The Presbyterian Publishing Corporation is a

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, which is the publishing agency of the

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. According to its official website, "The Presbyterian Publishing Corporation is one of six agencies of the Presbyterian Church (USA) but we receive no funding from the denomination, but rather contribute to the mission of the PC(USA) through our operating surpluses." Its primary unit is the publisher

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Controversy

On July 1, 2006, the PPC published ''Christian Faith and the Truth Behind 9/11: A Call to Reflection and Action'', a book by

David Ray Griffin David Ray Griffin (August 8, 1939 – November 2022) was an American professor of philosophy of religion and theology and a 9/11 conspiracy theorist.Sources describing David Ray Griffin as a "conspiracy theorist", "conspiracist", "conspiracy nut ...

. The book argues that "The Bush-Cheney administration... orchestrated 9/11 in order to promote this empire under the pretext of the so-called war on terror." The book echoes other

9/11 conspiracy theories There are various Conspiracy theory, conspiracy theories that attribute the preparation and execution of the September 11 attacks against the United States to parties other than, or in addition to, al-Qaeda. These include the theory that high ...

in claiming that the Bush administration used explosives to destroy the

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, and adds a theological argument that the

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is an "evil, even demonic empire" comparable to the

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. PPC President Davis Perkins claimed that the book's arguments "merit careful consideration by serious-minded Christians and Americans concerned with truth and the meaning of their faith." Publication of this book aroused criticism of the PPC and the PC(USA) leadership by church members and clergy.

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External links

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