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Thus, the last chapter, 'Playing games with names' deals with the modernization of Turkish (a reform with which Atatiirk was intimately involved, as he sought to free the language of its Arabic and Persian constructs, and switched the script from Arabic to Latin) by delving into Ottoman approaches to identity and language.

Edited by an Episcopal priest who served in Salt Lake City, it includes contributions from local clerics, academics, judges, lawyers, journalists, a former governor, and several out-ofstate scholars on Mormon history or theology. Rod Decker, a local television political reporter, and Jan Shipps, a historian, both provide clear and fair-minded summaries of the history of Mormon political power.

'Catholics and American Culture: Fulton Sheen, Dorothy Day, and the Notre Dame Football Team' by Mark S. Massa is reviewed.

And, in two parts, the book covers the literary and historical influence of the Scriptures from Genesis through the end of the New Testament. Any treatment of the Bible in public schools in the context of today's American culture wars will prove controversial.