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This is Our Youth

By: Kenneth Lonergan

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Dennis—with a famous painter father and social activist mother—is a small-time drug dealer and total mess. His hero-worshipping friend Warren has just impulsively stolen $15,000 from his father, an abusive lingerie tycoon. When Jessica, a mixed-up prep school girl, shows up for a date, Warren pulls out a wad of bills and takes her off, awkwardly, for a night of seduction. A wildly funny, bittersweet, and moving story, This Is Our Youth is as trenchant as it was upon its acclaimed premiere in 1996.

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1468309080

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Margaret

By: Kenneth Lonergan

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Margaret

By: Kenneth Lonergan

The director’s-cut screenplay of the film starring Anna Paquin from the Oscar-winning writer and director of Manchester by the Sea. This stirring drama by the Academy Award–winning director, playwright, and screenwriter Kenneth Lonergan was called “a film of rare beauty and shocking gravity” by Rolling Stone. Delayed for four years in post-production, the film was finally released in 2011, with a director’s cut following on DVD in 2012. This edition includes the scripts of the full director’s cut, along with an introduction and key tie-in art. Margaret is the story of a Manhattan teenager whose life is profoundly altered after witnessing a terrible accident. It is the extraordinary journey of an emotional teen who abides by her moral code and wants to set things right, but whose innocent ideals come crashing against the harsh realities of the adult world. It is a story of youth, love, the consequences of mistakes, and the fundamental questions of morality as faced by a teenager in an extraordinary situation. “A triumph . . . the sort of ambitious American storytelling you find too rarely at the movies.” —Chicago Tribune “Extraordinarily ambitious . . . Lonergan has as much on his mind as a contemporary novelist such as Don DeLillo or Jonathan Franzen.”—Time “Arguably the most important American playwright of the last twenty years.” —The New York Times

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Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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080219298X

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9780802192981

Lobby Hero

By: Kenneth Lonergan

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Lobby Hero

By: Kenneth Lonergan

THE STORY: When Jeff, a luckless young security guard, is drawn into a local murder investigation, loyalties are strained to the breaking point. As Jeff's tightly wound supervisor is called to bear witness against his troubled brother, and an attra

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Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

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0822218291

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9780822218296

You Can Count on Me

A Screenplay

By: Kenneth Lonergan

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You Can Count on Me

A Screenplay

By: Kenneth Lonergan

Acclaimed playwright Kenneth Lonergan’s You Can Count on Me is one of the most highly praised independent films of recent years, earning many of the major screenplay awards. This is the lovingly drawn story of a sister and brother’s complicated, fragile, but somehow enduring bond. Sammy and Terry Prescott were orphaned as children. Sammy, now the single mother of a young son, has stayed in their hometown and is an officer at the local bank. Terry has become something of a drifter, surfacing only when he needs money. Sammy’s own life has its complications: she puts off an old boyfriend’s proposal and begins an affair with her new boss. Together in their family home, Terry’s charming irresponsibility collides with Sammy’s confusion over her own actions. What remains unspoken is what they’ve known since they were left with only each other sixteen years before.

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Vintage

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0307549941

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Transforming Conflict through Insight

By: Kenneth R Melchin,Cheryl A. Picard

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Transforming Conflict through Insight

By: Kenneth R Melchin,Cheryl A. Picard

Examining the difficulties of conflict resolution, Transforming Conflict through Insight demonstrates how applying Bernard Lonergan's philosophy of insight to mediation can lead to more productive and constructive negotiations. Kenneth R. Melchin and Cheryl A. Picard provide both an overview of conflict research and an introduction to Lonergan's "insight theory," offering an outstanding piece of ethical philosophy and a useful method of mediation. Introducing readers to a method of self-discovery, the different kinds of operations involved in learning, and the role of feelings and values in shaping interactions with others in conflict, this volume also includes the practical experience of mediators who detail strategies of insight mediation for working creatively through conflict. Attending to the important role played by transformative learning in navigating conflicts, the authors show how insights and learning can move people past obstacles caused by feelings of threat. Informative, compassionate, and convincing, Transforming Conflict through Insight is a welcome resource for working to resolve difficulties in an ethical and educational manner.

