Dead Man Walking by Helen Prejean Csj

Dead Man Walking by Helen Prejean Csj

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A profoundly moving spiritual journey through our system of capital punishment and an unprecedented look at the human consequences of the death penalty * "Stunning moral clarity." --The Washington Post Book World * Basis for the award-winning major motion picture starring Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn

"Sister Prejean is an excellent writer, direct and honest and unsentimental. . . . She almost palpably extends a hand to her readers." --The New York Times Book Review

In 1982, Sister Helen Prejean became the spiritual advisor to Patrick Sonnier, the convicted killer of two teenagers who was sentenced to die in the electric chair of Louisiana's Angola State Prison. In the months before Sonnier's death, the Roman Catholic nun came to know a man who was as terrified as he had once been terrifying. She also came to know the families of the victims and the men whose job it was to execute--men who often harbored doubts about the rightness of what they were doing.

Out of that dreadful intimacy comes a profoundly moving spiritual journey through our system of capital punishment. Here Sister Helen confronts both the plight of the condemned and the rage of the bereaved, the fears of a society shattered by violence and the Christian imperative of love. 

On its original publication in 1993, Dead Man Walking emerged as an unprecedented look at the human consequences of the death penalty. Now, some two decades later, this story--which has inspired a film, a stage play, an opera and a musical album--is more gut-wrenching than ever, stirring deep and life-changing reflection in all who encounter it.

Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ, of the Congregation of St. Joseph, is a member of the Congregation of St. Joseph. Joseph is well-known around the world for initiating a conversation on the death sentence. Prejean created the bestselling Dead Man Walking after witnessing the electrocution of a condemned man in a Louisiana prison in 1984. He set out to bring civilians closer to the harsh truths of government killings through storytelling. Her endeavor has led her to every state in the United States. Her personal appeals to two popes helped influence Catholic opposition to the death penalty in the state and at the Vatican. When she's not on the road, this lifelong Louisianan enjoys telling Cajun jokes, eating Southern cooking, playing spirited card games, and writing about her obsession with the Divine spark that she believes is present in everyone: the desire to seek truth, love ardently, and face the suffering world head on.

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ISBN 13	9780679751311
ISBN 10	0679751319
Title	Dead Man Walking
Author	Helen Prejean Csj
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	1994-05-31
Number of pages	304
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