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What Does the Bible Say about the Automobile?
FREDERICK J. GAISER
(see full text of essay under “Editorial”)
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How are our views of
the automobile affected by our study of Scripture? That has to be the right shape
of the question.... What does the Bible say about my cars—and yours? Nothing,
of course, not directly. But probably a lot when we think about our
responsibility for the neighbor (including the planet) and our stewardship of
financial and natural resources. The car, important and freeing as it is, has
a very large footprint.
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Articles
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Effects of Auto-Mobility on Church Life and Culture
CRAIG VAN GELDER
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The development of the automobile has brought fundamental changes to U.S. social geography,
and with them fundamental changes in patterns of congregational life among U.S.
churches. These changes continue, along with their many challenges and
opportunities.
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“Actually, You Did Go to Seminary to Deal with
Parking!”
PAMELA
FICKENSCHER AND WILLIAM SCHROEER
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Churches value community and bringing people together,
which means they inevitably have issues related to transportation and parking
that require thought and planning. Such planning must be practical, of course,
but it should also have theological and ethical dimensions.
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The Automobile and Its Threats to Our Planetary Welfare
JAMES B.
MARTIN-SCHRAMM
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The use of oil is expensive—not only economically, but
also costly to justice, peace, and the integrity of creation. Christians need
to be familiar with the data and respond to the threats.
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The Ethics of Driving
AMY MARGA
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The concept of “neighbor” takes on entirely new meanings
in our mobile society. Who becomes my neighbor when I am behind the wheel?
What is the consequence of my driving to my neighbors around the globe? What
about the impact on our nonhuman “neighbors”? The ethics of driving has many
dimensions for the Christian person of goodwill.
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A Car Is Not Just a Car: Cultural and Spiritual
Implications of the American Automobile
BRUCE DAVID FORBES
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The automobile is a tool and more. It has reshaped virtually our entire
cultural context, with implications for our economy, our lifestyles, and our
values. The spiritual implications of a cultural reality so significant
invite careful consideration by Christians.
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Vocation—The Necessary Differential: A Pastoral
Perspective on the Auto Industry
PAUL OWENS
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A sense of vocation
allows humans to cooperate and to see the neighbor as gift rather than
adversary. By instilling such an attitude in both employers and employees, local
congregations can make a significant contribution to American industry.
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Perspectives
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Reflections of an Automobile Dealer
LEE MARKQUART
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Lee Markquart introduces us to the world of the
automobile dealership and to changes in that business. At the same time, we
learn about him and his business practices, and how these interrelate with
his life of faith.
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Reflections of an Automobile Executive
ROBERT
TORKELSON
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Robert Torkelson spent his lifelong career in
management at Ford. Through his reflections, we are introduced not only to
significant changes and developments in the automobile industry, but also to
him personally and his Christian faith.
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Resources
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Face to
Face: Is the Automobile Essential to Freedom?
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No!
MARY HINKLE
SHORE
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Yes!
ROLF A.
JACOBSON
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Texts in
Context: “Shepherd My Sheep”: Preaching for the Sake of Greater Works
than These
KAROLINE M. LEWIS
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The conversation between Jesus and Peter in John 21:15–19 highlights
Peter’s work as an apostle but also reveals our own call to care for the
sheep—as Jesus says, to “do the works that I do.” The text offers an opportunity
to preach about Christian vocation and daily life.
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Reviews
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Pastoral Ministry according to Paul: A Biblical Vision, by James W. Thompson
KYLE
THOMAS FEVER
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Like Catching Water in
a Net: Human Efforts to Describe the Divine, by Val Webb
PAUL R. SPONHEIM
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The Beginning of All
Things: Science and Religion, by Hans Küng
MICHAEL CHAN
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Person, Grace, and
God, by Philip A. Rolnick
ANDREW ROOT
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Two Reformers: Martin
Luther and Mary Daly as Political Theologians, by Caryn
D. Riswold
KRISTIN J. WENDLAND
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Reclaiming the
Lutheran Liturgical Heritage, by Oliver K. Olson
ROBERT BRUSIC
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Revisiting
Relational Youth Ministry: From Strategy of Influence to Theology of
Incarnation,
by Andrew Root
ERIK C. LEAFBLAD
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