Category: Book Reviews

Dr. Stephanie Arel organizes Syndicate Symposium

Dr. Stephanie Arel (STH Practical Theology ’14), an Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum, recently curated a Syndicate Network Symposium engaging Humanity in God’s Image: An Interdisciplinary Exploration by Claudia Welz. Arel introduced Welz’s work, highlighting Welz’s approach to dignity. Arel writes,”In Humanity in God’s Image: An Interdisciplinary Exploration, Claudia Welz interprets the […]

Church Planting in Post-Christian Soil: Theology and Practice (Homiletic Book Review)

Nelson Cowan, a doctoral candidate in Liturgical Studies at BU School of Theology, recently reviewed Church Planting in Post-Christian Soil: Theology and Practice by STH Practical Theology alum Dr. Christopher James. Please see the beginning of Cowan’s review below and visit the Homiletics website for the full review  Homiletic is a scholarly forum in homiletics and a review of publications in […]

 A Pursued Justice: Black Preaching from the Great Migration to Civil Rights (Homiletic Book Review)

Jackie Blue, a doctoral candidate in Practical Theology at BU School of Theology, recently reviewed A Pursued Justice: Black Preaching from the Great Migration to Civil Rights by Kenyatta Gilbert. Please see the beginning of Blue’s review below and visit the Homiletics website for the full review  Homiletic is a scholarly forum in homiletics and a review of publications in religious communication. […]

A Puerto Rican Decolonial Theology: Prophesy Freedom (Perspectivas Book Review)

Yara González-Justiniano, a doctoral candidate in Practical Theology at BU School of Theology, recently reviewed A Puerto Rican Decolonial Theology: Prophesy Freedom, by Teresa Delgado. Please see the beginning of González-Justiniano’s review below and visit the Perspectivas website for the full review. Perspectivas is the online peer-reviewed multilingual (Spanish, Portuguese and English)  subscription journal of the Hispanic Theological Initiative. A Puerto […]

Moral Combat: How Sex Divided American Christians and Fractured American Politics (AAR Reading Religion Book Review)

Kathryn House, a doctoral candidate in Practical Theology at BU School of Theology, recently reviewed Moral Combat: How Sex Divided American Christians and Fractured American Politics by R. Marie Griffith. Please see the beginning of House’s review below and visit the Reading Religion website for the full review. Reading Religion (RR) is an open book review website published by the American Academy of […]

Human and Divine Being: A Study on the Theological Anthropology of Edith Stein (AAR Reading Religion Book Review)

Sang-il Kim, a doctoral candidate in Practical Theology at BUSTH, recently reviewed Human and Divine Being: A Study on the Theological Anthropology of Edith Stein, by Donald Wallenfang. Please see the beginning of Kim’s  review below and visit the Reading Religion website for the full review. Reading Religion (RR) is an open book review website published by the American Academy of […]

Lived Theology: New Perspectives on Method, Style, and Pedagogy (AAR Reading Religion Book Review)

Matthew Beal, doctoral student in Practical Theology at BUSTH, recently reviewed Lived Theology: New Perspectives on Method, Style, and Pedagogy, edited by Charles Marsh, Peter Slade, and Sarah Azaransky. Please see the beginning of Beal’s review below and visit the Reading Religion website for the full review. Reading Religion (RR) is an open book review website published by the American Academy of […]

AAR Reading Religion Book Review: Practical Theology and Qualitative Research, 2d ed.

John Swinton and Harriet Mowat’s 2006 Practical Theology and Qualitative Research is a well-known resource on practical theology bibliographies. This updated second edition includes one new chapter and an appendix exploring themes related to analysis. Below, you can read the beginning of Jane M. Curry’s review of this second edition. Be sure to visit the Reading Religion website for […]

AAR Reading Religion Book Review: Anatomy of a Schism

Today we are featuring STH doctoral student Matthew S. Beal’s review of Eileen R. Campbell-Reed’s Anatomy of a Schism: How Clergywomen’s Narratives Reinterpret the Fracturing of the Southern Baptist Convention. Below is the beginning of Matt’s review, and be sure to visit the Reading Religion website for the full review.