Father, Forgive: Reflections on peacemaking

by Canon Andrew White

Overview

For most of his ministry Canon Andrew White has been involved in reconciliation.

'The kind of people I engage with are not usually very nice,' he writes. 'On the whole, nice people do not cause wars.' In Baghdad he lives daily with violence, and has conducted too many funerals. He knows what peacemaking costs. Before he left for Baghdad in 2005 Andrew was Director of the International Centre for Reconciliation in Coventry. He bases his book on Coventry's Litany of Reconciliation, which asks God's forgiveness for the hatred, greed, envy, indifference, lust and pride which corrupt our world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780857214669
Publisher:	Monarch Books
Publication date:	04/17/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	176
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Canon Andrew White is something of a legend: a man of great charm and energy, whose personal suffering has not deflected him from his role as one of the world's most trusted mediators and reconcilers.

As a child and young man growing up in London Andrew was frequently ill. He set his heart on working in the field of anaesthetics, an ambition he achieved, but found himself called into Anglican ministry. He has since had a considerable role in the work of reconciliation, both between Christian and Jew and between Shi'ite and Sunni Muslim. As Vicar of St George's Baghdad, the only Anglican church in Iraq, he lead a team providing food, health care, and education on a major scale and often in dire circumstances.

Despite the pain from multiple sclerosis, he is frequently involved in hostage negotiations, and played a key role in ending the siege at the Church of the Nativity in Jerusalem. His personal friendships have included Yasser Arafat and Pope John Paul II. He has been kidnapped, and lives in constant danger. He is trusted by those who trust very few.

Table of Contents

Contents
Acknowledgments 9
Foreword 11
Preface: The Coventry Litany of Reconciliation 14
Chapter 1 From Coventry to Baghdad 18
Chapter 2 We All Need Restoration 27
Chapter 3 A Divided World 36
Chapter 4 The Rift Begins: Jews and Christians 57
Chapter 5 The Rift Continues: Jews and Christians 72
Chapter 6 The Three Christian Theological Views 101
Chapter 7 Covetousness 123
Chapter 8 Greed 129
Chapter 9 Envy and Indifference 146
Chapter 10 Lust and Pride 155
Conclusion: Father, Forgive 164
A Reflection: The Principles of Reconciliation 168
Pray for Our Ministry 170