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Just spirituality : how faith practices fuel social action / Mae Elise Cannon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cannon, Mae Elise, 1976-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Christian biography.
- Religion and social problems.
- Prayer--Christianity.
- Prayer.
- Spiritual life--Christianity.
- Spiritual life.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (208 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Downers Grove, IL : IVP Books, [2013]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Mae Elise Cannon opens the annals of activist history to see if there is a correlation between great acts of compassion and advocacy and great depths of prayer. Looking at the lives of Mother Teresa, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Martin Luther King Jr. and others, Cannon finds a depth of spiritual practice at the root of courageous social action.
- Contents:
- Spiritual practices as fuel for the soul
- Mother Teresa: from silence to service
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer: from prayer to discipleship
- Watchman Nee: from study to evangelism
- Martin Luther King, Jr.: from community to proclamation
- Fairuz: from worship to freedom
- Desmond Tutu: from Sabbath to reconciliation
- Oscar Romero: from submission to martyrdom
- Courage, joy and celebration.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780830864591
- 0830864598
- OCLC:
- 908074767
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