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Twenty acclaimed writers, including Julia Alvarez, Ron Hansen, and Kathleen Norris, offer a meditation of what it means to live and die in the name of faith, profiling such modern martyrs as Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Archbishop Oscar Romero, and Steven Biko
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Twenty original essays by distinguished contemporary writers trace an indelible portrait of the martyrs of our century, documenting a struggle that has played out across the boundaries of nations and between the realm of culture and the province of the sacred. The stories of these remarkable individuals who chose faith at the cost of life demonstrate that what remains, after the drama of their agonizing deaths, is a legacy of inspiring faith.
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