From Every People and Nation: The Book of Revelation in Intercultural Perspective

edited by David Rhoads

Augsburg Fortress, Grove City, 2005. 282 pp. $22.00. ISBN 0-8006-3721-6.

African American, Hispanic/Cuban, Central American and Chinese readings come together in this volume with womanist, ecological, feminist, and immgrant perspectives for a wider understanding of Revelation's message.

Persons in Community: Theological Voices from the Pastorate

edited by William H. Lazareth

Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, 2004. 197 pp. $18.00. ISBN 0-8028-2203-7.

These essays from pastor-theologians examine the concept of people as the image-bearers of God from biblical, doctrinal, and cultural perspectives. Together, they highlight insights from ecumenical Christian tradition for the meaning and features of personhood in light of integrity, freedom, justice, peace, and living in loving community.

Ezekiel's Hierarchial World: Wrestling with a Tiered Reality

edited by Stephen L. Cook and Corrine L. Patton

Symposium. Society of Biblical Literature, Atlanta, 2005. 288 pp. $39.95. ISBN 1-58983-136-5.

Essays on Ezekiel tackle the multilayered hierarchy within it by addressing themes of creation, priesthood, and land. Theological reflection and biblical exegesis and criticism offer readers a means for evaluating Ezekiel's modern-day relevance.

Celebrating Romans: Template for Pauline Theology

edited by Sheila E. McGinn

Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, 2004. 296 pp. $36.00 (cloth). ISBN 0-8028-2839-6.

This collection in honor of Robert Jewett reviews and advances five approaches to Paul's most influential letter. The essayists' works include rhetorical criticism, social-historical perspectives, feminist hermeneutics, contemporary cultural conversation, and theological appropriation.

In Search of the Common Good: Theology for theTwenty-First Century

edited by Patrick D. Miller and Dennis P. McCann

T & T Clark, Harrisburg, 2005. 360 pp. $40.00 (cloth). ISBN 0-5670-2770-8.

Christian theology, biblical studies, and ethics come together in these articles that address the notion of the common good. Commitment to community and individual claims engage justice and mercy, care of the weak, covenant, and the meaning of humanity and neighbor.

Constructive Theology: A Contemporary Approach to Classical Themes

edited by Serene Jones and Paul Lakeland

Fortress, Minneapolis, 2005. 309 pp. $30.00. ISBN 0-8006-3683-X.

Leading North American theologians from the Workgroup on Constructive Christian Theology offer a varied and innovative approach to questions, insights, historical conflicts, and contemporary voices. An accompanying CD-ROM adds resources for discussion, internet links, and a writing guide for research papers.