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MAKE THEM GO AWAY: CLINT EASTWOOD, CHRISTOPHER REEVE AND THE CASE AGAINST DISABILITY RIGHTS. Mary Johnson. Louisville, KY: Avocado Press, 2003, pp. 296. Reviewed by Jean A. Musick.

INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS OF SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE IN THE ADDICTIONS. Edited by S. Lala Ashenberg Straussner and Larry Harrison. New York: The Haworth Press, Inc., 2003, pp. 161. Reviewed by Jean A. Musick.

A MATTER OF DIGNITY: CHANGING THE WORLD OF THE DISABLED. Andrew Potok. Danvers, MA: Bantam Books, 2003, pp. 320. Reviewed by Jean A. Musick.

THE RAGGED EDGE MAGAZINE. Edited by Mary Johnson. Louisville, KY: Avocado Press. Reviewed by Jean A. Musick.     

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PSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECTS OF ASIAN-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: DIVERSITY WITHIN DIVERSITY. Namkee G. Choi, Editor. New York: The Haworth Press, Inc. 2001, 340 pp., hardbound. Reviewed by Rita Takahashi.

RACIAL PROFILING: ELIMINATING THE CONFUSION BETWEEN RACIAL AND CRIMINAL PROFILING AND CLARIFYING WHAT CONSTITUTES UNFAIR DISCRIMINATION AND PERSECUTION. Darin D. Fredrickson and Raymond P. Siljander. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, 2002. Reviewed by Diane S. Young.     

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BOWLING ALONE: THE COLLAPSE AND REVIVAL OF AMERICAN COMMUNITY. By Robert D. Putnam. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 2000. $26.00 Hardback., by Robert D. Putnam Reviewed by Kristin M. Ferguson.

THE MISSING MIDDLE: WORKING FAMILIES AND THE FUTURE OF AMERICAN SOCIAL POLICY. By Theda Skocpol. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2000. $15.95 Papercover. Reviewed by Kristin M. Ferguson.     

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LESBIAN LEGAL THEORY REMAINS UNDOMESTICATED. SAPPHO GOES TO LAW SCHOOL: FRAGMENTS IN LESBIAN LEGAL THEORY. Robson, Ruthann. NY: Columbia University Press, 1998, 303 pp., $17.50 paper, ISBN 0-231-10561-4; $49.50 cloth, ISBN 0-231-10560-6. Reviewed by Martha T. Zingo.

TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT POLITICS, THE INTERLOCKING NATURE OF OPPRESSIONS, RESISTANCE AND THE VALUE OF BLACK LESBIAN LIVES. THE TRUTH THAT NEVER HURTS: WRITINGS ON RACE, GENDER, AND FREEDOM, Smith, Barbara. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1998. Reviewed by Kim Vaz.

LESBIAN COUPLES ARE FAMILIES, TOO. THE LESBIAN FAMILY LIFE CYCLE (2nd Ed.). Slater, Suzanne. Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1999, Hardcover, $25.00; Paperback, $14.95. Reviewed by Anna Myers.

THE MANY FACES OF ANNE. FEMALE FORTUNE: LAND, GENDER AND AUTHORITY: THE ANNE LISTER DIARIES AND OTHER WRITINGS 1833-36. Liddington, Jill. New York: Rivers Oram Press, 1998, $50. Reviewed by Mary Eichbauer.

THE EVOLUTION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION: EMBRACING A FAMILY PERSPECTIVE. LESBIAN, GAY, AND BISEXUAL IDENTITIES IN FAMILIES: PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES. Patterson, Charlotte J., and Anthony R. D'Augelli (Eds.). New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. Reviewed by Phillip Hammack.

TRU ADVENTURES. CHIMNEY ROCK BLUES. McClellan, Janet. Naiad Press,Inc., 1999, $11.95. Reviewed by Ann E. Maloney.

WIDENING THE LENS. MARGARET MEAD AND RUTH BENEDICT: THE KINSHIP OF WOMEN. Lapsley, Hilary. University of Massachusetts Press, 1999, $39.95 cloth. Reviewed by Kimberly F. Balsam.

