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By Lucien Robitaille. 1994
By Emma Anderson. 2009
Se fondant sur le récit éloquent de la vie d'un homme, Emma Anderson explore le choc entre le christianisme et…
la religon autochtone traditonnelle à l'époque coloniale en Amérique du Nord. Pierre-Anthoine Pastedechouan est né au sein d'une communauté indigène nomade d'Innus le long du fleuve Saint-Laurent dans ce qui est aujourd'hui le Québec. A onze ans, il fut envoyé en France par des missionnaires catholiques pour y être éduqué pendant cinq ans, puis ramené dans son pays afin de prendre part à la christianisation de son peuple. Le contact de Pastedechouan avec le catholicisme français pendant son enfance suscita en lui une ambivalence religieuse fatale. Dépouillé à la fois de son identité religieuse traditionnelle et de ses aptitudes critiques à la survie, il éprouvera de la difficulté à se faire accepter par sa communauté à son retour. Simultanément, ses tentatives de se faire valoir aux yeux des siens amèneront les Jésuites à le considérer avec une suspicion croissante. En suspension entre deux univers, Pastedechouan finira par devenir déconnecté - avec des résultats dramatiques - aussi bien de sa communauté autochtone que de ses mentors missionnaires [...] . -- 4e de couv. Titre uniforme: The betrayal of faith : the tragic journey of a colonial native convert.By Colette Beaune. 2008
" Jeanne, la petite bergère de Domrémy... Une putain doublée d'une sorcière... Fille cachée du roi, elle ne serait pas…
morte sur le bûcher à Rouen en 1431... La médiéviste Colette Beaune est en colère ! Peut-on laisser tout écrire au prétexte que la grande histoire serait parfois trop complexe, ou pas assez folklorique ? Dans un livre court, incisif, et avec beaucoup d'humour, l'historienne bat en brèche les nombreuses légendes qui circulent encore aujourd'hui sur la plus célèbre de nos grandes figures françaises. " -- 4e de couv.By Colette Beaune. 2004
Jeanne se proclame chef de guerre pour bouter les Anglais hors de France. Elle rêve d'une nouvelle croisade afin de…
reconquérir Jérusalem et créer un monde nouveau. Ses voix, que le procès identifiera à celles de sainte Catherine, sainte Marguerite et saint Michel, la guident dans sa mission. Dans cette biographie passionnante et originale, Colette Beaune, déjà remarquée il y a quelques années pour sa Naissance de la nation France, a fait un travail magnifique d'érudition en retraçant les mentalités d'une époque qu'on croit révolue. Sa parfaite connaissance du monde médiéval offre un tableau saisissant de la vie de Jeanne, loin de l'icône politique et patriotique habituelle. -- 4e de couv.By Mary-Ann Kirkby. 2007
In 1969, Ann-Marie Dornn's parents did the unthinkable - they left a Hutterite colony in Manitoba to start a new…
life, and were thrust into a society they did not understand and which knew little about their culture. Desperate to be accepted, ten-year-old Ann-Marie denied her heritage to fit in. She chronicles her quest to reinvent herself as she comes to terms with the painful circumstances that led her family to leave community life. 2007.The news flashed round the world on April 23rd, 1974: Margaret Morgan and Minka Hanskamp, while attending to leprosy patients…
in a rural clinic in Thailand, had been captured at gunpoint by guerrillas. Relatives and friends prayed for their release. Surely, after an agony of waiting, God would answer? But in March 1975 their bodies were found in the jungle. Transcribed by: Isaacs, M.By Robin Denniston. 1999
An Anglican monk and an outspoken and charismatic leader of the anti-apartheid movement, Trevor Huddleston was a friend of Nelson…
Mandela and many others who struggled to overcome the racist policies of the nationalist government in South Africa. 2000, c1999.By Michael Baigent. 2006
What if everything you think you know about Jesus is wrong? In this book, the author reveals the truth about…
Jesus' life and crucifixion. Despite -- or rather because of -- all the celebration and veneration that have surrounded the figure of Jesus for centuries, the authors asserts that Jesus and the circumstances leading to his death have been heavily mythologized. 2006.By Lloyd Geering. 2006
The author is New Zealand's best-known and most controversial commentator on theological issues. A Presbyterian minister, he turned to theological…
