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Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #378117 in eBooks
- Published on: 2012-06-22
- Released on: 2012-06-22
- Format: Kindle eBook
- Number of items: 1
Product Description
Beneath the beauty of Charleston, S.C., in 1975 lay a dark menace. As the renovation of lovely historic homes moved from the South of Broad area up the peninsula, a frontier was created where the tide of gentrification met the shore of poverty. This divide between the well-off and the poor saw a level of crime that threatened the safety of black and white alike. Into this frontier moved the Rev. Dr. John Fairleigh, his wife Barbara and their young children Johnny and Christie. Confronted by crime, this devoted Christian pastor buys a gun for defense of his family and himself out of what he sees as a necessary evil to be used against a greater evil. With the rise of gun ownership and concealed weapon permits, this novel seriously examines the morality of the use of gun violence in self defense. Its conclusions embrace reality, morality and necessity. It is commended for anyone considering the use of guns in self defense.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
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By J. Phillips Noble
The Beast and the Cross is well writen with excellent description and detail. Set in the old city of Charleston, it deals with the large issue of violence and the threat of it on a family. When a society of poverty sticken people and a society of wealthy and privileged people are in one small geographical area violence is assured. The question of how far to go in self defence and protecting the family becomes complicated when a minister shoots an intruder breaking into his house at night and it turns out the intruder is a 14 year old person who has no knife or gun only a screw driver he used to break into the house. As the story unfolds the interest increases to see how the issues are dealt with. The book is timely as our society is expericing increased and widespresd violence. The book is easily available from Anazon where I got my copy. J. Phillips Noble
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.The Beast and the Cross
By Paige McRight
The Beast and the Cross is an engaging story set in Charleston, SC of the 1970s. It evokes a chillingly accurate sense of the racial and social tension of that era. As a minister buys and then uses a gun to defend his home and family, the book underlines the moral conflicts he faces without being preachy or moralistic about them. Its sensitive treatment of his dilemma and the results on his family, church and community, left unresolved at the end, invite the reader into the narrative to struggle with these issues. In our own day as individuals and our larger society debate questions of social and moral responsibility, it is a book that challenges us to look beneath quick and surface answers to the deeper questions and implications.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.Guns and God?
By Gary Poole
The Beast and the Cross is an insightful contribution to the understanding of the moral dilemma faced by a man of God who is forced to use a gun to defend his home. Compassionate and perceptive!Gary Poole
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