Theology Today Contents
October 2001 Vol. 58 No. 3

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Editorial

Consider Christian Worship 
Ellen T. Charry

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Articles

Sacraments and Social History: Postmodern Practice 
Frank C. Senn 

Symbols of God’s Presence to the Church: Verbal and Nonverbal 
Gerard S. Sloyan 

Worship as Catechesis: Knowledge, Desire, and Christian Formation 
Debra Dean Murphy 

The Lectionary: Assessing the Gains and Losses
in a Homiletical Revolution 
William H. Willimon 

Enjoyment and Discernment in the Music of Worship 
Frank Burch Brown 

The Arts in Protestant Worship 
Robin M. Jensen 

Welcome to the Worship Awakening 
Robert R. Redman Jr. 

On the Holy Name of God 
Katherine Sonderegger 

Sinful Asyndeton? Problematic Syntax in Contemporary Liturgical Texts 
J. Barrington Bates 

The Prayer of Liturgy in the Orthodox Church 
John Chryssavgis 

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Poetry

Lives of the Saints 
T. M. Moore 

All Hallows—for Uncle Carl 
Nancy Compton Williams 

The Solstice 
Nancy Compton Williams 

Plague Cemetery 
Penelope Duckworth 

The Fall 
Bonnie Thurston 

All Night It Rained 
Suzanne Mayer, IHM 

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Book Reviews

When Science Meets Religion: Enemies, Strangers or Partners?,
by Ian G. Barbour 
F. LeRon Shults 

Making Room at the Table: An Invitation to Multicultural Worship,
edited by Brian K. Blount and Leonora Tubbs Tisdale 
Karen B. Westerfield Tucker 

Empress and Handmaid: On Nature and Gender in the Cult
of the Virgin Mary, by Sarah Jane Boss 
Sally Cunneen 

Good Taste, Bad Taste, and Christian Taste: Aesthetics
in Religious Life, by Frank Burch Brown 
John W. Dixon Jr. 

The Ethos of the Cosmos: The Genesis of Moral Imagination in the Bible,
by William P. Brown 
Jeffrey A. Fager 

Wise and Discerning Hearts: An Introduction to Wisdom
Liturgical Theology, by Jill Y. Crainshaw 
Elizabeth Huwiler 

The Earth Is God’s: A Theology of American Culture,
by William Dyrness 
Larry D. Bouchard 

Christianity, Art and Transformation: Theological Aesthetics
in the Struggle for Justice, by John W. de Gruchy 
Max L. Stackhouse 

Ethics after Easter, 
by Stephen Holmgren 

Spirit Ethics: Scripture and the Moral Life, 
by Paul Jersild 

The Ultimate Imperative: An Interpretation of Christian Ethics, 
by Ronald H. Stone 
Mark Douglas 

Hopeful Realism: Reclaiming the Poetry of Theology,
by Douglas F. Ottati 
Curtis W. Freeman 

The Church Impotent: The Feminization of Christianity,
by Leon J. Podles 
Charlotte Allen 

The Piety of John Witherspoon: Pew, Pulpit, and Public Forum,
by L. Gordon Tait 
William J. Danaher Jr. 

Senses of Tradition: Continuity and Development in Catholic Faith,
by John E. Thiel 
James J. Buckley 

The Fabric of Hope: An Essay,
by Glenn Tinder 
Hans Schwarz 

The Politics of Religious Studies: The Continuing Conflict with
Theology in the Academy, by Donald Wiebe 
Ishmael Law 

Retrieving the Tradition and Renewing Evangelicalism:
A Primer for Suspicious Protestants, by D. H. Williams 
John R. Franke 

Toward the Future of Reformed Theology: Tasks, Topics, Traditions,
edited by David Willis and Michael Welker 
William Stacy Johnson 

Praying Twice: The Music and Words of Congregational Song,
by Brian Wren 
Paul Westermeyer 

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Book Notes

History and Ideology in the Old Testament: Biblical Studies
at the End of a Millennium, by James Barr 
C. Clifton Black 

The Ordination of Women in the Orthodox Church,
by Elisabeth Behr-Sigel and Kallistos Ware 
Gillian Crow 

Godly Women: Fundamentalism and Female Power,
by Brenda E. Brasher 
Barbara Brown Zikmund 

The Jesus Controversy: Perspectives in Conflict, by John Dominic Crossan, Luke Timothy Johnson, and Werner H. Kelber 
John T. Carroll 

The Godbearing Life: The Art of Soul Tending for Youth Ministry,
by Kenda Creasy Dean and Ron Foster 
Charles R. Foster 

Stones for Bread: A Critique of Contemporary Worship,
by A. Daniel Frankforter K. 
C. Ptomey Jr. 

The Sun in the Church: Cathedrals as Solar Observatories,
by J. L. Heilbron 
Peter Harrison 

At the Origins of Christian Worship: The Context and Character of Earliest Christian Devotion, by Larry W. Hurtado 
C. Clifton Black 

Christ in the Early Christian Hymns, by Daniel Liderbach 
John A. McGuckin 

The Story of Christian Spirituality: Two Thousand Years,
from East to West, edited by Gordon Mursell 
Betty W. Talbert 

Freud and Jung on Religion, by Michael Palmer 
Allan Hugh Cole Jr. 

Before the Throne of Grace: An Evangelical Family in the Early Republic,
by Laura S. Seitz and Elaine D. Baxter 
James H. Moorhead 

Preaching Like Paul: Homiletical Wisdom for Today,
by James W. Thompson 
Nancy Lammers Gross 

Ancient-Future Faith: Evangelicalism for a Postmodern World,
by Robert E. Webber 
Barry Harvey 

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