Anglican Theological Review back issues from April 2002:
Editor's Notes
Apr 01, 2002; ... When the time comes for an evenhanded assessment of theology's achievements and shortcomings in the twentieth century, there will surely be agreement that a shift from polemics to conversation between different churches and traditions was among the most significant trends to have emerged ....
The theology of the laity: Description and construction with reference to the American Book of Common Prayer
Apr 01, 2002; ... In his classic study of the theology of the laity, the Dominican scholar Yves Congar declared that the reappropriation or development of a theology of the laity would involve no mere adjustment of inherited ecclesiological views but rather a reorientation of the whole ecclesiological vision.1 ...
An episcopal ecclesiology of apostolicity: Covenanted charity and unifying generosity in the writings of Thomas Bray and William Reed Huntington
Apr 01, 2002; ... Given the ongoing interest in Christian unity, it may be useful to review some of the ecclesiological reflections found within Anglican and Episcopal theology, particularly in light of the historic Lutheran-- Episcopal document Called to Common Mission. Two theologians from the Episcopal ...
Lightfoot's "woman": Scribal transmission and the victorian reporter
Apr 01, 2002; ... ProQuest Information & Learning Foreign Text Omitted ... Joseph Barber Lightfoot (1828-1889), New Testament scholar at Cambridge, then bishop of Durham from 1879 to 1889, is best known today for his critical studies in and translations of the "Apostolic Fathers."1 Yet his decade of ...
Jeremy Taylor and the theology of marriage
Apr 01, 2002; ... "Begin therefore with God: Christ is the president of the marriage, and the Holy Ghost is the fountain of parities and chaste loves, and He joins the hearts. "1 In recent years the Church of England has appeared to lose confidence in its teaching on the nature of specifically Christian ...
Cultures and communion: Diversity and communality in the church and world
Apr 01, 2002; ... It is a privilege to be invited to present this Bishop Gray Memorial Lecture. In recent months I have been interested to read of the beginnings of the mission of the Anglican Church in South Africa and of Bishop Gray's arrival in Cape Town in 1848, followed by the years of his pioneering ...
"Less literate are safer": The politics of orality and literacy in biblical interpretation
Apr 01, 2002; ... A fascinating report in our local newspaper, The Natal Witness, of June 6, 1996, was entitled "Less literate are safer."' A scientific poll of taxi drivers in South Africa showed that illiterate people, even though they may have gained their licenses by fraud or not have them at all, have fewer ...
Three Celtic Voyages: Brendan, Lewis, and Buechner
Apr 01, 2002; ... The immram, or voyage tale, is an ancient Celtic story of spiritual adventure. Well established as a genre in pre-Christian times, its seafaring hero sails into the unknown west, drawn by the universal human longing for a perfect land of eternal youth, beauty, and happiness, the Island of the ...
Aquinas and Jenson on thinking about the Trinity
Apr 01, 2002; ... I It is a commonplace these days for theologians to discuss the merits and demerits of different orderings of loci in works of theology. Ought one begin with anthropology, for instance, or creation, or the doctrine of God, and what might the choice, beyond that it is simply a point of ...
Annunciation
Apr 01, 2002; ... Annunciation Some time ago, heaven and earth met in this place. Since then it has been fought over, covered with concrete and marble, and encircled by symbols which claim possession. When reverence and ...
Gabriel
Apr 01, 2002; ... His wings are cumbersome. They root him to the sky. He hates the way they fill with wind, catching updrafts, just as the hum from an open, twilit window becomes intelligible: How was your day, dear? More potatoes? You'll eat those carrots if you want ...
Gathering in Faith, Hope, and Love at Trinity
Apr 01, 2002; ... -for John Palmer Croneberger Bishop of Newark February 26, 2000 Above the river's tidal salt and fresh, On Rector Street in the church whose spire Reached heavenward over dispossessed natives, Africans in chains, immigrants, and George ...
Love IV
Apr 01, 2002; ... Love IV[Author Affiliation] TRAVIS DU PRIEST*[Author Affiliation] * Travis Du Priest is Director of the DeKoven Center in Racine, Wisconsin ....
