As I reflect on what is distinctive about this book, the word
“seamless” comes to mind. Having experienced my share of
multi-authored “readers,” pieced together around a broad
subject representing diverse and sometimes conflicting, even
contradictory, approaches, I find it refreshing to encounter an
anthology that succeeds in introducing major questions in which leading
scholars are currently engaged, and presenting them in sufficient
detail and sophistication to serve as an invitation to join in the
work.