GAY AND LESBIAN RELATIONSHIPS: COMMITMENT, CEREMONIES, AND MARRIAGE. FROM THIS DAY FORWARD: COMMITMENT, MARRIAGE, AND FAMILY IN LESBIAN AND GAY RELATIONSHIPS. Stiers, Gretchen A. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999, $24.95. Reviewed by Robin E. Roy.

ROMANCING THE GENERATION GAP. DAWN OF THE DANCE. Martin, Marianne K. Tallahassee, FL: The Naiad Press,Inc., 1999, $11.95. SILVER THREADS. Denison, Lyn. Tallahassee, FL: The Naiad Press,Inc., 1999, $11.95. Reviewed by Margaret Soenser Breen.     

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IN THE NAME OF THE FAMILY: RETHINKING FAMILY VALUES IN THE POSTMODERN AGE. Judith Stacey. Boston: Beacon Press, 1996, 194 pp., ISBN 0-8070-0432-4, $22.00 hardcover. Reviewed by Valerie S. Mannis.

CONFESSIONS OF A LOST MOTHER. Elisa M. Barton. Baltimore, MD: Gateway, 1996, 157 pp., ISBN 0-9650795-0-3, $14.95 paper. Reviewed by Karen Schmid.

THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CHILD: THE LEAST DETRIMENTAL ALTERNATIVE. Joseph Goldstein, Albert J. Solnit, Sonja Goldstein, and the late Anna Freud. New York: The Free Press, 1996, 311 pp., ISBN 0-684-82337-3, $35.00 hardcover. Reviewed by Renee Garfinkel.     

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CONFRONTING OPPRESSION, RESTORING JUSTICE: FROM POLICY ANALYSIS TO SOCIAL ACTION By Katherine van Wormer. Alexandria, VA: CSWEPress, 2004. 254pp. $36.95 (paper). Reviewed by Linda Plitt Donaldson.

GEORGE G. HIGGINS AND THE QUEST FOR WORKER JUSTICE: THE EVOLUTION OF CATHOLIC SOCIAL THOUGHT IN AMERICA. By John J. O'Brien. New York: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2005. 396pp. $32.95 (paper). Reviewed by William J. Hutchison.

BUT THEY ALL COME BACK: FACING THE CHALLENGES OF PRISONER REENTRY. By Jeremy Travis. Washington, DC: Urban Institute Press, 2005. 391 pp. $32.50 (paper). Reviewed by Frederick G. Reamer.     

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RECLAIMING THE BODY IN CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALITY. By Thomas Ryan (Ed.). New York: Paulist Press, 2004, 179 pp., $16.95 (paper). Reviewed by David Derezotes.

WHAT'S WRONG WITH CHILDREN'S RIGHTS. By Martin Guggenheim. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2005. 306 pp., $27.95. Reviewed by Anne E. Schneiders.

COMPENDIUM OF THE SOCIAL DOCTRINE OF THE CHURCH. By Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. Washington, DC: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2005. 446pp., $24.95 (paper). Reviewed by Reverend Eugene Cahouet.     

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ADOPTION WISDOM: A GUIDE TO THE ISSUES AND FEELINGS OF ADOPTION. Russell, Marlou. Santa Monica, CA: Broken Branch Productions, 1996, 204 pp., ISBN 1-888511-12-5, $14.95 paper. Reviewed by Tracy Simonson.

CHILDREN IN LONG-TERM FOSTER CARE: EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT. McAuley, Colette. Aldershot: Avebury, 1996, 196 pp., ISBN 1-85972-252-0, $59.95 hardcover. Reviewed by Karen Schmid.     

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A PASSAGE TO THE HEART: WRITINGS FROM FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN FROM CHINA. Klatzkin, Amy (Ed.). Saint Paul, MN: Yeong & Yeong Book Co., 1999, 341 pp., Hardcover ISBN 0-9638472-2-8, $19.95. Reviewed by Patricia Irwin Johnston.

I WISH FOR YOU A BEAUTIFUL LIFE: LETTERS FROM THE KOREAN BIRTH MOTHERS OF AE RAN WON TO THEIR CHILDREN. Dorow, Sara (Ed.). Saint Paul, MN: Yeong & Yeong Book Co., 1999, 135 pp., Hardcover ISBN 0-9638472-2-8, $18.95. Reviewed by Patricia Irwin Johnston.