The Holy Eucharist in the early church: Materials for a small-group discussion, an adult forum, or a reading course
Apr 01, 2002; ... In no other department [than liturgical study] has there been such a rapid and substantial progress during the present century.1 Published in 1938, this statement reminds us of the amazing advances in liturgical study that the church has experienced in the last century. Newly discovered ...
Justification in recent Pauline studies
Apr 01, 2002; ... The traditional Reformation understanding of Paul's doctrine of justification was powerfully revived by Adolf Schlatter in the mid-twentieth century, and continued more recently in the Bultmann school by Ernst Kasemann and his students Peter Stuhlmacher and Paul Zahl (the latter an Episcopalian ...
Perseverance in Gratitude: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary on the Epistle "to the Hebrews."
Apr 01, 2002; ... Book Reviews Perseverance in Gratitude: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary on the Epistle "to the Hebrews." By David A. DeSilva. Grand Rapids, Mich.: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2000. xix + 560 pp. $40.00 (paper). The book's subtitle accurately describes its contents: ...
Companions and Competitors: Vol. 3 of A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus
Apr 01, 2002; ... Companions and Competitors. By John P. Meier. Vol. 3 of A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus. The Anchor Bible Reference Library. New York: Doubleday, 2001. xiv + 688 pp. $42.50 (cloth). While better-publicized advocates of one or another Historical Jesus debate one another ...
Archaeology and the Galilean Jesus: A Re-Examination of the Evidence
Apr 01, 2002; ... Archaeology and the Galilean Jesus: A Re-Examination of the Evidence. By Jonathan L. Reed. Harrisburg, Pa.: Trinity Press International, 2000. viii + 253 pp. $30.00 (cloth). The most significant feature of this book is its critical approach to text-- centered theories of the historical ...
A Biblical Text and its Afterlives: The Survival of Jonah in Western Culture
Apr 01, 2002; ... A Biblical Text and its Afterlives: The Survival of Jonah in Western Culture. By Yvonne Sherwood. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000. xii + 321 pp. $65.00 (cloth); $ 24.95 (paper). This agile exploration of the reception history of Jonah probes a variety of ...
Shall We Look for Another? A Feminist Rereading of the Matthean Jesus
Apr 01, 2002; ... Shall We Look for Another? A Feminist Rereading of the Matthean Jesus. By Elaine M. Wainwright. Bible and Liberation Series. Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis Books, 1998. xii + 178 pp. $18.00 (paper). In 1991 Elaine Wainwright published her dissertation on Matthew, Towards a Feminist Critical ...
In Our Own Voices: Four Centuries of American Women's Religious Writing
Apr 01, 2002; ... BOOK REVIEWS In Our Own Voices: Four Centuries of American Women's Religious Writing. Edited by Rosemary Skinner Keller and Rosemary Radford Ruether. Louisville, Ky.: Westminster John Knox Press, 2000. viii + 542 pp. $29.95 (paper). Asserting that one cannot "interpret where ...
Jonathan Edwards Confronts the Gods: Christian Theology, Enlightenment Religion, and Non-Christian Faiths
Apr 01, 2002; ... Jonathan Edwards Confronts the Gods: Christian Theology, Enlightenment Religion, and Non-Christian Faiths. By Gerald R. McDermott. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. xii + 245 pp. $45.00 (cloth). The reader of this unusual book shares McDermott's surprise as in his preface he ...
The Unaccommodated Calvin: Studies in the Foundation of a Theological Tradition
Apr 01, 2002; ... The Unaccommodated Calvin: Studies in the Foundation of a Theological Tradition. By Richard A. Muller. Oxford Studies in Historical Theology. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. xii + 308 pp. $65.00 (cloth). In this collection of essays Richard Muller addresses a number ...
Castration: An Abbreviated History of Western Manhood
Apr 01, 2002; ... Castration: An Abbreviated History of Western Manhood. By Gary Taylor. New York and London: Routledge, 2000. 307 pp. $25.00 (cloth). According to Matthew 19:12, "For there are eunuchs who have been so from birth, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by others, and there are ...
