O Acompanhamento: Ecumenical Action for Human Rights in Latin America 1970-1990 - Couverture souple

Harper, Charles R.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 2825414794 ISBN 13 : 9782825414798

Editeur : World Council of Churches (WCC Publications), 2006

Synopsis

In the 1960s and early 1970s military dictatorships and juntas replaced elected civilian governments across Latin America. This book relates stories of Christians and their churches as they engaged in the struggle to uphold human rights, including the most basic human right to life itself. The book is a testament of courage and hope in face of the humiliation, torture and murder or disappearance of dissidents. It tells of ordinary men and women who stood up for justice and righteousness in unexpected ways. It shows how the regions churches, and Christians throughout the world acting through the World Council of Churches, provided the oppressed people of Latin America practical accompaniment (o acompanhamento, in the Portuguese of Brazil). The narrative aims at strengthening common memory of the churches part in Latin Americas recovery of human rights, especially among a younger generation that may be unaware of this chapter in ecumenical history.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: World Council of Churches (WCC Publications)
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 2825414794
• ISBN 13: 9782825414798
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 148
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible