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Culture		Reviews of Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ

Economic Ethics in Everyday Life		Introduction to Economic Ethics in Everyday Life by The Rev. James Childs Faithful Living: A Biblical Ethic of Financial Stewardship by Mark Allen Powell Frugality: Antidote to Prodigality by James A. Nash Sharing as a Central Practice in the Economy of God by Shannon Jung The Forum For Ethics in the Workplace by William E. Diehl You Are What You Don't Eat: A Rationed Theology of Eating by The Rev. Clint Schnekloth Related Portfolios Business Ethics Church in the Corporate World Recession Economics

Family		Human Rights and Family by The Rev. Ronald Duty A Lutheran Approach to the Family Values: Focus on Fiducia by Martha Ellen Stortz On Marriage and Family by Jane E. Strohl Placing the Early Christian Family in its Roman Context by Brad Kirkegaard A "New" Vision of Marriage as Vocation for the Lutheran Tradition by Laurie A. Jungling Related Portfolios Childhood Conscience and Community

Health and Healthcare		Ethical Deliberation at Alegent Health by Beth Llewellyn and Leslie Kuhnel Exploring the Impact of the Pandemic Flu in Long Term Care Settings by The Rev. Greg Wilcox Living Out a “Social Responsibility”: Reaching Out to Congregations and Communities in a Pandemic by David B. McCurdy and Bonnie Condon Planning for an Epidemic by The Rev. Kaari Reierson Practical Theology and Practicalities in Church Response to Emergencies by David R. Smedley The H1N1 Pandemic: Ethics and the Common Good by The Rev. Donald Stiger Related Portfolios Ethics in a Pandemic

Human Rights		Human Rights and Family by The Rev. Ronald Duty A Faith Basis for 60 Years of Human Rights Work by Churches by David Pfrimmer A Report on the Outcomes of the Consultation: The Churches and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Marking 60 Years and Enhancing the Future by Emily Davila A Human Rights-Based Approach to Advocacy: the Role of the Church by Emily Davila Human Rights and Immigration by Mary Meg McCarthy Human Rights and Climate Change by James B. Martin-Schramm The Right to Property and Daily Bread: Thinking with Luther about Human Economic Rights by The Rev. Ronald Duty "Akinamama Model" for Promoting Human Rights in the Kenya Evangelical Lutheran Church by Margaret Obaga The Neuhaus Legacy and Lutherans by John R. Stumme Cruelty in the Mind of God by Michael Reid Trice American Exceptionalism and International Human Rights by Nancy Arnison Response to Pfrimmer -- "The Faith Basis for 60 Years of Human Rights Work by Churches" by Dennis Frado How should Christians respond to atrocities overseas? A look at the ethical implications of Nazism, Rwanda, and Darfur by Peter Schwich Immigration and the Kingdom on the Left Hand by Peter C. Meilaender Social Justice for Undocumented Immigrants by Peter Kivisto Ethical Decision Points in the History of the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service by Ralston Deffenbaugh Fix the Broken Immigration System by Focusing on Families by Matt Wilch On Immigration and the Immigrant Other by Nelson Rivera Rape, A Meditation on 2 Samuel 13 by Karla G. Bohmbach The Sacrificing of Children: A Meditation/Sermon on Judges 11 by Karla G. Bohmbach What Sort of Claims Does the Bible Have Today? by Karla G. Bohmbach An Interview with Dennis Gengenbach by The Rev. Kaari Reierson ELCA Studies on Sexuality: For what can we hope? by James H. Burtness GMO Foods: Market Ready or Not? by Deon Stuthman God “Flowing and Pouring into...All Things” by Cynthia Moe-Lobeda Harvesting Controversy: Genetic Engineering and Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa by Jim Martin-Schramm Journeying Together and Faithfully? by Dennis Bielfeldt Partnership with Nature According to the Scriptures: Beyond the Theology of Stewardship by H. Paul Santmire Report from the WCC/WB/IMF Encounters by Pamela K. Brubaker Towards an Organic Womanism: New Contours of Ecofeminism in India by The Rev. Dr. George Matthew Nalunnakkal A Call to Action: Health as a Shared Endeavor by Gwen Wagstrom Halaas A Spoke in the Wheel by Renate Wind , Ph.D. Bonhoeffer and Resistance to Evil by Lisa Dahill Bonhoeffer' Appeal for Ethical Humility by The Rev. Mark S. Brocker Bonhoeffer: The Movie by Burton Nelson Christ and the World on the Sources of Social Ethics by Ulrik Becker Nissen Why Bonhoeffer? And, Why Now? A preface by Martha Ellen Stortz Readings from the Underside of Selfhood: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Spiritual Formation by Lisa Dahill Gathered and Scattered: Worship and Service as What it Means to Be Church by Martha Ellen Stortz Healthy Planet, Healthy Communities by Jefferson Shriver How Does a Congregation Pray in a Time of War? by The Rev. Larry Jorgenson I Want to Stay with my Baby by The Rev. Mary Chang Prison Ministry by Bryn A. Carlson Resurrection and Addiction: A New Paradigm by The Rev. Carl Malin Let God be the Judge: Who Will Throw the First Stone? by The Rev. Mark S. Brocker Luther' Doctrine of the Two Kingdoms by Anders Nygren Mentoring For Neighborhood Ministry by The Rev. Dr. James R. Thomas Should We Invade Iraq? by David Perry , Ph.D. The Benefits of Globalization: An Economic Perspective by Stephen A. Baker and Robert A. Lawson The Bible and Black Families: A Theological Challenge by Cain Hope Felder The Twofold Rule of God by Robert Benne The "We" is Greater than the "I" by Richard J. Perry Introduction to Ordaining Women by The Rev. Kaari Reierson The Authority of Scripture, Women’s Ordination and the Lutheran Church of Australia by Tanya Wittwer Documents Relating to Ordination of Women in the Lutheran Church of Australia by Tanya Wittwer Obispa — A New Paradigm in Bolivia by The Rev. Jessica Crist Historical Document: Some Thoughts on the Ordination of Women and the Lutheran Confessions by John R. Stumme Ordaining Women Goes to the Heart of the Gospel by Karen L. Bloomquist Human Trafficking: Flourishing in the Shadows, Demanding Our Attention by Emily Davila The Book of Ruth: A Voice That Calls Out from Ancient Days by Kate Lawler Your Body, Myself: Combating Human Trafficking with Theology of the Body by Alison Killeen Welcoming the Stranger Can Revive Tired Denominations by The Rev. Clint Schnekloth Moving beyond Hospitality by Miguel De La Torre Ethics without Political Science by Peter C. Meilaender Grounding Theologically the Call for Immigration Reform by M. Daniel Carroll R. (Rodas) Lying in a Bed of Scorpions by Victor Thasiah Related Portfolios February 2010: Human Trafficking December 2009: Ordaining Women February 2009: Human Rights and Family December 2008: Immigration June 2008 May 2004 December 2003 August 2003 May 2003 August 2002 April 2010: Immigration Reform

