Deepening the American dream
Subtitle: reflections on the inner life and spirit of democracy
By: Mark Nepo, editor ; foreword by Theodore Hesburgh ; introduction by Robert N. Bellah.
Contributors: Nepo, Mark.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 2005
Place of publication: San Francisco, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9780787977375
Subjects: Pluralism (Social sciences) -- United States; Democracy -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Christian sociology -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Father Theodore Hesbergh; title: Introduction / Robert N. Bellah; title: Dream-walking toward America : the deepening the American dream project / Mark Nepo; title: Dreams of America / Jacob Needleman; title: Footprints of the soul : uniting spirit with action in the world / Carolyn T. Brown; title: Created equal : exclusion and inclusion in the American dream / Elaine H. Pagels; title: The grace and power of civility : commitment and tolerance in the American experience / David M. Abshire; title: Breaking the cultural trance : insight and vision in America / Robert Inchausti; title: The almost-chosen people / Huston Smith; title: From cruelty to compassion : the crucible of personal transformation / Gerald May; title: The politics of the brokenhearted : on holding the tensions of democracy / Parker Palmer.