Before Nature: A Christian Spirituality (Fortress Press, 2014)
October 2014: Millennials and Nones (Volume 14 Issue 9)
H. Paul Santmire. Before Nature: A Christian Spirituality. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2014, 253 pages, $39.00
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Review: Joel D. Biermann. A Case for Character: Toward a Lutheran Virtue Ethics. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2014, 192 pages, $29.00.
September 2014 (Volume 14 Issue 8)
[1] Joel Biermann, Professor of Systematic Theology at Concordia Seminary in Saint Louis, argues that a focus on justification by faith in contemporary Lutheranism has led Lutherans to a neglect the practices of moral formation of individuals and the development of authoritative teachings about the shape of the Christian life. He acknowledges that focusing on […]
Review: Joel Green, Editor. The New Testament and Ethics: A Book by Book Survey. Ada, MI: Baker Academic, 2013, paperback, 176 pages, $19.99.
September 2014 (Volume 14 Issue 8)
[1] Joel B. Green offers a second distillation of his landmark Dictionary of Scripture and Ethics. The New Testament and Ethics comes on the heels of the Old Testament survey. Green offers twenty six entries on the books and genres of the New Testament plus an assortment of articles on selected topics helpful for current […]
The Morally Divided Body: Ethical Disagreement and the Disunity of the Church (Cascade Books, 2012)
July/August 2014: Book Review Issue (Volume 14 Issue 7)
The Morally Divided Body: Ethical Disagreement and the Disunity of the Church. Pro Ecclesia Series. Editors: Michael Root and James J. Buckley. Eugene Oregon: Cascade Books, 2012, p. 145.
Faith and Human Rights: Christianity and the Global Struggle for Human Dignity; The God You Have: Politics, Religion, and the First Commandment
July/August 2014: Book Review Issue (Volume 14 Issue 7)
Faith and Human Rights: Christianity and the Global Struggle for Human Dignity by Richard Amesbury and George M. Newlands and The God You Have: Politics, Religion, and the First Commandment by Patrick D. Miller
We Are Who We Think We Were: Christian History and Christian Ethics (Fortress, 2013)
July/August 2014: Book Review Issue (Volume 14 Issue 7)
Aaron D. Conley. We Are Who We Think We Were: Christian History and Christian Ethics (Minneapolis, Fortress: 2013), 224 pages, $59.00. Emerging Scholars Series
Christian Economic Ethics: History and Implications (Fortress Press, 2013)
July/August 2014: Book Review Issue (Volume 14 Issue 7)
Daniel K. Finn. Christian Economic Ethics: History and Implications. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2013, 412 pages, $49.00.
Ethics Beyond War’s End (Georgetown University Press, 2012)
July/August 2014: Book Review Issue (Volume 14 Issue 7)
Patterson, Eric, (ed), Ethics Beyond War’s End. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2012. Paper, x + 246 pages. $29.95.
Professional Sexual Ethics: A Holistic Ministry Approach (Fortress Press, 2013)
July/August 2014: Book Review Issue (Volume 14 Issue 7)
Professional Sexual Ethics: A Holistic Ministry Approach, Patricia Beattie Jung and Darryl W. Stephens, Editors. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2013. 256 pages, $24.00
Ryan P. Cumming. The African American Challenge to Just War Theory: A Christian Approach (Palgrave MacMillan, 2013)
June 2014: Peace (Volume 14 Issue 6)
Book Review: Ryan P. Cumming. The African American Challenge to Just War Theory: A Christian Approach. New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2013, 235 pages, $65.33