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The Sacred Memory of Mary . By Walter T. BrennanO.S.M., New York: Paulist, 1988. 97 pages. $5.95 (paper).

perceived in other chapters. The author develops successfully one important aspect of Erasmus' career, and notes the strength Thomas More drew from devotion to the Passion. The reader gains, however, no real appreciation of Luther, Calvin, Ignatius, or the Carmelite reformers until Teresa is presented in a subsequent chapter. The subsequent fine portrait of Teresa is followed by three brief sketches: Jakob Boehme, Francis de Sales, Therese of Lisieux, to show the transition to modern spiritual considerations. There follows an excellent summary of significant trends in twentiethcentury theologies of Jesus from Harnack and Schweizer to Schillebeeckx. Sloyan concludes with an interpretation of the Paschal Mystery in the image of "King Jesus," and Jesus the liberator of the world's poor. His lucid sympathetic exposition of the feminist struggle denounces sexism and polemic "manipulation of Jesus." He pleads for restoring Jesus to life, appeals to the disillusioned to align themselves with Jesus and his cause in order to give new vigor to the Church. The book is an informative, erudite, critical survey with a popular orientation where keen insights are expressed in pleasant richly allusive prose and fine rhetorical style. Sloyan takes feminist interests for granted, highlights them with "courtesy." He is sensitive to and supportive of Black, Hispanic and liberation concerns. There are strong statements against sexism in the churches. A subtle polemic against conservative Evangelical Christian ideology emerges here and there. Useful bibliographical comments are included in some chapters. A comprehensive survey of this nature is extremely difficult to present as a coherent unit. The problem inheres in the data. For a complex tradition is necessarily transmitted in a variety of genres. And, analytic theology, hagiography, mystical prose, and historical analysis neither mix readily nor appeal equally well to the tastes of every generation. Thus, while faithful to the chronological development of the Jesus tradition in Western Christian piety, this survey is uneven, and parts of it remain for the contemporary reader "somewhat distant psychologically." A useful resource, this book is difficult for the casual reader.