Associate Professor
of Western Religious Thought
James Madison University
macleaix@jmu.edu
1.] BOOKS:
Associate Editor with
Gabriel Palmer-Fernandez, Editor, Encyclopedia of Religion and War, Routledge Press/
Editor, with Diana Edelman. God,
Meaning and Morality 3rd Edition,
Publishing,
2002.
Editor with Diana Edelman. God, Meaning and
Morality 2nd Edition,
Editor with Diana Edelman. God, Meaning and
Morality
Author,
Opting for Democracy: Liberation Theology and the Struggle for Democracy
in
Co-Editor with Jeffrey D. Schultz, Encyclopedia
of Religion in American Politics,
Author,
Hinduism
2.] CHAPTERS IN BOOKS:
“The Twin Pillars of Heathenism:
American Missionaries, Bishop Colenso and Converts in Conflict: Polygamy and Ukulobola in 19th Century
Co-Editor with Cynthia
Boyle, “The Vocation of Teaching
in Secular and
“Beyond the Condition of (Post)
–Modernity. Does Liberation Theology Still have a Politics?”
Chapter in Religion in a
“’Millions Now Living Will Never
Die:’ Millennial Expectations: Jehovah Witnesses, 1918 and 1925,”
(with extracts) for Religions of the United States in Practice, 2 Vols.,
edited by Colleen McDannell.
3.] ARTICLES AND ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES:
Entry, “Booker T. Washington”
for Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society Edited by Richard T.
Schaefer.
Review Essay on Race in
Review Article on “Religion and Politics in
the USA,” (comprising synthetic review of
Religion in the Public Square: The Place of Religious Conviction in
Political Debate by Robert Audi and Nicholas Wolterstorff; The Good Citizen edited by David
Batson and Eduardo Mendieta; The Necessity of
Politics. Reclaiming American Public Life by Christopher Beem; Virtue and
the Making of Modern Liberalism by Peter Berkowitz; Equal Treatment of Religion in a
Pluralistic Society edited by Stephen V. Monsma
and J. Christopher Soper; Religion in Politics: Constitutional and
Moral Perspectives by Michael Perry; Christianity and Liberal Society
by Robert Song and Religion in Public Life: A Dilemma for Democracy by
Ronald F. Thiemann) for Religious
Studies Review. Vol. 28 /1 (2002), 33-39.
“Leonardo Boff
and Ecological Theology,” “Liberation Theology and Ecology: A Latin
American Survey,” “Zion Christian Church,” “United
Nations’ Earth Summits,” and “Holism (General J. Christian
Smuts)” in Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature, edited by Bron Taylor. 2 Vols.
“Truth and Reconciliation:
Irreconcilable Differences? An Ethical Examination of the South African Truth
and Reconciliation Commission.” In Religion and Theology 6/3
(1999), 269-302.
“Participatory Democracy: The Case of the
Brazilian Ecclesial Base Communities, 1981-1991.” In Religion and Theology 5/1 (1998), 78-101.
“From
“
“Leonardo
Boff,” “Abraham Kuyper,”
“Daniel Francois Malan,” Hendrik Gerhardus Stoker,” and “Archbishop Desmond Mpilo Tutu” for the Encyclopedia of Modern
Christian Politics, edited by Roy Domenico and
Mark Y. Hanley. 2 Volumes. Westport, CT:
Greenwood Press, 2006.
“Democracy,” “African American
Churches,” “Calvinism,” “Fundamentalist-Modernist
Controversy,” “Millennialism,” “Secularization
Thesis,” “James Luther Adams,” “Harvey G. Cox,” “Jonathan Edwards,” “John
Courtney Murray,” “Reinhold
Niebuhr,” “Ronald F. Thieman,”
“Persecution of Christians,” “Presbyterian Church,”
“Race Relations,” and “Just War Theory,” in Encyclopedia
of Religion in American Politics, edited by Jeffrey D. Schultz.
