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Adeney, Frances S. & Arvind Sharma, eds. 2007.
Christianity and Human Rights: Influences
and Issues. Albany,
NY: SUNY Press. Paper. 228 p. $24.95.
Anderson, Brian C. 2007. Democratic
Capitalism and Its Discontents. Wilmington,
DE:
ISI Books. Cloth.
189 p. $25.
Baumol, William J., Robert E. Litan & Carl J. Schramm. 2007.
Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism, and
the Economics of Growth and
Prosperity. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. Cloth. 321 p. $30.
Carroll R., M. Daniel. 2008. Christians
at the Border: Immigration, the Church and the Bible.
Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic.
Paper. 174 p.
$16.99.
Charles, J. Daryl. 2008. Retrieving
the Natural Law: A Return to Moral First Things.
Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.
Paper. 346 p.
$34.
Claar, Victor V. & Robin J. Klay. 2007.
Economics in Christian Perspective: Theory,
Policy
and the Life Choices.
Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic.
Paper. 254
p.
$22.
Clawson, Dan et al, eds. 2007.
Public Sociology: Fifteen Eminent
Sociologists Debate Politics
& the
Profession in the Twenty-First Century. Berkeley,
CA: University of California Press.
Paper. 275
p. $21.95.
Cohen, Daniel. 2007. Globalization and Its
Enemies. Tr. Jessica B. Baker.
Cambridge, MA:
MIT Press. Paper.
192 p. $14.95.
Dupre, Louis. 2008. Religion and the Rise of
Modern Culture. Notre Dame, IN:
University of Notre Dame Press.
Paper. 122 p. $25.
Giberson, Karl & Mariano Artigas. 2007. Oracles
of Science: Celebrity Scientists vs. God
and Religion.
New York: Oxford University Press.
Cloth. 273 p.
$29.95.
Headley, John M. 2008. The Europeanization of the World: On the
Origins of Human Rights
and Democracy. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University
Press. Cloth. 290 p. $26.95.
Hutchinson, Robert J. 2007. The Politically Incorrect Guide to
the Bible. Washington, DC:
Regnery Publishing. Paper. 262 p. $19.95.
Jaroszynski, Piotr. 2007. Science in Culture. Tr. Hugh McDonald.
Amsterdam, Holland: Rodopi.
Paper. 314 p. $88.
Kramer, Lawrence. 2007. Why Classical Music Still Matters.
Berkeley, CA:
University of California Press. Cloth. 242 p.
$24.95.
Kronman, Anthony T. 2007. Education's End: Why Our Colleges and
Universities Have Given Up
on the Meaning of Life. New Haven, CT: Yale
University Press. Cloth. 3 08 p. $27.50.
Kueng, Hans. 2007. The Beginning of All Things: Science and
Religion. Tr. John Bowden.
Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. Cloth. 220 p.
$22.
Moberg, David O. 2007. The
Great Reversal: Reconciling Evangelism and Social Concern.
Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock.
Paper. 235 p.
$25.
O'Donnell, Guillermo. 2007. Dissonances: Democratic Critiques of Democracy.
Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press. Paper. 179
p. $25.
Perry, Tim, ed. 2007. The
Legacy of John Paul II: An Evangelical Assessment.
Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic.
Paper. 327 p.
$25.
Pottenger, John R. 2007. Reaping
the Whirlwind: Liberal Democracy and the Religious Axis.
Washington, DC: Georgetown
University Press. Paper. 342
p. $29.95.
Powell, Benjamin W., ed. 2008.
Making Poor Nations Rich: Entrepreneurship
and the Process
of Economic Development.
Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
Paper. 452 p.
$29.95.
Prendergast, Catherine. 2008. Buying
Into English: Language and Investment in the New
Capitalist World.
Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press.
Cloth. 180 p.
$60.
Rieff, Philip. 2007. Charisma: The Gift of Grace,
and How It Has Been Taken Away From Us.
New York: Pantheon Books.
Cloth. 271 p. $26.95.
Samons, Loren J., Jr. 2007. What's
Wrong With Democracy: From Athenian Practice to
American Worship.
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
Paper. 307 p.
$16.95.
Sommerville, C. John. 2006. The Decline of
the Secular University. New York:
Oxford University Press.
Cloth. 147 p. $22.
Soulen, R. Kendall & Linda Woodhead, eds. 2006.
God and Human Dignity.
Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.
Paper. 341 p.
$32.
Stiglitz, Joseph E. 2007. Making Globalization
Work. New York: Norton.
Paper.
324 p. $15.95.
Stueber, Karsten R. 2007.
Rediscovering Empathy: Agency, Folk Psychology and the Human
Sciences. Cambridge,
MA: MIT Press. Cloth. 276 p. $36.
Thirring, Walter. 2007. Cosmic
Impressions: Traces of God in the Laws of Nature. Tr.
Margaret
A. Schellenberg. Philadelphia,
PA: Templeton Foundation Press. Paper.
188 p. $19.95.
Tinder, Glenn. 2007. Liberty:
Rethinking an Imperiled Ideal. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.
Cloth. 407 p. $27.
Viteritti, Joseph P. 2007. The
Last Freedom: Religion From the Public School to the Public Square.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University
Press. Cloth. 273
p. $27.95.
Wiarda, Howard J., ed. 2007. Globalization:
Universal Trends, Regional Implications.
Lebanon, NH: University Press of
New England. Paper. 286
p. $35.
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