The Principle of Mercy Author_Michael Place The attraction and fascination of

The attraction and fascination of his work is partly in seeing the tension between the strategic use of wealth and political power for religious ends and the example of self-effacing service and simplicity of life offered by some of Bede's greatest Christian heroes

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The Principle of Mercy Author_Michael Place The attraction and fascination ofTaking the Crucified People from the Cross by Jon Sobrino The essays in Sobrino's latest collection bear on one of the most pressing signs of the times: the existence of a "crucified people" the poor and oppressed of our world, whose suffering presents Christian faith with an urgent demand that we "take them down from the cross". Writing from the Salvadoran context, he presents a theology of mercy, reflecting on the principles of mercy and solidarity