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Ferry, James IN THE COURTS OF THE LORD, A Gay Minister's Story
Toronto: Key Porter Books, 1993
First Edition. ISBN:1 55013 472 8. Foreword by the Rt. Rev. John S. Spong, Bishop of Newark, New Jersey , HARDCOVER, FINE/NEAR FINE,crease in back flap of dj. Chronicle of the anguished process by whi ch, after the failure of his marriage to an evangelical Christian woman and several loving but fragile relationships with men, Ferry came to terms with his sexual orientation. Ferry describes the hist ory of his devotion to the Anglican Church, his successful work in one of the more difficult parishes in Toronto, and his election to the Unionville parish where his clerical career was abruptly halte d. His account of how a homophobic member of his congregation encountered his partner while snooping around the rectory, and then agitated for James Ferry's removal, is both vivid and shocking. James Ferry writes with compelling honesty about an issue that has troubled and divided Christian denominations for more than fifteen years. In the Courts of the Lord is an important book about love, morali ty and freedom not just within the Church but within society at large.
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