Theological Studies back issues from September 2004:
From the editor's desk.(Catholic theological centers )(Editorial)
Sep 01, 2004; ... Recent visits to two of the major Catholic theological centers in Europe--Heythrop College (London) and the Catholic University of Leuven--have brought home to me how "young" are the North American universities and divinity schools by comparison to counterparts overseas. On this side of ...
The indissolubility of marriage: reasons to reconsider.
Sep 01, 2004; ... MARITAL BREAKDOWN is a common experience in our culture but no less a tragedy for its frequency. The Catholic community by its teaching, preaching, and pastoral practice attempts to walk a fine line upholding the dignity and permanence of marriage while expressing understanding for, and ...
Homosexuality and the counsel of the Cross.
Sep 01, 2004; ... HOMOSEXUALITY is a contorted matter for Roman Catholic teaching, theology, and pastoral practice. Over the years, articles in Theological Studies have reflected Catholic concern with this topic from the standpoints of moral, pastoral, and systematic theology. (1) Here I examine one aspect ...
The magisterium's arguments against "same-sex marriage": an ethical analysis and critique.
Sep 01, 2004; ... THE MOST OUTSPOKEN and consistently negative response to proposals that the state recognize same-sex marriage has come from the Catholic Church. (1) "Marriage" in this context concerns the state-sanctioned exclusive, consensual union of spouses that is terminated only with a legal divorce; ...
Hans Urs von Balthasar and contemporary feminist theology.
Sep 01, 2004; ... THE SIGNIFICANCE OF GENDER as an analytical lens and category in theology has been brought forth through the works of various theologians in the last four decades. Feminist theologians in particular have emphasized the function of sexism in the construction of Christian theology, identity, ...
The ethics of trade policy in Catholic political economy.
Sep 01, 2004; ... GLOBALIZATION IS AN OBVIOUS SIGN of the times. African students in Zimbabwe watch the American soap opera Sunset Beach, buy Nike swoosh-labeled caps, and regularly see the latest Hollywood films--Titanic was a big hit; some of them saw it three and four times. Thomas Mapfumo and Oliver ...
Quaestio disputata cohabitation: past and present reality.
Sep 01, 2004; ... IN A RECENT SURVEY ARTICLE in this journal, Lisa Sowle Cahill offers a comprehensive look at developments in Catholic theology and ethics with respect to marriage. (1) In that survey, Cahill makes two statements about cohabitation with which I must take issue. The first statement was ...
Die Damonen: Die Damonologie der Israelitisch-Judischen und Fruhchristlichen Literatur im Kontext ihrer Umwelt = Demons: The Demonology of Israelite-Jewish and Early Christian Literature in Context of their Environment.(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2004; ... DIE DAMONEN: DIE DAMONOLOGIE DER ISRAELITISCH-JUDISCHEN UND FRUHCHRISTLICHEN LITERATUR IM KONTEXT IHRER UMWELT = DEMONS: THE DEMONOLOGY OF ISRAELITE-JEWISH AND EARLY CHRISTIAN LITERATURE IN CONTEXT OF THEIR ENVIRONMENT. Edited by Armin Lange, Hermann Lichtenberger, and K. F. Diethard ...
The Gospel of John: A Commentary, Vols. 1-2.(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2004; ... THE GOSPEL OF JOHN: A COMMENTARY. By Craig S. Keener. Two vols. Peabody, Mass: Hendrickson, 2003. Pp. xlviii + 1636. $79.95. Keener completed his M.Div. at the Assemblies of God Seminary in 1986 with a thesis on the knowledge of God in the Fourth Gospel. In 1991 he completed his ...
II Corinthians: a Commentary.(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2004; ... II CORINTHIANS: A COMMENTARY. By Frank J. Matera. The New Testament Library. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2003. Pp. xx + 332. $39.95. Frank Matera offers an interpretation of what is "perhaps the most personal and revealing of Paul's letters" (1). Following the format of ...
Barnabas: Die historische Person und ihre Rezeption in der Apostel-geschichte.(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2004; ... BARNABAS: DIE HISTORISCHE PERSON UND IHRE REZEPTION IN DER APOSTEL-GESCHICHTE. By Markus Ohler. Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament, vol. 156. Tubingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2003. Pp. xiv + 566. 99 [euro]. Readers might find it helpful to turn first to the final ...