teaching in 1956 and is best known for his high-profile trial in 1967. He was contentiously acquitted of heresy by the Presbyterian Church after denying the physical resurrection of Jesus and life after death. His story is a personal journey set amidst the momentous cultural changes of the twentieth century. 2006.By Miriam Ali, Jana Wain. 1995
For Miriam, the turning point in her life came with the confirmation that her daughters, Zana and Nadia, aged only…
fifteen and fourteen respectively, had been taken from their home in Birmingham to be sold by their father to 'husbands' in Yemen. She finally took her remaining children and left, beginning the fight to bring Zana and Nadia back home. 1995.By Alex Tresniowski, Crystal McVea. 2013
Recounts the story of a young mother who underwent an intense near-death experience after she became unresponsive during a medical…
emergency, as she discusses the hardships of her past and the impact of the experience on her life. 2013.By David Thibodeau, Leon Whiteson, Aviva Layton. 2018
A survivor of the Waco massacre tells the inside story of Branch Davidians, David Koresh, and what really happened at…
the religious compound in Texas. Thibodeau explores why so many people believed Koresh was divinely inspired, and dissects the actions of the government that ended in tragedy. The result is a memoir that reads like a thriller, with each page taking us closer to the eventual inferno. 2018. Uniform title: Place called WacoBy Robert B McClure, Diane Forrest. 1988
McClure was a missionary in China for many years and the controversial ex-Moderator of the United Church of Canada. His…
descriptions of his life and experiences are interspersed with his views and analysis of critical issues facing society today. 1988.By Warren W Wiersbe. 1984
Portraits of twenty pioneer missionaries. These life sketches introduce the reader to such persons as Fanny Crosby, William Borden, Jonathan…
Edwards, and Katherine Luther, all of whom exhibit dedication, persistence, and conviction. 1984.By Alexander Cameron. 1989
Cameron is a veterinary surgeon and a minister of the Church of Scotland who pursued both callings. This book is…
a chronicle of his experiences, written with humour and spiritual insight. 1989.By Thomas F Madden. 2006
Saint Louis University professor Thomas F. Madden delivers lectures on the history of the papacy and also sheds light on…
the personalities of the popes and the flavour of their pontificates. At the same time, Madden demonstrates how the papacy has survived the tumultuous cauldron of history and offers a studied commentary on the future of this resilient institution. 2006.By Frank Eskenazi. 2013
Il s’agit tour à tour d’un récit autobiographique et d’une réflexion très personnelle, presque une thérapie, celle d’un homme né…
dans l’après-guerre qui se demande toute sa vie ce que veut dire être juif, lorsqu’on est athée et français. C’est aussi la chronique d’un quartier de Paris qui a beaucoup changé, une portion du XIe arrondissement autour du boulevard Voltaire, lieu d’implantation historique des Juifs de Turquie. c2013.By Marie Lise Gingras. 2015
Le 15 août 1948, après un pèlerinage au Petit Sanctuaire Notre-Dame du Cap, Isabelle Naud, atteinte de tuberculose des os…
depuis dix ans, retrouve la santé et redevient immédiatement capable de marcher. Elle attribue sa guérison miraculeuse à la Vierge du Cap. Les médias s'emparent de la nouvelle. Du jour au lendemain, Isabelle Naud devient un personnage public, et pendant quatre ans, elle donne des conférences dans tout le Québec, dans la plupart des provinces canadiennes et même aux États-Unis. En 1952, Isabelle entre au Carmel. Elle y reste jusqu'à sa mort en 1993, à l'âge de 70 ans. 2015.By Lois Wilson. 1989
In 1965, Lois Wilson became one of the first married women to be ordained as a United Church minister, and…
in 1980 became the first female moderator of the Church. She describes the political oppression and poverty that she witnessed as president of the World Council of Churches and gives her views on controversial issues, such as feminism, homosexuality, disarmament and the world economy. c1989.By Stephen J Dubner. 1998
Shortly after World War II, a rising ballerina and an alienated soldier convert from Judaism to Catholicism and marry. Years…
later their son, the youngest of eight children, feels a yearning for the lost faith of his forebears and begins a harrowing journey to recover his Jewish heritage. 1998.