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Without Passport - The Life and Work of Paul Richard

English · Hardback

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Without Passport is the intimate portrait of a French intellectual whose memoirs span the period 1874 to 1919. The details of his childhood are followed by an account of his military service in Tunisia. Then seminary training and an active street ministry in Lille, lead him into conflict with the Church. With him we visit Devil's Island as it was in 1905, observe his brief career as an attorney in the Paris Court of Appeals, and follow him to India and Japan in the company of Mira Alfassa who later founded the largest spiritual community (Auroville) in India. Along the way we encounter other prominent figures in the colonial independence movement, including Abdul Baha, Aurobindo Ghose, Rabindranath Tagore, and Mitsuru Toyama. Then, a severe personal crisis followed by a new life in the United States, where his most influential book, entitled The Scourge of Christ, was published in 1929. It is a good counterpoint to the adventures described in Without Passport, because it enables us to share his spiritual voyage as well.

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"A remarkable biography of an unusual man." (Robert Cornevin, Permanent Secretary, Academy of Sciences Overseas, Paris)
"Without Passport is the important testimony of a ministry which knew no boundaries or frontiers". (Jean Baubérot, National Center for the Sociology of Religion, Paris)

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Authors Michel Paul Richard, Paul Richard
Publisher Peter Lang
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 01.01.1987
 
EAN 9780820404448
ISBN 978-0-8204-0444-8
No. of pages 281
Weight 480 g
Series American University Studies
American University Studies
Subjects Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history
Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous

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