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Higgins, Gregory C., 1960-

Profiles in discipleship : stories of faith and courage / Gregory C. Higgins. - New York : Paulist Press, ©2011. - 1 online resource (vii, 262 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references.

Children of light (Augustine of Hippo and Gregory the Great) -- Seekers (Teresa of Avila and John of the Cross) -- Sons and daughters of God (Athanasius and Gregory Palamas) -- Strangers (the desert fathers and mothers and Thomas Merton) -- Soldiers (Martin Luther and Ignatius of Loyola -- Peacemakers (Leo Tolstoy and Dorothy Day) -- Liberators (Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Desmond Tutu) -- Servants (Albert Schweitzer and Mother Teresa) -- Artists (Hildegard of Bingen and Albrecht Dürer) -- Protest poets (John Greenleaf Whittier and Daniel Berrigan) -- Builders (Walter Rauschenbusch and Teilhard de Chardin) -- Fellow travelers (Jacques Dupuis and Br. Roger Schutz of Taizé).

ISBN: 9781616430535 1616430532

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Christian biography.
Biographies chrétiennes.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Religious.
RELIGION--Christianity--Saints & Sainthood.
Christian biography

LC Class. No.: BR1700.3 / .H54 2011eb

Dewey Class. No.: 270.092/2