Jesus of Gramoven /
Perez Esclarin, Antonio,
Jesus of Gramoven / [print] Antonio Perez Esclarin ; translated by Dinah Livingstone. - Maryknoll, New York : Orbis Books, (c)1980. - 151 pages ; 21 cm
Wednesday in Holy Week -- Maundy Thursday -- Good Friday -- Holy Saturday -- Epilogue.
This compelling modern-day parable is set in Gramoven, a Caracas slum. It traces the events in the life of popular leader Jesus Rodriguez as he wends his way through Holy Week to his own crucifixion. This retelling of the 'greatest story ever told' will help you see Easter in surprising new lights. "The author clearly presents the philosophical and intellectual inadequacies of the atheistic outlook and affirms in trenchant prose the true liberation found not in philosophies which glorify man-made systems of reason but rather in the redemptive power of the Trinity"
9780883442289
79022085
Jesus Christ--Fiction.
Liberation theology.
Liberation theology--Venezuela--Caracas.
Poverty--Religious aspects--Christianity--Fiction.
PQ8550 PQ8550.P438.J478 1980
Jesus of Gramoven / [print] Antonio Perez Esclarin ; translated by Dinah Livingstone. - Maryknoll, New York : Orbis Books, (c)1980. - 151 pages ; 21 cm
Wednesday in Holy Week -- Maundy Thursday -- Good Friday -- Holy Saturday -- Epilogue.
This compelling modern-day parable is set in Gramoven, a Caracas slum. It traces the events in the life of popular leader Jesus Rodriguez as he wends his way through Holy Week to his own crucifixion. This retelling of the 'greatest story ever told' will help you see Easter in surprising new lights. "The author clearly presents the philosophical and intellectual inadequacies of the atheistic outlook and affirms in trenchant prose the true liberation found not in philosophies which glorify man-made systems of reason but rather in the redemptive power of the Trinity"
9780883442289
79022085
Jesus Christ--Fiction.
Liberation theology.
Liberation theology--Venezuela--Caracas.
Poverty--Religious aspects--Christianity--Fiction.
PQ8550 PQ8550.P438.J478 1980