Liberating Faith

Gottlieb, Roger S. [Editor]; Ackerman, Diane [Contributor]; Ammar, Nawal H. [Contributor]; Appleby, Scott [Contributor]; Ateek, Naim Stifan [Contributor]; Barlow, Rich [Contributor]; Berrigan, Daniel [Contributor]; Berry, Thomas [Contributor]; Berryman, Philip [Contributor]; Bourdeaux, Michael [Contributor]; Boyd, Stephen B. [Contributor]; Chicago, Judy [Contributor]; Clifford, Anne M. [Contributor]; Cone, James H. [Contributor]; Cox, Harvey [Contributor]; Day, Dorothy [Contributor]; Dodson, Michael [Contributor]; Eiesland, Nancy L. [Contributor]; Engineer, Asghar Ali [Contributor]; Engler, Mark [Contributor]; Esack, Farid [Contributor]; Fazal, Anwar [Contributor]; Fell, Margaret [Contributor]; Fiorenza, Elisabeth Schüssler [Contributor]; G

ISBN 10: 074252535X / ISBN 13: 9780742525351

Published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Liberating Faith
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 074252535X
• ISBN 13: 9780742525351
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 51 ounces

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Synopsis

This sweeping new anthology shows how religion has joined with and learned from movements for social justice, peace, and ecological wisdom. Liberating Faith surveys the entire range of religious social activism: from liberation theology and feminist religion to ecotheology and peace activism. It includes theology, social critique, position papers, denominational statements, manifestos, rituals, prayers, biographical accounts, and journalistic descriptions of real world struggles, beginning with a survey of ethical teachings from traditional sources. Following sections deal with 'precursor' voices before the 20th century, Gandhi's exemplary vision, overviews of the connections between religion, society, and political movements, and impassioned accounts of particular issues. Containing voices from a multitude of traditions, national settings, and perspectives. Liberating Faith includes writings by Latin American liberation theologians and radical American religious activists, statements on social justice by the Pope and environmental morality by the Eastern Orthodox Patriarch, religious critiques of collective and interpersonal violence, passionate denunciations of racism and quiet eloquence which demands that we all stand up for morality in dark times. Among the more than eighty authors are Thomas Berry, Thich Nhat Hanh, Abraham Heschel, Martin Luther King, Winona Laduke, Michael Lerner, Thomas Merton, Henri Nouwen, Judith Plaskow, Rosemary Ruether, and Vandana Shiva. An invaluable teaching resource and the definitive introduction to global religious social activism, this book offers a visionary alternative to both repressive fundamentalism and spiritless secularism.

About the Authors

Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza is Krister Stendahl Professor of Scripture and Interpretation, Harvard Divinity School, USA.

Thich Nhat Hanh is a Zen master in the Vietnamese tradition, scholar, poet, and peace activist. He is the founder of the Van Hanh Buddhist University in Saigon and has taught at Columbia University and the Sorbonne. Thich Nhat Hanh is the author of the national bestseller Living Buddha, Living Christ and over 60 other books. He was nominated for the 1967 Nobel Peace Prize by Martin Luther King, Jr.

Stanley Hauerwas is Gilbert T. Rowe Professor of Theological Ethics, Duke University.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated in 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee.

Thomas Merton (1915-1968) is one of the foremost spiritual thinkers of the twentieth century. Though he lived a mostly solitary existence as a Trappist monk, he had a dynamic impact on world affairs through his writing. An outspoken proponent of the antiwar and civil rights movements, he was both hailed as a prophet and castigated for his social criticism. He was also unique among religious leaders in his embrace of Eastern mysticism, positing it as complementary to the Western sacred tradition. Merton is the author of over forty books of poetry, essays, and religious writing, including Mystics and Zen Masters, and The Seven Story Mountain, for which he is best known. His work continues to be widely read to this day.