Washington Theological Consortium

The faculty members of the schools of the Washington Theological Consortium are an extraordinarily productive group. They excel in teaching, in pastoral service and in scholarship.

The list of recent publications which follows gives a small indication of the depth of wisdom characteristic of our colleagues.

We are happy to recognize some of the recent contributions of these faculty members.

Daniel Bagby, BTSR
Beyond The Myths: The Journey to Adulthood, (Georgia: Smyth & Helwys), 2007.

Mark Biddle, BTSR
Missing the Mark: Sin and Its Consequences in Biblical Theology. Nashville: Abingdon, 2005.

Kathy Brown, WTU
Companions on the Journey: The Gift of Spiritual Friendship with David M. Orr. Stella Niagara , NY: DeSales Resources and Ministries, 2006.

Lay Leaders of Worship: A Spiritual and Practical Guide. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2004.

John Burkhard, WTU
Apostolicity Then and Now: An Ecumenical Church in a Postmodern World. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2004.

Katie Geneva Cannon, Union-PSCE
Teaching Preaching: Isaac R. Clark and Black Sacred Rhetoric , New York, Continuum, 2002.

John Carroll, Union-PSCE
(Edited volume) The Word in This World: Essays in New Testament Exegesis and Theology, by Paul W. Meyer (New Testament Library Classics; Louisville:
Westminster John Knox, 2004)

Michael Cooper-White
(With Robert Bacher) Church Administration: Programs, Process, and Purpose,

On a Wing and a Prayer: Faithful Leadership in the 21st Century. Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 2005.

James Coriden, WTU
An Introduction to Canon Law (Revised Edition). Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2004.

Ilia Delio, WTU
Franciscan Prayer. Cincinnati: St. Anthony Messenger Press, 2004.

Daniel Dapaah
The Relationship between John the Baptist and Jesus of Nazareth: A Critical Study. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2005.

Dawn DeVries
Ed. with B. A. Gerrish, The New Westminster Dictionary of Christian Theology (Louisville, Ky.: Westminster John Knox Press, forthcoming).

Francis Taylor Gench
Back to the Well: Women's Encounters with Jesus in the Gospels, Westminster John Knox Press, 2004.

Rebecca Harden Weaver
Associate editor, The New Westminster Dictionary of the Christian Church, Westminster John Knox Press (forthcoming).

James Henry Harris, Proctor (RTC)
The Word Made Plain: The Power and Promise of Preaching. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2004.

Gwen Hawley, Union-PSCE
Annotated Bibliography for the Measures of Psychosocial Development, 1984-2005 (Electronic version, Odessa, Florida: Psychological Assessment Resources, 2005).

Joseph Komonchak, CUA
[With G. Alberigo] History of Vatican II. Vol. IV: Church as Communion. Third Period and Intersession September 1964-September 1965. Maryknoll: Orbis/ Leuven: Peeters, 2003.

John Langlois, DHS
A Catholic Response in Sixteenth-Century France to Reformation Theology: The Works of Pierre Dore. Lewiston, NY: Mellen Press, 2003.

LTSG Faculty
Spirituality: Toward a 21st Century Lutheran Understanding, edited by Kirsi Stjerna and Brooks Schramm. Gettysburg: Lutheran University Press, 2004.

Kevin O'Neil, WTU
Seeking Goodness and Beauty: The Use of the Arts in Theological Ethics, co-edited with Patricia Lamoureux. Sheed & Ward, 2004.

Douglas F. Ottati
Theology of Liberal Presbyterians and Other Endangered Species, Westminster John Knox, 2006

Confessional Standards for a Confessing Church: The Confession of 1967 and the Book of Confessions , a pamphlet in the Price H. Gywnn III Leadership Series (Louisville: Geneva Press, 2005).

Jerome Clayton Ross, Proctor (RTC)
The History of Ancient Israel and Judah: A Compilation. Pittsburgh: Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc., 2003.

Stephen D. Ryan, DHS
Dionysius bar Salibi's Factual and Spiritual Commentary on Psalms 73-82. Cahiers de la Revue biblique 57; Paris: Gabalda, 2004.

Andreas Kurt Schuele
Der Prolog der hebräischen Bibel. Das literar- und theologiegeschichtliche Profil der biblischen Urgeschichte (Gen 1-11) . Arbeiten zur Theologie des Alten und Neuen Testaments. Zurich 2006 (English translation is in preparation). 472 pp.

Luhmann und die Theologie (with Günter Thomas). (Ed.) Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft 2006.

