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General

  • Friedrich, Markus (trans. Dillon, John Noël), The Jesuits. A history. Pp. xvi + 855 incl. 31 ills. Princeton–Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2022. £30. 978 0 691 18012 0

Ancient world

  • Harkins, Angela Kim and Maier, Harry O. (eds), Experiencing the Shepherd of Hermas. (Ekstasis, 10.) Pp. xii + 275. Berlin–Boston: Walter de Gruyter, 2022. £81.50. 978 3 11 077954 7; 1865 8792

  • Heine, Ronald E. and Torjesen, Karen Jo (eds), The Oxford handbook of Origen. Pp. xxviii + 596. Oxford–New York: Oxford University Press, 2022. £110. 978 0 19 968403 8

  • Lang, Uwe Michael, The Roman mass. From early Christian origins to Tridentine reform. Pp. xii + 445 incl. 12 figs. Cambridge–New York: Cambridge University Press, 2022. £89.99. 978 1 108 83245 8

  • Tijsseling, Egge, The sources of Celsus's criticism of Jesus. Theological developments in the second century AD. (Contributions to Biblical Exegesis and Theology, 108.) Pp. x + 358. Leuven: Peeters, 2022. €79 (paper). 978 90 429 4677 4

Medieval Europe and Byzantium

  • Beneditti, Marina and Cameron, Euan (eds), A companion to the Waldenses in the Middle Ages. (Companions to the Christian Tradition, 103.) Pp. xvi + 559 incl. 13 colour and black-and-white maps. Leiden–Boston: Brill, 2022. €199. 978 90 04 41088 6; 1871 6377

  • Coleman, Edward, Duffy, Paul and O'Keeffe, Tadhg (eds), Ireland and the crusades. Pp. 236 incl. 38 colour plates. Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2022. £50. 978 1 84682 861 4

  • Croci, Chiara, Gianandrea, Manuela, Quadri, Irene and Romano, Seerena (eds), Una finestra su Roma altomedievale. Pitture e mosaici. (Études lausannoise d'histoire de l'art, 31.) Pp. 414 incl. 197 colour and black-and-white ills and 3 tables. Rome: Viella, 2022 (paper). €58. 978 88 3313 872 5

  • Cunningham, Mary B., The Virgin Mary in Byzantium, c.400–1000. Hymns, homilies and hagiography. Pp. xii + 275. Cambridge–New York: Cambridge University Press, 2022. £19.99 (paper). 978 1 009 32725 1

  • Deane, Jennifer Kolpacoff and Lester, Anne E. (eds), Between orders and heresy. Rethinking medieval religious movements. Pp. xx + 409 incl. 7 ills. Toronto–London: University of Toronto Press, 2022. $95. 978 1 4875 0241 6

  • Johnson, Ian and Rodrigues, Ana Maria S. A. (eds), Religious practices and everyday life in the long fifteenth century (1350–1570). Interpreting changes and changes of interpretation. (New Communities of Interpretation, 2.) Pp. 418 incl. 25 ills. Turnhout: Brepols, 2021. €110. 978 2 503 59355 5

  • Kramer, Rutger, Kurdziel, Emilie and Ward, Graeme (eds), Monastic communities and canonical clergy in the Carolingian world (780–840). Categorizing the Church. (Medieval Monastic Studies, 8.) Pp. 455 incl. 4 ills. Turnhout: Brepols, 2022. €120. 978 2 503 57935 1; 2565 8997

  • Marano, Yuri A., Le fortune di un patriarca. Grado altomedievale e il ‘testamento’ di Fortunato II. (Altomedioevo, 10.) Pp. 243 incl. 11 ills. Rome: Viella, 2022. €28 (paper). 978 88 3313 897 8

  • Møller, Jørgen and Doucette, Jonathan Stavnskær, The Catholic Church and European state formation, AD 1000–1500. Pp. xiv + 223 incl. 30 figs and 12 tables. Oxford–New York: Oxford University Press, 2022. £65. 978 0 19 285711 8

  • Whitehead, Christiania, Blair, Hazel J. Hunter and Renevey, Denis (eds), Late medieval devotion to saints from the north of England. New Directions. (Medieval Church Studies, 48.) Pp. 459 incl. 15 figs and 12 tables. Turnhout: Brepols, 2022. €115. 978 2 503 58851 3; 1378 868X

