| Transcending: Reflections of Crime Victims Contributor(s): Zehr, Howard (Author) |
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ISBN: 1561483370 ISBN-13: 9781561483372 Publisher: Good Books OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2001 Annotation: In a remote canyon in northern New Mexico the early morning stillness is broken by voices chanting praises to the Lord. And thus begins the daily cycle in the Godcentered life and search of the Benedictine monks at the Monastery of Christ in the Desert.Seeking God is a monastic tapestry. The daily life of the monks is interwoven with the seasonal changes and celebrations and the candid words of the monks as they speak of their life their hopes and doubts their hardships fears and joys their prayer. Weaving this tapestry together are the hauntingly beautiful chants songs of praise and reverence that echo through the darkness before dawn throughout the day through the solemnity of Vespers in the evening and Compline at night. The majestic beauty of the environment captured in every season reflects a peace and tranquility that becomes an integral part of this monastic tapestry. The high red rock walls of the canyon where eagles fly cradle the valley whose stillness is broken only by the flowing waters of the Chama River and the winds that occasionally funnel through. Seeking God presents the ongoing process of the monastic way through the words and activities of these Benedictine monks as they move through the day and through the seasons in their search for God through prayer work study and song. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Criminology - Social Science | Violence In Society |
| Dewey: 362.880 |
| LCCN: 2001033226 |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 8.86" W x 9.84" (1.84 lbs) 202 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Evangelical - Theometrics - Mainline |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Are victims of crime destined to have the rest of their lives shaped by the crimes they've experienced? (What happened to the road map for living the rest of my life? asks a woman whose mother was murdered.) Will victims of crime always be bystanders in the justice system? (We're having a problem forgiving the judge and the system, says the father of a young man killed in prison.) Is it possible for anyone to transcend such a comprehensively destructive, identity altering occurrence? (I thought, I'm going to run until I'm not angry anymore, expresses a woman who was assaulted.) Howard Zehr presents the portraits and the courageous stories of 39 victims of violent crime in Transcending: Reflections of Crime Victims. Many of these people were twice-wounded: once at the hands of an assailant; the second time by the courts, where there is no legal provision for a victim's participation. My hope, says Zehr, is that this book might hand down a rope to others who have experienced such tragedies and traumas, and that it might allow all who read it to live on the healing edge. |