A Life Poured Out Religion_ Christian Church The Christian Century

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A Life Poured Out Religion_ Christian Church The Christian CenturyThe killing of Dominican Pierre Claverie, the bishop of Oran, and his young Muslim assistant, on August 1, 1996, was both a symbol and the epitome of the mayhem that had gripped Algeria for several years. For Claverie, it was the culmination of a remarkable and courageous journey of faith. Nothing in his origins as a French pied noir, born in Algeria in 1938, would have indicated his eventual emergence as a leading figure in his countrys search for a