Martyr of the Amazon: The Life of Sister Dorothy Stang
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Martyr of the Amazon: The Life of Sister Dorothy Stang  -     By: Roseanne Murphy

Martyr of the Amazon: The Life of Sister Dorothy Stang

Orbis Books / 2007 / Paperback

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The murder in 2005 of an American nun, Sister Dorothy Stang, focused the world's attention on the plight of poor farmers in the Brazilian Amazon and their struggles against rapacious developers. Sister Dorothy had worked in Brazil for forty years. From a conventional nun in the pre-Vatican II era, she had developed a keen social conscience and, increasingly, a deep, mystical commitment to the integrity of Creation. These ideals combined in her advocacy for the rights of the poor and her defense of the imperiled rain forest. They also earned her the enmity of land-grabbing ranchers who repeatedly threatened her. "All I ask," she wrote, "is God's grace to help me keep on this journey, fighting for the people to have a more egalitarian life and that we learn to respect God's creation."

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Title: Martyr of the Amazon: The Life of Sister Dorothy Stang
By: Roseanne Murphy
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 192
Vendor: Orbis Books
Publication Date: 2007
Dimensions: 8.25 X 5.38 (inches)
Weight: 9 ounces
ISBN: 1570757356
ISBN-13: 9781570757358
Stock No: WW757358

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The murder in 2005 of an American nun, Sister Dorothy Stang, focused the world's attention on the plight of poor farmers in the Brazilian Amazon and their struggles against rapacious developers. From a conventional nun in the pre-Vatican II era, she had developed a keen social conscience and, increasingly, a deep, mystical commitment to the integrity of Creation. These ideals combined in her advoacy for the rights of the poor and her defense of the imperiled rain forest.

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Roseanne Murphy, SSND, is the author of Julie Billiart: Woman of Courage.

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