PARENTS AT LAST: CELEBRATING ADOPTION AND THE NEW PATHWAYS TO PARENTHOOD. Peck, Cynthia V. N., and Wendy Wilkinson. New York: Clarkson Potter/Publishers, 1998, 160 pp., Hardcover ISBN 0-609-60290-X, $27.50. Reviewed by Patricia Irwin Johnston.

CLINICAL AND PRACTICE ISSUES IN ADOPTION: BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN ADOPTEES PLACED AS INFANTS AND AS OLDER CHILDREN. Groza, Victor and Karen F. Rosenberg (Eds.). Westport, CT: Praeger, 175 pp., Hardcover ISBN 0-275-95816-7, $55.00. Reviewed by Ulrich Mueller.

KINSHIP FOSTER CARE: POLICY, PRACTICE, AND RESEARCH. Hegar, Rebecca L., and Maria Scannapieco (Eds.). New York: Oxford University Press, Hardcover ISBN 0195109392, $45. Paperback ISBN 0195109406, $19.95. Reviewed by Ulrich Mueller.     

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SPIRITUALITY AND THE BLACK HELPING TRADITION IN SOCIAL WORK. By Elmer P. Martin and Joanne M. Martin.Washington, DC: National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Press, 2002. 296 pp. $39.99 (paper). Reviewed by Sandra Edmonds Crewe.

THE DHARMA OF JESUS: GEORGE M. SOARES-PRABHU. Edited by Francis Xavier D'Sa, Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2003. 296 pp. $30.00 (paper). Reviewed by Edward R. Canda.

UNDERSTANDING POVERTY. Edited by Sheldon H. Danziger and Robert H. Haveman, New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2001. 566 pp. $55.00 (hard), $24.95 (paper). Reviewed by Edward J. Ryle

MODERN PSYCHOLOGY AND ANCIENT WISDOM: PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALING PRACTICES FROM THE WORLD'S RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS. By Sharon G. Mijares. Binghamton, NY: The Haworth Press, Inc. 2003. 259 pp., $49.95(hard), 29.95(paper). Reviewed by David Derezotes     

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INDEPENDENT LIVES: SPINSTERS AND LESBIANS. Franzen, Trisha. New York: New York University Press, 1996. Reviewed by Monisha Pashupati and Progga Choudhury.

RUSSIA'S SAPPHO: SOPHIA PARNOK: THE LIFE AND WORK OF RUSSIA'S SAPPHO. Burgin, Diana Lewis. New York: New York University Press, New York, 1994. Reviewed by Rochelle G. Ruthchild.

RULES, RESPECT, TELLING THE TRUTH: SKIN: TALKING ABOUT SEX, CLASS & LITERATURE. Allison, Dorothy. Ithaca, NY: Firebrand Books, 1994. Reviewed by Lynda J. Ames.

WOMEN AND MURDER IN THE COUNTRY: OUT OF THE NIGHT. Bruyer, Kris. Naiad Press, Inc., 1996. Reviewed by Myra Betschild.

WOMEN AND MURDER IN THE COUNTRY: HOODED MURDER. Van Dyke, Annette. Naiad Press, Inc., 1996. Reviewed by Myra Betschild.

A PRECIOUS COMMODITY FOR LESBIAN SCHOLARSHIP: THE FAMILY SILVER: ESSAYS ON RELATIONSHIPS AMONG WOMEN. Krieger, Susan. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996. Reviewed by Mickey Eliason.

LOVE BETWEEN WOMEN: AN UNLOVELY VIEW: LOVE BETWEEN WOMEN: EARLY CHRISTIAN RESPONSES TO FEMALE HOMOEROTICISM. Brooten, Bernadette J. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Reviewed by Anne L. Clark.

BABE, WE HARDLY KNEW YA: BABE: THE LIFE AND LEGEND OF BABE DIDRIKSON ZAHARIAS. Cayleff, Susan. Urbana, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1995. Reviewed by Pat Griffin.

MORE GENDERED THAN THOU: THE FEMME MYSTIQUE. Newman, Lesléa (Ed.). Boston: Alyson Press, 1995. Reviewed by Beverly Burch.

“AN ISLE OF DYS-TOP-IA”: SEP-A-RA-TISM AND WOMEN'S COMMUNITY. Shugar, Dana R. University of Nebraska Press, 1995. Reviewed by R. Amy Elman.

