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Author and lawyer Linda Dakin-Grimm, who represents children and families pro-bono in immigration proceedings, offers a proposal informed by Catholic faith for a comprehensive immigration reform and shows how ordinary people can contribute to solving this difficult and polarizing issue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLinda Dakin-Grimm\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a lawyer and immigration advocate.  Working Pro Bono, she has helped more than 75 unaccompanied children and separated families to navigate the complex immigration system.  Linda's book, \"Dignity and Justice: Welcoming the Stranger\", tells stories and explains both the law and Catholic teaching.  Linda holds a B.A. from Yale University, a J.D. from Harvard Law School and an M.A. in Theology from LMU.  She is a 2020-2021 Advanced Leadership Initiative Fellow of Harvard University\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gS04MLcwTDk\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/filigree-divider_18_lg_480x480.gif?v=1648062511\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRelated Materials\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Dakin-Grimm_TOC.pdf?v=1648666253\" title=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eClick Here For The Table Of Contents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Dakin-Grimm_Intro.pdf?v=1648666253\" title=\"2\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eClick Here For The Book Introduction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/uscatholic.org\/articles\/202204\/true-stories-of-refugees-should-rouse-catholics-into-action\/\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"float: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/True_stories_of_refugees_should_rouse_Catholics_into_action_PEACE_JUSTICE_A_U.S._CATHOLIC_INTERVIEW_Published_April_26_2022_480x480.png?v=1660071157\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Orbis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31865991102506,"sku":"978-1-62698-381-6","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Dignity_Justice.final.jpg?v=1747248888"},{"product_id":"moral-struggle-and-the-prophets","title":"Moral Struggle and the Prophets  (Walking with God: The Sermon Series of Howard Thurman, Volume 1)","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFirst time in print: The Sermon Series of the preacher who influenced Martin Luther King, Jr.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eHoward Thurman (1899-1981) one of the leading religious thinkers of 20th-century America, was a mentor to the leaders of the civil rights movement, and a mystic who pioneered influential innovations in worship and spirituality. Thurman devised a way of preaching to a congregation that sought “support, strength, and guidance” using what he called a “sermon series,” a group of sermons organized around a common theme. \u003cem\u003eWalking with God\u003c\/em\u003e will assemble the best of Thurman’s “sermon series,” all previously unpublished.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThis volume begins with Thurman’s series on “Man and the Moral Struggle,” offering sketches of individuals from history and literature (from Albert Schweitzer to Melville’s Moby Dick) involved in life-transforming “moral struggles” in which “at stake is the ultimate destiny” of their lives. In “The Message of the Prophets” he examines the great biblical prophets, whose mission and message challenge our own time as much as their own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWalter Earl Fluker\u003c\/strong\u003e, senior editor and director of the Howard Thurman Papers Project, is Martin Luther King, Jr., Professor of Ethical Leadership Emeritus at Boston University School of Theology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Eisenstadt\u003c\/strong\u003e has been associated with the Howard Thurman Papers Project since 1995, and has been the associate editor on all of the volumes of the Papers of Howard Thurman.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/filigree-divider_18_lg_480x480.gif?v=1648062511\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000000;\"\u003eRelated Materials\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003ca title=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Thurman_Fluker_Eisenstadt_TOC.pdf?v=1648667263\" style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eClick Here For The Table Of Contents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca title=\"2\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Thurman_Fluker_Eisenstadt_Intro.pdf?v=1648667264\" style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eClick Here For The Book Introductio\u003c\/a\u003en\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.wypr.org\/show\/midday\/2023-10-19\/dr-walter-earl-fluker-on-religious-connections-and-social-justice\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Dr.WalterEarlFlukeronreligiousconnectionsandsocialjusticeByTomHall_TeriaRogers_SamBermas-Dawes_MalariePinkard-PierrePublishedOctober19_2023at1200PMEDT_2_480x480.png?v=1697740449\" alt=\"\" width=\"325\" height=\"185\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.wypr.org\/show\/midday\/2023-10-19\/dr-walter-earl-fluker-on-religious-connections-and-social-justice\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e  \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/walterearlfluker.com\/index\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Follow_the_Author_480x480_f1239a59-f183-4741-b06c-a7503b62f81e_480x480.webp?v=1693238303\" alt=\"\" width=\"325\" height=\"185\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e  \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.spiritualityandpractice.com\/book-reviews\/view\/29078\/moral-struggle-and-the-prophets\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Moral_Struggle_and_the_ProphetsWalking_with_God_The_Sermon_Series_of_Howard_Thurman_Volume_1_By_Howard_Thurman_Peter_Eisenstadt_co-editor_Walter_Earl_Fluker_co-editor_Messages_for_liv.png?v=1772720824\" alt=\"\" width=\"325\" height=\"186\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orbis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31881923592234,"sku":"978-1-62698-399-1","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/products\/howard-thurman-moral-struggle-series-volume-1.jpg?v=1747248902"},{"product_id":"the-art-of-indigenous-inculturation","title":"The Art of Indigenous Inculturation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(28, 88, 156);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(28, 88, 156);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“It is with this conviction that Antonio Sison embarks on a quest to ‘midwife’ the ‘indigenous inculturation’ present in a triptych of images from the ‘folk Catholic imaginary’ in Nairobi in Kenya, Chicago in the United States, and Manila in the Philippines. His purpose is, with a rich hermeneutic of suspicion, generosity, and serendipity, to bring the edges of theologizing to the center. In doing so, however, he reveals to us that, instead of a new theological hegemony (marginal replacing the center), the edges are actually the center.”—\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the Foreword\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(28, 88, 156);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e *Advance Praise \u0026amp; Reviews*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(28, 88, 156);\"\u003e\"As we embark upon a synodal process of the Church inspired by Pope Francis, this particular approach to inculturation is of utmost importance since it restores agency and voice to people on the margins whose expressions of the faith have long been ignored and discounted. It also serves as an important compliment to other ways to engage in liturgical inculturation by broadening the intercultural scope of this activity beyond a tokenism that often advocates adopting “exotic” elements into the liturgy without sufficient respect for and input from the very people who worship.\" -\u003cstrong\u003eRev. Mark R. Francis\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eEnglewood Books\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(28, 88, 156);\"\u003eAntonio Sison takes readers on an enthralling aesthetic odyssey and hermeneutical rendezvous with the authentic craftspeople of a liberating indigenous theological imagination on three continents of the Global South. His book is a fascinating tale told by a proficient storyteller who regales readers with riveting narratives, interpretations, and insights. ―\u003cstrong\u003eAgbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator, SJ, President, Jesuit Conference of Africa and Madagascar\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(28, 88, 156);\"\u003eRichly sourced and organically grounded, Sison’s work exemplifies a well-constructed reversal of power. Using an ‘aesthetics of liberation,’ he reveals how faith is re-imagined, re-imaged, and re-invigorated in cultures discriminatorily dismissed as ‘other.’ \u003cstrong\u003e―Cecilia González-Andrieu, author, Bridge to Wonder: Art as a Gospel of Beauty\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(28, 88, 156);\"\u003eWith an artist’s eye and an insider's perspective, Filipino theologian Antonio Sison has further enhanced the craft of inculturation. His masterful interweaving of the hermeneutics of suspicion, appreciation, and serendipity with illuminating examples has enriched its theological method. \u003cstrong\u003e―José M. de Mesa, author, Why Theology is Never Far from Home\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(28, 88, 156);\"\u003e\"Antonio Sison has advanced both our understanding and our practice of inculturation with this remarkable book. By focusing upon Indigenous genius, and by revealing 'serendipity'—that epiphany of surprise and sagacity—as the nexus of the divine-human encounter, he has brought us to a new place in doing theology in the World Church.\" \u003cstrong\u003e―\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eRobert J. Schreiter, author, Constructing Local Theologies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis breathtakingly beautiful, scholarly, and thought-provoking book is basically about one thing: doing justice to the incarnation. It is the doctrine that confesses not only that God became human, but that God became \u003cem\u003eflesh\u003c\/em\u003e, became \u003cem\u003ematerial\u003c\/em\u003e, thereby signifying the holiness of all God’s creation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAntonio Sison \u003c\/strong\u003eis associate professor of systematic theology, and chair of the department of Historical and Doctrinal Studies at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. He received his PhD at the Catholic University in Nijmegen, Netherlands. His previous books include \u003cem\u003eThe Sacred Foodways of Film \u003c\/em\u003e(Wipf and Stock);\u003cem\u003e World Cinema, Theology, and the Human \u003c\/em\u003e(Routledge); and \u003cem\u003eScreening Schillebeeckx: Theology and Third Cinema in Dialogue\u003c\/em\u003e (Palgrave Macmillan).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/filigree-divider_18_lg_480x480.gif?v=1648062511\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Sison_Art_of_Indigenous_Inculturation_TOC.pdf?v=1648653341\" title=\"toc\"\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eClick Here For The Table Of Contents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Sison_Art_of_Indigenous_Inculturation_Intro.pdf?v=1648653342\" title=\"intro\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eClick Here For The Book Introduction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelated Materials\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/englewoodreview.org\/twelve-important-theology-books-of-2021\/9\/\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Twelve_Important_Theology_Books_of_2021_December_9_2021_455_pm_by_C._Christopher_Smith_The_Art_of_Indigenous_Inculturation_Grace_on_the_Edge_of_Genius_Antonio_Sison_Orbis_Books_pages_7811e971-6e32-4915-9623-fbaff84090bb_480x480.png?v=1653501236\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orbis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":37567904088259,"sku":"978-1-62698-421-9","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/TheArtofIndigenousInculturation.jpg?v=1747248931"},{"product_id":"the-way-of-the-mystics","title":"The Way of the Mystics (Walking with God: The Sermon Series of Howard Thurman, Volume 2)","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1371d8;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e *Advance Praise \u0026amp; Reviews*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1371d8;\"\u003e\"Finding this volume of Howard Thurman’s sermons is like finding the first layer of a life-changing archaeological discovery—one that shifts your view of your place in the world, along with your understanding of why you are here. Read this book for its historical value or for your own soul’s health. Either way, you will not be disappointed.” -\u003cb\u003eBarbara Brown Taylor, Author, Holy Envy and Learning to Walk in the Dark\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1371d8;\"\u003e“The Way of the Mystics leads readers into the vast labyrinth of Howard Thurman’s inner landscape.  Introducing an intergenerational cadre of mystical guides, this book is a map to the interior for all sojourners questing from head to heart.”-\u003cb\u003eGregory C. Ellison II, PhD, Candler School of Theology, Emory University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1371d8;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1371d8;\"\u003e\"The Way of the Mystics leads readers into the vast labyrinth of Howard Thurman's inner landscape. Introducing an intergenerational cadre of mystical guides, this book is a map to the interior for all sojourners questing from head to heart.\"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e-Gregory C. Ellison II, PhD, Candler School of Theology, Emory University\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1371d8;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Finding this volume of Howard Thurman's sermons is like finding the first layer of a life-changing archaeological discovery--one that shifts your view of your place in the world, along with your understanding of why you are here. Read this book for its historical value or for your own soul's health. Either way, you will not be disappointed.\" \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e-Barbara Brown Taylor, Author, Holy Envy and Learning to Walk in the Dark\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1371d8;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"42\" width=\"420\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Untitled_design_32_33c0d0d1-5d85-41c0-ada9-0e121dd37c23.png?v=1757616737\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eHoward Thurman (1899-1981) was one of the leading religious thinkers of 20\u003csup\u003eth-\u003c\/sup\u003ecentury America, a mentor to the leaders of the civil rights movement, and a minister who devised a way of preaching to a congregation that sought “support, strength, and guidance.” He found that the most creative method was a “sermon series,” a group of sermons organized around a common theme.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume highlights his series on the mystics. Thurman tended not to speak of his own mystical inclinations, conscious that the word mysticism was likely to be misunderstood. And yet he is commonly recognized as a mystic in the sense that he used the word to describe someone who had an acute experience of the Divine Life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFurthermore, the kind of mysticism to which he was attracted was not something airy or otherworldly, but one that promoted the world and its transformation. In this sermon series, Thurman reflects on his personal canon of mystics, ranging from William Blake and Buddha, to Gandhi, St. Francis, and his teacher Rufus Jones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWalter Earl Fluker,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esenior editor of the Papers of Howard Washington Thurman and director of the Howard Thurman Papers Project, is Professor Emeritus of Ethical Leadership at Boston University and Dean’s Professor of Spirituality, Ethics and Leadership at Candler School of Theology. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Eisenstadt,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eassociate editor of the Papers of Howard Washington Thurman, is author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAgainst the Hounds of Hell: A Life of Howard Thurman. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cimg style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/ac_9e175ecd-35e1-4148-87f4-6a2927966f6a_480x480.jpg?v=1664390537\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eRelated Materials\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.wypr.org\/show\/midday\/2023-10-19\/dr-walter-earl-fluker-on-religious-connections-and-social-justice\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Dr.WalterEarlFlukeronreligiousconnectionsandsocialjusticeByTomHall_TeriaRogers_SamBermas-Dawes_MalariePinkard-PierrePublishedOctober19_2023at1200PMEDT_2_480x480.png?v=1697740449\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e  \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/walterearlfluker.com\/index\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Follow_the_Author_480x480_f1239a59-f183-4741-b06c-a7503b62f81e_480x480.webp?v=1693238303\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e","brand":"Orbis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41043771752643,"sku":"978-1-62698-438-7","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/WalkingwithGod_TheSermonSeriesofHowardThurman.jpg?v=1747248957"},{"product_id":"how-to-remake-the-world-one-neighborhood-at-a-time","title":"How to Remake the World Neighborhood by Neighborhood","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #116e94;\"\u003e“Our country is as divided today as it has been at any time since the Civil War and Reconstruction, but not just in politics in our society as well. Few have studied and thought more about how to bring a sense of community back to our local communities than Mack McCarter. With Community Renewal, Mack has developed a recipe for how to nourish and nurture the souls of our communities. Our neighborhoods, whether we realize it or not, are craving, even starving for something different, something to bring us together. This is a cookbook full of such recipes and thoughts.