A Farewell to the Yahwist?: The Composition of the Pentateuch in Recent European Interpretation

edited by Thomas B. Dozeman and Konrad Schmid

Society of Biblical Literature, Atlanta, 2006. 197 pp. $24.95. ISBN 978-1-58983-163-6.

Based on the seminal work of the Pentateuch Seminar, these essays present an alternative to the Documentary Hypothesis that is gaining ground in European scholarship. The contributors raise the question of the literary connection between Genesis and Exodus and how these stories may have been based in independent rival traditions about the origins of Israel prior to the Priestly Code.

The Nature of New Testament Theology: Essays in Honour of Robert Morgan

edited by Christopher Rowland and Christopher Tuckett

Blackwell, Malden, Mass., 2006. 314 pp. $34.95. ISBN 978-1-4051-1174-4.

Dedicated to the work of Robert Morgan, this collection explores the discipline known as “the theology of the New Testament.” The contributors pursue this objective along three lines. First, the structure and purpose of the discipline are addressed. Second, NT theology is viewed in parallel with other theological branches: systematic, biblical, practical, and social-scientific criticism. Finally, significant themes in the NT (i.e. the historical Jesus, the role of women, the cross, and eschatologies) are explored in detail.

Modern Christian Thought: The Enlightenment and the Nineteenth Century, Vol. 1 (Second Edition)

by James C. Livingston

Fortress, Minneapolis, 2006. 448 pp. $29.00. ISBN 978- 0-8006-3795-8.

Modern Christian Thought: The Enlightenment and the Twentieth Century, Vol. 2 (Second Edition)

by James C. Livingston and Francis SchÜssler Fiorenza

Fortress, Minneapolis, 2006. 448 pp. $29.00. ISBN 978- 0-8006-3796-5.

First published over two decades ago, this classic work has been revised and expanded. This twovolume text is unique in detailing intellectual developments in modern Western Christianity from both the Catholic and Protestant tradition. Rather than cursorily highlighting all the thinkers of each significant school of thought, the work of representative persons is explored in depth. The text makes extensive use of quotations from primary sources, so that the reader is exposed to the thinker first hand.

Thank God Its Friday

by William H.Willimon

Abingdon, Nashville, 2006. 104 pp. $12.00. ISBN 0-687- 46490-0.

This collection of prayers and sermons from the Church in Birmingham challenges readers to see the grace of God in the midst of suffering and sin.With powerfully constructed imagery, William Willimon draws the reader viscerally into the experience of Christ at the crucifixion, eliciting an emotional and active response. His words remind us that being a Christian means focusing on things other than ourselves and our own comfort. The cross is the symbol through which we are reminded that pain and distress are an integral part of our relationship to God.

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Short, inexpensive treatises provide thoughtful insights and reflections. Authored by a number of today’s leading theological minds, this series addresses contemporary issues of faith from the perspectives of a variety of disciplines. Titles include:

The Care of the Earth

by Joseph Sittler

Fortress, Minneapolis, 2004. 128 pp. $7.00. ISBN 978- 0-8006-3688-3.

The Passion of the Lord: African American Reflection

edited by Matthew V. Johnson Sr. and James A. Noel

Fortress, Minneapolis, 2005. 128 pp. $7.00. ISBN 978- 0-8006-3688-3.

Households and Holiness: The Religious Culture of Israelite Women

by Carol Meyers

Fortress, Minneapolis, 2005. 114 pp. $7.00. ISBN 978- 0-8006-3731-6.

Darwin and Intelligent Design

by Francisco J. Ayala

Fortress, Minneapolis, 2006. 144 pp. $7.00. ISBN 978- 0-8006-3802-3.

The Wit of Martin Luther

by Eric W. Gritsch

Fortress, Minneapolis, 2006. 144 pp. $7.00. ISBN 978- 0-8006-3803-0.

The Horrors We Bless: Rethinking the Just-War Legacy

by Daniel C. Maguire

Fortress, Minneapolis, 2007. 112 pp. $7.00. ISBN 978- 0-8006-3897-9.

Divine Justice, Divine Judgment: How Does God Act in History?

by Dan O. Via

Fortress, Minneapolis, 2007. 192 pp. $7.00. ISBN 978- 0-8006-3896-2.

Channels of Listening

Funded by the Religion Division of the Lilly Foundation, this series by Chalice Press is the result of the first large-scale qualitative study of how individuals listen to, understand, and respond to sermons. It is the first to engage the perspectives of a broad cross-section of congregations by ethnicity, generation, denomination, size, setting, and worship style in the vicinity of Indianapolis. Each book explores the experience of hearing a sermon in a unique way. Listening to Listeners offers, in case study form, detailed responses of six diverse listeners. Hearing the Sermon draws from the Aristotelian ideas of ethos, logos, and pathos to help preachers discern the particular setting of a listener. Believing in Preaching presents an array of responses to specific questions on effective sermons. Finally,Make the Word Come Alive reveals twelve characteristics that laity most often seek in sermons.

Listening to Listeners: Homeletical Case Studies

by John S. McClure, Ronald J. Allen, Dale P. Andrews, L. Susan Bond, Dan P. Moseley, and G. Lee Ramsey, Jr.

Chalice, St. Louis, 2005. 152 pp. $19.99. ISBN 978-0- 827205-01-7.

Hearing the Sermon: Relationship/Content/Feeling

by Ronald J. Allen

Chalice, St. Louis, 2005. 152 pp. $19.99. ISBN 978-0- 827205-01-7.

Believing in Preaching: What Listeners Hear in Sermons

by Mary Alice Mulligan, Diane Turner-Sharazz, Dawn Ottoni Wilhelm, and Ronald J. Allen

Chalice, St. Louis, 2005. 152 pp. $24.99. ISBN 978-0- 827205-02-3.

Make the Word Come Alive: Lessons from Laity

by Mary Alice Mulligan and Ronald J. Allen

Chalice, St. Louis, 2006. 149 pp. $19.99. ISBN 978-0- 827205-03-1.