Holy contradictions : what's next for the people called United Methodists / Brian K. Milford, editor. - 160 pages ; 22 cm

Includes bibliographical references.

All holy ... all beloved / Mutually respectful ways of living / Thoughts on a way forward / Ethics of love / Upright of heart / Multiply or divide? / Love's competing demands / In Christ there is no east or west / Unity with division: John Wesley on the church / Gracious way forward / We can ... we must / Walking on water / Before all else / Unity as witness / Shameless spirituality / Reclaiming our time / Toward the healing of United Methodist divisions / M. Garlinda Burton -- Bryan D. Collier -- Jim and Jennifer Cowart -- Magrey deVega -- David N. Field -- Rob Fuquay -- Diane Kenaston -- Eduard Khegay -- Scott Kisker -- Thomas Lambrecht -- Tracy S. Malone -- Donna Pritchard -- Kimberly D. Reisman -- Laceye Warner -- Audrey Warren -- Jay Williams -- J. Philip Wogaman.

The authors of these essays wrestle with the question : How might United Methodists bear witness to graceful and mutually respectful ways of living in the Wesleyan tradition amid enduring disagreements about same-gender relationships and related church practices?

9781501859717 (pbk.)

2018003515


United Methodist Church (U.S.)--Doctrines.


Homosexuality--Religious aspects--United Methodist Church (U.S.)

BX8385.H65 / H65 2018

261.8/357660882876