VOLUME 27            JANUARY, 2009           NUMBER 1

CONTENTS

Editorial
“Common Morality” Vis à Vis The Biblical Story................ 3

Articles
Which Jesus? Evaluating The Current Offerings
     Beverly Roberts Gaventa and Richard B. Hays.............. 7

Care of The Spirit: Passing The Mantle
From Institutional Religion To Institutional Health Care
     Barbara Pesut................................................................ 16

Evangelism In The United Church of Canada :
Charles Templeton To Emerging Spirit
           John H. Young......................................................... 26


From The Heart About the Heart of the Matter
The Story of My Conversion
     Edwin Searcy................................................................ 36

Profile
Lucy Maud Montgomery: “Mistress of the Manse”
     Elizabeth Waterston...................................................... 39


Review Article
With or Without God: Why The Way We Live
Is More Important Than What We Believe  
by Gretta Vosper
     Tom Faulkner............................................................... 46


Reviews
Moral Discernment in the Christian Life:
Essays in Theological Ethics
by James M. Gustafson
     Roxanne M. Meshar..................................................... 55


Noah’s Other Son:
Bridging the Gap Between the Bible and the Koran
by Brian Arthur Brown
     James T. Christie........................................................... 57


Empire and The Christian Tradition:
New Readings of Classical Theologians
Edited by Don H. Compier, Kwok Pui lan, Jorge Rieger
     David Crombie............................................................. 58


Rage and Resistance:
A Theological Reflection on the Montreal Massacre
by Theresa O’Donovan
     Nathan Loewen............................................................ 61


C. Stacey Woods and the Evangelical Rediscovery of the University
by Donald A MacLeod
     Victor Shepherd............................................................ 62


A Troubled Faith: Do We Really Need God?
by Alan Reynolds 
     Ross Smillie.................................................................. 64


Spirit and the Politics of Discernment 
by Sharon V. Betcher  
     Thomas E. Reynolds..................................................... 66