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01 Jan 1990-Theology

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01 Sep 1990-Theology

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01 Sep 1990-Theology

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Journal ArticleDOI
01 Jul 1990-Theology
TL;DR: The authors argued that in allowing ourselves to believe that 'Suffer little children' is not about baptism, we have become distanced from the teaching and outlook ofJesus, and that emphasis on the future growth of the child as a Christian enables us to take baptism seriously and to be loyal to the inherited wisdom of the Church.
Abstract: I) should still be regarded as the norm 2) speaks of God's prevenient grace 3) should reflect the welcome which Jesus gave to children 4) is administered in the faith of the Church and 5) looks forward to the child's growth as a Christian. And the author is persuasive. True, with F. D. Maurice there comes, as always, a hint of prestidigitation. And I learn more about godparents and less about Scripture (and indeed the problems ofour present customs) than I would have wished. But I am persuaded that in allowing ourselves to believe that 'Suffer little children' is not about baptism, we have become distanced from the teaching and outlook ofJesus, and that emphasis on the future growth of the child as a Christian enables us to take baptism seriously and to be loyal to the inherited wisdom of the Church. I hope this book will be widely read.

Journal ArticleDOI
01 Mar 1990-Theology
TL;DR: Lebacqz et al. as discussed by the authors, op. cit., p.10.5, op.c. I23ff, p.12.5. I I J. Feinberg, 'Noncomparative justice', in J.B. Feinerg and H.P. Gross, Justice: Selected Readings (Dickenson Publishing, New York Ig77) PP.
Abstract: I K. Lebacqz, Six Theories ofJustice (Augsburg, Minneapolis Ig86). 2 A. MacIntyre, After Virtue (Notre Dame U.P. Ig81). 3 Lebacqz, op. cit., p. 10. 4 H. R. Beckley, 'Six Theories ofJustice', Interpretation (April Ig88), p. 217. 5 R. B. Miller, 'Six Theories of Justice', Theology Today (April Ig88), XLV, p.120. 6 Lebacqz, op. cit., p. I 18. 7 M. Walzer, Spheres of Justice (Basic Books, New York 1983)· 8 ibid. P.5. g Lcbacqz, op. cit., p. 133 n. 93. 10 K. Lebacqz, Justice in an Unjust World (Augsburg, Minneapolis 1987), p. 152. I I J. Feinberg, 'Noncomparative Justice', in J. Feinberg and H. Gross, Justice: Selected Readings (Dickenson Publishing, New York Ig77) PP.55-74. 12 Lebacqz (1987), op. cit. 13 ibid., p. 57· 14 ibid., p. 60. 15 ibid., p. 61. 16 ibid., p.67. 17 ibid., p. 55· 18 ibid., p. 55. Ig cf. S. C. Mott, Biblical Ethics and Social Change (O.U.P. Ig82) p.67. 20 Lebacqz (1987), op. cit., p. I23ff. 2 I ibid., p. 134. 22 ibid., p. 152. 23 cf.J. Rawls, A Theory ofJustice (Cambridge, Harvard University Press Ig7 1) and R. Nozick, Anarchy, State and Utopia (Basic Books, New York, Ig74). 24 Lebacqz (1987), op. cit., p. 155· 25 cf. Mott, op. cit., p. 77. 26 Lebacqz (lg87), op. cit., p. 84. 27 ibid., p. 155· 28 L. M. Russell, Human Liberation in a Feminist Perspective-A Theology (Westminster Press, Philadelphia Ig74). 2g Quoted in E. LeRoy Long, A Survey ofRecent Christian Ethics (O.U,P. Ig82) P·174· 30 Lebacqz (1986), op. cit., p. go. 31 HMSO, Punishment, Custody and the Community (HMSO Cm424 Ig88) p. 10.


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01 Nov 1990-Theology





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01 Mar 1990-Theology




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01 Jan 1990-Theology



Journal ArticleDOI
01 Sep 1990-Theology
TL;DR: In this paper, Wilken traces the ideological appeal to the past as an integral part of the early Christian construction of its history and concludes that "theology as the work of the imagination is the most important work of imagination".
Abstract: 5 L. Hurtado, One God, One Lord \\SCM Press 1988). 6 R. L. Wilken, The Myth ofChristian Beginnings (SCM Press 1979), traces the ideological appeal to the past as an integral part of the early Christian construction of its history. 7 D. E. Nineham, 'Ye Have Not Passed This Way Heretofore' Theology \\70 1. LXXX\\TII (Sept. 1984) p. 361. 8 For theology as the work of the imagination, see G. D. Kaufman, The Theological Imagination (Westminster 1981). 9 See M. D. Goulder, Midrash and Lection in Matthew (SPCK 1974) and]. L. Houlden, Backward into Light (SC~1 Press 1g88). 10 From my essay, 'Truth is Many-Eyed' in E. James (ed.), God's Truth (SCM Press 1g88), p. 187.



Journal ArticleDOI
01 May 1990-Theology
TL;DR: The Church as a whole and theologians in particular are not at the forefront of an intellectual and practical campaign for justice, peace, and the integrity of creation as mentioned in this paper, despite the Church's increasing tendency to privatization and its alignment with and perpetuation of the status quo.
Abstract: homosexuality and divorce) than in dismantling the structures that perpetuate racism, sexism and poverty. One of the most striking characteristics of the Christianity of the North Atlantic in the twentieth century has been its increasing tendency to privatization and thereby its alignment with and perpetuation of the status quo. There are, thankfully, exceptions: costly and shining ones. But their presence only heightens the question of why it is that the Churches as a whole and theologians in particular are not at the forefront of an intellectual and practical campaign for justice, peace, and the integrity of creation. Not that that is a particularly comfortable place to be, or even always a safe place: we need only remember Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Martin Luther King. And theologians are human and partial and particular: we will sometimes get it wrong. But at least we will be engaged, with passion and compassion, in the struggles of our society and our world. We will be seen to care. And we will not be boring.