Social Themes of the Christian Year [first edition]

For each of the liturgical seasons authors from various denominations provide commentaries on socially significant theological themes, interpreting clusters of texts that span the three-year cycle of the ecumenical lectionary for the Christian year. An educator-liturgist then recounts the message of the season and, building on the biblical exposition of the preceding essays, proposes symbolic actions in worship, methods of learning, and occasions for action that embody the social themes. CONTRIBUTORS: James and Margaret Adams, Horace T. Allen, Jr., Richard K. Averv, Bruce C. Birch, Robert McAfee Brown, Walter Brueggemann, Richard D. N. Dickinson, Gabriel Fackre, William E. Gibson, Justo and Catherine Gonzalez, Neill Q. Hamilton, Frederick Herzog, Dieter T. Hessel, Edward M. Huenemann, Paul Lehmann, Donald S. Marsh, Christopher Morse, Walter L. Owensby, Scott I. Paradise, Eunice Blanchard Poethig, Larry L. Rasmussen, Rosemary Radford Ruether, James A. Sanders, Roy I. Sano, Dorothee Soelle, Esther C. Stine, John H. Westerhoff III, Gayraud S. Wilmore, Walter Wink, John H. Yoder. DIETER T. HESSEL is Associate for Social Education, Ministries with Congregations, The Program Agency, The United Presbyterian Church U.S.A. Dr. Hessel is the author of SOCIAL MINISTRY and the editor of MAGGIE KUHN ON AGING: A DIALOGUE.