Mystical TheologyA Jesuit who lived and taught for more than 50 years in Japan shows how Christian theology today must dialogue with modern science and with Eastern religions. Mystical Theology provides a working model of such a dialogue, as Johnston engages Einstein's theories as well as Zen Buddhism. It becomes clear how the science of love as mysticism is called, cannot be an esoteric discipline, for monks and nuns alone. In Johnston's writing the mystical aspects

martyr--is one of the most significant Christian witnesses of the twentieth century

the results can be stunning and heart-changing

thought-provoking

In the hard labor of growing up

Margaret Guider (Weston School of Theology)

practical theology is a theological sensibility highlighting the need to "read the signs of the times" and respond

Black theology relates the Gospel to the African-American experience of oppression and the struggle for liberation

he is author of The Experience and Language of Grace

As the noose of repression grew tighter

he is author of the classic No Other Name

Micah and Isaiah: The Southern Prophets

and Rabbi Abraham Heschel