Reformation and Counter-Reformation Europe

  • Davis, David J., Experiencing God in late medieval and early modern England. Pp. xiv + 223 incl. 18 figs. Oxford–New York: Oxford University Press, 2022. £75. 978 0 19 883413 7

  • Guyer, Benjamin M., How the English Reformation was named. The politics of history, c.1400–1700. Pp. xiv + 220 incl. 1 fig and 1 table. Oxford–New York: Oxford University Press, 2022. 978 0 19 286572 4

  • Lane, Christopher J., Callings and consequences. The making of Catholic vocational culture in early modern France. (McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Religion Series Two, 91.) Pp. xviii + 178. Montreal & Kingston–London: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2021. £24.99 (paper). 978 0 2280 0855 2

  • Lehner, Ulrich L., The inner life of Catholic reform. From the Council of Trent to the Enlightenment. Pp. xii + 294. Oxford–New York: Oxford University Press, 2022. £22.99. 978 0 19 762060 1

  • McShane, Bronagh Ann, Irish women in religious orders, 1530–1700. Suppression, migration and reintegration. (Irish Historical Monograph Series.) Pp. xvi + 304 incl. 5 ills, 6 tables and 1 map. Woodbridge–Rochester, NY: Boydell Press, 2022. £75. 978 1 78327 730 8

  • Mallett, Alexander, Rider, Catherine and Agius, Dionisius A. (eds), Magic in Malta. Sellem Din al-Sheikh Mansur and the Roman inquisition, 1605. (Islamic History and Civilization, Studies and Texts, 185.) Pp. xviii + 593 incl. frontispiece and 19 colour figs. Leiden–Boston: Brill, 2022. €139. 978 90 04 49893 8; 0929 2403

  • Michelson, Emily, Catholic spectacle and Rome's Jews. Early modern conversion and resistance. Pp. xvi + 333 incl. 11 ills. Princeton–Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2022. £30. 978 0 691 21133 6

  • Norman, Daniel C. (foreword Noll, Mark), Saving the Church of England. John Edwards (1637–1716) as dissenting conformer. Pp. xii + 291 incl. frontispiece and 1 ill. Eugene, Or: Wipf and Stock, 2022. £28 (paper). 978 1 6667 3223 8

  • Paradoulakis, Dimitris, Loyal to the republic, pious to the Church. Aspects of interconfessionality in the life and work of Gerasimos Valachos (1607–1685). (The Early Modern World Texts and Studies, 6.) Pp. 332 incl. 1 table. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2022. €50. 978 3 8471 1394 2

  • Parker, Charles H., Global Calvinism. Conversion and commerce in the Dutch empire, 1600–1800. Pp. xiv + 389 incl. 12 ills. New Haven–London: Yale University Press, 2022. £30. 978 0 300 23605 7

  • Peeters, Thérèse, Trust in the Catholic Reformation. Genoa, 1594–1664. (Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions, 231.) Pp. x + 337. Leiden–Boston: Brill, 2022. €108. 978 90 04 18458 9; 1573 4188

  • Petersson, Andreas Mazetti, A culture for the Christian Commonwealth. Antonio Possevino, authority, history and the Venetian interdict. (Studia Historico-Ecclesiastica Upsaliensia, 53.) Pp. 358. Uppsala: Uppsala University, 2022. €28 (paper). 978 91 513 15553 9; 0562 2751

  • Rozenski, Steven, Wisdom's journey. Continental mysticism and popular devotion in England, 1350–1650. Pp. xii + 330 incl. 7 ills. Notre Dame, In: University of Notre Dame Press, 2022. £108. 978 0 268 20276 7

  • Schader, Thomas, Warteraum Andalusien. Zentraleuropäische Jesuitenmissionare auf der Schwelle nach Übersee (1660–1760). Pp. 267 incl. 1 ill. Münster: Aschendorff Verlag, 2022. €48. 978 3 402 24852 2

  • Thomson, Andrew, Church courts and the people in seventeenth-century England. Ecclesiastical justice in peril at Winchester, Worcester and Wells. Pp. xvi + 251 incl. 1 map. London: UCL Press, 2022. £25 (paper). 978 1 80008 314 1

