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Re-Reading Resurrection
Authors: D'Angelo Mary Rose
Published: March 2013

The word resurrection and its explanation remain as much an object of debate for Christians at the turn of the twenty-first century as they were for Mark's disciples. In recent years, many theologians and scholars have produced fruitful and significant interpretations of the early Christian testimonies to Jesus' resurrection. John Dominic Crossan, Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza and Roger Haight have all broached the topic in ways that have stirred debate and reassessment. Their work has inspired some of the questions that guide this feminist re-reading of the early Christian texts that undergird Christian confessions about the fate of Jesus and humanity. What I have learned from Ellen Leonard about Christology and about experience as a source of theology have been a primary source for the reflections I offer here. Our ongoing conversation has been the most important matrix of this article, as for much else.
Letters to Demetrias: A Sidebar in the Pelegian Controversy Helenae, amicae meae
Authors: McWilliam Joanne
Published: March 2013

In 412 an event occurred which Jerome described as lessening "the calamity of the fall of Rome," an event on account of which "every church in Africa danced for joy, every island between Africa and Italy was full of glad tidings, [and] Italy put off her mourning. " The occasion for this extravagant jubilation was not the reconquest of Italy, not a military victory of any kind, but a decision a fourteen-year-old girl had taken to live a life of celibacy. Such a choice was far from uncommon among late fourth- and fifth-century Christians, and possibly made more attractive at this time by the turbulent conditions in Europe and North Africa. Why, then, the exuberant language? And why are not only Jerome's letter, but those of Augustine and Pelagius, still of interest today?
The Challenge of Violence: Toward a Theology of Women's Bodies
Authors: Dalton Anne Marie
Published: March 2013

This article deals with the bodies of women and with gender. While some of my comments also apply to men's bodies (especially those from oppressed groups), and to violence in general, my assumption is that all bodies are gendered and that certain kinds of violence are also gendered. The violence implied in some of the snapshot accounts above is of this kind: gendered violence. It is enculturated and systemic violence directed against women simply because they are female bodies. Since others have enumerated the horrors of this kind of violence, it is not necessary to do so any further here.4 What I am concerned with is the role of the Christian tradition, not only in the past but also more importantly in the future, in addressing violence against the body, particularly female bodies. How we read the past has a lot to do with what we will create in the future. My contention is that both a more nuanced understanding of what constitutes "the body" and a more careful reading of some aspects of the Christian tradition can produce a foundation for a reconstructed theology of the body. It could be argued that since women were especially associated with the body in the body / soul dualism throughout the Christian West, the recovery of a theology of women's bodies is the critical starting point for any theology of the body.
Mysticism and the Spiritual Life: Reflections on Karl Rahner's View of Mysticism
Authors: Stoeber Michael
Published: March 2013

[…]mysticism is quite different from religious experiences in ordinary faith, where the relationship with the Divine is mediated through normal categories of experience given in a person's culture and history. This difference raises the question of the relationship of mysticism to ordinary religious experiences. What is the role and status of mystical experience in the spiritual life? What, if anything, does the mystic teach us about spiritual reality and the spiritual ideal? What are the appropriate terms of a theology of mystical experience?

I will begin to explore these questions by comparing Rahner's view of mystical experiences with what he calls ordinary "experiences of the spirit" or "everyday mysticism." I will then outline the transpersonal theory of Michael Washburn, in briefly exploring a question Rahner poses regarding the possible relevance of a psychology of mystical transformation in the development of a Christian theology of mystical experience. Finally, I will conclude with some qualifying reflections about mysticism that I believe to be pertinent to the development of a contemporary theology of mystical experience.
Where to Lay Their Heads? Gender, Anthropology and New Testament Interpretation
Authors: Gordon J. Dorcas
Published: March 2013

Within the field of New Testament studies, which is my academic home, the title suggested for this Festschrift provides a rich opportunity for reflection. The historical critical method, the touchstone of biblical interpretation, has been under scrutiny for the past thirty years and a number of approaches and methods have been vying for centre stage within the discipline. It is a fact that the field of biblical studies at the present moment has nowhere to lay its head, and is on a sojourn full of challenges that are changing dramatically the way in which biblical criticism is conceptualized and practised.
Sermon on Matthew 25:1-12
Authors: Jüngel Eberhard
Published: March 2013

Brothers and sisters in Christ! On this Reformation day, we celebrate the rediscovery of the gospel-the gospel without which the world was full of death and darkness, according to the judgment of Martin Luther. The gospel brings light into the world, into our world so manifestly marked by death. This light is a light which gives life, a light which illumines, a light which warms.
Beatitude in the Structure of Aquinas' Summa: Is Ia 26 a Stray Question?
Authors: Laporte Jean-Marc
Published: March 2013

