Author : Michael T. McRay
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1620326256
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (23 download)
Book Synopsis Letters from "Apartheid Street" by : Michael T. McRay
Download or read book Letters from "Apartheid Street" written by Michael T. McRay and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1984, Ron Sider challenged that until Christians are ready to risk everything in pursuit of peace, "we dare never whisper another word about pacifism . . . Unless we are ready to die developing new nonviolent attempts to reduce conflict, we should confess that we never really meant that the cross was an alternative to the sword." From this challenge, Christian Peacemaker Teams was born. Nearly thirty years later, Michael McRay too explored Sider's challenge, interning with CPT in the West Bank city of Hebron. Alongside local and international peacemakers, McRay learned how to resist the violence of occupation, sharing in the stories of a suffering people as he struggled to embody the peaceable spirit of the rabbi from Nazareth. This book tells those stories. Drawing on his personal experience with the land and its history, McRay's raw letters home tackle critical issues relevant to peacemakers everywhere: What is really happening in Palestine that mainstream media fails to report? How are Palestinians' lives being affected? How can one be peaceable amidst such violence and oppression? How should Christian discipleship influence one's pursuits of peacemaking and reconciliation? McRay's letters illustrate both the challenge and promise of the cross in today's world.