Publications

(Publications prior to June 1982 appear under my former name, William W. Everett, III.)

Books

1970 Body Thinking in Ecclesiology and Cybernetics (Ph.D. Dissertation, Harvard University). Pp. 390.

1977 The Identity of the Church and Its Service to the Whole Human Being: Summary, Analysis, Interpretation. Final Volume, II [with T. Bakkevig, K. Hertz, J. Kiwovele, G. Sharffenorth] (Geneva: Lutheran World Federation).

1979 Disciplines in Transformation: A Guide to Theology and the Behavioral Sciences [with T. J. Bachmeyer] (Washington: University Press of America). Pp. 257.

1985 Blessed Be the Bond: Christian Perspectives on Marriage and Family (Fortress Press). Pp. 130. Reprinted in 1990 by University Press of America.

1985 The OIKOS Papers, with Sylvia Johnson Everett (Milwaukee and Atlanta: The OIKOS Project on Work, Family and Faith). Pp. 85. (Revised 1988.)

1988 God's Federal Republic: Reconstructing Our Governing Symbol (Paulist Press). Pp. 204.

1991 Gottes Bund und Menschliche Öffentlichkeit, Tr. Gerd Decke (München: Christian Kaiser). Pp. 120.

1992 Neue Öffentlichkeit in neuem Bund. Theologische Reflexionen zur Kirche in der Wende (Heidelberg: Forschungsstätte der Evangelischen Studiengemeinschaft). Pp. 135.

1997 Religion, Federalism, and the Struggle for Public Life: Cases from Germany, India, and America (Oxford University Press). Pp. 200.

1999 The Politics of Worship: Reforming the Language and Symbols of Liturgy (Cleveland: United Church Press). P. 128.

2008 Red Clay, Blood River (Booklocker.com). Pp. 436.

Articles

1968 "Persona in Drama, Law, and Theology: Some Speculations and Theories," Perspectives (Harvard Divinity School), II:1 (Fall), 8 27.

1972 "Cybernetics and the Symbolic Body Model," Zygon, 7:2 (June), 98 109.

1973 "Das christliche Leibsymbol und moderne Kommunikationsstrukturen," Kooperation im Aktionsraum Kirchenbezirk (Geneva: Lutheran World Federation), 7 28. Translated as "The Christian Body Symbol and Modern Theories of Communication," Cooperation at the Church District Level (Geneva: Lutheran World Federation), 7 45.

1974 "Liturgy and American Society: An Invocation to Ethical Analysis," Anglican Theological Review, 56:1 (January), 16 34.

1975 "Ecclesiology and Political Authority: A Dialogue with Hannah Arendt," Encounter (Indianapolis), 36:1 (Winter), 26 36.

1977 "The Churches and Radical Social Change in the USA," The Encounter of the Churches with Movements of Social Change in Various Cultural Contexts (Geneva: Lutheran World Federation), Pt. I, 105 116.

"Theology and the Behavioral Sciences: An Approach to Critical Methodology," The Encounter of the Church with Movements of Social Change in Various Cultural Contexts (Geneva: Lutheran World Federation), Pt. II, 165 74.

"Vocation and Location: An Exploration in the Ethics of Ethics," Journal of Religious Ethics, 5:1 (Spring), 91 112.

1979 "Between Augustine and Hildebrand: A Critical Response to Human Sexuality," Proceedings of the Thirty third Annual Convention of the Catholic Theological Society of America, June 7 10, 1978, Vol. 33, 77 83.

"Land Ethics: Toward a Covenantal Model," American Society of Christian Ethics, 1979: Selected Papers from the Twentieth Annual Meeting (Waterloo, Ontario: Council on the Study of Religion), 45 74.

"Liturgy and Ethics: A Response to Saliers and Ramsey," Journal of Religious Ethics, 7:2 (Fall), 203 14.

1980 "Stewardship Through Trust and Cooperation," Stewardship Papers ("Spirituality Series, No. 3"; Chicago: Pax Christi USA), 1 4.

1982 "How Does Your Garden Grow?" Marriage Encounter, 11:3 (March), 24 26.

