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Walter and Ingrid Trobisch and the Globalization of Modern, Christian Sexual Ethics. By Anneke H. Stasson. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, an imprint of Wipf and Stock, 2021. vii + 130 pp. 24.00 paperback. - Volume 92 Issue 2

You may have noticed that we did not publish an issue in June of this year. One of challenges on this side of the pandemic has been receiving in-scope submissions and recruiting peer reviewers to verify the quality of such potential articles. We are hopeful that this academic year and into the future will provide more occasions for such work. Included in this is a session at the American Academy of Religion and Society for Biblical Literature annual meeting, which both celebrates the upcoming 25th anniversary of the journal and provides an opportunity for current and potential authors to come together to discuss submitting. This session (M20-108) is scheduled for Sunday, November 20, from 9:00 to 10:30 am in room 608 of the Denver Convention Center. We hope many of you can join us! The current issue, which is a consolidation the second and third issues of this volume year, is an eclectic collection of research and reflections on theological and religious education. Katie Day's article brings into conversation her experience of teaching an at American mainline Protestant seminary and Dietrich Bonhoeffer's own underground seminary in Nazi Germany, highlighting five pedagogical values that transcend time and space. Brian Smith's Teaching and Learning in Action article describes the pedagogical methods that he has implemented to teach religion online to nontraditional adult learners, based on his experience participating in faculty development. This issue also includes three Teaching Notes that highlight reproducible pedagogical practices, and two book reviews. Because of some institutional reorganization, the announcement I made about a new co-editor in March was premature. Dr. Mahjabeen Dhala joined me as co-editor at the beginning of the summer since Dr. Jennifer Davidson was appointed Dean of Graduate Theological Union (GTU). Dr. Dhala is Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies at GTU, where she also directs the Madrasa-Midrasha program and chairs Women's Studies in Religion. A graduate of GTU, Dr. Dhala emphasizes creating a safe, non-judgmental, amicable space for sharing experiences and active learning. I am grateful for my partnership with Dr. Dhala these past months and look forward to our continuing work together.

Abstract This article is a reflection on the teaching of public theology in two very different contexts: in a Protestant seminary in the US (1985–2019) and an underground seminary in Nazi Germany (1935–1937). The author analyzes her teaching career over years of change, both institutional and social, that challenged pedagogical methods to remain relevant and effective. Yet informing and shaping her pedagogy were five values that remained constant throughout: contextuality, democratic participation, collegiality, dialogue, and inclusion of diverse voices. These values resonated with another theological school in another time and place—the underground seminary at Finkenwalde in Germany, created by Dietrich Bonhoeffer in 1935. It trained students for the Confessing Church until it was shut down by the Gestapo in 1937. Moving into a future in which pedagogical methods are changing and instructors are retooling to learn new technologies and teaching skills, these core values remain as touchstones in shaping curriculum and the educational experience.

Nicholas of Cusa and Islam: Polemic and Dialogue in the Late Middle Ages. Ian Christopher Levy, Rita George Tvrtković, and Donald F. Duclow, eds. Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions 183. Leiden: Brill, 2014. xx + 256 pp. $149. - Volume 68 Issue 3

In poll after poll, Abraham Lincoln is rated as our nation's best and most respected president. In contrast, John McKee Barr's new book, Loathing Lincoln: An American Tradition from the Civil War to the Present, explores those who have, since 1858, loathed Abraham Lincoln. While others have talked about incidents of anti-Lincolnism in America, this is the first full-length examination of that phenomenon. Barr argues that Lincoln loathers are “a minority tradition to be sure but never a marginal one, because [they have] been a significant part of an important and long-standing argument about what type of nation the United States ought to be” (p. 5). “Lincoln's enemies,” Barr contends, “have always used their opposition to the sixteenth president to advance a distinct political agenda … more often than not, this agenda has been illiberal, even counterrevolutionary, in its aim to roll back or limit the liberty-expanding achievements of Lincoln and the antislavery movement during the Civil War and Reconstruction” (p. 3).

Book Review| February 01 2015 Book Review: Zen and the Art of Local History Zen and the Art of Local History edited by Carol Kammen and Bob Beatty. : Rowman & Littlefield, 2014. 354 pp.; index; clothbound, $85.00; paperbound, $45.00; eBook, $44.99. Barbara Franco Barbara Franco Gettysburg Seminary Ridge Museum Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar The Public Historian (2015) 37 (1): 142–144. https://doi.org/10.1525/tph.2015.37.1.142 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Barbara Franco; Book Review: Zen and the Art of Local History. The Public Historian 1 February 2015; 37 (1): 142–144. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/tph.2015.37.1.142 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentThe Public Historian Search © 2015 by The Regents of the University of California and the National Council on Public History2015 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.