Pastoral Care and Parish Ministry		Pastoral Care after Easter Pastoral Care and the Family Preaching and Politics Preaching in the Lutheran Tradition Reconciliation and Restoration

People		Martin Luther King, Jr. on the Christian Life by Richard J. Perry John Calvin on the Christian Life by Randall C. Zachman Wilhelm Loehe on the Christian Life by Craig Nessan Immanuel Kant on the Christian Life by Jeanine M. Grenberg Muhlenberg’s Adaptive Ecclesial Order by Paul Baglyos Jonathan Edwards on the Christian Life by Gerald McDermott Gregory of Nyssa on the Christian Life by Jeremy Bergstrom Related Portfolios Dietrich Bonhoeffer Luthers Two Kingdoms

Politics and Governance		2004 November Election American Civil Religion Christian Zionism Church and State Immigration Reviews of The Shock Doctrine September 11 2001 Reflecting and Acting Taxation The Church in the Public Square

Individual Profiles		Celebrating Five Years of JLE Online In Celebration of John Stumme Works of George Forell Works of William Lazareth

Science and Technology		10th Anniversary of Caring for Creation Climate Change End of Life Decisions Ethical Issues Surrounding Genetically Modified Organisms Nanotechnology Visualizing Ethics for the Invisible Stem Cell Research

Scripture		Reviews of The Promise of Lutheran Ethics

Sexuality		Journey Together Faithfully at First Lutheran Church, Duluth, Minnesota by David R. Benson A Call for Our Best Thinking by Steven Ullestad Sexual Intimacy, Spiritual Belonging, and Christian Theology by Michael Stoltzfus Journeying Together and Faithfully? by Dennis Bielfeldt ELCA Studies on Sexuality: For what can we hope? by James H. Burtness Related Portfolios Human Sexuality Love Sexuality Law and Gospel Task Force for ELCA Studies on Sexuality

The Church in Social Movements		Do Not Steal: A Lutheran Vision of Practice of Economic Justice by The Rev. Alexia Salvatierra Placing Early Christianity as a Social Movement within its Greco-Roman Context by Brad Kirkegaard The Church in Socially Turbulent Times: The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s from the Perspective of an Urban Pastor by The Rev. Dr. William E. Lesher The Civil Rights Movement of the '60s—A Personal Perspective by Robert Benne The Power of One…Community by Rudolf Featherstone Socialism: A Reality Check by The Rev. Bruce Wollenberg

War and Peace		Casualties of the Iraq War by Martha Ellen Stortz Iraq after Three Years by Robert Benne Iraq—Three Years Later by Paul R. Hinlicky Reflections on the War in Iraq by Paul Jersild Rethinking the Iraq War by Brian Stiltner In the Face of War by Larry L. Rasmussen JLE Portfolio: Just Peace and Just Peacemaking by The Rev. Ronald Duty Just Peace and Just Peacemaking - A Perspective by William Tuttle La Diritta Via: An Ethical Response to Terror by Peter J. Henne Our Pacific Mandate: Orienting Just Peacemaking as Lutherans by Gary Simpson The Just War Theory of Peacemaking by H. David Baer Vulnerability and Security: A Paradox Based on a Theology of Incarnation by Wanda Deifelt Related Portfolios Iraq Discussing the War Just Peace and Just Peacemaking Just War The War in Iraq Three Years On Vulnerability and Security

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