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Summary: Witness To The World
Review: Yves Hamant has done the West a service by introducing readers to a personality that otherwise might have been lost in the Russian transition that has taken place over the last 15 years. Father Alexander Men was a voice "crying in the wilderness" of the Soviet domination of Russian culture. His ministry, which lasted for forty years, covered the worst possible times for the Russian believer. Father Men was the intellect that made it possible for the Russian person, believer or not, to begin the healing process. Yves Hamant presents an excellent overview of Fr. Men's life from his earliest exposure to Christianity through his intellectual and spiritual journey through his ordination and ministry in a society that made it dangerous for him to practice what he believed. I would highly recommend this book for anyone that is interested in the Russian renaisance of culture and spirituality. I would also recommend it as a good primer for the serious student of the crisis in Christianity in the West today.
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Summary: Witness To The World
Review: Yves Hamant has done the West a service by introducing readers to a personality that otherwise might have been lost in the Russian transition that has taken place over the last 15 years. Father Alexander Men was a voice "crying in the wilderness" of the Soviet domination of Russian culture. His ministry, which lasted for forty years, covered the worst possible times for the Russian believer. Father Men was the intellect that made it possible for the Russian person, believer or not, to begin the healing process. Yves Hamant presents an excellent overview of Fr. Men's life from his earliest exposure to Christianity through his intellectual and spiritual journey through his ordination and ministry in a society that made it dangerous for him to practice what he believed. I would highly recommend this book for anyone that is interested in the Russian renaisance of culture and spirituality. I would also recommend it as a good primer for the serious student of the crisis in Christianity in the West today.
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