MURDER AND MONOGAMY: LET'S FACE THE MUSIC AND DIE. Scoppettone, Sandra. NY: Little, Brown. Reviewed by Jane Futcher.

SEXUALITY AND IDENTITY: CONFLICTS BETWEEN MARRIAGE AND LESBIAN AUTONOMY: AND THEN I MET THIS WOMAN: PREVIOUSLY MARRIED WOMEN'S JOURNEYS INTO LESBIAN RELATIONSHIPS. Cassingham, Barbee J. MA, and Sally M. O'Neil, PhD. Mother Courage Press, 1993. Reviewed by Caitlin Morris.

LESBIAN OR QUEER?: THE ANGEL AND THE PERVERTS. Delarue-Mardrus, Lucie. New York: New York University Press, 1930, 1995 (reprint). Reviewed by Gabriele Griffin.

THE FICTION OF ELIZABETH BOWEN: SEXUAL/TEXTUAL POLITICS: ELIZABETH BOWEN: A REPUTATION IN WRITING. hoogland, renée c. New York and London: New York University Press, 1994. Reviewed by Paulina Palmer.

CELEBRATING TOMBOYS: TOMBOYS! TALES OF DYKE DERRING-DO. Yamaguchi, Lynne and Karen Barber (Eds.). Los Angeles: Alyson, 1995. Reviewed by Karen M. Jordan.

PASSIONATE FRIENDSHIPS AND “DOLL RACKETS”: MATERNAL JUSTICE: MIRIAM VAN WATERS AND THE FEMALE REFORM TRADITION. Freedman, Estelle B. University of Chicago Press, 1996. Reviewed by Hilary Lapsley.

“WE STILL HAVE QUESTIONS”: GAY AND LESBIAN STUDENTS: UNDERSTANDING THEIR NEEDS. Besner, Hilda F., and Charlotte J. Spungin. Washington, DC: Taylor & Francis Publishers, 1995. Reviewed by Jan Donley.

GAY AND LESBIAN FAMILIES-MOVING BEYOND THE PATRIARCHY: LESBIANS AND GAYS IN COUPLES AND FAMILIES: A HANDBOOK FOR THERAPISTS. Laird, Joan and Robert-Jay Green (Eds.). Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1996. Reviewed by Amy Banks.

RADICAL REDUX: TOO QUEER: ESSAYS FROM A RADICAL LIFE. Brownworth, Victoria A. Ithaca, NY: Firebrand Books, 1996. Reviewed by Lynda Goldstein.

ALL THE NEWS THAT'S FIT TO PRINT: AND SAY HI TO JOYCE: THE LIFE AND CHRONICLES OF A LESBIAN COUPLE. Price, Deb, and Joyce Murdoch. Doubleday, 1995. Reviewed by Ellen Cole.

LOOKING FOR THE LESBIAN SUBJECT: HETEROSEXUAL PLOTS AND LESBIAN NARRATIVES. Farwell, Marilyn R. New York: New York University Press, 1996. Reviewed by Rosemary Hennessy.

THE MATERNAL MYSTERY :BABY, IT'S COLD. Maiman, Jaye. FL: Naiad Press, 1996. Reviewed by J.A. Myers.

SEEKING SAFETY BEYOND THE WALLS: AMNESTY. Blum, Louise A. Boston: Alyson Publications, Inc., 1995. Reviewed by Amy J. Ojerholm.

JENIFER LEVIN'S “LESBIAN EROS”: LOVE AND DEATH & OTHER DISASTERS, STORIES 1977-1995. Levin, Jenifer. Ithaca, NY: Firebrand Books, 1996. Reviewed by Annette Van Dyke.

REDEFINING LESBIAN FICTION: TASTING LIFE TWICE: LITERARY LESBIAN FICTION BY NEW AMERICAN WRITERS. Levy, E.J. (Ed.). Avon Books, 1995. Reviewed by Margaret Kissam Morris.

A RODEO ROMANCE: NOW & THEN. Hayes, Penny. Naiad Press, 1996. Reviewed by Nicki Thorogood and Jane Franklin.     

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VIOLENCE IN GOD'S NAME: RELIGION IN AN AGE OF CONFLICT. By Oliver McTernan. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2003. 192pp., $20.00 (paper).

RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY, AND AGING: A SOCIAL WORK PERSPECTIVE. By Harry R. Moody (Ed.). Binghamton, NY: The Haworth Press, Inc. 2005. 350pp., $39.95 (paper).

A LITTLE HISTORY OF THE WORLD. By E. H. Gombrich. New Haven, CT: Yale University press, 2005. 284 pp., $25.00 Reviewed by Eleanor Hannon Judah.

THE CATHOLIC WORKER MOVEMENT: INTELLECTUAL AND SPIRITUAL ORIGINS. By Mark and Louise Zwick. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2005. 358pp., $29.95 (paper).     

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UNDERSTANDING HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT, SIXTH EDITION, by Charles H. Zastrow and Karen K. Kirst-Ashman. California: Brooks/Cole Publishers, Inc. 2004, 648 pp. Reviewed by Sheila D. Miller.     

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ADOPTION, IDENTITY, AND KINSHIP: THE DEBATE OVER SEALED BIRTH RECORDS. Wegar, Katarina. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1997, 169 pp., Hardcover ISBN 0-300-06759-3, $22.50 cloth. Reviewed by Karen Schmid.

SUCCESSFUL ADOPTIVE FAMILIES: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF SPECIAL NEEDS ADOPTION. Groze, Victor. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publisher Group, 1996, 184 pp., Hardcover ISBN 0-275-95343-2, $49.95. Reviewed by Manfred van Dulmen.     

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WE DON'T EXACTLY GET THE WELCOME WAGON: THE EXPERIENCE OF GAY AND LESBIAN ADOLESCENTS IN CHILD WELFARE SYSTEMS. Mallon, Gerald. New York: Columbia University Press, 1998, 193 pp. Reviewed by Gary Remafedi.

QUEER KIDS: THE CHALLENGES AND PROMISE FOR LESBIAN, GAY, AND BISEXUAL YOUTH. Owens, Robert E., Jr. New York: The Haworth Press, Inc. 1998, 355 pp. Reviewed by Teresa DeCrescenzo     

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COMMUNITY MATTERS: AN EXPLORATION OF THEORY AND PRACTICE. By Margot Kempers. Chicago, IL: Burnham Inc., Publishers, 2002. ISBN 0-830-41568-8, 194 pp. Reviewed by Sondra S. Doe.

FINANCIAL AND STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS: A COMPREHENSIVE REFERENCE TO LEGAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGEMENT, AND OPERATIONS RULES AND GUIDELINES FOR NONPROFITS, THIRD EDITION. By Bryce J. Herrington. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2000. ISBN 0-787-95026-2, 816 pp. Reviewed by Barris P. Malcolm.

GENERALIST PRACTICE WITH ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITIES (2ND EDITION). By Karen K. Kirst-Ashman and Grafton H. Hull, Jr. Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole, 2001. ISBN: 0-534-51892-3, 600 pp. Reviewed by Eleanor L. Brilliant.

THE QUIET HAND OF GOD: FAITH-BASED ACTIVISM AND THE PUBLIC ROLE OF MAINLINE PROTESTANTISM. By Robert Wuthnow and John H. Evans. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2002. ISBN 0-520-23313-1, 429 pp. Reviewed by Barris P. Malcolm.

FAITH IN ACTION: RELIGION, RACE, AND DEMOCRATIC ORGANIZING IN AMERICA. By Richard Wood. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2002. ISBN 0-226-90595-0 (hardcover), 0-226-90596-9 (paperback), 351 pp. Reviewed by Loretta Pyles.

ORGANIZING ACCESS TO CAPITAL: ADVOCACY AND THE DEMOCRATIZATION OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. Edited by Gregory D. Squires. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 2003. ISBN 1-592-13025-9 (hardcover), 1-592-13026-7 (paperback), 238 pp. Reviewed by Dorothy N. Gamble.

OUR WAY OR THE HIGHWAY: INSIDE THE MINNEHAHA FREE STATE. By Mary Losure. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 2002. ISBN 0-816-63905-1, 231 pp. Reviewed by Bowen McBeath.     

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THE SIXTEEN-TRILLION-DOLLAR MISTAKE, by Bruce Jansson. ISBN: 0-231-11432-X, Columbia University Press, 2001. $29.00. Reviewed by David Woody III.

