Articles
1975 "Ecclesiology and Political Authority:
A Dialogue with Hannah Arendt,"
Encounter (Indianapolis), 36:1 (Winter), 26‑36.
1987
"Contract and Covenant in Human Community," Emory
Law Journal, 36:2, 557‑68.
1988
"God's Federal Republic: Reconstructing Our Political and Religious
Heritage," Nebraska English Journal, 33:3 (Spring),
20-26.
1988
"God's Federal Republic,"
New Catholic World, 231:1384 (July/August), 187-190.
1990
"The Flag Amendment Is a Religious Issue," First Things, No. 8 (December), 7-9.
1991
"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.
1995
"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.
1996
"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.
1998
“Volk, Kirche, Demokratie,” ed. Gerd Decke,
Mission (Berliner Missionswerk), Nr. 3
(September), 9-14.
1999 “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.
2000 “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.
2000 “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.
2001
“Public Works: Bridging the Gap Between Theology and Public Ethics,”
Theological Literacy, ed. Rodney
Petersen (in press).