The Last Christians: Stories of Persecution, Flight, and Resilience in the Middle East
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Rating | : | 4.63 (924 Votes) |
Asin | : | 0874860628 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 178 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2013-12-31 |
Language | : | English |
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A poet, priest, and popular author in Germany, Andreas Knapp left a secure position as head of Freiburg Seminary to live and work among the poor as a member of the Little Brothers of the Gospel, a religious order inspired by Charles de Foucauld. His latest book, The Last Christians, recounts the stories of refugees in his neighborhood and of displaced people in camps in Kurdistan, northern Iraq.. Today he shares an apartment with th
About the AuthorA poet, priest, and popular author in Germany, Andreas Knapp left a secure position as head of Freiburg Seminary to live and work among the poor as a member of the Little Brothers of the Gospel, a religious order inspired by Charles de Foucauld. Today he shares an apartment with three brothers in Leipzig’s largest housing project, and ministers to prisoners and refugees. His latest book, The Last Christians, recounts the stories of refugees in his neighborhood and of displaced people in camps in Kurdistan, northern Iraq.
He found Christians who today still speak Syriac, a dialect of Aramaic, the language of Jesus. The uprooted remnant of ancient churches, they doggedly continue to practice their faith despite the odds. If they are wiped out, or scattered to the corners of the earth, the language that Jesus spoke may be lost forever – along with the witness of a church that has modeled Jesus’ way of nonviolence and enemy-love for two millennia. Their devastating eyewitness reports make it clear why millions are fleeing the Middle East. Outside the Middle East, they’re suspect because of their nationality. Could it be that they – along with the Christians of the West, whose intere