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Book reviewed in this article: LONG-TERM PERSPECTIVES: THE VATICAN COUNCIL AND CHRISTIAN UNITY. A Commentary on the Decree on Ecumenism of the Second Vatican Council, with a translation of the text, by BERNARD LEEMING, S.J. MODERN CHURCH HISTORY: A STUDY OF SURVIVAL. The Church in Russia 1927–1943, by WILLIAM C. FLETCHER MODERN CHURCH HISTORY: PROTESTANTISM IN TRANSITION, by CHARLES W. KEGLEY. Harper and Row THE CHURCH AT WORSHIP: WORSHIP: ITS THEOLOGY AND PRACTICE, by J.-J. VON ALLMEN. Transl. H. Knight and W. F. Fleet THE NEED OF CLEAR ANSWERS: ULTIMATE CONCERN, Tillich in dialogue with students, by D. MACKENZIE BROWN A GREEK ORTHODOX THEOLOGIAN'S VIEW OF THE ECUMENICAL MOVEMENT: HISTORIA TēS OIKOUMENIKēS KINēSEōS (History of Ecumenical Movement), by VASIL T. ISTAVRIDIS A GREEK ORTHODOX THEOLOGIAN'S VIEW OF THE ECUMENICAL MOVEMENT: ORTHODOXIA KAI ANGLIKANISMOS (Orthodoxy and Anglicanism), by VASIL T. ISTAVRIDIS OUR OWN STORY: THE WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES. A Study of Its Background and History, by DAVID P. GAINES THROUGH THE EYES OF A JAPANESE THEOLOGIAN: THEOLOGY OF THE PAIN OF GOD, by KAZOH KITAMORI AN ECUMENICAL PIONEER: LAYMAN EXTRAORDINARY. A tribute to John R. Mott, 1865–1955, by ROBERT C. MACKIE and Others     

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Book reviewed in this article: CONCILIARITY PAST AND PRESENT: Councils and Assemblies, ed. G. J. Cuming and Derek Baker CONCILIARITY PAST AND PRESENT: “La Structure Synodale de l'Eglise dans la Théologie orientale”, by Pierre Duprey CCIA RETROSPECT: The Churches and the Nations, by Dr. O. Frederick Nolde, with foreword by Dr. W. A. Visser 't Hooft AN ECUMENICAL PIONEER: Alphonse Koechlin, pasteur et chef d'Eglise. Préface de W. A. Visser 't Hooft, by Henri d'Espine THE INFALLIBILITY DEBATE CHURCH AND SOCIETY THE DEBATE CONTINUES: Technology and Social Justice, by Ronald H. Preston (ed.)     

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Book reviewed in this article: TRACTS FOR THE TIMES: THE CHURCH AND ECUMENISM: Volume 4 of Concilium TRACTS FOR THE TIMES: THE CHURCH AND THE WORLD: Volume 6 of Concilium TRACTS FOR THE TIMES: THE ORTHODOX, THEIR RELATIONS WITH ROME (series: Where we stand), by JOSEPH GILL and EDMUND FLOOD THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE THEOLOGIAN AND THE HISTORIAN: CHRISTIANITY AND HISTORY, by E. HARRIS HARBISON THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE THEOLOGIAN AND THE HISTORIAN: THE BYZANTINE PATRIARCHATE, 451–1204, by GEORGE EVERY THE MIRACULOUS GIFT OF LANGUAGE: DAS WORT IN DEN WORTEN, by FRISO MELZER (Die deutsche Sprache im Dienste der Christus-Nachfolge. Ein theo-philologisches Wörterbuch) J. C. B. Mohr THE REFORMED TRADITION IN MODERN ARCHITECTURE: ARCHITECTURE IN WORSHIP, by ANDRÉ BIÉLER THE REFORMED TRADITION IN MODERN ARCHITECTURE: CHRIST AND ARCHITECTURE, by DONALD J. BRUGGINK and CARL H. DROPPERS QUESTIONS POSED BY CATHOLICS AND EVANGELICALSL: ROME: OPPONENT OR PARTNER, by RUDOLF J. EHRLICH QUESTIONS POSED BY CATHOLICS AND EVANGELICALSL: ALL IN EACH PLACE: TOWARDS REUNION IN ENGLAND. Edited by J. I. PACKER     

