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By Dr. Donald Williams

ISBN-10: 0827206380

ISBN-13: 9780827206380

A morphing of Ambrose Bierce's The Devil's Dictionary with The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, this ebook takes a satirical examine the modern church scene. It intends to aid the church examine itself from a brand new, satirical standpoint and spot how the realm perspectives the traditions of the church, either outdated and new. The Christian reader may still see a necessity for switch of point of view, courses, and id and locate cause to behave at the desire for switch. each one dictionary access will make the reader snicker in addition to imagine. This tongue-in-cheek examine Christian church courses, theology, ministry, body of workers, and actions will suggested church leaders and contributors to snigger at themselves and their hidebound methods, whereas humoring students to chuckle on the irrelevance of rather a lot scholarly activity.

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