Theological Studies
Reviews & Shorter Notices – December 2010
God’s Justice in Romans: Keys for Interpreting the Epistle to the Romans Karl Paul Donfried, pp. 951–952 The Jewish Targums and John’s Logos Theology Mark W. Koehne, pp. 952–954 Sound Mapping the New Testament John J. Pilch, pp. 954–956 Democratizing Biblical Studies: Toward an Emancipatory Educational Space Barbara E. Reid, pp. 956–957 A River Flows
Reviews & Shorter Notices – June 2010
Inhabiting the Cruciform God: Kenosis, Justification, and Theosis in Paul’s Narrative Soteriology Dennis Hamm S.J., pp. 453 They Were all Together in One Place?: Toward Minority Biblical Criticism Jonathan Y. Tan, pp. 454–455 Gregory of Nazianzus on the Trinity and Knowledge of God: In Your Light We Shall See Light Frederick W. Norris, pp. 455–457
The United States at War: Taking Stock
The war in Iraq has generated a vast amount of commentary, popular and scholarly, on a broad range of topics. This note reviews literature on three issues of particularly great moral significance that have arisen from the experience of U.S. military action in Iraq. There is the jus ad bellum question of the legitimacy of
Reviews & Shorter Notices – December 2009
The Deed and the Doer in the Bible: David Daube’s Gifford Lectures, Volume 1 Robert A. Di Vito, pp. 929–930 Feminist Interpretations of Augustine Francine Cardman, pp. 930–932 Tertullian’s Adversus Iudaeos : A Rhetorical Analysis Maureen A. Tilley, pp. 932–933 The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Studies Christine Shepardson, pp. 933–935 Journey to the East:
Forgetting as a Principle of Continuity in Tradition
Whether intentionally or not, Catholic tradition frequently fails to take account of, or to remember, beliefs, practices, or objects previously received by the tradition. Such forgetting proves unavoidable, but it can actually help the tradition as a whole to perdure in continuity with its origins. The theories of Yves Congar, John Thiel, and Kathryn Tanner
Gestimmtheit: Attunement as a Description of the Nature-Grace Relationship in Rahner’s Theology
Karl Rahner uses the language of attunement (Gestimmtheit) in his Christology and in his theological anthropology to describe human nature’s relationship to grace. An analysis of this term’s use prior to Rahner, especially in the thought of Martin Heidegger, illuminates the meaning of this key term in Rahner’s thought.