At the Altar of War - Softcover

Cutter, Alan; Cutter, Ann

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1495241130 ISBN 13: 9781495241130

Verlag: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

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In 1971, Ensign Brandon Mewling was sent to Vietnam. With other disciples, he sought to survive by celebrating a faith rooted in a “liturgy of war” that included the following elements: "Cordite, chemical and diesel were the incense lifted up. ‘Patrol’ was the processional, as negotiated towards the place of sacrifice. Booby traps and land mines were invocations. Ambush and engagement the call to worship. Explosion and bullet whine the hymns of praise. Blood was both baptism and offering. Inedible foods seasoned by fear and sweat the communion. Codes were scriptures, and litanies were reports and messages. And the word of the day was: 'death given, and death received.' Evacuation was the recessional, if you survived." During his tour of duty Mewling is slowly drawn into the darkness of war, yet even in the midst of destruction and apostasy, he finds a glimmer of hope. But even that is seemingly extinguished. On the edge of death, Mewling manages to survive, but at what cost and future torment?

Biografía del autor:

Alan Cutter is a Vietnam veteran and a retired Presbyterian pastor. Now disabled by PTSD and Agent Orange he devotes his time to living fully, telling stories, sipping wine, consuming dark chocolate, traveling often, and loving family. His interest in the intersection between war trauma and spirituality has been explored in his previous books: The Letter of Paul to the Beloved Warrior; An Alphabet of God, War, and Hope; and God’s Story, My Story.

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• Verlag: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1495241130
• ISBN 13: 9781495241130
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 172