Theology Today Contents
January 2003 Vol. 59 No. 4

Editorial

January’s Child
Patrick D. Miller


Articles

Changing the Rules: Just War Theory in the Twenty-First Century
Mark Douglas

“The Eye of God”: Religious Beliefs and Punishment in Early Nineteenth-Century Prison Reform
Muriel Schmid

Animals and Innocents: Theological Reflections on the Meaning and Purpose of Child-Rearing
John Wall

A Case for P. D. James as a Christian Novelist
Ralph C. Wood

Myth, Gospel, and John Updike’s Centaur
John McTavish

Saints and Writers: On Doing One’s Work in Hiding
Belden C. Lane


Poetry

The Ruin of My Sin
T. M. Moore

Logos
T. M. Moore

The Nephilim: Genesis 6:4
George Slanger

On the Road: Luke 24
George Slanger


Book Reviews

Nature, Human Nature and God
by Ian G. Barbour
Fraser Watts

Rachel’s Cry: Prayer of Lament and Rebirth of Hope
by Kathleen D. Billman and Daniel L. Migliore
Denise M. Ackermann

Then the Whisper Put on Flesh: New Testament Ethics in an African American Context
by Brian K. Blount
Pheme Perkins

Deus Trinitas: The Doctrine of the Triune God
by David Coffey

The Triune Creator: A Historical and Systematic Study
by Colin Gunton
Fred Sanders

Reading Biblical Poetry: An Introductory Guide
by J. P. Fokkelmann
Rolf A. Jacobson

Christ’s Fulfillment of Torah and Temple: Salvation according to Thomas Aquinas
by Matthew Levering
Guy Mansini, O.S.B.

Thomas Aquinas on Human Nature
by Robert Pasnau
Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung

The Market Economy and Christian Ethics
by Peter H. Sedgwick
M. Douglas Meeks

Memory and History in Christianity and Judaism
edited by Michael A. Signer
A. Katherine Grieb

The Act of Faith: Christian Faith and the Moral Self
by Eric O. Springsted
Peter C. Phan

Remembering Jesus: Christian Community, Scripture, and the Moral Life
by Allen Verhey
William C. Spohn

The Human Being: Jesus and the Enigma of the Son of the Man
by Walter Wink
Douglas R. A. Hare


Book Notes

Wisdom: The Feminine Face of God
by Daniel Berrigan
Barbara E. Reid, O.P.

A Journey into Christian Art
by Helen de Borchgrave
Ellen T. Charry

Trusting the Spirit: Renewal and Reform in American Religion
by Richard Cimino
Jon Butler

Reading Israel in Romans: Legitimacy and Plausibility of Divergent Interpretations
edited by Christina Grenholm and Daniel Patte
J. Ross Wagner

Life in Biblical Israel
by Philip J. King and Lawrence E. Stager
Carol A. Newsom

Living Grace: An Outline of United Methodist Theology
by Walter Klaiber and Manfred Marquardt
Randy L. Maddox

The Early History of Greed: The Sin of Avarice in Early Medieval Thought and Literature
by Richard Newhauser
William Schweiker

Aelred of Rivaulx: The Way of Friendship: Selected Spiritual Writings
edited by M. Basil Pennington

Becoming Friends: Worship, Justice, and the Practice of Christian Friendship
by Paul J. Wadell
C. Clifton Black

The God of Hope and the End of the World
by John Polkinghorne
Alan G. Padgett

Sacrament: The Language of God’s Giving
by David N. Power
Ellen T. Charry

The Thomas Merton Encyclopedia
by William H. Shannon, Christiane M. Bochen, and
Patrick F. O’Connell
M. Basil Pennington, O.C.S.O.

The Lectionary Commentary: Theological Exegesis for Sunday’s Text. Volume 1: The First Readings: The Old Testament and Acts
edited by Roger E. Van Harn

The Lectionary Commentary: Theological Exegesis for Sunday’s Text. Volume 2: The Second Readings: Acts and the Epistles
edited by Roger E. Van Harn

The Lectionary Commentary: Theological Exegesis for Sunday’s Text. Volume 3: The Third Readings: The Gospels
edited by Roger E. Van Harn
Thomas G. Long

Paul, Judaism, and Judgment According to Deeds
Kent L. Yinger
J. Ross Wagner


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