Aquinas is extremely careful in a series of prologues interspersed throughout his Summa Theologiae to announce step by step what he is going to do. He offers broad overviews as well as detailed introductions, or prologues, showing the precise function of each of the over 510 questions (divided into some 3500 articles) it comprises. Thus it is easy to construct a chart outlining this massive work with main headings (Parts), subheadings, all the way to individual questions and even articles. However, one question, Question 26 of the First Part (Ia 26), apparently escaped his planning and is not included in any of his introductions. Its topic is the divine beatitude. It is divided into four articles, and is inserted at the end of his treatise on the divine essence, just before he begins the treatise on the distinctions of Persons (as announced in Ia 2 1 prol.). In his consideration of the One God, Aquinas begins with the divine substance and then passes to God's operation, and the headings of the latter consideration are God's knowledge, God's will, and God's power (as announced in Ia 14 1 prol.). One would expect from Ia 2 1 prol. that after the treatment of God's power, Aquinas would have moved directly to his treatment of the Trinity. Instead he inserts the unannounced question on God's beatitude, announces in its prologue that it follows the consideration of those things which pertain to the divine unity, but then closes it with the following words: "We have now spoken enough concerning what pertains to the unity of the divine essence" (Ia 26 4 ad 2). Not only is the question unannounced, but whether it is to be included in the treatise on the divine essence is unclear. Why is this topic important enough for Aquinas to awkwardly insert it here, seemingly beyond his original intention? What role does the theme of beatitude play in the unfolding of the Summa?
Toward a Sacramental Theology for an Ecological Age
Authors: McDougall Dorothy
Published: March 2013

The dimensions of the ecological crisis are global, both in geographical and physiological terms. Every comer of the world and every life structure is affected by ecological decline, much of which is a direct result of human activity. Many scholars propose that an anthropocentric bias which undergirds human activity and decision making is one of the main causes of the ecological crisis. But anthropocentrism did not arise out of a vacuum. The influence of post-Enlightenment thought and philosophy with its concentration on the human subject, coupled with developments in the human and natural sciences, marked a dramatic cultural shift by uncoupling humanity from its connection to and roots in nature. One of the negative results of this shift was an unrestrained exploitation of the natural world. Such a human-centred worldview is no longer defensible in today's context. I suggest that this imbalance in the study and practice of sacramental theology must be redressed. There are a number of reasons for this.
Jesus as Messiah in Galatians and Romans: A Response to John Gager's Reinventing Paul
Authors: Wang Lisa
Published: March 2013

John Gager's recent book, Reinventing Paul, represents a major contribution to what is often referred to as the "new perspective" on Paul. The scholars associated with this important and influential school of thought in Pauline studies, though they may disagree widely on a variety of points, all argue for an understanding of Paul which critiques traditional and long-standing assumptions about his anti-Judaism. The main focus of much of their work, as of Gager's, is Paul's attitude toward Judaic Law and the Jewish people. Gager provides an extremely accessible and thorough critical overview of recent scholarship on these issues as the prolegomena to his own arguments, particularly with reference to Paul's letters to the Galatians and to the Romans.
Women in the Church: A Theological Reflection
Authors: Haight Roger
Published: March 2013

The reflections presented here concern women in the church; they deal with what is often referred to as the 'women's issue'. But the women's issue is not exclusively theirs at all. St Paul's view of the Christian community allowed him to see that when one member of the body suffered the whole church moaned. 'If one member suffers, all suffer together' (I Cor 12:26). This kind of insight into the solidarity of Christians, indeed of human beings, allows me to address the problem of the official status of women in the church from the particular point of view of the Roman Catholic Church in a journal that is ecumenical by design. The theological reasoning proposed here points towards a change in the discipline that governs ministry in the Roman Church, a change that has already occurred in some other Christian churches. But the discussion of women in the church still concerns general Christian consciousness. Reforms in the particular churches are uneven and really only the beginning in the process of reshaping common Christian attitudes. In any case I intend no sectarian argument in these reflections; I seek rather to appeal to the basic truths of the great Christian tradition. I hope that because of Christian solidarity these reflections will reach out beyond the Roman Catholic Church and that the whole church will continue to carry this discussion forward.
Insights on Ministry: Irenaeus
Authors: Donovan Mary Ann
Published: March 2013

'Ministry' reflects the New Testament understanding of diakonia as the service disciples render for the upbuilding of the church. It is thus a broad concept which includes but is not limited to the services properly rendered by the ordained. The church itself is the faith community that offers access to the salvation brought by Jesus. This being so, theological insight into the nature of ministry is controlled by the view one has of soteriology. Soteriology in turn shapes and is shaped by anthropology. How one views the nature of those to be saved affects how one thinks of the saviour and the saving act.
Patience in Mission: The Influence of Carl F. Starkloff
Authors: Duggan John
Published: March 2013

The theological reflection of a pastorally engaged theologian puts into proper perspective the theological debates between priorities given to either Gospel or Culture, or in another theological key, between deductive and inductive theological approaches. Professor Emeritus, Carl F. Starkloff, S.J., of Regis College of the Toronto School of Theology, models the joining of the pastoral and academic in his theological work. His writing and teaching were given direction by a significant pastoral issue and, at the same time, over his career he has attended carefully to the thought of major figures within the academic disciplines. While working as a recently ordained Catholic priest and pastor on a reservation in the United States, he experienced directly the pain that the attitudes of some Catholic missionaries caused among native people. He discovered that native people were deeply troubled by the lack of appreciation given their traditional ways and spiritual practices. This moved Starkloff to make what became a life-long commitment.
Lonergan on Evangelization
Authors: Dadosky John
Published: March 2013

