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In Defrocked, Frank Schaefer tells the story of officiating at his son's same-sex marriage and, six years later, hi

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Defrocked: How a Father's Act of Love Shook the United Methodist Church
9780827244993, 9780827244979

The Book of Discipline sets forth the plan by which we United Methodists govern ourselves. It reflects our understanding

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Few would argue that many challenges face The United Methodist Church. But what are the core issues and concerns, the on

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The Fathers of the Church have been a vital source of wisdom and inspiration for countless saints, popes, peasants, and

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The second volume of the Letters of Barsanuphius and John completes the collection of these monastic writings, which pro

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This translation of a major document in patristic Christology, the first translation since the 19th century, is based on

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Read the Scriptures with the insight of our forebears Christians live in the house built by the church fathers. Essenti

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These selections from the writings of the Fathers of the Church provide prayerful meditations for Advent and Christmas.

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Through a fascinating discussion of religion's role in the rhetoric of American civilizing empire, The Imperial Chu

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In recent years historians and theologians have focused considerable attention on the church of late antiquity. The Cons

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