Alfsvåg, Knut. What No Mind Has Conceived: On the Significance of Christological Apophaticism. Peeters, 2010. Reviewed     by Mark Mattes, Vol. 26 (3), 334-36.

Almen, Lowell G. More to the Story: The Legacy and Promise of Lutheran Pension and Benefit Plans.  Lutheran University Press, 2010. Reviewed by James W. Albers, Vol. 26 (1), 101-03.

Andrae, Eric R., editor. A Hammer for God: Bo Giertz, Lectures from the Centennial Symposia and Selected Essays by the Bishop. Lutheran Legacy, 2010. Reviewed by R. W. Dahlen, Vol. 26 (1), 122-24.

Bäckström, Anders and Grace Davie, editors. Welfare and Religion in 21st Century Europe: Volume 1, Configuring the Connections. Ashgate, 2010. Reviewed by Rhoda Schuler, Vol. 26 (1), 103-05.

Baker, Robert C. and Roland Cap Ehlke, editors. Natural Law: A Lutheran Appraisal. Concordia, 2011. Reviewed by Robert Benne, Vol. 26 (3), 371-72.

Barnett, Christopher B. Kierkegaard, Pietism and Holiness. Ashgate Publishing, 2011. Reviewed by Ronald Marshall, Vol. 26 (2), 195-97.

Boersma, Hans. Heavenly Participation: The Weaving of a Sacramental Tapestry. Eerdmans, 2011. Reviewed by Mark Mattes, Vol. 26 (4), 456-57.

Bradbury, Rosalene. Cross Theology: The Classical Theologia Crucis and Karl Barth’s Modern Theology of the Cross. Pickwick Publications, 2011. Reviewed by Mark Mattes, Vol. 26 (1), 105-07.

Bregman, Lucy. Preaching Death. The Transformation of Christian Funeral Sermons. Baylor University Press, 2011. Reviewed by Michael Rogness, Vol. 26 (4), 457-59.

Brondos, David A. Redeeming the Gospel: The Christian Faith Reconsidered. Fortress Press, 2011. Reviewed by Craig L. Nessan, Vol. 26 (1), 107-09.

Burkee, James C. with a foreword by Martin E. Marty. Power, Politics, and the Missouri Synod: A Conflict that Changed American Christianity. Fortress, 2011. Reviewed by Martin E. Conkling, Vol. 26 (3), 325-29.

Burkee, James C. with a foreword by Martin E. Marty. Power, Politics, and the Missouri Synod: A Conflict that Changed American Christianity. Fortress, 2011. Reviewed by Paul Hinlicky, Vol. 26 (3), 329-33.

Burnett, Amy Nelson. Karlstadt and the Origins of the Eucharistic Controversy: A Study in the Circulation of Ideas. Oxford University Press, 2011. Reviewed by Carter Lindberg, Vol. 26 (2), 197-99.

Chung, Paul S., Ulrich Duchrow, and Craig L. Nessan. Liberating Lutheran Theology: Freedom for Justice and Solidarity in a Global Context. Fortress Press, 2011. Reviewed by Winston D. Persaud, Vol. 26 (2), 199-202.

Close, Christopher W. The Negotiated Reformation: Imperial Cities and the Politics of Urban Reform, 1525-1550. Cambridge University Press, 2009. Reviewed by Jason L. Strandquist, Vol. 26 (1), 109-11.

Crowther, Kathleen M. Adam and Eve in the Protestant Reformation. Cambridge University Press, 2010. Reviewed by Sherry Jordon, Vol. 26 (2), 202-03.

Dahl, Gina. Book Collections of Clerics in Norway, 1650-1750. Brill, 2010. Reviewed by Gracia Grindal, Vol. 26 (2), 204-05.

Dingel, Irene, editor. Reaktionen auf das Augsburger Interim: Der Interimistische Streit (1548-1549). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2010. Reviewed by Gerhard Bode, Vol. 26 (1), 111-14.

Dowley, Tim. Christian Music: A Global History. Fortress Press, 2011. Reviewed by Paul Westermeyer, Vol. 26 (4), 462-64.

