| Title | : | Living Faith: How Faith Inspires Social Justice |
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| ISBN | : | 0800638417 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780800638412 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 194 |
| Publication | : | First published April 1, 2007 |
What impels a Mohandas Gandhi or a Martin Luther King, Jr.? How does religious experience animate a lifetime of dedication and drive for social justice? In this instructive and inspiring account, Christian ethicist Curtiss DeYoung profiles three of the most dynamic and influential religious activists of the twentieth Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Malcolm X, and Aung San Suu Kyi - each from a different generation, a different faith community, and a different continent. His portraits show how their mystic faith drove them to justice commitments and beyond customary boundaries between people from other traditions, countries, and ways of life. Living Faith is more than a set of inspiring portraits. It also powerfully analyzes how these figures - along with such other luminaries as Rigoberta Menchú, Nelson Mandela, Winona LaDuke, Fannie Lou Hamer, Elie Wiesel, Thich Nhat Hanh, and the Dalai Lama - shared a fiery core experience and common characteristics that empowered their lives and work.
Living Faith: How Faith Inspires Social Justice Reviews
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The book details stories of important people and how they led their lives to change the world. A very inspirational read. Highly recommended.
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I started off reading this book for a Religion and Culture class, but after I got started I finished the book weeks in advance. It reads nothing like the normal textbook. It inspires, yet is an easy read. It informs, yet also entertains.
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