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Zusatztext "There are moments in Vows ...when the prose is so achingly beautiful that the reader must stop for a moment.... If you've ever graced a pew or wondered about the people who do! Vows goes a long way toward explaining faith." -- Hartford Courant Informationen zum Autor Peter Manseau is the author of Vows and coauthor of Killing the Buddha . His writing has also appeared in The New York Times Magazine , The Washington Post , and on National Public Radio's All Things Considered . A founding editor of the award-winning webzine KillingTheBuddha.com, he is now the editor of Search, The Magazine of Science, Religion, and Culture . He lives with his wife and two daughters in Washington, DC, where he studies religion and teaches writing at Georgetown University. Klappentext In this multi-generational tale of a family's unshakeable faith! the author tells his parents' courageous story--as a priest and a former nun who wed--and deftly weaves how their decision has affected his own spiritual journey. of photos. Zusammenfassung Vows is a compelling story of one family's unshakable faith that to be called is to serve! however high the cost may be. Peter Manseau's riveting evocation of his parents' parallel childhoods! their similar callings! their experiences in the seminary and convent! and how they met while tending to the homeless of Roxbury! Massachusetts! during the riot-prone 1960s is a page-turning meditation on the effect that love can have on profound faith.
