Sister Mary, the Bad Habit: “Liberating Theology” takes our nun to South America where she confronts a corrupt dictator and his cocaine cartel partner. Between the two, the poor are continually oppressed by the rich and powerful. Death squads roam the land, “disappearing” anyone who challenges the iron fisted ruler. Priests, nuns and lay people, anyone who calls for freedom, is subject to death. There are however, valiant freedom fighters battling the tyrants.Sister Mary's mission is to bring the warring sides to the peace table – a difficult task when caught up in the hatred and distrust of years of oppression. Even the Catholic Church is not immune from the civil strife. The clergy is forced to choose between the power, prestige and possessions of the rich, and a preferential option for the poor. Our nun struggles to reunite the divided church – without resorting to violence.It takes all of Sister Mary's skills to infiltrate the opposing forces and it takes all her faith to survive one crisis and close call after another.
About the Book Death, Transcendence, and Beyond chronicles Rev. Gary W. Duncan’s spiritual journey, from exploring the pagan Christian traditions of his Cherokee grandmother during childhood, to his adolescent job in a funeral home, to his own psychological and metaphysical studies later in life, leading him to ultimately become an ordained priest and psychopomp, a spiritual “tour guide” for the dying. In this highly personal and transparent work, Rev. Gary Duncan explores topics such as death, reincarnation, karma, the afterlife, and magick, and how expanding his understanding of our world and the next made him into the spiritual leader he is today. About the Author Rev. Gary W. Duncan, M.S., M.A., CSM/OCP began his career in the funeral business and later went into industrial chemistry where he spent over five years in polymer research and another five years in behavioral, social science, and medical research. He spent the next twenty-one years in private practice as a psychotherapist, sex therapist, and Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor in the State of Ohio. He is a writer, published author, ordained Gnostic Catholic Priest, and founder of the Monastery of Inner Awakening, a center for the study of sacred sciences, the soul, and the afterlife.
In four previous adventures our faithful nun, Sister Mary, has struggled to liberate the poor and protect the Church. Now she finds herself the target of an Islamic Jihadist plot to avenge the Muslim armies conquered by the knights of King Richard I in the Third Crusade and her part in the Second Gulf War. George Patterson, OCP, a Catholic layperson, has served Church in many areas of ministry. He is especially involved in social justice and faith formation. This is the fifth Sister Mary Bad Habit Adventure. Also look for Stop The Traffick in which Sister Mary infiltrates a human trafficking cartel; Liberating Theology in which our nun battles a South American dictator and his cocaine lord accomplice; In Search of Noah's Art in which Sister Mary discovers a neo-Nazi plot for using high-tech genetics to bring about a new Holocaust and Assassinating Pope Francis where our nun must stop a former KGB agent from killing the new pope.
About the Book Death, Transcendence, and Beyond chronicles Rev. Gary W. Duncan’s spiritual journey, from exploring the pagan Christian traditions of his Cherokee grandmother during childhood, to his adolescent job in a funeral home, to his own psychological and metaphysical studies later in life, leading him to ultimately become an ordained priest and psychopomp, a spiritual “tour guide” for the dying. In this highly personal and transparent work, Rev. Gary Duncan explores topics such as death, reincarnation, karma, the afterlife, and magick, and how expanding his understanding of our world and the next made him into the spiritual leader he is today. About the Author Rev. Gary W. Duncan, M.S., M.A., CSM/OCP began his career in the funeral business and later went into industrial chemistry where he spent over five years in polymer research and another five years in behavioral, social science, and medical research. He spent the next twenty-one years in private practice as a psychotherapist, sex therapist, and Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor in the State of Ohio. He is a writer, published author, ordained Gnostic Catholic Priest, and founder of the Monastery of Inner Awakening, a center for the study of sacred sciences, the soul, and the afterlife.
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