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #116e94;\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e--Charlie Cook, Founder, The Cook Political Report\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #116e94;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #116e94;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #116e94;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #116e94;\"\u003e“My friend Mack, a true servant leader grounded in faith and hope, has written a book that is both compelling and necessary for our time and all time. From the moment of reading the introduction where tears flowed on my cheeks to the last word, Mack has given us a path forward that may be new to some but is ancient in its wisdom. With a big vision of caring and compassion integrating all humanity, he explains the small steps we all can put it into action to truly build an “ever-renewing community\" which can “remake our world, neighborhood by neighborhood.\"\u003cstrong\u003e--Matthew Dowd, political strategist, MSNBC analyst, and author of \u003cem\u003eA New Way: Embracing the Paradox as We Lead and Serve\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #116e94;\"\u003e“Mack beautifully illustrates by words and actions what my homeless friend, Denver Moore, pounded into my brain. It is not the language we speak or the color of our skin that divides us, it’s the condition of our hearts. This game changing book should be required reading for every person on the planet.” \u003cstrong\u003e--Ron Hall, co-author of #1 NYT Best Seller, SAME KIND OF DIFFERENT AS ME\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #116e94;\"\u003e“One of my all-time favorite movies is “Back to the Future.” Mack McCarter doesn’t have the wild hair of the scientist but “by golly” he does have God’s “bolt of lightning” for plugging in best practices of his childhood into declining neighborhoods. Through this book, Mack McCarter shares the courageous steps he took to fuse love and caring\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #116e94;\"\u003e into relationships…using best elements of society to improve neighborhoods, cities and our futures.”\u003cstrong\u003e--Linda C. Fuller, co-founder of Habitat for Humanity International and The Fuller Center for Housing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #116e94;\"\u003e “The practical guidance in this volume for bringing about fundamental change in our communities draws on insights about humanity flowing from Aristotle through Weber to behavioral economics. It also subtly recounts one man’s journey of discerning a true vocation. Wonderfully written, it is truly inspirational.”--\u003cstrong\u003eChristopher L. Holoman, Ph.D, President, Centenary College of Louisiana\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #116e94;\"\u003e“Mack McCarter, by caring for others on a massive scale has truly made the world a better place. This book tells how he did it.”\u003cstrong\u003e--Bennett Johnston, four-term US Senator from Louisiana\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #116e94;\"\u003e“Several experts on democracy conclude that we suffer as a nation from a lack of societal trust. In his book, McCarter offers a roadmap rich with analysis, the experience of application and the vision for up-scaling this model as a course correction away from threat and toward trust. If you have any concern for the future of our nation, or if you are lacking in hope, I ask you to give this book the serious attention it deserves.”\u003cstrong\u003e--Frank F. Islam, Entrepreneur and author of \u003cem\u003eRenewing the American Dream \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e Working the Pivot Points: To Make America Work Again\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #116e94;\"\u003e“Mack McCarter is a truly remarkable man who daily lives the commandment to love his neighbor as himself. Over 30 years ago he began developing a sustainable and measurable model for systematically rebuilding communities block by block by loving and caring for people. Recognizing the desperate need, Mack has interestingly laid out the blueprint for changing our world into loving, connected communities. A must read!”\u003cstrong\u003e--John H. Dalton, Chair of the National Advisory Board of Community Renewal and 70th Secretary of the Navy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #116e94;\"\u003e“Mack McCarter has spent a lifetime forging loving communities out of complete strangers. This revealing and thoughtful book documents how caring, friendship, and the gift of kindness can bring about powerful changes in our world. It sounds so simple, and that's his point. He reminds us that loving each other isn't hard to do, it just takes practice.”\u003cstrong\u003e--Lee Cowan, Correspondent, CBS Sunday Morning\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #116e94;\"\u003e“Mack McCarter has found THE best formula for repairing a broken world…. And he describes it in this book. The formula is so simple, which is why it is so effective and why I was eager to jump at the opportunity to support it in our company’s “neighborhood.” Just imagine how much better the world would be if everyone followed Mack’s passion to bring love, kindness and caring to one person, one city block, or to one neighborhood.”--\u003cstrong\u003ePatrick Ottensmayer, CEO of Kansas City Southern Railway Company\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #116e94;\"\u003e“As a native Shreveporter, I’m so proud of the work of Community Renewal. What I love about CR is that it’s not about fixing other people or imposing solutions. The simple philosophy behind this movement is that when we care for one another, this system of relationships provides the loving foundation upon which every human being realizes their potential to live a life that is rich in dignity and meaning. When we are loved and safe, we can all fly like Tommy whom you will meet inside!!”\u003cstrong\u003e--\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCamille Alexander, Head of Global Sales, BNY Mellon\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #116e94;\"\u003e“Mack McCarter’s infectious enthusiasm makes it nearly impossible, once you begin, to put this fast-moving, heart-warming book down. The Mount Canaan Church story, and his leadership in founding, nurturing and shepherding his inspirational Community Renewal International (CRI) project in Shreveport brings home with lucid, simple writing, the deeply theological and unforgettable depth Mack brings to everything he says and writes. Put simply, this book translates “love they neighbor,” better than you can imagine.”\u003cstrong\u003e--Joe R. Reeder, 14\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e Undersecretary, U.S. Army\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #116e94;\"\u003e“Mack McCarter knew long ago what so many of us still seek to understand. It is not that we are so divided, it's that we are not connected enough. Starting not with a program, his focus was on people, their relationships to each other, and the places they called home. Armed with the disarmingly simple and bedrock belief that caring might beget caring, Mack has re-invented the idea of community organizing from the inside out, where the heart is the indeed the heart of the matter. He has demonstrated that real community renewal, and with it national renewal, can start anywhere, and is just one neighbor away. He has given us a roadmap to hope.” \u003cstrong\u003e--Sterling Speirn, former CEO of the Kellogg Foundation\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #116e94;\"\u003e“From Mack McCarter’s heart to his initial vision of love and respect for one another, Community Renewal International (CRI) today is transforming individual lives and communities. I have personally seen the power of love through this renewal in action for individuals, neighborhoods, communities and the world. What promise and potential this book offers to anyone impelled to bring progress and healing to their own communities, and thus to the world.”\u003cstrong\u003e--Virginia Harris, Founding Trustee and former Chairman of the Board of Trustees, The Mary Baker Eddy Library for the Betterment of Humanity\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #116e94;\"\u003e“\u003cem\u003eHow to Remake the World Neighborhood by Neighborhood\u003c\/em\u003e provides a road map designed to repair our broken world. Community Renewal International has proven that together, caring people have amazing influence. They have the ability to move communities, our country and even our world, in a positive direction.”