02444nam 2200577 a 450 991082627090332120240505185000.01-282-48794-997866124879411-59403-355-2(CKB)2550000000006166(EBL)478749(OCoLC)609854312(SSID)ssj0000363364(PQKBManifestationID)11925524(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000363364(PQKBWorkID)10387971(PQKB)11130592(MiAaPQ)EBC478749(Au-PeEL)EBL478749(CaPaEBR)ebr10330810(CaONFJC)MIL248794(EXLCZ)99255000000000616620081112d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMortal follies Episcopalians and the crisis of mainline Christianity /William Murchison1st American ed.New York Encounter Books20091 online resource (224 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-59403-230-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 reshelChurch renewalChristianity21st centuryChurch renewal.Christianity283.73Murchison William P877365MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910826270903321Mortal follies3938516UNINA