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The Journal of Ecclesiastical History , Volume 74 , Issue 4 , October 2023 , pp. 912 - 917
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General

  • Matis, Hannah, A history of women in Christianity to 1600. Pp. viii + 255 incl. 69 ills. Chichester–Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2023. £27.99 (paper). 978 1 119 75661 3

Ancient world

  • Marie-Odile, Boulnois (intro.), Kinzig, Wolfram and Brüggemann, Thomas (Greek text), Boulnois, Marie-Odile and Bouffartigue, Jean (trans.), Cyrille D’Alexandrie Contre Julien. IV (books VIII–IX). (Sources Chrétiennes, 624.) Pp. 717. Paris: Éditions du Cerf, 2021. €64 (paper). 978 2 204 14548 0; 0750 1978

  • Despotis, Athanasios and Löhr, Hermut (eds), Religious and philosophical conversion in the ancient Mediterranean traditions. (Ancient Philosophy and Religion, 5.) Pp. xii + 477 incl. 6 colour figs and 2 tables. Leiden–Boston: Brill, 2022. €149. 978 90 04 50176; 2542 3576

  • Goldhill, Simon, The Christian invention of time. Temporality and the literature of late antiquity. (Greek Culture in the Roman World.) Pp. xvi + 500. Cambridge–New York: Cambridge University Press, 2022. £34.99. 978 1 316 51290 6

  • Latinovic, Valdimir, Christologie und Kommunion, III: Auswirkungen auf die Frömmigkeit und den Eucharistieempfang. Pp. xiv + 359. Münster: Aschendorff Verlag, 2022. €62. 978 3 402 24948 2

  • Lee, Chungman, Gregory of Nyssa, Augustine of Hippo and the Filioque. (Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae, 169.) Pp. xiv + 366. Leiden–Boston: Brill, 2021. €127. 978 90 04 46515 2; 0920 623X

  • Morlet, Sébastien and Munnich, Olivier (eds), Les Études philoniennes. Regards sur cinquante ans de recherche (1967–2017). (Studies in Philo of Alexandria, 13.) Pp. xxii + 490. Leiden–Boston: Brill, 2021. €154. 978 90 04 46273 1; 1543 995X

  • Phillips, David, Dadishoʽ Qatraya. Commentaire sur le Paradis des Pères, II: (Deuxième partie, questions 1–178). (Sources Chrétiennes, 627.) Pp. 581. Paris: Les Éditions du Cerf, 2022. €55 (paper). 978 2 204 14703 3; 0750 1978

  • Phillips, David, Dadishoʽ Qatraya. Commentaire sur le Paradis des Pères, III: (Deuxième partie, questions 179–291). (Sources Chrétiennes, 628.) Pp. 434. Paris: Les Éditions du Cerf, 2022. €41 (paper). 978 2 204 14704 0; 0750 1978

  • Pomeroy, Samuel, Chrysostom as exegete. Scholarly traditions and rhetorical aims in the homilies of Genesis. (Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae, 171.) Pp. xx + 379 incl. 9 tables. Leiden–Boston: Brill, 2022. €127. 978 90 04 46922 8; 0920 623X

  • Scopello, Madeleine, Women in western and eastern Manichaeism. Selected papers from the international conference ‘Les Femmes dans le Manichéisme Occidental et Oriental’ held in Paris, University of Paris Sorbonne, 27–28 June 2014. (Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies, 101.) Pp. xvi + 202 incl. 10 colour figs. Leiden–Boston: Brill, 2022. €116. 978 90 04 47221 1; 0929 2470

  • Stark, Rodney, The rise of Christianity. A sociologist reconsiders history. Pp. xiv + 247 incl. 9 ills, 10 tables and 1 map. Princeton–Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2023. £16.99 (paper). 978 0 691 24804 2

  • Teigen, Håkon Fiane, The Manichaean Church in Kellis. Social networks and religious identity in late antique Egypt. (Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies, 100.) Pp. xx + 345 incl. 1 colour ill., 4 maps, 4 charts and 7 tables. Leiden–Boston: Brill, 2021. €125. 978 90 04 45976 2; 0929 2470

  • Vinzent, Markus, Resetting the origins of Christianity. A new theory of sources and beginnings. Pp. xvi + 401. Cambridge–New York: Cambridge University Press, 2023. £30. 978 1 009 29048 7

Medieval Europe and Byzantium

  • Curran, Kimm and Burton, Janet (eds), Medieval women religious c. 800–c. 1500. New perspectives. (Studies in the History of Medieval Religion, LII.) Pp. xvi + 262 incl. frontispiece and 10 figs. Woodbridge–Rochester, NY: Boydell Press, 2023. £60. 978 1 83765 029 3

