Wolters concludes by showing now the biblical pattern may be applied to four topical issues:- human aggression, spiritual gifts, human sexuality and dance.

Integrated throughout by the idea of shalom, these 19 essays combine a robust framework for thinking about education that combines a reformed confessional perspective with a radical social conscience & an increasingly progressive pedagogy. Wolterstorff develops his ideas in relation to an astonishing variety of thinkers ranging from Calvin, Kuyper, & Jellema to Augustine, Aquinas, &Kant to Weber, Habermas, & MacINtyre. In the process, he critiques various models of education, classic foundationalism, modernisation theory, liberal arts, & academic freedom.

Beginning with Michael Denton's book, 'Evolution, a theory in crisis', author Woodward follows the key players & confrontations that are creating a paradigm shift in both the scientific & public arenas. He shows the erosion of certainty about the factual truth of Darwinism is the product of a rhetorical onslaught - the persuasive case making by highly accredited critics like Phillip Johnson, Michael Behe & William Dembski.

'An inside view of this increasingly visible scientific revolution, the details of which should inspire others who have wondered how learned outsiders can bring about change in the very heartland of scientific authority' Dr. Steve Fuller (University of Warwick), author of 'Thomas Kuhn, a Philosophical History for Our Times'.

This sets the scene for a full-scqale examination of early Christian beliefs about the resurrection in general & that of Jesus in particular, beginning with Paul & working through to the start of the third century. Wright looks at all the evidence,and asks:Why did the Christians agree with Jewish resurrection belief while introducing into it - accross the board- significant modifications?

To answer this question we come to the strange & evocative Easter stories in the Gospels & ask whether they could have been late inventions. Wright seeks the best historical conclusions about the empty tomb and the belief that Jesus really did rise bodily from the dead, recognising that it was this belief that caused early Christians to call Jesus 'Son of God'.In doing so they posed a political challenge as well as a theological one. THese challenges retain their power into the twenty-first century.

The essays in Part I (Cultural Theory) test the fruitfulness of Seerveld's aesthetic theory for fields of study that have opened in recent years: popular culture, performance art, computer imagery, and the 'new art history'. These essays provide criticisms and refinements of Seerveld's categories while building on his contributions to a transformational aesthetic theory.

The essays in Part II (Philosophical Dialogue) give testimony to the close and engaged reading of philosophical texts that characterizes Seerveld's teaching and scholarship. These essays examine the cultural theories of three major figures in twentieth century philosophy- Jacques Derrida, John Dewey, and Martin Heidigger- in search of insights relevant to Christian understanding of the arts and culture.

The essays of part III(Cultural Critique) provide lively,focussed & reflective commentaries of the sort for which Seerveld is admired. Each essay combines reflection on principle for appreciating cultural practices with commentaryon a specific product of 20th. century culture - a monument, a film, a painted collage, and a lyric poem. Common to all four of these essays is their concern for social justice and human solidarity amid oppression and conflict.