The Healing of America - Hardcover

Williamson, Marianne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 068484270X ISBN 13: 9780684842707

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 1997

Synopsis

A lecturer shares the principles she believes are needed to reunite the country, emphasizing a return to the spiritual roots that underlie the founding of America, including the power of nonviolence and the power of community. 500,000 first printing.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Noting a spiritually motivated political activism now emerging in America, Marianne Williamson claims that traditional political activists increasingly look to spiritual wisdom for inspiration while spiritual contemplatives are increasingly eager to extend their service to the world into political realms. The convergence of the two impulses forms what Williamson calls a "holistic politics."

With the publication of The Healing of America, Williamson becomes a powerful voice for social conscience in American society. While citing the virtual abandonment of social justice as a dominant political theme since the 1960's, Williamson notes historian Arthur Schlesinger's contention that Americans express renewed political interest every thirty years. This is a time, according to Williamson, for Americans to return once again to our first principles -- political and spiritual. In this landmark work, Williamson draws plans for the transformation of American political consciousness and the reemergence of powerful citizen involvement in a genuine healing of American society.

About the Author:

Marianne Williamson is the bestselling author of A Return to Love, A Woman's Worth, and Illuminata. She is also the author of a children's book, Emma and Mommy Talk to God.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 068484270X
• ISBN 13: 9780684842707
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 368