Gregory Boyle

Broschiertes Buch

Tattoos on the Heart

The Power of Boundless Compassion

Beschreibung

Father Boyle started Homeboy Industries nearly 20 years ago, which has served members of more than half of the gangs in Los Angeles. This collection presents parables about kinship and the sacredness of life drawn from Boyle's years working with gangs.

Autor

Gregory Boyle is an American Jesuit priest and the founder of Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles, the largest gang-intervention, rehabilitation, and reentry program in the world. In 2024, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States’s highest civilian honor. He has received the California Peace Prize and been inducted into the California Hall of Fame. He received the University of Notre Dame’s 2017 Laetare Medal, the oldest honor given to American Catholics. He is the acclaimed author of Tattoos on the Heart, Barking to the Choir, and The Whole Language. Cherished Belonging is his fourth book, and he will be donating all net proceeds to Homeboy Industries. Visit the author at HomeboyIndustries.org.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Free Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 212mm x 141mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 219g
• ISBN-13: 9781439153154
• ISBN-10: 1439153159
• Artikelnr.: 30928051