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Book reviewed in this article: AGAINST THE SPIRIT OF THE TIMES: LE PAYSAN DE LA GARONNE, Un vieux laïc s'interroge à propos du temps présent, by JACQUES MARUAIN THE FINALITY OF CHRIST: THE FINALITY OF CHRIST, edited by DOW KIRKPATRICK CHURCH AND SOCIETY: WHO SPEAKS FOR THE CHURCH? A critique of the 1966 Geneva Conference on Church and Society, by PAUL RAMSEY ECUMENICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY: INTERNATIONALE ÖKUMENISCHE BIBLIOGRAPHIE. International Ecumenical Bibliography. Bibliographie ?cuménique internationale. Band 1/2, 1962/63     

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Book reviewed in this article: SALVATION AND THE PERFECT SOCIETY: THE ETERNAL QUEST, by ALFRED BRAUNTHAL. SECURITY, DISARMAMENT AND ECONOMICS: SOCIO-ETHICAL CHALLENGES FOR EUROPEAN CHURCHES AND CHRISTIANS AFTER HELSINKI AND BELGRADE. THIS LAND AND PEOPLE: A SYMPOSIUM ON CHRISTIAN AND WELSH NATIONAL IDENTITY, by PAUL H. BALLARD and D. HUW JONES. THE ORTHODOX WAY, by KALLISTOS WARE. SLPRI (STOCKHOLM INTERNATIONAL PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE) YEARBOOK 1979. WORLD ARMAMENT AND DISARMAMENT. PASTORALE DU BAPTEME by JEAN-JACQUES VON ALLMEN. PASTORAL CARE WITH HANDICAPPED PERSONS, by LOWELL G. COLSTON. PARTNERS IN LIFE: THE HANDICAPPED AND THE CHURCH, ed. GEIKO MÜLLER-FAHRENHOLZ. CROIRE EN DIALOGUE, by RENE GIRAULT and JEAN VERNETTE. HUMANHOOD: ESSAYS IN BIOMEDIAL ETHICS, by JOSEPH FLETCHER.     

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Book reviewed in this article: THE FINALITY OF CHRIST: CHRIST THE MEANING OF HISTORY, by HENDRIKUS BERKHOF AN ECUMENICAL ANTHOLOGY OF PREACHING: DIE VERKÜNDIGUNG DES REICHES GOTTES IN DER KIRCHE JESU CHRISTI. Zeugnisse aus allen Jahrhunderten und allen Konfessionen. Band VII: Von der Mitte des 19. bis zur Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts, von ERNST STAEHELIN LIBERTY FOR ERROR AND LIBERTY FOR TRUTH: RELIGIOUS LIBERTY AND ROMAN CATHOLIC TRADITION. Problèmes chrétiens sur la liberté religieuse, by GUY DE BROGLIE, S. J. THE POST-VATICAN II ATTITUDE TO SCRIPTURE: THE HUMAN REALITY OF SACRED SCRIPTURE (Concilium Vol. X). ED. P. BENOIT, and R. E. MURPHY THE ECUMENICAL WORD IN EAST GERMANY: KONFESSION UND ÖKUMENE, Aspekte — Probleme — Aufgaben. Edited by HELMUT RISTOW and HELMUTH BURGERT CHURCH GROWTH: NEW PATTERNS OF CHURCH GROWTH IN BRAZIL, by WILLIAM R. READ CHURCH GROWTH: CHURCH GROWTH IN MEXICO, by DONALD MCGAVRAN, JOHN HUEGEL and JACK TAYLOR CHURCH GROWTH: WILDFIRE: CHURCH GROWTH IN KOREA, by ROY E. SHEARER     

