Priests de la Résistance!: The loose canons who fought Fascism in the twentieth century

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Whoever said that Christians had to be meek and mild hadn&’t met Father Kir – parish priest and French resistance hero, immortalised by the Kir Royale. And they probably weren&’t thinking of Archbishop Damaskinos who, when threatened with the firing squad by the Nazis, replied, &‘Please respect our traditions – in Greece we hang our Archbishops.&’ Wherever fascism has taken root, it has met with resistance. From taking a bullet for a frightened schoolgirl in Alabama to riding on the bonnet of a tank during the liberation of France, each of the hard-drinking, chain-smoking clerics featured in Priests de la Résistance were willing to give their lives for a world they believed in – even as their superiors beckoned them to safety. In this spellbinding new collection, the Reverend Fergus Butler-Gallie, bestselling author of A Field Guide to the English Clergy, presents fifteen men and women who dared to stand up to fascism, proving that some hearts will never be conquered.
Copyright:
2019

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ISBN-13:
9781786076731
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Oneworld Publications
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Fergus Butler-Gallie
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No
Language:
English
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Categories:
History, Military, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Religion and Spirituality, Social Studies, Humor, Politics and Government
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