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Marie Cardinal: New Perspectives (Book Review), Claire Marrone

Languages Faculty Publications

Book review by Claire Marrone.

Webb, Emma, ed. Marie Cardinal: New Perspectives. Bern, Switzerland; New York: Peter Lang, 2006. ISBN 9783039105442

Review Of "Is Taiwan Chinese? The Impact Of Culture, Power, And Migration On Changing Identities", Su-Mei Ooi

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

The article reviews the book Is Taiwan Chinese? The Impact of Culture, Power, and Migration on Changing Identities by Melissa J. Brown.

Review Of The Book The Source: A Guidebook To American Genealogy, 3rd Ed., John A. Drobnicki

Publications and Research

Review of the book The source: A guidebook to American genealogy, 3rd ed.

Danger On The Doorstep: Anti-Catholicism And American Print Culture In The Progressive Era (Book Review), R. Bryan Bademan

History Faculty Publications

Book review by R. Bryan Bademan.

Nordstrom, Justin. Danger on the Doorstep: Anti-Catholicism and American Print Culture in the Progressive Era. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2006. ISBN 9780268036058

Nichter On Kurthen And Menéndez-Alarcón And Immerfall, 'Safeguarding German-American Relations In The New Century: Understanding And Accepting Mutual Differences', Luke A. Nichter

Presidential Studies Faculty Articles and Research

A review of Safeguarding German-American Relations in the New Century: Understanding and Accepting Mutual Differences edited by Hermann Kurthen, Antonio V. Menéndez-Alarcón, and Stefan Immerfall.

Abandoned To Lust: Sexual Slander And Ancient Christianity – By Jennifer Wright Knust [Review Of The Book Abandoned To Lust: Sexual Slander And Ancient Christianity By J. W. Knust], Rubén R. Dupertuis

Religion Faculty Research

The author argues that accusations of sexual depravity in early Christian literature, whatever their historical value, must be placed in the broader context of Greco-Roman rhetorical traditions in which charges of sexual deviance were stock elements of rhetorical slander. The first chapter, “Sexual Slander and Ancient Invective,” shows the degree to which the discourses of status and gender were intertwined in the Greco-Roman world. In this context, accusations of sexual deviance served the construction and maintenance of an elite identity understood as a male who is able to control his passions and avoid excess. In four subsequent chapters she tracks …

Memory, Tradition And Text: Uses Of The Past In Early Christianity - Edited By Alan Kirk And Tom Thatcher [Review Of The Book Memory, Tradition And Text: Uses Of The Past In Early Christianity, By A. Kirk & T. Thatcher, Ed.], Rubén R. Dupertuis

Religion Faculty Research

The aim of this collection of essays is, at least in part, to remedy the lack of attention that studies of early Christianity have paid to recent developments, in the fields of sociology and anthropology, in the study of memory. An excellent introductory survey by Alan Kirk of recent developments in memory studies is followed by eleven essays applying some aspect of the approach to various texts or problems in the study of early Christianity, and then by responses by Werner Kelber and Barry Schwartz. While the various contributions interact in different ways with the relevant theories and models, all …

Define Universe And Give Two Examples: A Comparison Of Scientific And Christian Belief. By Barton E. Dahneke, Noel L. Owen

BYU Studies Quarterly

Barton E. Dahneke. Define Universe and Give Two Examples: A Comparison of Scientific and Christian Belief. Palmyra, N.Y.: BDS Publications, 2006.

Religion And Film: An Introduction. By Melanie J. Wright, Kent R. Bean

BYU Studies Quarterly

Melanie J. Wright. Religion and Film: An Introduction. New York: I. B. Tauris, 2007

The Next Christendom: The Coming Of Global Christianity. By Philip Jenkins, Mark L. Grover

BYU Studies Quarterly

Philip Jenkins. The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity. Revised and Expanded Edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007.

The American Discovery Of Europe. Jack D. Forbes, John L. Sorenson

BYU Studies Quarterly

Jack D. Forbes. The American Discovery of Europe. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2007

"God Has Made Us A Kingdom": James Strang And The Midwest Mormons. By Vickie Cleverey Speek, Roger Terry

BYU Studies Quarterly

Vickie Cleverley Speek. “God Has Made Us a Kingdom”: James Strang and the Midwest Mormons. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2006.

The Politics Of American Religious Identity: The Seating Of Senator Reed Smoot, Mormon Apostle. By Kathleen Flake, Todd M. Kerstetter

BYU Studies Quarterly

Kathleen Flake. The Politics of American Religious Identity: The Seating of Senator Reed Smoot, Mormon Apostle. Chapel Hill and London: University of North Carolina Press, 2004

American Gospel: God, The Founding Fathers, And The Making Of A Nation. By Jon Meacham, Neal W. Kramer

BYU Studies Quarterly

Jon Meacham. American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation. New York: Random House, 2006.

Prayer: A History. By Philip Zaleski And Carol Zaleski, Patrick Q. Mason

BYU Studies Quarterly

Philip Zaleski and Carol Zaleski. Prayer: A History. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2005

Hispanic Methodists, Presbyterians, And Baptists In Texas (Book Review), R. Bryan Bademan

History Faculty Publications

Book review by R. Bryan Bademan.

