Atheism, Ethics, Gospel of John, New Testament

TAG: So Basic, It’s Often Honestly Misunderstood (or is it due to a desire for autonomy?)”, Ronald W. Di Glacomo (posted 11/26/06).

The Future of Atheism is the theme of the 2007 Greer-Heard Point-Counterpoint Forum scheduled for February 23-24, 2006. Speakers include Alister McGrath, Daniel Dennett and others.

The Case for a Creator will be an event held in Chase Gymnasium at Biola University, December 7, 2006. Speakers include Lee Strobel, JP Moreland, William Lane Craig, Jonathan Wells among others.

Reconciliation Blues: A Black Evangelical’s Inside view of White Christianity. Edward Gilbreath (InterVarsity Press, December 2006; 0-8308-3367-6).

The Promise of Scriptural Reasoning. Eds. David Ford and C.C. Pecknold (Blackwell, December 2006; 1-4051-4630-3).

Doubting: Growing Through the Uncertainties of Faith. Alister McGrath (InterVarsity Press, January 2007; 0-8308-3352-8).

John 1-10 (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture). Joel C. Elowsky (InterVarsity Press, January 2007; 0-8308-1489-2).

Biblical Interpretation: A Journal of Contemporary Approaches, Vol. 14, No. 5 (2006)
“Transcending the Boundary of Death: Ecclesiastes Through a Nabokovian Lens”, Michael Carasik.
“La Cohérence narrative de 2 Rois 3: Une Réponse à Jesús Asurmendi”, André Wénin.
“Narrative Surprise in Biblical Parallels”, Baruch Alster.
“In Go(l)d We Trust: Literary and Economic Currency Exchange in the Debate over Caesar’s Coin (Mark 12:13-17)”, Alan H. Cadwallade.
“Paul and the Introspective Conscience of Martin Luther: The Impact of Luther’s Anfechtungen on His Interpretation of Paul”, Stephen J. Chester.

Biblical Theology Bulletin, Vol. 36, No. 3 (Fall 2006)
“Once Upon a Kingdom”, David M. Bossman.
“Rethinking John’s Social Setting: Hidden Transcript, Anti-Language, and the Negotiation of the Empire”, David Reed.
“Worship in the Fourth Gospel: A Cultural Interpretation of John 14-18 (Part 1)”, Jerome H. Neyrey.
“Performance Criticism: An Emerging Methodology in Second Testament Studies (Part 1)”, David Rhoads.

Churchman, Vol. 120, No. 3 (2006)
“The Passions of the Marian Martyrs: Lessons for the Anglican Communion”, Andrew Atherstone.
“A Conceptual Foundation for using the Mosaic Law in Christian Ethics – Part 2″, Zoe Holloway.
“Forty Years On: An Evangelical Divide Re-visited”, Andrew Grills.
“New World, New Temple, New Worship: the Book of Revelation in the Theology and Practice of Christian Worship – Part 3″, Martyn Cowan.

Novum Testamentum, Vol. 48, No. 3 (2006)
“‘The Lilies of the Field’ Reconsidered: Codex Sinaiticus and the Gospel of Thomas”, Dirk Jongkind.
“Das Weltgericht und die Matthäische Gemeinde”, Joong Suk Suh.
“The Written Torah and the Oral Gospel: Romans 10:5-13 in the Dynamic Tension between Orality and Literacy”, Akio Ito.
“Living in the Shadow of Cain Echoes of a Developing Tradition in James 5:1-6″, John Byron.
“Zur Neuübersetzung des Thomasevangeliums in der Alandschen Synopse”, Paul Schüngel.

Modern Theology, Vol. 22, Is. 4 (October 2006)
“Setting Free The Mother Bird: On Reading A Strange Text”, Rachel Muers.
“Towards a Non-Possessive Concept of Knowledge: On the Relation Between Reason and Love in Aquinas and Balthasar”, David C. Schindler.
“Balthasar and Gnostic Genealogy”, Cyril O’ Regan.
“Scholasticism, Modernism and Modernity”, John Milbank.

Scottish Journal of Theology, Vol. 59, Is. 4 (November 2006)
“Preventing genocide: the role of the church”, Nico Vorster.
“Re-examining the Johannine Trinity: perichoresis or deification?”, David Crump.
“The constructive use of ‘vernacular religion’”, W. Graham Monteith.

The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology, Vol. 10, No. 3 (Fall 2006)
“Learning from John Today”, Stephen J. Wellum.
“Getting Up to Speed: An Essential Introduction to 1 John”, Barry Clyde Joslin.
“The Setting of 2 John and 3 John”, John Polhill.
“Persevering in Christ and Tests of Eternal Life”, A. B. Caneday.
“Sin and Perfection in 1 John”, Colin G. Kruse.
“A Linguistic Overview of 1 John”, Randall K. J. Tan.

