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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: Acting in Faith : The World Council of Churches Since 1975, by Leon howell . Handbook of Member Churches , edited by Ans J. van der Bent . The Social Teaching of the Church , by John Desrochers     

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Book reviewed in this article: “HISTORY”, AS PRESENTED IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION: Time and History — A Study on the Revelation, by Mathias Rissi, translation by Gordon C. Winsor. WORSHIP AND MISSION: The Church Worships (Concilium, Vol. XII), by Johannes Wagner and Helmut Hucke. WORSHIP AND MISSION: Worship and Mission, by J. G. Davies. ASIAN ECUMENICAL HERITAGE: Asia and the Ecumenical Movement 1896–1961, by Hans-Ruedi Weber CHURCH AND SOCIETY, VOLUMES I, II, III: Responsible Government in a Revolutionary Age, Edited by Z. K. Matthews CHURCH AND SOCIETY, VOLUMES I, II, III: Christian Social Ethics in a Changing World. Ed. John C. Bennett. CHURCH AND SOCIETY, VOLUMES I, II, III: Man in Community. Ed. Egbert de Vries. “GRANDCHILDREN, MEET YOUR GRANDPARENTS”: Brief Outline on the Study of Theology, by Friedrich Schleiermacher, translated by Terrence N. Tice. “GRANDCHILDREN, MEET YOUR GRANDPARENTS”: Faith and the Vitalities of History: A Theological Study Based on the Work of Albrecht Ritschl, by Philip Hefner. RESPONSIBILITY AMID CHANGE: Welt im Umbruch. Gesellschaftliche und geistige Probleme in den Entwikklungsländern, by Karl Heinz Pfeffer.     

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Book reviewed in this article: A Vision for Man . Essays on Faith , Theology And Society , ed. Samuel Amirtham. einführung in die Theologie der Religionen , by H. Bürkle . Church And State : Opening A New Ecumenical Discussion . Christians or Capitalists , by Cosmas Desmond . The Orthodox Church in the Ecumenical Movement , ed. Constantin Patelos. Das Herrenmahl , ed. Gemeinsame Römisch-Katholische/Evangelisch-Lutherische Kommission. Nairobi : A Joke, a Junket, or a Journey ? by J. H. Jackson.     

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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: Claims in Conflict : Retrieving and Renewing the Catholic Human Rights Tradition , by David Hollenbach . The Church and Unity , by B. C. Butler . Missionstheologie , by Horst Bürkle . Protestant and Roman Catholic Ethics : Prospects for Rapprochement , by James M. Gustafson .     

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Book reviewed in this article: HELPS FOR BIBLE STUDY: 1. Oxford Study Edition of the New English Bible with Apocrypha HELPS FOR BIBLE STUDY: 2. Traduction OEcuménique de la Bible HELPS FOR BIBLE STUDY: 3. Das Buch der Bücher , Altes Testament : Einführungen, Texte, Kommentare, edited by H. M. Lutz , H. Timm and E. C. Hirsch HELPS FOR BIBLE STUDY: 4. The Bible in Order , Jerusalem Bible Version, edited by Joseph Rhymer HELPS FOR BIBLE STUDY: 5. The Horizontal Line Synopsis of the Gospels , by Reuben J. Swanson. HELPS FOR BIBLE STUDY: 6. Evangiles : Les 4 Annonces (Matyah, Markos, Loukas, Yohanân), translated and presented by André Chouraqui HELPS FOR BIBLE STUDY: 7. Een Tijding Van Vreugde : Het evangelie verhaald door Markus. Dutch translation and commentary by Marie H. van der Zeyde. HELPS FOR BIBLE STUDY: Paul Tillich's Theology of the Church — A Catholic Appraisal, by Ronald Modras HELPS FOR BIBLE STUDY: Society and Religion . Essays in honour of M. M. Thomas, edited by Richard W. Taylor HELPS FOR BIBLE STUDY: Christian Worship in Transition , by James F. White HELPS FOR BIBLE STUDY: The Psalms in Christian Worship , by Massey H. Shepherd Jr HELPS FOR BIBLE STUDY: Facing up to Nuclear Power , ed. by John Francis and Paul Abrecht.     

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Book reviewed in this article: ECUMENICITY IN AMERICA: Church Cooperation and Unity in America: A Historical Review: 1900–1970, by Samuel McCrea Cavert ECUMENICAL HISTORY IN BRIEF: Zueinander-Miteinander, by Walter Müller-Römheld. A NEW HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN JAPAN: A History of Christianity in Japan, by Richard H. Drummond. AN UNUSUAL “FESTSCHRIFT”: Irish Anglicanism 1869–1969. Essays on the role of Anglicanism in Irish Life presented to the Church of Ireland on the occasion of the centenary of its Disestablishment by a group of Methodist, Presbyterian, Quaker and Roman Catholic scholars. Edited by Michael Hurley, S. J. ORTHODOX REFERENCE BOOK: : 1844–1923 (The Holy Theological School of Halki: 1844–1923), by Vasil T. Istavridis THE DIALECTIC OF DEVELOPMENT AND REVOLUTION: Development through revolution by Arend T. van Leeuwen     

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Book reviewed in this article: BONHOEFFER “THE THEOLOGIAN OF REALITY”: UNE THÉOLOGIE DE LA RÉALITÉ: DIETRICH BONHOEFFER, by ANDRÉ DUMAS FREE CHURCHES AND ECUMENICITY: ECUMENISM… Free Church Dilemma, by ROBERT G. TORBET     

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Book reviewed in this article: Warum Ich Glaube : (Meine Sache Mit Gott ), by Heinz Zahrnt . Christ — Saviour of Mankind : A Christian Appreciation of Svami Akhilananda , by Heinrich Barlage . La Pauvreté — Richesse des Peuples , by Albert Tévoédjrè . La Manifestation de l 'Esprit , by Henri Mottu . Pimen , Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia : Speeches , Addresses and Messages . The Gold -Crowned Jesus and Other Writings , by Kim Chi Ha , edited by Chong Sun Kim and Shelly Killen, illustrated by George Knowlton. Yearbook of the Orthodox Church . Christ and Power , by Martin Hengel .     

