A Passion For The Possible

by Coffin, William Sloane

• ISBN13: 9780664228569
• ISBN10: 0664228569
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-01-30
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Pr

Summary

First published in 1993, William Sloane Coffin's A Passion for the Possible presents a vision for the future that challenges assumptions and deepens our understanding of the importance of social justice and change. Coffin deals with social issues that continue to face U.S. churches -- abortion, sexism, homophobia, racism, poverty, the environment, and nuclear disarmament. This second edition adds Coffin's powerful sermon preached after September 11, 2001, and a foreword by Martin Marty. Book jacket.

Author Biography

William Sloane Coffin is well known as a powerful preacher and crusader for social justice. He served as chaplain of Yale University and Williams College, was senior minister of Riverside Church, and is President Emeritus of SANE/FREEZE: Campaign for Global Security. He became famous while at Yale in the 1960s for his opposition to the Vietnam War. He was jailed as a civil rights "Freedom Rider," indicted by the government in the Benjamin Spock conspiracy trial, and has been immortalized as Rev. Sloan in the Doonesbury comic strip

Table of Contents

Foreword to the Second Edition	ix
Introduction	1	(3)
A Vision of the Future	4	(11)
Beyond War	15	(11)
The Environment	26	(8)
Beyond Charity	34	(11)
Race and Class	45	(10)
Sexism	55	(7)
Homophobia	62	(7)
Abortion	69	(6)
Career Versus Calling	75	(9)
Epilogue: A Word to the Preachers	84	(5)
God Bless America	89