The Heartbeat of God: Finding the Sacred in the Middle of Everything (Hardback or Cased Book)

Schori, Katharine Jefferts

ISBN 10: 1594732922 / ISBN 13: 9781594732928

Published by Skylight Paths Publishing 10/1/2010, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Heartbeat of God: Finding the Sacred in the Middle of Everything (Hardback or Cased Book)
• Publisher: Skylight Paths Publishing 10/1/2010
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1594732922
• ISBN 13: 9781594732928
• Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
• Condition: New
• Book Type: Book

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Synopsis

"We are all connected," writes Katharine Jefferts Schori, "as human beings with each other, as one nation with all other nations, and as the human species with the whole of our environment. At a population of 7 billion, we can no longer, if we ever could, afford to ignore those interconnections. The welfare of the least among us and around us will eventually be our own." In this book, Jefferts Schori explores those connections as she looks at the intersections of faith with the major issues of our day - poverty, climate change, the economy, health care. How does faith speak to those issues and what is the faith response? How can believers from an astonishing variety of faith traditions find common ground while honouring the divine, serving one another and creating a deeper community? THE HEARTBEAT OF GOD will be an up-close look at the "secular" issues of our day that have profoundly religious roots. Adapted from Bishop Jefferts Schori's many speeches and sermons delivered around the country and around the world, the chapters of THE HEARTBEAT OF GODwill look at the many ways our faith and our lives are intimately woven together. The author of course writes from the perspective of her Christian tradition, but, also, reaches out with sensitivity and grace to an interfaith audience.

About the Authors

The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori is the presiding bishop of The Episcopal Church. She became the Anglican Communion's first female primate in 2006. She is the author of The Heartbeat of God: Finding the Sacred in the Middle of Everything, Gathering at God's Table: The Meaning of Mission in the Feast of Faith (both SkyLight Paths) and other books.

Joan Chittister, OSB, is an international lecturer and award-winning author of more than thirty-five books, including The Gift of Years: Growing Older Gracefully. She is founder and executive director of Benetvision, a resource and research center for contemporary spirituality located in Erie, Pennsylvania. She serves as co-chair of the Global Peace Initiative of Women and the Network of Spiritual Progressives.