Volume 22, Issue 1, February 2009
This issue provides informed theological reflection on two contemporary disputed questions – a national covenant "after Sorry" and the contradictions in modern capitalism – as well as related essays on suffering, forgiveness, and the place of human being in creation.
Articles
After Sorry: Towards a New Covenant of Solidarity and Embrace
Peter Lewis, pp.1-19
Human and Animal Relations in the Theology of Karl Barth
Adam McIntosh, pp.20-35
Should Christians Forgive Always; Does God Always Forgive?
Zenon Szablowinski, pp.36-52
Capital, Culture and Contradictions: Contemporary Christian Economic Ethics
Ibrahim Abraham, pp.53-74
Sexual Vulnerability and a Spirituality of Suffering: Explorations in the Writing of Etty Hillesum
Richard R. Gaillardetz, pp.75-89
Review Article: Warren Carter, John and Empire: Initial Explorations
Francis J. Moloney, pp.90-95
Review Article: Kenneth E. Bailey, Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes: Cultural Studies in the Gospels
Deborah Storie, pp.96-109
Book Reviews
The One Who Is to Come
Joseph A. Fitzmyer
Brendan Byrne pp.110-114
Salvation is from the Jews: Saving Grace in Judaism and Messianic Hope in Christianity
Aaron Milavec
Barbara Allen pp.114-116
Suffering and Salvation: The Salvific Meaning of Suffering in the Later Theology of Edward Schillebeeckx
Aloysius Rego
Norman Young pp.116-119
Holding Men: Kanyirninpa and the health of Aboriginal men
Brian F. McCoy
John Hilary Martin pp.119-121
Exploring Ecological Hermeneutics
Norman C. Habel and Peter Trudinger (eds.)
David G. Horrell pp.21-123
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Contributors
PETER LEWIS is the former National Director for Covenanting for the Uniting Church in Australia. He is Chairperson and founding member of Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation in Victoria (ANTaR-Vic), and is currently employed at the Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency (VACCA) as Policy, Research and Communications Manager. The article in this issue is based on research awarded a Doctorate of Theology (MCD) in 2007.
ADAM MCINTOSH is currently minister of the South Ballarat Uniting Church. In 2007 he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Theology from the Melbourne College of Divinity for a dissertation entitled The Doctrine of Appropriation as an Interpretative Framework for Karl Barth’s Ecclesiology of the Church Dogmatic. His on-going research interests include Karl Barth studies, ecclesiology, and ethics.
ZENON SZABLOWINSKI SVD, since graduating as Doctor of Theology (MCD) in 2005, has taught ethics at the Divine Word University, Madang and moral theology at the Catholic Theological Institute, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. His specific research interest lies in the area of religious and secular forgiveness and reconciliation, both on the individual and the social level.
IBRAHIM ABRAHAM is an Honorary Research Associate in Monash University’s Centre for Studies in Religion and Theology and a PhD student at the University of Bristol. He has published articles in journals that include The Australian Religion Studies Review, The Bible and Critical Theory and The Journal of Business Ethics.
RICHARD R. GAILLARDETZ is the Thomas and Margaret Murray and James J. Bacik Professor of Catholic Studies at the University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio. He received his PhD from the University of Notre Dame in systematic theology (1991). His research interests lie in the areas of ecclesiology, spirituality and pastoral theology. His most recent book is Ecclesiology for a Global Church: A People Called and Sent (Orbis: 2008).
ADAM MCINTOSH is currently minister of the South Ballarat Uniting Church. In 2007 he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Theology from the Melbourne College of Divinity for a dissertation entitled The Doctrine of Appropriation as an Interpretative Framework for Karl Barth’s Ecclesiology of the Church Dogmatic. His on-going research interests include Karl Barth studies, ecclesiology, and ethics.
ZENON SZABLOWINSKI SVD, since graduating as Doctor of Theology (MCD) in 2005, has taught ethics at the Divine Word University, Madang and moral theology at the Catholic Theological Institute, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. His specific research interest lies in the area of religious and secular forgiveness and reconciliation, both on the individual and the social level.
IBRAHIM ABRAHAM is an Honorary Research Associate in Monash University’s Centre for Studies in Religion and Theology and a PhD student at the University of Bristol. He has published articles in journals that include The Australian Religion Studies Review, The Bible and Critical Theory and The Journal of Business Ethics.
RICHARD R. GAILLARDETZ is the Thomas and Margaret Murray and James J. Bacik Professor of Catholic Studies at the University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio. He received his PhD from the University of Notre Dame in systematic theology (1991). His research interests lie in the areas of ecclesiology, spirituality and pastoral theology. His most recent book is Ecclesiology for a Global Church: A People Called and Sent (Orbis: 2008).