The Live of the Jura Fathers: The Life and Rule of the Holy Fathers Romanus, Lipicinus, and Eugendus, Abbots of the Monasteries in the Jura Mountains
Apr 01, 2002; ... The Life of the Jura Fathers: The Life and Rule of the Holy Fathers Romanus, Lupicinus, and Eugendus, Abbots of the Monasteries in the Jura Mountains. Translated with Introduction by Tim Vivian, Kim Vivian, and Jeffrey Burton Russell. Kalamazoo, Mich. and Spencer, Mass.: Cistercian Publications, ...
Perspectives on American Religion and Culture
Apr 01, 2002; ... Perspectives on American Religion and Culture. Edited by Peter W. Williams. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell, 1999. xii + 418 pp. $64.95 (cloth); $29.95 (paper). As Peter Williams observes in his introduction to this book, historians once assumed it was possible to describe ...
Exploring Christian Spirituality: An Ecumenical Reader
Apr 01, 2002; ... Exploring Christian Spirituality: An Ecumenical Reader. Edited by Kenneth J. Collins. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Book House, 2000. 400 pp. $26.99 (paper). Spirituality is almost an industry these days. Which is mostly a good thing, I think. It's no surprise, then, that academics have ...
What Is Rhetorical Theology? Textual Practice and Public Discourse
Apr 01, 2002; ... What Is Rhetorical Theology? Textual Practice and Public Discourse. By Don H. Compier. Harrisburg, Pa.: Trinity International Press, 1999. 112 pp. $12.00 (paper). This is the book that can both introduce an interested, patient reader to the topic as well as provide the ...
Powers, Weakness, and the Tabernacling of God: The 2000 Schaff Lectures, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
Apr 01, 2002; ... Powers, Weakness, and the Tabernacling of God: The 2000 Schaff Lectures, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. By Marva J. Dawn. Grand Rapids, Mich.: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2001. x + 176 pp. $14.00 (paper). Marva Dawn has become a familiar name to many readers who are ...
The Depth of the Riches: A Trinitarian Theology of Religious Ends
Apr 01, 2002; ... The Depth of the Riches: A Trinitarian Theology of Religious Ends. By S. Mark Heim. Sacra Doctrina Series. Grand Rapids, Mich. and Cambridge, U.K.: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2001. xi + 312 pp. $35.00 (cloth). In his Introduction to The Depth of ...
Bound to Sin: Abuse, Holocaust, and the Christian Doctrine of Sin
Apr 01, 2002; ... Bound to Sin: Abuse, Holocaust, and the Christian Doctrine of Sin. By Alistair McFadyen. Cambridge Studies in Christian Doctrine Series. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000. xiii + 255 pp. $65.00 (cloth); $23.00 (paper). This book explores the Augustinian understanding of sin as ...
Caring Well: Religion, Narrative, and Health Care Ethics
Apr 01, 2002; ... Caring Well: Religion, Narrative, and Health Care Ethics. Edited by David H. Smith. Louisville, Ky.: Westminster John Knox Press, 2000. 276 pp. $29.95 (paper). The authors in this edited volume are trying to reintroduce the language, the concepts, and, perhaps primarily, the experience ...
Mystical Hope: Trusting in the Mercy of God
Apr 01, 2002; ... Mystical Hope: Trusting in the Mercy of God. By Cynthia Bourgeault. Cloister Books. Cambridge, Mass.: Cowley Publications, 2001. xii + 104 pp. $8.95 (paper). If ever a word needed more precision, that word is "hope." I hope I get a good grade on my test (a possibility depending on grace ...
Going Home: An Invitation to Jubilee
Apr 01, 2002; ... BOOK REVIEWS Going Home: An Invitation to jubilee. By Frank T. Griswold. Cambridge, Mass.: Cowley Publications, 2000. 81 pp. $8.95 (paper). Over the centuries, spiritual directors have emphasized that meditating on Scripture or reading devotional literature has its best results ...
Gleanings: Essays on Expansive Language with Prayers for Various Occasions
Apr 01, 2002; ... Gleanings: Essays on Expansive Language with Prayers for Various Occasions. Edited by Ruth A. Meyers and Phoebe Pettingell. New York: Church Publishing, 2001. xi + 147 pp. $22.95 (paper). Readers familiar with the work of the editors and the other contributors to this good book will ...