Dragseth, Jennifer Hockenberry, editor. <em “mso-bidi-font-style:=”” normal”=””>The Devil’s Whore: Reason and Philosophy in the Lutheran Tradition. Fortress, 2011. Reviewed by Mark Mattes, Vol. 26 (3), 351-53.

Ebel, Jonathan H. Faith in the Fight: Religion and the American Soldier in the Great War. Princeton University Press, 2010. Reviewed by David E. Settje, Vol. 26 (4), 464-66.

Flacius Illyricus, Matthias. <em “mso-bidi-font-style:=”” normal”=””>How to Understand the Sacred Scriptures from Clavis Scripturae Sacrae. Translated by Wade R. Johnston. Magdeburg Press, 2011. Reviewed by Mark Mattes, Vol. 26 (1), 98-100.

Gassmann, Günther, Duane H. Larson, and Mark W. Oldenburg. Historical Dictionary of Lutheranism, 2nd Edition. Scarecrow Press, 2011. Reviewed by Mark Granquist, Vol. 26 (4), 467-69.

Geiger, Erika. The Life, Work and Influence of Wilhelm Loehe (1808-1872). Translated by Knappe Wolf. Concordia, 2010. Reviewed by Martin Lohrmann. Vol. 26 (2), 206-07.

Genthe, Hans-Albert, editor. <em “mso-bidi-font-style:=”” normal”=””>Auf Luthers Spuren unterwegs: Eine Reise durch Deutschland, die Schweiz und Italien. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2010. Reviewed by Andrew Wilson, Vol. 26 (1), 114-17.

George, Timothy. Reading Scripture with the Reformers. InterVarsity Press, 2011. Reviewed by Timothy Wengert, Vol. 26 (4), 491-94.

Gerhard, Johann. Handbook of Consolations for the Fears and Trials that Oppress Us in    the Struggle with Death. Translated by Carl T. Beckwith. Wipf & Stock, 2009. Reviewed by Mary Jane Haemig, Vol. 26 (2), 192-93.

Gerhard, Johann. Sacred Meditations. Translated by Wade R. Johnston. Magdeburg Press, 2011. Reviewed by Mark Mattes, Vol. 26 (2), 220-21.

Grabbe, Hans-Jürgen, editor. <em “mso-bidi-font-style:=”” normal”=””>Halle Pietism, Colonial North America, and the Young United States. Franz Steiner Verlag, 2008. Reviewed by Mark Granquist, Vol. 26 (4), 481-83.

Graybill, Gregory B.. Evangelical Free Will: Philipp Melanchthon’s Doctrinal Journey on the Origins of Faith. Oxford University, 2010. Reviewed by J. Christian McMullan, Vol. 26 (4), 469-71.

Grenholm, Cristina. Motherhood and Love: Beyond the Gendered Stereotypes of Theology. Translated by Marie Taqvist. Eerdmans, 2011. Reviewed by Martha E.    Stortz, Vol. 26 (3), 358-60.

Gurmessa, Fekadu. Evangelical Faith Movement in Ethiopia: Origins and Establishment of the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus. Translated by Ezekiel Gebissa. Lutheran University Press, 2009.  Reviewed by Mark Nygard, Vol. 26 (1), 117-19.

Hamm, Berndt. Der frühe Luther: Etappen reformatorischer Neuorientierung. Mohr Siebeck, 2010. Reviewed by John A. Maxfield, Vol. 26 (2), 183-84.

Hauser, Alan J. and Duane F. Watson, Editors. A History of Biblical Interpretation, Volume 2: The Medieval Through Reformation Periods. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2009. Reviewed by Mickey L. Mattox, Vol. 26 (2), 222-24.

Heschel, Susannah. The Aryan Jesus: Christian Theologians and the Bible in Nazi Germany. Princeton University Press, 2008. Reviewed by Darrell Jodock, Vol. 26 (3), 343-45.

Holder, R. Ward, editor. A Companion to Paul in the Reformation. Brill, 2009. Reviewed by Arland J. Hultgren, Vol. 26 (2), 224-26.

