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	A Shared Mercy: Karl Barth on Forgiveness and the Church by Jon Coutts (Goodreads Author), John B. Webster (Foreword) 4.50 avg rating — 14 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	SCM Studyguide: Church Leadership 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Looking Back, Leaning Forward: Wrestling with a Church’s Story by Jon Coutts (Goodreads Author), Heather Renée Morgan (editor), David E. Fitch (foreword) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Parable of the Talents (Earthseed, #2)

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There's a tension between this and the rest of DB's work which explains why reception is divided between social gospelers and pious libertarians. But these fail to see that the tension is also within this book, and is resolved in Ethics. ...more
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Absolute banger. I read it again looking for some specific tie-ins to other works, and ooh boy this Dietrich does not miss a beat. (pages are falling out of my copy. send help)
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As a case, Pepper's work is comprehensive and incisive. The US's miltary-industrial powers killed the people's best hope for a moral future. As a book, however, part 1 suffered from legal tedium and should have folded into part 2. ...more
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