Review Essays

Book reviewed in this article:SORTING OUT THE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG CHRISTIAN VALUES, US POPULAR RELIGION, AND HOLLYWOOD FILMS: SCREENING THE SACRED: RELIGION, MYTH AND IDEOLOGY IN POPULAR AMERICAN FILMEdited by Joel Martin and Conrad Ostwalt, Jr.SORTING OUT THE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG CHRISTIAN VALUES, US POPULAR RELIGION, AND HOLLYWOOD FILMS: HOLLYWOOD DREAMS AND BIBLICAL STORIESBy Bernard Brandon ScottSORTING OUT THE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG CHRISTIAN VALUES, US POPULAR RELIGION, AND HOLLYWOOD FILMS: SEEING AND BELIEVING: RELIGION AND VALUES IN THE MOVIESBy Margaret MilesSORTING OUT THE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG CHRISTIAN VALUES, US POPULAR RELIGION, AND HOLLYWOOD FILMS: HOLLYWOOD CENSORED: MORALITY CODES, CATHOLICS, AND THE MOVIESBy Gregory BlackSORTING OUT THE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG CHRISTIAN VALUES, US POPULAR RELIGION, AND HOLLYWOOD FILMS: SIN AND CENSORSHIP: THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND THE MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRYBy Frank WalshTRANSCENDING BODIES: UNBEARABLE WEIGHT: FEMINISM, WESTERN CULTURE, AND THE BODYBy Susan BordoTRANSCENDING BODIES: BODIES THAT MATTER: ON THE DISCURSIVE LIMITS OF“SEX”By Judith ButlerTRANSCENDING BODIES: VOLATILE BODIES: TOWARD A CORPOREAL FEMINISMBy Elizabeth GroszTRANSCENDING BODIES: IMAGINARY BODIES: ETHICS, POWER AND CORPOREALITYBy Moira GatensTRANSCENDING BODIES: RELIGIOUS IMAGINATION AND THE BODY: A FEMINIST ANALYSISBy Paula CooeyTHE EMBRACE OF SUFFERING: ALPHONSO LINGIS AND THE BODY OF INTELLIGIBILITY: ABUSESBy Alphonso LingisTHE EMBRACE OF SUFFERING: ALPHONSO LINGIS AND THE BODY OF INTELLIGIBILITY: THE COMMUNITY OF THOSE WHO HAVE NOTHING IN COMMONBy Alphonso LingisTHE EMBRACE OF SUFFERING: ALPHONSO LINGIS AND THE BODY OF INTELLIGIBILITY: FOREIGN BODIESBy Alphonso LingisELLIOT WOLFSON AND THE STUDY OF KABBALAH IN THE WAKE OF SCHOLEM: ALONG THE PATH: STUDIES IN KABBALISTIC MYTH, SYMBOLISM AND HERMENEUTICSBy Elliot WolfsonELLIOT WOLFSON AND THE STUDY OF KABBALAH IN THE WAKE OF SCHOLEM: CIRCLE IN THE SQUARE: STUDIES IN THE USE OF GENDER IN KABBALISTIC SYMBOLISMBy Elliot WolfsonELLIOT WOLFSON AND THE STUDY OF KABBALAH IN THE WAKE OF SCHOLEM: THROUGH A SPECULUM THAT SHINES: VISION & IMAGINATION IN MEDIEVAL JEWISH MYSTICISMBy Elliot WolfsonCURRENT PERSPECTIVES ON DEATH, DYING, AND MOURNING: DEATH AND SPIRITUALITYEdited by Kenneth J. Doka with John MorganCURRENT PERSPECTIVES ON DEATH, DYING, AND MOURNING: SPIRITUAL, ETHICAL, AND PASTORAL ASPECTS OF DEATH AND BEREAVEMENTEdited by Gerry R. Cox and Ronald J. FundisCURRENT PERSPECTIVES ON DEATH, DYING, AND MOURNING: FACING DEATH: IMAGES, INSIGHTS, AND INTERVENTIONSBy Sandra L. BertmanCURRENT PERSPECTIVES ON DEATH, DYING, AND MOURNING: IN THE SHADOW OF ILLNESS: PARENTS AND SIBLINGS OF THE CHRONICALLY ILL CHILDBy Myra Bluebond‐LangnerCURRENT PERSPECTIVES ON DEATH, DYING, AND MOURNING: FINAL GIFTS: UNDERSTANDING THE SPECIAL AWARENESS, NEEDS, AND COMMUNICATIONS OF THE