Other Books Received

Aers, David. Salvation and Sin: Augustine, Langland, and Fourteenth Century Theology. (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press. 2009. Pp. xvi, 284. $38.00.)

Ambrosiaster. Commentaries on Romans and 1-2 Corinthians. Edited and translated by Gerald L. Bray. [Ancient Christian Texts.] (Downers Grove, IL: Inter Varsity Press. 2009. Pp. xxiv, 270. $60.00.)

Beiner, Guy. Remembering the Year of the French: Irish Folk History and Social Memory. (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press. 2007. Pp. xix, 466. $49.95.)

Biolzi, Roberto. «Avec le fer et la flamme.» La Guerre entre la Savoie et Fribourg (1447/1448). [Cahiers lausannois d'histoire médiévale, Vol. 43.] (Lausanne: Université de Lausanne. 2009. Pp. 316. €32,00 paperback.)

Boguslawski, Steven, O.P., and Robert Fastiggi (Eds.). Called to Holiness and Communion: Vatican II and The Church. (Scranton, PA: University of Scranton Press. 2009. Pp. xiv, 400. $25.00 paperback.)

Börsig-Hover, Magdalena. Romano Guardini (1885-1968): Wegbereiter des 21. Jahrhunderts. [Ad Fontes: Schriften zur Philosophie, Band 5.] (Berlin and New York: Peter Lang. 2009. Pp. 112. $35.95 paperback.) Chapter V deals with Guardini as "Bereiter der Ökumene."

Bozóky, Edina. Le Livre Secret des Cathares: Interrogatio Iohannis. [Textes, Dossiers, Documents, Vol. 2.] (Paris: Beauchesne. 2009. Pp. 271. €34,00 paperback.) This is the third edition, revised and augmented; the first edition was published in 1980.

Brague, Rémi. Eccentric Culture: A Theory of Western Civilization. Translated by Samuel Lester. (South Bend, IN: St. Augustine's Press. 2009. Pp. v, 206. $17.00 paperback.) Originally published in 2002 and reviewed by Thomas E. Woods, Jr., ante, XCII (October, 2006), 634-35.

Budziszewski, J. The Line Through the Heart: Natural Law as Fact, Theory, and Sign of Contradiction. (Wilmington, DE: ISI Books. 2009. Pp. xx, 242. $25.00 clothbound.)

Callahan, Sidney. Creating New Life, Nurturing Families: A Women's Perspective. (Cincinnati: St. Anthony Messenger Press. 2009. Pp. xii, 124. $11.95 paperback.)

Curley, Michael J. (Trans.) Physiologus: A Medieval Book of Nature Lore. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 2009. Pp. xlviii, 92. $17.00 paper back.) Originally published in 1979. The translator has added a "Note to the Paperback Edition."

Deeney, Aloysius, OCD. Welcome to the Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites. (Washington, DC: ICS Publications. 2009. Pp. v, 116. $9.95 paperback.)

Ford, Michael. Spiritual Masters for All Seasons. (Mahwah, NJ: Hidden Spring, Paulist Press. 2009. Pp. 176. $18.00 paperback.)

Gondreau, Paul. The Passions of Christ's Soul in the Theology of St. Thomas Aquinas. (Scranton, PA: University of Scranton Press. 2009. Pp. 516. $40.00 paperback.)

Gritsch, Eric W. Toxic Spirituality: Four Enduring Temptations of Christian Faith. (Minneapolis: Fortress Press. 2009. Pp. viii, 200. $22.00 paperback.) The four temptations are antisemitism, fundamentalism, triumphalism, and moralism.

Harcum, E. Rae. Saving Our Church: Five Systemic Diseases Pose a Vital Mission for the Organized Church. (Lanham, MD: Hamilton Books. 2009. Pp. xvi, 134. $26.00 paperback.) The author is a professional psychologist.

Hindmarsh, D. Bruce. The Evangelical Conversion Narrative: Spiritual Autobiography in Early Modern England. (New York: Oxford University Press. 2007. Pp. ix, 384. $49.95 paperback.) First published in 2005.

Kaeuper, Richard W., and Elspeth Kennedy (Eds.). The Book of Chivalry of Geoffroi de Charny: Text, Context, and Translation. [Middle Ages Series.] (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. 2009. Pp. viii, 236. $27.50 paperback.) Originally published in 1996.

Kearney, James. The Incarnate Text: Imagining the Book in Reformation England. [Material Texts.] (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. 2009. Pp. ix, 312.) The author treats Erasmian Humanism, The Faerie Queene of Edmund Spenser, Doctor Faustus of Christopher Marlowe, The Tempest of William Shakespeare, and Francis Bacon's "Impossible Book," Instauratio Magna.

Kennelly, Karen M., C.S.J. The Religious Formation Conference, 1954-2004. (Silver Spring, MD: Religious Formation Conference. 2009. Pp. 112. $14.95 paperback.)

