Voices from the Heart : A Universal Call for Responsibility

Shapiro, Eddie (editor); Shapiro, Debbie (editor)

ISBN 10: 0874779359 / ISBN 13: 9780874779356

Published by Tarcher Putnam, 1998

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Pages unmarked and binding firm.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Voices from the Heart : A Universal Call for Responsibility
• Publisher: Tarcher Putnam
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0874779359
• ISBN 13: 9780874779356
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
• Condition: Pages Clean, Binding Firm.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Mildly edgeworn dust jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Politics. Political Theory. Political Science

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Synopsis

Such influential figures as Mikhail Gorbachev, The Dalai Lama, Marianne Williamson, Bernie Siegel, Desmond Tutu, and Anita Roddick--the founder of The Body Shop--present essays on religion, the environment, educational innovation, and other topics in an attractive collection of inspirational pieces.

Reviews

This substantial collection of personal essays and photographs, edited by the authors of Clear Mind/Open Heart (Crossing, 1998), thoughtfully assembles contributions by 45 movers and shakers who share the visions and insights that motivate their life work. Reflections range from American prison reform to bank loans to helping the rural poor in India and from Buddhist meditation to hospice work and oncology. The contributorsAthe Dalai Lama, Marianne Williamson, Bernie Siegel, Yoko Ono, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Anita Roddick (founder of The Body Shop), and others less well known but accomplished in their own rightAdemonstrate the power of individuals to make spiritually based choices that create palpable change in communities throughout the world. A worthwhile purchase.
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