Bruce T. Morrill

Baptismal Imagery in Early Christianity

Theology

“True to our social-human natures, we Christians have an insatiable desire to dig into the treasures of our past to discover the world of ancient beliefs and practices behind the images, names, texts, and symbols composing the biblical-traditional faith we practice today. Robin Jensen has taken the vast and varied array of treasures from early Christian baptism and organized them into a theologically enlightening exhibit, leading the reader through a series of ‘rooms’ through which one may marvel at the rich and varied elements composing the sacramental whole.”

Each in Our Own Language

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“In our unfortunate era, when runaway rhetoric seizing upon others' words largely produces more heat than light, Ben Durheim invites readers to think through the symbol-mediated realities of social bodies to comprehend better how and why a people shares values and convictions. Durheim integrates critical theories of symbol, ritual, and aesthetics with freshly considered theological categories to enlighten efforts at self- and mutual understanding, ethical reflection, and societal solidarity.”

Embodied Words, Spoken Signs

Theology

“Embodied Words, Spoken Signs makes a significant contribution to overcoming the long-term divide in Catholic theology between word and sacrament. Rooted in the classic insights of Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, Martin Luther, and John Calvin, Rhodora E. Beaton draws on the sacramental theologies of Karl Rahner and Louis-Marie Chauvet to craft a creative contemporary reading of the claim that words of faith proclaimed and heard in the power of the Spirit are ‘audible sacraments.’ An excellent resource for ecumenical reflection on the power of the word in a world in which sin abounds, but grace abounds still more, this volume will prove valuable for scholars, students, pastors, and preachers from a wide variety of Christian traditions." —Mary Catherine Hilkert University of Notre Dame "A welcomed new voice for sacramental and fundamental theology, Rhodora E. Beaton has provided a much-needed scholarly treatment of the revelatory nature of liturgically proclaimed word. With its original entree into two of the most important twentieth-century theologians building on chapters surveying major historical contributors, this lucid book will serve as a reliable text for students and professionals alike.”

Finding All Things in God

Theology

“The theological vistas opened by twentieth-century developments in the concept of sacramentality have still only begun to be explored. Given that, as Hans Gustafson aptly avers, sacramentality entails the meeting of human particularity (spirituality) and divine universality (theology), each new generation must start afresh, critically building on prior scholarship while bringing new human resources to bear. Gustafson displays intellect, passion, and reverence for traditions in this new comprehensive, interdisciplinary contribution.”

Missa Est!

Theology

“Grounding his ecclesiology in the paschal mystery affected through sacramental liturgy, Schlesinger demonstrates how false is the polarizing alternative between the 'inner' work of communio and the 'outer' work of mission. By building on his extensive pastoral experience in Evangelical Protestantism while turning to such Roman Catholic luminaries as Lonergan, von Balthasar, and de Lubac, Schlesinger contributes to the ecumenical theological work in church and sacraments so essential to the vitality, if not viability, of the church in the twenty-first century.”

Pastoral Liturgist

History & Biography

“Christian liturgy only exists in the practice of persons, communities, ordained leaders, and varied ministries in real-life times and places. With this memoir the highly respected theological scholar, teacher, and minster Frank Senn has generously integrated his formidable knowledge with a disarmingly transparent account of his life to demonstrate how participation and reflection on one’s ecclesial worship is of a piece with one’s entire life as the worship of God.”

Secrets from a Prison Cell

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“2.2 million people are in U.S. prisons and jails, with millions more on probation and parole, but such statistics about our ever-expanding carceral society tend to prove powerless at touching hearts or even minds. Tony Vick’s stories and poems have the creative power of word and image to make the prisoner’s life-task of correction and rehabilitation a contribution to the urgently needed conversation among and within ourselves about who we are and what we might become as twenty-first-century Americans.”

The Conversation Matters, Second Edition

Theology

“Knight and Saliers’s expanded edition, situated in their Methodist context and Wesleyan tradition, offers a wealth of wisdom, insights, and practical advice to other Christian ecclesial bodies in this era of polarization. Reading these chapters, this Roman Catholic, for example, could readily perceive their resourcefulness for advancing conversational, listening-based ‘synodality’ in all dimensions of church life. Such is Pope Leo’s stated expectation, including ‘an ever stronger synodality in ecumenical relations.’”

Worship and Power

Preaching & Worship

“A breakthrough work by a new generation of liturgical scholars examining the heretofore neglected Free Church traditions of worship, asking the right questions for these times and then addressing them with cutting edge scholarship, critical skill, and pastoral concern. This admirably collaborative project should prove both encouraging and challenging for the churches, as well as informative to the wider liturgical academy.”

Worship as Community Drama

Preaching & Worship

Foreword

(wrote the foreword)