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University of Toronto Press

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1442691352

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9781442691353

Spiritualizing Politics without Politicizing Religion

The Example of Sargent Shriver

By: James R. Price,Kenneth R. Melchin

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Spiritualizing Politics without Politicizing Religion

The Example of Sargent Shriver

By: James R. Price,Kenneth R. Melchin

The clash of religion and politics has been a steady source of polarization in North America. In order to think wisely and constructively about the spiritual dimension of our political life, there is need for an approach that can both maintain the diversity of belief and foster values founded on the principles of religion. In Spiritualizing Politics without Politicizing Religion, James R. Price and Kenneth R. Melchin provide a possible framework, approaching issues in politics via a profile of Sargent Shriver (1915-2011), an American diplomat, politician, and a driving force behind the creation of the Peace Corps. Focusing on the speeches Shriver delivered in the course of his work to advance civil rights and build world peace, Price and Melchin highlight the spiritual component of his efforts to improve institutional structures and solve social problems. They contextualize Shriver’s approach by contrasting it with contemporary, landmark decisions of the U.S Supreme Court on the role of religion in politics. In doing so, Spiritualizing Politics without Politicizing Religion explains that navigating the relationship of religion and politics requires attending to both the religious diversity that politics must guard and the religious involvements that politics needs to do its work.

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1442694211

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9781442694217

Readings in Church Authority

Gifts and Challenges for Contemporary Catholicism

By: Richard Gaillardetz,Kenneth Wilson

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Readings in Church Authority

Gifts and Challenges for Contemporary Catholicism

By: Richard Gaillardetz,Kenneth Wilson

The issues of Authority and Governance in the Roman Catholic Church permeate each and every aspect of the Church's identity, teaching, influence, organisation, moral values and pastoral provision. They have left their mark, in turn, upon its diverse theological and philosophical traditions. The trends of postmodernity, advances in communication, the advent of new ecclesial movements and theologies, and a perceived policy towards increasing institutional centralisation on the part of the Curial authorities of the Church in Rome, have all facilitated a continuous and lively stream of dialogue and disagreement on authority and governance in relation to the place of the Church in our age and the new Millennium. This comprehensive Reader uniquely gathers together in one volume key writings and documents from the wealth of published literature that has emerged on the issues of authority and governance in the Roman Catholic Church. With guided introductions to each section and to each reading, and end of chapter further reading lists, this Reader offers a balanced range of perspectives, themes, international writings, ecumenical dimensions, and formal church documents and Papal pronouncements on core areas of contemporary study and debate. Focusing on the modern/post-modern period in the Roman Catholic Church, but grounded in the historical contexts, Readings in Church Authority presents an accessible source book and introduction for all those exploring current debates and studying central themes in church authority.

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Routledge

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1351906437

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Truth, Faith, and Reason

Scripture, Tradition, and John Paul II

By: Kenneth M. Sayre

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Truth, Faith, and Reason

Scripture, Tradition, and John Paul II

By: Kenneth M. Sayre

John Paul II's Faith and Reason was written against a background of Catholic scholarship focusing notably on the New Testament, St. Augustine's Confessions, St. Thomas's De Veritate, and the encyclicals of various pre-Vatican II popes. A detailed, textually based critique of these early sources reveals inconsistencies and conceptual errors that are shown to carry over into Faith and Reason. John Paul II's treatment of reason, in particular, turns out to be aberrant to the point of incoherence. It is inconceivable how this reason could join with faith in a way that lifts the human spirit to a contemplation of truth, as stated in the Preface of the encyclical. There is another sense of reason, however, which demonstrably is capable of cooperating with faith to achieve this effect. This reason is free from the fetters of Neo-Scholasticism that keep John Paul II's reason grounded. The present study joins forces with the encyclical with a detailed example of this other sense of reason in action. In this example, new truths come to light regarding the complex relation between the first and the second great commandments.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1666724173

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Adventures in Philosophy at Notre Dame

By: Kenneth M. Sayre

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Adventures in Philosophy at Notre Dame

By: Kenneth M. Sayre

Adventures in Philosophy at Notre Dame recounts the fascinating history of the University of Notre Dame's Department of Philosophy, chronicling the challenges, difficulties, and tensions that accompanied its transition from an obscure outpost of scholasticism in the 1940s into one of the more distinguished philosophy departments in the world today. Its author, Kenneth Sayre, who has been a faculty member for over five decades, focuses on the people of the department, describing what they were like, how they got along with each other, and how their personal predilections and ambitions affected the affairs of the department overall. The book follows the department’s transition from its early Thomism to the philosophical pluralism of the 1970s, then traces its drift from pluralism to what Sayre terms "professionalism,” resulting in what some perceive as a severance from its Catholic roots by the turn of the century. Each chapter includes an extensive biography of an especially prominent department member, along with biographical sketches of other philosophers arriving during the period it covers. Central to the story overall are the charismatic Irishmen Ernan McMullin and Ralph McInerny, whose interaction dominated affairs in the department in the 1960s and 1970s, and who continued to play major roles in the following decades. Philosophers throughout the English-speaking world will find Adventures in Philosophy at Notre Dame essential reading. The book will also appeal to readers interested in the history of the University of Notre Dame and of American higher education generally.