Early Christian Authors on Samaritans and Samaritanism: Texts, Translations and Commentary.(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2004; ... EARLY CHRISTIAN AUTHORS ON SAMARITANS AND SAMARITANISM: TEXTS, TRANSLATIONS AND COMMENTARY. By Reinhard Pummer. Text and Studies in Ancient Judaism, no. 92. Tubingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2002. Pp. 518. 129 [euro]. With Reinhard Pummer's impressive collection of source material for ...
Lord Jesus Christ: Devotions to Jesus in Earliest Christianity.(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2004; ... LORD JESUS CHRIST: DEVOTION TO JESUS IN EARLIEST CHRISTIANITY. Larry W. Hurtado. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2003. Pp. xx + 746. $55. Larry Hurtado seeks "to offer a full-scale analysis of the origin, development, and diversification of devotion to Christ in the crucial first two ...
What Is Gnosticism?(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2004; ... WHAT IS GNOSTICISM? By Karen L. King. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University, 2003. Pp. xii + 343; $29.95. Only "those in the know" will understand why the title of this excellent book is so clever. King asserts on page 1 that, as a distinct religious movement with a single origin ...
The Ways That Never Parted: Jews and Christians in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages.(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2004; ... THE WAYS THAT NEVER PARTED: JEWS AND CHRISTIANS IN LATE ANTIQUITY AND THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES. Edited by Adam H. Becker and Annette Yoshiko Reed. Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism, no. 95. Tubingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2003. Pp. viii + 410. 74 [euro]. This rich collection of essays ...
Thomas Aquinas as Reader of the Psalms.(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2004; ... THOMAS AQUINAS AS READER OF THE PSALMS. By Thomas F. Ryan. Studies in Spirituality and Theology, vol. 6. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame, 2000. Pp. ix + 233. $40; $21.95. A sign of the improvement of Thomistic scholarship is that studies on Aquinas's biblical teaching no ...
Trinity in Aquinas.(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2004; ... TRINITY IN AQUINAS. By Gilles Emery, O.P. Translated from the French by Matthew Levering, Heather Buttery, Robert Williams, and Teresa Bede, with a preface by Jean-Pierre Torrell, O.P. Ypsilanti, Mich.: Sapientia Press of Ave Maria College, 2003. Pp. xxix + 361. $44.95. Gilles ...
Recherches thomasiennes: Etudes revues et augumentees.(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2004; ... RECHERCHES THOMASIENNES: ETUDES REVUES ET AUGUMENTEES. By Jean-Pierre Torrell. Bibliotheque thomiste, vol. 52. Paris: Librairie Philosophique J. Vrin, 2000. Pp. ii + 386. 53.50 [euro]. Jean-Pierre Torrell is effectively the doyen of historically based research into the ...
Liberalisme et modernisme: Mgr Lacroix (1855-1922): Enquete sur un suspect.(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2004; ... LIBERALISME ET MODERNISME: MGR LACROIX (1855-1922): ENQUETE SUR UN SUSPECT. By Christian Sorrel. Histoire religieuse de la France, no. 21. Paris: Cerf, 2005. Pp. 541. 59 [euro]. The first decades of the 20th century were not good ones for the Catholic Church in France. In 1905, ...
Le Christ de Maurice Blondel.(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2004; ... LE CHRIST DE MAURICE BLONDEL. By Rene Virgoulay, Pierre de Cointet, et al. Jesus et Jesus-Christ, vol. 86. Paris: Desclee, 2003. Pp. 229. 18 [euro]. This volume, the latest in the Jesus et Jesus-Christ series directed by Joseph Dore, is the result of collaboration among seven ...
Contemplation and Incarnation: the Theology of Marie-Dominique Chenu.(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2004; ... CONTEMPLATION AND INCARNATION: THE THEOLOGY OF MARIE-DOMINIQUE CHENU. By Christophe Potworowski. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University, 2001. Pp. xvii + 330. $39.95. Years ago, Congar said about his great friend Chenu, "He's a perpetual eruption of ideas!" With solid theological ...
