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Confronted By God.


Confronted By God

Cynthia L. Shattuck & Fredrica Harris Thompsett

Seabury Books

445 Fifth Avenue, New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
, NY 10016

1596270233 $16.00 www.seaburybooks.org

Confronted By God: The Essential Verna Dozier Dozier may be:

People:
  • Gwen Dozier, singer
  • James L. Dozier, US Army general
  • James C. Dozier, Medal of Honor Recipient
  • Kimberly Dozier, CBS News correspondent
  • Lamont Dozier, musician
  • Dozier, Alabama, a town in the United States
 by co-editors Cynthia L. Shattuck & Fredrica Harris Thompsett is a carefully selected assembly of the writings of Verna Dozier, a Christian African-American woman dedicated to speaking out for the sake of the poor, dedicating herself to spreading the idea of equality as God's great dream. Confronted By God captures the essence of this proud, passionate, and pious pi·ous  
adj.
1. Having or exhibiting religious reverence; earnestly compliant in the observance of religion; devout. See Synonyms at religious.

2.
a.
 woman, and invokes both compassion and contemplation Contemplation
Compleat Angler, The

Izaak Walton’s classic treatise on the Contemplative Man’s Recreation. [Br. Lit.: The Compleat Angler]

Thinker, The

sculpture by Rodin, depicting contemplative man.
 at length in the reader. "Has anyone called you a fanatic lately? And if they did, was it because you were so set on establishing a morality for someone else, or because you were intent on a private piety pi·e·ty  
n. pl. pi·e·ties
1. The state or quality of being pious, especially:
a. Religious devotion and reverence to God.

b.
, or because you were willing to risk every known security that someone else might have a richer life?"
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Title Annotation:Confronted by God: The Essential Verna Dozier
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Date:Oct 1, 2006
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