Worship, Symbolism, and Ethics

Books

1988 God's Federal Republic: Reconstructing Our Governing Symbol (New York: Paulist Press). Out of print. Contact us for a copy.

1991 Gottes Bund und Menschliche Öffentlichkeit, Tr. Gerd Decke (München: Christian Kaiser). Out of print. Contact us for a copy.

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

Articles

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.

1979 "Liturgy and Ethics: A Response to Saliers and Ramsey," Journal of Religious Ethics, 7:2 (Fall), 203-14.

1989 "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.

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

1998 "Seals and Springboks: Theological Reflections on Constitutionalism and South African Culture," Journal of Theology for Southern Africa, 101 (July), 71-82.

2000 "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," The Christian Century, 118:2 (January 17), 6-7.

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

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.

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