Download or read book The Spirit of Adoption written by Jeanne Stevenson Moessner and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this theology of adoption, Stevenson-Moessner argues that while the church has long understood the grounding self-concept of a Christian as a "child of God, " it has failed to underscore that all people come into the family of faith by adoption.