Holder, R. Ward, editor. The Westminster Handbook to Theologies of the Reformation. Westminster John Knox, 2010.  Reviewed by Luther Peterson, Vol. 26 (4), 472-73

Huffman, Gordon S., editor. <em “mso-bidi-font-style:=”” normal”=””>The Lutheran Confessions: A Digital Anthology. Fortress, 2011. Reviewed by Mary Jane Haemig, Vol. 26 (1), 100-01.

Hultgren, Arland J. Paul’s Letter to the Romans: A Commentary. Eerdmans, 2011. Reviewed by Mark Mattes, Vol. 26 (3), 353-55.

Huovinen, Eero. Baptism, Church and Ecumenism: Collected Essays. Luther-Agricola-Gesellschaft, 2009.  Reviewed by Mark Mattes, Vol. 26 (1), 119-21.

Ising, Dieter. Johann Christoph Blumhardt, Life and Work: A New Biography. Translated by Monty Ledford. Cascade Books, 2009. Reviewed by Michelle A. Clifton-Soderstrom, Vol. 26 (2), 208-09.

Janz, Denis R. The Westminster Handbook to Martin Luther. Westminster John Knox Press, 2010.  Reviewed by Gordon Jensen, Vol. 26 (3), 342-43.

Johansson, Torbjörn, Robert Kolb, and Johann Anselm Steiger, editors. Hermeneutica Sacra: Studies in the Interpretation of Holy Scripture in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. Walter de Gruyter, 2010. Reviewed by H. George Anderson, Vol. 26 (1), 96-98.

Koehler, Phillipp, with an introduction by Leigh D. Jordahl. The History of the Wisconsin Synod, 3rd Edition. Faith-Life, 2004.  Reviewed by Mark Mattes, Vol. 26 (3), 360-62.

Legaspi, Michael C. The Death of Scripture and the Rise of Biblical Studies. Oxford University Press, 2010. Reviewed by Walter Sundberg, Vol. 26 (4), 473-75.

Ludwig, Frieder and J. Kwabena Asamaoh-Gyadu, editors. African Christian Presence in the West: New Immigrant Congregations and Transnational Networks in North America and Europe. Africa World Press, 2011. Reviewed by L. DeAne Lagerquist, Vol. 26 (2), 226-28.

Luther, Martin. Treatise on Good Works. Translated by Scott H. Hendrix. Fortress, 2012. Mary Jane Haemig, Vol. 26 (4), 494.

Marty, Martin E. Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Letters and Papers from Prison: A Biography. Princeton University Press, 2011. Reviewed by Mark S. Brocker, Vol. 26 (2), 229-31.

Mayes, Benjamin T.G. Counsel and Conscience: Lutheran Casuistry and Moral Reasoning After the Reformation. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2011. Reviewed by David A. Lumpp, Vol. 26 (4), 476-78.

McBride, Jennifer M. The Church for the World: A Theology of Public Witness. Oxford University Press, 2012. Reviewed by Mark Mattes, Vol. 26 (4), 478-79.

McDermott, Gerald R., editor. <em “mso-bidi-font-style:=”” normal”=””>The Oxford Handbook of Evangelical Theology. Oxford University Press, 2010. Reviewed by Paul Hinlicky, Vol. 26 (3), 362-64.

Meyer, Johannes Peter Carl. <em “mso-bidi-font-style:=”” normal”=””>The Kingdom of Christ. Translated by O. Marc Tangner. Eagles Wings, 2003. Reviewed by Mark Mattes, Vol. 26 (3), 365-66.

Miyamoto, Arata. Embodied Cross: Intercontextual Readings of Theologia Crucis. Wipf & Stock, 2010. Reviewed by Mark Mattes, Vol. 26 (3), 340-41.

Moltmann, Jürgen. Sun of Righteousness, Arise! God’s Future for Humanity and the Earth. Translated by Margaret Kohl. Fortress Press, 2010. Reviewed by Faye E. Schott, Vol. 26 (2), 209-11.