Kinn, James W. The Practice of Contemplation According to John of the Cross. (Washington, DC: ICS Publications. 2009. Pp. iii, 126. $12.95 paperback.)

Law, Anwei Skinsnes, and Henry G. Law. Father Damien . . . "A Bit of Taro, A Piece of Fish, and A Glass of Water." (Seneca Falls, NY: IDEA Center for the Voices of Humanity. 2009. Pp. 132. $25.00 paperback.) This large-format book, copiously illustrated with contemporary photographs, collects the recollection and testimonies of the people of Kalaupapa who personally knew and worked with St. Jozef Damien de Veuster, S.S.C.C.

Loza, Steven (Ed.). Religion as Art: Guadalupe, Orishas, and Sufi. (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. 2009. Pp. xiv, 354. $39.95 paperback.) Among the two dozen articles published here are "Municipal Art in Early Guadalupan Processions" by Martinus Cawley (pp. 24-39); "Our Lady of Guadalupe in Historical Perspective" by Stafford Poole, C.M. (pp. 58-69); and "The Presence of Miguel Bernal Jiménez in the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Coronation of the Virgin of Guadalupe (1945)" by Lorena Díaz Núñez (pp. 117-27).

McBride, Alfred, O.P. The Story of the Church. (Cincinnati: St. Anthony Messenger Press. 2009. Pp. x, 310. $16.95 paperback.) Originally published in 1983.

McLaughlin, David J. The California Missions Source Book:Key Information, Dramatic Images, and Fascinating Anecdotes Covering All 21 Missions. (Scottsdale, AZ: Pentacle Press. Distributed by the University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque. 2009. Pp. 68, $24.95 paperback.) Following a foreword, which is really a general introduction (pp. 11-21), a two-page spread is devoted to each mission. The spiral-bound book, printed on glossy paper, is lavishly illustrated in full color, with reproductions of old artists' drawings, engravings, paintings, architectural drawings, and contemporary photographs. The afterword (pp. 65-68) recounts the effects of the secularization decree of 1833.

Moorcroft, Jennifer. God Is All Joy: Life of St. Teresa of the Andes.(Washington, DC: ICS Publications. 2009. Pp. x, 164. $12.95 paperback.) A popular life of the first canonized saint of Chile (1900-19).

Nederman, Cary J. John of Salisbury. [Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies, Vol. 288.] (Tempe: Arizona State University Center for Medieval Studies and Renaissance Studies. 2005. Pp. xii, 100. $15.00 paperback.) Written for undergraduates and other beginners, and not intended to impact scholarly discussion.

Porterfield, Amanda. Healing in the History of Christianity. (New York: Oxford University Press. 2009. Pp. viii, 218. $22.95.) Originally published in 2005.

Rebillard, Éric. The Care of the Dead in Late Antiquity. Translated by Elizabeth Trapnell Rawlings and Jeanine Routier-Pucci. (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. 2009. Pp. xix, 224.) Originally published under the title Religion et sépulture: L'Église, les vivants et les morts dans l'Antiquité tardive by the Éditions de l'École des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris, in 2003 and reviewed by Aaron P. Johnson ante, XCI (July, 2005), 510-11.

Richardson, Jean. A History of the Sisters of Charity Hospital, Buffalo, New York, 1848-1900. (Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press. 2005. Pp. x, 213. $109.95)

Schwartz, Sanford. C. S. Lewis on the Final Frontier: Science and the Supernatural in the Space Trilogy. (New York: Oxford University Press. 2009. Pp. xvi, 240. $27.95.)

Spenser, Nick, Robert White, and Virginia Vroblesky. Christianity, Climate Change, and Sustainable Living. (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson. 2009. Pp. xx, 268. $16.95 paperback.)

Stein, Edith. Potency and Act: Studies Toward a Philosophy of Being. Edited by L Gelber and Romaeus Leuven, O.C.D. Translated by Walter Redmond. [The Collected Works of Edith Stein, Vol. 11.] (Washington, DC: ICS Publications. 2009. Pp. xlx, 518. $19.95 paperback.)

Taylor, Sarah McFarland. Green Sisters: A Spiritual Ecology. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. 2009. Pp. xx, 364. $18.95 paperback.)

Théry, Julien, et al. Famille et parenté dans la vie religieuse du Midi (XII^e-XV^e siècle. [Cahiers de Fanjeaux, 43.] (Toulouse: Éditions Privat. 2008. Pp. 448. €32,00 paperback.)

Whitehead, Kenneth D. (Ed.). Sacrosanctum Concilium and the Reform of the Liturgy: Proceedings from the 29th Annual Convention of the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars. (Scranton, PA: University of Scranton Press. 2009. Pp. x, 194. $22.00 paperback.)