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Book reviewed in this article: Helps for Bible Study: 1. A Grammatical Analysis OF THE Greek New Testament, Vol. I: Gospels-Acts, by Max Zerwick AND Mary Grosvenor Helps for Bible Study: 2. Paul's Letter TO THE Romans, by J. C. O'Neill Helps for Bible Study: 3. Epistles TO THE Apostle, by Colin Morris Helps for Bible Study: 4. Revelation: A New Translation WITH Introduction AND Commentary (The Anchor Bible 38), by J. Massyngberde Ford Helps for Bible Study: 5. Matthew Henry's Commentary: THE Four Gospels, ed. David Winter Helps for Bible Study: 6. The Good News According TO Mark, by Eduard Schweizer Helps for Bible Study: 7. Synopsis OF THE Four Gospels, by Kurt Aland Helps for Bible Study: 8. The Jerusalem Bible, with abridged introductions and notes Helps for Bible Study: 9. Bulletin OF THE United Bible Societies Helps for Bible Study: 10. Jesus: THE Fact Behind THE Faith, by C. Leslie Mitton 1. Dialog DER Feinde, EIN Leidenschaft-liches Streitgespräch UM DIE Zukunft DER Araber UND Israels (“Between Enemies, A Compassionate Dialogue Between an Israeli and an Arab), by Amos Elon AND Sana Hassan 2. Die Juden UND IHR Land (“The Jews and their Land”), by F.-W. Marquardt 3. Jüdischer Glaube (“Jewish Faith”), by Schalom Ben-Chorin 4. To Heaven WITH Scribes AND Pharisees, THE Jewish Path TO God, by Lionel Blue 5. One Generation After, by Elie Wiesel Papal Primacy AND THE Universal Church (Lutherans and Catholics in Dialogue V), ed. Paul C. Empie And T. Austin Murphy The Apocalyptic Movement: Introduction AND Interpretation, by Walter Schmithals, translated by John E. Steely The Christian Tradition. A History of the Development of Doctrine. Vol. 2: The Spirit of Eastern Christendom (600–1700) by Jaroslav Pelikan Introduzione ALL'Antico Testamento, by J. Alberto Soggin The Contemporary Explosion OF Theology, ed. Michael D. Ryan Religion AND Sexism: Images OF Women IN THE Jewish AND Christian Traditions, ed. Rosemary Radford Ruether Case-Book ON Church AND Society, eds. Keith R. Bridston, Fred K. Foulkes, Ann D. Myers And Louis Weeks Rome and Canterbury Through Four Centuries: A Study OF THE Relations Between THE Church OF Rome AND THE Anglican Churches 1530–1973, by B. and M. Pawley Die Christliche Wahrheit Zwischen Häresie UND Konfession, Theologische Existenz Heute No. 181, by Karl-Gerhard Steck Bibliografia Comentada. Suplemento 1974. Lista de Instituciones Teológicas, Editoriales Publicaciones Periodicas     

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Book reviewed in this article: THE MYSTERY OF ISRAEL: DAS ANSTÖSSIGE VOLK. Über die weltliche Glaubensgemeinschaft der Juden, by JOCHANAN BLOCH CORRECTIVE INSIGHTS: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ESCHATOLOGY IN THE THOUGHTS OF NICOLAS BERDYAEV, by C. S. CALIAN. E. J. Brill THE HISTORY AND THEOLOGY OF PROTESTANT WORSHIP: WORSHIP AND THEOLOGY IN ENGLAND —The Ecumenical Century 1900 — 1965, by HORTON DAVIES THE ANGLICAN AND LUTHERAN BISHOPRIC IN JERUSALEM: VORWEGGENOMMENE EINHEIT. Die Gründung des Bistums Jerusalem im Jahre 1841, by KURT SCHMIDT-CLAUSEN DOGMATIC CRITICISM: THEOLOGY IN RECONSTRUCTION, by T. F. TORRANCE     

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Book reviewed in this article: ECUMENICAL MEMOIRS: L'EXIGENCE ?CUMÉNIQUE, SOUVENIRS ET PERSPECTIVES by MARC BOEGNER. Editions Albin Michel FROM THE MANY DIALOGUES: OLD CATHOLICISM AND ORTHODOXY, by Metropolitan Maximos of Sardis ORTHODOX CHURCH HISTORY: THE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH: FAITH, HISTORY AND PRACTICE, by DEMETRIOS J. CONSTANTELOS     

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Book reviewed in this article: Bonhoeffer : The Sociality of Christ and Humanity , by Clifford J. Green. Missoula Kirche in der Kraft des Geistes . Ein Beitrag zur messianischen Ekklesiologie , by Jürgen Moltmann. Mission Trends No . 2 “Evangelization ”, by G. H. Anderson and Th. F. Stransky (eds) Foundations for Christian Education in an Era of Change , by Marvin J. Taylor (ed.) Mehr Hoffnung — Mehr Einheit, fünf Kapitel für den Ökumenischen Hausgebrauch , by Ursula & Dieter Trautwein , Heidi & Jochen Gollin. Ortskirche und Ökumene , by Wolfgang Beinert. A Bulgakov Anthology : Sergius Bulgakov 1871–1944, by James Pain & Nicholas Zernov (eds) Athenagoras ho Oikoumenikos ton Neon Ideon (Athenagoras the Ecumenical of the New Ideas ), by Demetrios Tsakonas. Studies in the Early History of Judaism , Vol. I, by Solomon Zeitlin. Studies in the Early History of Judaism , Vol. II, by Solomon Zeitlin. Studies in the Early History of Judaism Vol. III, by Solomon Zeitlin. Cleaning Up the Christian Vocabulary , by Vernard Eller. Jesus in Indian Paintings , by Richard W. Taylor.     