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Book reviewed in this article: The Concept of Peace , by John Macquarrie Ein Gespräch Beginnt by Karl -Christoph Epting First of All , Persons , by Elizabeth Steel Genné and William H. Genné The Holy Spirit in Today's Church . A Handbook of the New Pentecostalism , ed. by Erling Jorstad Troubling of the Waters , ed. by Idris Hamid Vers Ceux de L'Autre Bord … Fernand Portal Zur Frage der Anglikanischen Weihen ; Ein Modellfall Festgefahrener Kontroverstheologie Anglican /Roman Catholic Dialogue : The Work of the Preparatory Commission , ed. by Alan C. Clark and Colin Davey     

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Book reviewed in this article: CHURCH UNION: Principles of Church Union , Adopted by the Consultation at its Meeting 1966 in Dallas, Texas A HISTORY OF CHRISTIAN THOUGHT: Historia del Pensamiento Cristiano , by Justo L. Gonzalez SOCIAL PROTEST: Dissenter in a Great Society , by William Stringfellow     

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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: Protestantisme et Nationalisme en Allemagne de 1900–1945, by Rita Thalmann . Silvester 1999: Rückblick eines Christen aus Miatopia , by Ralf Textor . Les Idées Justes ne Tombent Pas Du Ciel , by Georges Casalis . Dom Hélder Cámara , Les Conversions d'un Evêque : Entretiens avec José de Broucker . Théologies Politiques et Vie de l 'Eglise , by André Dumas . A Workbook of Bibliographies for the Study of Interchurch Dialogues , by Fr James F. Puglisi , S.A. The Christian and Other Religion , by Kenneth Cragg . Von Vorurteilen zum Verständnis , Dokumente zum jüdisch-christlichen Dialog , by Franz von Hammerstein (ed.). The Church in the Power of the Spirit : A Contribution to Messianic Ecclesiology , by Jürgen Moltmann (tr. Margaret Kohl).     

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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: 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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Books reviewed: Michael Horton, A Better Way: Rediscovering the Drama of Christ–Centred Worship. Colin E. Gunton, Becoming and Being: The Doctrine of God in Charles Hartshorne and Karl Barth. Alister McGrath, A Scientific Theology, volume 1, Nature. Edward Farley, Faith and Beauty: A Theological Aesthetic. Eberhard Jüngel, God's Being Is in Becoming: The Trinitarian Being of God in the Theology of Karl Barth John Milbank and Catherine Pickstock, Truth in Aquinas. William Lane Craig and J.P. Moreland, eds., Naturalism: A Critical Analysis. Theodor Dieter, Der junge Luther und Aristoteles: eine historisch–systematische Untersuchung zum Verhältnis von Theologie und Philosophie. Dirk–Martin Grube, UnbegrÏndbarkeit Gottes? Tillichs und Barths Erkenntnistheorien im Horizont der gegenwärtigen Philosophie. Markus Bockmuehl, Jewish Law in Gentile Churches: Halakhah and the Beginning of Christian Public Ethics. Leander E. Keck, Who is Jesus? History in Perfect Tense Nicholas M. Healy, Church, World and the Christian Life: Practical–Prophetic Ecclesiology. Amy Plantinga Pauw, The Supreme Harmony of All: The Trinitarian Theology of Jonathan Edwards.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Social Cognition and Social Development: A Sociocultural Perspective . Edited by E. Tory Higgins, Diane Ruble & Willard Hartup. Sibling Relationships: Their Nature and Significance Across the Lifespan . Edited by Michael E. Lamb & Brian Sutton-Smith. Children's Language vol. 3 . vol. 3. Edited by Keith E. Nelson.     

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Book reviewed in this article: The Scope of Political Theology , ed. Alistair Kee . The Prophet Elijah in the Development of Judaism : a Depth -Psychological Study , by Aharon Wiener . Varieties of Christian -Marxist Dialogue , ed. Paul Mojzes . Kirche und Deutschtum in der Entwicklung der Evangelischen Kirche Lutherischen Bekenntnisses in Brasilien , by Martin N. Dreher . The World Council of Churches , by Alan Brash . What in the World is the World Council of Churches ?, by Ans van der Bent Thinking about Human Rights , by Edward Rogers . Thinking about Rural Development , by Ralph Whitlock . Alive to the World: in the Power of the Holy Spirit .     

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Book reviewed in this article: CHRISTIANITY'S FUTURE TASK: CHRISTIANITY IN WORLD PERSPECTIVE, by Kenneth Cragg AUTHORITY OF FREEDOM: DIE AUTORITÄT DER FREIHEIT. Gegenwart des Konzils und Zukunft der Kirche im ökumenischen Disput, edited by JOHANN CHRISTOPH HAMPE THE BASIS OF THE WORLD COUNCIL: DIE TRINITARISCHE BASIS DES ÖKUMENISCHEN RATES DER KIRCHEN by P. WOLFDIETER THEURER