Contents:

no. 1

Editorial: "Is everyone playing in defense now?"

Articles:

Friedrich Schleiermacher's theology as a resource for ecological economics/ Shelli M. Poe-- p. 9

The Abrahamic pilgrimage story in sermons: An ontological-narrative foundation of Asian American life in faith/ Sunggu Yang-- p. 24

Reading the Bible amid the Israeli-Palestinian conflict/ Walter Brueggemann-- p. 36

Interfaith dialogue and cooperation across faiths: The experience of Indonesia/ Adrianus Sunarko-- p. 46

Erik H. Erikson and the deep context of ministry/ William R. Wyers-- p. 60

Editors' Choice:

The Church and Religious Persecution by Kevin R. den Dulk and Robert J. Joustra/ Nancy J. Duff-- p. 71

Being Mortal: Medicine and What matters in the end by Atul Gawande/ Nancy J. Duff-- p. 73

The Ten Commandments: A Short History of an Ancient Text by Michael Coogan/ Gordon S. Mikoski-- p. 74

Books Reviews:

Worship with Gladness: Understanding Worship from the Heart by Joyce Ann Zimmermann/ Melanie Ross-- p. 77

Lutherans in America: A New History by Mark Granquist/ Joel L. Pless-- p. 78

The Story that Luke Tells: Luke's unique witness to the Gospel by Justo L. Gonzalez/ John T. Carroll-- p. 80

Christians in an Age of Wealth: A Biblical Theology of Worship by Craig L. Blomberg/ Daniel M. Bell, Jr.-- p. 81

Christianity and Religious Diversity: Clarifying Christian Commitments in a Globalizing Age by Harold A. Netland/ James Taneti-- p. 83

Solidarity Ethics: Transformation in a Globalized World by Rebecca Todd Peters/ Elizabeth L. Gerhardt-- p. 84

no. 2

Editorial: Laura Hawkins and the One True God/ George Hunsinger-- p. 91

Articles:

The Ordination of Women: Biblical Perspectives/ Nancy J. Duff-- p. 94

The Theology of John A. Mackay as Preparatio liberationis/ Karla Ann Koll-- p. 105

Grounded theology: A new method to explore luck/ Bruce A. Stevens-- p. 117

Whether, and how, a church ought to repent for a historical wrong/ Jeremy M. Bergen-- p. 129

Toward a dialogical church: Asian bishops and Asian Catholic Women/ Thao Nguyen-- p. 149

A failure of theological imagination: beginning to deal with the legacy of Princeton Seminary on matters of slavery and race/ Gordon S. Mikoski-- p. 157

Review Essay

From Adam's critique of Wright's historiography to Barth's critique of religion: A review essay of Sam Adams's The Reliaty of God and Historical Method/ Chris Tilling-- p. 168

Book Reviews

Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God by Kelly Brown Douglas/ Keri Day-- p. 178

Creation by David Fergusson/ William Greenway-- p. 179

Ask the Beasts: Darwin and the God of Love by Elizabeth A. Johnson/ J. Jeanine Thweat-- p. 181

From Every Tribe and Nation: A Historian's Discovery of the Global Christian Story by Mark A. Noll/ Gerald R. McDermott-- p. 182

The Meditation of the Spirit: Interventions in Practical Theology by Mark J. Cartledge/ John C. Gordy-- p. 184

Dust Bound for Heaven: Explorations in the Theology of Thomas Aquinas by Reinhard Hutter/ by David L. Whidden III-- p. 185

Hans Urs von Balthasar and the Critical Appropriation of Russian Religious Thought by Jennifer Newsome Martin/ Mark McInroy-- p. 187

no. 3

Editorial: Orlando, Political Rhetoric, and the Church/ Nancy J. Duff-- p. 193

Articles:

Reader-response-criticism in the light of the scriptural principle/ Ulrich H.J. Kortner-- p. 198

The Otherness of Onesimus: Re-reading Paul's letter to Philemon from the margins/ Sung Uk Lim-- p. 215

