A Passion for the Impossible

The Life of Lilias Trotter

• Author(s): Miriam Huffman Rockness,
• Publisher: Discovery House Publishers
• Pages: 368
• ISBN_10: 1572931086
  ISBN_13: 9781572931084
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Art / European , Biography & Autobiography / Historical , Biography & Autobiography / Religious , Biography & Autobiography / Educators , Biography & Autobiography / Women , Religion / Christian Living / Inspirational , Religion / Christian Ministry / Missions ,

Description:... Art critic John Ruskin enthusiastically proclaimed her potential as one of the best artists of the nineteenth century, but Lilias Trotter's devotion to Christ compelled her to surrender her life of art, privilege, and leisure. Leaving the home of her wealthy parents for a humble dwelling in Algeria, Lilias defied sterotypes and taboos that should have deterred any European woman from ministering in a Muslim country. Yet she stayed for nearly forty years, befriending Algerian Muslims with her appreciation for literature and art and winning them to Christ through her life of love.