\u003cstrong\u003e--Sally T. Prouty, Former Senior Fellow PACE, Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement, Former Interim CEO National Conference on Citizenship, Former CEO The Corps Network \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #116e94;\"\u003e“Mack McCarter is a visionary, a thinker and lover of people. He set out to transform his hometown, Shreveport, Louisiana, person by person and neighborhood by neighborhood. His heartfelt desire to reconnect people with their neighbors and bring love and caring for others back into communities where homes surrounded by fences with doors locked and living in TV land had become the norm. Mack was persistent and he has built a movement which has spread across the US and also globally. \u003cstrong\u003e“--Sherri Parker Lee\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #116e94;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“\u003c\/em\u003eMack McCarter the quintessential story teller, shares his early-pioneering and ultimate development of a powerful, proven model for building productive relationships, neighborhood by neighborhood. The inspiring story is filled with wisdom, practical steps and joyous outcomes for addressing today’s relational poverty – and how we can ‘re-village’ into communities that actually work because they have mastered the intention and practice of caring. “\u003cstrong\u003e--Robert Hall, recovering CEO and author of the best-selling book, \u003cem\u003eThis Land of Strangers: The Relationship Crisis That Imperils Home, Work, Politics and Faith\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #116e94;\"\u003e“In this book, Mack simply puts words to the actions he’s already taken in communities. We’ve seen the powerful results of Community Renewal here in Shreveport, Louisiana and his recipe is a powerful one that can change the world. Fantastic read for anyone looking to make the world a better place.”\u003cstrong\u003e--Adrian Perkins, Mayor of Shreveport\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #116e94;\"\u003e“Mack McCarter is a rare “all in\" inspiring genuine individual, who has dedicated his life to help others and communities in need. He has helped streets of despair become neighborhoods where Children and their parents can grow with the hope that the world is not without promise, and faith, and goodness.”\u003cstrong\u003e--\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKix Brooks, Country music artist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #116e94;\"\u003e“Mack McCarter’s infectious enthusiasm makes it nearly impossible, once you begin, to put this fast-moving, heartwarming book down. The Mount Canaan Church story, and his leadership in founding, nurturing, and shepherding his inspirational Community Renewal International (CRI) project in Shreveport brings home the deeply theological and unforgettable depth Mack brings to everything he says and writes. Put simply, this book translates ‘love thy neighbor,’ better than you can imagine.”\u003cstrong\u003e—Joe R. Reeder, 14\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e undersecretary, U.S. Army\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #116e94;\"\u003e“Mack McCarter knew long ago what so many of us still seek to understand. It is not that we are so divided, it’s that we are not connected enough. Armed with the disarmingly simple and bedrock belief that caring might beget caring, Mack has re-invented the idea of community organizing from the inside out, where the heart is the indeed the heart of the matter. He has given us a roadmap to hope.”\u003cstrong\u003e—Sterling Speirn, former CEO, The Kellogg Foundation\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #116e94;\"\u003e\"I have personally seen the power of love through this renewal in action for individuals, neighborhoods, communities and the world. What promise and potential this book offers to anyone impelled to bring progress and healing to their own communities, and thus to the world.”\u003cstrong\u003e—Virginia Harris, founding trustee and former chairman of the board of trustees, The Mary Baker Eddy Library\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"float: none;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/filigree-divider_18_lg_480x480.gif?v=1648062511\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHow to Remake the World Neighborhood by Neighborhood\u003c\/em\u003e is the solution to the social breakdown felt across the country and around the world today. It narrates the story and philosophy of Community Renewal International (CRI), an organization founded in Shreveport, Louisiana. In the places where it has taken root, people build new friendships and begin to restore the bonds that sustain communities so that they thrive. Crime rates plummet. People come out of their homes and grow connections with their neighbors. They become active, caring participants in their societies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe late Millard Fuller, co-founder of Habitat for Humanity, once described CRI as “the premier community renewal building model in the nation,” and his wife and co-founder Linda Fuller writes, “Mack McCarter shares the courageous steps he took to fuse love and caring into relationships, using the best elements of society to improve neighborhoods, cities and our futures.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book tells the story of how McCarter returned to his home town of Shreveport after many years as a pastor in Texas. He found a city that was racially divided and suffering from violence. With a small group of like-minded people, he intentionally and proactively began engaging with people in the city's most violent and dangerous neighborhood. Over time, studying the history of the rise and fall of civilizations and applying that research to the practical question of community renewal, he developed a replicable system. Today, Black and white, Republican and Democrat, men and women—all who have become part of the “We Care Team,” now over 50,000 strong, have remade entire neighborhoods and repaired the fabric of society. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eG.S. “Mack” McCarter\u003c\/strong\u003e is the founder and coordinator of Community Renewal International. Before returning in 1994 to his native Shreveport to implement his vision, Mack pastored churches in Texas for eighteen years. There are now more than 50,000 “We Care” team members in every state and forty-one nations. Ten cities in the United States are reproducing the Shreveport model of connecting caring people, changing lives, and transforming communities. Mack and his wife Judy live in Shreveport, LA, and Washington, DC.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTim Muldoon\u003c\/strong\u003e teaches in the philosophy department at Boston College and is the author or co-author of ten books including \u003cem\u003eThe Ignatian Workout\u003c\/em\u003e and, with his wife Sue, \u003cem\u003eThe Discerning Parent\u003c\/em\u003e. His books and essays are used frequently in college courses, faculty discussion groups, and retreats. He and Sue reside outside of Boston.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"float: none;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/filigree-divider_18_lg_480x480.gif?v=1648062511\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/McCarter_Muldoon_How_to_Remake_the_World..._Intro.pdf?v=1655928623\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #2b00ff;\"\u003eClick Here For The Introduction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/McCarter_Muldoon_How_to_Remake_the_World..._TOC.pdf?v=1655928610\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; 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Read this book for its historical value or for your own soul’s health. Either way, you will not be disappointed.” –\u003cstrong\u003eBarbara Brown Taylor, author, \u003cem\u003eHoly Envy \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eLearning to Walk in the Dark\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHoward Thurman (1899-1981) was one of the leading religious thinkers of 20th century America, a mentor to Martin Luther King, Jr., and other leaders of the civil rights movement, and a mystic who pioneered influential innovations in liturgy, worship, and spirituality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThurman’s interest in politics was always, in the words of Vincent Harding, a quest for “a liberating spirituality, a way of exploring and experiencing those crucial life points where personal and societal transformation are creatively joined.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere, for the first time in print, are Thurman’s sermon series on the nature of democracy, and American democracy in particular, in which he explores such topics as the meaning of human property in the Declaration of Independence, loyalty oaths and the execution of the Rosenbergs for treason during the Cold War, and the Black Power movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThroughout these reflections Thurman explores the strivings of the disinherited, how democratic ideals can enhance individual personhood, and how, as individuals and as citizens, we can deal with the conflicts and inherent contradictions of the democratic common ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWalter Earl Fluker\u003c\/strong\u003e, senior editor of \u003cem\u003eThe Papers of Howard Washington Thurman\u003c\/em\u003e and director of the Howard Thurman Papers Project, is Professor Emeritus of Ethical Leadership at Boston University and Dean’s Professor of Spirituality, Ethics, and Leadership at Candler School of Theology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Eisenstadt\u003c\/strong\u003e, associate editor of \u003cem\u003eThe Papers of Howard Washington Thurman\u003c\/em\u003e, is author of \u003cem\u003eAgainst the Hounds of Hell: A Life of Howard Thurman\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"float: none;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/filigree-divider_18_lg_480x480.gif?v=1648062511\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Thurman_Democracy_the_Soul_of_America_Intro.pdf?v=1659467026\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; 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Her work offers both inspiration and deep nourishment for all those working to create a better world for the Earth and all her children.”