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Fogleman, Alex, Knowledge, faith, and early Christian initiation. Pp. xiv + 256. Cambridge–New York: Cambridge University Press, 2023. £85. 978 1 009 37739 3

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Thomassen, Einar, Before Valentinus. The Gnostics of Irenaeus. (Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies, 106.) Pp. x + 202 incl. 1 ill and 1 table. Leiden–Boston: Brill, 2023. €110. 978 90 04 67788 3; 0929 2470

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Hamilton, Tom, A widow's vengeance after the wars of religion. Gender and justice in renaissance France. Pp. xxvi + 212 incl. 19 ills and 1 map. Oxford–New York: Oxford University Press, 2024. £76. 978 0 19 287017 9

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Röder, Brendan, Der Körper des Priesters. Gebrechen im Katholizismus der Frühen Neuzeit. (Campus Historische Studien, 80.) Pp. 348 incl. 2 ills. Frankfurt–New York: Campus Verlag, 2021. €50 (paper). 978 3 593 51345 4

Rowley, Matthew, Godly violence in the Puritan Atlantic world. A study of military providentialism, 1636–1676. Pp. xvi + 316 incl. 3 figs and 4 maps. Woodbridge–Rochester, NY: Boydell Press, 2024. £80. 978 1 83765 014 9

Schilling, Johannes, Briefkultur der Reformationszeit. (Schriften der Stiftung Luthergedenkstätten in Sachsem-Anhalt, Bd 27.) Pp. 332 incl. 27 colour and black-and -white ills and 30 tables. Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, 2023. €98. 978 3 374 07427 3

Spohnholz, Jesse and van Veen, Mirjam, Dutch reformed Protestants in the Holy Roman Empire, c.1550–1620. A reformation of refugees. (Changing Perspectives on Early Modern Europe.) Pp. xii + 313 incl. 4 ills and 3 tables. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 2024. £26.99 (paper). 978 1 64825 076 7

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Willoughby, James, Reformation cardinal. Reginald Pole in sixteenth-century Italy and England. (New College Library and Archives Publications, 4.) Pp. xviii + 153 incl. 82 colour ills. Oxford: New College Library and Archives Publications, 2023. £16 (paper). 978 1 9160651 3 0

Ganiel, Gladys and Holmes, Andrew R. (eds), The Oxford handbook of religion in modern Ireland. Pp. xxxiv + 589 incl. 14 tables. Oxford–New York: Oxford University Press, 2024. £130. 978–19 886869 9

Hartin, Cole William, Anglican biblical interpretation in the nineteenth century. A critical evaluation. (Anglican-Episcopal Theology and History, 11.) Pp. x + 219. Leiden–Boston: Brill, 2024. €60 (paper). 978 90 04 69402 6; 2405 7576

Houston, Fleur S., Come, let us reason together. A life of John Wood Oman. Pp. xviii + 413. Eugene, Or: Pickwick Productions, 2024. £43 (paper). 978 1 6667 7551 8

Schofield, Nicholas, Highways and byways. Discovering Catholic England. Pp. x + 312. Leominster: Gracewing, 2024. £15.99 (paper). 978 0 85244 720 8

Sedgwick, Peter H., The development of Anglican moral theology, 1680–1950. (Anglican-Episcopal Theology and History, 10.) Pp. xii + 452. Leiden–Boston: Brill, 2024. €82 (paper). 978 90 04 68808 7; 2405 7576

Tolhurst, James (intro. and notes), Difficulties of Anglicans, II: John Henry Newman. (Newman Millennium Edition Volume XVIII.) Pp. cxxx + 427. Leominster: Gracewing, 2023. £35. 978 0 85244 413 9

Wellenreuther, Hermann, Die Korrespondenz des Herrnhuter Missionars David Zeisberger, 1745–1808. Vol 1. (Specials in Modern History, 8/1.) Pp. xiv + 626 incl. 5 colour ills. Leiden–Boston: Brill, 2024. €165. 978 90 04 43093 8; 2468 578X

Wittman, Richard, Rebuilding St Paul's outside the walls. Architecture and the Catholic revival in the nineteenth century. Pp. xx + 421 incl. 105 figs and 20 colour plates. Cambridge–New York: Cambridge University Press, 2024. £100. 978 1 00 941452 4

Choong, Pui Yee, The political mobilization of the Christian community in Malaysia. Pp. 220 incl. 2 tables. Leiden: Leiden University Press, 2024. €104. 978 90 872843 74

Erlank, Natasha, Convening black intimacy. Christianity, gender, and tradition in early twentieth-century South Africa. (New African Histories.) Pp. xvi + 272 incl. 12 ills and 2 tables. Athens, Oh: Ohio University Press, 2022. £29.99 (paper). 978 0 8214 2499

Fudge, Thomas A., Darkness. The conversion of Anglican Armidale, 1960–2019. Pp. xxvi + 837 incl. 91 ills. Vancouver: St John University Press, 2024. $45. 978 8 9859892 2 9

Liebst, Michelle, Labour and Christianity in the mission. African workers in Tanganyika and Zanzibar, 1864–1926. (Religion in Transforming Africa.) Pp. xiv + 225 incl. 1 figs and 7 tables. Woodbridge: James Currey, 2024. £19.99 (paper). 978 1 84701 371 2

Kalak, Al, Matteo, Eating God. A history of the eucharist. (New Critical Thinking in Religion, Theology and Biblical Studies.) Pp. viii + 244. London–New York: Routledge, 2024. £130. 978 1 03 243496 4

Coffman, Elisha J. (foreword Noll, Mark A.), Turning points in American church history. How pivotal events shaped a nation and a faith. Pp. xiv + 290 incl. 50 ills. Grand Rapids, Mi: Baker Academic, 2024. $24.99 (paper). 978 0 8010 9749 2

Forlani, Filippo, Mas, Silvia and Żak, Łukasz (eds), Between freedom and submission. The role of women in the history of the Church. Pp. 472 incl. 42 colour and black-and-white ills. Münster: Aschendorff Verlag, 2024. €49 (paper). 978 3 402 25027 3

Mingo, Annemarie, Have you got good religion? Black women's faith, courage and moral leadership in the civil rights movement. Pp. xvi + 224 incl. 12 ills. Urbana, Il–Chicago, Il: University of Illinois Press, 2024. £21.99 (paper). 978 0 252 08776 9

Prieto, Andrés I., The theologian and the empire. A biography of José de Acosta ( 1540–1600). (Jesuit Studies, 42.) Pp. viii + 412. Leiden–Boston: Brill, 2024. €162. 978 90 04 46204 5; 2214 3289

Morrison, Hugh, Protestant missionary children's lives, c.1870–1950. Empire, religion and emotion. (Studies in Imperialism.) Pp. xiv + 251 incl. 1 figs and 3 tables. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2024. £85. 978 1 5278 5