The Space Between
Description
Should your faith and your spirituality be a matter of simply private concern, or should they connect to social action?
This book explores the disconnect between social and religious progressivism. The author maintains that both social and religious notes are essential for those who want to further a progressive agenda that creates equity and compassion, restores the dignity of all people, and ensures the full participation of all in common life, common wealth, and the common good.
The Space Between builds bridges across the space between these elements, both between social and religious belief, but also between contemplative action and active contemplation. This book is an vigorous and unashamed call for social action, but specifically a social action that grows from contemplation, but also for the balance and strength that comes from resting and waiting.
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Content
- Intro
- Dedication
- Series Preface
- Introduction
- Activism and Non-Resistance
- Covenant, Conflict, and the Common Good
- Is Non-Violence the Only Way?
- Diversity: The Key to Resilience
- Dismantling Racism
- Compassion Is an Act of Resistance
- Double Justice
- Courage in the Public Square
- Economic Life
- Pity, Compassion, and Power
- Isolation, Prayer, and Community Wisdom
- Open Faith Communities
- Faith Is a Verb
- The Death of False Hope
- Love: The Connective Current of Life
- Concluding Thoughts
- What is a Covenant?
- A Sample Just Peace Covenant
- A Sample Open, Affirming, & Welcoming Covenant
- A Sample Racial Justice Covenant
- A Non-Violent Communion
- Bibliography
