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On being liked / James Alison.
Loaned to Another Library BX1795.H66 A455 2003
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alison, James, 1959-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
- Homosexuality.
- Catholic gay people--Religious life.
- Catholic gay people.
- Religious life.
- Salvation--Catholic Church.
- Salvation.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 150 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Crossroad Pub., [2003]
- Summary:
- With questions of religion and homosexuality on the front pages again, and debates raging about the nature of marriage and the ordination of priests, James Alison invites us into deep, lucid reflection about God, the wonder of creation, and the way that God not only loves but likes every one of us.
- Contents:
- Contemplation in a world of violence
- Unpicking atonement's knots
- Re-imagining forgiveness
- Creation in Christ
- Confessions of a former marginaholic
- Being wrong and telling the truth
- Unbinding the gay conscience
- The importance of being indifferent
- The strangeness of this passivity.
- Notes:
- "A Herder & Herder book."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0824522613
- OCLC:
- 53231188
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