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Martyr of The Amazon: The Life of Sister Dorothy Stang
The murder in 2005 of an American nun, Sister Dorothy Stang, focused the worlds attention on the plight of poor farmers in the Brazilian Amazon and their struggles against rapacious developers. Sister Dorothy had worked in Brazil for forty years. From a conventional nun in the pre-Vatican II era, she had developed a keen social conscience and, increasingly, a deep, mystical commitment to the integrity of Creation. These ideals combined in her advocacy for the rights of the poor and her defense of the imperiled rain forest. They also earned her the enmity of land-grabbing ranchers who repeatedly threatened her. ""All I ask,"" she wrote, ""is Gods grace to help me keep on this journey, fighting for the people to have a more egalitarian life and that we learn to respect Gods creation.""
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Martyr of The Amazon: The Life of Sister Dorothy Stang
The murder in 2005 of an American nun, Sister Dorothy Stang, focused the worlds attention on the plight of poor farmers in the Brazilian Amazon and their struggles against rapacious developers. Sister Dorothy had worked in Brazil for forty years. From a conventional nun in the pre-Vatican II era, she had developed a keen social conscience and, increasingly, a deep, mystical commitment to the integrity of Creation. These ideals combined in her advocacy for the rights of the poor and her defense of the imperiled rain forest. They also earned her the enmity of land-grabbing ranchers who repeatedly threatened her. ""All I ask,"" she wrote, ""is Gods grace to help me keep on this journey, fighting for the people to have a more egalitarian life and that we learn to respect Gods creation.""
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Martyr of The Amazon: The Life of Sister Dorothy Stang

Martyr of The Amazon: The Life of Sister Dorothy Stang

by Roseanne Murphy
Martyr of The Amazon: The Life of Sister Dorothy Stang
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Martyr of The Amazon: The Life of Sister Dorothy Stang

Martyr of The Amazon: The Life of Sister Dorothy Stang

by Roseanne Murphy

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The murder in 2005 of an American nun, Sister Dorothy Stang, focused the worlds attention on the plight of poor farmers in the Brazilian Amazon and their struggles against rapacious developers. Sister Dorothy had worked in Brazil for forty years. From a conventional nun in the pre-Vatican II era, she had developed a keen social conscience and, increasingly, a deep, mystical commitment to the integrity of Creation. These ideals combined in her advocacy for the rights of the poor and her defense of the imperiled rain forest. They also earned her the enmity of land-grabbing ranchers who repeatedly threatened her. ""All I ask,"" she wrote, ""is Gods grace to help me keep on this journey, fighting for the people to have a more egalitarian life and that we learn to respect Gods creation.""

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ISBN-13: 9781608334582
Publisher: Orbis
Publication date: 07/28/2014
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 2 MB
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