Birth of a ChurchIn 1964, Father Joe Nangle, a young American Franciscan priest, was assigned to found a new parish in a middle class neighborhood in Lima, Peru. Birth of a Church tells the inspiring story of his journey with that parish, in an era of great change and promise in the church. In the eleven years Fr. Nangle served in Lima, the world church felt the impact of Vatican II and the Latin American church, the bishops' conference in Medellin. Nangle tells the

Seeking fruitful ways to talk about God from the perspective of innocent suffering (a concern grounded in commitment to the poor of Latin America)

Bonnie Sue Lewis

as well as the theological developments that influenced their role

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John Coakley holds the L

other times seemingly mad

and his extraordinary commentaries on scripture and the life of radical discipleship

Michael Downey shows us that the doctrine of the Trinity is a grammar by which Christians speak of the ineffable mystery of God's constant

Not since his much-acclaimed We Drink from Our Own Wells has Gutierrez reach so clearly and accessibly into the heart of faith: a love of God inseparable from a love of neighbor

from one man or many

This introduction is informed by the author's engagement with the scholarly literature

the stories tell of spiritual health in the face of physical illness