Toward an American Theology a Symposium on an Important Book

Editorial Note: Herbert W. Richardson's book Toward alz American Theology (New York: Harper & Row, 1967; xiv + 170 pp. ; $ 3.95) blazes new trails in the field of theology. The last chapter, which emphasizes the sanctifying influence of Sabbath observance in the realm of the theological experience of the modern Christian, is a refreshing and uniquely thoughtprovoking essay on the subject. Believing that the book for this reason deserves more than an ordinary notice in the Book Review section of A USS, the editor requested an ethicist, who is also a close friend.of the author of the book under review, a theologian, and a NT scholar, to discuss the implications and merits of Richardson's thesis as presented in his final chapter. The three contributions of this symposium appear in the alphabetical order of the reviewers' names.