Gallery of Issues - 1992-1996
The New Mercersburg Review is the journal of the Mercersburg Society. It began publication with issue 1, Autumn 1985, and continues to the present. This periodical is also available in print at the Lancaster Theological Seminary Library.
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Number 11, Spring 1992
Editorial Introduction
The Americanization of the Church and its Pastoral Ministry / Sam Hamstra, Jr.
The Letters of John W. Nevin to William R. Whittingham / edited by David Hein
A Brief History of the Iowa Classis of the German Reformed Church / Ralph J. Harrity
Baptism in the New England Way / Joseph Bassett
The Place of Preaching in the Mercersburg Tradition / Frederick R. Trost
Apostolic Tradition and Ordination: A Mercersburg Tradition / Theodore Trost, Jr.
Our Calling Today: A Sermon for Epiphany III / R. Kurt Traugott
Fresh Springs: A Sermon for Trinity Sunday / Duke T. Gray
Number 12, Autumn 1992
Editorial Introduction / R. Howard Paine
In the Interim: The Doctrine of the Real Presence in Melanchthon's Theological Development after Luther, 1546-1560 / Derk Visser
The Anxious Bench: An Invitation to Lutheran-Reformed Dialogue / Theodore Louis Trost III
Mercersburg's Presence in "The Test" / Frederick R. Trost
Protestant Principle and Catholic Substance Revisited / Carl E. Braaten
Futuring the Church: A Sermon / Jeffrey L. Roth
Mealtime Memories: A Sermon / Geneva M. Butz
Nevin and the Process of Conversion / Kathleen Chesnut
Number 13, Spring 1993
Editorial Introduction / R. Howard Paine
A History of the Mercersburg Society / R. Howard Paine
Entrance into the Mercersbur Movement and its Influence on Church Union / John C. Shetler
Easter and the Evangelical and Reformed Church / Charles E. Schaeffer
Notes on Nevin's Family I / John R. Weiler
Accepting the Challenge: Mercersburg and Science / David A. Lawton
Mercersburg and Dombes / Joseph A. Bassett
Henry Harbaugh and "Jesus I Live to Thee" A Sermon / Robert C. Hunsicker
Number 14, Autumn 1993
Editorial Introduction / R. Howard Paine
Philip Schaff's Life-Long Quest for "Evangelical Catholicism" / Klaus Penzel
Evangelical and Catholic: The Reformed/Roman Catholic Encounter / Jeffrey Gros
Confession to Koinonia, From Chicago, 1893 to Cantiago de Compostela, 1993 / John H. Thomas
And God Said ... (The Christ Who Is Our Life): A Sermon / Sheldon E. Mackey
Our Hope Is in the Lord of the Church: A Sermon / Herbert R. Davis
An Address in Appreciation of the Ministry of the Rev. Dr. Howard G. Hageman at his Memorial Celebration / Horace T. Allen, Jr.
Howard G. Hageman: Churchman / Linden J. De Bie
Number 15, Spring 1994
Editorial Introduction / R. Howard Paine
Bucer and Nevin: A New Look at the German Reformed Tradition / Deborah Rahn Clemens
As Firm as Ashes: A Sermon / Deborah Rahn Clemens
John Williamson Nevin and American Nationalism / Richard E. Wentz
Notes on Nevin's Family II / John R. Weiler
An Unexpected Find / John R. Weiler
Address Delivered at the Memorial Service for Dr. John W. Nevin / Emanuel V. Gerhart
The Mercersburg Liturgical Controversy: A Call for Objective Worship / Thomas G. Lush
The Church of "The Most Beautiful and Perfect Liturgical Service:" A Review Article / Benjamin Griffin
Number 16, Autumn 1994
Editorial Introduction / R. Howard Paine
John Williamson Nevin: The Pastoral Office / Sam Hamstra, Jr.
Ecumenical Convergence in Ministry: Major Issues and New Directions / Michael Kinnamon
The Relationship between the Church Question and the Doctrine of the Mystical Presence in John Nevin and Philip Schaff's Mercersburg Theology / Kim Louise Blocher
Reclaiming Our Priesthood: A Sermon / Timothy J. Mulder
By What Authority? A Sermon / Daniel L. Johnson
Number 17, Spring 1995
Editorial Introduction / David Wayne Layman, Guest Editor
Works Cited
The Sources of Nevin's Piety / David Layman
Before Mercersburg: Nevin's Philosophy / William Dipuccio
Biblical Antiquities (1830) / John W. Nevin
"The Claims of the Bible" (1831) / David Layman
The Friend (Selected Index)
Religion A Life / John Williamson Nevin
The Grand Heresy / John Williamson Nevin
Was Nevin Influenced by S.T. Coleridge? / David Layman
Nevin and Coleridge / William Dipuccio
The Seal of the Spirit / David Wayne Layman
Number 18, Autumn 1995
Editorial Introduction / R. Howard Paine
Let the People Say Amen / Paul Westermeyer
Are Hymns Theological by Design or Default? / Robin A. Leaver
Singing the People's Song in an Ecumenical Age / Michael E. Krentz
One and the Same Spirit: A Sermon / Horace T. Allen, Jr.
A Sermon Based on Deuteronomy 13:1-11 / Joseph Bassett
Number 19, Spring 1996
Editorial Introduction / R. Howard Paine
What Would Evangelical Catholicism Look Like in the Present Religious Situation? A United Methodist Perspective / Mark Wesley Stamm
Evangelical Catholicism and the Search for a Conduit of Communion / Thomas G. Lush
Theology on a Crooked Line: Philip Schaff's Understanding of Evangelical Catholicism / John M. Koehnlein
The Parliament of the World's Religions and the Reunion of Religions / Richard T. Schellhase
Frederick Augustus Rauch: First American Hegelian / Linden J. deBie
Number 20, Autumn 1996
Editorial Introduction / R. Howard Paine
Eucharistic Theory: Hegelianism and Mercersburg Theology / Lawrence S. Stepelevich
Idealism and/as Secularism / Merold Westphal
Mercersburg and Contemporary Thought: The Incarnation as Meta-narrative / William DiPuccio
The Seed and the Leaven: A Sermon / Deborah Rahn Clemens
One "See that you do not refuse the one who is speaking..." A homily on Hebrews 12:18-29 / Mark Wesley Stamm
A Book Review of Theology for Pulpit and Pew: The Everlasting Song by Joseph A. Bassett