Theology Today
July 1991
Vol. 48, No. 2

EDITORIAL
The Gothic Image: Church and College Hugh T. Kerr 125
ARTICLES
Rethinking Church Models Through Scripture Walter Brueggemann 128
God and Germany Stephen L. Stell 139
A Century of Catholic Social Teaching Charles E. Curran 154
The Promise of Technology versus God's Promise in Job David Strong 170
The Bible and Ecological Sprituality Walter B. Gulick 182
CHURCH IN THE WORLD
Jerusalem: Old Myths and New Realities John J. Carey 195
POETRY
Once it Was John W. Crawford 202
Under the Common Skin Joseph Garrison 203
BOOK REVIEWS
Sources of the Self: The Making of the Modern Identity Charles Taylor 204
Religious Aesthetics: A Theological Study of Making and Meaning Frank Burch Brown 212
Beauty and Holiness: The Dialogue Between Aesthetics and Religion James Alfred Martin, Jr.  
Mañana: Christian Theology from a Hispanic Perspective Justo L. González 218
Imago Dei: The Byzantine Apologia for Icons Jaroslav Pelikan 222
Ethics in the Sanctuary: Examining the Practices of Organized Religion Margaret P. Battin 228
Breaking the Fall: Religious Readings of Contemporary Fiction Robert Detweiler 232
The Book of J Harold Bloom
David Rosenberg
234
The God Who Commands: A Study in Divine Command Ethics Richard J. Mouw 240
Awash in a Sea of Faith: Christianizing the American People Jon Butler 244
Theology of the Reformers Timothy George 248
John Calvin & the Church: A Prism of Reform Timothy George  
Two Hundred Years of Theology :Report of a Personal Journey Hendrikus Berkhof 252
Religion in the New World: The Shaping of Religious Traditions in the United States Richard E. Wentz 256
BOOK NOTES
Sociology and the New Testament: An Appraisal Bengt Holmberg 258
The Catholic Moment: The Paradox of the Church in the Postmodern World Richard John Neuhaus 258
The Darkness And The Light: A Philosopher Reflects Upon His Fortunate Career and Those Who Made It Possible Charles Hartshorne 258
Liberation Theology and Its Critics: Toward an Assessment Arthur McGovern, S.J. 259
Liberation Theology: A Documentary History Alfred Hennelly, S. J. 259
Michael Ramsey: A Life Owen Chadwick 260
Responses to 101 Questions on the Bible Raymond E. Brown, S.S. 261
Ungodly Women: Gender and the First Wave of American Fundamentalism Betty A. DeBerg 261
Luke. Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching Fred B. Craddock 262
What Does the Bible Say about Suicide? James T. Clemons 262
The Story of Christ in the Ethics of Paul: An Analysis of the Function of the Hymnic Material in the Pauline Corpus Stephen E. Fowl 262
Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament, Volume 1 Horst Balz
Gerhard Schneider
262
A Taste of Water: Christianity Through Taoist-Buddhist Eyes Chwen Jiuan A. Lee
Thomas G. Hand
263
THEOLOGY TODAY STAFF & EDITORIAL COUNCIL
SENIOR EDITOR: HUGH T. KERR
EDITOR: THOMAS G. LONG
EDITOR: PATRICK D. MILLER, JR.
BUSINESS MANAGER: NANCY E. PIKE
EDITORIAL COUNCIL:

Thomas W. Gillespie, Chair
Walter Brueggemann, Columbia Theological Seminary Decatur, Georgia
Jane Dempsey Douglass, Princeton Theological Seminary Princeton, New Jersey
Craig R. Dykstra, Lilly Endowment, Inc. Indianapolis, Indiana
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
Mark Taylor, Princeton Theological Seminary Princeton, New Jersey
Susan B. Thistlethwaite, Chicago Theological Seminary Chicago, Illinois
David Tracy, University of Chicago Divinity School Chicago, Illinois
Cornel West, Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts

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