Fundamentaltheologie bei Karl Rahner: Denkwege und Paradigmen.(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2004; ... FUNDAMENTALTHEOLOGIE BEI KARL RAHNER: DENKWEGE UND PARADIGMEN. By Winfried Werner. Tubingen: Francke, 2003. Pp. xiii + 470. 59 [euro]. This book, a University of Tubingen dissertation directed by Max Seckler, asks: If the 19th century was the century of apologetics, and the 20th ...
Michel de Cereau: Le marcheur blesse.(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2004; ... MICHEL DE CERTEAU: LE MARCHEUR BLESSE. By Francois Dosse. Paris: Decouverte, 2002. Pp. 655. 39 [euro]. It is noteworthy that the first major biography of Michel de Certeau was written by a historian en vogue on the present French intellectual scene, Francois Dosse, who had ...
Catholicism and American Freedom: a History.(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2004; ... CATHOLICISM AND AMERICAN FREEDOM: A HISTORY. By John T. McGreevy. New York: W. W. Norton, 2003. Pp. 431. $26.95. The tensions between Catholic teachings and America's freedoms are described in this excellent book in an exemplary way. John McGreevy, professor of history at the ...
A People Adrift: The Crisis of the Roman Catholic Church in America.(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2004; ... A PEOPLE ADRIFT, THE CRISIS OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN AMERICA. By Peter Steinfels. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2003. Pp. xxi + 392. $26.50. Peter Steinfels is--to borrow a phrase he cites--one of those who have Catholicism "in their gut" (120). He looks at American ...
Christology: a Global Introduction.(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2004; ... CHRISTOLOGY: A GLOBAL INTRODUCTION. By Veli-Matti Karkkainen. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2003. Pp. 300. $21.99. The emergence of diversity as a fundamental value in the field of theology has necessarily complicated introductory courses in Christology, challenging the seasoned scholar ...
The Chinese Face of Jesus Christ.(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2004; ... THE CHINESE FACE OF JESUS CHRIST. Edited by Roman Malek, S.V.D. Monumenta Serica Monograph Series, no. 50/1, vol. 1. Nettetal, Germany: Steyler, 2002. Pp. 391.60. The book is part of a projected five-volume collection, of which the first two volumes have appeared. The first ...
Thinking of Christ: Proclamation, Explanation, Meaning.(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2004; ... THINKING OF CHRIST: PROCLAMATION, EXPLANATION, MEANING. Edited by Tatha Wiley. New York: Continuum, 2003. Pp. 270. $24.95. The essays here presented are the work of ten notable theologians; Tatha Wiley's excellent introduction is a bonus. The first essays deal with biblical and ...
Ethische Identitat und christlicher Glaube. Theologische Ethik im Spannungsfeld von Theologie und Philosophie.(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2004; ... ETHISCHE IDENTITAT UND CHRISTLICHER GLAUBE. THEOLOGISCHE ETHIK IM SPANNUNGSFELD VON THEOLOGIE UND PHILOSOPHIE. Christof Mandry. Mainz: Matthias-Grunewald, 2002. Pp. 314. 36. The relationship between philosophy and theology has long been a focus in both Catholic and Protestant ...
Progressive Muslims. On Justice, Gender, and Pluralism.(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2004; ... PROGRESSIVE MUSLIMS. ON JUSTICE, GENDER, AND PLURALISM. Edited by Omid Safi. Oxford: Oneworld, 2003. $25.95. The 16 contributors to this collection stand against a phenomenon familiar to all who care about their religion: oversimplification. Set in the context of 9/11, the book ...
Wholly Woman, Holy Blood: a Feminist Critique of Purity and Impurity.(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2004; ... WHOLLY WOMAN, HOLY BLOOD: A FEMINIST CRITIQUE OF PURITY AND IMPURITY. Edited by Kristin De Troyer, Judith A. Herbert, Judith Ann Johnson, Anne-Marie Korte. Studies in Antiquity and Christianity. Harrisburg, Penn.: Trinity Press International, 2003. Pp. xii + 250. $28. The book ...
