Faith Beyond Despair: Building Hope in the Holy Land - Softcover

Chacour, Elias

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1853119067 ISBN 13: 9781853119064

Publisher: SCM Press, 2008

Synopsis

Based upon conversations recorded by a French journalist, this book mixes autobiographical reflections with a critique of the contemporary state of the Middle East. It tells the stories of many individuals working for peace and of his own work, especially with children and students of the school and college he has founded. Fr Elias Chacour, author of the bestselling books Blood Brothers and We Belong to the Land, is the Archbishop of Galilee. Seeing the lack of educational opportunities for Palestinian youth, he created a school open to all local children which opened in the early 1980s. The Mar Elias Educational Institution and now caters for 4,500 students, representing all major religions and ethnicities in Israel. Fr Chacour has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize three times and has received other prestigious peace awards.

About this title

Synopsis:

Based upon conversations recorded by a French journalist, this book mixes autobiographical reflections with a critique of the contemporary state of the Middle East. It tells the stories of many individuals working for peace and of his own work, especially with children and students of the school and college he has founded.

About the Author:

Fr Elias Chacour, author of the bestselling books Blood Brothers and We Belong to the Land, is the Archbishop of Galilee. Fr Chacour has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize three times and has received other prestigious peace awards.

About this edition

• Publisher: SCM Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1853119067
• ISBN 13: 9781853119064
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 138