This is a new way of doing theology. Dr. Herzog's book is biblically oriented and is speaking a liberating language in the concrete trouble-spots of our society at the same time. It may be the trail-blazer of a relevant Christian life-style. A radical, risky and powerful interpretation of the Fourth Gospel for our time as the call to liberation. In Herzog's passionate hermeneutic, St. John is understood in the light of the new politics, black consciousness, and the need for a corporate self and so for a new social and personal world. Less dogmatic and one-sided than the futurist eschatologies, this creative wedding of biblical interpretation and radical politics makes a real contribution, from which I have learned a great deal, to our barren American theological and churchly scene.