New Blackfriars, Vol. 87, Is. 1012 (November 2006)
“Reclaiming Leisure”, Fergus Kerr.
“Self and World”, Stephen Theron.
“Homosexuality, Seen in Relation to Ecumenical Dialogue: What Really Matters to the Catholic Church”, Philippe Bordeyne.
“Saint Catherine of Siena’s Pedagogy of the Cross”, Perry J Cahall.
The Meaning of the Visit of the Magi”, Frank Mobbs.
“What the Problem with Aquinas Isn’t”, Mark T. Nelson.
“Metaphysical Foundations for Natural Law”, Owen Anderson.
“Credible Belief in Fides et Ratio: II The theology-psychology dialogue”, Peter Hampson.
“Recent Thomistica IV”, Fergus Kerr.

Modern Reformation, Vol. 15, Is. 5 (November/December 2006)
“Govern Well or Be Governed? The Christian and the Civil Authorities in Romans 13″, Brian J. Lee.
“Mercy Ministries: Two Perspectives”, Randy Nabors and Bill Smith.
“Creeds and Deeds: How Doctrine Leads to Doxological Living”, Michael Horton.
“Independence Day”, Paul Zahl.

Journal for the Study of the New Testament, Vol. 29, No. 2 (December 2006)
“Psalms and the Baptist”, F. Gerald Downing.
“Paul and Roman Stoicism: Romans 12 and Contemporary Stoic Ethics”, Runar M. Thorsteinsson.
“Paul’s Stoicizing Politics in Romans 12-13: The Role of 13.1-10 in the Argument”, Troels Engberg-Pedersen.
“‘The Offering of the Gentiles’ in Romans 15.16″, David J. Downs.
“‘Being Saved without Honor’: A Conceptual Link between 1 Corinthians 3 and 1 Enoch 50?”, Ronald Herms.
“The ‘Gospel’ and the ‘Word’: Exploring Some Early Christian Patterns”, Michael W. Pahl.

Studies in Christian Ethics, Vol. 19, No. 3 (December 2006)
“Truth, Knowledge and Communication: Thomas Aquinas on the Mystery of Teaching”, Vivian Boland.
“Moral Theology on Earth: Learning from Two Thomases”, Romanus Cessario.
“Sacramental Characters”, Mark D. Jordan.
“The Way of Aquinas: Its Importance for Moral Theology”, D. Stephen Long.
“Nature as Reason: A Thomistic Theory of the Natural Law”, Martin Rhonheimer.
“A Response to Martin Rhonheimer”, Jean Porter.
“Reply to Jean Porter”, Martin Rhonheimer.
“The Infallibility, Impeccability and Indestructibility of Synderesis”, Luc-Thomas Somme.

Pneuma, Vol. 28, No. 2 (2006)
“My Chance Meeting with Heinrich Ott”, Frank D. Macchia.
“Reflective Speech: Glossolalia and the Image of God”, Blaine Charette.
“Redeemed or Destroyed: Re-evaluating the Social Dimensions of Bodily Destiny in the Thought of Charles Parham”, Leslie D. Callahan.
“Re-envisioning the Pentecostal Understanding of the Eucharist: An Ecumenical Proposal”, Wesley Scott Biddy.
“‘March Forward to Hope’: Yonggi Cho’s Pentecostal Theology of Hope”, Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen.
“A Final Round with Larry Wood”, Donald W. Dayton.
“Pentecostal History from Below Should be Fair to Missionaries Also”, Joseph L. Castleberry.
“Grasping the Global Reality: A Review of Allan Anderson’s An Introduction to Pentecostalism“, David D. Daniels.
“When is a Pentecostal a Pentecostal? The Global Perspective of Allan Anderson”, Michael Wilkinson.
“The Hazards of Writing a Book on Global Pentecostalism”, Allan Anderson.
“Pentecostalism and the Possibility of Global Theology: Implications of the Theology of Amos Yong”, Wolfgang Vondey.
“Performing Global Pentecostal Theology: A Response to Wolfgang Vondey”, Amos Yong.
“David Coffey’s ‘Did You Receive the Holy Spirit When You Believed?‘ A Review Essay”, Donald L. Gelpi.

Political Theology, Vol. 7, No. 4 (October 2006)
“Pride, Sensuality and Han: Revisiting Sin from the Underside”, Susan L. Nelson.
“Reinhold Niebuhr: Public and Private”, Marion Pauck.
“Tomas Garrigue Masaryk (1850-1937): European Politician and Christian Philosopher”, Ian M. Randall.
“Now More than Ever: Terrorism, Asymmetric Warfare, and the Just War Tradition”, Douglas McCready.
“Five Rules for Teaching Social Justice”, Joe Pettit.
“Two Reformers: Martin Luther and Mary Daly as Political Theologians?”, Caryn D. Riswold.
“Wise as Serpents?: Can Christian Organizations Make a Claim for “Secular” Funding without Losing their Integrity?”, Nigel W. Oakley.

