University of Illinois Fall 2009 Press Religious Studies and Philosophy Book Catalog

RELIGIOUS STUDIES NEW AND RECENT TITLES

Christian America and the Kingdom of God

AVAILABLE SPRING 2010

RICHARD T. HUGHES

An Interdisciplinary Approach to Christian Ethics

Foreword by Brian McLaren

“This work is to be located in the first rank of the many new debates regarding the nexus between ‘religion’ and ‘politics’ in America. Hughes bases his narrative on thorough research, is at home in the biblical and theological literature that informs the debates, and demonstrates a conscience for presenting an approach that should advance the common good.”—Martin E. Marty, author of The Protestant Voice in American Pluralism 232 pp. 6 x 9. 2009. Cloth 978-0-252-03285-1 $29.95

God, Science, Sex, Gender

EDITED BY PATRICIA BEATTIE JUNG AND AANA MARIE VIGEN with John Anderson

“A tremendously important collection that brings together science, literature, theology, and biblical studies in riveting and revolutionary ways. The essays are remarkably integrated and accessible.” —Christine Gudorf, author of Boundaries: A Casebook in Environmental Ethics 296 pp. 6.125 x 9.25. 2 black & white photographs, 1 chart. 2010. (Unjacketed). Cloth 978-0-252-03537-1 $75.00. Paper 978-0-252-07724-1 $30.00

The Only True God

Minoan Kingship and the Solar Goddess A Near Eastern Koine NANNO MARINATOS

“A radical and provocative view of Minoan art, religion, and society. Marinatos provides new readings of numerous Minoan artifacts, offering solutions to many puzzles and placing the imagery within a semantic system of sacral kingship and cosmology.”—Kenneth D. S. Lapatin, author of Mysteries of the Snake Goddess: Art, Desire, and the Forging of History 296 pp. 6.125 x 9.25. 237 line drawings, 1 map, 3 tables. 2009. Cloth 978-0-252-03392-6 $55.00

AVAILABLE SPRING 2010

Talking with the Children of God

Early Christian Monotheism in Its Jewish Context

Jewish Feminists Complex Identities and Activist Lives

JAMES F. McGRATH

Prophecy and Transformation in a Radical Religious Group

DINA PINSKY

GORDON SHEPHERD AND GARY SHEPHERD

“This work puts forward a compelling thesis, questioning the default assumption that what separated first-century Jews and Christians was the Christian elevation of Jesus of Nazareth to divine status as equal with YHWH. McGrath shows decisively that this was not so, arguing with clarity and force and engaging the relevant bodies of primary and secondary literature with precision.”—Paul J. Griffiths, author of Lying: An Augustinian Theology of Duplicity

“Delightful to read, this book provides an underrepresented perspective in Jewish women’s studies and significant evidence about the ways individuals negotiate changes brought about by social movements.”—Rebecca T. Alpert, author of Whose Torah? A Concise Guide to Progressive Judaism

“In this intriguing and eminently readable account of the inner workings of ‘a heretical religion’ following the death of its founder, Gordon and Gary Shepherd introduce us to a number of organizational developments, such as the democratization of prophecy, that could astonish not a few students of religion.”—Eileen Barker, professor emeritus, London School of Economics

168 pp. 6 x 9. Cloth 978-0-252-03418-3 $40.00

“An enjoyable, thoughtful book that connects theoretical questions to the embodied lived experience of Jewish feminists.”—Caryn Aviv, coauthor of New Jews: The End of the Jewish Diaspora

312 pp. 6 x 9. 3 black & white photographs, 2 charts. 2010. (Unjacketed). Cloth 978-0-252-03534-0 $75.00. Paper 978-0-252-07721-0 $28.00

168 pp. 6 x 9. 2010. (Unjacketed). Cloth 978-0-252-03486-2 $60.00. Paper 978-0-252-07677-0 $20.00

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