May 2009

In this issue of Touchstone Journal

Volume 27 May 2009 Number 2

Editorial

1. A Healthy Case of Midrash

Articles

1. Re-Digging AncientWells – R. Gerald Hobbs

2. Beyond The Last Supper: The Institution Narrative Revisited – William S. Kervin

3. Jazz: Human Transformation In A Musical Key – Thomas E. Reynolds

4. “To Share In God’s Concern For All”. The Effect of the 1966 Report on World Mission – Hyuk Cho

From the Heart

1. The Deposit We Leave In Each Other’s Lives – Lois Wilson

Profile

1. Clarence Edwin Silcox (1881-1961): Brave and Resolute Champion of the City of God – Alan Davies

Reviews

1. Divided Heritage: The Presbyterian Contribution to The United Church of Canada by John Webster Grant – Marilyn Fardig Whiteley

2. Why John Wrote a Gospel by Tom Thatcher – Deborah Shanks

3. Vulnerable Communion: A Theology of Disability and Hospitality by Thomas E. Reynolds – Ron McConnell

4. Our Life Together: A Memoir In Letters by Jean Vanier – Jane Doull

5. What Lies Behind The Picture by Vernon R. Wishart – Greg Parker

6. Seeking The Identity of Jesus: A Pilgrimage Edited by Beverly Roberts Gaventa and Richard Hays – Don Schweitzer

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