Christian de Cherge

Nada Conic was trained as a classicist at the University of Toronto and has taught Ancient Greek language and literature there and at the University of Victoria in British Columbia.

• ContentsForeword   viiIntroduction   xi1. The Context   12. The Conditions of Christian de Chergé’s Theology   133. The Foundational Experiences   234. The Place of Islam in God’s Plan   335. The Dialogue with Islam   476. Reading the Qur'an   657. A Greater Christ   778. Communion of Saints and Community   959. The Quasi-Sacrament of Difference   11110. Eschatology   121Transition   13711. The Church of the Visitation   14112. Witness, or The Question of Martyrdom   15313. My Brother’s Keeper   16914. Praying among Others Who Pray   177Conclusion   193Appendix: The Testament of Christian de Chergé   197Bibliography   203

I highly recommend anyone interested in ecumenism or Christian and Islamic studies to read this book. Salenson weaves together not only a very good biographical story about Christian and his fellow monks but at the same time discusses how the Christian practices of prayer, lectio divina, eucharistic, sacraments, fasting, feasting, and almsgiving can be deepened by an openness to what Abbot de Chergé called 'radical hospitality' or 'friendship.' Today, as parts of the Church become more closed minded, more sectarian, more inward-looking, we need more words of wisdom from people such as Abbot de Chergé, who provide us with hope in this world which seems to lack hope.Fr. William C. Mills, Author of Encountering Jesus in the Gospels