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Autore |
Murchison William P |
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Titolo |
Mortal follies : Episcopalians and the crisis of mainline Christianity / / William Murchison |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New York, : Encounter Books, 2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-48794-9 |
9786612487941 |
1-59403-355-2 |
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Edizione |
[1st American ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (224 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Church renewal |
Christianity - 21st century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Prelude -- Sunset and evening star -- Love in the ruins -- We few, we happy few -- We shall overcome -- Lord have mercy upon us -- Womanpower -- Pleased as man with us to dwell -- Sex, anyone? -- Gay times -- Lighten our darkness. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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It's not that the dignified and rarefied old Episcopal Church quit believing in God. It's that the God you increasingly hear spoken of in Episcopal circles is infinitely tolerant and given to sudden changes of mind--not quite the divinity you thought you were reading about in the scriptures. Episcopalians of the twenty-first century, like their counterparts in other churches of the so-called American mainline--such as Methodists and Presbyterians--seem to prefer a God that the culture would be proud of, as against a culture that God would be proud of. While they work to rebrand and reshel |
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