| Description |
xxvii, 260 pages,8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Table of contents for Fighting spirit of East Timor : the life of Martinho da Costa Lopes / by Rowena Lennox. -- Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the Library of Congress catalog -- Information from electronic data provided by the publisher. May be incomplete or contain other coding. -- Fall -- Beginnings -- Macau -- Rebuilding -- Faith and Empire -- The Center Trying to Hold -- Awakening -- Civil War -- Invasion -- Integration -- Speaking Out -- Discredit -- Leaving Timor -- Traveling -- Alto do Alges -- Christmas -- Hospital -- Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: Lopes, Martinho da Costa, 1918-1991, East Timor Biography, Catholic Church East Timor Clergy Biography |
| Summary |
"Martinho da Costa Lopes was the first Timorese leader of the East Timorese Catholic Church. He was born in East Timor in 1918 and educated in the traditional hierarchy of the Catholic education system. During the early 1970s he edited the church newspaper, Seara, until it was closed by the Portuguese secret police in 1973." "After the Indonesian invasion of East Timor in 1975, Dom Martinho worked tirelessly to protect human rights. He was the first person to speak out publicly within East Timor about the abuses perpetrated by the occupation forces, which attracted criticism from the Indonesian government. Under pressure from the Vatican, he resigned from the position of Apostolic Administrator and left his country in 1983. He then travelled extensively, speaking and raising awareness about East Timor. He died in Portugal in 1991." "His story is a unique and accessible behind-the-scenes account of East Timor. It will be enjoyed both by specialists and general readers keen to know more about the history and struggles of the East Timorese people."--Jacket |
| Analysis |
Biography |
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Catholic Church |
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Clergy |
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Federal issue |
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Indonesia |
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International relations |
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Martinho da Costa Lopes |
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Political dissent |
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Timor |
| Notes |
Published with the assistance of the East Timor Relief Association (ETRA) and the Monsignor Martinho da Costa Lopes Peace and Democracy Foundation |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Lopes, Martinho da Costa, 1918-1991.
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Catholic Church -- Clergy -- Biography.
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Catholic Church -- Indonesia -- Timor-Leste -- Clergy -- Biography
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Catholic Church -- Timor-Leste -- Clergy -- Biography.
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Revolutionaries -- Timor-Leste -- Biography.
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Revolutionaries -- Indonesia -- Timor-Leste -- Biography
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| SUBJECT |
Timor-Leste http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2002021667 -- Biography.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001237
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Timor-Leste -- Politics and government http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2004011674 -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012476
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Timor-Leste http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2002021667 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
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Timor-Leste http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2002021667 -- Biography.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001237
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Author |
East Timor Relief Association.
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Monsignor Martinho da Costa Lopes Peace and Democracy Foundation
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| LC no. |
00024637 |
| ISBN |
1856498328 (cased) |
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1856498336 (softcover) |
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1864030895 (Australia) |
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