We, the Ordinary People of the Streets - Couverture souple

Delbrêl, Madeleine

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0802846963 ISBN 13 : 9780802846969

Editeur : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2000

Synopsis

We, the Ordinary People of the Streets comprises the powerful reflections by Madeleine Delbrêl (1904-1964), an award-winning poet, writer, and Catholic layperson whose conviction and insight led her to a life of social work in the atheistic, Communist-dominated city of Ivry-sur-Seine, France. Delbrêl draws from her own experiences living in Ivry, witnessing to the possibility of a life at once rooted radically in the church and fully engaged in the world. This posthumously published collection spans Delbrêl’s life, from a piece she wrote as a seventeen-year-old atheist to her later Christian works. Her passionate essays explore the Christian’s role in a secular society, the difficulty of faith in an atheistic environment, the need for prayer, the centrality of the church, and the fundamental importance of loving both God and our neighbors.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

MADELEINE DELBRÊL, a poet by nature and an atheist by conviction, underwent a radical conversion at the age of twenty that led her to found, in 1933, a "gospel" community of lay women dedicated to poverty, chastity, and work among the poor. Though publishing only two books during her lifetime, including La Route, a book of poetry awarded the Sully Prudhomme Prize, she left behind a wealth of texts now collected in four volumes.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0802846963
• ISBN 13: 9780802846969
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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