In this paper I present Lonergan's most explicit unpublished statements concerning evangelization. They occurred in the context of his responses to the pre-Synodal pamphlet "Evangelization in the Modern World." While the latter is too lengthy to reproduce, I summarize its main points and then insert Lonergan's verbatim responses to specific points in the pamphlet. The first part will summarize the pre-Synodal pamphlet; the second part will give Lonergan's verbatim responses to the document, heretofore unpublished.
Christ from an African Perspective: The Perspective of Eboussi Boulaga
Authors: Goussikindey Eugène
Published: March 2013

In contemporary world-experience, Jesus Christ has many and apparently irreconcilable faces. Fascinating and altogether challenging for the task of inculturation is the fact that each portrait or understanding betrays a historical context the predominant features of which could be the local culture, the socio-economic situation or the political situation. Moreover, each portrait or understanding bears the imprint of the intellectual imagination of a particular scholar. This is the case with Eboussi Boulaga's attempt to propose an African perspective on Christ. Rather than joining the mainstream of research in exploring the "historical Jesus" versus the "Christ of faith," or the "liberation" trends in Christology, or the "inculturation" as unfolding insights from the local culture, Eboussi combines the main thrust of these perspectives to produce an understanding of Jesus Christ which is both fascinating and disturbing.
“Far More Complicated Than That”: The Encounter Between the Jesuits and the Anishinabek of Holy Cross Mission, Manitoulin Island, 1844-1852
Authors: Winkler Daryold Corbiere
Published: March 2013

I am grateful to contribute to this issue, which honours the work and scholarship of Carl Starkloff, S.J. I first met Carl in 1992 when I was a seminarian in the Congregation of St. Basil (Basilian Fathers) studying at the Toronto School of Theology (TST). Being of Anishinabe ancestry, and a member of M'Chigeeng First Nation on Manitoulin Island, I wanted to complement my own theological formation at TST by participating in the monthly sessions held at the Anishinabe Spiritual Centre. At that time, Carl was a part of a team of several Jesuits and Sisters of St. Joseph who were facilitating the scriptural, theological and pastoral training of Native men and women on and around Manitoulin Island for ordained ministry and Christian leadership. I was greatly encouraged by what I witnessed during the Native Ministry sessions. Using methods that facilitated a shared reflection on Anishinabe culture and Christian faith, a rich and unique contextual theology was emerging among the Anishinabe Christians of Manitoulin Island and its environs. As a professional guide, teacher and facilitator at the Anishinabe Spiritual Centre, Carl has played an important role in the development of the emerging Anishinabe contextual theology. This modest contribution to his festschrift hopes to serve as a grateful acknowledgement of Carl's two-decade commitment to the encouragement and support of an Anishinabe Christian leadership and serving as a professional resource in the development of an Anishinabe grass roots theology.
Action and the New Evangelization: The Youthful Humanism of John Paul II
Authors: D'Souza, CSB Mario
Published: March 2013

The theme of action was central to the papacy of John Paul II and formed the basis of his philosophical and anthropological work The Acting Person. John Paul II, Karol Wojtyla, was born in 1920 and, as a young man, experienced the dark days of the Second World War and the subsequent atrocities of the Stalinist and Communist regimes. This historical context set the scene for his interpretation and analysis of how human persons manifest themselves through their actions, and how persons either diminish or grow through their actions, a theme reiterated in Toronto during World Youth Day 2002. After being ordained priest in 1946, Karol Wojtyla did doctoral work, focusing on Aquinas and John of the Cross, as well as Martin Buber, Gabriel Marcel and Max Scheler. He intended to reconcile these various philosophical positions with that of Aquinas. In his second doctoral thesis (the first was entitled "On the Doctrine of Faith According to St. John of the Cross"), "The Possibilities of Building a System of Christian Ethics on the Basis of Max Scheler," Wojtyla saw a place for Scheler's method, though he did not accept his position. In 1956, Wojtyla was offered the Chair of Ethics at Lublin University and, by the age of thirty-six, he was a full professor and head of the Institute of Ethics in Lublin. He was consecrated Auxiliary Bishop of Krakow in 1958 and became Archbishop of that city in 1964. He was elevated to the College of Cardinals in 1967 and elected Pope in 1978.
Jürgen Moltmann, Karl Marx and God: An Unlikely Trinity
Authors: Rossi-Keen Daniel
Published: March 2013

Among scholars familiar with the work of Jürgen Moltmann there exists little debate that this most prominent of German theologians has been deeply influenced by Marxist categories of thought. Perhaps most notable and most obvious in this regard is the influence that the revisionist Marxist and Jewish atheist Ernst Bloch exacted upon Moltmann's first major work, Theology of Hope. Additional and subsequent impact was derived from Moltmann's involvement with the Christian-Marxist dialogue that gained prominence in the 1960s. Moltmann was . likewise deeply influenced by his critical and constructive involvement with the growth of Latin American Liberation Theology. Because of the debt owed to varied strains of Marxist thought by each of these persons or movements, consideration of the interplay between Marxism and Moltmann has been inevitable. In spite of this tendency, however, surprisingly little attention has thus far been focused on the connections that exist between Jürgen Moltmann's thought and Karl Marx's germinal writings on religion. Rather, the discussion has persistently centred around Moltmann's involvement with a variety of individuals or groups who have variously appropriated the work of Karl Marx.
Lonergan's Intellectual Honesty and Religious Commitment
Authors: Orji Cyril
Published: March 2013

