This article examines and critiques Fröding and Peterson’s account of friendship as developed in their article "Animal Ethics Based on Friendship." I argue that their central claim--that mutual benefit provides a suitable basis for friendship between human and nonhumans--is untenable, and I identify the general contours of a more satisfactory way of thinking about friendship between humans and nonhumans.

In her article "Animals and Moral Agency: The Recent Debate and Its Implications," Grace Clement (2013) provides a lucid overview of the debate concerning the possibility of moral action in animals and a suggestive proposal for how to advance this debate. This article takes up certain themes from Clement’s article, themes that, it is argued, are either problematic or insufficiently developed.

In this article the author seeks to fulfil two aims: (1) to outline briefly the problems facing the discipline of New Testament studies (broadly construed), and (2) to compare and contrast the manner in which reception history and theological interpretation of Scripture might be seen to overcome these problems. The author concludes by arguing that, while reception history serves to entrench the problems facing the discipline, theological interpretation may serve as the key for a more secure future for New Testament studies.

In this article the author offers a theological reading of John Coltrane’s seminal 1965 album, A Love Supreme. He suggests it is feasible to interpret Coltrane’s work as a musical parallel of sorts to the phenomenon of praying in tongues. The author contends that such a reading is not only possible but also desirable, since it issues a challenge to the modern Church regarding its worship practices and the use of glossolalia, making the issue important for modern Pentecostal Christian communities.

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