Spiritual Friendship

Retrieving a Rich Understanding of Spiritual Friendship"Courageous and thought provoking. This is a book that challenges all of us--whatever our sexual experience or longings may be--to think more truthfully about the meaning of love and the complex ways in which our communities either stifle or nurture it."--Richard B. Hays, Duke Divinity School"Remarkable. Here is a book everyone interested in Christianity, and everyone interested in friendship, can profit from reading."--Alan Jacobs, Honors College, Baylor University"An elegant, theologically rich plea on behalf of the love of friendship that uncovers fresh ways to improvise on a lost Christian tradition of committed spiritual friendship."--Peter Leithart, president, Theopolis Institute, Birmingham, Alabama"Honest and poignant, Spiritual Friendship is like a conversation with a good friend who has learned much from books but more from loving and being loved by others."--Eve Tushnet, author of Gay and Catholic: Accepting My Sexuality, Finding Community, Living My Faith"Love is the most complicated thing in the world--and even more so for gay and lesbian Christians who have experienced a vocation to celibacy. Hill's is a voice that needs to be heard."--Benjamin Myers, Charles Sturt University, Sydney, Australia"Hill not only wants to think about what friendship might mean for a celibate gay Christian but indeed wants to recover a richer, more substantive, and especially more promising understanding of friendship for everyone."--Paul J. Wadell, St. Norbert College; author of Becoming Friends: Worship, Justice, and the Practice of Christian Friendship"Hill gives us a glimpse of what we've forgotten--a rich Christian vision of friendship. Whether readers agree or disagree with his theological vision, there is no doubt that this book will be a conversation changer!"--J. Todd Billings, Western Theological Seminary, Holland, Michigan