Theologie in Israel und seinen Nachbarkulturen (with Konrad Schmid). (Ed.) Altes Testament und Moderne 9. Münster: Lit-Verlag 2004.

Henry Simmons, Union-PSCE
[MONOGRAPH] Brief Bibliography: Religion, Spirituality, and Aging [CD-Rom]. With Susan McFadden. Washington, DC: AGHE, 2004.

Stanley Skreslet, Union-PSCE
Picturing Christian Mission: New Testament Images of Disciples in Mission.Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2006).

Kirsi Stjerna, LTSG
Women and the Reformation. Blackwell Publishers, forthcoming, 2007/2008 turn of the year.

Tarmo Toom, Leland
Classical Trinitarian Theology: A Textbook, Edinburgh: T&T Clark, Fall 2007 (forthcoming)

Mark Valeri, Union-PSCE
Editor, with Laurie Maffly-Kipp and Leigh Eric Schmidt, Practicing Protestants: A History of Christian Practice in America (forthcoming, The Johns Hopkins University Press).

Jane Rogers Vann, Union-PSCE
Gathered before God: Worship-Centered Church Renewal. Westminster: John Knox, 2004.

James A. Wallace, WTU
[With the late Rev. Robert P. Waznak of WTU and Guerric DeBona] Lift up Your Hearts: Homilies for the 'A' Cycle. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2004.

Louis Weeks, Union-PSCE
Co-editor with Ann Weems, Faith in Words: A Celebration of Presbyterian Writers. Geneva Press, 2004

Karen-Marie Yust, Union-PSCE
Nurturing Child and Adolescent Spirituality: Perspectives from the World's Religions Karen Marie Yust, et al., eds. (New York: Rowman and Littlefield, 2006).

Real Kids, Real Faith: Practices for Nurturing Children’s Spiritual Lives (Jossey-Bass, 2004).

Beverly Zink-Sawyer, Union-PSCE
From Preachers to Suffragists: Woman's Rights and Religious Conviction in the Lives of Three Nineteenth-Century Clergywomen. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2003.

[Editor] The Abingdon Women's Preaching Annual-3A.Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2004.

Samuel E. Balentine, Union-PSCE
Job. Smith & Helwys Bible Commentary. (Macon, GA: Smith & Helwys, 2006).

Mark Biddle, BTSR
“Genesis 3: Sin, Shame and Self-Esteem,” Review & Expositor 103 (2006): 359-370.

Obadiah-Jonah-Micah in Canonical Context: The Nature of Prophetic Literature and Hermeneutics,” Interpretation 61 (2007): 154-166.

Kathy Brown, WTU
“Formation and the Laity.” In Formation, ( Silver Spring , MD :Religious Formation Conference ) Vol 14:4; p. 4-5.

"The Gift of Spiritual Friendship” with David M. Orr, a series of three articles in Ministry and Liturgy, (September 2006): p.17-19; (October 2006): p. 7-11; (November 2006): p. 15-17.

“To Be an Instrument of Healing: Formation of Ministers to the Sick.” with David M. Orr, Ministry and Liturgy (February 2006): p. 17-19.

“Sending Down Roots” in Educating Leaders for Ministry: Issues and Responses (Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2005), 181-184.

“The Leader of Prayer: An Instrument of the Spirit.” Parish Works, Vol. 8 No. 3 (March 2005): p 1-2.

“Leading in Liturgy and in Life.” Ministry and Liturgy (March 2005): p. 8-10.

“Forming a New Generation of Ministers.” Ministry and Liturgy (February 2005): p.10-11.

"Eucharistic Spirituality in the Gap." Emmanuel (September/ October 2004): pg. 417- 423.

John Carroll, Union-PSCE
“ ‘What, then, will this child be?’: Perspectives on Children in the Gospel of Luke,” in Biblical Perspectives on the Child, ed. Marcia Bunge, Terence E. Fretheim, and Beverly Roberts Gaventa (forthcoming from Eerdmans).

“Luke, Gospel of,” in New Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible (Abingdon, forthcoming).

“Luke (Evangelist),” in New Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible (Abingdon, forthcoming).

Joe Coalter, Union-PSCE
“The Blessedness of Peace-Makers Revisited,” in The Journal of Presbyterian History (Spring –Summer; 2006): 33-36.

Basil Cole, DHS
"Why so long to make a decision?" Homiletics and Pastoral Review Dec. 2004, 62-66.

Joan Cook, WTU
"Elizabeth Seton: Woman Steeped in Scripture," Vincentian Heritage Fall 2004.

Cynthia Crysdale, CUA
"Foundations for a Feminist Ethic of Risk," Feminist Issues in Theology. Villanova, PA: Villanova Press, 2004.

