Love In A Fearful Land

A Guatemalan Story

Nouwen’s continuing interest in Latin America brings him to Guatemala, to the site of the murder of Fr. Stanley Rother, put to death by the Guatemalan military for being an outspoken voice for poor. It is the story of brutal government oppression, of fearful living conditions that continues to be told today. But it is also a story of heroic courage and generosity as another North American priest, Fr. John Vesey volunteers to replace the martyred missionary as shepherd of an oppressed people.

This richly illustrated new edition of Love in a Fearful Land appears on the 25th anniversary of Fr. Rother's death. It includes a foreword by photographer Peter K. Weiskel and an epilogue by Fr. John Vesey.

(Originally published by Ave Maria Press 1985, Pp.116; new edition 2006, Orbis Books, Pp. 128)

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