\u003cstrong\u003e—Stephan Martin, Director, Deeptime Leadership Program at the Deeptime Network\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #155193;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #155193;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e“Rising up from a planetary chaos of political antagonisms, ruinous industrial processes, and threats of nuclear war, is Sister Jeanne Clark, OP, a miracle of wisdom and faith. As you read her story, you will find yourself weeping with joy. Her very existence is proof that, in the midst of vast destruction, humanity is also building a world of compassion and peace.”—\u003cstrong\u003eBrian Thomas Swimme, California Institute of Integral Studies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #155193;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #155193;\"\u003e“Jeanne Clark’s book is a page turner. An engaging story of a deeply committed nun inspired by Dorothy Day and Thomas Berry to create the foundations for peace with the Earth community.”—\u003cstrong\u003eMary Evelyn Tucker, co-author, \u003cem\u003eJourney of the Universe\u003c\/em\u003e, Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #155193;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #155193;\"\u003e“Jeanne Clark’s collection of inspiring personal stories reveals a faithful journey in response to deeply challenging manifestations of violence and injustice. Clearly, a community of communities—ultimately the beloved Earth Community—provided fertile soil for her repeatedly affirmative and risky responses to the signs of the times.”—\u003cstrong\u003eMarie Dennis, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSenior Advisor to the Secretary General, Pax Christi International\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #155193;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #155193;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #155193;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #155193;\"\u003e“Sister Jeanne Clark shows us that to be ‘religious’ is to be in relation. The true power of religion is not to save us from the world but to save the world from our worst impulses. That takes courage. These pages inspire us to answer for ourselves the question of what we feel called to do.”—\u003cstrong\u003eCarl Safina, Endowed Professor for Nature and Humanity, Stony Brook University \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #155193;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #155193;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Untitleddesign_3_480x480_255dce24-eaeb-4c08-8274-abc47204d28a.webp?v=1707416101\" width=\"205\" height=\"47\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe inspiring story of one Dominican sister’s ongoing journey in religious life, moving from conventional ministries to a growing engagement with nonviolent witness, peace activism, and care for the earth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJeanne Clark, OP\u003c\/strong\u003e, has long been inspired by the work of Passionist priest and author Thomas Berry, and the teachings of his former student Brian Swimme. A Pax Christi Long Island “Peacemaker of the Year,” she has received other awards including one from the ACLU. Clark co-founded Homecoming Farm on Long Island, NY.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/ac_9e175ecd-35e1-4148-87f4-6a2927966f6a_480x480.jpg?v=1664390537\" alt=\"\" style=\"float: none;\" data-mce-style=\"float: none;\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/ac_9e175ecd-35e1-4148-87f4-6a2927966f6a_480x480.jpg?v=1664390537\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Clark_All_the_Way_In_TOC.pdf?v=1666631890\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Clark_All_the_Way_In_TOC.pdf?v=1666631890\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" data-mce-style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eThe Table Of Contents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" data-mce-style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.Book2look.com\/book\/9781626985056\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.Book2look.com\/book\/9781626985056\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" mce-data-marked=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\" mce-data-marked=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eThe Introduction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" mce-data-marked=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; 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mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000;\"\u003e“John Dear’s is a beautiful message of peace!”—\u003cb\u003eAnne Lamott, author, \u003ci\u003eTraveling Mercies\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAlmost Everything\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; text-align: center; background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #2e75b6; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #2E75B6; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“There is an imaginative quality to Dear’s commentary, a prophetic ability to extract Christ’s opposition to violence even from unlikely or less-than-obvious passages. . . . [This] detailed look at how the synoptic Gospels emphasize nonviolence is a sorely needed contribution in a country and a church that blur the stark lines between Christianity and militarism.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #2e75b6; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #2E75B6; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e--\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerica\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; text-align: center; background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #2e75b6; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #2E75B6; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #2e75b6; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #2E75B6; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000;\"\u003e\"[Dear] is not only an advocate for peace but also an excavator as he uncovers the vein of nonviolence that he sees threaded throughout the Synoptic Gospels.\"- \u003cb\u003eVincent M. Smiles, The Bible Today\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal; background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #2e75b6; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #2E75B6; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000;\"\u003eWith the Third World War being fought piecemeal as our Holy Father Pope Francis regularly reminds us, and the violence of handguns and assault weapons daily taking the lives of God's children in the U.S., we Christians need to be reminded that the Gospel of Jesus is about peace. . . .  Father John Dear's book [assists] us in becoming blessed peacemakers ourselves.”\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e—\u003cb\u003eBishop John Stowe, OFM Conv., Bishop-President, Pax Christi USA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: center; line-height: normal; background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #2e75b6; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #2E75B6; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000;\"\u003e“Prepare to be inspired, as John Dear guides you on a journey into the nonviolent revolution grounded in Jesus and his Way of Love. Along the way, you will encounter anew the steadfast fearlessness of figures like Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., Dorothy Day, and Oscar Romero . . . and find yourself ready to join them in this holy work.” —\u003cb\u003eThe Most Rev. Michael B. Curry, Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church; author, \u003ci\u003eThe Power of Love \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: center; line-height: normal; background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #2e75b6; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #2E75B6; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000;\"\u003e“Each time I consult this magnificent commentary for insight into a particular gospel passage, I am drawn further into the nonviolent teachings of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr.  As John Dear convincingly demonstrates, Jesus was their inspiration. The Gospel of Peace lovingly confronts us all with what it means to follow Jesus in all dimensions of life. It is a master class on Christian discipleship.”—\u003cb\u003eThe Rt. Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Washington, DC. \u003c\/b\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: center; line-height: normal; background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #2e75b6; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #2E75B6; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000;\"\u003e'As I read carefully through Dear’s exegesis of the Sermon on the Mount, which he renames “The Great Mountaintop Sermon on Nonviolence,” I bought more and more into his thesis, that peace and the commitment to radical nonviolence are at the very heart of Jesus’s message. And as I read through Dear’s interpretations of Mark and Luke’s Gospels, I became increasingly convinced that the peace he gave us was indeed Jesus’s primary message.