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Abortion: The Moral Issues . Edited by Batchelor Edward Jr., New York: Pilgrim Press, 1982. viii + 248 pages. $15.95 (paper $8.95).

The era of neo-orthodoxy is over. For many this volume will seem of only historical interest. It is easier now than before to admire Barth's brilliance and commitment while disagreeing with the framework in which he operates. Even while doing so, however, one learns from him. The modern reader will particularly regret that the concluding sections, including his treatment of Promise and of Hope, are so little developed. The editor has done an excellent job of collating two manuscripts into a readable text. The notes, though few, are helpful and the translation is clear. Still, the book is too expensive and Barth's prose too rhetorical for use in the undergraduate classroom. It will automatically become, however, one of those books that every theological moralist should know.