CONTENTS
Preface ix
Acknowledgments
xi
Chapter 1 On
Not Taming Jesus 1
Chapter 2 Jesus
Revolutionizes Linear Time 20
Chapter 3 How
Will the Hungry Be Filled in the Reign of God? 37
Chapter 4 How
Did Jesus Heal? 47
Chapter 5 What
Does the Love Commandment Mean? 64
Chapter 6 No
Place for Warriors in the Name of God 75
Chapter 7 Did
Jesus Die for "Many" or for "All"? 86
Chapter 8 How
Could an Individual Redeem the Whole World? 90
Chapter 9 Jesus
and the Shattered People of God 105
Chapter 10 The
Canon and the Many Confessions 121
Chapter 11 Some
Irenic Thoughts on the Episcopacy and the Primacy 132
Chapter 12 Must
the Pope Be Conservative? 143
Chapter 13 What
Constitutes the Church's "Newness"? 147
Chapter 14 The
Church's Proper Name Is "Assembly" 160
Chapter 15 The
Unknown Paul 175
Chapter 16 How
a Sacrament Works 187
Chapter 17 A
Catastrophe in the Life of David 207
Chapter 18 On
the Sense and Nonsense of Good Intentions 220
Chapter 19 Has
the Church Been Deprived of Fasting? 226
Chapter 20 Prayer
as Access to Reality 231
Chapter 21 What
Distinguishes Christianity from the Religions? 247
Chapter 22 Where
Do We Get Our "Values"? 266
Chapter 23 The
Magnificat: Signal for a Revolution 279
Chapter 24 Faith:
How Does It Work? 285
Chapter 25 The
Bible in My Life as an Exegete 301
Notes 315
Index of
Biblical Citations and Other Ancient Literature 322
Index of Proper
Names 328