I wish to revisit a question that was posed to Lonergan—whether his allegiance to Thomism predetermined his views on cognitional process. Since this question seems to challenge Lonergan's intellectual honesty and raise some doubt about the conclusions derived from his method, I shall examine it in the context of a debate on intellectual honesty in which Henry Aiken, William Alston, Richard Niebuhr and Michael Novak participated. They offered valuable insights into what constitutes honesty in the academic study of religion. The question posed to Lonergan raises further questions: Was Lonergan intellectually dishonest? What constitutes intellectual honesty? Is it primarily a matter of general disposition to tell the truth as one sees it or a matter of testing ,and altering one's ideas or beliefs in light of all available evidence and of alternative positions? Does intellectual honesty require one to suspend belief where knowledge is lacking or is it just a matter of working out the logical implications and practical behavioural consequences of one's ideas and beliefs?
Charles Gerkin's Practical Theology: A Qualitative Study of Theological Reflection in the Praxis of Pastoral Care and Counselling
Authors: O'Connor Thomas St. James , Meakes Elizabeth
Published: March 2013

Charles Gerkm (1922-2005) was an American practical theologian and a United Methodist clergy. He taught for over twenty years at Candler Theological School at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. Gerkin was also a chaplain, pastoral counsellor and family therapist, serving. as chaplain at the Boys Industrial Home in Topeka, Kansas and then Grady Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia before teaching at Emory in the late 1960s. He published numerous articles and five books. Gerkin believed that practical theology ought to be rooted in praxis. His practical theology was based in the praxis of pastoral care and counselling. Praxis, for Gerkin, is the critical reflection on practice with the assumption that all practice is theory laden, and he identified his praxis as a narrative hermeneutical approach. He argued that practical theology has its own theological methods and is not applied systematic theology. In fact, Gerkin was against any applied theory, be it theological or social scientific. Applied theory, in his view, was reductionistic in that it reduced the practice of ministry to the categories of a particular theory. For Gerkin, there was always more to experience in a case or a pastoral situation than anyone theory could adequately explain.
How Canadian is Our Context?
Authors: Hall Douglas John
Published: March 2013

I was tempted to entitle this brief tribute to my friend Harold Wells, "When did Mum become Mom?" Like most Anglo-Canadians of my vintage, and like the generations before me, I grew up calling my mother "Mum"—once 1 had advanced beyond the childhood form "Mummie." But about thirty or forty years ago, I began to notice that newspapers and other media, when they resorted to the familiar for mother, increasingly rendered it "Mom." Then I found that my own siblings were writing about our "Mom." The straw that broke the camel's back was when my mother herself began to sign her letters "Mom."

Well, it's undoubtedly a small matter. Most people seem not to notice. But Thus—silently, imperceptibly—do cultures change. When more than 88 per cent of the television programs Canadians watch emanate directly from the empire on whose remote northern edge we exist, why should anyone be surprised when "centre" becomes "center," and "pianist" becomes "pianist," and "zed" becomes "zee," etc.? When the films, pop music, TV evangelism, soap operas, sitcoms, stand-up comedy, etc., etc. by which Canadians are "entertained" twenty-four hours a day are nearly all "Made in America;' why should there be any astonishment in the ranks when it is noticed that Canadian youth are not only dressing like Americans but speaking like them too?
Sola Scriptura and Quadrilateral: Theological Method in the United Church Debate over Sexuality
Authors: Wells Harold
Published: March 2013

The controversy in the United Church about the eligibility of homosexual persons for ordered ministry has sharpened divisions in the Church about scriptural authority and theological method. I do not intend in this brief article to discuss, much less resolve, the complex ethics and theology of homosexuality and ministry. Rather I wish to focus on how the Church, desiring to be faithful to Scripture, makes up its mind on such questions. .
The Advantages and Limits of Irregular and Regular Dogmatics: Political Responsibility according to Lehmann and Barth: A Discussion Pertinentto the Notification to Jon Sobrino1
Authors: Demson David
Published: March 2013

Revisiting in 2006 Paul Lehmann's 1975 book The Transfiguration of Politics I recalled a distinction Barth had drawn in the first volume of his Church Dogmatics (1932) between irregular and regular dogmatics. The two have different purposes and, correspondingly, each has its own particular limit and advantage. These become clear, I will try to demonstrate, when the discussion of politics in a work of irregular dogmatics such as Lehmann's Transfiguration is compared with a discussion of politics in a work of regular dogmatics such as Barth's Church Dogmatics.
Developing Christology for Ethnic Minorities in North America: An Attempt to Find the Historical Jesus in the Multicultural-Pluralistic-Multilingual Context
Authors: Heo Chun-Hoi
Published: March 2013