Ilia Delio, WTU
"Identity and Contemplation in Clare of Assisi's Writings," Studies in Spirituality 14, Fall 2004.

Dawn DeVries, Union-PSCE
“What Ordination Implied for Reformed Christians,” Frequently Asked Questions about Sexuality, the Bible and the Church ed. Ted Smith (2006).

"Calvin's Preaching," in The Cambridge Companion to Calvin, ed. Donald McKim (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004), 106-124.

"Rethinking the Scripture Principle: Friedrich Schleiermacher and the Role of the Bible in the Church," in Reformed Theology: Identity and Ecumenicity, ed. Wallace M. Alston Jr. and Michael Welker (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2003), 294-310.

"Schleiermacher," in The Blackwell Companion to Modern Theology, ed. Gareth Jones (Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 2003), 311-326.

William Dinges, CUA
"On Naming Religious Extremists: The 'Fundamentalist' Factor," pp. 243-268 in David Odell-Scott, ed., Democracy and Religion: Free Exercise and Diverse Visions (Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 2004).

"The New (Old) Age Movement: Assessing a Vatican Assessment," Journal of Contemporary Religion 19, 3 (2004): 273-288.

Catherine Dooley, CUA
"Engrave it by Memory in your Hearts," Living Light 40, no. 4 (Summer 2004): 30-36.

"To Be What We Celebrate," New Theology Review 17, no. 4 (November 2004): 9-17.

Stephen Edmondson, VTS
“Christ and History: Hermeneutical Convergence in Calvin and its Challenge to Biblical Theology.” Modern Theology 21 (January 2005): 3-36.

Maria E. Erling, LTSG
"Mainline Protestants: Costodians of Community," in Religion and Public Life in New England, edited by Andrew Walsh and Mark Silk

Ferlo, Roger, VTS
"On Simon Carr's religious paintings" in Simon Carr: Catalog of an exhibition held at The Chapel at Princeton University, Feb. 1-20, 2005; The Cantor-Fitzgerald Gallery, 2005.

John Ford, CUA
"Consulting the Faithful" (pp. 190-191) and "Sensus Fidelium" (pp. 767-768) were published in The Modern Catholic Encyclopedia, revised and expanded edition, edited by Michael Glazier and Monika Hellwig (Collegeville, Minnesota: The Liturgical Press, 2004). "Development of Doctrine" (pp. 237-239) and "John Henry Newman" (pp. 581-583) were re-published from the first edition.

Timothy A. Friedrichsen, CUA
"What Is Hidden Will Be Revealed. A Note on the Independence of Mk. 4,22 and Q 12, 2 in Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses 80 (2004), 439-44.

Paul Galbreath, Union-PSCE
“Making Public Worship Public Again,” Call to Worship, Vol. 40.1.

“Doing Justice with a Sacramental Heart,” Hungry Hearts, Fall 2005, Volume XIV, Number 3.

Patrick Granfield, CUA
Foreword for John J. Burkhard, Apostolicity Then and Now: An Ecumenical Church in a Postmodern World. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2004, ix-xi.

Jacques Gres-Gayer, CUA
"Gallicanism," "Jansenism," "Urban VIII," in Dictionary of Early Modern Europe. New York: Scribners, 2003.

"Un auteur à bons principes: Zeger Bernard Van Espen en pays gallican," in Zeger-Bernard Van Espen at the Crossroads of Canon Law, History, Theology and Church State Relations, ed. G. Cooman, M. Van Stiphout, B. Wauters. Leuven, 2003, pp. 11-28.

"La vérité et son discernement: le Magistère de la Sorbonne au XVIIe siècle," in Hurtubise, Pierre (Ed.), De la Réforme à la Révolution. L'Université Catholique à l'Epoque Moderne (XVI°-XVIII° siècles, Paris, Fédération International des Universités Vatholiques-Centre de Coordination de la Recherche, 2004, pp. 437-467.

Norbert Hintersteiner, CUA
"Facelifts for Jesus: Zu Ort, Ansatz und Status kontextueller Christologien," in Salzburger Theologische Zeitschrift 8,1 (2004), 3-16.

Mark Vitalis Hoffman
Holy Week, 2006” in New Proclamation: Year B, 2005-2006, Advent through Holy Week, Fortress Press, 2005

“Question Marks and Turning Points: Following the Gospel of Mark to Surprising Places,” Kathryn Vitalis Hoffman and Mark Vitalis Hoffman, Word & World 26.1, Winter 2006, 69-76.

