Pierre Sauvage
Auteur de Weapons of the Spirit
A propos de l'auteur
Œuvres de Pierre Sauvage
Yiddish, la Langue Maternelle 1 exemplaire
Nos Etions-la: des Chretiens Face a la Shoah 1 exemplaire
Les Armes de l'Esprit: une Conspiration Pour le Bien 1 exemplaire
Les Armes de l'Esprit (Version Courte) 1 exemplaire
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- Date de naissance
- 1942
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Belgium
- Professions
- Professeur Histoire contemporaine Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix , Namur, Belgium
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- Œuvres
- 12
- Aussi par
- 2
- Membres
- 46
- Popularité
- #335,831
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 8
- ISBN
- 8
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- 1
Most of the villagers were proud descendants of the Huguenots, first Protestants in Catholic France. They remembered their own history of persecution, and it mattered to them. They also read the Bible, and tried to heed the admonition to love your neighbor as yourself.
Henri Héritier in "Weapons of the Spirit"“The responsibility of Christians,” their pastor, André Trocmé, had reminded them the day after France surrendered to Nazi Germany, “is to resist the violence that will be brought to bear on their consciences through the weapons of the spirit.”
There were many other uncelebrated individual and collective acts of goodwill and righteousness throughout the dark war years. But nowhere else did a persistent and successful moral consensus develop on a scale approaching what happened in the area of Le Chambon.
Released theatrically in 1989 in over 50 major markets, selected for over 20 film festivals, the highly acclaimed feature documentary was the recipient of many awards, including the prestigious DuPont-Columbia University Award in Broadcast Journalism. (fonte: Fondation Chambon)… (plus d'informations)