Unclean: Meditations on Purity, Hospitality, and Mortality Christopher Hart suddenly single at thirty-four

suddenly single at thirty-four

Author: Damien Kanthaiya Trigger

Susan Compo is a lecturer in the Master of Professional Writing Program at the University of Southern California

ISBN10: 1604521503

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Unclean: Meditations on Purity, Hospitality, and Mortality Christopher Hart suddenly single at thirty-fourDescription: "I desire mercy, not sacrifice." Echoing Hosea, Jesus defends his embrace of the "unclean" in the Gospel of Matthew, seeming to privilege the prophetic call to justice over the Levitical pursuit of purity. And yet, as missional faith communities are well aware, the tensions and conflicts between holiness and mercy are not so easily resolved. At every turn, it seems that the psychological pull of purity and holiness tempts the church into