Guidelines for Reviews

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Title of the Book

By John Doe (author)

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Bibliographic Data
Contents
Review by Zzzzz Zzzzzz (Reviewer's Name)

Bibliographic Data

John Doe. Title of Book. University Studies. New York, NY: Publisher, year.
ISBN: xxxxxxxxxxxx
Pages: xxx.
Bibliography, index(es).

Hardcover; $yy.yy.

Contents

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Introduction
Title of chapter one
- subdivision
etc.

Review by Zzzzz Zzzzzz (Reviewer's Name)

Some of the following items can be considered for inclusion in a review. You do not have to follow them, but they may be helpful in making serious and well structured reviews. Feel free about the lenght of your review: it may be very short or very long... If you review is very long, and you work at length some points, please try to give some titles to the major parts of your review.

Biography

Who is the author and what credentials are possessed for writing this book?
Has the author written anything else relevant to this review?

Description

What is the difficulty of the book: is it a "fun"/very easy, popular, academic, difficult or research work?
What are the book's main divisions or chapters?
Does the book have a bibliography, charts, or illustrations?

Summary

What is the book's main point(s) and how is it presented?
Is the book innovative or does it offer old material in a new way?

Evaluation (main part)

What are the book's main strengths and weaknesses? You may in particular expose and evaluate the points of the books that are related to the ideas of the mission statement of the foundation.
Has the author achieved the purpose for which the book was written?

Recommendation

For what audience might the book be recommended? (e. g. philosophers, theologians, natural scientists, general audience, etc.)
What appeal might this book have for Christian thinkers or for non-Christians, etc.?

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