The Book: A House Divided

"I have been deeply encouraged by what I have learned of the work of the Anglican Episcopal House of Studies at Duke Divinity School, as reflected in this series of amicable and constructive conversations. The contributors to this volume are bold in their willingness to enter difficult, controversial territory, and yet are also realistic about the challenges that lie ahead."

                    —Archbishop Justin Welby

There is no brilliance in anything suggested here; the brilliance is to believe it is possible. If a wall must separate us for the time being, let the wall be also the means of our communication. Let us gather and listen, not so that we can abandon our convictions but so that we may understand them better. Whatever happens as a result of these experiments, we can be assured of God’s favor upon them, for they represent nothing other than the attempt to speak the truth in love and to accept neither one without the vital other. We may be constrained at the end of the day to worship without one another and to treat one another as a pagan or a tax collector (Matt 18:17). But it should be noted that we know how Jesus intended such people to be treated precisely because he was so often in their company.
     
                    —From the Afterword

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