TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mock,Melanie Springer
AU  - Meske,John J.
AU  - Diede,Martha Kalnin
AU  - Webster,Jeremiah
TI  - The Spirit of adoption: writers on religion, adoption, faith, and more 
SN  - 9781630875190
AV  - BT165 
U1  - 231.7 23
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - Eugene, Oregon
PB  - Cascade Books
KW  - Adoption
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Aspect religieux
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Christian Theology
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; Trinitarian adoption and identity formation; Geordie Ziegler --; Our mutual adoption; Martha Kalnin Diede --; Found by grace; Forrest Inslee --; When adoption, Colorado ranches, and Kung Fu Panda collide; Jeremy Cook --; How adoption brought me from darkness to light; Maggie Lalich --; The right fit?; Elizabeth Huston --; Kiki; Kohleun Adamson --; On (not) fearing the mystery of God; Melanie Springer Mock --; Overcoming; Jere Witherspoon --; Where in the Bible am I?; Kimberly Claassen Felton --; The whole story : revisiting the unspoken complexities of adoption; Jecqueline N. Gustafson --; The fruitful tree; David Michael Haslet --; Adoption of Lizette; Moses Harris --; Love or luck?; Douglas Webster --; All shall be well; Jeremiah Webster --; Open questions; Michael Dean Clark --; Dumb questions about adoption; Klarissa I. Clark --; Grit and grace; Beth Woolsey --; A tapestry of redemption : one adoptee's journey; Kelli Hall --; Reflections on adoption and religion; Russ Richter
N2  - The Spirit of Adoption explores many of the complexities inherent in adoption and its relationship to spirituality, challenging us to move beyond the common mythologies about adoption to consider the more difficult questions adoption raises about the nature of God, family, culture, loss, and joy. Rather than hearing from experts in adoption, this collection uses the narratives of birth parents, adoptive parents, and adoptees themselves, bearing witness to the ways adoption shapes its participants' spiritual lives. By allowing others to narrate their spiritual journeys through adoption, we hope
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