0   Items  In Cart     Total: $0.00         Alexander Men: A Witness for Contemporary Russia 9781879038127   Books   by Yves Hamant. "In his last lecture, given the night before his assasination in 1990, Fr. Alexander Men spoke on the simple theme, which in the end ws the theme of his life, of "Christianity." The tone of his words was, as always, bold and confident. "The victory which begins on the night of the Resurrection," he states, "will continue as long as the world exists." The renewal of Christianity in Russia today, the virtual rebaptism of the nation, exemplifies that power of resurrection and is surely one of the most remarkable events in our time.This renewal, and all the changes in Russia, connot be understood without understanding the life and work of Fr. Alexander Men. Perhaps more than anyone else, it was Fr. Men who - as the physicist Alexei Tsvelik says - showed a society accustomed to living in fear the way to living without fear. This absolute fearlessness was no doubt due to his God-centeredness. "God must be not only first inlife," he would say in a tone his hearers remember as ringing and joyous, "He must be All in all!" So Yves Hamant's vivid and brilliant biography of this vibrant figure must be welcome to anyone interested in Russia...However...Fr. Men, whose works are only beginning to be made available in English, has a message of incalcuable importance for Christians in America as well. By his example of courage and of embracing other Christians without discrimination - "our walls of division do not rise to heaven" he would say - together with his confident engaging in dialogue with unbelievers and even enemies of Christianity, does he not give an example for Christians here who, let us admit it, are too often isolated, divided and fearful before currents of our time? Also, with an imcomparable clarity, which Hamant's work reflects so well, he recalls us to the "one thing needful" -to that living heart of what religion is all about, yesterday, today and tomorrow, the love of God and the eternal victory of the Resurrection..." ~ From the Preface by Bishop Seraphim Joseph Sigrist, formerly of Sendai and East Japan. Softcover. 231 pp. ISBN: 9781879038127 Pub. Year: 1995 Publisher: Oakwood Publications $15.00     Out of Stock!   Qty: