Theology Today
April 1981
Vol. 38, No. 1
EDITORIAL
Religion and Pain Joseph H. Fichter 1
ARTICLES
The Ambiguities of Religion and Pain Control Paul W Pruyser 8
The Role of Theology in Pastoral Care for the Dying Bernard Spilka
John D. Spangler
M. Priscilla Rea		 16
DYING
Pain Denial and Ministry to the Elderly Barbara Payne 30
Care for the Dying: a Kübler-Ross Critique George Kuykendall 37
Wrestling the World's Absences Marlyne and David Cain 49
POETRY
The Sweet Creations Ray Russell 57
THEOLOGICAL TABLE-TALK
On Being a Creature George S. Hendry 60
CRITIC'S CORNER
The Hospice Movement Donald McCarthy 73
Holistic Care and Conventional Therapy Bernard Towers 80
"The Plan of St. Gall" Karlfried Froehlich 84
BOOK REVIEWS
Christian Faith: An Introduction to the Study of the Faith by Hendrikus Berkhof James Daane 92
A World of Grace: An Introduction to the Themes and Foundations of Karl Rahner's Theology by Leo J. O'Donovan (ed)
Apologetics and the Eclipse of Mystery: Mystagogy According to Karl Rahner by James J. Bacik
Karl Rahner: An Introduction to His Theology by Karl-Heinz Weger		 Robert P. Imbelli 94
The Ground and Grammar of Theology by Thomas Forsyth Torrance William O. Fennell 98
Message and Existence: An Introduction to Christian Theology by Langdon Gilkey Benjamin A. Reist 100
The Testament of God by Bernard-Henri Levy Bagriel Vahanian 102
The Inspiration of Scripture: Problems and Proposals by Paul J. Achtemeier Phyllis A. Bird 104
The Tribes of Yahweh: A Sociology of the Religion of Liberated Israel, 1250-1050 B.C.E. by Norman K. Gottwald Bernhard W. Anderson 107
A Christian Theology of Judaism by Clemens Thoma A. Roy Eckhardt 109

Paul's Idea of Community: The Early House Churches in Their Historical Setting by Robert Banks Pauline Partnership in Christ: Christian Community and Commitment in Light of Roman Law by J. Paul Sampley
Paul and Power: The Structure of Authority in the Primitive Church as Reflected in the Pauline Epistles by Bengt Holmberg

 Howard Clark Kee 111
John R. Mott, 1865-1955: A Biography by C. Howard Hopkins J. Robert Nelson 114
The Human and the Holy: Asian Perspectives in Christian Theology by Emerito P. Nacpil and Douglas J. Elwood Emerito P. Nacpil
Douglas J. Elwood		 116
Fire in the Minds of Men: Origins of the Revolutionary Faith by James H. Billington James H. Nichols 120
Southern Evangelicals and the Social Order, 1800-1860 Anne C. Loveland 123
Great Women of Faith: The Strength and Influence of Christian Women by Nancy A. Hardesty
Diving Deep and Surfacing: Women Writers on Spiritual Quest by Carol P. Christ
Feminine Spirituality in America: From Sarah Edwards to Martha Graham by Amanda Porterfield		 Christa Ressmeyer Klein 124
At Odds: Women and the Family in America from the Revolution to the Present by Carl N. Degler Martha Tomhave Blauvelt 127
The Meaning of Saints by Lawrence S. Cunningham Margaret Schatkin 129
BOOK NOTES
Comfort My People: A Guide to Isaiah 40-66 by E. John Hamlin J.J.M. Roberts 131
Hosea: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary by Francis I. Andersen and David Noel Freedman Robert A. Bennett 131
Christian Words by Nigel Turner Bruce M. Metzger 131
The Family and the Fellowship: New Testament Images of the Church by Ralph P. Martin David J. Hawkin 131
Introduction to Christianity: A Case Method Approach by Alice F. and Robert A. Evans Alexander J. McKelway 132
I Believe in the Creator by James M. Houston Herbert C. Jackson 132
When Gods Change: Hope for Theology by Charles S. McCoy John F. Haught 132
Liberation Theology: An Evangelical View front the Third World by J. Andrew Kirk Stephen Charles Mott 133
Marx Against the Marxists: The Christian Humanism of Karl Marx by Jose Miranda Marina Herrera 133
Turning by Emilie Griffin Leroy Kremer 133
Comic Faith: The Great Tradition from Austen to Joyce by Robert M. Polhemus Carlos Baker 134
Signs of Our Times: Theological Essays on Art in the Twentieth Century by George S. Heyer, Jr. David B. Greene 134
On Justice by J.R. Lucas James L. Muyskens 134
Gods People in God's World: Biblical Motives for Social Involvement by John Gladwin Donald E. Miller 135
The Search for God: An Encounter with the People and Religions of Asia by Walbert Buehlmann Donald G. Dawe 135
Compassionate and Free: An Asian Woman's Theology by Marianne Katoppo Anna May Say Pa 135
Three Mile an Hour God: Biblical Reflections by Kosuke Koyama Sang H. Lee 136
Into All the World: A Biography of Max Warren by F. W. Dillistone J. Robert Nelson 136
Prophets Denied Honor: An Anthology on the Hispanic Church in the United States by Antonio M. Stevens Arroyo Benjamin Alicea 137
Creative Conflict in Religious Education and Church Administration by Donald E. Bossart Freda a. Gardner 137
Creating the Caring Congregation by Harold H. Wilke Howard L. Rice 137
Too Many Pastors? by Jackson W. Carroll and Robert L. Wilson James L. Mechem 138
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Walter Brueggemann, Columbia Theological Seminary Decatur, Georgia
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Stanley Hauerwas, Duke Divinity School Durham, North Carolina
Kosuke Koyama, Union Theological Seminary New York, New York
George Lindbeck, Yale Divinity School New Haven, Connecticut
John M. Mulder, Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary Louisville, Kentucky
Richard John Neuhaus, Institute on Religion and Public Life New York, New York
Ben C. Ollenburger, Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary Elkhart, Indiana
Eugene H. Peterson, Regent College Vancouver, British Columbia
Albert J. Raboteau, Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey
Rosemary Radford Ruether, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary Evanston, Illinois
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Susan B. Thistlethwaite, Chicago Theological Seminary Chicago, Illinois
David Tracy, University of Chicago Divinity School Chicago, Illinois
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