DYINGBy Maggie Callanan and Patricia KelleyCURRENT PERSPECTIVES ON DEATH, DYING, AND MOURNING: TREATMENT OF COMPLICATED MOURNINGBy Therese A. RandoCURRENT PERSPECTIVES ON DEATH, DYING, AND MOURNING: HOW WE GRIEVE: RELEARNING THE WORLDBy Thomas AttigCURRENT PERSPECTIVES ON DEATH, DYING, AND MOURNING: DISENFRANCHISED GRIEF: RECOGNIZING HIDDEN SORROWEdited by Kenneth J. DokaCURRENT PERSPECTIVES ON DEATH, DYING, AND MOURNING: NO VOICE IS EVER WHOLLY LOST: AN EXPLORATION OF THE EVERLASTING ATTACHMENT BETWEEN PARENT AND CHILDBy Louise J. KaplanCURRENT PERSPECTIVES ON DEATH, DYING, AND MOURNING: THE NEAR‐DEATH EXPERIENCE: A READEREdited by Lee W. Bailey and Jenny YatesCURRENT PERSPECTIVES ON DEATH, DYING, AND MOURNING: EXPERIENCES NEAR DEATH: BEYOND MEDICINE AND RELIGIONBy Allan KellehearHOW DO WE WISH TO DIE? THE CONTROVERSY OVER ASSISTED DEATH: LIFE'S LIVING TOWARD DYING: A THEOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL‐ETHICAL STUDYBy Vigen GuroianHOW DO WE WISH TO DIE? THE CONTROVERSY OVER ASSISTED DEATH: ACTIVE EUTHANASIA AND HEALTH CARE REFORM: TESTING THE MEDICAL COVENANTBy William F. MayHOW DO WE WISH TO DIE? THE CONTROVERSY OVER ASSISTED DEATH: LIFE ON THE LINE: ETHICS, AGING, ENDING PATIENTS' LIVES AND ALLOCATING RESOURCESBy John F. KilnerHOW DO WE WISH TO DIE? THE CONTROVERSY OVER ASSISTED DEATH: BREAKING THE THREAD OF LIFE: ON RATIONAL SUICIDEBy Robert L. BarryHOW DO WE WISH TO DIE? THE CONTROVERSY OVER ASSISTED DEATH: MUST WE SUFFER OUR WAY TO DEATH? CULTURAL AND THEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON DEATH BY CHOICEEdited by Ron P. Hamel and Edwin R. DuBoseCAN OUR HISTORY GRANT US COURAGE? THE REINVIGORATION OF OLD‐LINE PROTESTANT CONGREGATIONAL STUDIES: PLACES OF WORSHIP: EXPLORING THEIR HISTORYBy James P. WindCAN OUR HISTORY GRANT US COURAGE? THE REINVIGORATION OF OLD‐LINE PROTESTANT CONGREGATIONAL STUDIES: THE PROTESTANT EXPERIENCE IN GARY, INDIANA, 1906–1975: AT HOME IN THE CITYBy James W. LewisCAN OUR HISTORY GRANT US COURAGE? THE REINVIGORATION OF OLD‐LINE PROTESTANT CONGREGATIONAL STUDIES: AMERICAN CONGREGATIONS, Vol. 1: PORTRAITS OF TWELVE RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIESEdited by James P. Wind and James W. LewisCAN OUR HISTORY GRANT US COURAGE? THE REINVIGORATION OF OLD‐LINE PROTESTANT CONGREGATIONAL STUDIES: AMERICAN CONGREGATIONS, Vol. 2: NEW PERSPECTIVES IN THE STUDY OF CONGREGATIONSEdited by James P. Wind and James W. LewisCAN OUR HISTORY GRANT US COURAGE? THE REINVIGORATION OF OLD‐LINE PROTESTANT CONGREGATIONAL STUDIES: CONGREGATION: THE JOURNEY BACK TO CHURCHBy Gary DorseyCAN OUR HISTORY GRANT US COURAGE? THE REINVIGORATION OF OLD‐LINE PROTESTANT CONGREGATIONAL STUDIES: CHRIST CHURCH, PHILADELPHIA: THE NATION'S CHURCH IN A CHANGING CITYBy Deborah Mathias GoughCAN OUR HISTORY GRANT US COURAGE? THE REINVIGORATION OF OLD‐LINE PROTESTANT CONGREGATIONAL STUDIES: GRANT US COURAGE: TRAVELS ALONG THE MAINLINE OF AMERICAN PROTESTANTISMBy Randall BalmerCAN OUR HISTORY GRANT US COURAGE? THE REINVIGORATION OF OLD‐LINE PROTESTANT CONGREGATIONAL STUDIES: CONGREGATION & COMMUNITYBy Nancy Tatom Ammerman