Korean immigrants who are living as an ethnic minority in North America call into question traditional Western portraits of Jesus that have been developed only from the perspective of dominant cultures. During the last decades, the historical Jesus has been predominantly located in the first-century Galilean setting, in which Jesus surely lived and taught, by so-called historical Jesus scholars such as Sean Freyne, J.D. Crossan, Richard A. Horsley and Burton Mack. Although their contribution is illuminating in terms of discovering the historically more primitive and culturally more open figure of the historical Jesus, they cannot avoid the accusation that their approach to the historical Jesus has been dominated by a religiously mono cultural and monolithic-monolingual perspective.
Relativism No, Pluralism Yes
Authors: Baum Gregory
Published: March 2013

The Christian Churches must wrestle with the difficult question of how to oppose the dominant relativism of contemporary culture and at the same time honour cultural and religious pluralism. In his homily of April 18, 2005 during the solemn Mass prior to his election to the papacy, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger expressed his fear that society was steadily moving toward "a dictatorship of relativism." The true and the good are increasingly defined in utilitarian terms: ideas are true and values valid if they serve people's material interests. In present-day society people no longer believe in abiding truths of universal relevance. For this reason, said the Cardinal, they look upon the articulation of Christian teaching as a form of fundamentalism. Against this present trend the Church must defend the single great truth: God's self-revelation in Jesus Christ.
The View from Below: Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Reflections and Actions on Racism
Authors: Rumscheidt Martin
Published: March 2013

We are to look at this person's learning about racism, his struggle with it as a Christian, a European, a rather upper-middle class male, and his finally vigorous reflection and action.
Francis Wright Beare 1902-1986 A Tribute from a Former Studente
Authors: Wishart Ian
Published: March 2013

On May 14th, 1986, Knox College conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity on Frank Beare, one of its most distinguished graduates. On the days following the ceremony the Knox hood was draped over a chair in the Beare's apartment, an indication of the pleasure with which the honour had been received. On Tuesday, May 20th, Dr. Beare suffered a massive heart attack and died. Thus passed from the scene a great man, one whom Peter Richardson had characterized as 'one of Canada's great scholars, certainly its greatest New Testament scholar'.
Book Reviews
Authors: Galvin John , Warne R. , McIntire C. , Clarke Brian , Mohammed Ovey , D'angelo Mary , Granfield Patrick
Published: March 2013

George A. Lindbeck, The Nature of Doctrine: Religion and Theology in a Postliberal Age, reviewed by John P. Galvin

Ramsay Cook, The Regenerators: Social Criticism in Late Victorian Canada, reviewed by R.R. Warne

Philip E. Hammond, ed., The Future of Religion: Secularization, Revival and Cult Formation, reviewed by c. T. McIntire

Rodney Stark and William Sims Bainbridge, The Illness That We Are: A Jungian Critique of Christianity, reviewed by c. T. McIntire

Ann Taves, The Household of Faith: Roman Catholic Devotions in MidNineteenth-Century Americac, reviewed by Brian P. Clarke

Cheriyan Menacherry, An Indian Philosophical Approach to the Personality of Jesus Christ, reviewed by Ovey N. Mohammed

Holmes Rolston, Voegelin and the Theologian: Ten Studies in Interpretation, reviewed by Don Wiebe

Werner H. Kelber, Religious Inquiry - Participation and Detachment, reviewed by Ovey N. Mohammed

Beverly Wildung Harrison, Making the Connections: Essays in Feminist Social Ethics, reviewed by Mary R. D'Angelo

George P.Schner, ed.,The Church Renewed: The Documents Of Vatican II Reconsidered, reviewed by Patrick Granfield
Liturgy and Justice
Authors: Gibson Paul
Published: March 2013

The liturgy is not a stage on which justice (and peace, its counterpart) may occasionally, or even frequently, appear. The liturgy is the point at which shalom (or kingdom, whichever is preferred) is symbolized and therefore made available, to redeem the past and transform the present for the sake of the future. Liturgy without justice and peace is deformed, and if it reinforces disinterest in justice and peace it is demonic.
Sacrifices by Resemblance: The Protestant Doctrine of Eucharistic Sacrifice in Late Elizabethan and Early Stuart Divinity
Authors: Reynolds Stephen
Published: March 2013

The more things change the more they remain the same: the most recent Anglican debate on eucharistic sacrifice also concerned 'what the ancient Church understood thereby' .2 Such a focus is unavoidable, even necessary, in an ethos which has so often presented itself as walking right humbly in the paths of Christian antiquity. But it does seem odd that modem Anglican scholars have devoted so little study to the way in which the question of eucharistic sacrifice was handled in their own tradition, particularly during that century between the Armada and the Glorious Revolution which so often passes for the classical age of Anglican divinity. It is as if scholars feel they have exhausted what the Elizabethan and Stuart Church of England understood thereby once they have noted the ceaseless efforts to demonstrate how 'the sacrifices of Masses ... were blasphemous fables and dangerous deceits' . I should like to argue that English doctrine was somewhat more 'obscure, intricate and perplexed' than this flat negation suggests. For even as they repudiated 'the sacrifices of Masses', English divines canvassed sacrifices in the Lord's Supper.
Gregory Baum as Theologian
Authors: Haight Roger
Published: March 2013

