Bowker Biography:
Douglas D. Sparks

Doug Sparks is a well known and well respected international speaker and teacher. His work had taken him to more than ninety countries in the world over the past thirty years. For nearly fifteen years Doug lived in the Middle East, first in Egypt and then on the island of Cyprus. He was the founder and director of the Institute of Middle East Studies in Nicosia, Cyprus.

It was during his early years in Egypt that the seeds of the book Rebekah were planted. In 1971 Doug was in Egypt when a young girls body, about twelve years old, was found floating in an irrigation canal. No one seemed particularly concerned, there were some whispers but mostly shrugs of indifference. Doug asked questions and finally was told that it was an honor killing. In many Arab cultures if a young woman does something that brings dishonor to the family, she is to be killed. Preferably by one of her male family members, the death restores honor to the family. The girl could be completely innocent, for example if she was raped. She is still the one that has to die.

Gender abuse and inequality is not restricted to the Arab cultures. It is also rampant in the western world and in particular in the church. Rebekah challenges the historical scriptural interpretations and offers a wonderfully new and freeing view. This is one woman’s story but every woman’s legacy.

 

Web: www.rebekahbooks.com
Email: dsparks1@adelphia.net
Address: Douglas D. Sparks
Box 713
Gunnison, CO 81230 USA
Phone: (970) 641-9547