A Nun on the Bus: How All of Us Can Create Hope, Change, and Community - Hardcover

Campbell, Simone

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 006227354X ISBN 13: 9780062273543

Publisher: HarperOne, 2014

Synopsis

In the summer of 2012, Sister Simone Campbell and a group of fellow Roman Catholic nuns toured parts of the country to rally support against Congressman Paul Ryan's budget, a plan that cut vital social programs for the hurting poor and the struggling middle class. Prayer groups turned into rallies, and small town meetings became national media events. Sister Simone became a galvanizing force for progressives of all stripes and remains a driving force for programs and policies that support faith, family, and fairness.

Rooted in a deep spirituality of compassion and service, Sister Simone gives voice to the hunger, isolation, and fear that so many people in America are feeling right now and shows us how we can create real transformation in our communities and in our own hearts through the contemplative life of prayer. Powerful, inspiring stories from the Nuns on the Bus tour and from Sister Simone's own life offer readers a fresh vision for a lived spirituality that is at the heart of today's progressive Christian movements working for change.

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About the Author

Sister Simone Campbell is the executive director of NETWORK, a nonprofit Catholic social justice lobby in Washington, D.C. In 2012, Sister Simone organized NETWORK's Nuns on the Bus campaign that has attracted an avalanche of media attention in the United States and other parts of the world. Sister Simone, who in 1978 became an attorney and founded a community law center that served the legal needs of the working poor, is a long-standing member of the Sisters of Social Service and has appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Colbert Report, The O'Reilly Factor, PBS with Bill Moyers, and all of the national radio and TV networks, and spoke at the 2012 Democratic National Convention.

From the Back Cover

In the summer of 2012, Sister Simone Campbell and a group of fellow Roman Catholic nuns toured parts of the country to rally support against Congressman Paul Ryan's budget, a plan that cut vital social programs for the hurting poor and the struggling middle class. Prayer groups turned into rallies, and small town meetings became national media events. Sister Simone became a galvanizing force for progressives of all stripes and remains a driving force for programs and policies that support faith, family, and fairness.

Rooted in a deep spirituality of compassion and service, Sister Simone gives voice to the hunger, isolation, and fear that so many people in America are feeling right now and shows us how we can create real transformation in our communities and in our own hearts through the contemplative life of prayer. Powerful, inspiring stories from the Nuns on the Bus tour and from Sister Simone's own life offer readers a fresh vision for a lived spirituality that is at the heart of today's progressive Christian movements working for change.

Reviews

Sister Simone Campbell gained both fame and notoriety on the national and international scenes when she became the spokesperson for NETWORK’s fortieth-anniversary road trip in 2012. With several other nuns, she boarded a bus in support of health and social-justice issues. A practicing attorney for several decades, she provides a compelling report on how the road trip was organized and the intentions that sparked it and kept it energized. Before launching into the political and religious ethics underpinning that event, however, Sister Simone shares her autobiography, introducing readers to the social, spiritual, and intellectual influences that shaped her life’s work. Her religious community was founded on the grounds of improving social justice, and NETWORK’s projects, as well as Sister Simone’s undertakings, draw on a history that is both feminist-positive, respectful of both diversity and tradition, and intended to provide justice for all. An excellent book to join a shelf with Simone Weil’s Waiting for God (1951) and Anita Caspary’s Witness to Integrity (2003). --Francisca Goldsmith

Edition details

• Publisher: HarperOne
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 006227354X
• ISBN 13: 9780062273543
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224