Anvil, Vol. 23, No. 3 (2006)
“Being a Christian in the North East”, Liz Hoare.
“Charismatic Christianity and the appeal of Celtic Pneumatology”, Nigel Scotland.
“Myths of Celtic Christianity”, Gavin Wakefield.
“Thomas Cranmer’s Theology of the Heart”, Ashley Null.

Journal of Early Christian Studies, Vol. 14, No. 3 (Fall 2006)
“Clement of Alexandria and Early Christian Music”, Charles H. Cosgrove.
“Rhetoric of Martyrs: Listening to Saints Perpetua and Felicitas”, Erin Ronsse.
“Towards a Miraculous Economy: Christian Gifts and Material “Blessings” in Late Antiquity”, Daniel Caner.

Journal of Contemporary Religion, Vol. 21, No. 3 (October 2006)
“Migrant Religiousness and Social Incorporation: Tamil Hindus from Sri Lanka in Germany”, Martin Baumann and Kurt Salentin.
“Secularisation, Wales, and Islam “, Paul Chambers.
“Locating Contemporary British Paganism as Late Modern Culture”, Tom Hope and Ieuan Jones.
“Silence, Charisma and Power: The Case of John de Ruiter”, Paul Joosse.
“The Living Words of the Living Master: Sants, Sikhs, Sachkhand Nanak Dham and the Academy”, Louisa Cox and Catherine Robinson.
“Pluralism and Voluntarism in the English Religious Economy”, Rob Warner.

Ecotheology: The Journal of Religion, Nature and the Environment, Vol. 11, No. 3 (September 2006)
“Globalization and Sustainability: A Humanist Agenda”, Nina Witoszek.
“Environmental Justice: Some Starting Points for Discussion from a Perspective of Ecological Economics”, Hans Diefenbacher.
“Environmental Justice and the Economy: A Christian Theologian’s View”, Celia Deane-Drummond.
“The Gender of Generations: Future Generations and the Social Maternal”, Rachel Muers.
“Atmospheres of Synergy: Towards an Eco-Theological Aesth/Ethics of Space”, Sigurd Bergmann.
“Environmental Philosophy in Christianity and Buddhism: Meeting Places for a Dialogue”, Anders Melin.

Conversations in Religion and Theology, Vol. 4, No. 2 (November 2006)
“Limits to Conversation”, Ian Markham.
“Jacob’s Wound: Homoerotic Narrative in the Literature of Ancient Israel – Theodore W. Jennings”, Richard Coggins.
“Servant Leadership: Jesus and Paul – Efrain Agosto”, James W. Thompson.
“Theology in the Public Square: Church Academy and Nation – Gavin D’Costa”, Ian S. Markham.
“Hellfire Nation: The Politics of Sin in American History – James Morone”, Stephen H. Webb.
“Easing the Gravity Field: poems of science and love Beyond the Bitter Wind: Poems 1982-2000 – Christopher Southgate”, John Arthur Nunes.
“Zen Buddhism: Beliefs and Practices – Merv Fowler”, Jane Compson.
“Godless Moralists and Faithful Philosophers: Theism, Atheism, and the Objectivity of Ethics”, Maria Antonaccio.
“Bound by the Bible: Jews, Christians and the Sacrifice of Isaac – Edward Kessler”, Rabbi Stephen Fuchs.
“Living within the Ring of Fire (Diary of a Gay Man in America)”, Craig M. Nowak.

Numen, Vol. 53, No. 3 (2006)
“Triumphator and Ancestor Rituals Between Symbolic Anthropology and Magic”, Jörg Rüpke.
“Red (Herring?) Comments on a New Theory Concerning the Origin of the Triumph”, H.S. Versnel.
“Notes on Pompeian Domestic Cults”, Michael Lipka.
“Interested Companionship”, Christoph Uehlinger.

Method & Theory in the Study of Religion, Vol. 18, No. 4 (2006)
“Culture: What Does One Do with it Now?”, Catherine Bell.
“The So-Called Cognitive Optimum and the Cost of Religious Concepts”, Gregory D. Alles.
“How Does the Cognitive Science of Religion Stack Up as a Big Theory, à La Hume?”, Theodore Vial.
“To Perform, or Not to Perform? A Theory of Ritual Performance Versus Cognitive Theories of Religious Transmission”, Robert A. Yelle.
“Bruce Lincoln’s “Theses on Method”: Antitheses”, Tim Fitzgerald.
“Considering the Rationality of Ritual Behavior”, D. Jason Slone and Joel Mort.