Ambassadors of Hope: How Christians Can Respond to the World's Toughest Problems

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InterVarsity Press, Aug 6, 2004 - Religion - 222 pages

In a new global era, one in which international conflicts and problems have ongoing repercussions at home and around the world, the challenges can seem impossible for individuals to overcome. Peace in the Middle East? Defusing age-old ethnic hatreds and hostilities? We want to change the world, but what can we actually do about these enormous problems? Christians and faith-based nongovernmental organizations have much to bring to the table, says Robert A. Seiple, former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom. With a distinctively Christian vision for global engagement, peace and reconciliation you can make a significant difference in even the world's most intractable conflicts. Filled with compelling stories and on-the-ground reports from Rwanda, Bosnia, Sudan, Lebanon and other hotspots, Seiple's book demonstrates how you can be an agent of change and ambassador of hope to the most challenging regions of the world.

 

Contents

Acknowledgments
9
Intractable Conflicts or Extraordinary Opportunities?
23
Embracing the Other Among Us
47
Hacking at the Root
75
Forgiveness Forgetting and Divine Memory Lapses
87
A Closer Look at Grace Applied
98
Morality Cops and Biblical Justice
108
Security for All
128
Extending the Hands
153
Can You Describe This?
181
Epilogue
203
Copyright

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About the author (2004)

Robert A. Seiple is an ambassador for international religious freedom, retired. He previously served as president and CEO of Council of America's First Freedom. He was also founder and chairman of the board of the Institute for Global Engagement and has spent much of his career fashioning humanitarian solutions that endure. Prior to founding Global Engagement, he spent two years in the State Department as the U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom. Previously, he served for eleven years as the president of World Vision, Inc., and for four years as president of Eastern College and Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary (now Palmer Theological Seminary). After graduating from Brown University in 1965, Seiple served in the U.S. Marine Corps attaining the rank of Captain; flying 300 combat missions in Vietnam; and earning five Battle Stars, the Navy Commendation Award with Combat 'V,' 28 Air Medals and the Distinguished Flying Cross. More recently, he was awarded a Doctorate of Public Service by Gordon College (one of eight honorary degrees he has received), the 1994 "Churchman of the Year" Award from Religious Heritage America, the 1995 "Independent Award" from Brown University, and the U. S. Secretary of State's Distinguished Public Service Award. He is the author of A Missing Peace and Ambassadors of Hope.

Bibliographic information

TitleAmbassadors of Hope: How Christians Can Respond to the World's Toughest Problems
AuthorRobert A. Seiple
Editionillustrated
PublisherInterVarsity Press, 2004
ISBN0830832238, 9780830832231
Length222 pages
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Religion / Christian Living / Social Issues
  
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