1983-84 "Shared Parenting in Divorce: Toward a New Wisconsin Law," Passages (Milwaukee), (December-January), 10-13.

1984 "Shared Parenthood in Divorce: The Parental Covenant and Custody Law," Journal of Law and Religion, (2:1), 85-99.

1985 "Public Life: The View from OIKOS," Ministry and Mission (Candler School of Theology), 11:1 (September), 1, 6.

1986 "OIKOS: Convergence in Business Ethics," Journal of Business Ethics, 5, 313 25.

1987 "Contract and Covenant in Human Community," Emory Law Journal, 36:2, 557 68.

1988 "James Luther Adams" (Review Essay), Theology Today, 45:1 (April), 79-83.

"The Polity Dance," Ministry and Mission, 13:2 (Spring), 6-7.

"God's Federal Republic: Reconstructing Our Political and Religious Heritage," Nebraska English Journal, 33:3 (Spring), 20-26.

"God's Federal Republic," New Catholic World, 231:1384 (July/August), 187-190.

1989 "Transformation at Work," Religious Education as Social Transformation, ed. Allen Moore (Birmingham: Religious Education Press), 153-76.

"Sunday Monarchists and Monday Citizens?" The Christian Century, 106:16 (May 10), 503-5.

1990 "The Flag Amendment Is a Religious Issue," First Things, No. 8 (December), 7-9.

"Divorce and Remarriage: Protestantism," Dictionary of Pastoral Care and Counseling, Rodney J. Hunter, gen. ed. (Nashville: Abingdon Press), 300-301.

1991 "The Church's Critical Engagement with the World," The Catholic World, Vol. 234, No. 1401 (May-June), 110-113.

"Work, Family and Faith: Reweaving Our Values," Value Education Today: Explorations in Social Ethics, J. T. K. Daniel and N. Selvamony, eds. (Madras: Madras Christian College, and New Delhi: All-India Association for Christian Higher Education), 35-44.

"The Biblical Basis for Modern Politics," Bangalore Theological Forum, 23:3 (September), 3-24.

1995 "Religion and Federal Republicanism: Cases from India's Struggles," Journal of Church and State, 37:1 (Winter), 61-85.

"Couples at Work: A Study in Patterns of Work, Family and Faith," (with Sylvia Johnson Everett), in Work, Family, and Religion in Contemporary Society, ed. Nancy Tatom Ammerman and Wade Clark Roof (New York: Routledge), 305-329.

"Human Rights in the Church," Religious Human Rights in Global Perspective: Religious Perspectives, eds. John Witte, Jr. and Johann van der Vyver (Dordrecht, London, Boston: Martinus Nijhoff), 121-142.

1996 "Religion and Federalism: Some Comparative Perspectives," Proceedings of the Oromo Studies Association, 1995, 22-31.

"Ecclesial Freedom and Federal Order: Reflections on the Pacific Homes Case," Journal of Law and Religion, 12:2 (1995-96), 371-398.

1997 "Constitutional Order in United Methodism and American Culture," with Thomas E. Frank, in Connectionalism: Ecclesiology, Mission, and Identity, Russell E. Richey and Dennis Campbell, eds. (Nashville: Abingdon Press), 41-73.

"Old Testament or Hebrew Bible? Renaming the Scriptures," The Christian Century, Vol. 114, No. 30 (October 29, 1997), 965-66.

1998 "Volk, Kirche, Demokratie," ed. Gerd Decke, Mission (Berliner Missionswerk), Nr. 3 (September), 9-14.

"Marriage: A Protestant Perspective," in The Family Handbook, eds. Herbert Anderson, Don Browning, Ian Evison, and Mary Stewart Van Leeuwen (Louisville: Westminster/John Knox), 13-16.

"Seals and Springboks: Theological Reflections on Constitutionalism and South African Culture," Journal of Theology for Southern Africa, 101 (July), 71-82.

