In Search of the Lost
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.67 (770 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1853117803 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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Infused with prayer and rich with detail, this occasionally devastating story is a testament to the power of faith to lead individuals and nations back to the light.' (Charles Montgomery)'This wonderful book brings to life the vision of the Melanesian Brotherhood, the struggle to make sense of the sacrifice and trauma of these last years, trauma for the Brothers and for the whole community of the Solomons, the overflowing joy of their witness and their freedom to communicate across cultures with confidence and vigour.' (Rowan Williams)'Richard Carter's account of the martyrdom of the seven members of the Melanesian Brotherhood is deeply moving. Carter documents the colliding violence and beauty of his island world with disarming honesty and grace. This creativity is evident in the marvellous way in which the parables
RICHARD CARTER was until 2005 Chaplain to the Melanesian Brotherhood. He is now a priest at St Martin in the Fields, London.
A profoundly good book F. Logue The author was the chaplain to the Anglican order of monks, the Melanesian Brotherhood, during a recent time of conflict and martyrdom. In his account of those years in the late 1990s and earliest years of the 2000s, Carter brings his considerable skills of observation and writing to the task of telling a story of death and resurrection--the loss of seven brothers and the peace their deaths brought to the Solomon Islands.The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, writes in his introduction that this "is one of the most truly evangelical books I h. "The Blood of the Martyrs is Seed" according to benjamin. In 200The Blood of the Martyrs is Seed In 2003, while the Anglican world was preparing the put itself on the brink of total madness over the issue of homosexuality, civil war (due to ethnic strife) was ravaging Solomon Islands, a small group of islands in the South Pacific that is just east of Indonesia. Richard Anthony Carter's beautiful book In Search of the Lost: The death and life of seven peacemakers of the Melanesian Brotherhood, tells the story of how the Melanesian Brotherhood - the largest monastic order in the Anglican Communion - sought to foster peace between warring groups. . , while the Anglican world was preparing the put itself on the brink of total madness over the issue of homosexuality, civil war (due to ethnic strife) was ravaging Solomon Islands, a small group of islands in the South Pacific that is just east of Indonesia. Richard Anthony Carter's beautiful book In Search of the Lost: The death and life of seven peacemakers of the Melanesian Brotherhood, tells the story of how the Melanesian Brotherhood - the largest monastic order in the Anglican Communion - sought to foster peace between warring groups. . Informed passion born of hard earned experience Stephen Williams I'm not one for effusive superlatives but I was blown away by this book.Richard has a great gift for writing and this combined with an informed passion born of hard earned experience and wholesale commitment makes for a most powerful book. Richard is/was in a unique position to write such a book and he has delivered on the opportunity only he could have availed himself of.The book comes across as being very honest and appropriately questioning whilst still undoubtedly committed to and supportive of the Melanesian Brotherhood.NB I was a colleague of
Rowan Williams writes a preface.. In 2003, a story shook the Anglican world in general and Anglican monastic life in particular. It tells the harrowing story of the loss of seven good, young and holy lives and the aftermath of those deaths. It tells the story of individuals and a community trying to make sense of faith in the face of fierce conflict and tragedy. From 1990-2005, Richard Carter, a British priest, was tutor, chaplain to the Melanesian Brotherhood, eventually becoming a brother himself. It is thus a story for everyman. It recounts the challenge of living out the Christian faith when confronted by great fear and loss. They had been taken hostage five months earlier. The Melanesian Brotherhood is the largest Anglican religious community in the world with over 300 brothers and more than 300 novices and has received a United Nations award for its peace work. On August 8th, seven members of