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From Islam to Christ : one woman's path through the riddles of God / Derya Little, foreword by Kathryn Jean Lopez.
Van Pelt Library BX4668.L58 A3 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Little, Derya, author.
- Lopez, Kathryn Jean, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Little, Derya.
- Catholic converts--Biography.
- Catholic converts.
- Christian converts from Islam--Biography.
- Christian converts from Islam.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 204 pages ; 20 cm
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco, CA : Ignatius Press ; [2017]
- Summary:
- Born and raised in turkey, Derya Little rejected her Islamic faith and became an atheist. When arguing with a Christian missionary, she was converted to Christianity and ultimately became a Roman Catholic.
- Contents:
- Turkey, land of my birth
- Lessons from childhood
- Gender roles in Turkey
- Collapse of my family
- Loss of my faith
- Islam and Christianity
- Troubled adolescence
- Light in the darkness
- Meetings with a missionary
- Searching for God
- Grand inquisitor
- Burying my head in the sand
- Knocked over by a feather
- Holding on like a bulldog
- Rebuilding burned bridges
- Reading Cardinal Ratzinger
- Jesuits in a Muslim country
- Traveling to Rome via England
- Finding my better half across the Atlantic
- coming to America
- Discovering the joy of spreading the faith.
- ISBN:
- 9781621641124
- 1621641120
- OCLC:
- 992746000
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