  • Újlaki-Nagy, Réka Tímea, Christians or Jews? Early Transylvanian sabbatarianism (1580–1621). (Refo500 Academic Studies, 87.) Pp. 292 incl. 2 figs. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2022. €130. 978 3 525 57331 0; 2198 3089

  • Van den Belt, Henk, de Jong, Klaas-Willem and van Vlastuin, Willem (eds), A landmark in turbulent times. The meaning and relevance of the synod of Dordt (1618–1619). (Refo500 Academic Studies, 84.) Pp. 439 incl. 2 ills and 1 table. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2022. €150. 978 3 525 56056 3; 2198 3089

  • Wendebourg, Dorothea, Gottesvolk und Gotteswort. Gesammelte Aufsätze zur Kirchengeschichte II. Herausgegeben von Thomas Kaufmann und Andreas Stegmann. Pp. xii + 571. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2022. €139. 978 3 16 161730 0

Modern Europe

  • Brown, Carys, Friends, neighbours, sinners. Religious difference and English society, 1689–1750. (Studies in Modern British History.) Pp. x + 284 incl. 10 figs. Cambridge–New York: Cambridge University Press, 2022. £75. 978 1 00 922138 2

  • Faggioli, Massimo, The apostolic constitution. Preach the Gospel. Paraedicate Evangelium. With an appraisal of Francis's reform of the Roman Curia by Massimo Faggioli. Pp. lvi + 116. Collegeville, Mn: Liturgical Press, 2022. $19.95 (paper). 978 0 8146 6853 5

  • Koefoed, Nina J. and Newby, Andrew G. (eds), Lutheranism and social responsibility. (Refo500 Academic Studies, 82.) Pp. 267 incl. 16 colour and black-and-white ills and 3 tables. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2022. €90. 978 3 525 55868 3; 2198 3089

  • Kolstø, Pål, Heretical orthodoxy. Lev Tolstoi and the Russian Orthodox Church. (Ideas in Context.) Pp. x + 306. Cambridge–New York: Cambridge University Press, 2022. £75. 978 1 009 26040 4

  • Lincicum, David and Zachhuber, Johannes (eds), Ferdinand Christian Baur. A reader. Pp. xiv + 238. London: T&T Clark, 2022. £95. 978 0 5676 9448 5

  • Ney, David (foreword Hill, Wesley; afterword Radner, Ephraim), The quest to save the Old Testament. Mathematics, hieroglyphics, and providence in enlightenment England. (Studies in Historical and Systematic Theology.) Pp. xii + 235 incl. 1 ill. Bellingham, Wa: Lexham Academic, 2022. $29.99 (paper). 978 1 68359 626 4

  • Norris, Clive Murray, A history of Methodist insurance in Britain. Pp. xx + 328 incl 28 figs and 53 tables. Oxford: Oxford Centre for Methodism and Church History, 2022. $16.85. 979 8829 1516 07

  • Patterson, Jessica, Religion, enlightenment and empire. British interpretations of Hinduism in the eighteenth century. (Ideas in Context.) Pp. xii + 355. Cambridge–New York: Cambridge University Press, 2022. £90. 978 1 316 51063 6

  • Shaver, Stephen R., Metaphors of eucharistic presence. Language, cognition, and the body and blood of Christ. Pp. xiv + 290 incl. 54 figs. Oxford–New York: Oxford University Press, 2022. £64. 978 0 19 758080 6

  • Shrimpton, Paul (ed.), Lead kindly light. Essays for Fr Ian Ker. Pp. xxiv + 351. Leominster: Gracewing, 2022. £20 (paper). 978 085244 987 5

  • Suitner, Riccarda (trans. Goldbloom, Gwendolin), The dialogues of the dead of the early German enlightenment. (Church History and Religious Culture.) Pp. xii + 279 incl. 33 colour and black-and-white ills. Leiden–Boston: Brill, 2022. €121. 978 90 04 45453 8; 1572 4107

  • Trott, Michael, The life of Thomas William Allies, 1813–1903. ‘A soul temper'd with fire’. Pp. viii + 468 incl. frontispiece. Leominster: Gracewing, 2022. £25 (paper). 978 085244 982 0

