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In the early twentieth century, theological modernism was gaining ground in the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Conservatives claimed that there were modernists on the mission field but that the Board of Foreign Missions was doing nothing about it. In Thailand, the executive secretary of the American Presbyterian mission did not want to address the issue, claiming that "almost all of our Mission . . . are conservative in their theology, and liberal in their spirit." But was it true? In this book, Karl Dahlfred explores letters, reports, and other primary sources to reveal instances and indicators of modernism among Presbyterian missionaries in Thailand. Officially committed to making disci...
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Going Wrong is a carefully crafted collection of poems, many of them written in traditional forms, from Wisconsin's Poet Laureate, Marilyn L. Taylor. The poetry focuses mainly on the vagaries of human nature, especially as it departs from the predictable, the straight-and-narrow, the genteel. Instead, it tends to demonstrate clearly the many delights-- and sometimes the undeniable outrageousness-- of using the old forms in surprising new ways. -- Amazon.
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