Living Faith - Rilegato

Carter, Jimmy

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ISBN 10: 0812927362 ISBN 13: 9780812927368

Casa editrice: Times Books, 1996

Riassunto

In an intimate portrait of one man's journey of faith, the former president incorporates scriptural passages, personal experiences, and anecdotes about friends, family members, and colleagues who inspired him to demonstrate how a dynamic faith can enrich one's public and private life. 200,000 first printing. Tour.

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Jimmy Carter was the thirty-ninth President of the United States. He is the author of ten previous books, including the national bestseller Always a Reckoning. He lives in Plains, Georgia, with his wife, Rosalynn.

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hree decades, President Carter has regularly spent part of each Sunday reading from scripture and sharing his personal faith with neighbors, friends, and visitors at his Baptist church in Plains, Georgia. In Living Faith, he draws on this experience, exploring the values closest to his heart and the personal beliefs that have nurtured and sustained him.

For President Carter, faith finds its deepest expression in a life of compassion, reconciliation, and service to others. Living Faith is filled with stories of people whose lives have touched his--some from the world stage, more from modest walks of life. We see how President Carter learned about other faiths from Prime Minister Menachim Begin and President Anwar Sadat; learned a lesson in forgiveness from a clash with commentator George Will; how he was inspired by the simple theology of preacher Ely Cruz, "Love God and the person in front of you"; and how the cheerful strength of family friend Annie Mae Rhodes taug

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• Editore: Times Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0812927362
• ISBN 13: 9780812927368
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 256