Liberating Faith: Religious Voices for Justice, Peace, and Ecological Wisdom

by Roger S. Gottlieb and Diane Ackerman

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 074252535X
• ISBN13: 9780742525351
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 680 Pages
• Weight: 2.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.2" x 10.0"

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From the back of the book: Liberating Faith: Religious Voices for Justice, Peace, and Ecological Wisdom. Roger S. Gottlieb, editor. Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2003. BL65 .J87 L53 This sweeping anthology shows how religion has joined with and learned from movements for social justice, peace, and ecological wisdom. It includes theology, social critique, position papers, denominational statements, manifestos, rituals, prayers, biographical accounts, and journalistic descriptions of the real-world struggles, beginning with a survey of ethical teachings from traditional sources. Containing voices from a multitude of traditions, national settings, and perspectives, this book is the definitive introduction to global religious social activism, offering a visionary alternative to both repressive fundamentalism and spiritless secularism.