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0268092850

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9780268092856

The Social Meanings of Money and Property

By: Kenneth O. Doyle

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The Social Meanings of Money and Property

By: Kenneth O. Doyle

In this fascinating volume Kenneth O Doyle provides a conceptual framework for understanding the social meanings of money and property, and the psychological, cultural, economic and political variables which contribute to these meanings. The author advances the concept of money as talisman, by which individuals protect themselves from their individual fears: of incompetence, abandonment, disorganization and constraint - to mention but a few. Examples in support of this argument are drawn from many social systems, contemporary and historical.

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0761902090

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9780761902096

Never Coming to a Theater Near You

A Celebration of a Certain Kind of Movie

By: Kenneth Turan

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Never Coming to a Theater Near You

A Celebration of a Certain Kind of Movie

By: Kenneth Turan

It is in the nature of today's movie business that while Hollywood blockbusters invade every megaplex, smaller, quality films often don't get screen time. Fans of finer films have to count on catching up with them on video and DVD, but even the most hard-core devotees have trouble remembering what sounded good when a film was originally released. Never Coming to a Theater Near You will remedy that situation. This selection of renowned film critic Kenneth Turan's absorbing and illuminating reviews, now revised and updated to factor in the tests of time, point viewers toward the films they can't quite remember, but should not miss. Moviegoers know they can trust Turan's impeccable taste. His eclectic selection represents the kind of sophisticated, adult, and entertaining films intelligent viewers are hungry for. More importantly, Turan shows readers what makes these unusual films so great, revealing how talented filmmakers and actors have managed to create the wonderful highs we experience in front of the silver screen.

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PublicAffairs

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0786723947

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9780786723942

The Turnings of Darkness and Light

Essays in Philosophical and Systematic Theology

By: Kenneth Surin

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The Turnings of Darkness and Light

Essays in Philosophical and Systematic Theology

By: Kenneth Surin

This is a collection of essays on theology, written between 1975 and 1987.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521047463

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9780521047463

The Waverly Gallery

A Play

By: Kenneth Lonergan

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The Waverly Gallery

A Play

By: Kenneth Lonergan

Dramatic comedy / 3m, 2f / interior set"--back cover.

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Samuel French, Inc.

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0573627509

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9780573627507

Effective Treatments in Psychiatry

By: Peter Tyrer,Kenneth R. Silk

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Effective Treatments in Psychiatry

By: Peter Tyrer,Kenneth R. Silk

A practical pocket reference to effective treatments for a wide range of psychiatric disorders.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521124654

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9780521124652

Methodist Theology

By: Kenneth Wilson

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Methodist Theology

By: Kenneth Wilson

Methodism is serious about worship, public and personal, since it wants to celebrate the reality of God's presence with God's people - that is, as Methodists understand it, with all God's people. This volumes focuses on the origins of this theological tradition, its foundations, key concepts, eminent thinkers and historical development.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0567081354

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Papp

A Comedy in Two Acts

By: Kenneth Cameron,Kenneth M. Cameron

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Papp

A Comedy in Two Acts

By: Kenneth Cameron,Kenneth M. Cameron

THE STORY: As Edith Oliver, writing in The New Yorker, describes: The lines are filled with puns--outrageous and lightly blasphemous--and the theme is destruction. The play is set in the private library of the Pope at the Vatican--or, to quote the dr

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0822208725

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The Theological Roots of Christian Gratitude

By: Kenneth Wilson

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The Theological Roots of Christian Gratitude

By: Kenneth Wilson

This book asserts that gratitude for God's gift of creation grounds the insight of positive psychology that grateful persons act pro-socially. Kenneth Wilson posits that a sense of gratitude encourages sacrificial service and reveals all behavior to have at heart an essential moral quality.

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Springer

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1137533552

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9781137533555

God's Love Through the Spirit

By: Kenneth Loyer

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God's Love Through the Spirit

By: Kenneth Loyer

Although the doctrine of the Holy Spirit has often been a neglected subject in theology, it remains vital for understanding both the Christian confession of God as Trinity and the nature of the Christian life. In view of those two topics, God's Love through the Spirit examines the relationship between love and the person and work of the Holy Spirit in Thomas Aquinas and John Wesley - two very different figures whose teachings on the Spirit and the Christian life are found to be, on the whole, surprisingly compatible. An investigation into Aquinas's amor-based pneumatology, including a groundbreaking analysis of his recently discovered Pentecost sermon, and a fresh assessment of the doctrine of sanctification in Wesley show that in distinctive yet largely complementary ways, Aquinas and Wesley provide resources that can be used to reclaim a richer pneumatology, specifically in relation to the theological virtue of love.