Barton, Paul. Hispanic Methodists, Presbyterians, and Baptists in Texas. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2006. ISBN 029271291X1

Review: Between, Georgia, Verely Sue Dotson

Georgia Library Quarterly

Review of the novel "Between, Georgia," by Joshilyn Jackson.

Steel Drivin' Man: John Henry, The Untold Story Of An American Legend (Book Review), Linda Niemann

Linda G. Niemann

Review of the book "Steel Drivin' Man: John Henry, the Untold Story of an American Legend", by Scott Reynolds Nelson. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.

Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth About Compassionate Conservatism (Book Review), Jack Van Der Slik

Pro Rege

Reviewed Title: Brooks, Arthur C. Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth about Compassionate Conservatism. New York: Basic Books, 2006. 250 pp. ISBN: 13:978-0-465-00821-6.

Wives Of Steel: Voices Of Women From The Sparrows Point Steelmaking Communities (Book Review), Linda Niemann

Linda G. Niemann

Review of the book "Wives of Steel: Voices of Women from the Sparrows Point Steelmaking Communities", by Karen Olson. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2005.

Review: 50 Jahre Wdr: Am Puls Der Zeit By Klaus Katz Et Al. (Eds.), Gerd Horten

CUP Faculty Research

A review of the book 50 Jahre WDR: Am Puls der Zeit by Klaus Katz et al. (eds.) (Köln: Verlag Kiepenheuer & Witsch; 3 volumes, 2006)

Science & Grace: God's Reign In The Natural Sciences (Book Review), Arnold E. Sikkema

Pro Rege

Reviewed Title: Morris, Tim, and Don Petcher. Science & Grace: God’s Reign in the Natural Sciences. Wheaton Illinois: Crossway Books, 2006. 352pp. ISBN 978-1-58134-549-0.

Review Of Inge Nielsen, Cultic Theatres And Ritual Drama In American Journal Of Archaeology, On-Line Reviews, Vol. 111.1:, Kenneth S. Rothwell Jr.

Classics Faculty Publication Series

Nielsen has done us a great service by collecting the considerable evidence for cultic performance spaces in Egypt, Mesopotamia, Syria, Phoenicia, Asia Minor, Crete, Greece, Sicily, and Italy. A table (340–41) gives an index of the 58 bestpreserved theaters, but dozens of others are discussed as well. Although some of the theaters could also have been used for “secular” literary drama, this volume focuses on cultic use. Nielsen’s observations should be of great interest to students of theater, religion, and ancient architecture.

Review: Converting Women: Gender And Protestant Christianity In Colonial South India, Chad Bauman

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

The article reviews the book "Converting Women: Gender and Protestant Christianity in Colonial South India," by Eliza Kent.

Review, Trafficking And Prostitution Reconsidered: New Perspectives On Migration, Sex Work, And Human Rights, Brooke M. Beloso

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

Book Review: Trafficking and Prostitution Reconsidered: New Perspectives on Migration, Sex Work, and Human Rights edited by Kamala Kempadoo Boulder, CO & London, England: Paradigm Publishers, 2005, 248 pages,$26.95 paper.

Book Reviews: Fugitive Empire: Locating Early American Imperialism By Andy Doolen And To Be Suddenly White: Literary Realism And Racial Passing By Steven J. Belluscio, Tim Engles

Tim Engles

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Book Review: Strangers In The City: The Atlanta Chinese, And Their Community And Stories Of Their Lives By Jianli Zhao, Tim Engles

Tim Engles

No abstract provided.

A Review Of "Autobiography And Gender In Early Modern Literature: Reading Women's Lives, 1600-1680" By Sharon Cadman Seelig, Julie Campbell

Julie Campbell

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Albrecht Berger (Ed.), Life And Works Of Saint Gregentios, Archbishop Of Taphar. Millennium Studies 7 (Book Review), Walter Stevenson

Classical Studies Faculty Publications

The publication of these three texts concerning the life and works of St. Gregentios should facilitate the investigation of a new set of fascinating and important issues. But the pioneering nature of the publication forces us to ask: what issues? Due to the mysterious provenance of these texts and the misty historicity of Gregentios himself, it is not clear whether they tell us more about the literary activities of Middle Byzantine monks or the attempted Christianization of the Jewish state of Himyar (roughly modern Yemen) in the time of Justinian. In this first modern edition B. edits and translates the …

'The Senator And The Socialite: The True Story Of America's First Black Dynasty,' By Lawrence Otis Graham, Eric S. Yellin

History Faculty Publications

Lawrence Otis Graham attempts to tell the important story of the Bruces and their legacy in The Senator and the Socialite: The True Story of America’s First Black Dynasty. Starting his story before the Civil War, Graham follows the “First Black Dynasty” through its ultimate fall from grace in mid-twentieth-century New York City. As with his previous bestseller, Our Kind of People: Inside America’s Black Upper Class (1999), Graham takes on the ambitious task of capturing the meaning and importance of an underappreciated group of American’s.