“William Barclay,” “Theodore Beza,” “Heinrich Bullinger,”
“Luis Vas de Camões,” “Bartolomé de las Casas,” “Phillipe DuPlessis-Mornay,” “Robert Estienne,”
“John á Lasco, St. Philip Neri,
and Petrus Ramus,” in
Reformations: Protestant and Catholic, 1500-1620: An Interdisciplinary
Dictionary, edited by J. Carney.
“Religion and African American
Politics,” “Integration, Segregation and Separation,”
“Ralph Abernathy,” “American Missionary Association,”
“Frederick Douglass,” “Booker T. Washington,”
“Randall Robinson,” and “TransAfrica,”
in Encyclopedia of Minorities in American Politics, edited by Jeffrey D.
Schultz.
“Confession,”
“Tradition,” and “Descent into Hell,” in Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible, edited by
David N. Freedman.
“The First Pietist:
Jodocus van Lodenstein,”
in Calvin Studies VI, edited by John Leith
(Davidson, NC: Calvin Colloquium, 1993), 15-34.
“Wupperthal: History
of a
Translation from the
Portuguese of article by Jose Comblin “O tema da reconciliacão
e a teologia na
Translations from the Greek from
Athanasius "De Virginitate," "The Euchologion of Seraphis of Thmuisis, and "Der Balizeh" (an Early Euchologium)
for Peter Vogt, "The Theme of One Bread in the Didache
9:5," chapter in "Early Christian Writings Inside and Out.
Festschrift for Francois Bovon."
Translations from the 17th Century
Dutch of two Communion Sermons (from Song of Songs), one Prayer-Day
Sermon (from I Corinthians), one Repentance Sermon from Geestelyke
Opwekker of Jodocus
van Lodenstein and one Communion Sermon (from
Luke 22) from Het Geestelyke
Cieraat of Willhelm Teellinck. For The
Translations from the Dutch and Latin
of extracts from Eukleria by Anna-Maria van Schuurman and Tien Predicatie by Jodocus van Lodenstein. In Reformed Reader. A Sourcebook in
Christian Theology, Volume I, edited by William Stacy Johnson and John H. Leith (Louisville, KY: Westminster, 1993) 14-16, 296-97,
322-24.
Translations from the Dutch of
chapters from Met de Moed der
Hoop. Opstellen opgedra aan Dr. C. F. Beyers Naude edited by H. Berkhof
(Ten Have: Baarn, 1985), dealing with the life and
work of the Reverend Dr. Beyers Naude,
co-founder of the South African Christian Institute. For his candidacy
portfolio for the Templeton Prize, 1988.
Review of Spinoza and the Rise of
Historical Criticism of the Bible. By Travils L.
Frampton.
Review of
Why This New Race: Ethnic Reasoning in Early Christianity. By
Denise Kimber Buell. New York Columbia University
Press, 2005. Anglican Theological Journal. Forthcoming.
Review of The
Teachings of Modern Christianity on Law, Politics and Human Nature.Volumes One
and Two. Edited by John Witte and Frank Alexander.
Review of Politics
as a Christian Vocation. Faith and Democracy Today. By Franklin I. Gamwell.
Review of Alone in the World? Human Uniqueness
in Science and Theology. (The Gifford Lectures at
Review of Upon the Altar of the Nations. A
Moral History of the Civil War. By Harry S. Stout.
Review of Confessions of a Christian Humanist. By John W. De Gruchy.
Review
of The Quest for Liberation and Reconciliation.
Essays in Honor of J. Deotis Roberts. Edited by Michael Battle.
Review of Jesuit Political Thought. By Harro Höpfl.
Review
of European Traditions in the
Study of Religion in
Review
of The Blackwell Companion to Political Theology Edited by Peter Scott and William T.
Cavanaugh. Malden, MA.: Blackwell Publishing Company, 2004. Political Theology. Forthcoming.
Review of Spinoza’s Revelation: Religion,
Democracy and Reason. By Nancy K. Levene. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005. Calvin Theological Journal. Forthcoming.
Review of The
March of the Libertines: Spinozists and the Dutch
Reformed Church (1660-1750). By Michiel Wielema. Hilversum: Uitgeverij Verloren, 2004. Series
Studies in Dutch Religious History, Vol. 2. Calvin
Theological Journal. Forthcoming.
