Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
This is a book of genuine wisdom, one that invites readers not to go back to the way things were before September 11, but to see how they might try to walk with God in a world tht now seems more shattered than ever before.
Synopsis
In these essays written expressly for this book, renowned spiritual writers and theologians wrestle with the problems of the human condition in the world today and what a walk with God might reveal about them. Visit our website for sample chapters!
Table of Contents
Walking in the world with a fragile God / Frederick Buechner -- God and the world's disorders / William Sloane Coffin -- Unless you become like children / James Langford -- And faith will light the way / Theodore M. Hesburgh -- On the streets of a fragile world / Virgil Elizondo -- Watching for God / Jèurgen Moltmann -- Terror and the Christian faith / Leroy S. Rouner -- The solitude of God / Elie Wiesel -- Where in the (postmodern) world is God? / Jeremy Langford -- Seeing things as they really are / Karen Armstrong -- September 11, 2001 : a pacifist response / Stanley Hauerwas -- Saving the flesh / Kathleen McManus -- Joking with God in a fragile world / Wendy Doniger.