Montover, Nathan. Luther’s Revolution: The Political Dimensions of Martin Luther’s Universal Priesthood. Pickwick, 2011. Reviewed by Mark Mattes, Vol. 26 (2), 231-33.

Mortensen, Viggo and Andreas Østerlund Nielsen, editors. Walk Humbly with the Lord: Church and Mission Engaging Plurality. Eerdmans, 2010. Reviewed by Mark Nygard, Vol. 26 (3), 348-50.

Nelson, Derek R. Sin: A Guide for the Perplexed. T & T Clark, 2011. Reviewed by Mark Mattes, Vol. 26 (3), 357-58.

Noble, Bonnie. Lucas Cranach the Elder: Art and Devotion of the German Reformation. University Press of America, 2009. Reviewed by Sarah Henrich, Vol. 26 (2), 211-13.

Nygard, Mark Lewellyn. The Missiological Implications of the Theology of Gerhard Forde. Lutheran University Press, 2011. Reviewed by Mark Mattes, Vol. 26 (2), 233-35.

Ohlemacher, Andreas. Lateinische Katechetik der frühen lutherischen Orthodoxie. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2010. Reviewed by Gerhard Bode, Vol. 26 (2), 235-37.

Posset, Franz. The Real Luther: A Friar at Erfurt and Wittenberg: Exploring Luther’s Life with Melanchthon as Guide. Concordia, 2011.  Carter Lindberg, Vol. 26 (3), 336-38.

Preus, David W. Pastor and President: Reflections of a Lutheran Churchman. Lutheran University Press, 2011. Reviewed by David L. Tiede, Vol. 26 (4), 451-53.

Puglisi, James F., editor. <em “mso-bidi-font-style:=”” normal”=””>How Can the Petrine Ministry Be a Service to the Unity of the Universal Church? Eerdmans, 2010. Reviewed by Paul Hinlicky, Vol. 26 (3), 366-68.

Reumann, John P., editor. <em “mso-bidi-font-style:=”” normal”=””>Muhlenberg’s Ministerium, Ben Franklin’s Deism, and the Churches of the 21st Century. Eerdmans, 2011. Reviewed by Mark Granquist, Vol. 26 (3), 338-39.

Saarnivaara, Uuras. They Lived in the Power of God: Lutheran Revival Leaders in Northern Europe. Translated by Rodger N. Foltz and Aila Saarnivaara Foltz.  Ambassador Publications, 2011. Reviewed by Mark Granquist, Vol. 26 (3), 369-70.

Schardt, Else and Ronald Schardt. <em “mso-bidi-font-style:=”” normal”=””>Mission in Motion: Walking Together with God’s People in Papua New Guinea. Bookmasters, Inc., 2009. Reviewed by Arthur C. Repp, Vol. 26 (4), 480-81.

Scheible, Heinz. Aufsätze zu Melanchthon. Mohr Siebeck, 2010. Reviewed by Timothy J. Wengert, Vol. 26 (2), 185-87.

Scheible, Heinz. Joachim Camerarius. Das Leben Philipp Melanchthons. Translated by Volker Werner. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, 2010. Reviewed by Timothy J. Wengert, Vol. 26 (4), 460-62.

Schlingensiepe, Ferdinand. <em “mso-bidi-font-style:=”” normal”=””>Dietrich Bonhoeffer 1906-1945: Martyr, Thinker, Man of  Resistance. Translated by Isabel Best. T. & T. Clark, 2010. Reviewed by Mark S. Brocker, Vol. 26 (4), 483-85.

Schnurr, Jan Carsten. Weltreiche und Wahrheitszeugen: Geschichtsbilder der protestantischen Erweckungsbewegung in Deutschland 1815-1848. Vandenhoeck  & Ruprecht, 2011. Reviewed by David Crowner, Vol. 26 (4), 485-87.

Schwarz, Hans. The God Who Is: The Christian God in a Pluralistic World. Cascade Books, 2011. Reviewed by Ned Wisnefske, Vol. 26 (2), 237-39.

