Cargando…
Revolution from the heart /
In 1983 three priests--among them Irishman Niall O'Brien --together with six lay leaders were arrested in the Philippines on a false charge of murder. The government of Ferdinand Marcos hoped in this way to silence those within the church who were increasingly speaking out against social and po...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1987.
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| Colección: | OUP E-Books.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In 1983 three priests--among them Irishman Niall O'Brien --together with six lay leaders were arrested in the Philippines on a false charge of murder. The government of Ferdinand Marcos hoped in this way to silence those within the church who were increasingly speaking out against social and political injustice. Instead, the "Negros Nine" became the subject of international protest and a focus of the burgeoning Philippine movement for non-violent change. Released after eighteen months' imprisonment, Father O'Brien returned to Dublin where his prison diary soon became a bestseller. In |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 310 pages) : map |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-310). |
| ISBN: | 9780195364224 0195364228 9786610449637 6610449635 1280449632 9781280449635 |