“Technology, Pedagogy and Transformation in Theological Education: Five Case Studies,” co-authored with Javier Alanís, Steve Delamarter, Russell Haitch, Arun Jones, and Brent A. Strawn in Teaching Theology and Religion, April 2007

Kevin W. Irwin, CUA
"Liturgical Spirituality Is an Ecclesial Spirituality," New Theology Review 17:2 (May 2004), 84-88.

Christopher Kauffman, CUA
"The Formation of American Identities of Three Congregations of Men Religious," U.S. Catholic Historian (Winter 2004), 127-146.

Margaret Mary Kelleher, CUA
Introduction to "Images and Worship" in Vision: The Scholarly Contributions of Mark Searle to Liturgical Renewal, ed. Anne Y. Koester and Barbara Seale. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2004, 122-125.

Theresa Koernke, WTU
"Issues around Eucharistic Practice," New Theology Review 17, 2004.

Joseph Komonchak, CUA
"Canon Law in the Service of Communion: The Example of James H. Provost," The Jurist 63 (2003), 1-21.

Frank Matera, CUA
"Joseph Jensen, O.S.B.: A Tribute to his Life and Work on the Occasion of his Eightieth Birthday," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly 66 (2004), 513-18.

Donald R. McCrabb, DHS
"Exercising Leadership in the Bible," The Bible Today 42:2, March 2004.

Ken McFayden, Union-PSCE
"Education or Calling: What Makes a Commissioned Lay Pastor a Pastor?", in Multiple Paths to Ministry: New Models for Theological Education, Lance R. Barker and B. Edmon Martin, eds. Cleveland, OH: Pilgrim Press, 2004.

Kenneth Pennington, CUA
"Innocent until Proven Guilty: The Origins of a Legal Maxim," Jurist 63:1 (2003).

Samuel K. Roberts
“A Study Guide on the Quest for Virtue in the African American Moral Tradition: A supplement to the Jubilee Legacy Bible” (forthcoming).

Stephen D. Ryan, DHS
"Tobit and the Psalms," in Intertextual Studies in Ben Sira and Tobit. Essays in Honor of Alexander A. Di Lella, O.F.M., ed. J. Corley and V. Skemp (CBQMS, 38; Washington DC: Catholic Biblical Association, 2005) 28-42.

Andreas Kurt Schuele, Union-PSCE
Evil from the heart. Qohelet's negative anthropology and its canonical context , in A. Berlejung and P. van Hecke (eds.), Essays in honor of Anton Schoors (Leuven, 2006 [forthcoming]).

Kanonisierung als Systembildung. Überlegungen zum Zusammenhang von Tora, Prophetie und Weisheit aus systemtheoretischer Perspektive , in A. Schuele and G. Thomas (eds.), Luhmann und die Theologie (Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 2006), 27-44.

Canon, Cultural Pluralism and the Vicinity of God , in Canon and Pluralism, J. Assmann and M.Welker, eds. (Munich, 2005), 15-32.

'Made in His Image'. The Concepts of Divine Images in Gen 1-3 , in Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 117 (2005): 1-20.

(With G. Thomas) Die theologische Rezeption Niklas Luhmanns , in Thomas/Schüle, Luhmann und die Theologie (Darmstadt 2006), 1-15.

Kultur, Lebenswelt, Glaube. Perspektiven kulturtheologischer Forschung , in Verkündigung und Forschung 49 (2004): 3-31.

Erinnerung und Ereignis. Gibt es eine moderne Kultur des Festes? in Jahrbuch für Biblische Theologie 18 (2004): 353-377.

Gottes Geist in geistloser Zeit , in Theologische Zeitschrift 60 (2004) = Essays in honor of Klaus Beyer, 62-79.

Carol Schweitzer, Union-PSCE
"The Vocation of Ministry: Grief, Groans and Grace," Pastoral Psychology, 52:1/2, November 2003.

"Violence Against Women and Children: How Churches Can Respond," in Word and World, 24:1, Winter 2004.

Four "pastoral implications" essays for Lectionary Homiletics,14:6, October 2003.

Angela Senander, WTU
"Standing with Pregnant Students: A Response for the Unborn," America, May 24, 2004.

"Archbishop Oscar Romero: A Model of Reading the Signs of the Times," New Theology Review 18, February 2005.

Dominic Serra, CUA
"The Roman Canon: The Theological Significance of its Structure and Syntax." Ecclesia Orans 20 (2003), 99-128.

"The Roman Canon: The Theological Significance of its Structure and Syntax," in Primary Readings on the Eucharist, ed. Thomas J. Firsch. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2004, 129-156.

