A Passion for the Impossible: The Life of Lilias Trotter,9780877885122

A Passion for the Impossible: The Life of Lilias Trotter

by Miriam Huffman Rockness; Lyle W. Dorsett
ISBN13: 9780877885122
ISBN10: 0877885125
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1999-02-01
Publisher(s): Random House Inc
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Summary

This unique and definitive biography of artist and pioneer missionary Lilias Trotter tells the compelling story of a woman who left behind wealth and a promising art career to pioneer a missionary movement in North Africa. Trotter's passion for a new generation of Muslims who would fearlessly believe Christ's call shaped the role of future mission work to Islamic countries. This edition contains a 16 page color section in which paintings her diaries and journals are published for the first time.

Table of Contents

Foreword 11(2)
Lyle W. Dorsett
Preface 13(7)
Part One: The England Era, 1853-1887 Map of Lilias's London 20(64)
1 Devonshire Place
21(7)
2 April Days of Childhood
28(11)
3 A Soul into Blossom
39(4)
4 A New World: The Journey Inward
43(7)
5 Beyond Oneself: The Journey Outward
50(6)
6 An Old Porcelain Maker, A Bit of Clay
56(7)
7 Lily's Choice
63(10)
8 A Grand Independence of Soul
73(11)
Part Two: The Algerian Age, 1888-1928 Map of Algeria and Tunisia 84(195)
9 Fool's Errand: Knocking Heads Against Stone Walls
85(10)
10 Open Doors, Open Hearts: Algiers and Beyond
95(12)
11 Beyond the Skyline Where the Strange Roads Go
107(10)
12 England Interlude: A Scent of Spring
117(9)
13 Storm Clouds and Star Gleams
126(15)
14 Trained Faith: Falling Full Weight on God
141(13)
15 Closed Windows, Open Doors
154(12)
16 Wandering Bees
166(10)
17 Springtime of Liberty
176(9)
18 Early Buds and North Winds
185(11)
19 South Winds Blowing
196(11)
20 Sweet Holy Change
207(10)
21 Old Things to New
217(13)
22 Launching Out Afresh
230(10)
23 The Poetry of God's Ways
240(11)
24 With All Our Helplessness
251(11)
25 Home
262(12)
26 Lily's Legacy
274(5)
Appendix A: Historical Setting in England, 1851 279(3)
Appendix B: Historical and Religious Setting in Algeria, 1888 282(5)
Appendix C: Selections from the Writings of I. Lilias Trotter 287(13)
Notes 300(13)
Bibliography: The Written Legacy of I. Lilias Trotter 313(2)
Acknowledgments 315(3)
Arab World Ministries 318

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