano: Monaco di Studio, arcivescovo latino di Tebe. Secolo XIV. Seconda edizione riveduta e aumentata. By Giorgio Fedalto [Storia del cristianesimo, 2.] (Brescia: Paideia Editrice. 2007. pp.205. [euro]22,00. ISBN 978-8-839-40741-2.)...

John Capgrave's Fifteenth Century.(The Middle Ages)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... John Capgrave's Fifteenth Century. By Karen A. Winstead. [The Middle Ages Series.] (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. 2007. Pp. xiv, 233. $55.00. ISBN 978-0-812-23977-5.) Karen Winstead's title is a teasing one, but t is also...

Early Modern European: Orden und Kloster im Zeitalter von Reformation und katholischer Reform, 1500-1700, Band 3.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Orden and Kloster im Zeitalter von Reformation und katholischer Reform, 1500-1700, Band 3. Edited by Friedhelm Jurgensmeier and Regina Elisabeth Schwerdtfeger. [Katholisches Leben and Kirchenreform im Zeitalter der Glaubensspaltung, Heft 67.]...

The Renaissance pulpit: Art and Preaching in Tuscany, 1400-1550.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... The Renaissance Pulpit: Art and Preaching in Tuscany, 1400-1550. By Nirit Ben-Aryeh Debby. [Late Medieval and Early Modern Studies, 6] (Turnhout: Brepols Publishers. 2007. Pp. xviii, 294, $116.00; [member of]80,00. ISBN 978-2-503-51342-3.) ...

Art and the Augustinian Order in Early Renaissance Italy.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Art and the Augustinian Order in Early Renaissance Italy. Edited by Louise Bourdua and Anne Dunlop. [Church, Faith and Culture in the Medieval West.] (Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing Company. 2007. Pp. xvi, 231. $99.95. ISBN...

Building the Kingdom: Giannozzo Manetti on the Material and Spiritual Edifice.(Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Building the Kingdom: Giannozzo Manetti on the Material and Spiritual Edifice. By Christine Smith and Joseph E O'Connor. [Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies, Vol. 317; Arizona Studies in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, Vol. 20.]...

Renaissance Inquisitors: Dominican Inquisitors and Inquisitorial Districts in Northern Italy, 1474-1527.(Studies in the History of Christian Traditions)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Renaissance Inquisitors: Dominican Inquisitors and Inquisitorial Districts in Northern Italy, 1474-1527. By Michael Tavuzzi. [Studies in the History of Christian Traditions, Vol. 134.] (Boston: Brill. 2007. Pp. xiv, 286. $129.00. ISBN...

Patronage and Dynasty: The Rise of the della Rovere in Renaissance Italy.(Sixteenth Century Essays and Studies Series)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Patronage and Dynasty: The Rise of the della Rovere in Renaissance Italy. Edited by Ian F.Verstegen. [Sixteenth Century Essays and Studies Series, 77.] (Kriksville, MO: Truman State University Press. 2007. Pp. xxviii, 210. $54.95. ISBN...

Papal Banking in Renaissance Rome: Benvenuto Olivieri and Paul III, 1534-1549.(Studies in Banking and Financial History)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Papal Banking in Renaissance Rome: Benvenuto Olivieri and Paul III, 1534-1549. By Francesco Guidi Bruscoli. [Studies in Banking and Financial History.] (Burlington, VT:Ashgate Publishing Company. 2007. Pp. xxviii, 313. $99.95. ISBN...

The censor, the editor, and the text: The Catholic Church and the shaping of the Jewish canon in the Sixteenth Century.(Jewish Culture and Contexts)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... The Censor, the Editor, and the Text: The Catholic Church and the Shaping of the Jewish Canon in the Sixteenth Century. By Amnon Raz-Krakotzkin. Translated by Jackie Feldman. [Jewish Culture and Contexts.] (Philadelphia: University of...

Ruling Peacefully: Cardinal Ercole Gonzaga and Patrician Reform in Sixteenth-Century Italy.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Ruling Peacefully: Cardinal Ercole Gonzaga and Patrician Reform in Sixteenth-Century Italy. By Paul V. Murphy. (Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America Press. 2007. Pp. xxi, 290. $79.95. ISBN 978-0-813-21478-8). Those--like...

Morandi's Last prophecy and the End of Renaissance Politics.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Morandi's Last Prophecy and the End of Renaissance Politics. By Brendan Dooley. (Princeton: Princeton University Press. 2002. Pp. xiv, 238. $55.00. ISBN 978-0-691-04864-2) In this engaging book, Brendan Dooley brings to life the revealing...

Religionsstreitigkeiten: Volksprachliche Kontroversen zwischen altglaubigen und evangelischen Theologen im 16. Jahrhundert.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Religionsstreitigkeiten: Volksprachliche Kontroversen zwischen altglaubigen und evangelischen Theologen im 16. Jahrhundert. By Kai Bremer. [Fruhe Neuzeit, Band 104.] (Tubingen: Max Niemeyer Verlag, 2005. Pp. x, 329. [euro]88,00. ISBN...

God's Secret Agents: Queen Elizabeth's Forbidden Priests and the Hatching of the Gunpowder Plot.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... God's Secret Agents: Queen Elizabeth's Forbidden Priests and the Hatching of the Gunpowder Plot. By Alice Hogge. (New York: HarperCollins. 2005. Pp. xiv, 445. $27.95 ISBN 978-0-060-54227-6.) This account of the English mission undertaken by...