Selderhuis, Herman J., editor. <em “mso-bidi-font-style:=”” normal”=””>The Calvin Handbook. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2009.  Reviewed by Jeannine Olson, Vol. 26 (2), 190-92.

Senske, Kurt. The Calling: Live a Life of Significance. Concordia Publishing, 2010. Mark D. Tranvik, Vol. 26 (4), 490-91.

Slenczka, Björn. Das Wormser Schisma der Augsburger Konfessionsverwandten von 1557. Protestantische Konfessionspolitik und Theologie im Zusammenhang des zweiten Wormser Religionsgesprächs. Mohr Siebeck, 2011. Reviewed by Robert     Kolb, Vol. 26 (3), 346-48.

Smith, Leonard S. Martin Luther’s Two Ways of Viewing Life and the Educational Foundations of a Lutheran Ethos. Pickwick Publications, 2011. Reviewed by Robert Benne, Vol. 26 (2), 213-15.

Spehr, Christopher. Luther und das Konzil: zur Entwicklung eines zentralen Themas in der Reformationszeit. Mohr Siebeck, 2010. Reviewed by Erik H. Herrmann, Vol. 26 (2), 215-17.

Steiger,  Johann Anselm. Jonas Propheta: Zur Auslegungs- und Mediengeschichte des Buches Jona bei Martin Luther und im Luthertum der Barockzeit. Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt: frommann-holzboog, 2011.  Reviewed by Paul R. Hinlicky, Vol. 26 (4), 453-55.

Stephenson, Barry. Performing the Reformation: Public Ritual in the City of Luther. Oxford University Press, 2010. Reviewed by Kathryn A. Kleinhans, Vol. 26 (2), 241-42.

Strandberg, Hugo. Love of a God of Love: Towards a Transformation of the Philosophy of Religion. Continuum, 2011. Reviewed by Mark Mattes, Vol. 26 (4), 487-88.

Svendsbye, Lloyd A. “I Paid all my debts…” A Norwegian-American Immigrant Saga of Life on the Prairie of North Dakota. Lutheran University Press, 2009.  Reviewed by Mark Granquist, Vol. 26 (2), 239-40.

Swensson, Eric Jonas. Kinderbeten: The Origin, Unfolding, and Interpretations of the Silesian Children’s Prayer Revival. Wipf & Stock, 2010. Reviewed by Maria Erling, Vol. 26 (2), 242-44.

Tyndale, Wendy R. Protestants in Communist East Germany: In the Storm of the World.   Ashgate, 2010. Reviewed by H. David Baer, Vol. 26 (2), 245-46.

Ulrich, Jörg, editor. Friedrich Loofs in Halle. De Gruyter, 2010. Reviewed by Martin E. Conkling, Vol. 26 (2), 187-89.

Valco, Michal, editor. Andrej-Braxatoris-Sládkovic Slovenské Národné Zhromazdenie v Turcianskom Sv. Martine 1861: Teologické aspekty emorandovych udalostí a ich odkaz pre dnesok. Zilina University Press, 2011. Reviewed by Paul R. Hinlicky, Vol. 26 (2), 217-19.

Van Gelder, Craig and Dwight Zscheile. <em “mso-bidi-font-style:=”” normal”=””>The Missional Church in Perspective: Mapping Trends and Shaping the Conversation. Baker Academic, 2011. Reviewed by Kristine Stache, Vol. 26 (4), 488-90.

Von Schenk, Berthold and Paul Robert Sauer, editors. The Presence: An Approach to the Holy Communion. American Lutheran Publicity Bureau, 2010. Reviewed by Mark Mattes, Vol. 26 (2), 247-48.

Wendebourg, Dorothea, editor. <em “mso-bidi-font-style:=”” normal”=””>Sister Reformations/Schwesterreformationen: The Reformation in Germany and in England. Mohr Siebeck, 2010. Reviewed by Eric Lund, Vol. 26 (2), 193-95.

Wipfler, Esther P.. Martin Luther in Motion Pictures: History of Metamorphosis.    Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2011. Reviewed by Ken Sundet Jones, Vol. 26 (3), 355-56.