"Sister Helen Prejean's stirring spiritual journey is less widely known than her work as the nation's foremost leader in efforts to abolish the death penalty and as an activist nun. In her fiercely honest and moving account of her formative years, Sister Helen tells of an awakening that shattered her insulated life as a nun. In inner-city New Orleans of the 1980s, she learned about her neighbors' daily struggle against racism and recognized her own white privilege. This awakening catapulted her into abolitionist mission and toward a faith that fuels and sustains her work for human rights to this day. Along the way, she navigated close friendships, including one with a priest intent on marrying her, who challenged her vocation in 'the new territory of the heart.' Written in lighthearted, luminous prose, River of Fire captures how one woman, set on a life of prayer and teaching, was summoned from passive obedience and dreamy ideas of a better world to fierce intellectual critique of society. Sister Helen's story will galvanize those who are likewise seeking to lead a passionate and spiritual life that is wide awake to the struggles and creative opportunities of our world." -- From back cover
Helen Prejean Ordine dei libri (cronologico)
Sorella Helen Prejean è una suora cattolica romana consacrata e una delle principali sostenitrici americane dell'abolizione della pena di morte. Il suo lavoro si addentra profondamente nei temi della giustizia, della misericordia e della dignità umana nel contesto della pena capitale. Attraverso i suoi scritti e le sue conferenze pubbliche, condivide la sua incrollabile posizione contro la pena di morte, derivante da esperienze personali con detenuti nel braccio della morte. La Prejean si sforza di portare compassione e comprensione in ambienti spesso carichi di giudizio e animosità, esplorando le complesse questioni morali ed etiche che circondano questa pratica.
Dead Man Walking
- 272pagine
- 10 ore di lettura
When Helen Prejean is invited to write to a prisoner on Death Row who brutally killed two teenagers, she has little idea how much it will change her life. Although she abhors his crime, she befriends one man as he faces the electric chair. Dead Man Walking is Helen Prejean's gripping true story, which formed the basis for a major motion picture event. As powerful an indictment of the death penalty as has ever been written, her book was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.