A Woman's Way: the Forgotten History of Women Spiritual Directors
Apr 01, 2002; ... A Woman's Way: The Forgotten History of Women Spiritual Directors. By Patricia Ranft. New York: Palgrave Press, 2000. 254 pp. $45.00 (cloth); $19.95 (paper). The revival of interest in various forms of spiritual direction in recent decades is evidence that many people are searching for ...
The Church as Counterculture
Apr 01, 2002; ... The Church as Counterculture. Edited by Michael L. Budde and Robert W Brimlow. Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press, 2000. 233 pp. $60.50 (cloth); $20.95 (paper). In this anthology, Michael Budde and Robert Brimlow have assembled a thought-provoking montage of the church as ...
Guiding Your Child Through Grief
Apr 01, 2002; ... Guiding Your Child Through Grief. By Mary Ann Emswiler and James P Emswiler. New York: Bantam Books, 2000. 286 pp. $13.95 (paper). If there is one new book that every priest, chaplain, educator, and some parents ought to read, this is surely the book. Most adults know too little about ...
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Punishment
Apr 01, 2002; ... The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Punishment. By T. Richard Snyder. Grand Rapids, Mich.: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2001. xii + 159 pp. $18.00 (paper). In The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Punishment, T. Richard Snyder compellingly argues that the traditional ...
I See Satan Fall Like Lightning
Apr 01, 2002; ... I See Satan Fall Like Lightning. By Rene Girard. Translated by James G. Williams. Maryknoll, NX: Orbis Books, 2001. xxiv + 199 pp. $20.00 (paper). Those acquainted with Guard's work across the last thirty years will find in this text a new variation on a now familiar theme. Violence, ...
Dante's Testaments: Essays in Scriptural Imagination
Apr 01, 2002; ... Dante's Testaments: Essays in Scriptural Imagination. By Peter S. Hawkins. Figurae Series. Stanford, Calif: Stanford University Press, 1999. xvi + 378 pp. $57.50 (cloth); $23.95 (paper). Nearly half a century ago Dorothy Sayers remarked that Dante had more readers now than ever before ....
The High Flyer
Apr 01, 2002; ... The High Flyer By Susan Howatch. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. (Originally published in Great Britain in 1999 by Little, Brown and Company, London.) 504 pp. $26.00 (cloth); $14.95 (paper). "Repentance, forgiveness, redemption, resurrection, and renewal, that is what my books are all ...
The Faith of Biology and the Biology of Faith: Order, Meaning, and Free Will in Modern Medical Science / God After Darwin: A Theology of Evolution
Apr 01, 2002; ... The Faith of Biology and the Biology of Faith: Order, Meaning, and Free Will in Modern Medical Science. By Robert Pollack. New York: Columbia University Press, 2000. xvi + 125 pp. $19.95 (cloth). God After Darwin: A Theology of Evolution. By John F. Haught. Boulder, Colo.: Westview ...
Science and Theology: An Indroduction / Faith, Science, and Understanding
Apr 01, 2002; ... Science and Theology: An Introduction [hereafter ST]. By John Polkinghome. London; Minneapolis: SPCK/Fortress Press, 1998. vi + 144 pp. $20.00 (paper). Faith, Science, and Understanding [hereafter FSU]. By John Polkinghome. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2000. xvi + 208 pp ....
The Human Phenomenon: A New Edition and Translation of Le Phenomene Humain
Apr 01, 2002; ... The Human Phenomenon: A New Edition and Translation of Le Phenomene Humain. By Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. Translated and edited by Sarah Appleton-Weber with a foreword by Brian Swimme. Portland, Ore.: Sussex Academic Press, 1999. xxxii + 283 pp. $69.95 (cloth). When I first read The ...
Gleanings: Reading at the Intersection of Culture and Faith: Monastic resources
Apr 01, 2002; ... Books Discussed Making a Heart for God: A Week Inside a Catholic Monastery. By Dianne Aprile. Woodstock, Vt.: SkyLight Paths, 2000. xiv + 197 pp. $21.95 (cloth); $16.95 (paper). Eternal Wisdom from the Desert: Writings from the Desert Fathers. Edited and Mildly Modernized by ...