People of God – serie
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27 produkter
Flannery O'Connor
Fiction Fired by Faith
Häftad, 2015
287 kr
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Flannery O’Connor: Fiction Fired by Faith tells the remarkable story of the gifted young woman who set out from her native Georgia to develop her talents as a writer and eventually succeeded in becoming one of the most accomplished fiction writers of the twentieth century. Struck with a fatal …
Dorothy Day
Love in Action
Häftad, 2015
262 kr
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By any measure, Dorothy Day lived a fascinating life. She was a journalist, activist, single mother, convert, Catholic laywoman, and co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement.A lifelong radical who took the gospels at their word, Dorothy Day lived among the poor as one of them, challenging both …
Francis
Bishop of Rome
Häftad, 2015
168 kr
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In Francis: Bishop of Rome, Fr. Michael Collins introduced readers to the pope who has grabbed the attention and the spiritual imaginations of Catholics and others around the world. Now, in this second edition, Collins takes account of the most important events and development of his remarkable …
Thomas Merton
Faithful Visionary
Häftad, 2014
154 kr
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People of God is a brand new series of inspiring biographies for the general reader. Each volume offers a compelling and honest narrative of the life of an important twentieth or twenty-first century Catholic. Some living and some now deceased, each of these women and men have known challenges and …
Martin Sheen
Pilgrim on the Way
Av Rose Pacatte
Häftad, 2015
161 kr
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Martin Sheen, best known for his role as a Catholic president in the prestigious television series The West Wing, returned to the practice of his Catholic faith at the age of forty after decades away. After years of battling alcohol addiction, a near-fatal heart attack, and a nervous breakdown, the …
Luis Antonio Tagle
Leading by Listening
Av Cindy Wooden
Häftad, 2015
154 kr
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Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle has been called “the Asian Pope Francis,” because of his humility, his connectedness to the lives of everyday Catholics, and his insistence on the church’s duty to care for the poor and the marginalized. In Luis Antonio Tagle: Leading by Listening, veteran Catholic …
Transform Now Plowshares
Megan Rice, Gregory Boertje-Obed, and Michael Walli
Häftad, 2022
292 kr
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In July 2012, a Holy Child sister and two Catholic Workers committed the largest breach in US nuclear security history. They entered an enriched uranium facility armed with candles, bread, Bibles, and roses, to pray and paint peace slogans. As Transform Now Plowshares, they hoped to put nuclear …
Oscar Romero
Love Must Win Out
Av Kevin Clarke
Häftad, 2014
314 kr
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People of God is a brand new series of inspiring biographies for the general reader. Each volume offers a compelling and honest narrative of the life of an important twentieth or twenty-first century Catholic. Some living and some now deceased, each of these women and men have known challenges and …
Nicholas Black Elk
Medicine Man, Catechist, Saint
Häftad, 2020
266 kr
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Servant of God Nicholas Black Elk (1863—1950) is popularly celebrated for his fascinating spiritual life. How could one man, one deeply spiritual man, serve as both a traditional Oglala Lakota medicine man and a Roman Catholic catechist and mystic? How did these two spiritual and cultural …
James Martin, SJ
In the Company of Jesus
Häftad, 2020
243 kr
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2021 Catholic Media Association Award first place award in best new religious book series2021 Catholic Media Association Award third place award in biographyFr. James Martin, SJ, is one of the most recognized Catholic priests in the United States. His book My Life with the Saints introduced …
Mychal Judge
Take Me Where You Want Me to Go
Häftad, 2022
292 kr
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The world came to know the Franciscan priest Mychal Judge through the bravery and self-sacrifice he displayed during the World Trade Center attacks of September 11, 2001. But long before his lifeless body was carried out of the rubble (a moment captured in a photograph that became immediately …
Rosemary Nyirumbe
Sewing Hope in Uganda
Häftad, 2019
223 kr
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Sister Rosemary Nyirumbe’s 62 years of life provide a powerful testament to God’s presence, love, and hope amidst unimaginable violence. Throughout these many years, her native Uganda and southern Sudan (now South Sudan) have suffered the devastating effects of war and military clashes. Children, …
Augustus Tolton
The Church Is the True Liberator
Av Joyce Duriga
Häftad, 2018
314 kr
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Father Augustus Tolton was the first identified black American ordained to the priesthood in the United States. He was born into slavery and escaped to freedom with his mother and siblings under harrowing circumstances. Throughout his life he displayed a great devotion to the Lord and the Catholic …
Daniel Rudd
Calling a Church to Justice
Av Gary B Agee
Häftad, 2017
223 kr