Evil in Modern Thought: an Alternative History of Philosophy.(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2004; ... EVIL IN MODERN THOUGHT: AN ALTERNATIVE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY. By Susan Neiman. Princeton: Princeton University, 2002. Pp. xiv + 358. $29.95 $18.95 In an early 2004 interview with Bill Moyers on "Now" (PBS), Susan Neiman related how she found herself as an undergraduate ...
Qoheleth.(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2004; ... QOHELETH. By Norbert Lohfink, S.J. Translated from the German by Sean McEvenue, S.J. Continental Commentaries. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2003. Pp. xviii + 158. $23. The Book of Ecclesiastes is the only piece of discursive prose in the Old Testament and is, at least apparently, at ...
The Keepers: an Introduction to the History and Culture of the Samaritans.(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2004; ... THE KEEPERS: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF THE SAMARITANS. Robert T. Anderson and Terry Giles. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 2002. Pp. xvi + 165. $ 29.50. Despite the much used "Good Samaritan," few today know that a small but growing community of the biblical ...
Women and the Historical Jesus: Feminist Myths of Christian Origins.(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2004; ... WOMEN AND THE HISTORICAL JESUS: FEMINIST MYTHS OF CHRISTIAN ORIGINS. By Kathleen E. Corley. Santa Rosa, Calif.: Polebridge, 2002. Pp. 254. $20. This richly documented study represents an important step in the maturing of studies on the place of women in the Jesus movement. The ...
Legitimation in the Letter to the Hebrews: the Construction and Maintenance of a Symbolic Universe.(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2004; ... LEGITIMATION IN THE LETTER TO THE HEBREWS: THE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF A SYMBOLIC UNIVERSE. By Iutisone Salevao. New York: Continuum, 2002. Pp. viii + 448. $145. The book is a sociological analysis of Hebrews. Convinced that the letter's theology functions less as ...
A Virgin Conceived: Mary and Classical Representations of Virginity.(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2004; ... A VIRGIN CONCEIVED: MARY AND CLASSICAL REPRESENTATIONS OF VIRGINITY. Mary F. Foskett. Bloomington: Indiana University, 2002. Pp. viii + 238. $35. Foskett makes a modest contribution to recent early Christian studies on the body, sexuality, and asceticism. Using a literary rather ...
Mary Magdalene, the First Apostle: the Struggle for Authority.(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2004; ... MARY MAGDALENE, THE FIRST APOSTLE: THE STRUGGLE FOR AUTHORITY. By Ann Graham Brock. Harvard Theological Studies, no. 51. Cambridge: Harvard University, 2003. xviii + 235. $25. In the plethora of studies of Mary Magdalene that complement widespread interest in The DaVinci Code, ...
La figura di Cristo nel commento al Salmo 118 di Ambrogio di Milano.(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2004; ... LA FIGURA DI CRISTO NEL COMMENTO AL SALMO 118 DI AMBROGIO DI MILANO, By Giorgio Maschio. Studia Ephemeridis Augustinianum, no. 88. Rome: Institutum Patristicum Augustinianum, 2003. Pp. 294. 28 [euro]. Maschio's exposition of Ambrose's commentary on Psalm 118 falls into three ...
Cautio Criminalis, or a Book on Witch Trials.(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2004; ... CAUTIO CRIMINALIS, OR A BOOK ON WITCH TRIALS. By Friedrich Spee von Langenfeld. Translated from the German by Marcus Hellyer. Studies in Early Modern German History. Charlottesville: University of Virginia, 2003. Pp. xxxvii + 233. $49.50; $18.50. "If I have written anything ...
Romanticism and Transcendence: Wordsworth, Coleridge, and the Religious Imagination.(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2004; ... ROMANTICISM AND TRANSCENDENCE: WORDSWORTH, COLERIDGE, AND THE RELIGIOUS IMAGINATION. By J. Robert Barth, S.J. Columbia: University of Missouri, 2003. Pp. xi + 146. $29.95. Barth's critical study of William Wordsworth and S. T. Coleridge successfully places Romantic literature ...
Philosophie et theologie chez Maurice Blondel.(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2004; ... PHILOSOPHIE ET THEOLOGIE CHEZ MAURICE BLONDEL. By Rene Virgoulay. Paris: Cerf, 2002. Pp. 213. 25. The book belongs to the series directed by Philippe Capelle on "Philosophie et Theologie," a theme very well suited to Blondel's thought. Indeed, it leads Virgoulay directly into an ...
