Download PDF: Song, The Fullness of Life Abstract The conversation on abortion in the United States is largely at an impasse, marked by a polarized dichotomy between “pro-life” and “pro-choice” frameworks. Traditional Christian pro-life theology defaults to a “sanctity of
Download PDF: Whitmore, Narrow is the Way Abstract Previous efforts to discern whether Christian scholars have a place in the university have focused on orthodoxy—whether professors can speak and write according to their faith. This article focuses rather on orthopraxy—whether
Download PDF: Posadas, Ethnographic Possibilities There are two predominant approaches to structuring an introductory course in Christian theology. More frequently, the course is organized into a series of major areas of substantive theological claims, such as the Trinity, revelation, creation, the
Introduction By Susannah Laramee Kidd and Rebecca Spurrier One of our hopes for this issue was to explore the possibilities and limits of ethnography as theological method. When we discovered that Mary McClintock Fulkerson and Marcia Mount Shoop are writing
Download PDF: Smith, Troeltschian Questions Ethnography as Christian Theology and Ethics marks a milestone in the engagements of Christian theologians and ethicists with ethnography.1 As the book’s introductory chapters note, these engagements have been developing over a long time and in
Download PDF: RV Alvizo Jesus in the Hispanic Community Edited by Harold J. Recinos and Hugo Magallanes Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster John Knox, 2009. 225 pages. $29.95. The collection of essays that comprise Harold J. Recinos and Hugo Magallanes’ edited volume,
Download PDF: RV Kang Trauma and Grace By Serene Jones Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2009. 175 pages. $24.95. Trauma and Grace is a collection of published and new essays that attempts to address two deeply interrelated faith claims:
Download PDF: Braley, Checking Vitals ABSTRACT In the past decade, global health leaders have begun to speak about Christian religious entities as “vital partners” in the response to global health crises like the AIDS pandemic. These partnerships, however, are predicated on
Download PDF: RV Pape, Imagining Redemption By David H. Kelsey. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2005. 108 pages. $20.00. With characteristic clarity, David Kelsey sets out to shed some light on what Christians mean when they speak of redemption. His