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9780807020043

COMMON FIRE

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  • ISBN13:

    9780807020043

  • ISBN10:

    0807020044

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1996-05-01
  • Publisher: Beacon Pr
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Summary

How can all of us encourage commitment to society as a whole, both in the next generation and in ourselves? This landmark book answers these questions by looking at more than one hundred people in many walks of life who live and work on behalf of the common good. The voices of these diverse individuals, and the authors' careful analysis, show that family and community relationships, education, the workplace, the arts, religion, and media all matter; they can all help - or hinder - the formation of a life of commitment.

Author Biography

James P. Keen shares the position of vice president and dean of faculty at Antioch College.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Connection and Complexity: The Challenge of the New Commonsp. 1
Community: Becoming at Home in the Worldp. 20
Compassion: Living Within and Beyond Tribep. 55
Interlude: For the Hundreds of Years that Come Afterp. 81
Conviction: Developing Critical Habits of Mindp. 102
Courage: A Responsible Imaginationp. 125
Interlude: Evansburgp. 154
Confession: The Struggle with Fallibilityp. 170
Commitment: The Power of the Double Negativep. 193
Epilogue: Compass Points: The Power of Location and Directionp. 213
Appendixp. 243
Notesp. 248
Indexp. 264
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