Book Reviews

Transnational Transcendence: Essays on Religion and Globalization, Thomas J. Csordas (ed.), (2009) Berkeley: University of California Press, ix + 338 pp., ill., 23 cm., ISBN 9780520257429 (pbk), $24.95; ISBN 9780520257412 (hbk), $60.00

Commonalities: A Positive Look at Latter-day Saints from a Bahá’í Perspective, Serge van Neck, (2009) Oxford: George Ronald, xvii + 445 pp., 24 cm., ISBN 9780853985372 (pbk), £19.95/$38.95

Lines that Connect: Rethinking Pattern and Mind in the Pacific, Graeme Were, (2010) Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, x + 204 pp., 44 ill., 24 cm., ISBN 9780824833848 (hbk), $38.00

Religious Myths and Visions of America: How Minority Faiths Redefined America’s World Role, Christopher Buck, (2009) Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, xii + 324 pp., 25 cm., ISBN 9780313359590 (hbk), $49.95

Revelation & Social Reality: Learning to Translate What is Written into Reality, Paul Lample (2009) West Palm Beach, FL: Palabra, vii + 293 pp., 23 cm., ISBN 9781890101701 (pbk) $10.00. Digital download www.palabrapublications.com