Revising his 2003 Ph.D. dissertation for the University of Pennsylvania, Harding (religious studies, U. of Lethbridge, Alberta) looks at the politics infusing the Parliament, by focusing on the activi
Starkey (theology and religious studies, College of St. Scholastica, Duluth, MN) considers the effects of child abuse on the victim within the context of Christian, especially Catholic, concepts of sh
In his 1981 encyclical Laborem Exercens John Paul II claimed that human work is the key to the social question. Savage (theology, U. of St. Thomas, Minnesota) investigates that assertion, which she ch
Canon (theology, Episcopal School for Ministry, Missouri) argues that contemporary German theologian Kasper, consciously working within the Catholic Tubingen School that began in the 19th century, has
The Principle of Subsidiarity in Catholic Social Thought: Implications for Social Justice and Civil Society in Nigeria provides a theoretical and practical framework for a just vision of society. It f
A lesbian minister in The United Church of Canada reviews feminist theological methodology sensitive to marginalization issues within church and society, in the context of her Protestant church's cont
In the past, one influential branch of interpretation claimed that the evolution of Kant's thought suffered a radical change which occurred during the year of the "great light." A careful analysis of
The Pauline antithesis of the letter and the spirit has been widely adopted by the church. But until now there has been no historical study of this concept. This book, in tracing the interpretation of
Chlewinski (cognitive psychology, Catholic U. of Lublin, Poland) addresses readers of any religion or worldview who grapple with such issues as a sense of life, the creative acceptance of life, good a
Argues that despite conventional modern views, the tribe of Benjamin exercised substantial cultic and political influence in early Israel. Emphasizing the Iron I and II periods, 1200-586 BCE, analyzes
Nyengele (pastoral care and counseling, Methodist Theological School in Ohio), "using critically the relationally transformative concepts and methods of family systems theory," examines gender relatio
Kim (Chonnam National U., South Korea) translates Hong's (1643-1725) collection of 38 stories about Korean mountain wizards, Taoist hermits with supernatural powers, divine Taoists, and divine beings.
In this revised version of the doctoral dissertation he submitted to the Goethe University of Frankfurt (no date cited), Bontas follows Jewish theologian and philosopher Rosenzweig's (1886-1929) own g
In this 2008 PhD dissertation in systematic theology at the Australian Catholic University, Mulcahy examines Thomas Aquinas' (1225-74) notion of pure nature and the opposing idea of Catholic integrali
Whapham (theology and ministry, St. Thomas U.) analyzes and evaluates Pannenberg's contribution to the current debate over the best translation of the Greek term hypostasis, which the Greek fathers us
During the 1990s, a social history of the century of Baha'i in Canada was written, and Echevarria (women's and gender studies, Yukon College, Canada) augments it with a sociological account of women's
Kin-Cragg (pastoral theology, St. Andrew's College, Saskatoon, Canada) argues that the interplay between Christian worship and education is characterized by playfulness, connection, and movement. Her