Review of America’s
God: From Jonathan Edwards to Abraham Lincoln. By Mark Noll. New York:
Oxford University Press, 2002. Anglican Theological Journal.
Forthcoming.
Review
of Johannes a Lasco in Ostfriesland. By Henning P. Jürgens Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2002. Sixteenth Century Journal.
Forthcoming
Review of Scientific Theology: Vol
2. Reality. (Grand Rapids: Wm B. Eerdmans,
2002) and Scientific Theology: Vol 3. Theory (
Review of Theology in
Review of Early Christian Mission: Jesus
and the Twelve and Early Christian Mission:
Paul and the Early Church. By Eckhard J.
Schnabel .
Review of Credo. Historical
and Theological Guide to Creeds and Confessions of Faith in the
Christian Tradition.. By Jaroslav Pelikan.
Review of Under the Cope of
Heaven: Religion, Society and Politics in Colonial
Review of The Bloudy
Tenent of Persecution for Cause of Conscience
Discussed in A Conference between Truth and Peace Roger
Williams. Edited by Richard Groves and introduced by Edwin Gaustad.
Review of Calvinus
Praeceptor Ecclesiae. Papers of the International
Congress on Calvin Research. (
Review of Religion, Conflict and Reconciliation:
Multifaith Ideals and Realities: (Series Currents
of Encounter, Vol. 17). Edited by Gort, Jerald D.,
Henry Jansen and Hendrik M.Vroom.
Review of Jan Van Ruusbroec, Mystical Theologian of the Trinity, by
Rik Van Nieuwenhove. Notre
Dame:
Review of Reconciliation: Restoring
Justice. By John W. De Gruchy,
Review of Geschichte des Pietismus Edited
by Martin Sallmann. Goettingen:
Vandenhoek & Ruprecht,
2000. Lutheran Quarterly. 18/2 (2004), 360-362.
Review of The Scientific and the Divine:
Conflict and Reconcliation from Ancient
Review
Essay on Race in
Review of Reconciliation:
Restoring Justice. By John W. De Gruchy.
Review of Exploring the African Centered Paradigm: Discourse and
Innovation in African World Community Studies. By Itibari
M. Zulu.
Review of De imperio summarum potestatum circa sacra.
Critical Edition with Introduction, English Translation and Commentary, by
Harm-Jan van Dam. 2 Vols.
Review of Hall of Mirrors: Power, Witchcraft, and Caste in Colonial
Review of Post-Reformation Reformed Dogmatics.
By Richard A. Muller. 4 Volumes, Baker Academic, 2003. Sixteenth
Century Journal. Forthcoming.
Review of Nathaniel Taylor,
Review of No Future Without
Forgiveness. By Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Rider Press, 1999. Missiology. XXXI/4 (October 2003), 505-507.
Review of Current Issues on Theology and
Religion in Latin America and Africa. By Mario I. Aguilar. The Edwin Mellen Press, 2002. Missiology.
XXXII/1 (January, 2004), 108-110.
Review of Collected Works of Jonathan Edwards, Volume 21,
Writings on the Trinity, Grace, and Faith, Edited by S. H. Lee, Yale
University Press, 2002. Anglican Theological Review Forthcoming
Review of Making Heretics: Militant Protestantism and Free
Grace in Massachusetts, 1636-1641. By Michael P. Winship.
Religious Studies Review. Vol. 28 (2002), 389.
Review of Jonathan Edwards
and the Bible. By Robert E. Brown. Indiana University Press, 2002. Religious
Studies Review. Forthcoming.
Review of James Madison and the Future of Limited Government
Edited by John Sample. Cato Institute Press, 2002. Journal of Church
and State. 45/4 (Autumn, 2003), 827-829.
Review of The Distinctiveness of Moravian Culture. Essays and
Documents in Moravian History in Honor of Vernon H. Nelson on His Seventieth
Birthday. Edited by Craig D. Atwood and Peter Vogt. Moravian
Historical Society, 2003. Religious Studies Review. 31/1
(2004), 91.
