"Theologians who drink too deeply of the cup of social disenchantment risk constructing a paper church of their own imagination. Theory, in other words, is not enough to provide an escape from the unfettered and corrosive relativism of the market. Submission to Rome is the only ecclesial reality with enough authority."
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Stephen H. Webb
Stephen H. Webb (March 13, 1961 – March 5, 2016) was a theologian and philosopher of religion.
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