Gregory Baum as a theologian is like a landmark. A landmark refers to something conspicuous that rises above the horizon and identifies the terrain. A landmark has several functions. For those lost in a strange environment, an identifiable landmark will tell them where they are and reorient their way. For those at home in familiar surroundings, landmarks are often taken for granted, but in fact a confidence in our identity in space and time is largely defined by the stability of the landmarks that encircle us. A landmark is something we implicitly count on in the organization of our life.
Response to Haight, Hutcninson, Simpson, and Rotstein
Authors: Baum Gregory
Published: March 2013

Roger Haight, Roger Hutchinson, John Simpson and Abraham Rotstein, all colleagues of mine at the University of Toronto, have offered serious analytical reflections on my work as a theologian in church and society. They have been very gracious to me. They have read my writings as friends. Colleagues of mine who take exception to my theological orientation, on one side or the other, would have been more critical. My women colleagues would surely have pointed out how slowly I responded to the feminist perspective. Now it is my turn to reply.
Soul, Body and transcendence in Teresa of Avila
Authors: Allen Prudence
Published: March 2013

In the history of philosophy three rather different accounts of the relation of a person to transcendence have been delineated. The philosophers Plato, Nietzsche and Jaspers may serve as paradigm examples for these three alternatives. The focal point of their differentiation is the question of the way in which the union of soul and body relates to the move towards or into transcendence. Put simply, Plato suggests that transcendence entails a rejection of body, while Nietzsche suggests the opposite, namely that transcendence entails a rejection of the soul. Jaspers puts forward a different notion altogether when he describes transcendence as involving a movement precisely in and through an integration of soul and body.
Matthew 11 :27 The Thunderbolt in Corinth?
Authors: Henaut Barry
Published: March 2013

Matt 11:27 (par. Luke 10:22), the infamous meteorite from the Johannine heaven, has been the subject of numerous controversies in New Testament studies. The logion is to a great degree unlike anything else in the synoptic tradition and scholars have debated its background and origin. Opinions have ranged anywhere from seeing the logion as an authentic word of lesus, to the opposite view that we have here, in the words of F.W. Beare, 'a theological (Christological) composition from the hand of an unknown mystic of the early church' . Relevant conceptual backgrounds for the text have also varied, with scholars suggesting in tum The Dead Sea Scrolls, the Hebrew scriptures, the sapiential speculations of later Judaism, apocalyptic Judaism, and even Hellenistic mysticism (or an incipient Gnosticism). Such wide-ranging opinions point to the need for further study of the passage's literary and preliterary history.
Book Reviews
Authors: Reeve Pamela , Steinhauser Michael , Haight Roger , Galvin John , Farris W. James , Ingham Michael , Thompson Don , Mihevc Joe , O'Toole Raymond , Plevnic Joseph , Henaut Barry , Osiander Afons , Steinhauser Michael , Vankatwyk Peter , Callahan Annice
Published: March 2013

Wayne J. Hankey, God in Himself: Aquinas' Doctrine of God as Expounded in the 'Summa Theologiae', reviewed by Pamela J. Reeve

J.A. Komonchak, M. Collins, and D.A. Lane, eds., The New Dictionary of Theology, reviewed by Michael G. Steinhauser

Richard P. McBrien, Caesar's Coin: Religion and Politics in America, reviewed by Roger Haight

Robert A. Krieg, Story-Shaped Christology: The Role of Narratives in Identifying Jesus Christ, reviewed by John P. Galvin

David Cernic and Linda Longmire, eds., Know Thyself: Collected Readings on Identity, reviewed by W. James S. Farris

Michael Ingham, Rites for a New Age, reviewed by Holly Ratcliffe

Stephen W. Sykes, ed., Authority in the Anglican Communion: Essays Presented to Bishop John Howe, reviewed by Don Thompson

Joseph Fahey and Richard Armstrong, eds., A Peace Reader: Essential Readings on War, Justice, Non-Violence and World Order, reviewed by Joe Mihevc

Marc H. Ellis, Toward a Jewish Theology of Liberation, reviewed by Dr Raymond L. O'Toole

John Paul Heil, Paul's Letter to the Romans: A Reader-Response Commentary, reviewed by Joseph Plevnik

Paul W. Gooch, Partial Knowledge: Philosophical Studies in Paul, reviewed by Barry W. Henaut

John S. Kloppenborg, The Formation of Q. Trajectories in Ancient Wisdom Collections, reviewed by Alfons M. Osiander

Frank J. Matera, Passion Narratives and Gospel Theologies. Interpreting the Synoptics Through their Passion Stories, reviewed by Michael G. Steinhauser

William P. Roberts, ed., Commitment to Partnership. Explorations of the Theology of Marriage, reviewed by Peter L. VanKatwyk

Stephen Treat and Larry Hof, Pastoral Marital Therapy: A Practical Primer for Ministry to Couples, reviewed by Peter L. VanKatwyk

William M. Thompson, Fire and Light: The Saints and Theology. On Consulting the Saints, Mystics, and Martyrs in Theology, reviewed by Annice Callahan
Philosophical Theology as 'Science of Religion'
Authors: Horne James
Published: March 2013