St. John Chrysostom and the responsibility of a free conscience/ Nicu Dumitrascu-- p. 230

Redefining cultural, national, and religious identity: The Christian-Vodouist dialogue/ Celucien L. Joseph-- p. 241

Melanchton's contribution to the art of catechesis: A study of catechesis puerilis/ Matthew Oseka-- p. 263

A call to adjuncts, bearing witness/ Charles Scott Kinder-Pyle-- p. 277

Book Reviews

For the love of all creatures: the story of grace in Genesis by William Greenway/ William P. Brown-- p. 287

Have you considered by servant Job? Understanding the biblical archetype of patience by Samuel E. Balentine/ Scott C. Jones-- p. 288

Unmanly men: refigurations of masculinity in Luke-Acts by Britanny E. Wilson/ Karl Kuhn-- p. 290

Paul and the gift by John M.G. Barclay/ Lisa Bowens-- p. 292

Flourishing: Why we need a religion in a globalized world by Miroslav Volf/ Paul F. Knitter-- p. 293

At the Altar of Wall Street: The rituals, myths, theologies, sacraments, and mission of the religion known as the modern global economy by Scott W. Gustafson/ James hudnut-Beumler

State of affairs: the Science-theology controversy by Richard J. Coleman/ Ernest L. Simmons-- p.296

Mediating faith: faith formation in a trans-media era by Clint Schnekloth/ Jaco J. Hamman-- p. 298

Wresting the angel: the foundation of Mormon thought: Cosmos. God, humanity by Terryl L. Givens/ James E. Faulconer-- p. 300

no. 4

Editorial: Discerning divine direction/ Gordon S. Miksoki-- p. 307

Articles:

Interpreting the history of the workgroup on constructive theology/ Juson A. Wyman-- p. 312

Moral injury and original sin: the applicability of Augustinian moral psychology in light of combat trauma/ Brian S. Powers-- p. 325

The place of religiosity after modernity in Buber and Rosenzweig's approach to Christianity/ Zahar Mihaely-- p. 338

Evolving theology of mission: its conceptualization, development, and contributions/ Lalsangkima Pachuau-- p. 349

Homiletical aesthetics: a paradigmatic proposal for a holistic experience of preaching/ Sunggu Yang-- p. 364

Symbiosis, partnership, and restoration in Mark's parable of the sower/ George W. Fisher-- p. 378

Review Essay

Reimagining our future in light of changing views of the evolutionary past/ Gordon S. Mikoski-- p. 388

Book Reviews:

Who made early Christianity? the Jewish lives of the Apostle Paul by John G. Gager/ Matthew V. Novenson-- p. 396

The Kingdom according to Luke-Acts by Karl Allen Kuhn/ Kindalee Pfremmer De Long-- p. 397

A Reasonable belief: why God and faith make sense by William Greenway/ Arie Leegwater-- p. 399

What has Wittenberg to do with Azusa: Luther's theology of the cross and pentecostal triumphalism by David J. Courey/ Cheryl M. Peterson-- p. 400.

Jonathan Edwards among the theologians by Oliver D. Crisp/ Ryhs Bezzant-- p. 402

The mission of demythologizing: Rudolf Bultmann's dialectical theology by David W. Congdon/ Christophe Chalamet-- p. 403

Balthasar on the spiritual senses: perceiving splendor by Mark McInroy/ Anthony Sciglitano-- p. 405

Theology and the end of doctrine by Christine Helmer/ Carl S. Hughes-- p. 407

Atonement: a guide for the perplexed by Adam J. Johnson/ Jane Barter-- p. 408

Crucified and resurrected: restructuring the grammar of Christology by Ingolf U. Dalferth/ Adam J. Johnson-- p. 410

Life, love and hope: God and human experience by Jan-Olav Henriksen/ Paul Allen-- p. 411

The end of hope-- the beginning : narratives of hope in the face of death and trauma by Pamela R. McCarroll/ Matthew Rhodes-- p. 413