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July/August 2014: Book Review Issue
- Table of Contents
- The Morally Divided Body: Ethical Disagreement and the Disunity of the Church (Cascade Books, 2012)
- Faith and Human Rights: Christianity and the Global Struggle for Human Dignity; The God You Have: Politics, Religion, and the First Commandment
- The Drone Wars and Just War
- We Are Who We Think We Were: Christian History and Christian Ethics (Fortress, 2013)
- Christian Economic Ethics: History and Implications (Fortress Press, 2013)
- Ethics Beyond War’s End (Georgetown University Press, 2012)
- Professional Sexual Ethics: A Holistic Ministry Approach (Fortress Press, 2013)
- Review: Christian Economic Ethics: History and Implications (Fortress Press, 2013)
June 2014: Peace
- Table of Contents
- Editor's Introduction
- Punitive Justice in War: Sounding out the 1995 ELCA Social Statement
- For Peace in God's World
- Ryan P. Cumming. The African American Challenge to Just War Theory: A Christian Approach (Palgrave MacMillan, 2013)
- Sword of the Spirit, Shield of Faith: Religion in American War and Diplomacy. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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May 2014: Guns
- Table of Contents
- Editor's Introduction: Guns
- Gun Violence and Christian Witness
- Keeping and Bearing Arms: Much More Than a Constitutional Right
- To Own a Gun or not to Own a Gun, That is the Question
- The Future of Ethics: Sustainability, Social Justice, and Religious Creativity (Georgetown University Press, 2013)
- Solidarity Ethics: Transformation in a Globalized World (Fortress Press, 2014)
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April 2014: Deliberation
- Table of Contents
- Editor's Introduction: Deliberation
- Community of Moral Deliberation and an Emerging Responsibility Ethic
- Church as Community of Moral Deliberation
- Congregational Moral Deliberation as Next Public Church
- Social Ministry in the Lutheran Tradition (Fortress Press, 2008)
- Christian Social Teachings: A Reader in Christian Social Ethics from the Bible to the Present (Fortress Press, 2013)
January 2014: Economic Equity and Justice
- Table of Contents
- Editor's Introduction: Economic Equity and Justice
- Frugality: Antidote to Prodigality
- Money, Religion and Tyranny: God and the Demonic in Luther’s Antifragile Theology
- Neighbor-love’s Moral Framework: From Markets That Concentrate Wealth to Markets That Serve Abundant Life for All
December 2013: Immigration
- Table of Contents
- Editor's Introduction
- Exploring the Role of Unconscious Bias in the Immigration Debate and the Transformative Power of the Church
- Comprehensive Immigration Reform
- Beyond Hospitality
- Book Review: Volker Küster, A Protestant Theology of Passion: Korean Minjung Theology Revisited
- To Tell or Not to Tell?: Autobiography and its Role in Theology in "Theologians In Their Own Words"
November 2013: Religion and Violence
- Table of Contents
- Editor's Introduction: Religion and Violence
- Christianity and Violence: Coming to Grips with the Bloody Threads in the Garment
- Is Religion the Cause of Violence?
- Demons of Violence: Searching for Theological Responses with Luther
- Review: From Jeremiad to Jihad: Religion, Violence, and America
- Reviews: Blessed Are the Consumers: Climate Change and the Practice of Restraint and Resisting Structural Evil: Love as Ecological-Economic Vocation
October 2013: When Did We See You, Lord?
- Table of Contents
- Editor's Introduction
- When Did We See You, Lord?
- On Stand Your Ground: A Theological and Ethical Reflection
- Excerpts from A Social Statement on “Freed In Christ: Race, Ethnicity And Culture.”
- Review: Empire of Sacrifice: The Religious Origins of American Violence, by Jon Pahl
- Review: The Sacredness of Human Life: Why an Ancient Biblical Vision Is Key to the World's Future, by David P. Gushee.
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