Prophets without honor : a requiem for moral patriotism / William M. Strabala & Michael J. Palecek.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Strabala, William.

Contributor:

Palecek, Michael.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity and politics.

Christianity and justice.

Christian sociology.

Physical Description:

x, 363 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Algora Pub., [2002]

Summary:

Priests, giving their lives to the poor, protesting wars and . . . ., they have been beaten, arrested, and threatened with death. In this chronicle of their times, they mourn parishioners whom they could not protect, and colleagues who gave their all in the war against corporate and governmental greed, arrogance and violence against humanity.

Contents:

Prophets hearing voices from history

Political prophecies : divine atomic right to rule

Slippery footing : bananas, oil, and Cold War ice

Lionsden prophecy : we the system

Prophecy globalized : trilateralism and secret teams

Good land for prophet-making

Lies to America, lies to the church : Rupiper and Vietnam

Prophecies in blood and fire

A ticket to 'Nam : Albert, Chuck, and burning passion

The confirmation of prophets

Through a stained glass window, darkly

When Omaha meets Recife

Heartburn in the heartland

Secret memos and smoking guns

Of hostages and prophets : Rupiper in Iran

Iran-contra : the Eichmann corollary

Prophecies over the death squads

Nuclear-walled Jericho

All for oil : desert storm and guts of orphans

Post mortem of the conquest

The church in prophetic crisis

The prophetic question

From Des Moines to Nuremberg to Rome and back

Medals for heroes of peace, not war

Prophecy betrayed

Prophecy of plowshares in space

Andromeda, strained

At a place called Eden

Observing prophecy in the courtroom

Prophetic aftershocks.

ISBN:

1892941988

1892941996

OCLC:

49664292