{"product_id":"the-covert-magisterium-by-dr-david-dault-9781978715097","title":"The Covert Magisterium","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Christian church in America stands at a crossroads.\u003c\/b\u003e It can continue to follow the path of incarceration, or it can choose the path of abolition and liberation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor too long, the church has been a site of violence and exclusion, despite its language of love and redemption. David Dault offers a timely and provocative analysis of an unspoken crisis affecting all forms of Christianity, particularly in the American context.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the wake of rampant sex abuse and a leadership increasingly wedded to the interests of right-wing and reactionary politics, the rise of covert mechanisms of authority and decision making threatens to undermine what little trust remains in the leadership.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Covert Magisterium\u003c\/i\u003e offers a fresh analysis of theological identities, hinging on the choice between a Christianity that defines itself through forms of incarceration, and a Christianity that sets itself on the path of abolition, inviting believers to become (in the words of the late Pope Francis) “the dignified agents of their own destiny.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book concludes with a vision of the synodal magisterium, a process of decision-making in which everyone, especially the “least of these,” has a voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47934300094700,"sku":"9781978715097","price":324.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781978715097-the-covert-magisterium.jpg?v=1783910476","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/the-covert-magisterium-by-dr-david-dault-9781978715097","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}