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Equally compelling are his thoughts about home—including his anxiety over his separation from his family as well as his fury at his brothers, who had bought their way out of military service. Bringing that view of the home front full circle, a concluding chapter by editors Jedediah Mannis and Galen Wilson describes the difficulties that Miller’s widow, Susan, encountered after the war, especially in her dealings with the Pension Office.  Bound to Be a Soldier presents a common man’s critique of military policy and civilian society during wartime in a rough-hewn style that breathes life into historic events.  The Editors: Jedediah Mannis is a Massachusetts attorney who serves as executive director of the Shelter Island Fund, a non-profit environmental organization.   Galen R. 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Because of Tuckerman's innovative approach to encountering and helping the poor people he met near the Boston wharves, he is considered the father of American social work as well as a prescient, dedicated, and socially active minister whose work led directly to the Social Gospel Movement. The book examines and interprets Tuckerman's theology and ministry of outreach in light of the author's experience as pastor of the Outdoor Church of Cambridge, Inc., an outdoor ministry to homeless men and women in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Outdoor Church offers prayer services and pastoral assistance outdoors in all seasons and all weather in order to be accessible to chronically homeless men and women who, because of shame or embarrassment, hostility or illness, cannot or will not enter conventional churches. Joseph Tuckerman and the Outdoor Church is a unique and gripping look at a radically innovative nineteenth-century minister through the prism of the actual application of his thinking and his example to an ongoing ministry to the chronically homeless men and women of Cambridge. Endorsements: Thank God that parish ministers are writing theology again, as Jed Mannis has done in his brief biography of Joseph Tuckerman, whose life was a lesson in taking the gospel of Jesus to the poor. Jed's writing and ministry make the call and gift of this quiet, impressive man come alive to us, who need to know that such a ministry is possible. --Carl Scovel, Minister Emeritus of King's Chapel in Boston, author of Never Far From Home and An Easter Faith Part biography, part memoir, and part description of a street ministry to the homeless-Joseph Tuckerman and the Outdoor Church succeeds marvelously on all fronts. 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But even more compelling is the insight provided into ministry to the homeless and the presence of the divine and wonderfully human on the streets. --Tom Lenhart, Senior Minister of First Congregational Church, Chappaqua, New York About the Contributor(s): Jedediah Mannis is pastor to the Outdoor Church of Cambridge, an outdoor church that serves the chronically homeless men and women of Cambridge, Massachusetts.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51170375205137,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51170376614161,"sku":"NIN9781498250566","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52424024097041,"sku":"NLS9781498250566","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1498250564.jpg?v=1750796145"},{"product_id":"joseph-tuckerman-and-the-outdoor-church-book-jedediah-mannis-9781556355516","title":"Joseph Tuckerman and the Outdoor Church","description":"Description: Joseph Tuckerman and the Outdoor Church is about the Rev. 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