Publication

2008 - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., Lanham, Md, Maryland

Language

English

Word Count

66,250 words, Guess

Page Count

265 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more

Classifications

  • DDC201/.70973
  • LCCBL2525 .J66 2008
  • LCCBL2525.J66 2008

Alternate Titles

  • Progressive and religious

Description

This volume tells the story of the emerging progressive religious movement (an exclusive claim on faith and values from the right and a radical divorce of faith from politics on the left) in America through an analysis of over 80 in-depth interviews with contemporary religious leaders including nationally known figures such as Rabbis David Saperstein and Michael Lerner, Revs. Jim Wallis and Brian McLaren, Feisal Abdul Rauf, Eboo Patel, Kecia Ali, Lama Surya Das, Robert Thurman, and E.J. Dionne. The author explains how progressive religious leaders are tapping the deep connections between religion and social justice to work on issues like poverty and workers' rights, the environment, health care, pluralism, and human rights.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Progressive & religious: how Christian, Jewish, Muslim, and Buddhist leaders are moving beyond the culture wars and transforming American lifeRowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.2008-01-01

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