  • Cusato, Michael F. and Robson, Michael J. P. (eds), Testimony, narrative and image. Studies in medieval and Franciscan history, hagiography and art in memory of Rosalind B. Brooke. (The Medieval Franciscans, 20.) Pp. xiv + 446 incl. frontispiece and 33 colour ills. Leiden–Boston: Brill, 2022. €138. 978 90 04 50375 5; 1572 6991

  • Dorin, Rowan, No return. Jews, Christian usurers, and the spread of mass expulsion in medieval Europe. (Histories of Economic Life.) Pp. xiv + 375 incl. 4 maps. Princeton–Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2023. £42. 978 0 691 24092 3

  • Džino, Danijel and Stickler, Ryan W. (eds), Dissidence and persecution in Byzantium. From Constantine to Michael Psellos. (Byzantina Australiensia, 26.) Pp. xvi + 219 incl. 3 figs and 1 table. Leiden–Boston: Brill, 2021. €135. 978 90 04 47292 1; 0725 3079

  • Grzymała-Busse, Anna, Sacred foundations. The religious and medieval roots of the European state. Pp. xiv + 237 incl. 22 ills. Princeton–Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2023. £25 (paper). 978 0 691 24508 9

  • Halladay, T. M. (ed), The manors of the sacrist of Peterborough. Part A of the register of George Fraunceys, sacrist c. 1404. (Dean and Chapter of Peterborough Anthony Mellows Memorial Trust, VII; Northamptonshire Record Society, LI.) Pp. lxxxvi + 777 incl. frontispiece, 1 ills and 3 maps. Northampton: Northamptonshire Record Society, 2020. £20. 978 0 901275 78

  • Monagle, Clare and Şenocak, Neslihan (eds), Lateran IV. Theology and care of souls. (Disputatio, 34.) Pp. 223 incl. 3 ills. Turnhout: Brepols, 2022. €75. 978 2 503 59680 8

  • Newman, Richard, Saint Benedict in his community. Pp. x + 233. Leominster: Gracewing, 2023. £14.99 (paper). 978 0 85244 989 9

  • Pongratz, Stephen, Gottes Werk und Bosos Beitrag. Die Bewältigung des Alexandrinischen Schismas (1159–1177) in den Papstviten des Kardinals Boso. (Papsttum im mittelalterlichen Europa, 11.) Pp. 557 incl. 3 ills, 3 tables and 4 maps. Wien–Köln: Böhlau Verlag, 2023. €90. 978 3 41252665 8

  • Rollo, David (intro. and trans.), Medieval writings on sex between men. Peter Damian's The Book of Gomorrah and Alain de Lille's The plaint of nature. (Explorations in Medieval Culture, 19.) Pp. x + 184. Leiden–Boston: Brill, 2022. €118. 978 90 04 42965 9

  • Simek, Rudolf, Dämonen, Teufel, Hexenglaube. Böse Geister im europäischen Mittelalter. Pp. 342 incl. 103 colour and black-and-white ills and 2 tables. Wien–Köln: Böhlau Verlag, 2023. €39. 978 3 205 21678 0

  • Slotemaker, John T. and Sweeney, Eileen C. (eds), New readings of Anselm of Canterbury's intellectual methods. (Anselm Studies and Texts, 6.) Pp. xvi + 303 incl. colour frontispiece. Leiden–Boston: Brill, 2022. €113. 978 90 04 50396 0; 2468 4333

  • Wassilowsky, Günther, Gnade im Werk Michelangelos. (Katholisches Leben und Kirchenreform im Zeitalter der Glaubensspaltung, 81.) Pp. 196 incl. 56 colour ills. Münster: Aschendorff Verlag, 2023. €28 (paper). 978 3 402 11103 1

Reformation and Counter-Reformation Europe

  • Bellucci, Elisa, Johann Wilhelm and Johanna Eleonora Petersen's eschatology in context. (Beiträge zur Europäischen Religionsgeschichte, 9.) Pp. 298. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2022. €90. 978 3 525 54088 6

  • Carter, Jonathan M., Thomas Goodwin on union with Christ. The indwelling of the spirit, participation in Christ and the defence of reformed soteriology. (Studies in English Theology.) Pp. x + 275. New York–London: T&T Clark, 2022. £85. 978 0 567 70489 4

  • Fornecker, Samuel, Bisschop's Bench. Contours of Arminian conformity in the Church of England, c.1674–1742. (Studies in Historical Theology.) Pp. xiv + 237. Oxford–New York: Oxford University Press, 2022. £54. 978 0 19 763713 5

