Improvisation: The Drama of Christian Ethics.(Book Review) From: The Christian Century | Date: May 31, 2005| Author: Koontz, Gayle Gerber | COPYRIGHT 2005 The Christian Century Foundation. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Improvisation: The Drama of Christian Ethics. By Samuel Wells. Brazos, 256 pp., $19.99 paperback.

THE ART OF improvisation in theater--a kind of jujitsu of the imagination--shapes Samuel Wells's fresh, engaging approach to Christian ethics. Like actors doing improvisation who must develop trust in one another in order to perform unscripted drama, Christians must develop trust in self, church and God so that they "may faithfully encounter the unknown of the future without...

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