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Title: This Our Exile: A Spiritual Journey With the Refugees of East Africa by James Martin, Robert Coles ISBN: 1-57075-250-8 Publisher: Orbis Books Pub. Date: March, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (4 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: This is Our Exile
Comment: Father Martin has written a very good book. The strength of the book lies in the way that the refugee's stories are presented. Father Martin does not parade their hardships and poverty before us in an attempt to provoke our sympathy or guilt. Rather, Father Martin presents us with real people who love and live. We come to know the people in the book as people, no different in their humanity than you or I. On the surface, this is no great insight, but I think we tend to objectify the exiles of the world in order to keep our distance from them. Father Martin does not let us do this. We come to know and care about the people in this book very deeply. Of course, this opens us up, as readers, to a deeper sorrow and (hopefully) a deeper understanding of how too many people live. But it also opens us up to a greater experience of God and how God works in the world. This book is a slim volume and easily read, but the spirutual insights are deep and meaningful. This book should be read by all of the idle and self-involved inhabitants of the "first world." You will never be able to look at a disposable plastic cup in the same way again.
Rating: 5
Summary: What an amazing book!
Comment: I'm planning on going on a missions trip to Kenya this summer, so I was really searching for a book that would give me insight on the people of that region, not just the normal tourist information. This book blew away all my expectations. Not only did I meet the refugees through James Martins engaging narratives, I also felt like I knew them and could really identify with their hardships. The stories grew depressing at times, but such is life in East Africa, and that fact only made their faith and hope more amazing and inspiring. Martin was often humorous and candid, and I felt myself trying to cheer him along on his journeys as if I was right there with him.
This our Exile is a good read for anyone interested in East Africa and it's people who are often ignored and under represented. 2 giant thumbs up.
Rating: 5
Summary: Touching, funny, real, inspirational--a gem of a book!
Comment: In this engaging book, a young Jesuit recounts the trials, tribulations and rewards of his two-year stint among the refugees of East Africa. He describes in vivid detail true-life vignettes of strength and hope in the midst of grinding poverty. But this book is far from somber--rather, it's full of laugh-out-loud humor combined with an evident love of the author's fellow man. A great book!!
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Title: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Burton Raffel, Neil D. Isaacs ISBN: 0451528182 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: 07 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: Grendel by John Gardner ISBN: 0679723110 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 14 May, 1989 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: In Good Company: The Fast Track from the Corporate World to Poverty, Chastity, and Obedience by James, S.J. Martin, S.J. James Martin ISBN: 1580510817 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield (Non NBN) Pub. Date: 01 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: A People's History of the United States : 1492-Present by Howard Zinn ISBN: 0060528370 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Penguin Classics ; L92) by Brian Stone, W. Barron ISBN: 0140440925 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: November, 1959 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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