Holy Words & Holy Orders PB

This book addresses controversial issues in contemporary church life. Issues examined include: gender and sexuality, relation of lay and ordained ministries, the relation of biblical Israel and the modern state, the differences between the Hebrew Scriptures and the Old Testament, and deference to tradition as well as openness.

Donald L. Berry is the Harry Emerson Fosdick Professor of Philosophy and Religion Emeritus at Colgate University. He is an Episcopal priest in the Diocese of Central New York and was the Rector of St. George’s Church of Chadwicks, NY, from 1976-1990. He is the author of Mutuality: The Vision of Martin Buber, Traveler’s Advisory, and Through a Glass Darkly: The Ambiguity of the Christian Tradition.