  • Grendler, Paul F., Humanism, universities, and Jesuit education in late renaissance Italy. (History of Early Modern Educational Thought, 4.) Pp. xiv + 517 incl. 3 figs, 1 map and 6 tables. Leiden–Boston: Brill, 2022. €145. 978 90 04 51027 2; 2452 5536

  • Klawitter, Brandt C., A forceful and fruitful verse. Genesis 1:28 in Luther's thought and its place in the Wittenberg Reformation (1521–1531). (Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Europäische Geschichte Mainz, 269.) Pp. 285. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2023. €75. 978 3 525 57350 1

  • Krumenacker, Yves, Un Parcourse en Protestantisme, I: Chemins de traverse. (Chrétiens et Sociétés. Documents et Mémoires, 46.) Pp. 434 incl. 3 black-and-white and colour ills and 4 tables. Lyon: Laboratoire de Recherche Historique Rhône-Alpes, 2023. €25 (paper). 979 10 91592 32 1

  • Lehner, Eva Marie, Taufe – Ehe – Tod. Praktiken des Verzeichnens in frühneuzeitlichen Kirchenbüchern. (Historische Wissensforschung, 22.) Pp. 375 incl. 27 colour and black-and-white ills. Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag, 2023. €34. 978 3 8353 5380 0

  • Léonard, Julien and Recous, Noémie, Un Parcourse en Protestantisme, II: Compagnons de route. (Chrétiens et Sociétés. Documents et Mémoires, 47.) Pp. 371 incl. 1 ills and 3 tables. Lyon: Laboratoire de Recherche Historique Rhône-Alpes, 2023. €22 (paper). 979 10 91592 33 8

  • McKim, Donald K. and West, Jim (foreword Jon Balserak), Martin Bucer. An introduction to his life and theology. (Cascade Companions). Pp. xxii + 142 incl. 1 ill. Eugene, Or: Cascade Books, 2023. £19 (paper). 978 1 6667 3898 8

  • Music, David W., Studies in the Hymnody of Isaac Watts. (Studies in Religion and the Arts, 18.) Pp. x + 290 incl. 10 figs and 7 tables. Leiden: Brill, 2022. €119. 978 90 04 51994 7; 1877 3192

  • Ptaszyński, Maciej and Bem, Kazimierz (eds), Searching for compromise? Interreligious dialogue, agreements, and toleration in 16th–18th century eastern Europe. (Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions, 235.) Pp. xiv + 410 incl. 2 colour ills, 6 tables and 1 colour map. Leiden–Boston: Brill, 2023. €139. 978 90 04 44640 3; 1573 4188

  • Scholz, Maximilian Miguel, Strange brethren. Refugees, religious bonds, and reformation in Frankfurt, 1554–1608. (Studies in Early Modern German History.) Pp. xvi + 246 incl. 8 ills and 1 map. Charlottesville, Va–London: University of Virginia Press, 2022. £39.95. 978 0 8139 4675 7

  • Skinner, Gerard, The Douai Martyrs. Pp. xx + 252. Leominster: Gracewing, 2023. £14.99 (paper). 978 0 85244 998 1

  • Stoyle, Mark, A murderous midsummer. The western rising of 1549. Pp. xxiv + 363 incl. 16 colour ills and 7 maps. New Haven–London: Yale University Press, 2022. £25. 978 0 300 26632 0

  • Szegedi, Edit, Ringen um den einen Gott. Eine politische Geschichte des Antitrinitarismus in Siebenbürgen im 16. Jahrhundert. (Refo500 Academic Studies, 95.) Pp. 276 incl. 10 colour ills and 5 tables. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2023. €130. 978 3 525 57353 2

  • Willard, Thomas, Thomas Vaughan and the Rosicrucian revival in Britain, 1648–1666. (Aries Book Series, 32.) Pp. xx + 338 incl. colour frontispiece and 10 colour and black-and-white figs. Leiden–Boston: Brill, 2023. €139. 978 90 04 51972; 1871 1405

Modern Europe

  • Argent, Alan, Dr Williams's trust and library. A history. Pp. xx + 335 incl. frontispiece, 14 figs and 2 maps. Woodbridge–Rochester, NY: Boydell Press, 2022. £75. 978 1 78327 702 5

  • Hours, Bernard, Meyer, Frédéric and Milbach, Sylvain (eds), Le Pécgé original XVIe– XXeͤ siècles. L'impossible dogme au défi de la modernité. (Chrétiens et Sociétés. Documents et Mémoires, 43.) Pp. 412 incl. 13 black-and-white and colour ills and 3 tables. Lyon: Laboratoire de Recherche Historique Rhône-Alpes, 2022. €22 (paper). 979 10 91592 29 1

