Losing Moses on the Freeway: The 10 Commandments in America
by Chris Hedges
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- USED Fair
- ISBN 10
- 0743255135
- ISBN 13
- 9780743255134
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Synopsis
In Losing Moses on the Freeway , Chris Hedges, veteran war correspondent and author of the bestselling War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning , delivers an impassioned, eloquent call to heed the wisdom of the 10 Commandments. Celebrated for his courageous reporting on the crucial issues of our time, Hedges, who graduated from seminary at Harvard Divinity School, explores the challenge of living according to these moral precepts we have tried to follow, often unsuccessfully, for the past 6,000 years. The commandments, he writes, do not save us from evil. Instead they save us from committing evil. Inspired by unyielding faith, rigorous moral scrutiny, and a fierce sense of social responsibility, Hedges offers a breathtaking meditation on modern life. Losing Moses on the Freeway illustrates how the commandments usually choose us -- and how we are rarely able to choose them. We cannot protect ourselves from theft, greed, adultery, or envy, nor from the impulses that lead us to commit evil acts. In honoring the commandments, we free ourselves from self-worship and are called back to the healing solidarity of community. It is in the self-sacrifice championed by the commandments that integrity, commitment, and, finally, love are made possible.
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- Bookseller
- Montclair Book Center (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 571936
- Title
- Losing Moses on the Freeway: The 10 Commandments in America
- Author
- Chris Hedges
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- USED Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0743255135
- ISBN 13
- 9780743255134
- Publisher
- Free Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- May 2005
- Pages
- 224
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