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CUA Press

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081322599X

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9780813225999

The Theology of John Wesley

Holy Love and the Shape of Grace

By: Prof. Kenneth J. Collins

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The Theology of John Wesley

Holy Love and the Shape of Grace

By: Prof. Kenneth J. Collins

A rich articulation of John Wesley's theology that is appreciative of the old and mindful of the new, faithful to the past and attentive to the present. This work carefully displays John Wesley's eighteenth century theology in its own distinct historical and social location, but then transitions to the twenty-first century through the introduction of contemporary issues. So conceived, the book is both historical and constructive demonstrating that the theology of Wesley represents a vibrant tradition. Cognizant of Wesley's own preferred vocabulary, Collins introduces Wesley's theological method beginning with a discussion of the doctrine of God. "In this insightful exposition the leitmotif of holy love arises out of Wesley's reflection on the nature of the divine being as well as other major doctrines." (Douglas Meeks)

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Abingdon Press

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1426728999

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9781426728990

The Waverly Gallery

By: Kenneth Lonergan

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The Waverly Gallery

By: Kenneth Lonergan

Kenneth Lonergan is known for his trademark humor and genius for capturing the real heart and soul of human interactions. Time magazine raved that he is "among our most gifted, unflinching and unpretentious new playwrights," and called his first play, This Is Our Youth, one of the ten best plays of 1998. With The Waverly Gallery, Lonergan has once again shown himself to have "one of the keenest ears of any working playwright" (Ben Brantley, The New York Times). A powerfully poignant and often hilarious play, The Waverly Gallery is about the final years of a generous, chatty, and feisty grandmother's final battle against Alzheimer's disease. Gladys is an old school lefty and social activist and longtime owner of a small art gallery in Greenwich Village. The play explores her fight to retain her independence and the subsequent effect of her decline on her family, especially her grandson. More than a memory play, The Waverly Gallery captures the humor and strength of a family in the face of crisis. "You will be awed by Lonergan's writing." -- Christopher Isherwood, Variety; "[Lonergan] has written a loving but brutal, commercial yet unflinching American family drama that knows about the simultaneous human systems of entertainment and agony. As anyone who cares about aging loved ones already knows, life on that particular edge is often so real you have to laugh. . . he is dead-on about family in all its simultaneous affection and irritation." -- Linda Winer, Newsday; "A stirring and soulful, comic drama ... classically so, a la Glass Menagerie ... Waverly is often deeply funny. It is both painful and hilarious." -- Ben Brantley, The New York Times

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Grove Press

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0802137563

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9780802137562

Margaret

By: Kenneth Lonergan

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Margaret

By: Kenneth Lonergan

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Manchester by the Sea

A Screenplay

By: Kenneth Lonergan

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Manchester by the Sea

A Screenplay

By: Kenneth Lonergan

The Academy Award–winning screenplay of “a drama of surpassing beauty” (Wall Street Journal) Kenneth Lonergan’s Academy Award and BAFTA–winning screenplay for the acclaimed film Manchester by the Sea is a staggering achievement and an emotionally devastating meditation on grief. Lee Chandler is a brooding, irritable loner who works as a handyman in Boston. One damp winter day he gets a call summoning him to his hometown, Manchester-by-the-Sea, the fishing village where his working-class family has lived for generations. His brother’s heart has given out suddenly, and he’s been named guardian to his riotous 16-year-old nephew. His return re-opens an unspeakable tragedy, as he is forced to confront a past that separated him from his wife, Randi, and the community where he was born and raised. A sweeping story of loss and new beginnings, Manchester by the Sea “illuminates with quiet, unyielding grace how you and I and our neighbors get by, and sometimes how we don’t” (Boston Globe). Rounding out the volume is a trenchant and incisive introduction by Kenneth Lonergan on writing for film.

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1683357094

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Chasing Down a Rumor

The Death of Mainline Denominations

By: Robert Bacher,Kenneth Inskeep

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Chasing Down a Rumor

The Death of Mainline Denominations

By: Robert Bacher,Kenneth Inskeep

Are the denominations really dying? Two experienced church "watchers" who have lived the question on a daily basis provide statistics, insights, and hope that the rumor is premature.

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1451412495

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