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| Baptism and the Unity of the Church M Root, R Saarinen Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1998 | 29 | 1998 |
| Necessity and Unfittingness in Anselm's Cur deus homo M Root Scottish journal of theology 40 (2), 211-230, 1987 | 26 | 1987 |
| Truth, relativism, and postliberal theology M Root | 19 | 1986 |
| Schleiermacher as innovator and inheritor; God, dependence, and election M Root Scottish journal of theology 43 (1), 87-110, 1990 | 17 | 1990 |
| Dying he lives: Biblical image, biblical narrative, and the redemptive Jesus M Root Semeia 30, 155-169, 1984 | 12 | 1984 |
| Ethics in Ecumenical Dialogues: A Survey and Analysis M Root Journal of ecumenical studies 45 (3), 357-375, 2010 | 10 | 2010 |
| Continuing the Conversation: Deeper Agreement on Justification as Criterion and on the Christian as M Root The gospel of justification in Christ, 42-61, 2006 | 10 | 2006 |
| The Jubilee Indulgence and the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification M Root Pro ecclesia 9 (4), 460-475, 2000 | 9 | 2000 |
| Identity and Difference: The Ecumenical Problem M Root Theology and Dialogue: Essays in Conversation with George Lindbeck, 165-90, 1990 | 9 | 1990 |
| Called to the office of ministry: The New Testament and today M Root Currents in theology and mission 12 (3), 157-166, 1985 | 9 | 1985 |
| Augustine on the Church M Root T&T Clark Companion to Augustine and Modern Theology, 54-74, 2013 | 8 | 2013 |
| The Morally Divided Body: Ethical Disagreement and the Disunity of the Church M Root, JJ Buckley Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2012 | 8 | 2012 |
| Normal ecumenism: Ecumenism for the long haul M Root Pro Ecclesia 28 (1), 60-77, 2019 | 7 | 2019 |
| Bishops, Ministry, and the Unity of the Church in Ecumenical Dialogue: Deadlock, Breakthrough, or Both? M Root Proceedings of the Catholic Theological Society of America, 2007 | 7 | 2007 |
| What is Postliberal Theology? Was there a Yale School? Why Care? M Root Pro ecclesia 27 (4), 399-411, 2018 | 5 | 2018 |
| FAITH AND ORDER IN A POSTMODERN WORLD: A RESPONSE. M Root Journal of ecumenical studies 42 (4), 2007 | 5 | 2007 |
| Affirmations and admonitions: Lutheran decisions and dialogue with reformed, episcopal, and roman catholic churches GJ Fackre, M Root Eerdmans, 1998 | 5 | 1998 |
| Creation and redemption: a study of their interrelation, with special reference to the theology of Regin Prenter MJ Root Yale University, 1979 | 5 | 1979 |
