The Last Monk of Tibhirine - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Last Monk of Tibhirine write by Freddy Derwahl. This book was released on 2013-11-01. The Last Monk of Tibhirine available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Last Monk of Tibhirine is the story of the Cistercian monk Jean-Pierre Schumacher, the last surviving member of a monastic community kidnapped and killed in Algeria. On the night of March 26, 1996, seven monks from the monastery Notre-Dame de l'Atlas of Tibhirine were kidnapped. Only two members of the community, Brother Jean-Pierre and Brother Amedee (since deceased) had the chance to escape. They did; and today Brother Jean-Pierre lives alone devoted to prayer and unconditional love and welcome. Author Freddy Derwahl was struck by the faith of Jean-Pierre and the book recounts his childhood in Lorraine through years of World War and recalls lost friends and brothers. Derwahl enlightens and illuminates the words of Jean-Pierre, and the profound witness of his brother monks.
The Monks of Tibhirine
The Monks of Tibhirine - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Monks of Tibhirine write by John Kiser. This book was released on 2003-02-28. The Monks of Tibhirine available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "The inspiration for the major motion picture "Of Gods and Men" A true story of Christian love set against political terrorism in contemporary Algeria. In the spring of 1996, militants of the Armed Islamic Group, today affiliated with Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network, broke into a Trappist monastery in war-torn Algeria. Seven monks were taken hostage, pawns in a murky negotiation to free imprisoned terrorists. Two months later, the severed heads of the monks were found in a tree not far from Tibhirine; their bodies were never recovered. The village of Tibhirine had sprung up around the monastery because it was a holy place, protected by the Virgin Mary, who is revered by Christians and Muslims alike. But after 1993, as the Algerian military government's war against Islamic terrorism widened, napalm, helicopters, and gunfire became regular accompaniments to their monastic routine. The harmony between these Christian monks and the Muslim neighbors of Tibhirine contrasts with the fear and distrust among Algerians fighting over power and what it means to be a Muslim. Woven into the story of the kidnapping and the political disintegration of Algeria is a classic account of Christian martyrdom. But these monks were not martyrs to their faith, as preaching Christianity to Muslims is forbidden in Algeria, but rather martyrs to their love of their Muslim neighbors, whom they refuse to desert in their hour of need.
Reclaiming Humility
Reclaiming Humility - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Reclaiming Humility write by Jane Foulcher. This book was released on 2015. Reclaiming Humility available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Does humility have a place in contemporary life? Were Enlightenment thinkers wrong to reject humility as a "monkish virtue" (Hume) arising from a "slave morality" (Nietzsche)? Australian theologian Jane Foulcher recovers the counter-cultural reading of humility that marked early Christianity and examines its trajectory at key junctures in the development of Western monasticism. Humility emerges not as a moral virtue achieved by human effort but as a way opened by grace--as a divine "climate" (Christian de Chergé) that we are invited to inhabit. From fourth-century Egypt to twentieth-century Algeria, via Saint Benedict and Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, Dr. Foulcher's compelling analysis of theology and practice challenges the church to reclaim Christian humility as essential to its life and witness today.
Commander of the Faithful
Commander of the Faithful - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Commander of the Faithful write by John W. Kiser. This book was released on 2010-09-28. Commander of the Faithful available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This biography and military history of Islamic resistance to the French occupation of Algeria lends valuable insight into current US/Muslim relations.
Dialogue of the Heart
Dialogue of the Heart - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Dialogue of the Heart write by McGee, OSB, Martin. This book was released on 2017-08-17. Dialogue of the Heart available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. McGee presents a timely and heartfelt plea encouraging Christians everywhere to cultivate harmonious relationships with their Muslim neighbors. In writing a touching account of the story of the martyred Trappist monks of Tibhirine, he highlights the way in which this particular order has provided an inspiring example of interreligious friendship by reaching out to their Muslim fellow believers in modern-day North Africa.
