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Volume 2 (2016)

Issue 1


Editorial
Let Dividing Walls Finally Be Torn Down:
In Praise of Ambivalence      

Henry S. Kuo

2015 Distinguished Faculty Lecture, Graduate Theological Union
A Terrible Beauty:  Reimagining Human Rights   

William O’Neill, SJ

2016 Reading of the Sacred Texts Lecture, Graduate Theological Union
The Technologies of Transformation:
Sacred Texts and the Divine Feminine

Rita D. Sherma

2016 Surjit Singh Lecture in Comparative Religious Thought, Graduate Theological Union
Toward A More Perfect Union: The Contribution of Judith
Berling to Religious Pluralism in Theological Education

Philip L. Wickeri

Articles:
Augustine’s Rhetoric of an Inner Self:
A Converted Narcissus, Memory, and Nostalgia for the Sublime
  

Shin Young Park

Philosophy as Arbiter:
A Proposed Model in the Science – Theology Relationship
   

Brent Lyons

“God Was With The Child”:
A Childist Hermeneutic for the Interpretation of Scripture
     

Wesley W. Ellis

“It’s Somewhere Near the Back”:  Or, The Simpsons
as Model Postmodern Biblical Interpreter

Jessica L. Tinklenberg

Book Reviews:
Jesus: Uncovering the Life, Teachings, and Relevance
of a Religious Revolutionary,  Marcus J. Borg

Justin Staller

Baby, You Are My Religion: Women, Gay Bars,
and Theology Before Stonewall, Marie Cartier

Therese Bjørnaas

The Bible Doesn’t Say That: 40 Biblical Mistranslations,
Misconceptions, and Other Misunderstandings, Joel Hoffman
 

Jonathan Homrighausen

Vanity Karma: Ecclesiastes, the Bhagavad-gita,
and the Meaning of Life, Jayadvaita Swami

Daniel Moceri


Issue 2

“Religion, Spirituality, and Theology Across Cultures”

Special Issue in Honor of
Judith A. Berling and Arthur G. Holder

Foreword
Delight and Responsibility 

Margaret R.  Miles

Editorial
On Judith Berling and Arthur Holder

Henry Kuo

Articles
Out of the Box: Pedagogies of Outdoor Christian Spirituality

Lisa E. Dahill

Scaling the Heights of Peace and Justice: Simeon the Stylite,
Julia Butterfly Hill, and the Sacred Quest for the Well-Being of All  

Ken Butigan

The Jesus Mysticism of Teresa of Avila: Its Importance
for Theology and Contemporary Spirituality

Sandra Schneiders, IHM

A Neglected Classic of Franciscan Spirituality:
The Book of Conformities of Bartholomew of Pisa

William J. Short, OFM

Religious/Cultural Ethics as Living Traditions:
Gender Equality in Catholic and Confucian Traditions

Mary Mee-Yin Yuen

What I Learned from Christian Spirituality
about Interreligious Studies

Jennifer Howe Peace

Afterword
Becoming More of the Same, For Which We Cheer 

Riess W. Potterveld