Review of Encyclopedia of Science
and Religion. 2 Volumes. Edited by Wentzel Van Huyssteen.
Review of The Founding Fathers and the Place of Religion in
Review of Separation of Church and State. By Philip
Hamburger.
Review of A
Review of How to Read T. F. Torrance: Understanding His
Trinitarian and Scientific Theology. By Elmer M. Conyer.
Intervarsity Press, 2001. Calvin Theological Journal. Vol. 38/1 (April,
2003), 165-167.
Review of The Promise of Trinitarian Theology: Theologians in
Dialogue with T. F. Torrance.
Edited by Elmer M. Conyer. Rowman
& Littlefield, 2001. Calvin Theological Journal. Vol. 38/1 (April,
2003), 165-167.
Review of The Oxford Companion to Christian Thought, edited
by Adrian Hastings, Alistair Mason and Hugh Pyper.
Review of The Oxford Companion to Christian Thought,
edited by Adrian Hastings, Alistair Mason and Hugh Pyper.
Review of Als
in een spiegel: God kennen volgens Calvijn en Barth, by C. van der
Kooi. Sixteenth Century Journal.
Forthcoming.
Review of De imperio summarum potestatum circa sacra.
Critical Edition with Introduction, English Translation and Commentary,
of Hugo Grotius, by Harm-Jan van Dam. 2 Vols.
Review of Regulating Religion. The Courts and the Free
Exercise Clause. By Catherine Cookson. Journal of Church and State.
Vol. 44/1 (Winter, 2002), 171-172.
Review of The Federal Theology of Johannes Cocceius
(1603-1669), by Willem J. van Asselt.
Review of Forerunners of the Great Awakening: Sermons by Theodorus Frelinghuysen (1691-1747), edited by
Joel R. Beeke.
Review of Aristotle on the
Necessity of Public Education. By Randall R. Curren.
Ancient Philosophy. Forthcoming.
Review of Aristotle on Political
Enmity and Disease. An Inquiry into Stasis. By Kostas Kalimtzis.
Ancient Philosophy. Forthcoming.
Review of The Piety of John
Witherspoon. Pew, Pulpit, and Public Forum. By L. Gordon Tait. Religious Studies Review. Vol. 28/1 (2002),
90..
Review of In Quest of Pentecost. Jodocus
van Lodensteyn and the Dutch Second Reformation.
By Carl J. Schroeder. Sixteenth Century Journal. Vol. XXXIII/2 (2002),
577-578.
Review of Truth and Reconciliation Commission of
Review of Religious Freedom and
Evangelization in
Review of The Bible in
Review of Jonathan Edwards and the
Gods. By Gerald McDermott. Anglican Theological Journal. LXXXIV/2
(2002), 428-429.
Review of The Fourth Great Awakening & the Future of
Egalitarianism. By Robert William Fogel.
Review of World Christian Encyclopedia. A Comparative Survey of
Churches and Religions in the Modern World. By David B. Barrett, George T. Kurian, and Todd M. Johnson.
Review of Karl Barth: Against
Hegemony. By Timothy Gorringe. Religion and
Theology. Forthcoming.
Review of The Reformation of Community: Social Welfare
and Calvinist Charity in
Review of Augustine through the
Ages. An Encyclopedia. Edited by Allan D. Fitzgerald, O.S.A. Ancient
Philosophy. Vol. 21 (2001), 531-533.
Review of Protestants and Pictures: Religion, Visual Culture, and
the Age of American Mass Production. By David Morgan. Religious Studies
Review. Vol. 26/4 (2000), 401.
Review of Colonial Habits.
Convents and the Spiritual Economy of
Review of The Encheiridion of
Epictetus & Its Three Christian Adaptations. Transmission and
Critical Editions. By Gerard Boter. Classical
Philosophy. Forthcoming.
Review of The
Review of Christianity in
Review of Of Revelation and
Revolution. Volume Two. The Dialectics of Modernity on a South African
Frontier. By John L. Comaroff and Jean Comaroff. Religie en Teologie/ Religion and Theology. Vol. 7/2 (2000),
241-145.
