A Nation for All: How the Catholic Vision of the Common Good Can Save America from the Politics of Division - Softcover

Korzen, Chris

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1118486374 ISBN 13: 9781118486375

Verlag: JB, 2008

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On the eve of the most important presidential election in decades, A NATION FOR ALL sounds the trumpet to the tens of millions of U.S. Catholics who have refused to buy the notion that people of faith must subscribe to the narrow agenda of the far right. By shining the light of authentic Catholic teaching on pressing contemporary concerns like war, human dignity, poverty, and the looming global climate crisis, this book shows Catholics how their own faith tradition calls them to tackle a sweeping array of issues commonly left out of the faith and politics dialog. Most important, A NATION FOR ALL demonstrates how the core Catholic and Christian belief in promoting the common good can provide Americans of all faith traditions with a much-needed solution to the downward spiral of greed, materialism, and excessive individualism.

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Chris Korzen is co-founder and executive director of Catholics United. He served as executive director of the Catholic Voting Project in 2004 and 2005 after working as an organizer with the Service Employees International Union and Pax Christi USA.

Alexia Kelley is a principal founder and executive director of Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good. She has served in diverse capacities with nongovernmental organizations committed to poverty reduction, social justice, and the environment. For nearly a decade, she worked in media, outreach, and development at the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, the Catholic Church's national anti-poverty program.

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Praise for A Nation for All

"Alexia Kelley and Chris Korzen brilliantly bring alive the Common Good tradition not only because they understand it from the inside out, but also because they are deeply informed by their own efforts to do the hard work of justice. A Nation for All is a wise book that reminds Catholics of the astonishing relevance of their church's social teaching and offers Catholics and non-Catholics alike a genuinely fresh approach to healing the politics of division."
―E.J. Dionne Jr., senior fellow at Brookings Institution; University Professor of Public Policy at Georgetown University; and author, Souled Out: Reclaiming Faith and Politics After the Religious Right

"In the divided state of American politics, an agenda of 'the common good' presents a clear and compelling vision for our future. With its history of the Catholic social tradition and its public policy ideas for today, A Nation for All persuasively offers that vision. I am an evangelical convert to Catholic social teaching, and this book by Korzen and Kelley is one of the best presentations I've seen. This book should be read by everyone seeking a society that works for the benefit of all of us, not just some of us."
―Jim Wallis, author, The Great Awakening, and president, Sojourners

"While this book is guided by deeply Catholic principles, Americans of all faith traditions will draw inspiration from its powerful call: to build a culture, economy, and politics in which everyone, rich and poor, has a place at the table, and everyone has a voice."
―Sr. Helen Prejean, C.S.J., author, Dead Man Walking and Death of Innocents

"This book effectively challenges the politics of division by encouraging a creative commitment to the tradition of Catholic social thought."
―William J. Byron, S.J., past president, University of Scranton and the Catholic University of America, and author, Individuarian Observations: Essays in Catholic Social Reflection

Alexia Kelley and Chris Korzen brilliantly bring alive the Common Good tradition not only because they understand it from the inside out, but also because they are deeply informed by their own efforts to do the hard work of justice. A Nation for All is a wise book that reminds Catholics of the astonishing relevance of their church's social teaching and offers Catholics and non-Catholics alike a genuinely fresh approach to healing the politics of division.
--E.J. Dionne Jr., senior fellow at Brookings Institution; University Professor of Public Policy at Georgetown University; and author, Souled Out: Reclaiming Faith and Politics After the Religious Right

In the divided state of American politics, an agenda of 'the common good' presents a clear and compelling vision for our future. With its history of the Catholic social tradition and its public policy ideas for today, A Nation for All persuasively offers that vision. I am an evangelical convert to Catholic social teaching, and this book by Korzen and Kelley is one of the best presentations I've seen. This book should be read by everyone seeking a society that works for the benefit of all of us, not just some of us.
--Jim Wallis, author, The Great Awakening, and president, Sojourners

While this book is guided by deeply Catholic principles, Americans of all faith traditions will draw inspiration from its powerful call: to build a culture, economy, and politics in which everyone, rich and poor, has a place at the table, and everyone has a voice.
--Sr. Helen Prejean, C.S.J., author, Dead Man Walking and Death of Innocents

This book effectively challenges the politics of division by encouraging a creative commitment to the tradition of Catholic social thought.
--William J. Byron, S.J., past president, University of Scranton and the Catholic University of America, and author, Individuarian Observations: Essays in Catholic Social Reflection

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: JB
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1118486374
• ISBN 13: 9781118486375
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 176
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