"Reconciliation's Public Face," in New Routes: A Journal of Peace and Action (Uppsala), 3:4, 29-33. [ Also appeared as "Reconciliation as New Covenant, New Public," Agenda for Peace: Reconciliation, ("Loccumer Protocolle," 55/98; Rehburg-Loccum, 1999), 140-151.]

1999 "Going Public, Building Covenants: Linking the TRC to Theology and the Church," Facing the Truth: South African Faith Communities and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, ed. Steven Martin and James Cochrane (Cape Town: David Philip), 153-166.

"Serving the Church and Facing the Law: Virtues for Committee Members Evaluating a Pastor," Practice What You Preach: Virtues, Ethics, and Power in the Lives of Pastoral Ministers and Their Congregations, ed. James F. Keenan and Joseph Kotva, Jr. (Franklin, WI: Sheed and Ward), 268-279.

"Recovering the Covenant," The Christian Century (Vol. 116, No. 3; November 10), 1094-1097. (Review essay on Daniel J. Elazar's The Covenant Tradition in Politics [4 vols.].)

"Religion in Democratic Transition," Religion in Public Life: Multi-Event 1999 Conference Proceedings, Cape Town, February 14-20, 1999 (Cape Town: RICSA, University of Cape Town), 30-34. Also in Journal of Theology for Southern Africa, 104 (July 1999), 64-68.

2000 "Introduction to Daniel J. Elazar" and "Kinship and Consent in Daniel Elazar's Covenantal Perspective," Annual of the Society of Christian Ethics, 2000, 91-98.

"Finding the Ethics in Architecture," Faith and Form (Journal of the Interfaith Forum on Religion, Art, and Architecture), 33:2, 21-23.

2001 "Communion Carpentry: A Conversation of Wood and Word," Christian Century, 118:2 (January 17), 6-7.

2002 "Public Works: Bridging the Gap Between Theology and Public Ethics," Theological Literacy for the Twenty-First Century, ed. Rodney L. Petersen (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans Publishing Company), 150-165

"Versöhnung zwischen Heimkehr und Zukunft: Eine Fallstudie aus dem amerikanischen Vietnam-Krieg," Politik der Versöhnung, Gerhard Beestermöller und Hans-Richard Reuter, hrsg. (Stuttgart: Verlag W. Kohlhammer), 169-180.

2003 "Journey Images and the Search for Reconciliation," Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics, 23:2 (Fall/Winter), 155-178.

2004 "Ritual Wisdom and Restorative Justice," Hamline Journal of Public Law and Policy (25:2, Spring), 347-354.

"War, Gender, and the Earth," New South African Outlook (Summer), 8-9.

"A Response to 'Education and Religion in Postwar Japan,'" Education and Religion Since World War II (Proceedings of Seigakuin University General Research Institute General Symposium, Tokyo, November 29, 2004, pp. 17-21).

2005 "With the Grain: Woodworking, Spirituality and the Struggle for Justice," Journal of Theology for Southern Africa, No. 123 (November) 6-15.

2006 "Gathering at the Roundtable," Conflict And Communion: Reconciliation and Restorative Justice at Christ's Table, ed. Thomas Porter (Discipleship Resources; Nashville, TN), 121-129.

Poems

"A Chapel Meditation," Signs and Times (Yale Divinity School), 5:8 (May 25, 1965).

"Love in Breaking," The Father's Book: Shared Experiences, ed. Carol Knott and Ronnie Friedland (Boston: G. K. Hall, 1986), p. 150.

"She laid them gently in the box," and "Agate eyes of black boy" in Worn-Out: A College Poetry Anthology (San Francisco: Laurel Press, 1983), 23, 60.

Videotapes

Four Videotapes (with Sylvia Johnson Everett) in connection with the OIKOS Project on Work, Family and Faith produced by the Media Center, Candler School of Theology, Emory University:

"Weaving the Fabric of Work, Family and Faith" (1988)
"Called and Coupled" (1989)
"The Parenthood of All Believers" (1989)
"How Does the Church Manage?" (1989)

Book Reviews

Numerous book reviews have appeared in Religious Studies Review, Theology Today, Encounter (Indianapolis), Journal of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Theological Studies and Journal of Religion.