FOUNDATIONS OF SOCIAL POLICY: SOCIAL JUSTICE, PUBLIC PROGRAMS AND THE SOCIAL WORK PROFESSION, by Amanda Smith Barusch. ISBN 0-87581-447-6, F.E. Peacock Publishers, Inc., 2002. Reviewed by Diane Carol Holliman.

THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEW YORK, by Godfrey Hodgson. ISBN 0-395-860423, Houghton-Mifflin, 2000, $38.00. Reviewed by George Haskett.

WHO SPEAKS FOR AMERICA'S CHILDREN, by Carol DeVita and Rachael Mosher-Williams, editors. ISBN 0-87766-704-7, Urban Institute, 2001, $26.50. Reviewed by John G. McNutt.

THE INVISIBLE CARING HAND: AMERICAN CONGREGATIONS AND THE PROVISION OF WELFARE, by Ram Cnaan. ISBN 0-814-71618-0, New York University Press, 2002, 340 pages, $19.50. Reviewed by Melanie Wilson.     

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TANGLED RELATIONSHIPS: MANAGING BOUNDARY ISSUES IN THE HUMAN SERVICES. By Frederic G. Reamer. New York: Columbia University Press 2001. 214 pp. $45.00 (hard), $22.50 (paper). Reviewed by Patricia O'Donnell, DSW

SPIRITUALITY WITHIN RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS IN SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE. Edited by Mary Van Hook, Beryl Hugen, and Marian Aguilar. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole Press, 2001. 300 pp. $43.95. Reviewed by Chris Stewart, PhD

SPIRITUALITY AND RELIGION IN SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE: DECISION CASES WITH TEACHING NOTES. Edited by T. Laine Scales, Terry A. Wolfer, David A. Sherwood, Diana R. Garland, Beryl Hugen, and Sharon Pitman. Alexandria, VA: Council on Social Work Education, 2002. 219 pp. $29.95 (paper). Reviewed by Michael J. Sheridan

THEINVISIBLECARINGHAND:AMERICANCONGREGATIONS AND THE PROVISION OF WELFARE. By Ram A. Cnaan, with Stephanie C. Boddie, Femida Handy, Gaynor Yancey, and Richard Schneider. New York: New York University Press, 2002. 328 pp. $60 (hard), $19.50 (paper)., Reviewed by Bruce D. Friedman

UNDERSTANDING POVERTY Edited by Sheldon H. Danziger and Robert H. Haveman. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2001. 566 pp. $55.00 (hard), $24.95 (paper). Reviewed by Edward J. Ryle     

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THE LITTLE BOOK OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE. By Howard Zehr. Intercourse, PA: Good Books, 2002. 71pp. $4.95 (paper).

THE NEW WESTMINSTER DICTIONARY OF CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALITY. Edited by Philip Sheldrake. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2005. 680pp. $49.95.

FAITH, MEDICINE, AND SCIENCE: A FESTSCHRIFT IN HONOR OF DR. DAVID B.LARSON. Edited by Jeff Levin and Harold G. Koenig. New York: The Haworth Pastoral Press, 2005. 321 pp. $49.95, $34.95 (paper). Reviewed by Eleanor Hannon Judah.

EXPLORING THE SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE IN THE 12-STEP PROGRAM OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: SPIRITUS CONTRA SPIRITUM. By Jeff Sandoz. Lewiston, NY: The Edwin Meilen Press, 2004. 221 pp. $109.95.

STAMPED WITH THE IMAGE OF GOD: AFRICAN AMERICANS AS GOD'S IMAGE IN BLACK. Edited by Cyprian Davis, OSB, and Jamie Phelps, OP. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2003. 156 pp. $50 (hard), $25 (paper).     

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DSM-IV-TR(tm) IN ACTION. Sophia F. Dziegielewski. New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2002, 424 pages, soft cover. Reviewed by Diane Carol Holliman.

MAD IN AMERICA: BAD SCIENCE, BAD MEDICINE, AND THE ENDURING MISTREATMENT OF THE MENTALLY ILL. Robert Whitaker. Perseus Publishing, 334pages, $27.00. Reviewed by William C. Hughes.