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Review: Power and Purpose: Paul Ramsey and Contemporary Christian Political Theology (Eerdmans, 2015)

June 2015: Surrogacy (Volume 15 Issue 6)

Hollowell, Adam Edward. Power and Purpose: Paul Ramsey and Contemporary Christian Political Theology. Grand Rapids, M.I.: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2015. x + 230pp. $28.00.

Dialectical Theology and Jacques Ellul: An Introductory Exposition (Fortress Press, 2014)

June 2015: Surrogacy (Volume 15 Issue 6)

Clint Schnekloth

Dialectical Theology and Jacques Ellul: An Introductory Exposition. Jacob E. Van Vleet. Fortress Press, 2014.

Diasporic Feminist Theology: Asia and Theopolitical Imagination (Fortress, 2014)

May 2015: End-of-Life Ethics II: European and American Perspectives (Volume 15 Issue 5)

James M. Childs

Namsoon Kang, Diasporic Feminist Theology: Asia and Theopolitical Imagination. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2014, 378 pages, $39.00.

Review: Is God Still at the Bedside? The Medical, Ethical, and Pastoral Issues of Death and Dying (Eerdmans, 2011)

April 2015: End-of-Life Ethics (Volume 15 Issue 4)

Alyson Isaksson Capp

Evans, Abigail Rian. Is God Still at the Bedside? The Medical, Ethical, and Pastoral Issues of Death and Dying. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2011. Pp. ix + 484. $22.23.

Beyond Apathy: A Theology for Bystanders (Fortress Press, 2015)

March 2015: Dark Night of the Soul (Volume 15 Issue 3)

Donald G. Luck

Vasko, Elisabeth T. Beyond Apathy: A Theology for Bystanders. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2015, 192 pages, $29.00

Restored to Earth: Christianity, Environmental Ethics, and Ecological Restoration (Georgetown University Press, 2013)

February 2015: Environmental Ethics (Volume 15 Issue 2)

Laura M. Hartman

Van Wieren, Gretel. Restored to Earth: Christianity, Environmental Ethics, and Ecological Restoration. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2013, 208 pages, paperback, $29.95.

The Ethics of Death: Religious and Philosophical Perspectives in Dialogue (Fortress Press, 2014)

December 2014: Third Use of the Law (Volume 14 Issue 11)

Paul T. Jersild

Lloyd Steffen and Dennis R. Cooley. The Ethics of Death: Religious and Philosophical Perspectives in Dialogue. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2014, 325pp.