Since the eighteenth century, philosophy of religion has included two distinct activities conducted in a symbiotic relationship: philosophical theology advances rational justifications for religious beliefs, and sceptical philosophy assesses those justifications critically. The two activities can occur in various combinations, even within the work of one scholar — as when philosophical theologians criticize each other, or sceptical philosophers argue that certain minimal beliefs are justified. However, the two activities occur mostly in adversarial relationships.
Has Philosophy of Religion a Place in the Agenda of Theology?
Authors: Wiebe Donald
Published: March 2013

Accepting the invitation to participate in this seminar on the value of philosophy and the philosophy of religion to theology was, it seems to me now, rather foolhardy. Assurances that a fully developed statement on the matter was not expected made the exercise appear far easier than I found it to be. The simple question raised is not so simple, for even what philosophy, religion and theology are in themselves is not at all clear — all three being hotly contested notions on which agreement is seldom achieved and never widespread. And yet, quite obviously, no agreement can be reached on the relationship of one to the other until we have some idea of what each has been and how each is presently understood. But to provide that clarification and to answer the question set for this group is hardly possible in the time allowed us. Nevertheless, that is what I shall attempt to do.
Theology in the 1900s
Authors: Slater Peter
Published: March 2013

Wherever one turns in contemporary theology, what one finds is that theology is no longer done in an imaginary vacuum. A theology is a specific theology for a specific place and time. The suggestion that theological ideas and issues are somehow timeless, with each successive generation settling the outstanding issues on the ageless agenda of faith, today seems less a call to rise above one's limitations than a failure to acknowledge the limits of any given perspective at any given point in time. In this respect, the recent document on Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry, produced for the World Council of Churches, seems to come from the end of an era. One would never guess from its content that it was finally compiled in Lima, Peru, with its "south" world ambience and challenges to conventional ideas of church and society.
Eschatology, Ontology, and Human Action
Authors: Webster John
Published: March 2013

In this paper, I will attempt to isolate a feature of the usus theologicus of Christian language about human agency by drawing attention to its eschatological component. Explication of Christian eschatological convictions, I suggest, demands that theology fashion a set of ontological categories about created being which are oriented towards 'the new', towards that which the creation becomes by virtue of the regenerative action of God in Christ through the power of the Spirit. Such an ontology, in tum, is bound up with a particular understanding of the range and significance of human action. These ontological and anthropological proposals are necessary, I believe, if we are properly to construe 'doing' according to its theological grammar.
A Response
Authors: Hutchinson Roger , Pratt Cranford
Published: March 2013

The editors have offered us the opportunity to comment briefly on the criticisms of our book appearing in this issue (see Lee Cormie's "The Option for the Poor and Oppressed in Doing Social Ethics," P. Travis Kroeker's "Pluralism and Policy Monism: The Political Irrelevance of Theology," and Janet Silman's "An Open Letter to Cranford Pratt and Roger Hutchinson"). We welcome the invitation. Although we shall identify points which we think misrepresent our position, our main concern is to clarify the differences which do exist between us and these critics. In doing this we will concentrate primarily on Lee Cormie's article, since in contrast to the other two, it invites response rather than repentance.
Thoughts on Prometheus Rebound: The Irony of Atheism
Authors: Webster John
Published: March 2013

I have often been intrigued by Simone Weil's remark that 'there are two atheisms, of which one is a purification of the notion of God.' Joseph McLelland's learned and engaging book joins the ranks of a number of other volumes which have sought to disarm a certain kind of atheism (as well as a certain kind of Christian theism) by rejecting their characterization of God in terms of heteronomous power. His book is, of course, primarily a piece of analysis in the history of ideas, not an apologia. But the apologetic intent, though muted, emerges most clearly in the final chapter where he sets out some of the theological themes which distinguish Christian belief in God from some accounts of the transcendent which have cluttered up the history of philosophical theism and have been woven into the history of some Christian theology. 'Antitheism assumes something about the Christian God which is not so' (p. 286); properly understood, Christian faith spells 'the end of Zeus,' and so 'opens the possibility of a God beyond the omnipotent Tyrant and so beyond the dialectic of Aeschylus' (p. 291).
The Historical Radicality of the Reign of God: A Paradigm for Our Missionary Efforts
Authors: Cesar Ely
Published: March 2013

Wanting to know better the Word made flesh, we discover paradoxically in Latin America that it is precisely in the 'fleshiness' of Jesus of Nazareth that the mystery of God is hidden. To the extent that we accept being confronted by the conflicts, temptations and options of the human being Jesus, we will perceive the design of God, the sense of God's self-revelation and the extension of our faith in the Anointed One of God, the Christ, Lord of our worship.

