What does it mean to live faithfully in today's world? How can Christians prepare themselves for the dawn of a new century? William D. Apel turns to the experience of seven people who have made outstanding contributions to Christian life in the twentieth century to help us find answers to these questions and related issues which face us today. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Carlyle Marney, Howard Thurman, Virginia Mollenkott, Eliza-beth O'Connor, Dom Helder Camera, and Mark Hatfield are the persons whom Apel has selected because they have wrestled with the tough questions of our time. Their struggles will help us to find the meaning of Christian faith and life today, even though our answers may not always be the same as theirs.

This book will appeal to persons, believers or not, who are seeking answers to questions about what it means to be Chris-tian-college students, adult study groups, men's and women's groups, and others.