Mounier and Maritain: a French Catholic Understanding of the Modern World.(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2004; ... MOUNIER AND MARITAIN: A FRENCH CATHOLIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE MODERN WORLD. By Joseph Amato. Ypsilanti, Mich.: Sapientia, 2002. Pp. xiv + 215. $17.95. This compact intellectual history/ biography provides a fine survey of Jacques Maritain's and Emmanuel Mounier's thought from ...
A Theologian's Journey.(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2004; ... A THEOLOGIAN'S JOURNEY. By Thomas F. O'Meara, O.P. New York: Paulist, 2002. Pp. vii + 319. $26.95. Despite its disclaimer (1), O'Meara's book is an intellectual autobiography, focusing on 1963-1968, the most formative years of his life, which were spent as a graduate student at ...
The Resurrection of God Incarnate.(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2004; ... THE RESURRECTION OF GOD INCARNATE. By Richard Swinburne. New York: Oxford University, 2003. Pp. vi + 224. $72; $24.95. Swinburne first considers whether God could with reason bring about a resurrection and whether there could be evidence for such a "super-miracle." Then S ....
The Two Wings of Catholic Thought: Essays on Fides et ratio.(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2004; ... THE TWO WINGS OF CATHOLIC THOUGHT: ESSAYS ON FIDES ET RATIO. Edited by David Ruel Foster and Joseph W. Koterski, S.J. Washington: Catholic University of America, 2003. Pp. xi + 249. $19.95. The volume's title derives from the opening remark of John Paul II's 13th encyclical ...
Between Faith and Thought: an Essay on the Ontotheological Condition.(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2004; ... BETWEEN FAITH AND THOUGHT: AN ESSAY ON THE ONTOTHEOLOGICAL CONDITION. By Jeffrey W. Robbins. Studies in Religion and Culture. Charlottesville: University of Virginia, 2003. Pp. xii + 193. $39.50. Robbins addresses the problem of the relation between philosophy and theology, ...
Science and Wisdom.(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2004; ... SCIENCE AND WISDOM. By Jurgen Moltmann. Translated from the German by Margaret Kohl. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2003. Pp. xiii + 219. $20. In his preface, Jurgen Moltmann relates his intention as a schoolboy to study mathematics and physics. War intervened, and the existential ...
The Asian Synod: Texts and Commentaries.(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2004; ... THE ASIAN SYNOD: TEXTS AND COMMENTARIES. Compiled and edited by Peter C. Phan. Maryknoll: Orbis, 2002. Pp. xi +352. $60. THE FUTURE OF THE ASIAN CHURCHES: THE ASIAN SYNOD AND ECCLESIA IN ASIA. By James H. Kroeger and Peter C. Phan. Quezon City, Philippines: Claretian ...
A Theology of the In-Between: The Value of Syncretic Process.(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2004; ... A THEOLOGY OF THE IN-BETWEEN. THE VALUE OF SYNCRETIC PROCESS. By Carl F. Starkloff. Milwaukee: Marquette University, 2002. Pp. 177. $20. For Jesuit theologian Carl Starkloff (who has worked for many years among the Arapaho and Shoshoni Indians in Wyoming and is highly respected ...
Dancing with the Sacred: Evolution, Ecology, and God.(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2004; ... DANCING WITH THE SACRED: EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY, AND GOD. By Karl E. Peters. Harrisburg, Penn.: Trinity Press International. 2002. Pp. x+ 171. $15. If you wish to understand the mind of a scholar who has spent his life teaching and writing on naturalist theism in a scientific age, ...
Faith and Liberty: The Economic Thought of the Late Scholastics.(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2004; ... FAITH AND LIBERTY: THE ECONOMIC THOUGHT OF THE LATE SCHOLASTICS. By Alejandro A. Chafuen. Studies in Ethics and Economics. Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books, 2003. Pp. 171. $65; $17. In 1997, Brian Tierney authored The Idea of Natural Rights to correct the common misconception that ...