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Book reviewed in this article: ORDINATION OF WOMEN IN ECUMENICAL PERSPECTIVE: WORK BOOK FOR THE CHURCH'S FUTURE, ed. CONSTANCE F. PARVEY. UNE EGLISE À CROIX GAMMÉE? LE PROTESTANTISME ALLEMAND AU DÉBUT DU RÉGIME NAZI (1932–1935), par BERNARD REYMOND. FOR THE HEALTH OF BODY AND SOUL: AN EASTERN ORTHODOX INTRODUCTION TO BIOETHICS, by STANLEY S. HARAKAS. COMMUNION AND INTERCOMMUNION: A STUDY OF COMMUNION AND INTERCOMMUNION BASED ON THE THEOLOGY AND PRACTICE OF THE EASTERN CHURCH, by KALLISTOS WARE. INTERPRETING ORTHODOXY: THE COMMUNICATION OF EASTERN ORTHODOX BELIEFS TO CHRISTIANS OF WESTERN CHURCH TRADITIONS, by N. A. NISSIOTIS.     

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Book reviewed in this article: THIRD-EYE THEOLOGY: THEOLOGY IN FORMATION IN ASIAN SETTINGS, ed. by C. S. SONG. JOHN R. MOTT, 1865–1955: A BIOGRAPHY, by HOWARD C. HOPKINS. FAITH AND SCIENCE IN AN UNJUST WORLD. Geneva: WCC, 1980. Vol. I: PLENARY PRESENTATIONS, ed. by Roger Shinn THE MORAL MEANING OF REVOLUTION, by JON P. GUNNEMANN. TOWARDS A CHURCH OF THE POOR, ed. by JULIO DE SANTA ANA UNDERSTANDING HUMAN RIGHTS: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY AND INTERFAITH STUDY, ed. by ALAN D. FALCONER. THE SECURITY TRAP. ARMS RACE, MILITARISM AND DISARMAMENT: A CONCERN OF CHRISTIANS, ed. by JOSÉ-ANTONIO VIERA GALLO. AND THEY TOOK THEMSELVES WIVES: THE EMERGENCE OF PATRIARCHY IN WESTERN CIVILIZATION, by DAVID BAKAN.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Revelations from an Ancient Library: THE NAG HAMMADI LIBRARY, by JAMES M. ROBINSON (ed.) TO HEAL AND TO REVEAL: THE PROPHETIC VOCATION ACCORDING TO LUKE, by PAUL S. MINEAR. TÉMOIGNAGE CHRÉTIEN (1941–1944), by RENÉE BÉDARIDA. THE HUMAN PRESENCE: AN ORTHODOX VIEW OF NATURE, by PAULOS GREGORIOS. THE CATHOLIC REDISCOVERY OF PROTESTANTISM, by PAUL M. MINUS, Jr. SOMETHING IS STIRRING IN WORLD ORTHODOXY: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE FORTHCOMING GREAT AND HOLY COUNCIL OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH, by STANLEY S. HARAKAS. CHRISTOLOGY AT THE CROSSROADS, by JON SOBRINO, SJ, translated by John Drury Is CHRIST THE END OF THE LAW?, by GERARD S. SLOYAN. BRITAIN TODAY AND TOMORROW by TREVOR BEESON.     

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Book reviewed in this article: PRAISE GOD: COMMON PRAYER AT TAIZÉ translated by EMILY CHISHOLM. FATHERING: FACT OR FABLE. by EDWARD V. STEIN (ed.). MUSLIME — UNSERE NACHBARN: BEITRÄGE ZUM GESPRÄCH ÜBER DEN GLAUBEN (by GERHARD JASPER (ed.) THE ULTIMATE CHURCH AND THE PROMISE OF SALVATION by FR JEROME P. THEISEN, O.S.B. BIBLICAL BACKGROUNDS OF THE MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT, by GEORGIA HARKNESS and CHARLES F. KRAFT. AUSCHWITZ: BEGINNING OF A NEW ERA? REFLECTIONS ON THE HOLOCAUST, by EVA FLEISCHNER (ed.). MAN AND THE UNIVERSE OF FAITHS, by M. M. THOMAS.     

