Mary M. Doyle Roche

Mary M. Doyle Roche is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA, where she teaches Christian ethics.

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Lingering on the Margins

The church is a liminal space I’m lingering in: a space of transition, of walking along boundaries, of being neither in nor out, of neither staying nor leaving.

By Mary M. Doyle Roche

June 2, 2019

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