Tra terra e cielo: Il senso della vita a partire dal dibattito bioetico.(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2004; ... TRA TERRA E CIELO: IL SENSO DELLA VITA A PARTIRE DAL DIBATTITO BIOETICO. By Maurizio Chiodi. Questioni di etica teologica. Assisi: Cittadella Editrice, 2002. Pp. 319. 27.50 [euro] In his latest book, Maurizio Chiodi, professor of moral theology in Milan, embarks on a ...
Compassionate Respect: A Feminist Approach to Medical Ethics and Other Questions.(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2004; ... COMPASSIONATE RESPECT: A FEMINIST APPROACH TO MEDICAL ETHICS AND OTHER QUESTIONS. Margaret A. Farley. New York: Paulist, 2002. Pp. v + 99. $7.50. Farley argues that the isolation of compassion and respect from one another, a common occurrence in both theory and practice, ...
The HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Nigeria: Some Ethical Considerations.(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2004; ... THE HIV/AIDS EPIDEMIC IN NIGERIA: SOME ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS. By James Olaitan Ajayi. Serie Teologia, vol. 93. Rome: Gregorian University, 2003. Pp. 208. 15 [euro]. In his consideration of the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Nigeria, James Olaitan Ajayi provides a comprehensible, ...
God and Caesar: Personal Reflections on Politics and Religion.(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2004; ... GOD AND CAESAR: PERSONAL REFLECTIONS ON POLITICS AND RELIGION. By Shirley Williams. Erasmus Institute Books. Notre Dame, Ind.: University of Notre Dame, 2003. Pp. xi + 156. $30. Williams offers a wide-ranging and spirited commentary on several issues facing the contemporary ...
La condition chretienne: Du monde sans en etre.(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2004; ... LA CONDITION CHRETIENNE: DU MONDE SANS EN ETRE. By Paul Valadier. Paris: Editions du Seuil, 2003. Pp. 241. 19 [euro]. By playing on the venerable Augustinian phrase, in the world but not of it, Paul Valadier's subtitle tries to describe the current state of contemporary ...
Anthropology and Theology.(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2004; ... ANTHROPOLOGY AND THEOLOGY. By Douglas Davies. New York: Berg, 2002. Pp. 224. $70; $23. The book examines Christian theology through anthropological lenses and provides insight and understanding of the social and cultural realities of faith. Davies, professor of theology at ...
Confessing Jesus Christ: Preaching in a Postmodern World.(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2004; ... CONFESSING JESUS CHRIST: PREACHING IN A POSTMODERN WORLD. By David J. Lose. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2003. Pp.viii + 264. $27. In its dogged deconstruction of the rationalist hegemony of the modern world, postmodernism overturns the foundations of many disciplines, including ...
Power Failure: Christianity in the Culture of Technology.(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2004; ... POWER FAILURE: CHRISTIANITY IN THE CULTURE OF TECHNOLOGY. By Albert Borgmann. Grand Rapids: Brazos, 2003. Pp. 144. $14.99 Albert Borgmann's work is difficult but worthwhile reading. In part 1, B. harnesses a dizzying array of sociological, economic, political, behavioral, and ...
Imaging Zion: Dreams, Design, and Realities in a Century of Jewish Settlement.(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2004; ... IMAGING ZION: DREAMS, DESIGNS, AND REALITIES IN A CENTURY OF JEWISH SETTLEMENT. By S. Ilan Troen. New Haven: Yale University, 2003. Pp xv + 341. $35. This remarkable book ought to be required reading for anyone who wants to understand the complexity of the current ...
The Divine Attributes.(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2004; ... THE DIVINE ATTRIBUTES. By Joshua Hoffman and Gary S. Rosenkrantz. Exploring the Philosophy of Religion Series. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell, 2002. Pp. viii + 204. $66.95. In the preface, the series' editor indicates that the books in this series are aimed at a middle ground "between ...
Books received.
Sep 01, 2004 ... SCRIPTURAL STUDIES Aguilar Chiu, Jose E. La justificacion y el Espiritu en Pablo. European University Studies. Theology, vol. 713. New York: Peter Lang, 2003. Pp. 306. $57.95. Becker, Jurgen. Johanneisches Christentum: Seine Geschichte und Theologie im Uberblick ....