  • Scully, Robert E. with Ellis, Angela (eds), A companion to Catholicism and recusancy in Britain and Ireland. From Reformation to emancipation. (Companions to the Christian Tradition, 101.) Pp. xxviii + 662 incl. 36 colour and black-and-white ills, 5 maps and 1 table. Leiden–Boston: Brill, 2022. €249. 978 90 04 15161 1; 1871 6377

  • Tomaszewska, Anna (ed.), Between secularization and reform. Religion in the Enlightenment. (Studies in Intellectual History, 340.) Pp. x + 362. Leiden–Boston: Brill, 2022. €115. 978 90 04 45871 0; 0920 8607

  • Veverková, Kamila (trans. Franklin, Angelo Shaun), Bernard Bolzano. A new evaluation of his thought and his circle. (Czech Theological Perspectives.) Pp. xx + 149 incl. 5 ills. New York–London: Lexington Books, 2022. $95. 978 1 7936 5305 5

Africa, Asia and Australasia

  • Moon, Daewon, African initiative and inspiration in the east African revival. (Theology and Mission in World Christianity, 24.) Pp. x + 232. Leiden–Boston: Brill, 2022. €54 (paper). 978 90 04 52023 3; 2452 2953

  • Tao, Feiya (trans. Bohnenkamp, Max L.), Beyond indigenization. Christianity and Chinese history in a global context. (East and West, 15.) Pp. xii + 507 incl. 3 tables. Leiden–Boston: Brill, 2022. €187. 978 90 04 53211 3; 2467 9704

The Americas

  • Abrams, Douglas Carl, Missionaries in the golden age of Hollywood. Race, gender, and spirituality on the big screen. (Studies in the History of the Media.) Pp. 246. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2023. £109.99. 978 3 031 19163 3

  • Chowning, Margaret, Catholic women and Mexican politics, 1750–1940. Pp. ix + 362 incl. 6 ills, 5 tables and 2 maps. Princeton–Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2023. £38. 978 0 691 17724 3

  • Forbes, James M., Protestant liberty. Religion and the making of Canadian liberalism, 1828–1878. (Studies in the History of Religion.) Pp. xiv + 280. Montreal & Kingston–London: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2022. £27.50 (paper). 978 0 2280 1071 5

  • Gutacker, Paul J., The old faith in a new nation. American Protestants and the Christian past. Pp. x + 247. Oxford–New York: Oxford University Press, 2023. £19.99 (paper). 978 0 19 763915 3

  • Ludlow, Peter, Disciples of Antigonish. Catholics in Nova Scotia, 1880–1960. (McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Religion.) Pp. xxii + 506 incl. 29 ills and 6 tables. Montreal & Kingston–London: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2022. £28.99 (paper). 978 0 2280 1088 3

  • Martin, Lerone A., The gospel of J. Edgar Hoover. How the FBI aided and abetted the rise of White Christian nationalism. Pp. xii + 340 incl. frontispiece and 15 figs. Princeton–Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2023. £25. 978 0 691 17511 9

  • May, Isaac Barnes, American Quaker resistance to war, 1917–1973. Law, politics and conscience. (Quaker Studies.) Pp. vi + 98. Leiden–Boston: Brill, 2022. €170. 978 90 04 52250 3; 2542 4971

  • Watkins, Jordan T., Slavery and sacred texts. The Bible, the Constitution, and historical consciousness in Antebellum America. (Historical Studies in American Law and Society.) Pp. xxii + 376. Cambridge–New York, 2021. £22.99 (paper). 978 1 108 74689 2

  • Weimer, Adrian Chastain, A constitutional culture. New England and the struggle against arbitrary rule in the Restoration empire. (Early American Studies.) Pp. xiv + 365 incl. 4 figs. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2023 £40. 978 1 5128 2397 4

  • Williams, Shannen Dee, Subversive habits. Black Catholic nuns in the long African American freedom struggle. Pp. xxiv + 394 incl. 39 ills. Durham, NC–London: Duke University Press, 2022. £25.99 (paper). 978 1 4780 1820 9

General : Modern world

  • Connolly, Michael J., Jacobitism in Britain and the United States, 1880–1910. (McGill-Queen's Transatlantic Studies.) Pp. xiv + 164. Montreal & Kingston–London: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2023. £47.50. 978 0 2280 1401 0

  • Maiden, John, Age of the spirit. Charismatic renewal, the Anglo-world, and global Christianity, 1945–1980. Pp. xviii + 261 incl. 15 ills. Oxford–New York: Oxford University Press, 2023. £83. 978 0 19 884749 6