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Review of Steven Collins’s Wisdom as a Way of Life: Theravāda Buddhism Reimagined 回顾史蒂芬·柯林斯的《智慧是一种生活方式:Theravāda佛教的重新想象》

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JOURNAL OF RELIGION Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI: 10.1086/721812

M. Kapstein

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Taylor, Mark C. Intervolution: Smart Bodies, Smart Things. New York: Columbia University Press, 2021. xiv+201. $19.95 (paper). 《聪明的身体，聪明的事物》。纽约：哥伦比亚大学出版社，2021年。xiv+201.19.95美元（纸质）。

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JOURNAL OF RELIGION Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI: 10.1086/721814

M. Rubenstein

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An Iberian Covenant: Mosaic Law and Theology of Exile in Menasseh ben Israel’s Thought 伊比利亚契约:摩西律法与以色列思想中的流放神学

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JOURNAL OF RELIGION Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI: 10.1086/721293

R. Segev

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Matthes, Melissa M. When Sorrow Comes: The Power of Sermons from Pearl Harbor to Black Lives Matter. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2021. 428 pp. $45.00 (cloth). 《当悲伤来袭:从珍珠港到黑人的生命也重要》。剑桥，马萨诸塞州:哈佛大学出版社，2021年。428页，$45.00(布)。

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JOURNAL OF RELIGION Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI: 10.1086/721357

Daniel K. Williams

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Wood, Phillip. The Imam of the Christians: The World of Dionysius of Tel-Mahre, c. 750–850. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2021. xii+286 pp. $39.95.

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JOURNAL OF RELIGION Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI: 10.1086/721247

J. Tolan

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Elliott, Dyan. The Corrupter of Boys: Sodomy, Scandal, and the Medieval Clergy. The Middle Ages Series. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2020. viii+378 pp. $45.00 (cloth). Elliott，Dyan。男孩的腐蚀者：鸡奸、丑闻和中世纪神职人员。中世纪系列。费城：宾夕法尼亚大学出版社，2020年。viii+378页，45.00美元（布）。