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In May of 1890, The Christian Solider, an African American newspaper, identified the Catholic journalist and activist Daniel Arthur Rudd as the “greatest negro Catholic in America.” Yet many Catholics today are unaware of Rudd's efforts to bring about positive social change during the early decades …
Rutilio Grande
A Table for All
Av Rhina Guidos
Häftad, 2018
217 kr
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In Rutilio Grande: A Table for All, veteran journalist Rhina Guidos explores the inspiring life and ministry of the Salvadoran priest whose killing changed the church in El Salvador and the life of his close friend, the country’s most prominent church member, Archbishop Oscar Romero. Born in a …
Paul Farmer
Servant to the Poor
Häftad, 2018
223 kr
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Bill Gates has called Paul Farmer one of the most amazing people he has ever met. CNN medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta says that “if pure altruism exists in humans, it probably looks a lot like Dr. Paul Farmer."In Paul Farmer, Servant to the Poor, Jennie Weiss Block introduces readers to this …
Thea Bowman
Faithful and Free
Häftad, 2019
310 kr
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With every passing year since her death in 1990, more people are recognizing Sister Thea Bowman as one of the most inspiring figures in American Catholic history. This granddaughter of slaves became Catholic on her own initiative at the age of nine. As a Franciscan sister, she lived a wide-ranging …
Shahbaz Bhatti
Martyr of the Suffering Church
Häftad, 2017
210 kr
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When Shahbaz Bhatti, the lone Christian in Pakistan’s cabinet and a determined campaigner for the rights of Christians and members of other faiths was killed, his Taliban-affiliated assassins probably hoped it would be the end of his influence. Instead, Bhatti’s stature has only grown after death, …
Corita Kent
Gentle Revolutionary of the Heart
Av Rose Pacatte
Häftad, 2017
223 kr
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Corita Kent, an American nun and pop artist, led a life of creativity and love that took her in unexpected directions. In this engaging portrait, Sr. Rose Pacatte, FSP, offers an in-depth look at Corita Kent, gentle revolutionary of the heart, letting the beauty and truth of her life and art speak …
Helen Prejean
Death Row�s Nun
Av Joyce Duriga
Häftad, 2017
204 kr
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No person has worked more effectively toward the abolition of the death penalty in the United States than Helen Prejean, CSJ. Her best-selling book Dead Man Walking, and the hit Hollywood film adaptation in which she was played by Susan Sarandon, was a catalyst for drawing national attention to the …
Paul VI
Pilgrim Pope
Häftad, 2018
210 kr
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Pope Paul VI (1963-78) was one of the most important and influential pontiffs of the twentieth century. In this engaging biography, Michael Collins examines this deeply spiritual man who is remembered as a reformer, evangelizer, and pilgrim. Pope Paul’s pontificate was marked by an unprecedented …
Joseph Bernardin
Seeking Common Ground
Häftad, 2016
223 kr
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As a priest, archbishop, and president of the US bishops’ conference, Cardinal Joseph Bernardin lived a ministry marked by thoughtfulness, compassion, and conviction. Relying on interviews with the cardinal’s assistants, friends, and family members, as well as on some previously unavailable …
Elizabeth Johnson
Questing for God
Häftad, 2016
223 kr
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Who is God? That is the question Elizabeth A. Johnson has spent her life exploring. As a Catholic theologian, writer, teacher, and religious woman, Johnson has searched for “the Living God” and ways to understand God that make sense for our time, perhaps most famously in her groundbreaking book She …
John XXIII
The Medicine of Mercy
Häftad, 2014
151 kr
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People of God is a brand new series of inspiring biographies for the general reader. Each volume offers a compelling and honest narrative of the life of an important twentieth or twenty-first century Catholic. Some living and some now deceased, each of these women and men have known challenges and …
Mary Lou Williams
Music for the Soul
Häftad, 2021
327 kr
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Winner of the ASCAP Foundation Deems Taylor/Virgil Thomson Book Award in Pop Music 2022 Catholic Media Association honorable mention in biography2022 Association of Catholic Publishers second place award for BiographyWinner of the 2022 Jazz Journalists Association Award for Biography/Autobiography …
Theodore Hesburgh, CSC
Häftad, 2020
250 kr
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2021 Association of Catholic Publishers third place award in biographyWhen asked what he wanted written on his tombstone, Fr. Theodore Hesburgh responded with one word: Priest. This giant of a man—a man who advised presidents and counseled popes, who championed civil rights and world peace, who …
Teresa of Calcutta
Dark Night, Active Love
Häftad, 2022
292 kr
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Most people living in the last quarter of the twentieth century knew Mother Teresa by name and appearance. They could also identify her as the saint of the gutters of Calcutta. Two years after her death, she was still recognized as “the most admired person of the century.” So, what is there still …
