{"product_id":"the-scandal-of-redemption-9780874861419","title":"The Scandal of Redemption","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Archbishop Romero\u003c\/b\u003e  invites us to sanity and reflection, to respect for life and harmony.\"  —\u003cb\u003ePope Francis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Romero does not speak from a distance.\u003c\/b\u003e He does not hide his fears, his brokenness, his hesitations. It is as if he puts his arm around my shoulder and slowly walks with me. He shares my struggles. There is a warmth in his words that opens my heart to listen.\"—\u003cb\u003eHenri J. M. Nouwen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Oscar Romero was converted by suffering:\u003c\/b\u003e the suffering of a friend, of the people he served, and then finally his own suffering. There are many ways to be converted, but perhaps the best way is to live among the poor and to discover in them, as Romero did, the presence of Christ.\" —\u003cb\u003eSamuel Ruiz Garcia,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eBishop of San Cristobal, Mexico\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"The Scandal of Redemption\u003c\/i\u003e consists of excerpts from Archbishop Romero’s diary\u003c\/b\u003e interspersed with passages from his homilies in which he denounces injustice and calls murder and torture by their names. He preaches to the oppressed and to men of violence alike, pointing them to the gospel of redemption and liberation. . . . Of this there is no doubt: Oscar Romero is a true martyr for Christ. He proclaimed God’s love and was prepared, like any good shepherd, to give his life for his sheep.\" \u003cb\u003e—Cardinal Gerhard Müller, \u003ci\u003eFirst Things\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Oscar Romero has so much to say to our church and our world today,\u003c\/b\u003e and in \u003ci\u003eThe Scandal of Redemption\u003c\/i\u003e we have been given an accessible way to read and spend time contemplating his encouraging words. My heart was set ablaze once again.\" \u003cb\u003e—Tommy Tighe,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eAngelus News\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The Scandal of Redemption \u003c\/b\u003eis direct testimony, excerpting from Romero's sermons, talks, documents and diaries the key passages that explained his spiritual and temporal messages in troubled times. It lets the saint speak for himself. His was an applied theology. He started with the Bible and interpreted what that meant to contemporary Salvadorans.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCatholic News Service\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Plough Publishing House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48866137801047,"sku":"9780874861419","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-scandal-of-redemption-9780874861419","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}