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A Thorn in the Flesh: How Gay Sexuality is Changing the Episcopal Church explores how and why the full inclusion of gay and lesbian Christians in all the rites of the church, including ordination and marriage, has proven so explosive and divisive. Caroline J. Addington Hall, a lesbian priest in the Episcopal Church, discusses how homosexuality has been used by leaders in the cultural struggles for the soul of America and how it has brought the Episcopal Church to the brink of schism. From churches in Africa to those in America, this important book digs deeply into provocative questions of sexuality for the Episcopal Church.…mehr

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A Thorn in the Flesh: How Gay Sexuality is Changing the Episcopal Church explores how and why the full inclusion of gay and lesbian Christians in all the rites of the church, including ordination and marriage, has proven so explosive and divisive. Caroline J. Addington Hall, a lesbian priest in the Episcopal Church, discusses how homosexuality has been used by leaders in the cultural struggles for the soul of America and how it has brought the Episcopal Church to the brink of schism. From churches in Africa to those in America, this important book digs deeply into provocative questions of sexuality for the Episcopal Church.
Autorenporträt
Rev. Caroline Addington Hall is priest-in-charge of an Episcopal parish in California and vice-president of Inter-Anglican Affairs for Integrity, an organization that works for the full inclusion of gay and lesbian Episcopalians, and a frequent contributor to the blog Walking with Integrity. Hall and her spouse were among the first gay couples married in California when marriage became legal for same-sex couples in 2008.