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The Rebel Passion - A Short History of Some Pioneer Peace-Makers (Paperback)
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The Rebel Passion - A Short History of Some Pioneer Peace-Makers (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Peace Studies
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Originally published in 1964, The Rebel Passion endeavours to tell
the continuous story, in terms of their ideas and personalities and
the vital flame that inspired them, of a group of very different
yet spiritually related Christians who sought to confront a world
involved in deeper conflict than any could fully realize, with the
basic essentials of peace. Individual and corporate witness,
beginning even before 1914, is presented against the dark
background of many countries involved directly or indirectly in
war, and illustrates the international scene, dangerous and tragic
yet revolutionary and apocalyptic, over the tremendous half-century
through which the older generation had lived, and which shaped the
lives of their juniors. In 1941 the last revised edition was issued
of a factual historic record of the work of the I.F.o.R. up to
twenty years ago. The present book aims at a different treatment,
which instead of mainly summarizing missions, conferences and
committees, seeks to interpret persons and events rather than
merely describe them. It tries above all to indicate how the
philosophy and example of prophetic personalities influenced their
various communities, in spite of totally different official values
and the consistent opposition of 'establishments' to minority
opinions based on insight and inspiration. It suggests that the
thinking of ordinary individuals with distinguished minds, without
the advantage of conspicuous social labels or the opportunity to
stand on political pedestals, actually operates as a leaven which
changes the thought of a generation. The fact that such a result
had been achieved within measurable time should have encouraged
those who worked on the contemporary scene to create spiritual
foundations for the labours of future man and women. This book was
published to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the Fellowship
of Reconciliation, founded at Cambridge in December, 1914, and
followed by the International Fellowship in 1919.
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