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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

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.

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: 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.

Whose Bible Is It? A History Of The Scriptures Through The Ages. By Jaroslav Pelikan, Gary P. Gillum

BYU Studies Quarterly

Jaroslav Pelikan. Whose Bible Is It? A History of the Scriptures through the Ages. London: Viking Penguin, 2005

The Jesus Family Tomb: The Discovery, The Investigation, And The Evidence That Could Change History. By Simcha Jacobovici And Charles Pellegrino, Kent P. Jackson

BYU Studies Quarterly

Simcha Jacobovici and Charles Pellegrino. The Jesus Family Tomb: The Discovery, the Investigation, and the Evidence That Could Change History. New York: HarperSanFrancisco, 2007

Contemporary Mormonism: Latter-Day Saints In Modern America. By Claudia L. Bushman, Armand L. Mauss

BYU Studies Quarterly

Claudia L. Bushman. Contemporary Mormonism: Latter-day Saints in Modern America. Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 2006

The Bible In English: Its History And Influence. By David Daniell, Richard Y. Duerden

BYU Studies Quarterly

David Daniell. The Bible in English: Its History and Influence. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2003

Pandemonium: A Review Essay Of Douglas J. Robinson, Who Translates? Translator Subjectivities Beyond Reason, Daryl R. Hague

BYU Studies Quarterly

In 1975, Cambridge’s George Steiner published After Babel. That book, now in its third edition, is considered a classic for several reasons. For translation scholars, however, After Babel’s principal contribution is that it legitimized translation studies as a discrete academic field rather than as a mere appendage to comparative literature, linguistics, or language studies. Shortly after Steiner’s work was published, two other influential works on translation appeared: Louis Kelly’s The True Interpreter (1979) and Susan Bassnett-McGuire’s Translation Studies (1980). Together, these three works provided a historical and theoretical foundation on which translation scholars could build.

Pedestals And Podiums: Utah Women, Religious Authority, And Equal Rights. By Martha Sonntag Bradley, Andrea G. Radke-Moss

BYU Studies Quarterly

Martha Sonntag Bradley. Pedestals and Podiums: Utah Women, Religious Authority, and Equal Rights. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2005

The Doctrine Of Deification In The Greek Patristic Tradition. By Norman Russell, Jordan Vajda

BYU Studies Quarterly

Norman Russell. The Doctrine of Deification in the Greek Patristic Tradition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004

Book Review Of Faiths Of The Founding Fathers, Davison M. Douglas

Faculty Publications

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