Review Essays

Book reviewed in this article:HOMOSEXUALITY, QUEER THEORY, AND CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY: THE LESBIAN AND GAY STUDIES READER Edited by Henry Abe love, Michèle Aina Barale, and David M. HamperingHOMOSEXUALITY, QUEER THEORY, AND CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY: FEMINISM MEETS QUEER THEORY: BOOKS FROM DIFFERENCES Edited by Elizabeth Weed and Naomi SchorHOMOSEXUALITY, QUEER THEORY, AND CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY: QUE(E)RYING RELIGION: A CRITICAL ANTHOLOGY Edited by Gary D. Comstock and Susan E. HenkingHOMOSEXUALITY, QUEER THEORY, AND CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY: THE INVENTION OF SODOMY By Mark D. JordanHOMOSEXUALITY, QUEER THEORY, AND CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY: RELIGION IS A QUEER THING: A GUIDE TO THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDERED PEOPLE By Elizabeth Stuart with Andy Braunston, Malcolm Edwards, John McMahon, and Tim MorrisonHOMOSEXUALITY, QUEER THEORY, AND CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY: FREEDOM, GLORIOUS FREEDOM: THE SPIRITUAL JOURNEY TO THE FULLNESS OF LIFE FOR GAYS, LESBIANS, AND EVERYBODY ELSE By John J. McNeillHOMOSEXUALITY, QUEER THEORY, AND CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY: UNREPENTANT, SELF‐AFFIRMING, PRACTICING: LESBIAN/BISEXUAL/GAY PEOPLE WITHIN ORGANIZED RELIGION By Gary David ComstockHOMOSEXUALITY, QUEER THEORY, AND CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY: GAYS, LESBIANS, AND FAMILY VALUES By Elizabeth A. Say and Mark R. KowalewskiHOMOSEXUALITY, QUEER THEORY, AND CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY: GAY AND GAIA: ETHICS, ECOLOGY, AND THE EROTIC By Daniel T. SpencerHOMOSEXUALITY, QUEER THEORY, AND CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY: DANCING AFTER THE WHIRLWIND: FEMINIST REFLECTIONS ON SEX, DENIAL, AND SPIRITUAL TRANSFORMATION By L. J. TessierHOMOSEXUALITY, QUEER THEORY, AND CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY: DEFYING THE DARKNESS: GAY THEOLOGY IN THE SHADOWS By J. Michael ClarkWITCHCRAFT AND GENDER STUDIES IN THE 1990S: LEWD WOMEN AND WICKED WITCHES: A STUDY OF THE DYNAMICS OF MALE DOMINATION By Marianne HesterWITCHCRAFT AND GENDER STUDIES IN THE 1990S: WITCHCRAZE: A NEW HISTORY OF THE EUROPEAN WITCH HUNTS By Anne L. BarstowWITCHCRAFT AND GENDER STUDIES IN THE 1990S: FEARLESS WIVES AND FRIGHTENED SHREWS: THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE WITCH IN EARLY MODERN GERMANY By Sigrid BraunerWITCHCRAFT AND GENDER STUDIES IN THE 1990S: MALEVOLENT NURTURE: WITCH‐HUNTING AND MATERNAL POWER IN EARLY MODERN ENGLAND By Deborah WillisWITCHCRAFT AND GENDER STUDIES IN THE 1990S: WIVES, WIDOWS, WITCHES AND BITCHES: WOMEN IN SEVENTEENTH‐CENTURY DEVON By Janet A. ThompsonWITCHCRAFT AND GENDER STUDIES IN THE 1990S: WITCHES AND NEIGHBORS: THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXT OF EUROPEAN WITCHCRAFT By Robin BriggsWITCHCRAFT AND GENDER STUDIES IN THE 1990S: SALEM STORY: READING THE WITCH TRIALS OF 1692 By Bernard RosenthalWITCHCRAFT AND GENDER STUDIES IN THE 1990S: THE DEVIL̂S DISCIPLES: MAKERS OF THE SALEM WITCHCRAFT TRIALS By Peter Charles HofferWITCHCRAFT AND GENDER STUDIES IN THE 1990S: TITUBA, RELUCTANT WITCH OF SALEM: DEVILISH INDIANS AND PURITAN FANTASIES By Elaine G. BreslawWITCHCRAFT AND GENDER STUDIES IN THE 1990S: DAMNED WOMEN: SINNERS AND WITCHES IN PURITAN NEW ENGLAND By Elizabeth ReisSOUTH ASIAN RELIGIONS AND DIASPORA STUDIES: RELIGIONS OF IMMIGRANTS FROM INDIA AND PAKISTAN: NEW THREADS IN THE AMERICAN TAPESTRY By Raymond Brady WilliamsSOUTH ASIAN RELIGIONS AND DIASPORA STUDIES: CHRISTIAN PLURALISM IN THE UNITED STATES: THE INDIAN IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE By Raymond Brady WilliamsSOUTH ASIAN RELIGIONS AND DIASPORA STUDIES: MAKING MUSLIM SPACE IN NORTH AMERICA AND EUROPE Edited by Barbara Daly MetcalfSOUTH ASIAN RELIGIONS AND DIASPORA STUDIES: ZOROASTRIANS IN BRITAIN By John R. HinnellsSOUTH ASIAN RELIGIONS AND DIASPORA STUDIES: DESH PARDESH: THE SOUTH ASIAN PRESENCE IN BRITAIN Edited by Roger BallardSOUTH ASIAN RELIGIONS AND DIASPORA STUDIES: HINDUISM IN AUSTRALIA: MANDALA FOR THE GODS By Purushottama BilimoriaSOUTH ASIAN RELIGIONS AND DIASPORA STUDIES: FROM THE GANGES TO THE HUDSON: INDIAN IMMIGRANTS IN NEW YORK CITY By Johanna LessingerSOUTH ASIAN RELIGIONS AND DIASPORA STUDIES: SINGING WITH SAI BABA: THE POLITICS OF REVITALIZATION IN TRINIDAD By Morton KlassSOUTH ASIAN RELIGIONS AND DIASPORA STUDIES: PIERCED BY MURUGAN'S LANCE: RITUAL, POWER, AND MORAL REDEMPTION AMONG MALAYSIAN TAMILS By Elizabeth Fuller CollinsSOUTH ASIAN RELIGIONS AND DIASPORA STUDIES: ORGANIZING JAINISM IN INDIA AND ENGLAND By Marcus BanksSOUTH ASIAN RELIGIONS AND DIASPORA STUDIES: GLOBAL MIGRANTS, LOCAL LIVES: TRAVEL AND TRANSFORMATION IN RURAL BANGLADESH By Katy GardnerBEYOND THE WARFARE OF SCIENCE AND RELIGION IN AMERICAN CULTURE—AND BACK AGAIN: THE BIBLE, PROTESTANTISM, AND THE RISE OF NATURAL SCIENCE By Peter HarrisonBEYOND THE WARFARE OF SCIENCE AND RELIGION IN AMERICAN CULTURE—AND BACK AGAIN: THE BOOK OF NATURE: NATURAL HISTORY IN THE UNITED STATES, 1825–1875 By Margaret WelchBEYOND THE WARFARE OF SCIENCE AND RELIGION IN AMERICAN CULTURE—AND BACK AGAIN: DARWINISM AND THE LINGUISTIC IMAGE: LANGUAGE, RACE, AND NATURAL THEOLOGY IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY By Stephen G. AlterBEYOND THE WARFARE OF SCIENCE AND RELIGION IN AMERICAN CULTURE—AND BACK AGAIN: DARWINISM COMES TO AMERICA By Ronald L. NumbersBEYOND THE WARFARE OF SCIENCE AND RELIGION IN AMERICAN CULTURE—AND BACK AGAIN: SUMMER FOR THE GODS: THE SCOPES TRIAL AND AMERICA'S CONTINUING DEBATE OVER SCIENCE AND RELIGION By Edward J. LarsonBEYOND THE WARFARE OF SCIENCE AND RELIGION IN AMERICAN CULTURE—AND BACK AGAIN: REDEEMING CULTURE: AMERICAN RELIGION IN AN AGE OF SCIENCE By James GilbertBEYOND THE WARFARE OF SCIENCE AND RELIGION IN AMERICAN CULTURE—AND BACK AGAIN: THE SACRED DEPTHS OF NATURE By Ursula GoodenoughBEYOND THE WARFARE OF SCIENCE AND RELIGION IN AMERICAN CULTURE—AND BACK AGAIN: WHEN ALL THE GODS TREMBLED: DARWINISM, SCOPES AND AMERICAN INTELLECTUALS By Paul K. ConkinBEYOND THE WARFARE OF SCIENCE AND RELIGION IN AMERICAN CULTURE—AND BACK AGAIN: SCIENCE, JEWS, AND SECULAR CULTURE: STUDIES IN MID‐TWENTIETH‐CENTURY AMERICAN INTELLECTUAL HISTORY By David A. HollingerBEYOND THE WARFARE OF SCIENCE AND RELIGION IN AMERICAN CULTURE—AND BACK AGAIN: SKEPTICS AND TRUE BELIEVERS: THE EXHILARATING CONNECTION BETWEEN SCIENCE AND RELIGION By Chet RaymoRELIGION AND REPRESENTATION IN RECENT ETHNOGRAPHIES: METAPHYSICAL COMMUNITY: THE INTERPLAY OF THE SENSES AND THE INTELLECT By Greg UrbanRELIGION AND REPRESENTATION IN RECENT ETHNOGRAPHIES: THE PHANTOM GRINGO BOAT: SHAMANIC DISCOURSE AND DEVELOPMENT IN PANAMA By Stephanie C. KaneRELIGION AND REPRESENTATION IN RECENT ETHNOGRAPHIES: ARGUING SAINTHOOD: MODERNITY, PSYCHOANALYSIS, AND ISLAM By Katherine Pratt EwingRELIGION AND REPRESENTATION IN RECENT ETHNOGRAPHIES: IMPASSE OF THE ANGELS: SCENES FROM A MOROCCAN SPACE OF MEMORY By Stefania PandolfoRELIGION AND REPRESENTATION IN RECENT ETHNOGRAPHIES: GETTING MARRIED IN KOREA: OF GENDER, MORALITY, AND MODERNITY By Laurel KendallRELIGION AND REPRESENTATION IN RECENT ETHNOGRAPHIES: THE MAGIC OF THE STATE By Michael TaussigTHE CLINGING SPIDER WEB OF CONTEXT: A REVIEW OF THE IMPLIED SPIDER BY WENDY DONIGER: THE IMPLIED SPIDER: POLITICS AND THEOLOGY IN MYTH By Wendy Doniger