From the ashes
Subtitle: a spiritual response to the attack on America : experience, strength, and hope from spiritual leaders and extraordinary citizens
By: collected by the editors of Beliefnet.
Contributors: Beliefnet (Firm)
Publisher: Rodale
Published: 2001
Place of publication: [Emmaus, Pa.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
Subjects: September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001; Terrorism -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Terrorism -- Religious aspects; Terrorism -- United States
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: INTRODUCTION, Steven Waldman ix; title: CHAPTER 1: A CALL TO ACTION-THE SPIRITUAL; title: CHALLENGE 1; title: Awake from Your Slumber, Bishop T. D. Jakes, 2 * No Future without; title: Forgiveness, Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu, 8 * Twin Towers Viewed; title: from a Western Minaret, Michael Wolfe, 14 * What Is the Proper; title: Response to Hatred and Violence? Neale Donald Walsch, 17; title: What the Buddha Knew, ChristopherLargent, 22 * To Pray for Peace; title: Is to Pray for War, the Reverend Forrest Church, 27 *; title: Breathe and Remember God, Kabir Helminski 32; title: CHAPTER 2: WHERE WAS GOD? 37; title: Don't Tell Me We Should Not Blame God, Rabbi David Wolpe, 38 *; title: Where Was God? the Reverend Andrew M. Greeley, 42 * Is America; title: Being Punished for Its Sinfulness? Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, 45; title: God Made Us Moral Agents, Charles Colson, 48 * God Was Where; title: God Chose to Be, Kathleen Norris, 50 * The Theistic God Is Dead,; title: Bishop John Shelby Spong, 54; title: CHAPTER 3: SEEDS OF GRACE 61; title: Rest in Peace, Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, 62 *; title: Father Mike Went Ahead to Greet Them All,; title: Steven McDonald, 68 * A Gospel Cantide of Good Tuesday,; title: Father Edward Hays, 72 * What Can We Do but Pray?; title: Mata Amritanandamayi (Amma), 75 * Do It Again, Lord, Max; title: Lucado, 76 * Seeing God in My Neighbors, Sharon Linnea, 78 *; title: Prayer of Protection, Colleen Zuck, 83 * A Priest on the Front Line,; title: the Reverend Lloyd Prator, 87 * Bright, Brighter, Brightest,; title: Sri Chinmoy, 90 * The Root of Love, Paul Ferrini, 90; title: CHAPTER 4: EVIL AND THE ENEMY 95; title: What I Would Say to Osama bin Laden, Thich Nhat Hanh, 96; title: The Evil over which We Must Triumph, Daisaku Ikeda, 105; title: The Mystery of Evil, the Reverend Billy Graham, 107; title: The Goddess of Democracy: A Sacred Archetype to Heal the; title: World, Thorn Hartmann, 112 * The Candle and the Closet,; title: Rushworth M. Kidder, 119 * The New Face of the Enemy,; title: Sam Keen, 122 * Call Evil By Its Name, Tom Bethell, 126 *; title: Why Does God Allow Evil? Pastor Rick Warren, 130; title: CHAPTER 5: THE QUESTION OF ISLAM 133; title: Is Islam Violent? Karen Armstrong, 134 * What Would; title: Muhammad Say about Terrorism? Alex Kronemer, 141 * Finding; title: the Voice of Islam, IngridMattson, 143 * I'm an American Muslim-; title: And I'm Afraid, Rhonda Roumani, 147 * Muslim Americans: A; title: Prayer, Imam Izak-El Mu'eed Pasha, 150; title: CHAPTER 6: THE DESIRE FOR JUSTICE 153; title: Heal the World: A Multifaith Response to an Assault on Our; title: Humanity, Arthur Magida, 154 * The Morals of Might:; title: How Do We Respond without Stooping to the Terrorists' Level?; title: Gregg Easterbrook, 155 * A War against Terrorism Is Moral,; title: Rabbi Joseph Telushkin, 160 * The Anger Trap: We Cannot; title: Become the Image of What We Pursue, Rodger Kamenetz, 161; title: The Christian Criteria for Retribution, Richard Land, 164; title: Restore Our Souls, Denise Breton and Steve Lehman, 167; title: Yielding to Hate Gives Victory to Terrorists, His Eminence; title: Bernard Cardinal Law, 173 * Is Forgiveness Possible?; title: Johann Christoph Arnold, 175 * Vengeance is the Lord's; title: (But Something in Me Wants to "Bomb the Hell out; title: of Them"), the Reverend Mary Lynn Tobin, 180; title: CHAPTER 7: TEACHINGS AND TRADITIONS 185; title: The Pope's Message, Pope John Paul II, 186 * A Letter to the; title: President, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, 187 * A View from; title: the Hindu Heart, Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswamil, 188; title: What Would Jesus Do? David P. Gushee, 190 * What Would; title: Buddha Do? Lama Surya Das, 195 * Mitakuye Oyasin, Michael; title: Hull, 198 * What Would the Goddess Do? Starhawk, 203; title: What Would Moses Do? Joshua WolfShenk, 206; title: CHAPTER 8: FEAR AND VULNERABILITY 211; title: In Praise of Small Ambitions, Hugh O'Neill, 212 * We All Live in a; title: Sukkah, Rabbi Arthur Waskow, 214 * Harbingers of Hope, Suzy Yehl; title: Marta, 218 * Resiliency in the Face of Fear, Dan Baker, 220; title: What Do You Tell Children? Jean G. Fitzpatrick, 224 * Protecting; title: Our Relationships, Hugh and Gayle Prather, 225 * Processing a; title: National Tragedy, the Reverend Bill Hybels, 230; title: CHAPTER 9: REPENTANCE 239; title: Is This an Apocalyptic Event? Jerry B. Jenkins, 240; title: Our Estrangement from God, Rabbi Michael Lerner, 243; title: Repent, Frederica Mathewes-Green, 245; title: Breaking the Cycle, Paul Rogat Loeb, 248; title: CHAPTER 10: FROM THE ASHES 253; title: God Still Answers Prayers, Bruce Wilkinson, 254; title: An Early Attempt at Gratitude, Brother David Steindl-Rast, 256; title: Loving-Kindness, Sharon Salzberg, 260 * What Good Can Come; title: from this Evil? the Reverend William Webber, 265 * Deny Them; title: Their Victory, Interfaith Statement, 269.