From Cranmer to Sancroft: Essays on English Religion in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... From Cranmer to Sancroft-Essays on English Religion in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. By Patrick Collison. (New York: Hambledon Continuum. 2006. Pp. xvi, 276. $72.00 clothbound, ISBN 978-1-852-85118-7; $24.95 paperback, ISBN...

Mother Leakey and the Bishop: A Ghost Story.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Mother Leakey and the Bishop: A Ghost Story. By Peter Marshall. (Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2007. Pp. xxvi, 323. $25.00. ISBN 978-0-199-27371-3.) In October 1634 the matriarch of a once-prosperous Somerset merchant family died. Yet...

Religious Women in Golden Age Spain: The Permeable Cloister.(Women and Gender in the Early Modern World)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Religious Women in Golden Age Spain: The Permeable Cloister. By Elizabeth A. Lehfeldt. [Women and Gender in the Early Modern World.] (Burlington, VT: Ashgate. 2005. Pp.x, 241. $99.95. ISBN 978-0-754-65023-2.) In her engaging study,...

Late modern European: Between Cross and Class. Comparative Histories of Cbristian Labour in Europ 1840-2000.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Between Cross and Class. Comparative Histories of Cbristian Labour in Europ 1840-2000. Edited by Lex Heerma van Voss, Patrick Pasture, and Jan De Maeyer. [International and Comparative Social History, Vol. 8.] (New York: Peter Lang. 2005. Pp....

The Story of Father Marie-Joseph Lagrange: Founder of Modern Catholic Biblical Study.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... The Story of Father Marie-Joseph Lagrange: Founder of Modern Catholic Biblical Study. By Bernard Montagnes, O.P. Translation and Foreword by Benedict Viviano, O.P. (Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press. 2006. Pp. xviii, 214.$22.95 paperback. ISBN...

Un pionnier, dom Lambert Beauduin (1873-1960): Liturgie et Unite des chretiens.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Un pionnier, dom Lambert Beauduin (1873-1960): Liturgie et Unite des chretiens. By Raymond Loonbeek and Jacques Mortiau. 2 volumes. [Universite Catholique de Louvain: Recueil de Travaux d' Histoire et de Philologie, 7 Serie, Fascicules 12-13]...

A Gentle Jesuit: The Life of Philip Caraman, S.J., 1911-1998.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... A Gentle Jesuit: The Life of Philip Caraman, S.J., 1911-1998. By June Rockett. (Leominster, UK: Gracewing Ltd. 2004. Pp. xii, 356, [pounds sterling]20.00. ISBN 978-0-852-44593-8.) To someone who knows Philip Caraman primarily as the...

Kitchen im Krieg. Europa 1939-1945.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Kitchen im Krieg. Europa 1939-1945. Edited by Karl-Joseph Hummel and Christoph Kosters. (Paderborn: Ferdinand Schoningh. 2007. Pp. 614. [euro] 48,00. ISBN 978-3-506-75688-6.) The collected essays, edited by two notable German the 2005...

Antisemitism, Christian ambivalence, and the Holocaust.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Antisemitism, Christian Ambivalence, and the Holocaust. Edited by Kevin P. Spicer, C.S.C. (Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press. 2007. Pp.xxiv, 329.$29.95 ISBN 978-0-253-34873-9.) This excellent collection was published in...

American: Church and State in America: the First Two Centuries.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Church and State in America: The First Two Centuries. By James H. Hutson. [Cambridge Essential Histories.] (New York: Cambridge University Press. 2008. Pp. xiv, 207. $21.99 paperback. ISBN 978-0-521-68343-2) James H. Hutson, chief of the...

American Catholics in the Protestant Imagination: Rethinking the Academic Study of Religion.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... American Catholics in the Protestant Imagination: Rethinking the Academic Study of Religion. By Michael P. Carroll. (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. 2007. Pp. xx, 219. $49.95. ISBN 978-0-801-88683-6.) This volume presents...

New Mexico's Crypto-Jews: Image and Memory.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... New Mexico's Crypto-Jews: Image and Memory. By Cary Herz. Introduction by Ori Z. Soltes. Afterword by Mona Hernandez. (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. 2007. Pp. xxii, 154. $39.95. ISBN 978-0-826-34289-8.) In the last two...

Rituals of Resistance: African Atlantic Religion in Kongo and the Lowcountry South in the Era of Slavery.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Rituals of Resistance: African Atlantic Religion in Kongo and the Lowcountry South in the Era of Slavery. By Jason R. Young. (Baton Rough: Louisiana State University Press. 2007. Pp. xiv, 258. $40.00. ISBN 978-0-807-13279-1.) An expertly...

The Great Awakening: The Roots of Evangelical Christianity in Colonial America.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... The Great Awakening: The Roots of Evangelical Christianity in Colonial America. By Thomas s. Kidd. (New Haven: Yale University Press. 2007. Pp. xx, 392. $35.00. ISBN 978-0-300-11887-2.) Not another book on the Great Awakening in American...

Jesus Is Female: Moravians and the Challenge of Radical Religion in Early America.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Jesus Is Female: Moravians and the Challenge of Radical Religion in Early America. By Aaron Spencer Fogleman. [Early American Studies.] (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. 2007. Pp. x, 330. $49.95. ISBN 978-0-812-23992-8.) ...

Masterless Mistresses: The New Orleans Ursulines and the Development of a New World Society, 1727-1834.(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Masterless Mistresses: The New Orleans Ursulines and the Development of a New World Society, 1727-1834. By Emily Clark. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. 2007. Pp. xvi, 287. $59.95 clothbound, ISBN 978-0-807-83122-9; $22.50...