\" - \u003cb\u003eMarian Ronan, EqualwRites\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #2e75b6; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #2E75B6; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000;\"\u003e“This book is highly recommended for seminaries and parish libraries. It will challenge readers and preachers to reconsider the message of the gospels and the truth of Christ’s message. Dear never succumbs to scholarly jargon or theoretical arguments. Instead, he takes the gospels seriously and seems to imagine that if the rest of us did the same, well, it could change the world. This commentary belongs in the hands of every priest and deacon, every minister and chaplain, and every politician and leader in our country (and the world). “- \u003cb style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003eHerman Sutter, Catholic Library World \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal; background: white;\" align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e                                                  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal x_ContentPasted0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_ContentPasted0\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Untitleddesign_996f4ae0-8f3e-42e0-a70e-fae1efcca8a6_480x480.png?v=1692714321\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal x_ContentPasted0\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal x_ContentPasted0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_ContentPasted0\"\u003eIn this original and inspiring new commentary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_contentpasted0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_ContentPasted0\"\u003eFather John Dear walks us through every line of the three synoptic Gospels, pointing out Jesus’ practice and teachings of nonviolence each step of the way.   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_contentpasted0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_ContentPasted0\"\u003eAs Dear shows us, Jesus is\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_contentpasted0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_ContentPasted0\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_contentpasted0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_ContentPasted0\"\u003elike Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_contentpasted0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_ContentPasted0\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_contentpasted0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_ContentPasted0\"\u003enonviolent to the core, a disarming, healing presence toward those in need. This Jesus is also a revolutionary disrupter of the unjust status quo and a political threat to the ruling authorities. Those authorities succeed in killing him, only to push Jesus to the heights of nonviolence through his death and resurrection. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_contentpasted0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_ContentPasted0\"\u003eThis original commentary brings a fresh new approach to the Gospels for all those who preach or engage in social ministries. It is sure to inspire everyone in this time of permanent warfare, gun violence, racism, poverty, and climate change.   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_WordSection1\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_contentpasted0\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_ContentPasted0\"\u003eRev. John Dear\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_contentpasted0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_ContentPasted0\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_ContentPasted0\"\u003eis an internationally recognized voice and leader for peace and nonviolence. A priest, activist, and author, he served for years as the director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation. \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_contentpasted0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_ContentPasted0\"\u003eThe author of forty books, including\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci class=\"x_ContentPasted0\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/orbisbooks.com\/products\/they-will-inherit-the-earth?_pos=1\u0026amp;_sid=421000274\u0026amp;_ss=r\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eThey Will Inherit the Earth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci class=\"x_ContentPasted0\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/orbisbooks.com\/products\/lazarus-come-forth?_pos=1\u0026amp;_sid=d9b6621ac\u0026amp;_ss=r\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eLazarus, Come Forth!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e(from Orbis), Father John is founder and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_ContentPasted0\"\u003edirector of “The Beatitudes Center for the Nonviolent Jesus,”\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_MsoHyperlink\" style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.beatitudescenter.org\/\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" id=\"LPlnkOWA164f3e54-542e-ca60-b3ec-47efaf77e26c\" class=\"x_OWAAutoLink x_ContentPasted0\" data-loopstyle=\"linkonly\" data-linkindex=\"0\" style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ewww.beatitudescenter.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_MsoHyperlink\"\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_contentpasted0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_ContentPasted0\"\u003ewhere he hosts and offers virtual workshops on Jesus and nonviolence. He was nominated several times for the Nobel Peace Prize, including by Archbishop Desmond Tutu. He lives in Cayucos, CA. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr class=\"x_ContentPasted0\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1c7b2f;\" class=\"x_ContentPasted0\"\u003eCover art: Jesus the Peacemaker, © Laura James  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1c7b2f;\" class=\"x_ContentPasted0\"\u003eCover design: Diane Mastrogiulio \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1c7b2f;\" class=\"x_ContentPasted0\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/image_480x480.jpg?v=1684772385\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_ContentPasted0\"\u003eRelated Materials\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Dear_The_Gospel_of_Peace_TOC.pdf?v=1692733820\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; 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color: #2866c3;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicmediaassociation.org\/2025-cma-book-awards\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"169\" width=\"565\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Popular_Presentation_of_the_Catholic_Faith_15.png?v=1751383745\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: #2866c3;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"An important work that needs to be taken seriously in these divisive times. [\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn the Shadow of Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a committed Catholic’s prayer for racial justice to pierce a collective dark night of the soul.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eMike Mastromatteo\u003c\/strong\u003e, in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerica \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: #2866c3;\"\u003e\"With unflinching honesty and precise prose, Alessandra Harris expertly guides us from enslavement to segregation to mass incarceration, exposing the intellectual and spiritual schisms that allowed Christians to bless slavery, and later offically oppose it while nurturing anti-Black narratives and reinforcing racist structures. This important book illuminates why an honest reckoning with history is crucial as we build a future that is truly just.\" - \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmanda W. Daloisio, co-managing editor, The Catholic Worker\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A thought-provoking work that expresses the challenge of being a Black Catholic in America. I highly recommend this work to anyone trying to better understand the struggle.\" \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnsel Augustine, DMin, author, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeveling the Praying Field\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Alessandra Harris highlights the Catholic Church's role in the papal blessing of the African slave trade, which set in motion the trajectory of present-day slavery via the disproportionate criminalization and incarceration of Black persons in the US. \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eIn the Shadow of Freedom\u003c\/span\u003e is a clarion call to US Christians to dismantle this destructive trajectory.: ~ \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMatt Kappadakunnel, author, The Catholic Church and the Struggle for Racial Justice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Harris' voice is powerful, brave, and clear - and so urgently needed in our country today. Her connection of the need for anti-racism and for criminal justice reform is a powerful indictiment of the current reality for Black and brown Americans. ~\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHeidi Schlumpf, senior correspondent, National Catholic Reporter\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: #2866c3;\"\u003e\"A wide-ranging look at the state of racial injustice in the United States . . . . The author, a novelist and a co-founder of Black Catholic Messenger, relates the 2023 story of Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old Black man with an extensive history of arrests and mental illness who was panhandling New York City subway passengers for money when a white man named Daniel Penny put him in a chokehold and killed him. “I could have been Jordan Neely,” Harris writes, reflecting that she, too, had experienced periods of homelessness and had suffered a mental breakdown. This personal resonance runs through her book, which looks at the systemic oppression of Black people throughout United States history, detailing the collapse of Reconstruction, the rise of the Jim Crow South, and the prevalence of what’s referred to here as “neoslavery” in the present day. . . .  