Sweet Dreams in America - Making Ethics and Spirituality Work

What does it mean to be an American during this time of ongoing challenges of race and sex discrimination, of violence and gross disparities in economic opportunity? And where are the activists who traditionally rallied against the ills of America--the democrats, progressives and leftists--to seize upon these enemies?

In Sweet Dreams in America, Sharon Welch charts a way for people in power to inspire others and themselves, even if the goals of a gradually improving society and of achieving social justice seem illusory. The author links political work to spirituality, showing how we can channel the sense of being connected to forces outside ourselves to a larger good.

Sommario

Preface I Virtuosity 2 Frustration and Righteous Anger Do Not a Politics Make 3 Learning to See Simultaneously Yet Differently 4 The Art of Ambiguity 5 Ethics Without Virtue

Info autore

Sharon D. Welch is Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Women's Studies University of Missouri-Columbia. She is the author of A Feminist Ethicof Risk (1990) and Communities of Resistance andSolidarity (1985.

Riassunto

What does it mean to be an American during this time of ongoing challenges of race and sex discrimination, of violence and gross disparities in economic opportunity? And where are the activists who traditionally rallied against the ills of America--the democrats, progressives and leftists--to seize upon these enemies?

In Sweet Dreams in America, Sharon Welch charts a way for people in power to inspire others and themselves, even if the goals of a gradually improving society and of achieving social justice seem illusory. The author links political work to spirituality, showing how we can channel the sense of being connected to forces outside ourselves to a larger good.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Sharon D Welch, Sharon D. Welch, Welch Sharon D.
• Editore: Taylor and Francis
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 06.11.1998
• EAN: 9780415916578
• ISBN: 978-0-415-91657-8
• Pagine: 188
• Peso: 350 g
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Religione: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; RELIGION / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, Anthropology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Religion: general, Religion & beliefs, Religion and beliefs, Human rights, civil rights, Political ideologies and movements