Africa, Asia and Australasia

  • Englund, Harri, Visions for racial equality. David Clement Scot and the struggle for justice in nineteenth-century Malawi. Pp. xvi + 309 incl. 12 figs and 2 maps. Cambridge–New York: Cambridge University Press, 2022. £75. 978 1 316 51400 9

  • Inouye, Melissa Wei-Tsing, China and the true Jesus. Charisma and organization in a Chinese Christian Church. Pp. xx + 385 incl. 24 ills and 1 map. Oxford–New York: Oxford University Press, 2020. £25.99. 978 0 19 750734 6

  • Maxwell, David, Religious entanglements. Central African Pentecostalism, the creation of cultural knowledge, and the making of the Luba Katanga. (Africa and the Diaspora: History, Politics, Culture.) Pp. xx + 330 incl. 27 figs and 6 maps. Madison, Wi: University of Wisconsin Press, 2022. $79.95. 978 0 299 33750 6

  • Swen, Litian, Jesuit mission and submission. Qing rulership and the fate of Christianity in China, 1644–1735. (East and West, 9.) Pp. x + 227 incl. 3 colour figs and 2 tables. Leiden–Boston: Brill, 2021. 978 90 04 44700 4; 2467 9704

  • Ucerler, M. Antoni J., The Samurai and the cross. The Jesuit enterprise in early modern Japan. Pp. xviii + 445 incl. 70 ills. Oxford–New York: Oxford University Press, 2022. £25.99. 978 0 19 533543 9

The Americas

  • Chaves, João B., Migrational religion. Context and creativity in the Latinx diaspora. Pp. xviii + 195 incl. 1 table. Waco, Tx: Baylor University Press, 2021. £42.95. 978 1 4813 1594 4

  • Gorski, Philip S. and Perry, Samuel L. (foreword Tisby, Jemar), The flag and the cross. White Christian nationalism and the threat to American democracy. Pp. xii + 157 incl. 25 ills. Oxford–New York: Oxford University Press, 2022. £16.99. 978 0 19 76188 4

  • Harris, Paul William, A long reconstruction. Racial caste and reconciliation in the Methodist Episcopal Church. Pp. xiv + 329. Oxford–New York: Oxford University Press, 2022. £22.99. 978 0 19 757182 8

  • Johnson, Timothy J. and Burns, Jeffrey M., Facing Florida. Essays on culture and religion in early modern southeastern America. Essays from a conference hosted by Flagler College, St Augustine, Florida. Pp. viii + 252 incl. 23 ills and 4 tables. $30. California: Academy of American Franciscan History, 2021. 978 0 88382 0001

  • Turley, Alicestyne, The gospel of freedom. Black Evangelicals and the underground railroad. (A Thomas D. Clark medallion book.) Pp. viii + 298 incl. 17 ills and 3 tables. Lexington, Ky: University Press of Kentucky, 2022. $40. 978 0 8131 9547 6

General : Modern world

  • Kings, Graham, Nourishing mission. Theological settings. (Theology and Mission in World Christianity, 21.) Pp. xviii + 301. Leiden–Boston: Brill, 2022. €55 (paper). 978 90 04 46941 9

  • Lindenfeld, David, World Christianity and indigenous experience. A global history, 1500–2000. Pp. x + 415 incl. 9 ills and 2 tables. Cambridge–New York: Cambridge University Press, 2021. £29.99 (paper). 978 1 108 92687 4

  • Nafafé, José Lingna, Lourenço da Silva Mendonça and the black Atlantic abolitionist movement in the seventeenth century. (Studies on the African Diaspora.) Pp. xvi + 468 incl. 30 figs and 8 tables. Cambridge–New York: Cambridge University Press, 2022. £47.99. 978 1 108 83823 8

  • Snape, Michael, A Church militant. Anglicans and the armed forces from Queen Victoria to the Vietnam War. Pp. xvi + 492 incl. 12 black-and-white plates. Oxford–New York: Oxford University Press, 2022. £90. 978 0 19 284832 1

  • Sunquist, Scott W., The shape of Christian history. Continuity and diversity in the global Church. Pp. xiv + 178. Downers Grove, Il: InterVarsity Press, 2022. $22 (paper). 978 1 5140 0222 3