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Table of Contents

Machine generated contents note: INTRODUCTION, Steven Waldman ix
CHAPTER 1: A CALL TO ACTION-THE SPIRITUAL
CHALLENGE 1
Awake from Your Slumber, Bishop T. D. Jakes, 2 * No Future without
Forgiveness, Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu, 8 * Twin Towers Viewed
from a Western Minaret, Michael Wolfe, 14 * What Is the Proper
Response to Hatred and Violence? Neale Donald Walsch, 17
What the Buddha Knew, ChristopherLargent, 22 * To Pray for Peace
Is to Pray for War, the Reverend Forrest Church, 27 *
Breathe and Remember God, Kabir Helminski 32
CHAPTER 2: WHERE WAS GOD? 37
Don't Tell Me We Should Not Blame God, Rabbi David Wolpe, 38 *
Where Was God? the Reverend Andrew M. Greeley, 42 * Is America
Being Punished for Its Sinfulness? Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, 45
God Made Us Moral Agents, Charles Colson, 48 * God Was Where
God Chose to Be, Kathleen Norris, 50 * The Theistic God Is Dead,
Bishop John Shelby Spong, 54
CHAPTER 3: SEEDS OF GRACE 61
Rest in Peace, Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, 62 *
Father Mike Went Ahead to Greet Them All,
Steven McDonald, 68 * A Gospel Cantide of Good Tuesday,
Father Edward Hays, 72 * What Can We Do but Pray?
Mata Amritanandamayi (Amma), 75 * Do It Again, Lord, Max
Lucado, 76 * Seeing God in My Neighbors, Sharon Linnea, 78 *
Prayer of Protection, Colleen Zuck, 83 * A Priest on the Front Line,
the Reverend Lloyd Prator, 87 * Bright, Brighter, Brightest,
Sri Chinmoy, 90 * The Root of Love, Paul Ferrini, 90
CHAPTER 4: EVIL AND THE ENEMY 95
What I Would Say to Osama bin Laden, Thich Nhat Hanh, 96
The Evil over which We Must Triumph, Daisaku Ikeda, 105
The Mystery of Evil, the Reverend Billy Graham, 107
The Goddess of Democracy: A Sacred Archetype to Heal the
World, Thorn Hartmann, 112 * The Candle and the Closet,
Rushworth M. Kidder, 119 * The New Face of the Enemy,
Sam Keen, 122 * Call Evil By Its Name, Tom Bethell, 126 *
Why Does God Allow Evil? Pastor Rick Warren, 130
CHAPTER 5: THE QUESTION OF ISLAM 133
Is Islam Violent? Karen Armstrong, 134 * What Would
Muhammad Say about Terrorism? Alex Kronemer, 141 * Finding
the Voice of Islam, IngridMattson, 143 * I'm an American Muslim-
And I'm Afraid, Rhonda Roumani, 147 * Muslim Americans: A
Prayer, Imam Izak-El Mu'eed Pasha, 150
CHAPTER 6: THE DESIRE FOR JUSTICE 153
Heal the World: A Multifaith Response to an Assault on Our
Humanity, Arthur Magida, 154 * The Morals of Might:
How Do We Respond without Stooping to the Terrorists' Level?
Gregg Easterbrook, 155 * A War against Terrorism Is Moral,
Rabbi Joseph Telushkin, 160 * The Anger Trap: We Cannot
Become the Image of What We Pursue, Rodger Kamenetz, 161
The Christian Criteria for Retribution, Richard Land, 164
Restore Our Souls, Denise Breton and Steve Lehman, 167
Yielding to Hate Gives Victory to Terrorists, His Eminence
Bernard Cardinal Law, 173 * Is Forgiveness Possible?
Johann Christoph Arnold, 175 * Vengeance is the Lord's
(But Something in Me Wants to "Bomb the Hell out
of Them"), the Reverend Mary Lynn Tobin, 180
CHAPTER 7: TEACHINGS AND TRADITIONS 185
The Pope's Message, Pope John Paul II, 186 * A Letter to the
President, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, 187 * A View from
the Hindu Heart, Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswamil, 188
What Would Jesus Do? David P. Gushee, 190 * What Would
Buddha Do? Lama Surya Das, 195 * Mitakuye Oyasin, Michael
Hull, 198 * What Would the Goddess Do? Starhawk, 203
What Would Moses Do? Joshua WolfShenk, 206
CHAPTER 8: FEAR AND VULNERABILITY 211
In Praise of Small Ambitions, Hugh O'Neill, 212 * We All Live in a
Sukkah, Rabbi Arthur Waskow, 214 * Harbingers of Hope, Suzy Yehl
Marta, 218 * Resiliency in the Face of Fear, Dan Baker, 220
What Do You Tell Children? Jean G. Fitzpatrick, 224 * Protecting
Our Relationships, Hugh and Gayle Prather, 225 * Processing a
National Tragedy, the Reverend Bill Hybels, 230
CHAPTER 9: REPENTANCE 239
Is This an Apocalyptic Event? Jerry B. Jenkins, 240
Our Estrangement from God, Rabbi Michael Lerner, 243
Repent, Frederica Mathewes-Green, 245
Breaking the Cycle, Paul Rogat Loeb, 248
CHAPTER 10: FROM THE ASHES 253
God Still Answers Prayers, Bruce Wilkinson, 254
An Early Attempt at Gratitude, Brother David Steindl-Rast, 256
Loving-Kindness, Sharon Salzberg, 260 * What Good Can Come
from this Evil? the Reverend William Webber, 265 * Deny Them
Their Victory, Interfaith Statement, 269.

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
291.4/32
Library of Congress
BT736.15 .F76 2001

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiii, 274 p. ;
Number of pages
274

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Open Library
OL3970810M
Internet Archive
fromashesspirit00beli
ISBN 10
157954603X
LCCN
2001277969
OCLC/WorldCat
48555623
Goodreads
650300

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