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Book reviewed in this article: WHAT IS DIALOGUE?: Oecumenica. Jahrbuch für ökumenische Forschung. Published by Institut für Ökumenische Forschung, Strasbourg; edited by F. W. Kantzenbach and Vilmos Vajta A LAYMAN'S VIEWPOINT: Borderlands of Theology by Donald Mackinnon AN INSPIRING RECORD: The Ecumenical Witness of the United Presbyterian Church in the USA, by W. Stanley Rycroft. THE ECUMENICAL MOVEMENT AND THE GERMAN CHURCH STRUGGLE: Kirchenkampf und Ökumene 1933 bis 1939, by Armin Boyens.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Pharisee and Apostle: A GRAMMATICAL ANALYSIS OF THE GREEK NEW TESTAMENT. VOL. II: ROMANS-REVELATION, by MAX ZERWICK and MARY GROSVENOR. Pharisee and Apostle: A HIDDEN REVOLUTION, by ELLIS RIVKIN. Pharisee and Apostle: PAUL AMONG JEWS AND GENTILES, by KRISTER STENDAHL. Pharisee and Apostle: PAUL DE TARSE: APÔTRE DE NOTRE TEMPS, ed. LORENZO DE LORENZI. Pharisee and Apostle: LE MONDE DE LA BIBLE, no. 5, 1978: PAUL: L'ENVOYÉ DU CHRIST, 64 pp., no. 6, 1978: PAUL: FONDATEUR D'ÉGLISES THE CHURCH IN OUR TIMES: AN ECUMENICAL HISTORY FROM A BRITISH PERSPECTIVE, by RUPERT E. DAVIES. RELIGION, VERSKLAVUNG UND BEFREIUNG. VON DER ENGLISCHEN REFORMATION BIS ZUR AMERIKANISCHEN REVOLUTION, BY KLAUS SCHMIDT. THE MEANING OF THE INDIAN EXPERIENCE: THE EMERGENCY, ed. by SARAL K. CHATTERJI.     

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Book reviewed in this article: THEOLOGY OF A CLASSLESS SOCIETY, by GEERVARGHESE MAR OSTHATHIOS. RICH MAN, POOR MAN — AND THE BIBLE by CONRAD BOERMA. YESTERDAY, TODAY AND WHAT NEXT? REFLECTIONS ON HISTORY AND HOPE, by ROLAND H. BAINTON. BEYOND NEUTRALITY: A CHRISTIAN CRITIQUE OF THE MEDIA, by JOHN BLUCK. MIGRANT WOMEN SPEAK. London: Search Press Ltd., and Geneva GASTARBEITER WERDEN BÜRGER, Hg. JÜRGEN MICKSCH. CONTEMPLATION AND ACTION IN WORLD RELIGIONS, eds YUSUF IBISH AND ILEANA MARCULESCU. SEPARATION WITHOUT HOPE?, ed. JULIO DE SANTA ANA. ÉGLISE-COMMUNION by LUCIEN PEYROT. DIEU EST NOIR: HISTOIRE, RELIGION ET THÉOLOGIE DES NOIRS AMÉRICAINS, by BRUNO CHENU.     

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ON CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY by Rowan Williams Blackwell
WITNESS TO HOPE: THE BIOGRAPHY OF POPE JOHN PAUL II by George Weigel Harper Collins
CATHOLICS IN ENGLAND 1950–2000: Historical and Sociological Perspectives edited by Michael P. Hornsby-Smith Continuum lnternational
WINDS OF CHANGE: THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH AND SOCIETY IN WALES 1916–1962 by Trystan Hughes University of Cardiff Press
THE PHYSICAL, THE NATURAL AND THE SUPERNATURAL MODERN IDEAS OF MATTER AND MIND by William Charlton Sheed & Ward
RETRIEVING THE TRADITION AND RENEWING EVANGELICALISM: A PRIMER FOR SUSPICIOUS PROTESTANTS by D H Williams William B. Eerdmans     

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Book reviewed in this article: AN ORTHODOX REFERENCE BOOK: (The Holy Theological School of Halki: 1923 to Today), by Vasil T. Istavridis THE CHURCH AND ANTI-SEMITISM: The Grey Book, by Johan M. Snoek     

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Book Review in this Articles:
THE OXFORD DICTIONARY OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, edited by F. L. Cross
THE VIRGINAL CONCEPTION AND BODILY RESURRECTION OF JESUS, by Raymond E. Brown
THE FIRST CHRISTMAS: WHAT REALLY HAPPENED? by H. J. Richards
THE THEOLOGY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, by W. G. Kümmel
STUDIES IN PAUL'S TECHNIQUES AND THEOLOGY, by Anthony Tyrrell Hanson
THE STORY OF ANGLICAN MINISTRY, by Edward P. Echlin
SOCIAL SECURITY AND SOCIETY, by Victor George
CURRENT ISSUES IN COMMUNITY WORK. A Study by the Community Work Group, The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. Routledge end Kegan Paul