From this perspective, we see that the contemplative faith of those believers whose religiosity is limited thereby to acts of piety, seeks Jesus by way of his divinity. Such faith is committed to confession, with its own self-profession and creed. The new perspective seems to show us as well that when our way to Jesus Christ is one of missionary commitment or commitment to a certain mode of historical action that changes the way things are, our believing eyes turn first to the flesh of the Word, Jesus of Nazareth , who likewise was completely governed by a missionary effort in the midst of the concrete contradictions of his time.
The Violence of Occupation: Matthew 5:40-4I and Q
Authors: Steinhauser Michael
Published: March 2013

Heinz Guenther's treatment of the concept and traditions of the 'twelve' in early Christianity impresses upon the reader that a time-honoured manner of categorizing a saying of Jesus or a tradition about Jesus is always open to question. I A saying of Jesus traditionally deemed authentic, older or closer to the original because it reflects a Jewish milieu can, in the light of new evidence, be judged Hellenistic. If in Q, its reconstruction will be different than previously thought. Moreover, if embedded in a cluster of sayings, the saying could influence the way we view the origin and tradition of the cluster. With this in mind, I would like to turn to Matthew 5:40-41, its reconstruction, and its position within the cluster Q 6:29-30.
Les Droits Autochtones et la Theologie de la Liberation au Canada
Authors: Peelman Achiel
Published: March 2013

English Abstract:The recognition of the First Nations' right of political self-determination and other basic rights constitutes one of Canada' s major challenges in the years to come. This challenge also presents itself as a new locus theologicus in view of a contextualized reflection on salvation and its social implications in Native American communities. In Part One, Pee/man deals with the historical, geographical and cultural boundaries of the aboriginal rights question, while focusing on its contemporary political ,juridical and social implications. In Part Two, he examines its theological implications in light of the development of an authentically Amerindian liberation theology, while confronting the Christian churches with their historical and contemporary responsibilities vis-a•vis Canada's First Nations.
Theology and Commitment
Authors: Young Pamela
Published: March 2013

As I pondered the appropriate topic for a presidential address, I began to reflect on my particular understanding of the sort of enterprise the theologian of today undertakes. And as I began to think about the tasks of theology it led me to think about my own identity as a theologian. How would I describe myself?
Synthesis, structural, optical and thermal analysis of nanostructured ZnO
Authors: Elango Muniappan , Ranjith Shanmugam , Balakumar Chinnasamy , Nazeer Kulam Mohammad Prem , Vairam Sundararajan , Thamilselvan Malaiyandi
Published: March 2013

Nanostructured zinc oxide (ZnO) has been synthesized via a one step solution based wet chemical method. Zinc acetate dihydrate (Zn (CH3COO)2 · 2H2O) was used as the precursor and its growth conditions were optimized for the formation of nanostructured ZnO. The powder pattern X-ray diffraction data of synthesized ZnO confirm particles of radius of about 20 nm with wurtzite hexagonal phase and preferential growth along (101) plane. Transmission electron microscopic results support the particle size value obtained through X-ray diffraction study. Clusters of nanostructured ZnO in agglomerated form are observed in scanning electron micrographs. The absorption bands observed at 509 cm−1 and 406 cm−1 in infrared spectra are assigned to ∊M-O of the synthesized compound. The absorption spectrum shows a narrow peak near the band edge in the exciton absorption region at about 371 nm and a blue shift is observed with respect to the bulk exciton absorption, 375 nm. Thermo-gravimetric analysis indicates weight loss corresponding to the formation of ZnO. The mechanism for the growth of nanostructured ZnO in solution has also been discussed.
Electrical conductivity variation of (Bi2Te3)0.25(Sb2Te3)0.75 crystal grown using the zone melting method
Authors: Kavei Ghassem , Ahmadi Kamran , Kavei Ashkan
Published: March 2013

Experiments and numerical results are presented to demonstrate the adverse effects of a zone melting method in (Bi2Te3)0.25(Sb2Te3)0.75 thermoelectric crystallization, on mass transport. The zone melting method shows a considerable effect from the deflection of the solid–liquid interface, and the Bi2Te3 stoichiometry changes significantly. Electrical conductivity measurements of the crystallized ingot were carried out at stepped intervals of length (each step is 7 mm). A considerable gradient was observed in the readings from the tip to the end of the ingot. To understand this variation taking into account all empirical aspects of crystal growth, we conducted a numerical study because it gives vast information on the crystal growth process. Simulating the crystallization process and characterization of the ingot reveals a variation in the measured values of the thermoelectric parameters, which was attributed to the deviation of Bi2Te3 concentration along the ingot.
The influence of microstructure and mechanical properties on the machinability of martensitic and bainitic prehardened mould steels
Authors: Hoseiny Hamed , Högman Berne , Andrén Hans-Olof , Klement Uta , Ståhl Jan-Eric , Thuvander Anders
Published: March 2013

The machinability of two prehardened mould steels, one continuously-cooled and one quenched and tempered, is compared in terms of cutting temperature, cutting force and tool life. Both materials have a hardness of ∼40 HRC which is a typical hardness for prehardened mould steels. The results of machinability tests are related to mechanical properties and microstructural features, and the material removal rate is estimated for the materials. The continuously-cooled steel with bainitic structure shows higher machinability and possesses superior impact toughness and ductility compared to the quenched and tempered steel with martensitic structure. These properties are very important for plastic mould steels. The continuously-cooled bainitic steel also has the advantage of not requiring any costly quenching and tempering processes in connection with its production.