Review of The
Review of John Clarke and His Legacies. Religion and Law in Colonial
Review of Toward the Beloved Community. Martin Luther King Jr., and
Review of History of Theology: The Patristic Period.
Review of History of Theology: The Renaissance.
Volume III. Edited by Giulio D’Onofrio.
The Sewanee Theological Review. Vol. 43/3 (2000), 389-392.
Review of Les Sauvages Américains.
Representations of Native Americans in French and English Colonial Literature.
By Gordon M. Sayre. Religious Studies Review. Vol. 25/3 (1999),
318.
Review of The Identity of
Review of God’s New
Review of Daniel Zwicker [of
Review of Savage Systems: Colonialism and Religious Studies in
Review of The Brazilian Popular Church and the Crisis of
Modernity. By Manuel A. Vasquez. H-LATAM. WWW.H-NET.msu.edu/reviews/
September, 1998.
Review of History, Literature and Society in the Book of Acts.
Edited by Ben Witherington, III. Anglican
Theological Review. Vol. LXXXI/1 (1999), 145-147.
Review of Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions. Edited
by George A. Anderson. Religious Studies Review. Vol. 24/4 (October,
1998) 428-429.
Review of The Human Condition: Anthropology in the Teaching of
Jesus, Paul and John. By Udo Schnelle.
Religie en Teologie/
Religion and Theology. Vol. 5/3 (1998) 365-367.
Review of A Praying People: Massachusett
Acculturation and the Failure of the Puritan
Review of Religion and the Variety of Culture. A Study in Origin and
Practice. Series: Christian Mission and Modern Culture. By Lamin Sanneh. Missiology.
Vol. XXVII/1 (January, 1999) 130-131.
Review of Encyclopedia of
Colonial and Revolutionary America edited by John Mack Faragher.
Religious Studies Review. Vol. 24/2 (1998), 211.
Review of Hispanic Philosophy in the Age of Discovery. Studies
in the History of Philosophy, 29. Edited by K. White. Religious Studies
Review. Vol. 24/3 (July, 1998) 323.
Review of Massachusetts
Congregationalist Political Thought 1760-1790 by Dale S. Kuehne. Religious Studies Review. Vol. 24/2 (April,
1998) 212.
Review of Christianity and Democracy by John de Gruchy.
Review of Christianity Comes to the
Review of Performing Dreams. Discourses of Immortality Among the Xavante of
Review of Race and Ethnicity in
Latin America edited by Jorge Dominquez. H-LATAM WWW.H-NET.msu.edu/reviews/
April 8, 1995.
Review of Christology and
Spirituality by William M. Thompson. Religious Studies Review. Vol.
19 (1993) 239.
Review of Trinity, Incarnation and
Atonement edited by Robert J. Feenstra and
Cornelius Plantinga. Religious Studies Review.
Vol. 17/2 (April 1991), 141.
Review of Religion, Interpretation and Diversity of Belief: The
Framework Model from Kant to Durkheim to Davidson by Terry F. Godlove. Religious Studies Review. Vol. 17/2 (April,
1991) 141.
Review of Theology and the Justification of Faith: Constructing Theories
in Systematic Theology by Wentzel van Huyssteen. Religious Studies Review. Vol. 16/3
(July, 1990) 244.
Sub-Book Review
Editor, Sixteenth Century Journal (in the areas of Reformation
Abstractor of the Journals, Ecumenical
Review, Gereformeerd Theologisch Tijdschrift, Studia Missionalia, Modern
Theology, Revista Eclesiástica
Brasileira, Theologische
Zeitschrift, and Zeitschrift
für Missionswissenschaft
und Religionswissenschaft, for Religious &
Theological Abstracts, Myerstown, PA 17067.
Referee for Religie
en Teologie/ Religion and Theology
(Leiden/Pretoria: E. J. Brill).
Committee Member, “Religion in
Latin America and the Caribbean Group,”
Committee Member, Consultation on
Dutch Protestant Theology, ”
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