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June 2015: Surrogacy
- Table of Contents
- Editor's Introduction: Surrogacy
- Surrogate Mothers in India -- Are they empowered or exploited? A discussion from a feminist perspective
- Review: Power and Purpose: Paul Ramsey and Contemporary Christian Political Theology (Eerdmans, 2015)
- Dialectical Theology and Jacques Ellul: An Introductory Exposition (Fortress Press, 2014)
May 2015: End-of-Life Ethics II: European and American Perspectives
- Table of Contents
- Editor's Introduction: Dying Well - What Have Churches Said?
- European Protestant churches reflect on end-of-life issues
- Disruptive Christian Ethics: When Racism and Women’s Lives Matter (WJK Press, 2006)
- Commending Life's End to God: The ELCA Message on “End-of-Life Decisions” After Two Decades
- Diasporic Feminist Theology: Asia and Theopolitical Imagination (Fortress, 2014)
April 2015: End-of-Life Ethics
- Table of Contents
- Editor's Introduction: Doubt in the Pulpit: Resources for the Dark Night of the Soul
- Editor's Introduction: What does it mean to die well?
- End-of-Life Ethics: An Ecological Approach
- Luther, Linck, and Later Lutherans on Pastoral Care to the Sick and Dying
- Review: Is God Still at the Bedside? The Medical, Ethical, and Pastoral Issues of Death and Dying (Eerdmans, 2011)
- Review: Religious and Secular Medical Ethics: Points of Conflict (Georgetown University Press 2012)
March 2015: Dark Night of the Soul
- Table of Contents
- Welcome Rev. Dr. Santos
- The Despair of the Called
- The Absence of God as Opportunity for Personal and Social Transformation
- Beyond Apathy: A Theology for Bystanders (Fortress Press, 2015)
- By the Rivers of Babylon: Blueprint for a Church in Exile (Fortress Press, 2013)
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February 2015: Environmental Ethics
- Table of Contents
- Editor's Introduction: Environmental Ethics
- Ecological Restoration and Scenes of Grace
- From “Church Property” to “Earth-Community”: Ethical Actions for Restoring Land
- Restored to Earth: Christianity, Environmental Ethics, and Ecological Restoration (Georgetown University Press, 2013)
- The Eloquence of Grace: Joseph Sittler and the Preaching Life (Cascade, 2012)
January 2015: Globalization and Theological Education
- Table of Contents
- Editor's Introduction: Globalization and Theological Education
- Theological Education in an Era of Globalization: Some Critical Issues
- Glocal Theological Education Issues and Concerns From One Person’s Point of View
- Liberating Lutheran Theology: Freedom for Justice and Solidarity with Others in a Global Context (Fortress Press, 2011)
November 2014: Poverty
- Table of Contents
- Editor's Introduction: Poverty
- Spirituality, Religion, and the Millennial Generation of Nones
- Millennials: Getting Beyond Selfies, @, and #
- Mediating Faith: Faith Formation in a Trans-Media Era (Fortress Press, 2014)
- “Poor People” as Other: Changing the Subject to “our” Challenges of and Living with Poverty
- A Black Lutheran Perspective on Poverty and Plenty
- By Bread Alone: The Bible through the Eyes of the Hungry (Fortress Press, 2014)
- Rupturing Eschatology: Divine Glory and the Silence of the Cross (Fortress Press, 2014)
- Timeless Duties towards the Hungry Poor
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September 2014
- Table of Contents
- Editor's Introduction
- Against Virtue Ethics
- Wielding the Word: Martin Luther on Temporal Authority
- Review: Joel D. Biermann. A Case for Character: Toward a Lutheran Virtue Ethics. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2014, 192 pages, $29.00.
- Review: Joel Green, Editor. The New Testament and Ethics: A Book by Book Survey. Ada, MI: Baker Academic, 2013, paperback, 176 pages, $19.99.