Racial issues are scathingly addressed, but almost equally sharp is the author’s analysis of the U.S. prison system, which incarcerates 2 million people (larger in absolute numbers and by population percentage than any other country in history); she notes that 75% of people held in jails are there simply because they can’t pay bail. The cumulative effect of the work is powerfully sobering.\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e-Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: red;\"\u003eUncovers the historical roots and contemporary impacts of anti-Black racism in America directly leading to unjust legislation, police violence, and mass incarceration. Harris’s book provides readers with an ethic and religious framework for implementing solutions and advocating for reform.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eWhile recent bestselling works like \u003cem\u003eThe New Jim Crow\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe 1619 Project\u003c\/em\u003e present in-depth scholarship on the legacy of enslavement, In the Shadow of Freedom uniquely brings together the scholarship, journalism, history, criticism, and legislation to provide what many readers have been seeking: a starting point, an introduction that is both comprehensive and accessible offering readers a compelling examination of the intertwined issues of over-policing, violence, the death penalty, the war on drugs, red-lining, and racial oppression unpacking in clear terms the effects of centuries of anti-Black racism directly leading to mass incarceration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(40, 101, 193);\"\u003eIn the Shadow of Freedom\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eis a wake-up call for all people seeking justice and ethical – as well as religious -- responses and collective solutions to the systemic racism that continues to plague society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlessandra Harris \u003c\/strong\u003eearned her degree in comparative religious and Middle Eastern studies from San Jose State University and began her writing career with an online magazine for the African American Community in the San Francisco Bay area. Harris is a co-founder and former contributor to Black Catholic Messenger. Essayist, analyst, commentator, religion writer, and novelist, her work has also appeared in \u003cem\u003eAmerica\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCritical Theology Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Catholic Worker, National Catholic Reporter\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eUS Catholic\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlso of Interest\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/orbisbooks.com\/products\/moral-struggle-and-the-prophets?_pos=4\u0026amp;_sid=83a1d90ee\u0026amp;_ss=r\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"199\" width=\"130\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Birth_of_a_movement_360x_ff3afa33-ade3-4186-8267-63c3790758c6_480x480.webp?v=1707422386\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e  \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/orbisbooks.com\/products\/resurrection-hope?_pos=2\u0026amp;_sid=74609a527\u0026amp;_ss=r\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Resurrection-Hope.cover._720x_1_480x480.webp?v=1707422472\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"199\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e  \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/orbisbooks.com\/products\/the-cross-and-the-lynching-tree?_pos=1\u0026amp;_sid=f0a06ecf3\u0026amp;_ss=r\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/TheCrossandtheLynchingTree_720x_1_480x480.webp?v=1707422580\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"199\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e  \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/orbisbooks.com\/products\/uncommon-faithfulness?_pos=3\u0026amp;_sid=15ce44835\u0026amp;_ss=r\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/51FgtyqOpxL._SX322_BO1_204_203_200.webp?v=1746463267\" alt=\"\" width=\"129\" height=\"199\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cimg style=\"display: block; 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margin: 0in 0in 11.25pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e“Benjamín Valentín knows place. This beautiful meditation on his place, Spanish Harlem, captures the importance of place for theological reflection and for moral reasoning. This is a book that is both timely and will shortly become timeless.” - \u003cstrong\u003eWillie James Jennings, Yale Divinity School\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0in 0in 11.25pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e“Announcing a ‘return to place moment,’ Ben Valentín gathers the dimensions, the populations, the urgencies of our living material located-ness into something much richer than ‘context’—into the displaced relationality of place itself. His decolonial pragmatics empowers a radically engaging alternative, neighborly in its immediacy, elegant in its transdisciplinary scope—and inviting in its call.” —\u003cb style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eCatherine Keller, George T. Cobb Professor of Constructive Theology, Drew Theological School\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #2d2d2d;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0in 0in 11.25pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e“With characteristic lucidity and wisdom, Benjamín Valentín invites contextual theologians and philosophers to appreciate more fully the materialist and imaginative dimensions of place.  This highly creative interdisciplinary study offers new and refreshing pathways forward.” —\u003cb style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eChristopher D. 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Reyes author, The Purpose Gap and Nobody Cries When We Die\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1e4f87;\"\u003e“Brilliantly weaving together stories, strategic insight, and theological reflection, this beautiful and important book is at once challenging and inviting, radical and practical.” —\u003cstrong\u003eRev. T. Wilson Dickinson director, doctor of ministry program, Lexington Theological Seminary \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e“Joe Blosser challenges us to remember that neighbor-love requires justice. Through story-telling, compassion, and deep engagement with the radical message of the gospel, his vision of hope and courage is pragmatic and imminently doable.” —\u003cstrong\u003eRebecca Todd Peters professor, religious studies, Elon University \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e“What a radical concept! Churches talking about ending poverty rather than mitigating it. Joe Blosser invites us to see a whole new world. Loving as if the gospel is true.” —\u003cstrong\u003eRev. Michael Mather Asset-Based Community Development Institute, DePaul University \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e“A radical call to transforming the forces and values that determine whether our neighbors are valued or imperiled.” —\u003cstrong\u003eWesley Granberg-Michaelson global ecumenical leader, author, Future Faith\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn a world where “neighbor” has become as meaningless as a “friend” or “follower” online, this book shows how true neighbor love is the long-term work of forming and maintaining more just communities.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;\"\u003eIn \u003cem style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eTo Love Our Neighbors\u003c\/em\u003e activist and ethicist Joe Blosser weaves together resources in theology, community development, economics, anti-racism, and environmental sustainability to help community leaders, organizations, students, churches, and neighborhoods embrace solidarity for change. Even with the best intentions many current practices of loving our neighbors often do more harm than good.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;\"\u003eOffering new practices of neighbor love, Blosser guides us to live in solidarity with others across our differences, exercise sufficiency in our economic lives, and care for the sustainability of our planet and communities. 