Social Action / Politics
Rabbi Dennis S. Ross
Foreword by Rev. Barry W. Lynn
All Politics Is Religious
Speaking Faith to the Media, Policy Makers and Community
6 x 9, 192 pp
Ideas and strategies for expressing a clear, forceful, progressive religious point of view that is too often under-represented in public discourse. Presents new language and methods for effective communication with the media, policy makers and community.
Andrea Cohen-Kiener
Foreword by Rev. Sally Bingham
Claiming Earth as Common Ground
The Ecological Crisis through the Lens of Faith
6 x 9, 192 pp
An urgent call to action, gathering insights from ecology coalitions, emerging theologies, and spiritual and environmental activists to inspire us to work across denominational lines in order to fulfill our sacred imperative to care for God's creation.
Robert Coles and Daniel Berrigan
Geography of Faith
Underground Conversations on Religious, Political, and Social Change
6 x 9, 208 pp
Examines how spirituality is not only for ourselves, but often demands action and personal risk in the public arena. Listen in on conversations between two great teachers and activists as they struggle with what it means to put your faith to the test.
Hans Küng and Rabbi Walter Homolka
Translated by Rev. Dr. John Bowden
How to Do Good & Avoid Evil
A Global Ethic from the Sources of Judaism
6 x 9, 224 pp
Explore how the principles of a global ethic can be found in Judaism and how they can provide the ethical norms for all religions to work together toward a more peaceful humankind.
Rev. Dr. Joan Brown Campbell
Foreword by Karen Armstrong
Living into Hope
A Call to Spiritual Action for Such a Time as This
6 x 9, 208 pp, Includes Discussion Guide
Inspires and challenges us to live life fully—not carefully or cautiously, but wholly engaged with the world and with the messiness of humanity—and dares us to claim our freedom to care, to risk and to step out into the unknown and live as people of hope.
Edited by Niles Elliot Goldstein
Preface by Martin E. Marty
Spiritual Manifestos
Visions for Renewed Religious Life in America from Young Spiritual Leaders of Many Faiths
6 x 9 256 pp
Ten contributors, most in their mid-thirties, span the spectrum of religious traditions and offer their "visions," bold spiritual manifestos, for transforming our faith communities and our lives.
Ira Rifkin
Foreword by Dr. David Little
Spiritual Perspectives on Globalization, 2nd Edition
Making Sense of Economic and Cultural Upheaval
5½x 8½, 256 pp
Surveys the religious landscape, explaining in clear and nonjudgmental language the beliefs that motivate spiritual leaders, activists, theologians, academics, and others involved on all sides of the issue.
Created by the Editors at SkyLight Paths
Spiritual Perspectives on America's Role as Superpower
5½ x 8½, 256 pp
What are America's global responsibilities as the only remaining superpower? Thought-provoking original essays from a variety of spiritual viewpoints provide a lucid introduction to the historical, moral and theological aspects of this controversial issue.
Edited by Mychal Copeland, MTS, and D’vorah Rose, BCC
Foreword by Bishop Gene Robinson
Afterword by Ani Zonneveld, founder and president, Muslims for Progressive Values
Struggling in Good Faith
LGBTQI Inclusion from 13 American Religious Perspectives
6 x 9, 240 pp
LGBTQI people and allies, clergy, activists and scholars explore LGBTQI inclusion in their religious communities, addressing how their faith’s teachings have been traditionally interpreted, the ways in which inclusion is being consciously constructed or denied, and where LGBTQI people can find support within the tradition.