Henry Simmons, Union-PSCE
“Religion, Spirituality, and Aging for ‘the Aging’ Themselves,” in H. R. Moody, ed., Religion, Spirituality and Religion: A Social Work Perspective (Binghamton, NY: Haworth Social Work Practice Press, 2005), pp. 41-50.

"A Framework for Ministry for the Last Third of Life." In Melvin Kimble and Susan McFadden (Eds.), Aging, Spirituality, and Religion, Volume 2, Minneapolis, MN: Fortress, 2003, pp. 81-96.

Stanley Skreslet, Union-PSCE
“Bird, Mary Rebecca Stewart”; “Cary, Maude”; “Coptic Congress of Assyut”; “Copts, Coptic Church”; “Cragg, Kenneth”; “Fiske, Fidelia”; “Gardiner, William Henry Temple”; “Habib, Samuel”; “Middle East and North (Saharan) Africa, Christianity in”; “Oriental Orthodox Churches”; “Stern, Henry, Aaron”; “Sudan Interior Mission”; “Sudan United Mission.” New Westminster Dictionary of Church History. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, forthcoming.

“Thinking Missiologically about the History of Mission,” International Bulletin of Missionary Research 31:2 (2007 59-65.

“Christianity and Other Religions,” Interpretation 61:1 (2007): 3-5 [guest editorial]

“Configuring Missiology: Reading Classified Bibliographies and Disciplinary Maps,” Mission Studies 23/2 (2006): 171-201.

Marty Stevens, LTSG
Temples, Tithes, and Taxes: The Temple and the Economic Life of Ancient Israel. Hendrickson, Peabody, MA, 2006.

“Naisnäkökulmaa reformaation teologiaan ja spiritualiteettin” (in English: Feminist Perspectives on Reformation Spirituality and Theology.) In Pauliina Kainulainen (ed), Näen Jumalan Toisin. Kristinuskon feministisiä tulkintoja (in English, I see God in other ways: Feminist Interpretations of Christian Faith), Helsinki: Kirjapaja, 2006.

Tarmo Toom, Leland
“The Potential of a Condemned Analogy: Augustine on logos endiathetos and logos prophorikos” Heythrop Journal 48 (2007): 205-213.

Mark Valeri, Union-PSCE
“Puritans in the Marketplace,” in Frances J. Bremer and Lynn A. Botelho, eds., The Worlds of John Winthrop: Essays on England and New England, 1588-1649. (Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, forthcoming).

“Forgiveness and the Party of Humanity in Jonathan Edwards’s World,” in Kenneth P. Minkema, ed., Edwards at 300 (University Press of America, forthcoming).

“Robert Keayne,” in the New Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press (forthcoming).

“Kirche und Staat: Kirchengeschichte, Nordamerika,” in Die Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart. Tubingen: J. C. B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck), (forthcoming).

Gil Waldkoenig, LTSG
Articles on Glossalalia, Lutherans, Moravians, and the Harmonists section of the article on Intentional Communites, in Encyclopedia of Appalachia, by Rudy Abramson (Editor), Jean Haskell (Editor) University of Tennessee Press, 2006.

Rebecca Harden Weaver
Theological Essays on Exodus 12:1-14, Exodus 14:19-31, Exodus 17:1-7, Matthew 20:1-16, Lectionary Homiletics (2005).

"Reading the Signs: Guidance for a Pilgrim Community," Interpretation 58/1 (2004): 28-41.

Louis Weeks, Union-PSCE
“Good News is No News,” Presbyterian Outlook , September, 2005.

“A Brief Look at the Reformed,” Bulletin of the Institute for Reformed Theology , Fall, 2005.

“Reformed and Presbyterian Churches” The Encyclopedia of Christianity , Vol 4, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2005.

James Wiseman, CUA
"The Body in Spiritual Practice: A New Asceticism," in Reclaiming the Body in Christian Spirituality, Thomas Ryan, CSP, ed. New York: Paulist Press, 2004.

Karen-Marie Yust, Union-PSCE
"Creating an Idyllic World for Children's Spiritual Formation," International Journal of Children's Spirituality 11:1 (March 2006).

“Creating a Spiritual World for Children to Inhabit,” Family Ministry 18:4 (Winter 2004).

“The Toddler and the Community,” in Felicity Kelcourse, ed., Faith and Human Development (Chalice Press, 2004).

Beverly Zink-Sawyer, Union-PSCE
"Reflections on Women's Preaching." Insights: The Faculty Journal of Austin Seminary 119 (Spring 2004): 18-21.

Recent Publications by Consortium Faculty