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Clatterbuck has assembled five deep and rich case studies of spiritually-based eco-activism written by those engaged in the struggle. \u003ci\u003eSacred Resistance\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful and timely message we all need to hear.”\u003cb\u003e –Jace Weaver, editor, \u003ci\u003eDefending Mother Earth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(26, 100, 134);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(26, 100, 134);\"\u003e“Despite the irrefutable science behind climate change and environmental degradation more broadly, denialism has contributed to the polarization of our societies, stifling much needed action on many levels. But suppression breeds resistance, even in unexpected places such as faith communities where so much of the denialism lives. \u003ci\u003eSacred Resistance \u003c\/i\u003echronicles stories from some of these communities, showing increasing concern about the world they are leaving to their children, and highlighting partnerships with Indigenous communities.  These are bright spots in an otherwise often dark world, and now more than ever we need the hope these examples give us.” \u003cb\u003e–Dina Gilio-Whitaker, lecturer, American Indian Studies, California State University San Marcos\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(26, 100, 134);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(26, 100, 134);\"\u003e“Non-violent direct action is one of the highest callings for people of faith concerned about climate change, and Mark Clatterbuck nails it with these stories of sacred resistance to the planet's destruction. More people of faith need to get involved in this work, for the sake of the earth and for the future of faith itself.”\u003cb\u003e –The Rev. Fletcher Harper, executive director, GreenFaith\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(26, 100, 134);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(26, 100, 134);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cimg height=\"45\" width=\"197\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Untitleddesign_3.webp?v=1724785113\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eForeword by Winona LaDuke \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e“At sunrise each morning, we were awakened in our tents to the sound of a drum and voice crying, ‘It’s time to wake up! We’re not here to camp, we’re here to pray!’ Ceremonies of water, fire, sweetgrass, and songs filled the air from morning to night.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eFive powerful case studies from embedded activist scholars bring readers to the frontlines of religious struggle against environmental degradation and show how it is intertwined with other forms of systemic oppression.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWeaving Together Resistance: Treaty Rights and Sacred Action to Stop Line 3 Winona LaDuke and Julia Nerbonne\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCatholic Sisters and Cornfield Activism: The Fight for Green Religious Rights Mark Clatterbuck\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMana-Festing on a Sacred Mountain: Rites of Protection and Resistance to Protect Mauna Wākea, Marie Alohalani Brown\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCircle of Protection: Yogis, Baptists, and Interspiritual Activists Heidi Dhivya Berthoud and Swami Dayananda\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEarth Quaker Action Team: Spirit in Action, Lina Blount and Eileen Flanagan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eMark Clatterbuck\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e is a scholar-activist whose work straddles the fields of religion and culture, Indigenous studies, and Christian history and theology. A faculty member at Montclair State University, he has over fifteen years of experience in ethnographic fieldwork and grassroots direct-action campaigns. As the co-founder of Lancaster Against Pipelines, he was the movement’s non-violent mass action coordinator from 2014-2019.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eCover design:  Ponie Sheehan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eCover photo:   photo by David Parry, used with permission\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(43, 0, 255); 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line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(71, 11, 11);\"\u003e\"In \"Authentic Christian Freedom, Elizabeth L. Hinson-Hasty critiques America’s culture wars and reclaims Christian freedom as non-partisan love.\" -\u003cb\u003eAmy Pagliarella, Presbyterian Outlook\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(71, 11, 11);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(71, 11, 11);\"\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eAuthentic Christian Freedom \u003c\/i\u003eis generous, critical, and capacious—a timely reflection on the meanings of freedom and the struggle against various forms of domination, with Elizabeth Hinson-Hasty's customary acumen.” \u003cb\u003e–Gary Dorrien, author, \u003ci\u003eOver from Union Road: My Christian-Left Intellectual Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(71, 11, 11);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(71, 11, 11);\"\u003e“\u003ci\u003eAuthentic Christian Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e is a challenging book that helps us reexamine our lives and our participation in oppressive theology. Her writing invites us and guides us to work for true freedom. Sharing her personal narratives and perspectives, Hinson-Hasty provides a roadmap towards justice and love.” \u003cb\u003e–Grace Ji-Sun Kim, professor, Earlham School of Religion; author, \u003ci\u003eWhen God Became White\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(71, 11, 11);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(71, 11, 11);\"\u003e“Through vivid descriptions and revealing case studies drawn from the past and present, this bold volume offers a fresh reappraisal of competing visions of human freedom. The reader will gain a more profound understanding of authentic Christian perspectives on contemporary culture wars and how we might overcome political polarization to become true guardians of freedom.” \u003cb\u003e–Thomas Massaro, SJ, McGinley Endowed Chair in Religion and Society, Fordham University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(71, 11, 11);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(71, 11, 11);\"\u003e“With a timely treatment of freedom, Hinson-Hasty reaches to the heart of the culture war shaping American political and social life. Recognizing that competing visions of freedom shape the political polarization of our moment, she offers a retrieval of authentic Christian freedom through a reading of scripture, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Pauli Murray, and Howard Thurman. . . . With a normative concern for the vulnerable and a recognition of human interconnectedness, Hinson-Hasty challenges an American emphasis on liberty and personal autonomy as the highest political good. Her approach is a critical resource for Christian communities looking to counter political polarization and the rise of Christian nationalism.” \u003cb\u003e–Megan K. McCabe, associate professor, Gonzaga University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #2e75b6; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #2E75B6; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Untitled_design_7_c0264f4f-8417-4f8d-b74b-59064e7e113a.webp?v=1739389218\" width=\"193\" height=\"55\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003eA timely exploration of how different concepts of freedom threaten to tear apart our churches and our society.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003eDrawing on both her scholarship and her personal experiences growing up amid resurging religious fundamentalism, Hinson-Hasty traces how competing visions of what “freedom” means have been weaponized in today’s culture wars. Is freedom the rugged individualism celebrated in various media? Is “freedom” always freedom from something: other people, the government, the law?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003eFrom reframing the Exodus story to recasting the meaning of “freedom” as understood in US culture today, Hinson-Hasty includes insights from theology and ethics to provide a multi-dimensional basis for an authentic Christian understanding of freedom, one based on mutual responsibility with and care for others.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAuthentic Christian Freedom is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand and heal our divided society.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003eElizabeth L. Hinson-Hasty\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003e is J. Roy Davis Family Chair of Theology and History, Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond, VA, and Charlotte, NC. Her first Orbis book, \u003ci\u003eThe Problem of Wealth\u003c\/i\u003e, won a First Place in Catholic Social Teaching from the Catholic Media Association Book Awards in 2018.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCover design\u003c\/strong\u003e:  Michael Calvente\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1 class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; 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